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1:26Way fair, every style, every home. Stay informed about serious side effects. Go to row.co.slashsafety. Welcome to Staying Relevant, the bonus episode hosted by two best friends, me, Sam Thompson and Peter Wicks. This episode will contain swearing. If you don't like it, go f*** yourself. This is our official last record of 2025. God, it's gone fast. It's f***ing been painstaking. But you'll be listening to this in 2026. It's the first bonus episode of 2026, which means it's Thursday today. And you'll be able to watch this as normal on Sunday from 5pm on Josh's YouTube channel. And Monday's main episode is currently out on Josh and Kira's YouTube channel as of 5pm last night, which was Wednesday.

2:12Which means that you can catch us on a... Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday. Wonderful. As always, the bonus episode is always about you. So you can email us and get in touch at hello at srproductions.co.uk. Shall we go straight in with a fucking email? I think we get straight in there, Peter. This one is from Jake. He goes, hey, Sam. Hey, Pete. In the spirit of a new year, which is all about reinventing yourself and thinking of some better future versions of you, where do you see the other being in 10 years' time? I look forward to this one from Jake. I actually think that's quite a good question.

2:4810 years' time for Pete. So you'll be 47. So let's just start, because otherwise this could be a real quick answer. Do you think I'll be dead? No, you'll be alive. Okay, there we go. We've got something to work with here, kids. No, you're going to outlive us all. You're going to outlive us all, which is going to be wild. It's like that grandma who smokes like a million packs of f***ing damn. You're like, how are you still alive? And she's like, I actually attribute it to the cigarettes. And like, you know, and someone just goes, it's the nicotine that keeps me going. It is weird. Actually, I, what's that, fuck, what's his name?

3:21Dick Van Dyke. Do you know who Dick Van Dyke is? So he's 100 years old now, right? And they asked him the other day, how's it feels to win? And he went, yeah, quite good. I still try and dance and do this and say that. Why do you think you live so long? And he went, I just don't care. He said, I don't hate. I don't get upset. I just don't care. I think that could be the way forward. Because we all know I'm quite an angry person. Maybe I'll just stop caring. Oh, but if you don't care, it'll be even better because then you'll give us even more unfiltered versions of what you think. Can it get more unfiltered?

3:53I don't know. I'm not sure. So where do you see me in 10 years? 47. 47. I see you. Are you still in the industry? Well, listen, this is your look into the future. Rub your little crystal ball there. Okay. No, that doesn't look like you're rubbing a crystal ball. I think that you are still in the industry at 47. Do you? And I think you are. In another decade. And I think you are still complaining about the fact that you are still in the industry. You don't want to be in it. and I think you're going to be going god damn I need to fucking go by the way you've got all the money in the world at this point you're really successful you're some host of something never wanting to be but are and I think you're still I think you've still got the same haircut I think it's just just a bit further back no no I think it's just fully grey you think I'm going to go fully grey I think I'm going to go fully grey over like overhead like slip back but the same haircut right and I think that you're going to be stood there.

4:55Maybe like a chat show. I could see you doing like a Jonathan Ross or something like that. And it's going to be the most unfiltered, like, petisms where you're going to interview people, but just be really, really fucking like, and you're going to be like, I don't want to be here. But inside you kind of do want to be there. You'll have a kid. You'll have a kid, but, but it won't be, you won't have had a kid for that long. I think it'll be like maybe six, six years old something like that a kid at 41 a kid around 41 yeah am i still with the mum uh you are actually still with the mum yeah i think you are with the mum because i think that you guys i think that you've actually found the one um and i and i think and also i think you found the one and it hasn't like you haven't been looking i think it's just happened and you and you've actually done it i think you're a lot more calm at 47 i mean i'm i'm calmer at 37 than i was at 27 yeah i think you're more calm.

5:50So if we continue in that vein. At 47, I think the, I think we may have, I think we may have managed to push you to Botox. I think we might have been like, come on mate, everyone's doing it, get involved. So what Sam thinks is that I'm going to be Mickey Rourke with a chat show. But I've got a young, what a brilliant example. But I've got a young kid. But I've got a young kid. Mickey Rourke is fucking phenomenal for you. Yeah, and I think you've got a kid. And I think... You're still thinking about Mickey Rourke, aren't you? Because all I want is... No, I don't want this for you. But I'm picturing you with like...

6:30You know the human Ken doll? Or Ruby Wax, who's just been in the jungle, where they don't know when to stop. Yeah, I've started. And you can't stop. Like I always say, we'll have a go. Stop now. He's started, so he'll finish. That won't be you, but... I kind of almost hope that is you. But I think you'll be really happy, really in love actually, still in the industry that you hate, that you can't get rid of. Yeah. And I think that we will be doing something together still in 10 years' time. All right. Yeah, that's where I think you'll be. All right. I mean, I'm happy with that. I thought we were just going to go with dead.

7:10No. It sounds like I'm doing well. I think you're doing well. Do you know what? I think you're thriving. Thriving? I think you're thriving at 47. Right. Right. Shall we go on to you? Yeah. Sam's dead. No. When are you surprised? No, no, no, no. I think, funnily enough, I mean, I think you've got a big family. Oh, fuck. I think you have a big, big family. I'm talking four kids. Are you 43? Yes. I think when you start having kids, you'll pop out one a year for four years. I think you will be happily, happily married. All right. I think you are going to be in a job that you've been in for, I would say, five years.

8:03Okay. I think you are going to have a show or you will be the anchor of a daytime show this morning, something like that. I think you're going to be the kind of the guy on that because at that point you'd have calmed down a little bit. You know, you're the nation's sweetheart. You've gone all kind of very like, you know, goody kind of nice, nice vibes. Wholesome. You've got the kids and you know what I mean? There'll be loads of lovely Instagram. Your family will have their own TikTok. You know what I mean? Like there'll be a whole Instagram for the Thompsons. At home with the Thompsons, all the kids are going to be doing dance.

8:42Daddy, daddy, daddy. And you're all in little mini inflatable outfits. and then you're in a big one and there's those mummies in a big one. Mini inflatables. Yeah, I think all of that will be happening. This podcast will still be going. Yeah, 100%. And it will be, but it will have had a rebrand and it will be called On The Way Out. Good name. Good name. Because we'll have to change things because at that point, I'll genuinely be trying to work out how to disappear from life. Yeah. So it will be called On The Way Out and it will be sort of phasing out. Phasing out. Yeah. Something along them lines.

9:15I think potentially Pippa will have stolen from us and will have set up her own company and podcast. She'll have found the latest and brightest two new young people as a duo and they will headhunt and take her away from us. And at that point, they'll just be going, so do what you did with Pete and Sam. And she'll go, well, listen, we're going to do better because they were shit. I think We'll be bitter Bitter and old Yeah I'll be moaning constantly about it On my late night chat show And then trying to make myself feel better By fitting my face With all sorts of different liquids and things Where I can't move Then I'll be popping rounds To see you still And at home at the Thompson's I'll pop up maybe once every three months To scare the kids With my face don't be afraid don't be afraid it's fun Uncle Pete it's fun good kids and it'll be like you know what I mean I'll look like Jackie Stallone but I think you're going to go down all the wholesome route and I genuinely in a really nice way I think you're going to achieve everything you wanted to achieve but I don't think you'll stop I think you will still come up with different ideas I potentially think you will be a 43 year old man still imagining that they are a an 18 year old TikToker and streamer you'll be gaming with you'll be like Kevin Hart when he goes to that fucking them streamer do you know what I mean?

10:48Kyson Atta I love watching those clips and he's like 50 why are you there mate? like you're a fucking Hollywood fucking suit why the fuck are you sat at a streamer's house? that'll be you what do you think about the latest young kid what do I think? what do you think about Kevin Hart turning on to Kyson Atta's house he's like in his 20s and he's never met him properly before being like hey kids Unless he's paying him a fortune. But even then, you don't need the money. Like, what? Literally, it's trying to stay relevant. You're still going to be doing it, even though you are. You are. You've got the biggest daytime TV show.

11:21You've got four kids at home. But I'll tell you what, and you'll be a great dad, so you'll be a great dad. But every Sunday night, you'll be an 18-year-old TikTokers just going, back in my day. Do you know what I mean? I swear. I was the first one to do inflatables. And everyone would be like, Why is this 43-year-old with a mullet fucking just at the front and back? Because that will have gone. But you still want to have been to Turkey. Why is he just popping around our house? Do you know what I mean? In his crocs. It's fucking weird. Don't worry. Pete's coming over. We'll show you whippersnappers how it's done.

11:52Yeah. And then I'll answer and they'll go, fuck me. Is it Halloween? Fuck. I really hope that happens. I really hope me and Pete have like a dance battle with some young upstars. We'll show you how it's done. I'll have bionic knees, hips, and a fucking back replacement at that point. Because hopefully in 10 years, I'm there. Do you know what? I'll be like fucking Wolverine. They'll have to put metal in me bones because they've all disintegrated and crumbled around the joints. Be fucking mental. Be throttling a 19-year-old streamer. Fuck off. But, yeah, on a serious note, I think you will be happily married with four kids.

12:27And I think you actually will have achieved everything you want to achieve. Bloody hell. And we're going to host I'm a Celeb. No, we're not. No, Ant and Dec will still be going and they will still look better than us and they will still be funnier than us and they will still be better. That's not happening. If anything, what will happen is we've become so pissed off that actually as a production company, we've bought our own channel somewhere on Sky. It's Sky 902 and it's called fucking Sam and Pete Land or something and it's just us discussing nothing and we'll be so happy with the fucking viewing figures because we've got 43 people an evening doing it.

13:06Sounds fucking great. Yeah, and that'll be it. Fucking Josh will still be here. You know what I mean? No one else is going to employ him. Everyone else will have left. Okay, yeah, it's like past is a new. Yeah, Josh we've fully adopted now for life. You know what I mean? But the difference is in 10 years, that **** won't look any different. You know what I mean? He looks 22 now and he's fucking my age. By the time he's 43, he'll look exactly the same. He'll still have them same dirty trainers on. He'll still have the same pair of fucking jeans I bought him off ASOS. And that'll be him. He'll have, listen, he'll be happily married and doing his own fucking, you know, thing.

13:41It would just be the three of us. By the way, you, you, with your fucking style, right? If you had taken a look at you. Don't, I saw some pictures. Back then. No, mate. Mate, I'm not joking. Pete somehow managed to like hoodwink all of us into thinking he always had style Pete no no no let's go take a minute I'll show you some photos where you will be like oh my you used to wear low cut t-shirts my friend low cut down there and I used to be like and tight tight skinny jeans I was wearing skin tight jeans oh it was so good like pointy fucking boots and fedoras it was so good it's a mental look like mental like genuinely you know some of them things where you look back on and let's be this was what six years ago yeah ain't that fucking it's only six years it's wild wild I have got so much like big chunky silver jewellery he's got the fucking McQueen's on in that look at them trousers the trousers have got zips on the sides that's not even the worst that's just one I've just felt oh no

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16:59No, no, no. They are honestly awful. You've got ankles showing. You've got folks. You know those three lost boys things? You know, you're one of them. But let's, it's actually, it's got to be, no, it's longer than six. That was 2019. 2019. So however long ago that was? Six, yeah, six, seven years. 2019. But you've done a number. You've done a number on us. How have you managed to get away with that? So 2025 was the year of the grout for you. I've just been slowly trying to glow up for the past fucking... Look at your suit. That's a nice suit. Fuck off. Fuck off. I'm not having that. That's a fully tailored beauty.

17:42That's a nice suit. That's still a nice suit. You look like that, geezer, from Surrey, who's gone to the races. Yeah, I do a little bit. But fashion, listen, fashion changes, guys. Do you remember when we went to that content house, that TikTok house? It was the first time I went viral. Yeah, mate, and you did that hair. You did your hair in a scrunchie with a guy. That's mad. But me and Pete went to a TikTok house years and years and years and years ago. And there was a guy who had the same hair as him. I mean, I've still got that video. And he said, like, father like son. Like father like son.

18:19And everyone, the son wrote a whole article saying that I genuinely had, they thought I was a son. He was about two years younger than me. Mate, and he used to basically go viral on TikTok by doing his hair into a ponytail. Just putting his hair up, trying to be all sexy. So Pete and him did the same thing. And it went fully fucking viral. And then me and Pete showed them how it was done. Donned our inflatables. did a dance into their fucking living room. Mate, that was peak content. I'm going to find that video because that was fucking phenomenal. It was of the time. It was of the time. Thankfully, content has fucking changed since then because otherwise we'd all still be in fucking inflatables.

18:55At that point, if it continued going down that vein, people wouldn't even see our faces. We'd just be sat here like them fucking DJs. It was them DJs that did fucking... With a marshmallow hat on. Yeah, do you know what I mean? That would be us now just going... who could it be? No one knows. You know what I mean? We'd be the Banksy of the content world. No one knows who the fuck it is. Gorilla and dinosaur just sat in the chairs. Do you know what as well? Everything's cyclical, mate. Fashion. Imagine if content comes back around to doing inflatable dances. Yeah, well, there you go. That's where we'll be in 10 years.

19:25Yeah, we'll be back on the time. Back where we fucking started. God, do you know what? It's nearly been long enough, maybe one more year, and I can't wait. We'll bring it back for you guys. We'll bring an inflatable back for you and do a little dance and an old school Pete and Sam routine in about a year's time for you for like a special moment. Yeah. I've still got the pig outfit that Pete wore in the first ever time in my basement. Well, that's something to look forward to. Right. There you go, Jake. Sorry you went on a tangent. My mum still got a cardboard cut out of you in her house. Fucking there we go.

19:58Right. Hey, Sam. Hey, Pete. Hey, team. I'm writing this just before Christmas. you have already entered the Christmas and have already entered the Christmas stasis. Living in Christmas pyjamas, only living off celebrations and haven't dragged myself into the office for a good couple of weeks now. I'm a big fan of the Stan relevant motivational messages you guys occasionally treat us to. It's not you guys, it's Sam. And could do with a pep talk from you both. Please can we get Pete's version of a New Year's pep talk? Fuck me. Thanks and love you so much, Hannah.

20:39Dreams are like rainbows. Oh, that's punchy. Only idiots follow them.

20:51It's never too late to just give up.

20:59So just don't bother.

21:05life is like a box of chocolates.

21:11If you don't eat them quick enough, they go off. Someone else will have them. And someone else will eat them. Someone else will eat them. You'll be left with no fucking chocolates. So the moral of the story is, don't try. Don't bother. do your best to get through it just do your best good luck happy new year can you give us more of a Mel Robbins that was oh right okay fine well like the Letton theory we talked about this last year I don't remember it look at yourself in the mirror and go you've got this high five yourself in the mirror so just do what we did earlier in the year look at yourself in the mirror wonder why you're still doing what everyone tells you to do and never doing anything for yourself wonder why you're repeating the same shit year after year and i'll tell you why because you're not original you're boring no one cares so why should you is that motivational enough Yeah, that'll do.

22:28Yeah, listen, the motivational, surely that's going to fucking drop off as well. No, people love it, mate. Yeah, but there's only so many times because they're all saying the same shit. Well, it's just people who, do you know what, a motivational talk is more so people just looking for something to follow and believe in because they're so scared that there's nothing out there and they're not going to succeed. Well, what you should probably start doing is following and believing in yourself. Well, exactly. And that's what Mel would say. You can't help someone that doesn't want to be helped. you can't love anyone until you love yourself.

22:59That's why we stopped asking Pete to go to therapy. You know? And also, you can't make decisions for someone else when it's their life. Right. I'm sure you're all feeling motivated now. And you're, I bet, more than ever for question time. Question time. And we've had James get in touch with any more travel for the podcast in 2026. Now, this is something that we may be doing. Just been discussed, actually. Today. Yes, there is. But we can't tell you where. And I'll tell you why, because we don't know. Yeah. We can't tell you when. Well, I think we should travel more. Don't you? As a group. Yeah.

23:45No fucking wonder you lot are fucking nodding. Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, yeah. Pippa, like the nodding church little dog in the car there. Yes, please. Yeah, I think, listen, I think at some point you can look forward to us travelling the UK. Sam, you know, let the cat out of the bag that Sheffield is on the horizon in 2026. So that could be happening. But do we, I mean, it's not usual for a company to do sort of team holidays, is it? No, it's not at all. But it's something that we, I think, of, you know, we're leaders in that regard. You know, we're a family. We go together. Maybe. Maybe.

24:20Listen, this is just throwing it out there. Sam, maybe you lot at home could suggest a team holiday. Oh, my God. Maldives. Maldives. It's like when someone whispers into their phone going, engagement ring, engagement ring. Within reason, I mean, we sort of mentioned it, but it would be interesting to do like a family team holiday to Disneyland or something. Do you know what I mean? I would love to. Or like a family camping trip. Disney would have to be in America. Paris won shit. It is also just a work trip. Sorry, apologies everyone. I tried to get you to Orlando. I'm trying to think of things we'll actually do.

25:03Because we're not fucking taking 10 people to the Maldives or to Florida, are we? But Disneyland, Paris, Eurostar, St. Oseph's, camping, all possible and within budget. We'll get a little RV. Like a camper van? Oh, right. the way you said it it sounded like we're getting larvae and I was like who's larvae where's larvae I do think we're going to go on holiday though I do think we're going to go away we always like to go away we've done it for two years running now actually as well yeah we went to Ibiza the year before fuck yeah yeah yeah yeah obviously Vegas this year yeah yeah mate well you and I we've done skiing me and Pete have been everywhere we've been Colorado we did LA we did Colorado fucking hell me and Pete have been on For 2026, we're going to have a holiday apart.

25:55No, no, no, no. Don't say things like that. Me and Pete went rock climbing together once. Well, Sam rock climbed. I hung on for dear life, got tired halfway up and nearly killed myself. What's one thing you'll be leaving in 2025? One thing I'll be leaving in 2025? Potentially GBU. I can't put it out there. Yeah. Potentially GBU. Listen, we're not going to name any names, but one of the things we're potentially leaving is the sports franchise are staying relevant. It hasn't quite worked out how we imagined. No, what's one thing we'll be leaving in 2025? Oh,

26:34bloody, I don't know. I think we've had such a good 2025. One thing we'll be leaving is this office. Fuck. No fucking. For 2026, Sam is going celibate. Leaving in 2025. Do you know what I'd like to leave in 2025? Because I think it's run its course. We've milked it as much as we can and they should probably disappear at this point. Let's leave Jenny Cats in 2025, shall we? Don't fucking look at me like that. You can take them all home. Is that the thing that you want gone from just sort of like the world globally? I admit it. We've done it now. We've done it. You all had a laugh and you all had a nice time.

27:11Fucking, let's leave it alone now. Give us a break, will ya? You know what I mean? I think we're all right with it. It was a good laugh. I enjoyed it. I can't wait for it. You know what I mean? I went to the fish and chip shop. It was lovely. We had a lovely time. I didn't eat anything. And I think we've got it now. It's a toy. All right, we're done. There's going to be so much fun you can have. Mate, do you know what I'm excited for? There'll be another one next year. There'll be something new. It was Le Boo Boo's, Jelly Cats. What we got next? God, I can't wait. Do you know what would be nice?

27:37Do you know what would be nice if 2026 was the year of common sense? Well, you don't think Jelly Cats are common sense? Of course they're not. She's a grown woman. She's a grown woman. sat there in fucking Christmas pyjamas. I actually think, I might put it out there, I'm just going to leave it on this, all right? And this is something, you know, we're going to leave this on a bombshell today. I actually think next year...

28:06I think you'll get... Fucking hell. I genuinely do, yeah. Okay, can I tell you what mine is? Not as intense. What, one for me? Yeah. I think people... I think you'll have a by the end of next year and and so obviously beat this bit out I think that you will and I think this is going to be like your proper fucking like I think that this is going to be like by the end of next year okay alright I like that yeah so we're going to bleep parts of that out I think they're long shots for us both You're the one who brought it up. Weirdly enough, I think mine's a longer shot. But all right, cool. There you go.

28:56There's the same. We've made a, what do you call it? Like a New Year's capsule. Yeah, yeah, yeah. One of those. We'll open it up at the end of next year of two things that we think for each other. But I'm dead serious about it. I just have a feeling. There you go. Right, that's it. That's us done for the day. On a bombshell. he's left us on a fucking bombshell because I cannot talk anymore this week we're still in 2025 we're still here it's a real tough one because we've left the most exciting start of the year to the ends of the dregs of us we have nothing left we are Ian Beale and Phil Mitchell at this point we've got fucking nothing left let us go we'll see you fucking next week we love you This has been a Staying Relevant production.

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