O'Shea Jackson Jr.

34:06Can't be mad. Hey, see, there's always an upside. Silver lining. Yeah. I remember one time when my dad came to me, it was like the only time my dad came to me in this way. Yeah. And he had torn both his quads. So it was at that Royal Rumble. Yeah. Furious. Then the next night was supposed to be and was the first ever super show, which is where we recorded Ron Smackdown together because then we were going to Japan to do TVs from Japan. Yeah. And he tears his quads and now it's up to me. So it's my responsibility. And we do the super show. He shows up like a wheelchair. He's trying to get around.

34:49I mean, he did not want to let it go. This was not a good thing. Right. and now here we are. I'm on the plane ride. We go to Japan. I'm on the phone with him in the morning. He's like about to have surgery, or he just had surgery, and I'm going to take him through the shows because he's like, you know, he's very, this is his show. And he goes, Steph, yes, sir? I don't give a fuck. You're damn right. And I was like, okay, well, don't worry. We've got it. I've got your team. We're going to, you know, we'll handle this, no problem. And let me tell you, it was a disaster of things to happen. I mean, not only does a lot of people not speak the language, right?

35:29Like the crew doesn't speak the language. So we're trying to explain shots and how we want to lay them out. I go to Kevin Dunn to ask for help for something in the production truck. The door opens. Smoke is billowing out like cigarette smoke, which clearly doesn't happen here. And I'm like, oh, he's got his hands full. And I can just hear things going on in there. Seems stressed. Yeah, and then some other things happened with some of the talent and qualifications to be handling all of this scenario. But it is an incredible team, and we made it happen. I love that both of our dads are known for their temper.

36:03That's awesome. I mean, your dad just being so angry that my claws shoot off my body. It's crazy. I know, right? It's just crazy. That's mad. Yeah, that's very angry. I might have canceled Christmas one time, but like, you know, and the reason why, oh, he's going to kill me. But the reason why is because he had bought this Christmas tree that comes with the lights already on it. Yeah. But you needed a remote to turn the lights on. Okay. Okay. He could not find this remote. Okay. and this was like I pull up to the house and I see my mother and my sister in the kitchen by the way I'm like if not in close to my 30s this is recent this is recent and so all I hear all I hear from the den is the world is going to hell in a hand basket I'm like wow this is Christmas something's out of Merry Christmas can't find the remote and yeah because he couldn't find actually no same night my sister ends up finding the remote and he makes us all thank my sister for saving Christmas and he got the remote you're not telling a piece of the story everything is right everything worked out lights on all of that the next year threw the tree away threw the tree away Christmas over just like that Every tree that's been like the family tree, I got because I want my daughter to see a tree.

37:45He could care less. No? No, trees, out of there. Out of there. Not him. No good. But there was no physical destruction of the tree. No, no, no, no. See, I thought it was going there. I feel like that would have happened. No, Quad's shooting off the body was always going to win the story. That's like an iconic moment. Yeah. Why are you sitting? Yeah, no, I mean, he still gets away from the apron. and he's still going. I mean, it's crazy. Because he was running or angrily walking so hard. No chance. I mean, and he was legit hot that things didn't happen the way they were supposed to happen that night.

38:21Freak accident. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And just sat there still. No, but the way things happened in the match wasn't supposed to. He was never supposed to go out there. Yeah. And so he had to go out there because he was trying to correct things. And winds up. Wow. So he's even angrier. Oh, yeah. And now he can't stand for some reason. And he can't figure that out. So he was hopping around on his butt. That's crazy. It was crazy so mad. Hopefully you guys edit that footage in because he is like furious. Smoke out the ears. Yeah. Don't want to be around my dad when he's mad. Yeah. You don't want to be around my dad when the Raiders lose.

39:02Uh-oh. Even though he's become very numb to it. Really? They lose a lot. He's going to love that. Yeah, yeah. You're like, I told him they canceled Christmas. Yeah, and the Raiders. And the Raiders. Yeah, it happens. Sports families, like we take our sports like to heart. Yes. And so like when the Lakers are good, we're good. Yeah. When Lakers are tripping, it's like a dark cloud over Laker games and all types of sporting events. And, you know, I was in the Great Western Forum, you know, So before Staples, in Staples, and now into it dumb, which just doesn't sound as good. But Staples Center, that's where we got most of our chips.

39:46And so, yeah, my dad takes the Raiders to heart. I am a Rams fan. You know, L.A. I don't cheer for Las Vegas. You also don't cheer for Boston. That's where I was going to go next. She's a big Boston fan. I'm going to have to get some Purell. I'll shake your hand. That's wild. You gotta lead with that. So I actually was like, I'm afraid to. Because I've heard what he said. It was wild. I think you said the best part of Godzilla was when they ruined Boston. Yeah, we get to destroy Boston. A giant, golden, Laker gold dragon destroys Boston. And we do nothing about it. That's my favorite part of that movie.

40:33That's your favorite part? Yeah, it's the best. Get to destroy Fenway Park. The green monster? Yeah, get him down. Come on. Get him down. No Dodgers. No Dodgers. But yeah, Boston, that's terrible. That's where I was born. Yeah, I mean, it's not your choice. But does it change your opinion on Stephanie McMahon if you know that she's also a Patriots fan? I am actually a Patriots fan. I mean. Although I'm also many teams fan. Anywhere we go for WrestleMania, I kind of take on that team, you know. What Cody going full Philadelphia Eagles? I know. Dude, I get it. The Falcons are terrible. He had no choice.

41:15Yeah, I don't like that. Yeah. I like that, Rhodes. Yeah. Oh. You going to take it up with him? Yeah. I mean, you should. I mean, he's my guy. He is your guy. He is your guy. That's wild. A fellow Nepo baby. Oh, dang. Which, by the way, this is a fanatics podcast, right? And so I think you, me, and Cody, and maybe others, that we should have a Nepo Baby merch line. I'm so down. I think this is like a really good thing. You know, they keep trying to turn Nepo Baby into a slur. Right? They make it a negative thing. Nepo Baby's up by a billion. I don't know what to tell you, bro. I suggest it for everybody.

42:03Damn. Yeah, man. It's great. Can we wear the merch if we are not Nepo babies? Oh, absolutely. We know who our allies are. Yeah. Exactly. Hello. Exactly. Exactly. And then I think the first line would be called undeniable. Yes. Right? That's what you have to be. That's right. So tell me about your philosophy on that. Yeah, because, man, undeniable, you crack through the haters. like you you you've crook you've cracked through like a layer of people that there are some people who are going to be naturally happy for you you know that they might not have any they might not have grown up with you you know they they're just like random people who when you succeed they're really happy for you that's they're the best yeah they're the best we like them then there are the people who are skeptical of you you know until they meet you you know one of my favorite lines people tell me is you know i thought you were going to be an asshole there's a lot to unpack there why and uh you know there's there's people who there's just people who like no matter what they're going to give you that hard time no matter like they're not they find out a little thing they'll use that as the excuse for an underlining real reason of why they just don't rock with you and you're not going to change them people no so when it's time to be an asshole i do it for them i like that because i'm a man of the people and i will give the people what they want if you want me to be an asshole i will be your asshole.

43:52I will be your asshole. I mean, that is the line. Even if you're from Boston. That's when the heel kicks in. And, you know, to be undeniable means you do something so amazing or whatever just so impactful that even those people have to, like, give you a little respect. I'll give you that one. Yeah. And that is the best feeling when I know, you know, I killed it. I know, you know, I killed it. And I did it for you so you can have that moment. So the next person that you have this, I'm not going to give them an inch. I'm not going to, you know, I'm not going to applaud any of their accomplishments.

44:39The next time you feel that, remember this time. Remember this time when you felt that for me. And I know that a lot of people who are those type of people, they just don't know you. And it's not their fault. They just don't know you. They have these assumptions. And it takes a lot for somebody to see that their assumption was wrong. And even more for them to admit that they were wrong. But we don't have the story that people root for. No. You know, they don't care. In fact, it's more interesting to them when somebody of second generation or third generation fails. Yes. That's more newsworthy for them.

45:21Unfortunately, that is the state of the world with everybody, right? Everything. Negativity gets the views. Negativity gets the retweets, gets the comments. And when you're of second generation, every single one of your accomplishments in the public eye diminished. Like I had a choice because I won the baby lottery. I'm supposed to like feel bad or like I don't work hard. I don't work hard. I don't bust my ass or I don't sacrifice. And there might be things that you have had to that I maybe didn't have to, but there's still sacrifice in there. And only when you have conversations or get to know somebody will you see what I'm talking about.

46:10And even still, so, you know, it's hard to get into a space where I feel comfortable speaking on hardships and like that because it's going to be a thousand comments. Yeah. Shut your rich ass up. Who cares? Like, I don't feel pain because my dad had money when I was growing up. and so you have to you have to build that bit of a to quote Vince McMahon I don't give a fuck yeah you know you have to have that because you have to keep going forward until you do something that is undeniable that is that's historic that's when stuff is just like if they say if you could bottle it up and sell it like undeniable is what everyone should set out to be because that's when i leave like your mantra yeah because when i undeniable when i leave i might not leave you know i don't know what's planned out for me but if i don't have a career full of awards and all that at least when i go out i need people to say he was a bad motherfucker if i get that i'll be happy yeah i'll deny that's a good one bad motherfucker.

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49:46Why is WWE not acknowledged by the award community? And does it really matter? I mean, it would be nice. You always hear a lot of people talk about those awards and how it's politics and all of that. And it is. Straight out of Compton, I knew for sure we're going to the Academy. Like, are you joking? And, you know, it just so happens that the year that everyone thinks Straight Outta Compton, Creed, and Cushion, the Will Smith movie, are going to get some buzz during awards season. The Oscars chose to do only seven movies this year. So it's like, oh, there's three spots missing, and they think that these three are supposed to be in it.

50:43No, we're just going to do seven. then Straight Outta Comedy gets nominated for Best Original Screenplay. It's based on a true story. Who does that go to? God? Like, what are you talking about? What do you mean? And so, like, that bothered me, and that chip was on my shoulder for a long time. But I think when it comes to wrestling, the right person hasn't gone to the show yet. They once, they, I took my Uncle Rob, who's here. I took him to I think was his first live event or his first live event when he was younger something like that he'd be talking sometimes so he goes to the Netflix premiere you know raw moving to Netflix last year and he saw all the moving pieces and things that go into the show and he got a different appreciation and you're not going to see when you're at home or when you're looking at clips or whatever, you have to go.

51:45And the right person who's in charge of who gets a say and what just hasn't been backstage, hasn't seen the moving pieces. I mean, if you're not going to give them, you know, if you guys aren't going for Emmys and Golden Globes, at least Tony. You know, this is a live performance, bro. That's what I'm saying. Like, come on. And so, yeah, I just think the right person doesn't know what it is. So they just look at it and, you know, it's to the side. Yeah, I mean, even from a production standpoint, even the things that you don't see. They're moving pieces like a NASCAR team. Yeah. And every single week, there's no week off.

52:24Right. And we go all around the world. There's no week off. Yep, no off season. Which is why I chose to do the No Contest Wrestling Podcast. Yes. There's always material. Yeah. Yeah. Because actors went on strike. I wasn't really sure what it was about. nobody called me to ask me if I wanted to go on strike they just turned my income off for seven months and I'm like dude an argument that two people have in a room I'm not in can stop my income for two for seven months like it it just it didn't feel as comfortable as it did in prior years because of you know it's a wild time with AI and all these other things that that have gone into the entertainment business music side as well but yeah i didn't i didn't like that it was scary you know so i needed something else and one thing about wrestling wrestling gonna wrestle you know they they don't let nothing stop it they wrestle through the pandemic that's right with no audience

53:30everybody's zooming in from home yeah it was a wild time you know if they was real people we So if it was just GIFs y 'all just had on looping, we didn't care, man. The wrestling is crazy. And so I knew I can always depend on it. And so it was like I'm already on Twitter talking shit for free. Right. Might as well make a show out of it. A little something. Yeah. It's fun. So it's been a year, right? Yeah. It was a year in October. And how does it feel? It feels good. And how's it performing? Like what have you learned? It definitely. because we're pretty new yeah yeah it was uh in the beginning i look at like old episodes and i know how to just ask a question you know simple thing that you think is like you can't be weird looking while you do it uh i stopped my fidgeting i used to be like all the time yeah dancing you know switching my legs this whole time um i had a huge problem in the early episodes of saying obviously i said obviously like 30 times 30 times see where you think that's the name of the podcast yeah we're gonna start saying it watch i know obviously it's coming up damn it but the the speed in which everything happened was it's still crazy to me um the first episode was i i knew it was important And, you know, it was something that I needed to, we needed to come out the gate with like just an uppercut, you know.

55:09So I pulled out the black book and I was like, Phil, Phil Brooks. Please. Pal, friend of mine, please. All right, you're going to be in L.A. It's kind of perfect timing. I'll come talk to you. He talked to me for two hours. We had to break it up into two episodes. But that put us on notice immediately. Yeah. It's still our most banging episode, except there is one where I talked to Roman for six minutes, and that thing's doing numbers. Really? Six minutes. Yeah. Damn. But yeah, I've been able to have conversations. What did you talk to Roman about in six minutes? Man, nothing. Nothing quite interesting.

55:52Obviously. Yeah, it couldn't get what you wanted. Right? Yeah. Because it's only six minutes. Six minutes. I got him for a full podcast. Yeah, she... And a part two. I'm trying to get beat, man. Oh, man. So from there, we had Punk, and then it's asking favors. Rich Eisen, who made the show happen. Rich Eisen has been such a... And how did you get connected to him? Being a guest. Yeah. It was just being a guest on his show. in the beginning it was you know the normal here to promote a movie blah blah blah say some jokes shake some hands kiss some babies and get out of there you know and then I started to go really aggressive with my sports takes and he liked that a lot you see I am I am the Laker fan I have been waiting for my whole life.

56:54Because when I was younger and I would watch Laker fans go on these sports shows and they try to be cordial and they try to, you know, just be like a regular sports fan. Not me. No. No, no, no. I am a Los Angeles Laker. I have the logo of the league. Alright? You're going to get into it. Yeah, exactly. That's the Clippers because they can't get anybody into it. Oh, damn! so I'm a Laker fan so my aggressive Lakerdom I started to be able to get on the show a lot more frequently and he was coming up with his podcast network he really wanted to get into the wrestling space and um one of his co-hosts TJ Jefferson who's my co-host now they were looking for somebody to partner up with him for the pod my man TJ was like you need O'Shea yeah we shouldn't trying to get a wrestler.

57:52I thought he was a Lakers fan. No, no. TJ's a Clippers fan. Oh, so you guys just go at it. That's gross. That's great. First of all, I'm about to put you on blast, TJ, but you're my dog, tag team partner. He's from Altoona, Pennsylvania. Shout out Altoona. But he's a Dallas Cowboy fan, a New York Met fan, a Los Angeles Clipper, and a sometime 76er. And that's just the saddest sports life he could ask for, right? Oh, God. Like, how angry do you have to be as a guy? Just throwing the jets. Just miserable. He just loves the road less, less trying. And, yeah, I love his heart. And just wait. He's going to hit.

58:36He's going to hit. It'll happen. We won't be here to see it. It has to happen. I don't know if you know what's going on with the Mets. I don't mean right now. I don't mean right now. Yeah, it's right for TJ. but he's got heart he's got spirit kids got moxie yeah yeah but he was the one that suggested me to rich and uh got me in there so like that's always going to be my guy he keeps telling me he was like i know one day you're gonna super kick me through a barbershop window you're gonna turn on him yeah no i can't i can't that's my that's my boy man that's my boy for life and you know we sat out to just, we didn't want to be the show that has the gotcha moments.

59:22You know, we're not here to be Barbara Walters. Same with us, yeah. Yeah, we just want to kick it. Yeah. Podcasts are supposed to be that. Yeah. You know, just kicking it. Yeah, we're supposed to be in the car with you, with you at the gym, whatever. Right. Just talking. And I think the superstars appreciate that. And I let them know, you know, before the cameras started rolling, I'm like, bro, I'm going to tell you right now because I've been on the other side, beginning interview, don't trip. Don't trip. We're going to take care of you. We're about to throw you alley-oops for like an hour. You're about to be straight.

59:58Just knock them out of the park. That's all you got to do. And we take our deep dive with our research. I told Naya Jax her Starbucks order. I can't remember it off the top of my head. But yeah, we look at old footage, old interviews, and we try to have these cool moments with these superstars. Mark Henry helped us out early on, who I love to death. Also gave me a nice shout out on Taker's podcast. Shout out Mark Henry. Yeah, Mark Henry. And then after we got Mark, a conversation happened somewhere where WWE started to be like, all right, we'll send you people. And then from there, you know, it just started getting a mind of its own.

1:00:47Rumble 2K invited us out there to kind of promote the game. I'm a gamer, so I was losing my mind. So you're telling me you're going to fly me out to watch the Royal Rumble and play video games. while I get to meet and talk to wrestlers? Stop it. Come on, baby. What's my life right now? Yeah, like, what's happening right now? The simulation's going amazing. It's working for you. It's working. Yeah, so it's been a real dream come true. I've gotten to talk to a lot of people. We actually, I don't know when this airs, but whatever. Today, we just dropped the episode with the Hardys. Oh, cool. Got to interview the Hardys.

1:01:30Yeah. that we tripped out about that you know i told them that they have to be we we interviewed x-poc we told x-poc that he is probably the guy who's gotten the most kids suspended from school oh yeah oh detention for sure you know yeah the hardys have to have the record for like most punishments at home you know like maybe most injuries yeah yeah like for sure like why does your brother look like this now. Like that has to, the Hardys have to be kings of that. Why is the ladder in the living room? Yeah, right. Why is the ladder wobbly? Got rough in here, Dad. But I'm IC champ, so we're fine.

1:02:10You just reminded me when my brother made me jump off the ladder on the trampoline and I broke my nose. Yeah. Oh my God. It's a good one. So much. Well, and our trampoline was the old school trampoline. Yeah. Well, I kind of fell, obviously. I didn't land properly. She just fully fall. Well, I didn't fall properly. Okay. That's better said. But you know, there were no nets then around the trampolines. It was a rectangle. You had holes cut out in the corner. Yes. You guys are a little, you're a little young for the old time. I only had like the little one that you. No, our trampolines you jumped on, you could actually, the springs can fly off.

1:02:47Oh my God. Yeah. No, it was totally dangerous. I broke my ankle being Jimmy Superfly Snugga and then broke my nose off the ladder. Shane never broke anything because he always fell properly. But yeah, not me. Not me. He had the family quad injury at 39. He did. That was wild too. I was like, why is Snoop fighting now? I know. I know. I remember calling all that. Like my husband's calling all that stuff. You know, it's crazy. I know. Yeah. Poor Snoop. No, Snoop was so psyched. And Snoop was so cool. He didn't get rattled. He just did his stuff. You know, I don't think, does he ever get rattled?

1:03:23Right. I've never, I mean, not that I'm on the inside or anything, but I've never seen him ever lose his cool. What does Snoop yelling sound like? That's what I mean. That's crazy. Somebody's got to know. Yeah, somebody. I could get his son's number. Maybe his son, yes. It happened. It happened. Yeah, man. Everybody's uncle. Uncle Snoop. What a God. I'm not 39. He actually is Sasha Banks' uncle. yeah or cousins yeah yeah yeah yeah that was that was a cool little tidbit to find out and uh i actually hit her to to make like a birthday video for one of my friends and i was like since we're like rap cousins now and it really worked out in my favor there you go also from boston so yes true very true very true but you forgive her for that right no no no my goat All right.

1:04:19All right. All right. Yeah. O'Shea. Indeed. Our show partner is Fanatics, and we'd love to have a Fanatics segment with you here. We are going to do a blind ranking. Let's blind rank some of LA's greatest players from the big four leagues in the order of who you think would be the best WWE superstars. Interesting. Okay. So top five, starting with Magic Johnson.

1:04:52six foot nine like 260.

1:04:58just to be safe because Magic, he's a talker. But, like, he's also 6 '9". All right, I'm going to put Magic at the comfortable spot to always put people is 3. But I'm going to go uncomfortable and put him at 2. Like us, 2. Yeah, 2s. All right. The Raiders are Las Vegas-based now, but he is a Los Angeles Raider, Bo Jackson. Bo? Come on, Bo knows. Yeah, Bo knows wrestling. Bo knows everything. Yes. This is true. Yeah, I feel comfortable doing that number three. For the kids who don't know, Bo Jackson is so incredible that he basically got his hip torn out of his socket because he was running too fast.

1:05:51It was crazy. That's wild. All right. The late, great, Fernando Valenzuela. You know, Fernando, I'm going to keep you safe. I'm going to keep you safe, brother. You're down there at four. Four is perfect. I feel like there's going to be one name that I'm really hoping is there or my number one spot is going to be crazy. The great one and King's legend, Wayne Gretzky. Like I said, I'm going to put Fernando at the five, and I'm going to be Wayne. Yeah, Wayne for sure could take some hits, so I'm going to put him at four. What is this number one? Come on, come on. Okay, let's go with the Rams legend.

1:06:32Aaron Donald? Yep. Oh, yes! Yes! I was like, wait, wait, wait. Yeah, put up the goat. Put him up there, number one. He'll be just fine, Stephen. Will you be his mouthpiece or not necessary? Whatever you need, man. Whatever you need. So there's a scene, and I'm not sure which reporter it was, but in the movie where your dad, you are talking and being interviewed poolside. Oh yes. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And it, you know, it doesn't go well. Right. But what the comment is, look, I am representing to my community through music, what you represent to your community through these interviews. And I just thought that was so poignant.

1:07:22It really stuck with me. Yeah. And I'm just curious your perspective on that, you know, and how music influences community and how that ties even back to wrestling. Because one of the things you talk about is the community of wrestling. Yeah. I think, number one, I think the artists who are really trying to tell something, you know, that are genuinely inspired by the chaos a little bit, like it feels like they have a little bit more substance to them to get the message across. you can tell from the listen you know the thing about entertainment is once they once whether that be fans or or the suits or whoever once they see something work oh we need to be just like that and so where the problem is is you you might have an artist who genuinely has a message to come across and people who are only reading it on the the shadow the shallow level might then you get copycats you get copycats and then the music starts to go in a direction of just like we're just doing this to get a check man I don't really mean none of that right and so I think when you know when my father has something to say it is because it is something that really touched him or affected him and the people can feel the difference you can feel the difference between an artist who there are people who like to celebrate then there are people that like to work you know there are people that live in that studio that feel like what they are saying needs to be out there because they know the effect that it will have on people the inspiration that you get on people you're never going to beat the guy who likes to work we're all here to make money but like there are some people who are in it for the money then there are some people that are in it for impact and they believe in it yeah because it it it hurts me it means something and i know that there's there's a me somewhere who doesn't have the voice to say it so i'm gonna let him know from across the country across the world that i see you and that is important that to be seen like that like i was saying earlier with wrestling and the rock helping out you know me a shy kid that that feeling of like being seen it it can not only like fuel you through a bad day it might fuel you for the rest of your life and that is an important responsibility and you can tell who knows that and who hasn't hit it yet and it's nothing wrong with you just not realizing yet you can lead the horse to water you can't make it drink it but like at a moment when you start to see that that power that is the art part that's that's that's real like people's interpretation of what they're looking at and and it being able to bring up questions and debates about it that's because it is a a real piece of art and so i i think uh i think that's one that's a major thing that another reason why it should be nominated for something because it's the same thing that you would get from a painting from a song from a movie from a show you can get from watching a superstar come up from nxt all the way to main eventing mania and it means something it means something for kofi to be the first absolutely black man with the with the title and and and how long our african and how the people made it yeah it it it's a movement the yes movement people really feel like the women's evolution dude that has like there are people that will always remember where they were the first time they heard it or the first time they saw it when that when that spark was you know lit and uh that's a beautiful thing and you have to acknowledge that you have that power and then when you can start to manipulate it and like form it to be within your style and what you believe in that's when you really start connecting with people.

1:11:43Yeah. That's beautiful. You just gave me goosebumps. Yeah. You know, I'll be acting.

1:11:50But I believe in it too, you know, and I believe in the power of our business and, and I have grown up with these people that our business has touched in so many different ways. And, you know, fans have always come up to my dad and asked for at the time, you know, an autograph or whatever. And what they always would say is thank you. Yeah. And I feel like that's unusual you know i don't know that a lot of actors get thank you and they may want pictures and autographs but thank you thank you for all of the entertainment thank you for the years of entertainment i've had this special bond with my dad or my grandfather my son or my daughter my grandmother i hear a lot yeah i hear a lot about grandmothers shouting at the screen their babysitter um you know but grandma's like shirtless man yeah there's nothing wrong with that Well, I feel like this past mania, it started happening to you.

1:12:46Well, so it has started happening a little bit. Or at least I was witnessing it more, the thank you and the thank your family. Which, you know, nobody needs to thank me. But, yeah, it's that notion of, you know, thank you. That's crazy to say. No, but it's true. We're going to thank you no matter what. I'm definitely going to thank you. When I met you at Fanatics Fest, I'm trying, for those who don't know, I get to meet Stephanie McMahon. I'm freaking out. All right? I am full-on explosion. And I tell her about TJ, who's over there eating. We weren't hungry. And you were like, well, let's go over and say hi to him.

1:13:31Immediately, my brain goes, Stephanie McMahon's willing to walk to TJ? To TJ? And so I'm like, she's so nice. Now, immediately, we're walking to TJ. I'm trying to give him all the eyes. Bro. Put the sandwich down. I'm not just walking next to her. Like, we're coming to you. Like, pulling lettuce out of his teeth. I was like, are they coming to me right now? And so he gets up, and we meet you. And, like, we full on lost it. Number one, because literally the week before, I just brought you up on the show. because I listed you on my Rushmore managers because I'm like, thank you. You got Stephanie on your side.

1:14:10I mean. Probably going to go to win. For many reasons. Yes, like that thank you, the thank you is important because even beyond you, Shane, Rock, Roman, Randy, you guys are like, for me watching, you guys are like the blueprint of just like you taking your family's name and we want to take it where we want to go with it and for somebody like me who was a second generation that meant something like that that that was kind of fuel to my fire that i i i needed you know um same thing same reason another reason why uh i have such a connection to kobe bryant yeah kobe was there's a part of me that feels like Kobe choosing to go into basketball trying to get to the NBA when his father played in the NBA he had to hear a lot of the same things that I hear going in your old man's footsteps big shoes to fill exactly like all these things that people for whatever reason think feel good but I'm scared to death thanks you know Yeah, so it's just There's a natural attachment Also, shout out to Cody I'm glad you finished the story I was a Roman guy The story continues It never ends Never, never But yeah, you deserve that thank you Absolutely, you was out there You took bumps You was out there Three in the morning on Wrestlemania No, no, no That's like the first time she's ever accepted.

1:15:55No, I'm just moving the conversation. She's so uncomfortable. Dizzy black coffees. What do you think about AI in music and movies? You were talking about that before. How is it going to affect all the things you love? I don't know. And it makes me nervous because I've done, I was in the Obi-Wan Kenobi series, Big Flex. I was in the Obi-Wan Kenobi series, and we shot this show in something called The Volume, and it's like way bigger than this. It's like, I mean, like you could fit a plane in there. You could fit not like an airline. You could fit a plane in there for sure. And it's just completely covered in screens.

1:16:43Like it's just tiny little LEDs all around you, and they can digitally put you anywhere. Right. A lot of the scenes where you think we're on a set, we're just in the volume. Even most of the show, we're in this giant cave. We were not in a cave. We were in the volume. And on the volume, they can add, subtract whatever they want because it's all digital. Now, what scares you as a performer is I know how advanced that is. And I know what is to stop. if somebody offers me a rule negotiations don't go the right way well what's to stop them from making something that's O'Shea-esque and it's like dude for way less not going to get any headache is never late never complain except you're not late no no no I don't like that you're a professional It's a stereotype I like to crush.

1:17:50Shavy early. That's right. And prepared. Yeah, yeah. Always. You have to. Which is so important because a lot of people aren't. Yeah, but it sucks. And their ego gets big or whatever the reason. And they don't think they need to be professional. I mean, you're in a business. You need to show up. Right. You're getting paid for it. And you got to know, just like this all seems to be, we're finding the link that puts all these conversations together. But just like that level of responsibility that I was talking about you have as a performer, as an entertainer, you know, when you're inspiring people, it might feel like you're going out there on your own by yourself.

1:18:33But like you represent a whole lot more than what you're thinking. and more people than just you. I can't be, I don't do a lot of going out. I don't, it's just certain things that I keep control of because life is going to throw a lot of things that you can't control. So when you can, might as well take the opportunity. But like when I go out to perform or when I'm doing my thing in interviews and stuff like that, it's not just me that I'm representing. I got a daughter. I am Jordan's dad. and Jordan's dad has to look cool and be on point all the time. I am Kim and O'Shea's son. I'm Daryl, Kareem, and Sharif's brother.

1:19:17These are things that are very important to me and I have to represent them whenever they see me and that is responsibility that a lot of people sweep under the rug and you shouldn't. Well, and kudos to your parents because clearly you learn these values from somewhere. Yeah, they're good parents. Yeah, they seem like they're pretty good parents. I mean, you turned out all right. Yeah, they're waiting for me to call them. I was like, I'm going to be spazzing out.

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1:22:37But before, back then, around 39, she would kind of like see me watching wrestling, and then when her auntie would be there, now she's like, wait a minute, auntie likes it too? So it's like, okay. So now she's like peeping it, peeping it, until she saw Bianca. And then she saw Alexa Bliss. And she saw these two, and she goes, Daddy, I want to do that. Oh, yeah? And I said, are you sure? My child. Because let me tell you right now, I have been waiting for this one. And she got behind the living room curtain, played the music for her. She came out. She's talking shit on her little karaoke machine.

1:23:30Oh, it's so great. You know, we're working on the promo. We're working on it. It's going to get there. Promos are tough. They're tough. Yeah, you know, but she's a gymnast, so she's really into the flips. Oh, hey, well, that's the right kind of background. She beat my sister ass for half an hour. It was a banger. I was a special guest referee. I was going to say, were you the referee? Yeah, absolutely. My sister had no chance. I'm sorry, Karima. It's fixed. It was fixed. But, yeah, so that was, like, the first time where I was like, oh, okay. And then I had Bianca and Alexa. So they sent me videos for her for her birthday.

1:24:07She was smashed out. Yeah. She's like, they know my name. And I was like, ah, my heart. In, in. So, yeah. So that was, you know, that was the first bit. But when she was like one or two years old, her real first match she ever watched was Macho Man versus Crush. Wow. That's random. She sat up and like was watching it. And I was like, look at her sitting up. right they don't have good balance taking her first step locked in so i was like okay okay then the the curtain thing that was that was the second time but just recently we were watching uh we were watching wrestling and i keep hearing like a second like you know you you the what you're watching with the crowd the bell and all that i keep hearing something behind the couch that sounds like wrestling, but I know there's no way what I'm about to see.

1:25:05And yeah, she was on her iPad watching CM Punk versus Drew McIntyre. On her own. On her own. Oh, wow. And I was like, I hit my sister. I've done something right in this world. Yeah, I was like, look at this. Look at this. I recorded it. And then I told my sister, she said, that's her third time watching that match. Really? I was like, what? She was like, yeah, she called me one day and was like, auntie, what's the match with the blood? That's the one. All right. The only one. She's never seen that much blood in her life. But has she been live yet? No. I was just going to ask that. I know. Always going to be mad.

1:25:43When are you going to bring her? Mad, I mean, they need to come to LA. They need to come to WrestleMania. Vegas is not far. Dude, I've been trying to get my entire family to go to Vegas for this last one. because I'm like, Dad, it's basically in your house. Yeah, come on. It's like Raider Stadium, bro. You can honestly hook us up with a lot more. This podcast is only getting me so far right now. That's right, Raider Nation. So, yeah, I'll see what I can do. But her, yeah, she's definitely got to go. She wants to meet Bianca. She just wants all those magic moments, and Dad has to make those magic moments.

1:26:20Dad can make them happen. Yeah, so when you go to Disneyland, we get the VIP tour. You know, you get to go with the plaid shirts. I just call them the plaid shirts. Chaperone. Yeah, they chaperone you around the park. You get to skip the lines. Yeah, that's the big thing. Yeah, that's the big thing. So we do that, right? Yeah. So then she goes to Disneyland. Sounds like a Nepo thing. She goes to Disneyland. I bought a billion, baby. We're waiting lines over here. I know. That's a great thing to have. So the next month, she goes with her mom's family to Disneyland. And so she just goes to the front of the line.

1:27:00Jordan, where are you going? What do you mean? What is this? It's the line. Line. Line. Yeah, the line. And the line is long. The line is long. Long. And it's hot. Yeah. It's always hot. And your little ice cream is melting. Yeah. Now you're tired. Well, it's not little. It's a giant ice cream. First of all, it's small and it's$20. Yeah, 20 hots. I was looking at the prices because she just wanted to go for her birthday. I spent nine racks at Disneyland. Really? I could not believe it. That's how they get you. I was like, my ghast was flabbered. I was just like, I was so like, there's no way. I'm going to steal that.

1:27:42I love that. There's no way. If I was a family of four. No, that's the thing. In middle America, you're never going to Disneyland. You go to Target, they sell those Mickey Mouse pops. I'm going to Target. $8 for a box. Look at the Mickey toys. That's all we're doing, son. All the parents that save up for Disneyland, God bless you. O'Shea Jackson Jr. Yeah, man. Us peasants. But you got to get the gas. Your gas was flabbered. Yeah. I think that's my favorite line. Yeah, I think that's right up there. So today you, I want you to promote your new show too that's coming out. But today you posted that your favorite food was a grilled cheese.

1:28:24Oh, no, it's the greatest sandwich ever. Greatest sandwich. Yeah, greatest sandwich ever. My favorite food will forever be. Here on What's Your Story. I didn't know you guys had it already. I was told you might have it at the end. I know. I checked for a text. I missed that. It kind of looks thin. That looks kind of sad. It's for sure cold. That's a grilled cheese. Give me that. You can't eat that. You want the puck? You want the puck? The point is. It tastes exactly how you think. Exactly how you think. Even cold, it's good. And we're not sponsored by Shake Shack. But maybe we will be now. The grilled cheese sandwich is the greatest sandwich ever.

1:29:08It's simple. You don't need a lot. Lots of butter or no butter for you? You got to get that bread nice. Yeah. You got to get the bread nice. But butter on both sides? The trick so you don't burn your bread while your cheese is melting is mayo. I've heard that. I've never done it, but I've heard it. My mom. Tonight for dinner. Connoisseur. You know, greatest grilled cheese on earth. Come from my mom, and I remember them, and I will always have them. Big thick bread? Thin bread? Just like that? Not like that. I'm not going out there with Texas toast. Okay. You need that little crunch. Any particular brand?

1:29:43Good. Any good brand. But yeah, simple. The ingredients are in the name. Yeah. It is simple. But there's no mayo. I mean, on the bread, if you're toasting it the right way. Like grilled cheese, simple, bro. Simple. All day. Kids love it. Mothers approved. It's true. All good things. Yes. Yeah, can't knock it. Favorite food in general? I'm a burger guy. A burger, like... So hungry, right? And it's been so wacky. This diet is so trash. Hey, but congratulations though also. I know, I'm sorry that we just maybe fucked it up. By summer, I should get the extra 40 and I'll be 100 down. Wow. And then I'm going to yoke up.

1:30:33Yeah? I'm going to yoke up. Yeah? I'm going to yoke up. how muscular you are. Yeah, I'm great under here. I was so pleased with myself. That's what I always say, too. Look at us. I'm great under here, too. And, yeah, when I get into, because right now, I'm still lovable, you know. But when I become Buff Shea, I will be the asshole I am meant to be, Stephanie. All right, all right. Are you going to come to WWE? Absolutely. Absolutely. Whatever you need. All right. Whatever you need right now. That's always been a dream. I'm asked every interview, but I got to get yoked. Yolk. I got to get yoked, and then I'll be all right.

1:31:22Then you're all right. I got to get my R &B body. You're all right anyway. I got a real rap body right now. I need my R &B body. I have a post-holiday body over here. 100%. But so tell us about your new show coming out. Movie show? Oh, yeah, movie. Shit talkers? Yeah, shit heads. Shit heads. Yeah. Sorry, I'm on the promo. That's our next movie. I'm so surprised that he got the title okayed. You know, it's just like, how am I going to sell that on the news? Oh, yeah. How are you? Shit feeds. Yeah, our new movie, shit feeds. Shit feeds. Shy thieves. Yeah. Yeah. Shies. Shy thieves. Shites. You know, it could be that.

1:32:11There's no way to get around it. No. I did, I mean, I performed in a film known as Cocaine Bear. Mm-hmm. And selling that on the fucking. We've seen it. We've seen it. Big fans, as you can tell. And having Al Roker talk about cocaine at nine in the morning, and that was an experience. I was like, damn, we're really getting away with it. And then Mexico made us change the name in Mexico. In Mexico? Guys. Yeah? What was it called in Mexico? It's like Dangerous Bear or something like that. Ravenous Bear. We can't have cocaine in the title, Mexico? Well, just not in the title. Colombo is fine. Colombo is fine.

1:32:57Go ahead. Do whatever you want. the tourism board sponsored it but yeah it's it's so it's one of those things but shitheads is the title of it as far as we are concerned and i loved it i after straight out of compton i did a film ingrid goes west and ingrid goes west is one of my favorites because number one it was my first time going out on my own finding a film and doing the hold on oh quick story about how i got ingrid goes west so ingrid goes west uh happened because i was at an award show presenting and aubrey plaza was there i'm a big aubrey plaza fan and so i was going over to say hello to aubrey plaza some nice old ass ladies might have stopped me and start telling me about how their grandson loves straight out of compton and i'm looking at them like man that's crazy so eventually they want to take the picture we take the picture everything's right all right you guys have a good night i turn around i'll reply he's gone yeah so i get on twitter immediately as one does to complain and i say you know almost met aubrey plaza but didn't so you know the night's going well aubrey plaza sees this is another reason why i would never delete twitter rb plaza sees this dm hits me in the dms it's like listen i got this movie and i need you to play the guy and oh wow straight there yeah and i was like i this is my second movie ever i know this isn't how this is supposed to go so like let's set up a meeting and let's talk about it so she gives me her number and i text her it's batman and then And she goes, great!

1:34:51I'm like, wow, she was really excited that I said Batman. Didn't think nothing of it. That was it. On the day of the meeting, she was like, so how did you like the script? I'm like, what script? She goes, for the movie. I said, you didn't send me a script. What's my email? She goes, then why did you say you were Batman? I'm just saying it. I'm trying to be cool. I'm like, I don't know. I'm Batman. I love Batman. He goes, your guy in the movie is obsessed with Batman. And I thought that was you saying yes. So the director and the producers think you said yes. So you have to do it. Well, fuck. All right.

1:35:33Dope. Let's do it. Let's do it. And, yeah, so I talked to Matt Spicer, who's the director. He went to USC as well. And he was just like, yeah, you know, just we thank you for doing this. He kind of let me do my own thing. a lot of improv in that. And that movie meant a lot to me because to go from Straight Outta Compton, who's the Universal Studios, major film, blah, blah, blah, to the indies, it really let me see the difference. Not every set is going to be like Straight Outta Compton. And then when you do indies, the bells and whistles aren't there to distract you. It is you and the camera and the director and your co-stars.

1:36:18It's like, you got to bring it. And yeah, I love Ingrid Goes West. It's such a key part of my career. And I think about, I got the part in Obi-Wan Kenobi because the director saw Ingrid Goes West. I got another quick story. So I was doing Swagger. I was doing Swagger and my agents are like, hey, we need you to be available tomorrow, 1230. I got work. no you don't no you don't yeah 12 30 we need you to be by your computer you click that zoom all right that's real weird so i click it and uh it's deborah chow and so she starts telling me um so we're gonna do an obi-wan kenobi series i'm like oh wow no that's nice yeah and she starts telling me like a lot about the show like spoilers like like a lot about the show and i'm like i didn't sign an nda you should not be doing this so i was like okay so do i have like you want me to read some sides like am i self-taping my audition she's like no you have the part i feel like this keeps happening wait what thank goodness for that

1:37:38just asking why was i able to get a part without auditioning and she goes oh because of anger goes west the the heart that i need for this role i saw you doing an anger goes west easy so i was like all right shit all right cool and i couldn't tell nobody for like a year i told my mom but and then from there, Anger Goes West just keeps popping up in conversations that I have with people who are giving me roles. So I felt like after Dinner Thieves 2, I wanted to step back into the Indies, you know, give the Indies back another sample of me. And it's with one of my best friends, Dave Franco, who's actually the reason why I got the part, because he told the director that, you know, Shea could kill this.

1:38:25I'm telling you, just hit him. And also went to USC, final. And, yeah, from there we just had a ball. I got to kick it with Dave Franco, my man Mason Thames, who plays Hiccup in How to Train Your Dragon. Peter Dinklage, got to talk to him about Game of Thrones. I didn't go into detail about Game of Thrones because there's some things that I'm sure he's been told the same things year after year. But what I will say, and I will say it on your show as well. Fuck you, Bran Stark. You're a fucking snake. You knew. People died. People died. You fortune teller. You couldn't tell. Nobody. So Bran Stark is a snake and he is no king of mine or protector of the realm.

1:39:15Oh, and you heard it here. You heard it here. Bran Stark, you're a snake. If you look on my Twitter, like every couple months I call him out. Just call him out. I'm just saying, fuck you, Wax. Just a reminder. I'm going to do it today. I was having a hard time getting through all the comments about WWE and everything else on your feet. Yeah, there's a lot. I'm real aggressive with my fandom. You are. And I'm chill. Just like, let me nerd out. It's good. Yeah. But that's what it's about. That's what being a fan is. Just let me nerd out with my anime, my video games, and my wrestling. And then when people come in my house, I can't just let flies fly around my house.

1:39:52I've got to swat them. Yeah. And then I leave their body for the other flies to see. Oh. Yes. You don't get rid of it. You see what happens? You see what happens? You need, like, a fly tape. You have all the flies. They just sit there and scream in their house all day. Yeah, man. I just, I can't stand. And I'm getting real good at it because Mark Henry told me that I have to stop. Oh. He, like, tears lockers off the wall, so I guess I'll listen to him. But, yeah, so, you know, I've got to chill. but I just don't like people being disrespectful. You can have a different opinion. Yeah. But as soon as you call me out of my name, that's when I start to hear my mom again.

1:40:30Yeah, that's true. And now you feel like, yeah. Through the internet. Through the internet. Through the internet. Yes. Yes. What's the best part about being a dad?

1:40:46I think the best part are things that I don't, like the best moments that I've had are moments that I wasn't expecting. You know, I, number one, I'm gonna tell you the worst thing, is that I am so emotional. Oh, my God. Wholesome TikTok, soldiers coming home. Oh, yeah. A good commercial during the Super Bowl. It gets you. It gets you every time. I used to be a cold-hearted warrior. Right? With the scowls. Any little thing, I'm just like, I hope she's okay. It's just so emotional all the time now. And now other kids' voices make me happy. I'm like, oh man, you're a little guy. He's so cute. That's the worst.

1:41:47But when I see little things, little reflections of me, first of all, in a girl, which was wild. It's like, oh, you're still a little me. That's still wild. Sometimes the daughters are much more like their dads. Oh, I've seen you yell at people. On the show? Yeah, on the show. On the show. But there was one summer we were outside playing with the water hose, as one does. And her little baby little footprint was on the ground. And then I put my foot and it was the exact same. And I was just like, lost it. The first time she told me. Did you take a picture of it? Yeah, I got it. Yeah, I got it. I'll send it.

1:42:31and then um first time she told me she loved me without me saying it like without me saying it first i was just like what did i do to deserve that oh my god and then i think the the the last coolest thing that i had happen was she had lost her cousin um andrew who passed away 19 car accident and i've known that kid since he was four you know like i know that kid like me and jordan's mother i've known her since i was 15 years old like i like i know them and you know she lost her cousin and so this was like a major hit to their family like this was this was massive like we're still dealing with the aftershock of it and so young her on the on the day of his funeral she's with her other grandmother shout out to gina and grandmother's crying obviously because she just lost her first grand babe so she's crying and she's boo-hooing and Jordan turns to her and her grandmother told me this story but Jordan turned to her and says don't worry grandma my dad's coming today and he's good at making people smile and stop crying and I was just like oh you know when you like I didn't know my kid looked at me like that yeah You know, she's like, no, my guy got this.

1:44:11Don't worry. Like that right there is just like the best. And there's no way to describe that to people. And then you realize every time you heard, wait till you have your own, wait till you have your own, they were absolutely right. Yeah. And then you're like, damn it, how much other stuff didn't I listen to? That was it. They're absolutely right. Right, and it's those moments that make everything you do so important. Everything I do is already for Jordan, but then it's moments like that where you realize that everything you don't do is for Jordan too. Yeah. And it's important. She went to go see Wicked, and she just so happened to see the poster for Den of Thieves 2 in there.

1:44:57And she went and took a picture because she saw it's my daddy's poster. That's right. And I was, you know, just mush. Used to be a cold-hearted warrior. You can be both. You can be both. And I'm mush. Yeah. And my father is mush and my mother is mush. Everybody's mush. Now my brother's having kids and now it's just like. Extra mush. It's like you're watching them write season three while you think you're still in season two. It's just, it's so wild. The next bit of Jackson's. And it's crazy. but it is uh the best job i can ask for because i know no matter what i can count on that little girl to love me more than anybody no matter what i do at any the thing with entertainment you know fans can be so fickle it takes one thing for them to turn on you nothing nothing will stop her from loving me and that is that's the best fuel you can ask for man.

1:46:02You are blessed. It's the shit. Yeah. Jordan, daddy loves you. And then likewise you will always love her unconditionally. It's when you really learn what it means unconditional love when your child is born. I don't care what my kids do. I will I could get angry. I could be upset. Whatever. I will always love them no matter what with everything I am. Their greatest gifts in the world are our kids. And you just don't know until you see it. Until you see them. Until you feel it. Mamas know when they're carrying. Yeah. We get it. I'm just a stupid man. It's true. That chair in the hospital. I for sure hip checked a kid.

1:46:57He bit my baby in her back. Oh, no. So I had to give him a little. Oh, hey. Oh, this is it. What's funny? Sorry. Hip check. Bit your daughter in the back. I'm very patient. I'm very patient. I'll wait to beat your ass. It is. I'll hit again. My daughter was getting bullied, one of my daughters, and I did have that sensation as well. This little girl was walking towards the car one day in pickup line, and I was tearing her down. Dagger. I'm like, what am I doing to this little girl? I didn't care. I made her look too. Oh my gosh. Absolutely. She's never been back to the school. I had to tell another kid's parents.

1:47:39It was just with the one parent. But I basically... All I said... All I said was I would hate to have to talk to her father about this. Which basically means don't get your husband's ass whooped in front of this school. It's real close. So y 'all gotta figure it out. Call a family huddle. Figure it out. Whatever you gotta do. Because I live real close. My brother lived real close. And her grandfather is crazy. Crazy. He can go real bad. So I would prefer that this is handled at home. In house. Thank you. I'm a good guy well I can't think of a better way to end the podcast than on that note yeah bustin' a month well maybe we go back to the note I can't believe she almost hit a kid with her car absolutely but I thank you so much for your time I really hope I see you at Wrestlemania I would love to meet your daughter oh I'm there I'm there waiting for you Stephanie I really would love to meet your daughter though I'd love to see the look on her face watching it live because there is nothing like being there live.

1:48:57She got on her mom the other day because her mom came to pick her up. And she was like, Mommy. And then, do you know who Liv Morgan is? And mom was like, no, I don't know. You don't know who Liv Morgan? I feel that way. You're such a weirdo right now. You're a freak. You don't know Liv more. That's awesome. Yeah, that was a little. Daddy-o. She just did the pod. Yeah? Yeah, yeah. You gotta listen to it. Oh, right. The community service. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That was classic. There was a lot. What did she say? Everyone was commenting and Liv wrote back, she ate me up. You were like, you're gonna be doing some community work.

1:49:46What a bar. So good. No, but she is quite a story, too. I mean, really. I mean, first of all, her and Shiloh Hill got the coldest real names there is. Shiloh Hill is Thunder Keck. Thunder Justice Keck. Wow. And then Liv with that Daddio. I know. Chiana Daddio. Yeah, Chiana Daddio is a great name. Chiana Daddio is crazy. Great name. Crazy name. It's almost alias-worthy. It is. And it's your real name. And it's her real name. Yeah, it doesn't sound real. Yeah, what a beast. Shout out to Liv. but thank you for having me I can't wait for your tour oh yeah we got we have to figure out a more conventional way to take the No Contest Wrestling Podcast on the road okay because that's what that damn Van Vliet be doing Van Vliet he's doing well he was showing up at they house I can't do that because TJ works for the Rich Eisen show but I'm going to figure it out we're mobile we're mobile yeah you gotta be mobile man I gotta get Ice Cube to sponsor the show hold up toss it it's great oh I thought you were about to oh no I was trying to help you out I was crying and now my nose is running I was trying to help you out your story had me like really going I mean thank you no thank you it's just off the mic she's like my parent sorry Jack I'm trying to like subtly get it but yeah There's nothing to do with the runny nose.

1:51:19No. Your story. No, you got to take care of that. Yeah. But dads and daughters is very, very special. Yeah. I mean, I was completely nervous because, like, every thought in the world went through my mind of just like, I'm always on the road. You know, I just always try to be as present as I can when I can be. Because there was a time where I was gone for seven months, and I didn't tell her I was coming home, and I just came home. and she cried when she saw me. And I'm like, dude, I'm such a softie. The worst is when they're wrapped around your leg begging you not to go. Please don't go. Don't leave.

1:51:59I also get cussed out. Oh. Yeah. You didn't tell me you were going to New York. The hell were you going to do about it? Like, yeah, I got to go. Or she'll FaceTime me. What are you doing? Minding my business? What are you doing? I have to show her the room. No, that's important. Because then they get context for where you are. I mean, I guess. But FaceTime also allows you to see them in school shows or presentations or whatever it is that things you can't be there for. I just went to her winter concert. Eight in the morning, by the way. It's never a good time. And third grade was last. and I sat in that hard ass auditorium wood that foldy chair that's just cutting the back of my leg and there's people everywhere and like put your phone down bro like we did it I can't see it specifically said don't clap in between the performances to save time we don't need a standing O for everything I sat and I've watched all of those kids Every single one of them I'm a hero I'm a survivor We all are as parents I can spell every bit of that Winter concert Was the band also Part of the winter concert?

1:53:30No The band is something special At that age really pretty much any school age. It's pretty bad. What I was surprised with is two of the classes chose to go acapella. No music. I love that. That's some confidence. I'm going to take these second graders out here and no music. Bro, you got gusto. Aren't the music teachers always so entertaining? They're in it. They got their favorites. Oh, yeah. They got their favorites. And they're, you know, conducting and they're singing and they're pointing. Yeah, all that. Yeah. Put your hand. Yeah, all that. It's the best. It really is. One day I'm going to use those videos for collateral.

1:54:19She told me, she was like, Daddy, I need you to do me a favor. I was like, oh, a favor from your father? That's new. What's going on? She was like, can you not scream I love you, Jordan, when I'm done with my concert? No. I cannot do that for you. I'm so sorry your dad loves you. Like boo-hoo. All right? Boo-hoo. These kids out here are cold. All right? You're upset. Well, my friends last time, they just kept talking about it at lunch. They made fun of me. Sorry their parents don't love them. Yeah. You know, I love you. I love you. But I was good. She do good. See, I don't listen to those requests.

1:54:59No, hell no. Yeah, man. I told you I got caught. And I am the parent that's going to stand after my kid performs, no matter what the teacher says. Middle school? Wait till I start picking her up in middle school. I'm going to embarrass that. Oh, yeah. There's nothing better. But she'll look back on it one day. That's all that matters. That's right. That's right. Well, thank you again so much. This has been awesome. Thank you for having me. And I look forward to being on your show. Yes. If you'll still have me. We will red carpet that whole thing. I'll make sure the studio is real clean. Please, we do it every Wednesday.

1:55:37But we will, if you got to change days, we will change days for you. Trust me, and we'll take care of you. Thank you. Yes. All right. Thank you. Thank you, please.