Jimmy Kimmel Gets Emotional Admitting Political Differences w/ Adam Carolla

29 May 2026 · 53 min · 24 chapters

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In short

The Rubin Report episode mixes personal updates and political commentary, focusing on (1) Jimmy Kimmel’s emotional remarks about political differences with Adam Carolla and (2) LA politics and public-health panic, including Spencer Pratt’s mayoral push, Karen Bass’s homelessness approach, and debate over Ebola/WHO messaging.

Guests (backgrounds)

Adam Carolla (comedian/podcaster; long-time media personality; political differences with Kimmel). Dr. Drew (physician and long-running radio/TV host, known for medical commentary). Sage Steele (TV journalist/anchor; appears as a friend on the couch). Jimmy Kimmel is discussed via clips (late-night host). Marco Rubio is discussed via a video (U.S. senator/foreign-policy voice).

Key claims

Kimmel can be “human” and still maintain friendships despite politics, but Drew says Kimmel has become “extreme” and captured by audience incentives. In LA, the show argues homelessness drug policy fails and that Pratt “kicked open the Overton window” by stating problems plainly. They also claim Ebola fears are exaggerated and WHO messaging is suspect, contrasting Ebola with other LA outbreaks (e.g., typhus, TB, resistant gonorrhea).

Notable examples

Kimmel praising Carolla at the Hollywood Walk of Fame; Pratt’s comments about mandatory medical treatment for fentanyl/super-meth users; Karen Bass’s “bed”/teeth framing; Rubio’s reassurance about Ebola containment; mentions of murine typhus in LA.

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Chapters

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Reflections on Friendship and Dinner

0:13 to 1:04

The hosts express gratitude for their friendship and discuss a recent dinner.

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Reflections on Friendship and Dinner

2:56 to 3:36

The hosts express gratitude for their friendship and discuss a recent dinner.

“I was just thinking as you were talking about actual friends, I thought, I am so grateful.”

Personal Insights and Allergies

3:36 to 5:06

Dr. Drew shares his new dietary restrictions and experiences at dinner.

“You were the king of the – you were the little box guy before anybody when you were on HLA.”

Sage's New Place in Miami

5:06 to 6:29

Sage Steele discusses her new living arrangement and potential plans.

“No, your daughter and I had a long relationship, but he barked at me this morning and he's kind of upset.”

Real Estate Talk and Selling Property

6:29 to 7:47

Discussion about Sage's property in Fort Lauderdale and real estate.

“Susan was talking about that last night.”

Kimmel and Carolla: Friendship Amid Differences

7:47 to 10:10

The hosts talk about Adam Carolla receiving a Hollywood star and his relationship with Jimmy Kimmel.

“We're not going too hardcore on politics.”

Discussion on Political Differences

10:10 to 11:42

Exploring the challenges of maintaining friendships across political divides.

“And Adam is confused by some of Jimmy's sort of beliefs he takes.”

Dr. Drew on Meeting Adam Carolla

12:54 to 14:03

Dr. Drew shares the story of how he met Adam Carolla and their professional journey.

“Let's throw to a guy that I tend to agree with a bit more.”

The Journey of Passion and Hard Work

14:03 to 19:20

Explore the origins of their careers and the struggles they faced along the way.

“And then now you have a 30 plus year relationship.”

The Reality of Minimum Wage

19:20 to 20:38

Discuss the original intent of minimum wage laws and their implications today.

“There's a political issue embedded in this, which is the energy around or the conversation around minimum wage.”
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The Impact of Financial Habits

20:38 to 24:50

Reflect on personal financial mistakes and the lessons learned from them.

“I had one stupid weekend, my brother's bachelor party, where I was the best man.”

Navigating the Emotional Landscape of Success

24:50 to 28:00

Discuss the psychological effects of financial success and the pressures of motherhood.

“And we obviously are on the other side of that.”

Navigating Work-Life Balance

28:00 to 30:06

Exploration of the challenges of balancing work and family life, emphasizing the need for acceptance over perfection.

“It was kind of a vulnerable moment because I'm like, I mean, I did what I thought was right at that time.”

Reality TV and Political Aspirations

30:06 to 32:06

Discussion on the intersection of reality TV fame and political ambitions, highlighting the case of Spencer Pratt.

“And there are ways to separate your professional part from the personal part.”

Los Angeles' Political Landscape

32:06 to 34:28

Analysis of local politics in Los Angeles, including the effectiveness of current leaders and the challenges they face with homelessness.

“And he just said, these are drug addicts.”

Addressing Mental Health and Drug Addiction

34:28 to 36:18

A deep dive into the complexities of mental health and addiction, emphasizing the need for qualified professionals to address these issues.

“But it is an absolute choice to ignore it and not say, Karen, listen, I'm a Democrat.”

Truth in Politics and Public Discourse

36:18 to 38:08

The importance of honesty and transparency in political discussions, particularly concerning homelessness and drug policies.

“I just say, look, they're stealing all of our tax money to give it to drug addicts, to have needles and tourniquets.”

Concerns Over Emerging Health Issues

38:08 to 41:46

Discussion on public health fears related to Ebola and hantavirus, emphasizing the response of health officials and the media.

“which he is saying everything that makes sense.”

Critique of Health Organizations

42:00 to 43:42

Discussion on the perceived ineffectiveness and credibility of health organizations.

“But the World Health Organization has labeled this a public health emergency of international concern, what they call it, P-H-E-I-C, which is pronounced fake.”

Trust in Public Officials

43:43 to 45:22

Exploration of trust in political figures and health responses to crises.

“The number one priority of our foreign policy is to protect the American people.”

Mask-Wearing and Social Dynamics

45:23 to 48:25

Analysis of the demographics and psychology behind mask-wearing in public.

“They say we won't allow Ebola to enter the country.”

Ebola Outbreak Statistics

48:26 to 49:20

Comparison of Ebola outbreak statistics and media reporting.

“And so all of the mainstream, the legacy news platforms, not one of them said what you were saying.”

Blue Origin Rocket Explosion Discussion

49:21 to 51:16

Reaction to the Blue Origin rocket explosion and its implications for the space industry.

“I like this, particularly on Fridays, to end on a positive note.”

Blue Origin Rocket Explosion Discussion

55:04 to 55:57

Reaction to the Blue Origin rocket explosion and its implications for the space industry.

“no post game show on Fridays we'll see you on Monday ciao We'll see you next time.”
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1:51Hey, up there in the Negro balcony, can you see how comfortable I am with the trans and LGBT plus? It was Gail. That's your Gail right now. Can we get the translation on that one? He's like, dude, I'll do Chinese. I can't do Somali. Thank you. God bless you. I love you. Sir, this is a when. Start with the obvious. Hey!

2:31All right, people of the internet, it is Friday, May 29th, 2026. I'm Dave Rubin. This is the Rubin Report. And yes, I am sitting a little lower to the ground because I have two of my literal actual friends here, Sage Steele and Dr. Drew, on the Rubin Report casting couch. It's come down to our level. Yes. Welcome down to reality. Yes. Well, welcome to the show. We had a big dinner last night. A wonderful dinner. I was just thinking as you were talking about actual friends, I thought, I am so grateful. I'm grateful for your friendship. I'm really grateful for your friendship. There's lots of benefits.

3:07That dinner last night. The food, the food. Although, who actually worked out this morning? Did you? I had a later morning. Ruben. The margarita and the wine. It was a little bit of a... The red wine. It's been a slow roll, but we had a lot of carbs last night and a good time. And we're here for an hour just to do the stuff we normally do. This is exciting. Hang out some more. It's weird doing this in person. I feel like I love it. This is what the world has been reduced to, though. If we see our friends in person, we're like, oh, that's bizarre because we normally do this in these little boxes.

3:36It's weird. Yeah. You were the king of the – you were the little box guy before anybody when you were on HLA. You know, that's so funny you say that because Bert Dubrow was my executive producer. And we were one day, the boxes came up. And Larry King did some of that when he'd sort of go out on satellite. But I was there with these actually two extremely talented young psychologists. And the two of us looked at them and went, there's something there. That's what we're going to do. We're going to keep having faces looking out. And then Jeff Zucker got a hold of us and said, we're going to do that at CNN too.

4:13And when I did your show, which I think I always forget if your show or Bill O 'Reilly was my first ever TV appearance. I think maybe it was your show. But anyway, I show up there. And what I couldn't believe is you have five guests. And they're all in boxes. So before I walked into the studio, I thought everybody's in different places. But you're literally all in the green room together. And then they're like, oh, the show's going to start. And you all go into your little offices with your little cameras. The satellite booth. Yeah. And it seems like you're all over the place. Yeah, and so now with the Zoom and all the stuff we do, it's just now matter of fact, that's just how it's done.

4:46But so much easier because no matter which hotel room I'm in, when we do actual friends, you just make sure your laptop is, the little camera's cleaned up and up. And that, for me, that's only post-COVID, honestly. And yet here we are on an actual couch. That's my dog's blanket that you're sitting on right there. Are you allergic to dogs? No, I love it. You don't have any dog issues, do you? No, your daughter and I had a long relationship, but he barked at me this morning and he's kind of upset. He's not getting the attention he used to. I was going to give it to him. I will say, since we are actual friends, we learned a little something about Drew last night, his little allergy situation.

5:22It's quite interesting to bring someone to an Italian restaurant and find out they can't eat onions and garlic. I know. Corolla's never going to let me live this down. Thanks for bringing it up. Because he can't stand people that make their own salad dressings at the table and stuff. But I, since I turned 50, had this weird allium intolerance where I can't metabolize them. It's weird. And I hate being that person. And I love garlic and I love onions, but I just have to avoid them. What's allium? When I'm traveling, especially. Leeks, onions, garlics. It's a certain... Oh, it's all the good stuff.

5:51It's all the stuff that gives flavor. I mean, did you have an EpiPen ready at the Italian restaurant last night? Yeah, it's not like that. I get nauseated and bloating and gas. Oh, wow. It's just a mess. Well, I'm glad 24 hours later that... That I sat next to him. I'm glad that you... I know. You're a brain. You are glad. Trust me. And Sage, this is kind of exciting for you because you are currently making up your new little place in Miami as you have officially transplanted right now. Making up my place in Miami? Yeah, are you doing? Yeah, you're. Nashville. But this little place. No, but you've got a place in Miami.

6:26I did. You now have a place in Miami. I can't give any details. Uh-oh. Susan was talking about that last night. She goes, if we have to have part time down here. I'm like, well, how would we do that? So I'll talk to you. What do you mean how? We can move in with them. It would be like Three's Company. Because it's a studio that has enough room for a bed and a mini fridge, basically. It's in a high rise. It's a whole story that's actually quite embarrassing. I'll tell you off camera. Off camera. But Fort Lauderdale still is for sale if anybody wants a really nice condom in Fort Lauderdale. Oh, that's a pretty good.

6:55Nashville's where the new studio is. And I know it's a hot mess. And this was my inspo. Very nice. It's because this studio is stunning to me. It'll never happen. It's all right. You know, it's all right. All right. So should we sell your Fort Lauderdale place right now? We could probably sell it within the hour. Like someone watching this wants Sage Steels on the water Fort Lauderdale place. I'll wave my feet on the ocean. You've seen it on actual friends. It looks beautiful. Yeah. It's stunning and it makes me cry to sell. You know what, people? If you want to buy Sage's place, drop us a line.

7:25What do we do? Contact at RubenReport.com. Sound good? Contact at RubenReport.com. Yeah, we'll put a little auction up. Maybe we'll do one episode before I sell it live in the actual condo. Oh, there you go. I mean, that's a little perk if you buy it today. I like it. I like it. That's what friends do for each other, help each other, people. All right, so we're going to cover a couple of things that happened this week. We're not going too hardcore on politics. We'll pick up some of the crazy and the wacky, all the usual stuff. But I did want to start with something relative to friends. You had an interesting week, Dr.

7:59Drew, because all of our buddy Adam Carolla got a Hollywood Walk of Fame star, which I really never would have thought he would get. Not as a knock to him, but just because he's sort of an outsider. He's kind of like us. We're all kind of outsiders of Hollywood. But Adam got the Walk of Fame star and his two good buddies and broadcasting partners, Dr. Drew and Jimmy Kimmel. Well, here they are posing together on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. This is a quick one, and then we'll throw to...

8:33There's like hundreds of people there. You can't really see it. He looks great. Yeah, it was good about it. So obviously the reason that it's sort of worth talking about, beyond it's just cool that your friend was part of this and you guys have been doing this forever, is there's always weird stuff politically around Kimmel. So here is Kimmel congratulating our buddy Adam Carolla. Adam and I, as you probably know, don't agree much when it comes to politics, but I love him dearly. I've never worked with anyone funnier. I am proud of him. I am.

9:05This is a guy who worked his way up from nothing to become literally a millionaire. And if you don't believe it, you'll hear him say it every single show. Adam is a true original. He is a he was a poor kid from the San Fernando Valley who was rejected by the management at Taco Bell and whose name will now forever be part of this filthy, disgusting intersection next to a bank that has been abandoned for like 35 years. And so I am pleased to welcome to the Laverne to my Shirley, my friend Adam Carolla to the Hollywood Walk of Fame. I have to say, Drew, that's a little more human than he usually is.

9:47It's a little more humble. We all chuckled a couple of times right there. By the way, he spoke for about five minutes before that. It was really funny, too. What do you make of that sort of thing? Because you and Adam have been friends for years and largely agree on stuff. Kimmel obviously has gone in a completely different way. But the point of me showing that was to show that people can put these things aside and still be friends and all that. That is the point. And they've separated more and more over the years politically, and their friendship has remained just as good and tight as ever. And Adam is confused by some of Jimmy's sort of beliefs he takes.

10:21But Adam's always taken the position that, you know, Jimmy lives in that world where he kind of, if he's going to be interviewing George Clooney and people like that, he's going to have to toe that line a little bit. So he always wonders if some of it is sort of influenced by that. A lot of versions of that in the sports world of when you started being a little more outspoken, you know, trying to manage friendships with people that maybe weren't going to be aligned. But I just know that it is possible because all of us. It's always been possible. Why? This is a new thing. It's uncanny. Right, right, right.

10:52He has chosen to not do it. He has chosen to just go so extreme. That's what makes me sad. I was on a show one time in 2014 when I was doing NBA countdown on ESPN and spaced out in Los Angeles. He couldn't have been nicer. I certainly was not outspoken then. But he was human. He was welcoming. Who am I? He's a good guy. That's what I mean. And so what we saw in that clip right there, and apparently for those five minutes preceding it, that's the Jimmy Kimmel that I miss. That's the Jimmy Kimmel that I believe all of America likes and misses. You know? I mean, it's just not that hard. Wouldn't it be refreshing if after doing that, he like took a little bit of it to heart and maybe was a little less of that thing every night?

11:33It's kind of hard. I think we were talking about this at dinner last night. People get captured by their audience. Yeah. Goodness. So you keep doing, keep rolling in that direction. And some of it is that, I suspect. Most people don't realize how much of their personal information is being bought and sold every day. Data brokers are making millions pulling details about you from public records and the internet, then packaging and selling it, usually without your consent. That's how your information lands in the hands of scammers, spammers, even stalkers. It's why you get endless robocalls and why ads seem to follow you everywhere.

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12:50Protect yourself now at aura.com slash hidden. Let's throw to a guy that I tend to agree with a bit more. Here's Dr. Drew talking a bit about how he met Mr. Carolla. 95, 96. I was doing Loveline with Ricky Rackman at the time. These television producers showed up and said they wanted to do a TV show. I'm like, what's that? How do you do that? sounds interesting. Ricky did not make a deal with them. The people then turned to me and said, who should do this show? Who do you want to co-host with? Which is nothing I had ever contemplated. And I went out and I was running and I thought, I can tell you, I can literally show you the spot I was in that I bet the guy that does Mr.

13:29Bertram could do this. I bet that guy, I bet he's got what it takes. And they essentially threw us in a makeup booth and said, work out your relationship. we'll start filming in an hour and i will never forget that the stage manager who ended up being our stage manager for years came up to us at the end of the day we did like a 12-hour pilot shoot and she went how many years you guys been working together we looked at each other it's like we just met this morning and it was like oh this is going to be interesting this is there's something here and i suppose there there was i mean drew what i love about this story that first off, you just kind of were just had a feeling.

14:05And then now you have a 30 plus year relationship. But also I was listening to you guys back then. We hadn't been on the radio together yet. We had one night on the radio. I was a Bertram fan and I used to time my nursing home rounds to be in my car. They gave him a Saturday morning shift because everyone loved Bertram so much. So as Bertram, he did Saturday morning and took phone calls and played music and I would time my nursing home around. So I'd be in the car during his breaks. And I asked my producer, bring him up on Loveless. He came up as Bertram. I still didn't know who Adam Carolla was.

14:38And I just thought, he's so quick. I think he could probably figure this. He could do this. And he used to listen to Loveline. And that was his thought too. When he was actually building a gym, he said, late at night. He was a boxing instructor and he got them to give him free membership by building construction at the gym at night. And he would listen to Love Line and go, I could do this better than those guys. And Dede could. Did you listen to these guys back then? I didn't need help, Dede. Wow. Kidding, kidding, kidding. No, I actually didn't. I learned about it more later. And I think it, and I don't know it was...

15:19She was a teen mom. I don't know if it was a matter of where I was in the Midwest. kind of secluded for the rest of the world. Yeah. It was huge. Did you watch MTV? Like, huge, huge, huge. I did a little. See, we went on MTV for a long time. It was the real world type stuff that we were on. I graduated from college in 95, which is ahead of you. Right. You were already like a professional. You were a real person. Yeah, because I was on TV in the morning and then waiting tables at night. So I wasn't sleeping. So that's my excuse. Wait, that's interesting. You were on TV while the same time you were waiting tables?

15:55Wait, tell me that. That's what happens when you're making$18 ,000 a year. As long as we're doing origin stories here. And I mean, I'm making$18 ,000 a year. That makes perfect sense to me. Because people that I know that have professions and sort of professional interests, years of sports and whatnot, always works essentially for free for a long time. And just had a passion for it. I had four internships. None of them were paid. And I didn't want to ask my mom and dad for help. But I had my foot in the door to this crazy ESPN dream down the line. And so, yeah, I mean, I waited to, and I was, I was really good, Dave.

16:28Oh, I bet. I bet. No, you're a people person. I'm joking, but it taught me to really, really multitask. Plus you're 23, 20, I did it for like two or three years. What was your first TV gig? South Bend, Indiana, the CBS affiliate. And mornings, so like 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. ish. If they need you to stay late, you stay late. And then at night it was 6 p.m. through close. and it was a steakhouse, Colorado Steakhouse in Mishawaka, Indiana. And I don't know. I think it's actually probably what I'm most proud of is those years where if you have a dream, you better do whatever it takes to make it happen. And then if it doesn't, okay, you tried, but it was because when you have nothing, like you have nothing to lose.

17:14It also speaks to the power of television and radio. I did radio for free for 10 years. I thought it was doing community service. I really did. So you were a practicing doctor. I was a resident, then a practicing physician. And one night a week on Sunday, I'd go in there and do this thing in the middle of the night. And I thought it was so interesting and fun and kind of teaching people something. And then all of a sudden, they went to five nights a week and had a TV show. It kind of took over my life without my understanding what was happening, frankly. I mean, I guess the whole point is that when you're young, you just don't know what the hell you're doing.

17:44And if you have passion, you do it. I remember doing stand-up all those years, standing in Times Square, handing out those tickets. I did not have$100. I literally, for years, I did not have$100. I remember borrowing change to get a cup of coffee at Zay Bars from my friends and thinking it was so miserable. But I just had this crazy dream. And now I look back that they were the good old days, which is nuts. I was literally sometimes having to wear double pants because it was so cold out there. Your staff here cannot understand what Allure TV and radio had, the power it had. And if you wanted to make a difference, you've got to find your way into these platforms, these environments that allowed you to do things.

18:22And I actually think it's these kids today are missing out on that as far as just, I mean, we have great memories from being totally broke, but making it happen. And there's, you know, there's some pride there, too, because, you know, people are going to trash talk you no matter what. And, oh, he's a doctor and he can afford this and he lives in Pasadena. And like all these stories, I'll look at her. Yet no one gave us anything. And I think that's really, really important. I wouldn't, I don't know. I wouldn't do anything. Boo-hoo, we're not surprised. No, you know what I mean? Just for our kids today who are like, what do you mean?

18:55I'm 50 grand at a college, are you kidding me? And I know it's not a lot of money today, inflation, et cetera, but there's something to suffering at the beginning and then making sure, like how bad do you want it? We wanted it badly. When David and I moved to L.A. in 2013, February 2013, I think we had$12 ,000 combined. Combined. And I'm pretty sure I had debt personally. In Los Angeles. In L.A. And we just were like, we're just going to try this thing. There's a political issue embedded in this, which is the energy around or the conversation around minimum wage. My first job was$1.69 an hour.

19:29And the point of minimum wage was to— What was that? Stock boy? What were you? Essentially a street sweeper. Essentially a trash man. Okay. But it was to teach you how to work. It wasn't to give you a living wage. It was to give you the understanding of what work was and how money worked and how to pay taxes and things. It was not meant as a – you weren't supposed to stay in McDonald's forever. You were supposed to do it for a while and get out of there. Now they are constantly pushing this idea that it should be – they call it more than a living wage. That you should be able to basically feed a family on minimum wage, which that's not what the intention was and should never be.

20:02What I'm just now connecting when you say the political tie to it, it's probably where my conservatism is rooted. You know, I mean, yes, my upbringing to an extent, even though there were never politics conversations in my house as a military kid growing up, there just weren't. My parents thought it was very personal. Go do your own homework to figure out who you want to support and why. But more about now, like you don't reach out. You don't ask for handouts or for help. You do it yourself. And then you're accountable when you go into credit card debt. That happened to me. It was ugly, right?

20:33And I'm not asking the government or anybody else to pull me out of that. Like, to me, it's kind of where it's rooted. Like, work hard. I had one stupid weekend, my brother's bachelor party, where I was the best man. And I was a broke comic. And all his buddies were, like, bankers and lawyers or whatever. And I just had to be in charge of everything. And I'm just, I opened three credit cards. I probably went into, like,$15 ,000 debt in one weekend. and because they were just, they were just throwing every meal. Like I was sitting, yeah, I really, no, I do remember telling you, I don't remember much of the weekend, but I, they were just throwing cash at me at the end of the meals.

21:07Like it would, the bill would be like 4 ,000 bucks and they would all just throw cash and I'd put it on the, I have no idea what happened to the money or anything. And then with the penalties I'm probably paid. Oh, I probably paid$40 ,000. I didn't know what the interest rates were when I got a credit card because in colleges and shame on these people, these Able Credit cards. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You would go to the gym and you could get a free T-shirt and a water bottle. Yeah, a water bottle, yeah. The plastic water bottle. I'm like, oh, I'll sign up. And then when I called my parents to say, I want to go on spring break with my girlfriends in 1993 who were taking a, Indiana University, driving to Daytona, whatever it is in Florida.

21:41From Bloomington? From Bloomington, Indiana. To drive, yeah. To get on a carnival cruise. Oh, boy. To go to the Bahamas. And my mom and dad said, I haven't been to the Bahamas. Nice try. Pay for yourself with what? Nothing. So I got a credit card and I charged a cruise. And then I didn't have any cash. So I got a cash advance. I mean, I had no idea. Do you know how many times I paid for that cruise over the next decade to pay off? Because you don't understand finances. So. Good thing you married a guy with some money over here. A brain. I mean, he's going to slow down. But no, like, but then guess what?

22:16It took years to get out of it. Yeah. No one helped me. And then I remember years later negotiating my own rate for the Baltimore Ravens. Ravens report on the weekends where it's like, you know, an extra show, a magazine show. And I negotiated my rate. I remember every penny I made that entire season for 20 games. It ended up being$750 a show that I negotiated. $20 ,000. I had to write a check to the credit card company. But how good did that feel when that debt was gone? I mean, I remember that feeling. because you don't remember what you spent it on after the cruise that got the$20 ,000. And I tell my kids all the time, I'm like, listen, here's the truth.

22:53I screwed up too. Don't do what I did, honestly. You asked how my father was as a father. One of the things he subjected me to was depression era financial abuse. Like he really, like when I was two, I needed shoes and he was like, oh, shoes? Well, first tell me a story about walking barefoot in the snow was to Chicago to school. And then it's like, well, you get your shoes. Get your shoes. But tomorrow you'll have to come wave to me in the poorhouse because I'm going to be living in the poorhouse because you need shoes. He did that. It's a young kid, but now I'm grateful for it. The idea of debt in my family, that would kill my father.

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23:29How many pairs of shoes do you have now? I can't buy shoes. I can't buy clothing. I can't do it. Because? If you'd like to buy Dr. Drew's shoes, you can email us, contact at rubinreport.com. Buy my condo. You can buy Sage's condo. My wife has no problem buying a shoe, so she does it for me. I just kind of close my eyes, but it's so deep, so ingrained, yeah. So since we said some nice things about Kimmel, I think that was very gracious of all of us. We're going to jump in just a second to a little bit of what's going on in L.A., which obviously he's very ingrained in with this crazy race between Spencer Pratt and Karen Bess, but first, shopper.

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24:40Turn those what-ifs into success with Shopify today. Sign up for your$1 per month trial at shopify.com slash Rubin. That's shopify.com slash Rubin. So we'll get to the Kimmel thing in a second, but just while that was playing, we were all talking about, okay, so we're on the, you know, we all had the struggle days, we all had the debt days, couldn't get the shoe days, the, you know, mom's not happy you're going to the Bahama days, the broke days, all of that stuff. And we obviously are on the other side of that. But we were all just saying how it's hard to let go of that feeling or ever know that you actually are okay or you're going to be okay or whatever.

25:16Like I still have moments of that now. But you get a partner. Like I lean on Susan for that stuff because she's like much more reasonable. She too has some of that stuff but much more reasonable. So I'm like I kind of like let her manage certain things. I'm at best with it still. And you were the breadwinner as the mom for many, many years too. So that must have put pressure on that. My ex-husband now was a stay-at-home dad. And then I had three kids in three and a half years and on TV and all the things and trying to be them. And I didn't. It made me uncomfortable once I started to make money, real money.

25:50And then when it went from that to that, when my job changed at ESPN and it was I had guilt because of where I came from. And I was like, oh, gosh, I don't want anyone to think that it's going to affect me or I'm going to change. And so I think I did the opposite and I spent less. And I even today I was, you know, one of the kids asked for money. I'm like, no, next. But not because I'm trying to be mean, but I'm like, I want them to understand and appreciate it. A little bit of suffering. Right. But even to see and I'm fine. I'm so blessed and grateful. And I'm still like, oh, I don't know. That's I have issues.

26:25You must see you must see the psychological version of that. every which way people being unable to like let go of the original not just related to money but all sorts of things that suddenly their life changes but they can't let go of the framing that they had before it's either their family of origin stuff or intergenerational stuff and and you can use it right like i try to use it to my i i try to let first it doesn't bother me anymore i'm not suffering with it right and i try to use it to motivate me and we're all three workaholics too. Am I? Yeah, yeah. She's like, I'm having fun. But we also love our work, which makes it a lot easier.

27:03I had a certain amount of dread early on because I was really overdoing it. But you find a way to channel it, both the workaholism and the trauma, whatever stuff we're talking about here. You can use it to help you, to motivate you. Recently I've said, though, like, okay, If a big old chunk of cash just dropped right here in front of me, what would I do? Would I work? I think I would like to take a year-long break. And I will admit this. Try a month for a sister. Join me for August. Join me for August. Well, I need to get my business a little more successful. I mean, I'm not close. I'm going to predict you'd keep working.

27:43I will say this. You wouldn't make it the year. I'm freaking tired. And it goes back to the mom years. It goes back to those years. And then when you're living for everybody else, and I don't regret a thing. I really don't with that. Like, I just wish. And I said this the other day on my show with Michael Knowles. It was kind of a vulnerable moment because I'm like, I mean, I did what I thought was right at that time. And so I didn't sleep. And it's like, if I'm the room mom for one kid, I have to be the room mom for all three kids or else you don't love them equally, right? And you're working a full-time national TV job and all these things.

28:16But I don't remember as much as I'd like to because I was just surviving. And so I always tell moms out there, young moms, if they'll listen, you talk about this work-life balance, it's bullshit. Like, stop trying because to me, balance makes it seem like it's perfectly equal. And there's just no such thing. You can do it, but it's not going to be all at once perfectly. Something's got to give and you have to be okay. And I wasn't okay with that. And I beat myself up. and I'm sad now because during those years I was just trying to... I'm going to use this couch after we're done just so you know.

28:51I'm going to have Sage... We're going to go Freud style. I'll sit there, Sage will add in here. We'll talk about it. I don't want to work for a year. I can do it for a year because of that. I'm sorry. Wait, TMI. I'm sorry. Well, I will just say I know Sage doesn't need me to glaze her as the kids say but the first time I met Sage I've told the story a million times. We hop in her... I had to go up to West Palm after this. It's like a three-hour drive. The best Uber driver he's ever had. Yeah, best Uber driver. She's like, I'll drive you. And we just talked the entire way, totally hit it off. But the thing that genuinely blew me away about her is that she took calls from all three of her kids.

29:24All three of her kids called while we were in the car. And she never said, I'm in the car with someone else. She just talked to them like a normal person. Didn't say, I'm in the car with Dave or anyone, like as if they were going to be an attention or something weird or anything. And I was like, she's obviously a great mom. So you got glazed by Ruben on the Ruben Report. Do you know Glaze? You know Glaze? They're always teaching me words. I haven't heard Glaze. You didn't know Glazes. I just said nice things about you. The day of Rubens teaching me. I taught Sage. You're going to make sacrifices to do things well and nothing more important than sacrificing on behalf of your family.

29:57Exactly. That's what I mean. No regrets. But I want to take a year off. Is that okay? I'm going to push you on this August. On the August. We'll deal with that off camera. All right. Let's stick with Kimball for just a second because, okay, so we said some nice things about him. And there are ways to separate your professional part from the personal part. But let's go back to the professional part for a second, because obviously there's the big L.A. mayoral race. Here he is on Spencer Pratt. So then you get a guy who is on a reality show, who's on a lot of reality shows. His profession is to be the screaming jerk on reality shows.

30:28And his house burns down. And even though he had no private insurance on his house and doesn't believe in climate change, he is understandably upset about his house burning down. And since he's a moderately famous person, he gets attention. He's on the news. He's on social media. And for the first time in his life, people are agreeing with what he has to say. It's hard not to agree with what he has to say. He's angry about the same problems a lot of people here are angry about. Does he have solutions to those problems? No. But at least he's acknowledging that they are problems. So then this angry reality show star who grew up wealthy and popular and is not very wealthy or popular anymore really starts to enjoy the attention.

31:07He starts to think, you know, I should be mayor, which is a statement that should make everyone laugh. Ugh. Like, I tried. We really just tried for the beginning of the show. I agree with everything you said. In some weird... But his last conclusion is a conclusion a lot of Los Angeles make. They're scared of somebody who doesn't have the credentials, so to speak. And we are over-credentialed in this world. This is supposed to be a government run by the people, all of us, and people should be. Local practice of democracy is the reason democracy works in America. This was a Frenchman in 1822 observed that, that it's our local practice.

31:44And this is the local practice of democracy. And you can vote for him or not vote for him. You can be scared for him or applaud the fact that somebody who doesn't have the credentials is going to get in there and see it and make a difference. And the thing I will tell you he's done that I'm so grateful for, he's kicked open the Overton window. Just look at the homeless thing. I've been talking about this for 15 years. It drives me crazy because people are dying at six a day. I know what to say to these people. It is negligent manslaughter. Let's be clear on what it is. It's a negligent manslaughter.

32:13And he just said, these are drug addicts. They don't lie down on the sidewalk. We take them to treatment. That's it. And people were like, you could do that? He goes, yes, you could do that. He goes, you want to go down there and be a social worker? are going to get stabbed in the neck. And they're on meth. They're not. And Karen Bass's solution, we're going to give the meth addicts teeth. Yeah. That's great. And we're going to give them a bed. A bed. And if only it were true that a bed would solve drug addiction, I guess I wasted 30 years of my life because it was much more involved when I was treating drug addicts.

32:43Right. So, oh, just put them in a bed and they're cured? My God, this is amazing. What do you guys make of the inability to connect all of the failed policies? I mean, there you have multimillionaire. But I'm telling you, in Los Angeles, it's so interesting now because you have Nithya Raman in there sort of – even Alex Michelson, my old partner on Fox 11, he's interviewing her and she comes up with the party long about staying the course. And he's like, how can you say that? He's been staying the course. It's not working. What are you talking about? And they're like, oh, they have no response.

33:13It's like they have a computer glitch when you actually bring reality and put it in front of them. My feeling after being there two weeks ago was that it seems to me that the rich people, which pretty much run the city, have just given up on the average people. And they're basically like, we won't have to deal with anything that goes on below the hills anymore. And it will be left to the zombies and the drug addicts and everything else and will be okay. But that doesn't really work forever. Definitely not. And it's fascinating to me, though, that you said inability. It's not an inability of these people to connect the dots and be realistic about it.

33:53It's a choice. Because these are smart people. I mean, we might not agree, but for the most part, if you have a brain at this point, if you're not acknowledging what's going on and that all the people that you've had in here repeatedly, Gerset, E. Bass, all of them, and at the top, of course, with Gavin Newsom, it's used to ignore the whole thing unless, you know, a Chinese emperor is coming to San Francisco. Then in five minutes, you have everything cleaned up. But he literally got rid of them for a weekend and then they all came back. What did they do? Do you have any idea? What did they do with them when they came?

34:21They obviously placed them somewhere. And they're going to figure it out between, well, it depends on who's mayor, I guess, and governor. But for the 2028 Olympics, zero desire to attend because of things like this. But it is an absolute choice to ignore it and not say, Karen, listen, I'm a Democrat. You're a Democrat. I love you. What the hell? And how about the interview last week when she was asked about it by someone in Los Angeles, like maybe it's the same person you're talking about and about homelessness. this and she's like, yeah, it's harder than I thought. And we'll get it right next time.

34:51Well, let me push back what you're saying a little bit and say there are two things that I see going on in there. A, they are brainwashed. Because that's why I'm so appreciative of Pratt kicking it open because all those people are like, what do you mean you could just do that? It's like, yes, you could just do that. And this is the bigger problem. This is as sick psychiatrically as humans can be, where they're gravely disabled, they're detached from reality, they can't feed themselves. You cannot get sicker than that psychiatrically. And to treat those patients takes internists, addictionologists, neurologists, and psychiatrists who have a decade of training in order to be able to manage these difficult cases.

35:33Social workers are not equipped, including Karen Bass. She doesn't understand what she's looking at. It's literally asking a physical therapist to do orthopedic surgery. They don't have any training. They can't even contextualize it. So to them, it's like, well, we'll just meet them where they are. We'll be nice. No, no, no, no. These are extremely ill people and they need to be hospitalized. Do you like what Spencer Pratt is saying? Yes. Absolutely. He hasn't come up with a solution yet. He's just stating the problem. Well, actually, so let me throw into this video because this is exactly what Sage is saying there.

36:07He's at least addressing what the problem is. side of the country is because all I focus on is the truth. I'm the look around candidate. I do basics. I don't do national politics. I don't do parties. I just say, look, they're stealing all of our tax money to give it to drug addicts, to have needles and tourniquets. And they're actually even selling the drugs to these addicts to let these people die on our sidewalks. I want to be the compassionate one, get these people mandatory treatment, medical treatment with doctors to help them get off of fentanyl and super meth. And that is what people actually want in LA.

36:42As much as everybody wanted to believe the people that have been in charge, my opponents combined are at almost 10 years of their experience, they are failures. And so people want an outsider that's not a politician that's just saying the facts, the truth. These people have failed us. They've spent all of our tax money to increase problems. and I keep it basic. And again, I never wanted to be the mayor. I just wanted somebody to tell the truth. And by telling the truth, now the people are behind me and I will continue to speak the truth on behalf of Los Angeles for as far as they want to push me.

37:14Man, I mean, we were all nodding along with that, but Drew, what a perfect example of what you just said right there, kicking open the Overton window. What is acceptable to talk about in LA? Every word he said was accurate. That's the thing. He's not overstating anything. He's not being mean. He's just stating the truth. And unfortunately, we live in a post-structuralist world where truth doesn't matter. Well, we're going to start talking about the truth again because it's killing people. I actually believe what he said, too, about not wanting to run for mayor. Yeah, I fully believe it. I mean, who wants to get involved in this crap?

37:45Like, I fully understand. I mean, some of them have had opportunities. I'm like, oh, absolutely not. No, thank you. But, I mean, look at his ads. And it's true. I didn't want to do this, but he's standing in front of the Airstream Gulf Trail or whatever that is. after his house burned down and after years and years of ineptitude. And I, I mean, I commend him no matter what happens. And I know we've talked at length about this and his actual chances, which he is saying everything that makes sense. Not makes sense. Just simply the truth. The truth. Observing the truth. Yes, so common sense and the truth.

38:17As opposed to telling a narrative about a mom of three who loses her job and has lost. Those are not, if you are that kind of homeless where you are sort of couch surfing, you're not going to lie down on the sidewalk and stay there. That's a wholly different state of being. When you have Jane Fonda, people like that who are now coming out, Magic Johnson, great. I mean, to me, no matter what the topic, if those are your people who are saying do this, then you do the opposite. Wait, is Magic coming out which way on this? Magic was Karen Bass, supporting Karen Bass. Man, and a guy who put aside basketball who has created so many businesses that has rejuvenated L.A.

38:54But he doesn't actually have to care. But my point, I mean, track record matters. Does Spencer Pratt have a track record in politics? No. Karen Bass does. You have seen it. Right. And so if you are willing to vote for her again, I got nothing for you, then you almost deserve it. These are self-inflicted wounds at this point in Los Angeles. You know, the number one book in the country right now is written by our friend Gad Sed, and it's Suicidal Empathy. And that is exactly what Karen Bass and all of these other people are mentioning. I'll just mention one other somewhat personal thing because when I was in LA two weeks ago, I quite literally saw someone that we all know from the industry who was a successful person in Hollywood who was now a drug addict on the street.

39:37Meth will take them to the street like that. The kind of meth. So that's what I wanted to. Meth being made with the solvents you find in a car garage. And it immediately, very quickly makes people psychotic and disorganized and drives them to the street. So basically someone, and this is what they're doing with some of these drugs, like sometimes they think they're smoking weed even and it's laced with something. And then next thing you know, you said to me that it wouldn't surprise you if someone ended up homeless in a week, right? From meth, from the meth. Yeah, it happens very fast. Because people, you hear the stories, they tried to tell these stories.

40:07She was a school teacher and then she lost her job. And then the woman we interviewed, she goes, yeah, I'm a school teacher, I lost my job, I was doing okay. And then I started doing meth and then a week later I'm on the street. Like, okay, that's how it goes. Sadly, my friend Larry Elder, our friend Larry Elder, when I was with him in L.A., he said zero chance for Spencer Price because he just thinks the numbers are so out of whack with the Democrats. At least he's kicked open that we can have the conversation again. He can talk for the first time. I mean, look, the thing that the reason I won't stop working if I'm OK alongside my workaholism, I can't seem to shake.

40:41You're in L.A. and you're going to have to fight the zombies. It's true. I just think speaking the truth and fighting for freedom of expression is just so important right now. And I never imagined that would be the case in this country, but we have to all keep speaking the truth. And so he is an example, Ned. Good for him. Speaking of speaking the truth, we had two weeks ago, everybody was concerned about Hantavirus, which thankfully drew on actual friends. Drew cleaned up for us and then I tried to spread it as much as possible. Basically, if you don't lick a rat, you're going to be OK. but now Ebola apparently is back.

41:13Here is Marco Rubio, I think, trying to calm everybody down. Do we have it? Oh, we don't have it. Well, Marco Rubio tried to calm everybody down about Ebola. How crazed should we be right now? Not at all. We shouldn't, okay. The craze is an attempt to get money to the World Health Organization and to make people feel bad for unraveling USAID, which would not have changed the outcome of this outbreak. Congo has outbreaks on a regular basis. They're very good at containing them. It's a dangerous illness, serious outcome, reasonably contagious when people are symptomatic, not asymptomatic. There will never be a pandemic from this.

41:54We've had cases in this country before. If we get some, I'll be surprised. I suppose we could. But the World Health Organization has labeled this a public health emergency of international concern, what they call it, P-H-E-I-C, which is pronounced fake. You can't make this shit up. It's pronounced fake. It's a fake outbreak. And the hantavirus, look it up on your software. This is great. I'm telling you. This is a translation of a slang of a foreign language. Look it up. Hanta means essentially sucker, chump. So we have a chump virus and a fake outbreak. God works in mysterious ways is all I can say.

42:32Wow. My firm belief is that for all the people that now are like, I would never put the mask back on or I'd never get injected with some weird thing. And I think almost everybody would behave almost exactly the same. I think there would be about a five-day window where some of us, the fighters, would fight. And then I think almost everybody, I think their behavior is— You think we're getting shots? Well, I didn't get the shot in the first place. And I'm not saying everybody. But I think a lot of people, once that fear was ramped up again, I think people forget. They're so good at it. But the thing that kills me, there's so many.

43:10We are biological agents. There are infectious diseases we should be scared of. We should be afraid of rickettsial diseases. We have a huge outbreak in Los Angeles right now. My son got murine typhus. It's a devastating illness. Why aren't we worried about that? Why aren't we worried about tuberculosis? We have resistance TB in Los Angeles. It's a massive outbreak because of the homelessness. We have resistant gonorrhea. Why aren't you afraid of that? It's much more likely you're going to get that stuff, much more serious. But you've got the World Health Organization out there fanning these flames.

43:39I'm worried about that organization. There's something wrong there. All right. Well, we do have the video of Rubio, and here he is trying to just calm everybody down about all this. The number one priority of our foreign policy is to protect the American people. We cannot and will not allow any cases of Ebola to enter the United States. And so the State Department and other agencies represented here, the Centers for Disease Control, HHS, others, are working very, very hard to contain this crisis to the countries where it's currently located, particularly the Democratic Republic of the Congo. And so we've searched assistance to make sure that that is being contained there.

44:14And obviously, multiple agencies involved here are also very involved in tracking people just to make sure that nobody comes into this country that has Ebola and creates a problem for us. and we feel like we've got good efforts in place to do that. And Americans should feel assured that the president and his administration is doing everything we can to protect them all now. Sage, even slightly putting Ebola aside, isn't it just refreshing to hear people that you feel like are competent and doing the best they can? That's to your point a moment ago. Sane and competent. But even, you can address Ebola if you want, but I actually trust that Rubio is talking to the right people and doing the right things, which is so different than what we dealt with for four years.

44:52Absolutely. Thank goodness. Elections have consequences. If people didn't learn that after 2020, I can't help you. But I do wonder, first of all, I don't trust the World Health Organization and haven't in a very long time. The first time Dr. Drew and I, when I was on your show out in California, that was probably the biggest topic is trust. And the trust is now gone, which is so unfortunate because at some point we're going to potentially need to trust one of these agencies again. And if we can't, what do we do? Okay, thank you, Marco Rubio. I do wonder this, though. They say we won't allow Ebola to enter the country.

45:29How can they not allow? They're going to have to track each person even as a potential of exposure. And they've been doing a pretty good job of that. And so you don't need USAID to do it. Congo does a really good job on this. Look, hantavirus, there's going to be hantavirus outbreaks. It's with us. It's always going to be with us. It's going to happen here and there. And it's clear. There's no human-to-human transmission. And it's clear the people that got sick got sick because they isolated them on that damn ship where the rats were. And by the way, the rat log that the captain is supposed to fill out, he's not willing to release it because evidently there's something on there that might create some liability.

46:03Rat log? The captain has a rat log? They have to kind of document what the rat situation is. And they didn't do it apparently at the last. Oh, wow. And he's not allowing it to be released. Just saying. You know, who knows? But anyway, there was no human to human. and people on the ship got exposed. They locked them on the ship. How dumb can you be as to what they did to those four people? They locked them in the environment where the exposure is occurring. Okay, fine. That's when my daughter, my college-age daughter called and was like, Mom, Mom, what's going on? Don't travel. Don't do this. And then last week alone I was on seven different airplanes, and the number of people who are wearing masks again, it's like tripled, quadrupled.

46:41And I look at them, and, of course, I totally judge you if you're wearing a mask at this point. Right. It's very interesting to pay attention to the demographics of people who are wearing masks. That's a story for another day. Wait, that's interesting. We could do that now. Oh. Uh-oh. You're still in trouble. Wait. I'm curious. I don't even know what you mean by that exactly. Oh, Sage about to step in it. No, I am fascinated with the number of African-Americans who wear masks. Interesting. To me, it's just fascinating. What do you make of that? I don't know. But I also know that if you look at the way the majority of black people vote, it's on the left, it's on the Democrat side.

47:28And if this is something that is being stirred up, then are they all in on this? And they, that's one group, certainly women, but a lot of men. And then I see tons of people with their children. and their children are masked up two and three years old. I can't stand that. But I do see the mom leading the way through the airport like this and the president's behind me like this and he's got his mask on. So the psychology behind it is fascinating to me and I do think it's probably not as simple as black people. There's a fascinating breakdown, but people are listening and watching and getting their news on TikTok like my daughter was and saying, wait, here it comes.

48:07It's another COVID. Mask up. We've got to protect ourselves. Well, that's why we played the clip of you cleaning it up from actual friends like 20 times because I pay attention to all this stuff. But I'm not a doctor. I'm not an expert. And then you start seeing it in the news. Hunt the virus, hunt the virus, hunt the virus. And then you just, it's in a weird way. It's not that they have to tell you that it's coming to kill you. But you just start hearing it enough. And next thing you know. They shouldn't even be reporting it. You said that. And so all of the mainstream, the legacy news platforms, not one of them said what you were saying.

48:40They talked about the ship and what it's all about, but never once did they have a doctor on saying what you said. And unfortunately, because what they'll do is look for somebody to add to the anxiety about it, not somebody who goes – because it's not going to attract eyes to go, hey, there's nothing here. Relax, everybody. You want a doctor that says, it could happen. So here you go. But back to the Ebola, I was looking at some of the data on the more serious outbreaks that Congress had. The one in the early teens, 11 ,000 died, 11 ,000 deaths. What do we have? Guys, look at it. 200 deaths? Or not even that right now.

49:14And it's slowing down. It's slowing down. So, I mean, it should not be reported anymore. Let it go. All right. Let's put transmittable diseases aside for a moment. I thought we'd end on this. You know me, guys. I like this, particularly on Fridays, to end on a positive note. Something sort of terrible happened yesterday with this Blue Origin rocket ship. But I think to a point that Elon's going to make it the end. Dave and I thought it was cool. But it's basically, you probably have all seen this already, but as you guys know, I'll just read a quick quote from PBS. Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin suffered a massive explosion of its New Glenn rocket during a routine pre-launch static fire test at Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

49:55The uncrewed, that's the key part, vehicle caught fire and was completely destroyed, severely damaging the launch pad, though all personnel were safely accounted for and no injuries were reported. if you have not seen this explosion, here you go. And if you have seen it, I mean, it's just wild. I think it was just a test launch. It wasn't even a launch. It was a test firing, too. Boom. I have a great video to finish. Another? Yeah? Yeah, I thought he launched it. Okay.

50:26Goodness. Incredible. I mean, that is something else. And there are videos, you know, people are just taking iPhone videos from across the wall. I mean, there's just extraordinary video of this thing. You know, so there's Blue Origin, and then there's obviously SpaceX, and Elon's SpaceX, and Bezos's Blue Origin. And, well, let me read the Elon tweet, because I think this is how I wanted to frame it. He wrote, most unfortunate rockets are hard. And I kind of was like, you know what, that's the right take. Oh, goodness. We've got to keep trying all this stuff. And I don't think he was trying to spit in Bezos' face or saying I'm the competition or anything else.

51:09I think they want each other to win here because that's how we'll advance. Musk has said several times, it's remarkable they haven't had more events like that. Rockets are just controlled explosions, and sometimes they become uncontrolled. How has no one heard? I know it was unmanned, but that's a big area there, several acres that went up in a ball of fire. Can we throw the explosion again? You can leave our audio on while we're doing that. Because, right, like, just, I mean, I guess they plan and make sure nobody's in that blast area. But look at that. And just think about the, you know, look, they'll learn a ton from this, obviously.

51:43I don't know. Do these rockets have, you know, the equivalent of a black box or something like that? Like a black box to see how it originated? Yeah. But, like, the point that I think Elon was making, rockets are hard, is we're going to learn a lot from this. And we can't expect that we're going to get to other planets. And don't expect that we won't have an explosion. You know what I mean? Yeah. This is an important work. I did see on X how many people were like, hey, I'm an explosion fanatic, and this is an all-time – I'm like, I didn't know there was such thing as explosion fanatics. You just had two of them.

52:09Yeah, yeah. Apparently, we were like geeking out. And I'm the gayest straight guy, you know. Gay guys can't like explosions? Why can't gay guys like explosions? And the fact that I'm the quote-unquote normal person in the middle is very scary. because now I've made everybody angry and I don't want to quit working for a year and I have PTSD. We're going to lay on the couch afterwards and he's going to fix it all. By the way, I don't want to quit working. And now you get me to say shit. Stop. Also, for the record, unless I'm mistaken, you're not a psychologist. No, I'm an internist. And I've worked in the psychiatric hospital for 30 years.

52:45No, no. But you understand, it's not exactly what you know. No, but he's my shrink. But I know how to get people to talk about things. It's all of this. Yeah, yeah. You don't need my tricks and trust me. All right. I have not seen this video, but the guys are telling me to throw to this right now.

53:17Holy shit!

53:38so that's it that's a cape carnaval resident obviously his ring camera or something and they edit it in the future. Florida is such a... That's Florida, man, right there. That's Florida, man. Like, there's a nuclear explosion. The aliens are coming. It looked like he was about to moon the thing for a minute. His plumber's crack was totally showing. Florida, man, Florida, man. That's good. That's an all-time explosion for the explosion fanatics. Should I try to... My actual friends. Should I try to FaceTime Jillian Michaels? Yes. Let's see if Jillian Michaels... We're together. Let's see if we can FaceTime Jillian Michaels real quick.

54:11Let's see what happens. Oh, boy. Let's see. Let's see. Oh, you're going to show it live? I mean, you never know. She's going to pick up if she's dating. That's right. She's not Russell Brand. She has clothes on for sure. Right. Let's see. Let's see. Let's see. Come on, Jillian. Dave Rubin calling. She's on some other thing. She's coming. She's going to be on the June 11th show. She's on a show. She couldn't come to Miami again. All right. We're not getting Jillian Michaels. It's nice to do this in person, isn't it? Yes, it is. Yeah. Can we make this happen more often? We have to have a thing. And the show?

54:42I'm talking about the food and the wine and the show for sure Carbone man that pasta thank you if only I had stayed strong and not done dessert I wouldn't have taken us over there however it was the gelato that took us down it was good it was the right move wasn't it it was so good it was so good thank you sage steel thank you Dr. Drew my shrink thanks for watching guys no post game show on Fridays we'll see you on Monday ciao

55:31We'll see you next time.

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