189: Pete opens up about his trip to Ibiza

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1:47Welcome to Staying Relevant, the podcast hosted by two bestest of best pals, me, Sam Thompson, and the recently returned Peter James, Jonathan Joseph Wicks. Peter. this episode will contain swearing if you don't like it go f*** yourself this is the main episode which means it's Monday you'll be able to watch this on Josh and Kira's YouTube channel from 5pm on Wednesday and then we'll be doing a bonus episode which comes out Thursday audibly which you can watch on Josh and Kira's YouTube channel from 5pm on Sunday which means you can catch us on a Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday great review to all of that crap you know the score by now subscribe to the YouTube channel because we're going to be kicking some very exciting things off on that from September.

2:32So you better get in there quick. You know the score, all the other bullshit. Shall we get on with releasing you into the world now to celebrate? Yeah, come on, England! England, England, England, England, England. Da-da-da! Da-da-da! Da-da-da! God, I am out of breath. We obviously record this ahead of time. We won the World Cup! We think... It's coming home. It's coming home. The flag's falling off me. Football's coming home. Pete's going home. Can I go home? That song actually did numbers on socials. People like the Pete's Going Home song. So England have won the World Cup. Potentially. Potentially.

3:24Yeah. We thought we'd celebrate, just to stay relevant, because we are recording this slightly early and by the time this goes out, we will know whether or not England won the World Cup. But Sam fully believes it. Josh, you fully believe it? I believe. Kira, Galena, Hannah, everyone fully believes it. I don't. But why not? Eh? We're in the semi-final. As of recording, we're in the semi-final. Yeah. I don't think we'll get past the semi-final. What? Mate, we're doing Argentina and then France come at us I don't think we're going to do Argentina and well I mean France are more likely to beat Spain I agree but Kylian Mbappe see you later yeah we've only got to get past Messi and Mbappe it should be fine because we've got Jude Bellingham yay give us a whoop if you fancy Jude Bellingham woo yeah great pair of quads on Jude yeah yeah great pair of legs yeah is that what you've been doing since we were watching the World Cup it's just gone viral he's got a really a good pair of legs.

4:27Where will you be watching the semi-final and final? Well, I actually want to go to America. Yeah. I want to go to America. Why do you want to laugh at that? It could happen. Yeah. I want to go to America and I want to watch us take down Argentina. That for me would be huge. But you're not doing that. Well, don't say, you don't know that. Well, I do because you're working on Thursday and you're then flying to Marbella, not New York. So I do know that you're not doing that. I'm thinking about it. Yeah. you've thought about it and you can't go I really want to go yeah but you're not I'm gonna try you're not I've got no one to go I went to Pete this morning I went Pete do you fancy it and he literally went he looked at me and went no no no no I'm good thank you imagine me and you in America you know we like a little bit in New York as well I've never been so

5:16gonna really try and tug on those on that nostalgia oh you know how much you love New York yeah yeah you loved it last time Honestly, last time I went, which was never, it was great. I loved it. Mate, I just feel like me and you. Where's the final? New York again. Oh, bloody hell. We could just stay out there, couldn't we? Two time. Two time in New York, and you know how much I love New York. Me and you out there, a couple of babies with the fans, because obviously Pete loves England fans. I feel like they're exactly what Pete wants. Yeah, do you know what? I'll put a big St. George cross on me belly.

5:51and then I'll have a sign going, Pete Wicks gives free hugs. And then I'll be like, hey, that's good. Yeah, it's exactly what you want to see. And they'll all go, oh, I'm so glad Sam and Pete come. Go to all the celebs in the crowd and there's Beckham and then there'll be me and you. Quite fun. Wouldn't happen. No one knows who we are. No one cares. Yes, because it's Maya Jammer. We're Pete and Sam. Who? We're going to be there and I'm going to be waving. And if we don't, I'll be literally like, come on, let's do something. Let's do something that gets the camera on us. Well, in this twilight zone, as you can imagine, this is sort of two weeks before this happens.

6:28We haven't gone. We may have been. England didn't win the World Cup. So let's just land back to kind of reality. But what I will say is if, because I did make a promise, England do win, because what, is it a Sunday, the final? Yeah, it is, yeah. Then everyone is off work on the Monday. Yeah. I stand by it I'm very confident that everyone will be in work on the Monday so there we go yeah we actually did have a little bit of an issue actually last time Pete was away and the team very full heartedly lied too well that they weren't in the office after the Mexico game and there was a group message that went round and I was like is everyone in the office I was in on the jig by the way so I was like is everyone in the office I was like this could be fun yeah that was fun Pete goes, I know this is a joke.

7:20I know everyone's in the office. And then everyone started taking selfies from home. They had pre-taken and sent them into the chat. The wrath that Pete had sent an individual email to every single member of staff going, I'm so disappointed in you. One of the best lines from Pete's email to the staff was, we go above and beyond to make this a safe working environment. As if it's really unsafe. a safe working environment for you. And this is how you repay us. I'm really disappointed that everyone, and we will be having one-on-one meetings when I get back. Hannah calls me and goes, fuck what I do.

7:57I went, hold the line, Hannah. Hold the line. And then Galena, out of nowhere, not very Galena at all, sends a meme in of Jude Bellingham. Like, what did he do? Like, wait, shushing the camera. I went, oh my God, she just shushed Pete. She just shushed Pete. This is terrible. and actually I left the chat at that point so I didn't know what to do. It was hilarious. I was on my holiday writing emails. So good. But yeah, nice. Well done. Hilarious from you all. We got him. We fucking got him. When did you realise it was a joke? Straight away. But I thought I would go above and beyond. Oh, right. Because you really went above and beyond.

8:37So that actually makes sense because I was confused about the safe working environment. I was like, I don't understand. Yeah. What we do. You're going to have to wake up earlier and get me, you silly fuckers. All right. Oh, it was very good fun. Very good fun. But look, hopefully we've won. And if we have, come on England. We fucking love it. Dude, belly him. Well, we've been fully on the kind of football thing. The sweepstakes been going. Yeah. Who has got anyone left? I know, Kira, you've got England, no? So anyone else? Hannah's got France. France. Argentina and Spain. Oh, Josh has got two in.

9:09Two out of the four. But how does that work? But me and Pete have like Iran and Uzbekistan. And like everyone else has like two of the best. My best was Croatia. And they did well. They should have actually been Portugal. So, yeah, yeah. No, that's what I thought. So that was that. We also really got in the football spirit during this World Cup. You and I had a kickabout. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. That's going to hit the YouTube soon. We had a game of bums and we started bumming each other out in the courtyard outside. That is a game where you kick a ball against someone, not where you fuck someone's arsehole.

9:45But it is generally called bumming. That's the funny thing. I'd never heard it called that. Yeah, B-U-M-S. If you hit S, you get bummed. We called it the wall of death. The worst thing is we bummed Pippa. No, no, no, no. That's not the worst bit. The worst bit was when you took your trousers down and your arsehole was so sweaty. That was actually the worst bit, if I'm honest with you. But the point of the football... By the way, I still have blistered feet and cut up feet because I was wearing flip-flops. So I went barefoot through the glass on the concrete part. There was glass on the floor. So I finished with bleeding feet.

10:22But the whole point of that was just to prove that I'm not inept when it comes to football. Pete's all right at football. Pete knows ball. He was cooking. So, you know, did I win Bumder? He did. He actually won Bum. The penalty shootout was tougher as both. The ball kept moving. It was in a concrete car park. And not the best ball. No, it was an air ball. Yeah. But you won the penalty shootout. Won the penalty shootout. Which I think is a good thing. You are Soccer Aid's Sam Thompson. Left backs. The best left back in the world. Yeah. Next year you're going to be left back on the phones. Yeah, yeah.

10:56I'm going to get demoted to the phones. I can feel it. I can tell. And actually, fairly muted celebrations from you from winning the shootout. But I mean, when we recall this, England have just beaten Norway, 93rd minute winner from Jude Bellingham. What would your celebration be? If I had scored? A last minute winner. Mate, fucking hell. Because we've never been able to see a celebration from you on a football field. Mate, it's top off straight away. Despite the guarantees. Stop top off. Run to the England fans. Yellow card though. I'd give a shit. Over the holding. Yeah, but if you take yellow card in the corner.

11:32how many yellows I have but like yeah if I haven't got that many it's top off it's straight into the over the hoarding straight away into the crowd and I'm going straight to like whichever loved one is there and be like yes which loved one do you think would be there straight to the girlfriend straight to Tally make it a nice moment and then be like she'd have Thompson on the back of her show yeah yeah yeah very nice very nice and then maybe one of these okay man you've you've been to our beef you've been you're suddenly back we've had the Thomas Brothers beautiful segue well beautifully done whilst you were away we had the Thomas Brothers on yes holding the fort against the fort which I mean a couple of them have been diagnosed with ADHD so there was a lot of ADHD couple of them yeah there was a lot of ADHD flowing around in that room we could have done bless Ryan how was he yeah he was good yeah he was good Adam was fun Scott was great they were lovely and we hope you enjoyed the pod we missed you though you were missed you were on your holidays I was on my holidays I was in Ibiza last time I was in Ibiza last year that sort of went unnoticed so I don't know if anyone knows but yes I hadn't seen Liv for two and a half weeks so went to see Liv don't make this a thing so went to see Liv it was wonderful to see her been two and a half weeks it was Mark's 40th birthday so we had a fabulous time I have really hurt my back because I was back flipping off boats.

13:03We went for lovely dinners. We went to clubs. We drank a lot. It was magical. It's probably the best way to describe it. Well, do you know what? Not going to make this weird at all. Just going to say what a lovely moment to hear about you and Liv. We can say a name. Lovely. I'm a huge fan of Liv's. I'm as big a fan as I am. Not going to get rid of it. But we saw the video. Yeah. We saw the video. I messaged Pete. I went, Pete, this is quite late as well. And I was like, he's probably going to be pissed at this point. So I went, just to let you know, there's a video I keep getting sent more than I've ever been sent anything in my life.

13:46And I was like, I don't know whether you know about this or not, but if you do, I'm really happy for you. Yeah, listen, told her to post it. Oh, yes, come on. Yeah, look, you know, obviously, you know, she'd been out there filming for a couple of weeks. So I hadn't seen her. So yeah. And I really missed her. So it was, it was lovely. Mate, do you know what? We at staying relevant are incredibly happy for you. So, you know, everyone's been saying on the pod for quite a long time, something's different about Pete, the eyes be twinkling and it's been very hard. I don't think after a week in Ibiza, they're twinkling.

14:19they look a bit sullen now actually, but, but before they were absolutely twinkling. A lot of people have noticed how happy you are, mate. Obviously, you know, we've all known for a while, but, but we're very, very happy for you. And, and we're going to move on now because I feel like I'm over doing this. Well, I'm very happy. Okay. Well, that's all that bloody matters. I was on another holiday. You love a holiday. And I'm on holiday again in three weeks. I know. Bastard. Yeah. It's just, I'm really in my holiday era. That's, that's the one. Leaving me with the fucking, I've noticed this when you go away and people get really, you need to stop going away.

15:00Why? Because people are like, where the fuck is Pete? I can't hold the thought. No one cares when I'm away. The amount of messages... People are probably over the moon that I'm away. No, they're not. And I sit there, trying to hold the fucking thought as best I can. And everyone's like, where the fuck is Pete? I'm like, I don't know. I don't know what to do. So I need you back. Please. Well, holiday wise, you mentioned that you might be going to Marbella. Maybe. So if... Well, you said yes. You literally said, that your dad doesn't listen to this to surprise your dad. Yeah. And this will be out way after England have won the World Cup.

15:38Packing-wise, because, listen, we all know about your glow-up. Yeah. That's a glow-down, though. Well, yeah, after Wimbledon. Oh, that was bad. But we'll get on to that, geography man. Terrible. What is your kind of holiday starter pack? When you're going to pack for your holidays, let's say, and at this point in your life, you're going to go away, this week, to Marbella for the weekend. What sort of things are there for you? Do you know what? What's the footwear of choice? Because I'm in a real Javi Arna moment. Are you? They are back with a vengeance. I'm Adidas. And I'll tell you why. Because, again, Liv is a trendsetter.

16:19You don't have to do that every time. She's a trendsetter. She started wearing Javi Arnas again. So now I wear them. Because if she wears them, I wear them. Javianas are back but you forget everyone remembers Javianas no? Yeah of course How fucking comfortable they are I lived in them in Ibiza Yeah they are nice I think they are the best shoe in the world now I've decided I'm going to disagree with you then actually I thought you might I love Javianas I do But you're there for the Crocs I love a Croc What a holiday Croc? A holiday Croc Yeah Oh my god a light blue pair of holiday Crocs Oh yeah yeah Sport mode and everything No So, IB Crocs or Adidas sliders, they're so comfortable.

17:02Oh, the old Adi sliders. Yeah, they're so cushy. Old school. The little gel, they have the soft top bit that go over your foot. The only problem I have with flip-flops is they can dig in between your toes a little bit. No, never. Havianas are good. And they're cheap. So, if you want a pair of cheap shoes, I shouldn't say that. Well, they just throw away, aren't they? I love them. I think they're great. They just throw away. So what about when you're on your holidays? Yeah. What's your drink of choice, Sam? Because we know you're not a massive drinker. We know that occasionally you'll partake in a Guinness.

17:39Yeah. And the odd, what do you call it? A tequiles O 'Neils. Tequiles O 'Neils. But when you're on holiday, what's your drink of choice? Do you know what? Weirdly, this is going to sound a little bit weird, but recently in the sun I have been having a bit of rosé, which has been quite nice. Like a pale blush? What? It's got to be a pale because I don't like... Minute, Miraval. You're saying things I don't know. Okay. But I just say I'd like a rosé that doesn't taste too intense. I don't know how that... I don't understand. That's how you describe it. Yeah, I don't want it to be too strong. So when you're in Spain...

18:10And I put water in it. What? Yeah, yeah, I put water in it. So when you're in... Yeah, sometimes fizzy water. So when you're in Spain... Oh, like spritzer. Yeah. So when you're in Spain and he goes, Sir, what would you like? you go sorry it says Spanish you go I'd like a rosé that's not too intent how does that come across to him when he goes eh? oh he just goes I've got the perfect one for you and I go okay cool oh right and he just brings me probably the most expensive thing knowing I'm not going to have a fucking clue what I'm looking at or tasting but you'll pay for it because you're wearing a solid gold Daytona and go delicious thank you so much yeah it is funny whenever we've been for wine and stuff or dinner and we all do wine.

18:56Sam doesn't like to taste it, but I make him taste it. He does it because he knows there's no one doing it. Because it's just funny to watch him awkwardly kind of... Swirl it round. And then look at it and go, mmm. It could be corked, we don't have a fucking clue. Not a clue. Don't even know what corked means. I know the corked bits of cork gets in it or something like that, but other than that, don't you understand? No, no, no, it's not just because a bit of cork gets in it. It's not necessarily what corked is. Anyway. Yeah. At least I'm honest. So whilst I've been away, you've been holding the fall.

19:29Yeah, I have. Was I mentioned on the Thomas Brothers? Were you bloody mentioned? Absolutely. Well, now we're saying names. You and Liv were mentioned. I'm looking at the floor when saying it. I'm still like, you know, you're like, don't look at him. Don't look him in the eyes. You and Liv were mentioned. Ryan knows Liv a little bit. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I didn't know that. And he goes, he goes, I got a message from somebody. I was like, oh, I genuinely had no idea who it was going to be from. And he went, I got a message from Liv. And I went, oh, God. I was like, she cannot be named. I was like, what are we going to do?

19:59I went, just do it. And we'll just cut it if we need to cut it. And he goes, can you tell me a few things about Pete? And she knows you quite well, to be fair. She knows you, like, as well as I know you already, which is very, very sweet. But we have known each other for eight years as well. Yeah. She said that you're very particular. oh the shitting downstairs in the lobby that was the big one I already knew that you do that so I'm going to explain this for Pete basically Pete doesn't like and this is understandable I'm sure a lot of people listening to this would think there's very good etiquette Pete likes to bathroom in a different room as the person that he's with so let's say they have a or they have a double bathroom right yeah so whenever we go away the hotel's very important because sometimes you don't often have to share.

20:51And it's, you know, it's difficult, isn't it? You're away. You eat more than normal. You drink more than normal. Boily foods. You're out of your routine. Yeah. I don't want to hear or be in the – I don't like it. I go to the lobby. That's fine. I find it weird. And that is fine. She thinks it's fucking weird. I just think it's nice but the difference is is that she knows you're taking a shit so like so that's the difference like there's no you might as well just do it in the loo because well it's not that you don't do it in a loo well I was going to take yourself out to the lawn quickly when he says I go to the lobby I don't just shit in reception but like she knows when you go not like that's better well I can't do it in the room so I'm just going to have a dump here is that alright but like What room number are you?

21:451301, mate. Don't worry about it. But when you go, I'm going for a walk, she's literally going, he's going for a shit. But it doesn't... Yes, I know. I know she knows. It's not the... That's not the point. What is the point? You leaving nuggets of shite for your girlfriend to find make me feel violently sick. Yeah, but I'm on the other side of the spectrum. You are the whole spectrum, son. I'm on the spectrum. You've done a whole book about it. But she knows, is what I'm saying. And the fact that she messaged him was very funny. And she gets you very, and this is why you guys are such good about it.

22:22She knows you inside and out. Yeah, also relaxing in jeans. That is a weird one. You know this. Everyone knows this. I do. So this is the thing, because I'm so used to it that it doesn't seem weird. But then when I think about it, I don't actually know people who do, like, chill out in a pair of jeans. Right. So this is what I'm wearing today. we've got a long day in the office I've been for vaccines and stuff this morning I'll go home and this is what I'll wear till I go to bed I thought you could sit asleep and then you put on a fresh pair of jeans to be honest with you I probably won't even take the boots off I'll sit at home this is what I will wear until I go to bed I do the complete opposite I strip down well we know because like everything in your life is storied and you're constantly like during summer, got no top on and a pair of dirty basketball shorts you've had on for three weeks covered in barbecue fat.

23:18I'm just saying, I feel like we know more about what you've been up to for the past week than we know about what I've been up to, mate. You're on the gram. Well, no. It's grammed up now, baby. Well, but weirdly enough, I'm not. No, you're not. You're not. We've seen you on the gram, you know, doing really unusually unfunny TikTok dances at Wimbledon. even I got embarrassed by that I could tell because and then I don't know what I'm doing you could see it despite the music being over top it was fuck I mean for a man that describes himself as a TikToker oh oh if we're gonna go there you grabbed Liv's face and shoved your mouth listen listen it's not a competition I don't even have TikTok you are a TikToker and you were okay that is one of the most and besides let's just get down to Wimbledon this is how you know That's how you know that got in there.

24:08That's how you know it got in there. Let's get down to Wimbledon, shall we? Shove your tongue. Down her throat. Ate her face. Ate her face. And you knew the camera was filming you as well. You knew because you went extra sensual. And you knew. And you had a little look at the camera. Actually, I pulled the sensual back. So, let's get to Wimbledon. What on earth made you leave the house in an unironed shirt that you borrowed from I don't know who? Unironed trousers. Tucked in, rolled up. You said it yourself. I don't know who described you as a geography teacher. Me. But you couldn't, you couldn't, you couldn't have described yourself better.

24:48I know. What did you do? Sit there and explain to Tally and the Langs about erosion and tectonic plates? Do you know what? I said this to you earlier, mate. I was really disappointed. Wimbledon is all about the fashion, Sam. I know. No one goes for the fucking tennis. But the worst thing about the whole thing is I went thinking I looked good. That is the worst thing. I walked into, I told you this. I walked into the dressing room that Tally was getting changed in. I specifically went, because look, my fashion isn't that good. I'm very aware of that. I know that we're in the public eye and we're all meant to look unreal, right?

25:16I just can't. I don't have it in me. And so I go into the room and I asked my girlfriend, I go, do I look nice? She told me, I should have known when she went, aww, that's when I should have known. She went, you look absolutely lovely. She is a liar. And she fucking lied to me because I knew something was off. Because I walked into Wimbledon. And you know when, like, people are looking at you and they go, but they're not looking at you like, oh, they're looking at you like, oh, that's a bit weird. And I just, at the moment I walked in, I felt so uncomfortable in my own skin. I just, you know. Hated it.

25:49The whole thing looked to me like you'd forgotten you were going to Wimbledon and you had to pop into lost property when you got there. None of it looked like it belonged to you. I spent time doing it as well. Don't admit that. I know. Sam, don't. I spent time. Don't. Just say, listen, I don't care. If that's the time you spend. No, I did. Do better. I spent time. Do better. I spent time and I literally went in. And the moment I walked in, I went, this is wrong. I went, this is wrong. And I actually had a go at Tally. And I went, Tally, what have you done? I said, she went, what have I done? What have you done?

26:22How have you not dressed this 34-year-old man properly? I went, you had an option to tell me I look like shit. She went, I think you look, bless her. She was like, I think you look lovely. And that's what matters. Yeah, bless her. Bless the liar. Oh, it was so bad. I mean, listen, as long as, you know, you, Jamie, Sophie and... We did have a good day. And Taliyah had a good time. We had a nice day. Yeah. You bit hot. Boiling. Yeah. Boiling. Another blue shirt, though. Yeah, I know. It's almost like it's your colour. Who would have thought I wore blue to Wimbledon as well? Yeah. We all saw. Wimbledon was good.

26:57Spend some time with Jamie and Sophie. They were in very good form. Did a TikTok dance outside Centre Court. Now, this is an interesting one because I normally do that to you. I don't think it's as interesting as you think. Well, I thought it was interesting. Is that I normally, if you listen to this point and you follow me and Pete, you'll know that I try and sometimes, you know, do this in front of Pete and I try and embarrass Pete. Jamie did it to me. And I have never been in a position, because what you can't see with a camera, there's actually a circle of about 100 people watching us. And I'm like, I can't do this.

27:28And he's like, no, no, no. I'm normally game for like everything like this. And I went, I can't do this dance. And I tried. And the worst thing is, if you don't own it, you look even worse. And I didn't own it at all. And it was a very awkward moment for me. Well, just the whole, you know, I think we try again next year. We go again. We go again. Do you know what? Next year, and again, I'm here to make a promise. Next year, because I love, I actually like going to Wimbledon. Not because I give a fuck about tennis. I just like to get dressed up for me I had a full outfit for this year but unfortunately I couldn't go because of work and holidays and all sorts of stuff next year we'll go to Wimbledon together yeah and I will for the pod style and dress you for Wimbledon and we'll do a before and after it's like what is it beauty and the geek yeah this feels like it's like Sam you are butters I am gonna take you and I'm gonna turn you into a prince no no no I didn't say you are butters all I mean by that is you dressed like shit.

28:29You're not wrong. It was a real struggle. It's fine. But the day was lovely. Good, good, good. Listen, fashion might not be your thing. Yeah. Harry Styles, fashion icon, I would say. I would agree. Yeah. I mean, out there fashion icon, I think. Not everyone can pull off a Harry Styles. Yeah. In fact, I don't know anyone that can pull off a Harry Styles other than Harry Styles. But one thing that he has been wearing a lot, short shorts. I love a short short. You love a short short? Yeah I do I really like it I've never seen you in a short short Always Sam you're always in the basketball shorts No no no I've moved on Oh I've moved on Yeah yeah I'm in a short short now I think you're lying No I am I've never seen you in a short short Genuinely Sam Sam You don't have to say that You can just say it I've got loads of shorts I love a short short Next week short short Maybe next week A short short Because I always feel a little bit underdressed if I come in here in a pair of shorts And you think this is better?

29:25That's a good point Alright I'll tell you what I'll short short Lovely Great Galena make a Reminder to Short short We will both Short short up Next week is Short short Monday It's where we're running Shorts really Yeah No no no no no No That doesn't mean Come in a running Outfit It means Dress a pair of Short shorts Yeah For the office That doesn't mean That doesn't mean Come in Like I'm on Britain's Next Top Model Harry Styles Short short next week for both of us. We're like Wimbledon. We're going from makeovers at Wimbledon. We're doing short, short day at the fucking office. Listen. Fucking hell.

30:06Slay fucking Queen. Slay Queen's fair play. Whilst I was away as well. Yeah. You were in charge. I was in charge. I was a boss for a day, everybody. How was it sort of being boss? Well, I thought it went okay, to be fair. I tried to let everyone know. The team kind of knew what they were doing. So actually, I came in and sort of like... Oh, well, that's good. Kind of... So the team kind of knew... So, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Came in. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Had a dance. So the team kind of knew what they were doing. I knew what they were up to. What sort of direction did you give them whilst you were in?

30:38What did I do when I came in here? What did we do? What happened in here? I think we've gossiped a lot, to be fair. A lot of gossip going on. Annalise has just broken up with a fella again, so that was kicking off. So we were talking about that. She's back in the dating game. Did we talk about Hannah's hair colour? Hannah Teacolor did come up a few times. I really like it. Yeah. But that's, do you know what? I'm going to put my hands up now. That's what I sort of do when I come in here. I don't know if it's very helpful, but it's more of a morale builder, I think. You know? Vibes in the office were good.

31:10Vibes when Sam in the office were good. Vibes, it's like a dark cloud when I'm here. That's effectively, yeah, that's effectively what happens. I bring the rain, he brings the sunshine. But together, something beautiful grows. We have a rainbow when we're together. Yes. Yes, yes, yes.

31:31Yes, yes, yes. Being a boss is tough work, Pete. I will put that out there. I mean, look, we won't ask the team because, you know, I don't want to embarrass you. But if you had to pick an employee of the day whilst you were in, who would you pick?

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34:05banter, a lot of football chat. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So employee of the day, Josh, based on good chat. Good chat. The fact that we just sort of got a lot of work done. Yeah, yeah. So do you think we should introduce an employee of the month? Why don't we do an employee of the month? We should do that. I'd love that. Literally what I just said, yeah. Let's do it. Literally just said it. I'm reiterating it. Let's do it. You're up for employee of the month, yeah? Yeah, okay. Who's going to decide the employee of the month? Well, I think we both have to vote on it, don't we? I think we'll disagree. So I think maybe you should pick Employee of the Month.

34:38All right, fine. I am going to put out there now that, yes, we have a lot of human employees, but we do also have four-legged employees. Rodney can be up for Employee of the Month. Yep. And that's why I shouldn't do it because he would win it every month. Well, I don't know. The piss and the shit might sort of turn out there. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Whoa. Whoa, he's nine months old now. When was the last time he did it? When was the last time he did it? I think he pissed today in the office. No, he hasn't. He had excited wheeze. No, he hasn't. He genuinely hasn't. Not one. Not one. Fair enough.

35:12I know. I know. It's drool from the water bowl. Ah, okay. Might be drool. Yes, he's got big chops now. He's got big chops. No. So anyway, he's my employee of the year. Right. But employee of the month, you're going to decide every single month now. Okay. Employee of the month. everyone basically what I mean now is you will have to really come to me and sort of like impress me yeah yeah yeah this is it now I can be bribed by the way I just want to let you know that now I'm not one of those dudes who like we don't play fair like if you want to come over to me what sort of things are you looking for for employee of the month good vibes good vibes you know talking to me about how you're doing in your day I want to hear about you you know I want to hear about your life your personal life yeah I want to hear the goss you know what's going on who's got a friend Any of it sort of work related?

36:00Well, you know, you have to obviously sort of like do a good job. But other than that, you know, I want to know that you're well. So, yeah, come over to me. So the employee of the month criteria is just be well. Yeah, be well. Smile, be happy. Walk into the office with a smiley face. All right. So it's gone from employee of the month to smiler of the month. Yeah. Nice. Excellent. Maybe we'll have two awards. We'll have a Sam employee of the month and a Pete employee of the month. Yeah, who's coming with great energy today? And, you know, as I say, Rodney will be my employee of the year, so shitting and pissing in the office doesn't rule you out.

36:34That's all I'm saying. It doesn't rule you out, all right? If you slop your water from the water, but it doesn't rule you out, all right? Just saying, just saying. Well, very exciting. You've gone from Wimbledon, Boss, everything else. Yeah. I feel like you've really grown up. I genuinely do, you know? I feel like you've really grown up in the past kind of year or so. And we are heading to that very special day. We are my birthday. That is correct. It is your birthday coming up. It's just under a month away. A month away now. So not coming up too soon, but just under a month away. What's the plan?

37:13Well, I don't know. I better ask you, right? I'm sure you've got something planned. Yep. Excited for it, whatever it may be. Me too. Excited for whatever Pete's got planned for his best pal's birthday. Yeah, me too. What's it going to be? No, listen, very exciting day. Your birthday. Yeah, 34 though, man. I don't know if it's a birthday that I'm sitting there sort of super excited about. No, no, no. But you were excited about 33? No, not really. 33. 30 was the birthday that I really loved, which obviously you were at. And then after that, I don't know, maybe when I get to 40, that'll be another big birthday.

37:48Oh, yeah. So that's the next big one for you. Yeah, but I haven't got anything in my locker, I don't think, for 34. I haven't even got, like, I'm not going away or anything. Well, look how much has changed. This time last year, you were lonely, depressed and sad. Now you have a beautiful girlfriend who you love, who loves you about your outfit choices. But what are the plans? You and Tally are planning? I think we'll just go for some dinner. Go for some dinner. Something low-key, yeah. Something a little bit low-key. Maybe. Birthday barbecue? I think, mate, don't say things. Oh, but yeah, well, I might have one.

38:19Yeah, I'd love you to be there, but I know you can't be there. Well, who said it would be your barbecue?

38:26You're going to host a birthday barbecue? No, I'm in Saint-Tropez. Ah, another holiday. God damn, shucks. Ah, shucks. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But maybe. But you never know. Pete's in the business at the moment of surprising people. Yeah, you never know. You never know. Maybe there'll be an Instagram of me going, ah! And it'll be Pete, and we'll bag it up there. You never go, ah! Yeah, I did it a few years ago. I haven't done that one. My dream birthday would probably be, as lame as it is, it would be something around, like, a nice, like, barbecue or something like that. Genuinely, it would. Family, friends.

38:59This sounds really weird, but, like, and I mean this, like, some fun in the park.

39:07That sounds weird for, like, a group of my favourite people, like, in the park, like, having some beers and, like, I don't know, playing, like, some rounders or something like that, like, just doing, like, an activity, like, just fun in the sun. um so is this is this your kind of idea or are you just reciting a birthday you had when you were nine no no it just sounds it's me and the boys in the park playing arounders i really miss and i think as i'm getting older um i don't know if anyone can resonate with this or not maybe i'm the only person but it i i really miss being able to like hang with your best pals and like just like hang you know it doesn't have to be around doing anything just like just hanging out and i think that's really really nice thing as we got older so it's not about the rounders it's just about getting people together getting people together getting my friends get my family together because we're all sort of some people have kids now some people don't like do you know i mean like just getting everyone together for a day and maybe a night and like go and do different things like like genuinely i'd go and have a game of golf with everyone for a day or game of paddle or whatever and then maybe have a barbecue afterwards a few beers so so all i'm getting from this is some sort of ball-related sport, some hanging, and a couple of beers.

40:20A couple of beers, yeah. That's a man of simple pleasures. Mate, I'm a simple guy. Simple pleasures. That would be really fun. I would love that. That would be really, really nice. All right. A ball game later in the evening. Yeah, a little ball game. So a ball game in the day, ball game in the evening. Yeah. Yeah. A bit of Catan or something. Yeah. Or Catan, and then we can all play Bumder together or whatever you call it. Bums. All right, well, fine. I like the sound of that. You never know. we could all group together and have a few drinks and that we could have we could have a little sort of kind of pickle diet coke ah I see what you've done there it's the GioLipa the GioLipa it's come back again this was a while ago well I've had it previously yeah you liked it love it I love pickle juice I love pickles I'm a big fan of the old you know they call me Pete the pickle yeah I they don't I really like pickle stuff pickle I'll tell you what a pickle martini A pickle martini.

41:12Okay, why don't we just give this a vote then? Another viral drink we've got is a pickle lemonade we're doing today. Pickle lemonade. I believe you've got it over there. Oh, look at that. We've got the M &S lemonade as well here. Very nice. Now, I think what's important to remind people is that ratios are important with the lemonade pickle. I have a strong feeling you're going to fuck this up. Give me your ratios. So here we go. All right, that's all I want. That's not much. I don't want a full drink. It's just a taste, mate. You just shorten the ratio. Okay, right. Fucking hell. Right. All right, okay.

41:50Be careful. Not all over the seats because it's... Yep. That's quite pungent. Okay, ready? Yep. Try and get some in the glass. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, it wasn't great. And that'll do me. That'll do me for the pickle juice. But I'd like a garnish. Pop a pickle in. All right, here we go. Oh, you want a pickle in there? Yep, yep, yep, yep. All right. Oh, that's a beast. Nice. Just pop the pickle in. Beautiful. And then a little bit of dill. Have you got dill? Why do you want dill in there? Because that's part of it. Is it dill? Yeah. Dill is just a beautiful garnish. It's got a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.

42:32Lovely. Excellent. So that's my pickle lemonade. Well, that's mine. Can I have a sip? Well, no, because you're going to make your own. So you're going to do your ratios and my ratios? Well, I kind of now wanted to say for your ratio, because I bet this tastes banging. You said you loved it. Go for it.

42:52That's a brilliant ratio. That is absolutely delicious. That's one of the most refreshing things I think I've ever had in my life. On a serious note, as much as I don't get into the bowl, I mean, obviously what you'd need for this is a load of crushed ice. Then you're fucking talking. That is absolutely phenomenal. Load of crushed ice, beautiful. Oh, my God. Honestly, it's fucking nice. But as a summer drink, beautiful. And then I'll tell you what, I'll tell you what's really good, just put a shitload of vodka in it. Yeah, yeah, and then get hammered. But to be fair, what drink isn't good when you put a shitload of vodka in it?

43:32I can't believe how damn nice that is. That is tasty. It's nice, isn't it? Because it's got a lovely little laughter twang. but the deal really does make a difference. My ratios, well, I should probably just, I think you need a fair amount of pickle juice, a bit of PJ in there. I think we probably, maybe even less. I think we probably should have done your ratio first because I feel like what you're going to do is just do my ratio now. And a little bit more pickle juice maybe. I think that's about the same there. I think you've done quite a good ratio. Just free pour really, isn't it? And then just, Yeah, well, it's all to taste.

44:09It's all to taste, guys.

44:13Absolutely banging. What I will say, if you are going to think about doing this, and genuinely it might sound weird, but you should try it, go with the lemonade first or the Diet Coke. Less is more on the pickle juice. You can always add more. Don't overdo it.

44:30That's Sam eating a pickle. Lovely. Well, on that note, with our celebratory pickle juice lemonade, I think we're fucking done. Come on, England! Yeah, they've already won or lost. Me and Pete have been to New York already to watch it. No, it was good. We had a lovely time. We love New York. We do. We had a great time. Pete ran onto the pitch. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That was mad. Yeah, I ran onto the pitch. I hugged Jude and he went, mate, no worries, because he's such a humble guy. You know, it's all about the aura. what do you think about really quick before we leave if we did go and watch the game and I was like Pete I want to go and storm the beach would you come with me?

45:10no I'd say I'll film you from here would you not if I was like this is going to like we are literally our podcast is called staying relevant and we are going to storm the beach what's our podcast name got to do with that? well that would be the most relevant thing we could do right okay Steve I see where you're going um no maybe Maybe. Oh, maybe. Maybe in four years' time. Oh, we could do it. Yeah. We could do it. You never know. Bye then.

45:42Nice. That was fucking delicious. This has been a Staying Relevant production.

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