David's Next Career Move

What's up guys, welcome back to Views. Natalie and I are back from Miami. Jason is here joining us. Jay, guess who didn't go to the strip club?

Natalie.

No, me. She actually did go.

David, I am so proud of you for not going to the strip club. You absolute legend feminist warrior.

No, yeah, I mean, I've had enough. Yeah, two different nights, um, we were proposed with going to the strip club.

Yeah.

And I just shot it down. I've never done this, I think, actually, probably in my life. I've never been on this side of not wanting to go out.

Yeah, I've never seen David actually like truly Irish exit and like say that he would— like, he made sure everyone— he was like, I'm not going out, I'll go out tomorrow.

And Natalie thought I was just saying that for some attention, and I thought I was saying it for attention too, until I was like, wait, I actually don't want to go out. And I left at 9 PM.

Did you get any attention right after?

I got enough attention where I was like, I think I'm for the night.

I think enough people are battling for me to come.

They say please.

They were like, no, dude, come on, come on.

When are you in Miami?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Exactly. That's literally all that. But I was like, guys, I can't, I can't. Okay, pull my leg a little bit more.

And did you go, Nat?

Of course. Oh yeah, I held it down. I brought everyone to 11. It was so much fun.

Oh no.

Oh shit.

Can I just say what you said? Or should I not say what you said?

No, I won't say what you said. I don't even remember what I said. I fully had this, also I recorded a video. I must have FaceTimed with you when I got back to my hotel room. I was very drunk.

It was 3 in the morning and I just woke up from sleeping.

Yeah.

'Cause I went to bed at like 9:30. I probably fell asleep. I was really tired. And then I woke up at around 3, which was conveniently when Natalie was calling.

And I must have recorded a video after I hung up on the FaceTime with you and I was in my bathroom just like recording something for Snap or whatever, just like updating on my night. And I don't remember recording that video. And my sister uploads my snaps for me. So I saw it the next day on my thing and I was just like, I met a boy. Like, I was like, oh, what the fuck?

You could get away with talking about some shit like that here on the pod, but you put that on your own personal page.

I mean, it wasn't anything that bad. It was just like, if he saw that, I would be like, oh, that's like so cringy. Yeah.

What'd you say?

So funny. So she met a guy. Yeah, she calls me at 3.

Really?

Yeah. She was drunk. She was drunk. She was drunk. She's drunk, so she's coming off of it.

I'm scared for myself.

But I know the guy, he's a really nice guy. I met him actually for the first time too. But like, this is the worst night to ever fucking miss out on going out because Natalie was making out with some dude all night. Like, that's fucking crazy.

Yeah, that's David primetime.

That's David primetime for sure.

Filming or not filming, it's David primetime.

That's so funny, I didn't even think about it in like a filming way. Yeah, like I didn't even think about it for the vlog. I was just generally like I missed out on a good night of Natalie meeting someone.

Right.

Yeah.

I actually, I don't know, I'm 50/50 on Natalie meeting people out because I do like it. But then on the other side, Natalie is, she is the leader of the group. Let me tell you. Okay, so we were at, we went with Celsius to Miami. They had this big influencer lunch at this beautiful hotel. It was incredible.

Great.

And after everyone's kind of gathering, there's like 40 or 50 of us, right?

They brought 50 people. It was a huge thing.

Yeah.

And they're all on the rooftop and they're like, where are we going next? And then Natalie overhears 3 of the guys, 3 guys from Love Island.

Yeah.

They're like, okay, well, I think we're going to go to Eleven.

And I'm not a part of this conversation at all.

I'm not a part of it at all. But then we're talking to other people and Natalie starts telling everybody, she's like, hey, I think we're going to Eleven. You can't tell people that because you just eavesdropped on a conversation. Like, they're doing that. They haven't even invited us to it. So like, yeah, Natalie was definitely not included in what was going on.

So then we got to the point where we are going to Eleven at this point because Natalie has told everybody.

But we're like, so then we were like, well, how do we get to, like, how do we get tables, blah, blah, blah. And Natalie was like, let me just go talk to the Love Island guys, we'll join their table, whatever. Um, so, so that's what I thought they were doing.

Yeah.

And then Natalie got there and she just took the reins. She got her own table, everyone came to her table and controlled like she was the big baller.

No way.

Everyone was so confused everyone was like, oh, we're going with the Love Island guys, but they were taking so long and I was like, I want to go now.

Yeah.

And because they were going to go for like another hour, they were having like a fun little pregame or whatever. And so I just texted this guy that I know and shout out to him because he always hooks me up at Eleven. He's amazing. And he was like, of course. And like he sent out this whole text. He was like, VIP Natalie Noel is coming in. And they like did this whole thing and they got us like this whole section. It was so much fun.

Like complete bottle service.

Yeah.

Everything was comped.

Everything was free. A ton of bottles and like Whatever I wanted.

Like, it's crazy.

And then the guy she was into at the time was like, please let me at least split this with you. And she's just like, no, no, no, don't worry, it's free. And he goes, and what did he say?

He was just like, I don't remember what he said, but he was just like, oh, that's how this works for you or something.

But it's funny because Natalie ended up treating everybody and she kind of became the corraler.

And everybody felt so bad. They were like, because I just kept ordering more bottles and they were like, just let it, can I just get one? Like, you know, whatever. And I was like, it's free.

She's really fun.

She's the best.

Yeah. So that's why I'm bummed that I missed it. But like, sometimes like—

But it wouldn't have been Natalie's Table if you were there.

Exactly.

Yeah, it definitely is. Like, it's funny.

Like, exactly. And that's why I was like, right when I heard about it, I was like, damn, it's probably because I wasn't there.

Yeah, of course.

The vibe is so different.

Vibe is so different.

Sure.

It sucks.

Did you enjoy— Did you enjoy— Yeah, that is— That does suck for you. You—

Sorry.

You can't— You could never— you can never be that. By you being somewhere, it ruins the vibe.

It changes the vibe.

There's nothing you can do about it.

Yeah, it's something. Why is that? It's your aura, bro.

It's just so big.

It's because of who you are. That's all.

Because like, do you think you would have made out with this guy and had such an—

definitely not. I mean, not definitely not.

I don't know, but I think you would have, but it would have been would have taken way longer and would have been way less cute.

For sure.

It's like if I go into a Papa John's in Boston with you, it's gonna be way different than if I go into the Papa John's without you. I go into the Papa John's like, hey Jason, maybe I'm getting some free pizzas, feeling pretty good about myself. I go in with you, no one cares that I'm there at all.

Okay, I see.

Did you feel good being the baller for the night?

Yeah, I was having so much fun.

That's cool.

And we brought out, there was another influencer on the trip. She's a mom. She's like, yeah, I don't know how old she is, but she's a mom. She's got 2 kids. Okay.

And 2 kids are with her at Eleven?

No, no, no, no. The kids are at home. But she was like, she was at the pregame and she was like, are you guys going out? And I never thought— I watch her content. Like, she makes really great content with her family. And I never thought she would like want to go. I'm like, we're going to Eleven. Like, I don't know. She's like, what's that? And I was explaining it to her.

Oh, that's amazing when someone doesn't know what that fucking club is.

Oh yeah.

Oh, for people listening, I guess we haven't even said it. Eleven is a nightclub in Miami. It's open 24/7, I think. It's open 24 hours, at least on the weekend, at least on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. And there's more strippers there than there are attendees. So it is like, you'll see TikToks, like if you're a guy and you ever want to feel good about yourself, you go to Eleven because you are turning girls down left and right.

It is like you're a regular woman walking down the streets of New York and everybody's just a construction worker. It's crazy. It's girls fucking clawing at you. At you, come on baby, come on. And you're like, please, please, not tonight, not tonight.

Maybe in a little bit.

Yeah, yeah, it does.

It is, it is a true ego boost. Okay, yeah, so you took this mom there?

Yeah, we took, we took her there. She was like, I'll come. And I was like, okay, great. And so we go and like her and I are like dancing on the table and like she wasn't getting like wasted or anything, but it was just like so fun. Like I just love having that, like just different personalities of people.

So she had the best night of her life basically, long story short.

And what were you, what were you doing?

Well, it does sound like I went to go like hook up with some girl or something. It does sound awful.

You had a little late night postmates?

It does sound like that.

Really? Well, 'cause I heard that.

I think it does.

No, 'cause when I was saying that I went to bed at 9 and then magically woke up at 3, that just sounds like the most like booty call ever. But no, I truly, I was coming off from my sickness. You know how I was sick last pod and I was just like, I'm not going to risk it. Oh, I was on my last day of antibiotics too. So I was like, I'm not gonna ruin this. I'm gonna stay home. 3 doctors, like 3 different doctors DM'd me. About the antibiotics.

Yeah.

On— yeah, from the last pod. And they said, please, for the love of God, don't ever speak about antibiotics ever again. I love listening to the pod, but stop talking about it.

Why? Because it's bad to take them?

I think people have different opinions on them, and I was like pretty much glorifying them. So I like—

I don't—

right. Obviously don't take any medical advice from me.

But yeah, no, I'm still getting a buzz from the last batch.

No, no, but I feel healthy.

They feel good.

Hey, here I am promoting them again. I have a new batch that I'm on right now.

Um, but, uh, but yeah.

And then what else did you do in Miami?

Miami was fun.

Halloween party?

We went to— what?

Do you go to a Halloween party?

We went to a Halloween party. So our friends had a Halloween party, um, and it's like more of like a family Halloween party. Um, like it wasn't like, it wasn't like let's all go to Eleven afterwards. And it was so fun. Oh, it was such a good vibe.

That's fun.

So I met this guy there. His— I met the guy, he's an F1 champion, world champion. He's won F1 twice.

Yeah.

And his son is now in F2, which is Formula 2, right?

Yeah.

So it's one right below F1. And I was talking to him all about just about racing. And I was like, well, are you going to go into F1? He's like, I really want to. It's all really expensive. And I'm like, okay, I understand it's expensive. Like, how much does F2 cost you? So F1 has about 20 drivers. F2 also has about 20 drivers. And his parents were there. His dad's a champion. His mom's there. And his mom goes, it's $4 to $5 million a year for our son to do F2. Isn't that crazy? Because you think about your—

F2 is a step below F1.

Yeah.

Okay.

So you're like, he's 18. So you're transporting the car, the whole team. The car breaks down, you hit something like $4 to $5 million a year is no joke. And I assume it's harder to get sponsors when you're in F2. But yeah, he basically said like, it's a, you know, it's a tough sport.

And yeah.

Wow.

And his dad works on cars. And I was like, I was— I had like a really cool car note that like, I, I'm not really a car guy, but I said one car thing that made me feel really cool.

Oh, yeah. Yeah.

I was like, I was— I was talking about what makes like a— what makes like an exotic car really cool. And I was like, it's cooler when they have analog screens, like, you know, when you have your dash And like a lot of cars now are all digital. I think that it's cooler when your car is analog, especially in hypercars and supercars, because it's more timeless. It's like a Patek as opposed to an Apple Watch, right? Like, will an Apple Watch be cool in 15 years? Absolutely not.

It'll be outdated, right? As will your digital dash on a car.

But like, will your Patek or your Rolex or your analog clock be cool? Yes, because it'll be vintage and it'll still be operational completely. As they say. So I told him that and he like pointed to me and his son and he goes, you, you, you get it, you get it.

And I was like, yeah, I do. It's like the only thing I know about cars that I, that I think is like a hot take that like people would agree with. So that made me feel really good. But yeah, it was really fun. I had a good time in Miami and we didn't overdo it, which was like we went to the Everglades, see crocodiles, saw crocodiles, saw snakes. Natalie got fucking Like almost like some really scary disease she may have now from all these mosquitoes.

I have like over 100 mosquito bites on my body right now.

Oh no, and you didn't get bit at all?

He did, but he was wearing like a short sleeve shirt too.

I think it's weird, sometimes mosquitoes go for different people.

No, I like had my flashlight because we were out there like in the middle of the night, and I had my flashlight and I like would turn it to myself sometimes.

You took a night tour?

It wasn't a tour, it was like we just, we just drove into the Everglades at night like looking for, looking for things. It'll be in, it'll be in the next vlog, I think. I don't know how it'll cut together because. Yeah, but like, yeah, there's a—

Yeah, but I would— I took my flashlight and I would like just look down at my body and there would be like, literally I could see 80 of them just swarming my legs.

It was wild how many mosquitoes there were.

Crazy.

Nellie thought she had like dengue fever.

Yeah, well, somebody told me like if you get bit too many times, you could have like dengue or something. And I was like freaking out or like malaria. I don't know.

I just kept— Yeah, I kept— But like, it was— It's crazy. And she said for Halloween, she's obviously wearing something where her ass is out.

Yeah. She's like, this is going to be really tough for me because it looks like I have like a ring of like 30 of them like on my ass cheek.

What? Wait, what's your Halloween costume?

I'm gonna be— I'm gonna be Wonder Woman. So it's like a corset.

She's a slutty mosquito. Oh, you're gonna be Wonder Woman?

Yeah, Wonder Woman with her butt cheeks out.

Well, it's like the retro Wonder Woman, so she has like these like high-waisted like— yes, you know, cutout.

Yes, yes.

Wonder Woman's so funny for Natalie because it's like I'm going to be looking for her obviously like every 10 minutes at the party because something's always going wrong. Just like a funny It's like a funny person to look for. Have you seen Wonder Woman?

Especially when something isn't going right.

Natalie! She's zipping down the stairs, her cape's blowing.

That's funny. No, but overall it was really good.

We hung out with Steve Aoki, which is really fun.

At the club or on land?

Actually on water.

On water.

So our buddy owns like a festival and he's—

Clubs, festivals.

Clubs, manages a big artist.

Great.

So I went to his house for lunch and Steve came by, like one of the nicest guys. He holds the record for most amount of shows in a year. Yeah, and that's 160 shows in one year. Wow. But he's saying they only recorded 160 for the Guinness World Record, but he actually did 300 that year. 300 shows in one year. Isn't that crazy? So like that, so that day we saw him, it was amazing. I got like a real taste of the Miami lifestyle because we, um, So we are at my friend's house.

What do you serve for lunch? Huh? What do you serve for lunch?

Chicken skewers.

Yeah, it was incredible. We had 3 chefs there making like incredible food. Any beverage you want. When you were done with your water, it's like the next thing would come out. All beverages he's invested in. So it's like, yeah, it's really incredible. And to leave to go to his beach club, he is like a club on the water. And we went to his backyard and from his backyard we stepped onto his boat and we zipped down like the Miami waters. And we were—

nothing better than that.

And we docked up to his, to his club that was 8 minutes away. And like the dock only goes— so you dock up at the dock and the dock goes straight forward into the DJ booth.

Wow.

So straight from the boat with Steve Aoki into the booth, and then Steve's done, comes right backwards.

The people were already there waiting.

Everybody was already there. They're all recording Steve getting off.

Daytime or nighttime?

Sunset.

Sunset.

Yeah, it's really fun.

Wow, that's really cool.

It's really crazy. It's another day for Steve. I was talking to him all about the cakes, about the best kind of cakes he throws. And I was like, because I—

You should explain that to people. What does he do?

So he has this bit basically where he takes a cake and he throws it into the audience and everyone is honored to be hit by it. So everyone's bouncing up and down. They're like, Steve, hit me with the cake. Hit me with the cake. And he has probably 10 cakes a show.

Does he bring the cakes?

I've never seen it.

I doubt he's going to Kroger or Julasco to pick up the cakes. I think they're already there.

Fuck, we need cakes!

Turn around!

Run! I forgot the cakes. But it's so iconic that there was another girl on the boat with us. It was a small boat of like 20 people. And the girl was like, you actually caked me back in 2003. So it's not uncommon.

Of course, Sarah, I remember you.

Yeah, everybody knows about it. But I talked— I was, I was talking to Steve. He's so cool.

He's very chill.

And guess what? His dad owns Benihana. Oh, his dad started Benihana. How fucking crazy is that?

Shrimp in the pocket.

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And what do they say?

They're always like— every DJ is so supportive of people DJing. Yeah, it's— no one's like— no one like tries to ignore it. They go, you really should, you'd be really good at it. Like, you just have to. And I told him, I was like, well, I would only play like basic music and like just like the pop 2000s or whatever. And he's like, you'd crush in Vegas. Like, you'd obliterate Vegas. I'm like, okay, yeah, maybe I will DJ Steve Aoki.

What happened to you? We were gonna— you were gonna do that.

I bought him a whole DJ deck and everything.

I got a lesson with him.

Oh yeah?

Yeah, I watched him take a lesson once.

You know what I think I should do? I think I should do like— I feel like I should do a vlog that's 100% around me being a DJ.

Sure.

Like start to finish. And I pick a DJ. Dillon, Diplo, Zedd, Chainsmokers, Steve Aoki, or even all of them.

Oh, that's kind of cool. And go get lessons from all of them.

Damn, that'd be sick.

That would be really sick.

It's a vlog that would be made over a long time, like over a course of a year, maybe like 2 months.

Yeah.

And then like I DJ like something really special.

I don't know. We were having trouble that day.

What do you mean?

I remember, like, when I was learning how to DJ, I watched it. I watched the guy teach you, and we had to, like, hit the drop. Well, yeah, it was difficult. It was the most simple thing.

I told Steve, I said, I don't— I can't mix music. I don't know where beats align, and I don't know. The only thing I can do is I know I see music as a vibe.

Sure.

So I'm like, I can fucking fuck the shit out of an aux cord, like, in a car. Like, I know exactly what song belongs next. I know the song placement. Like, so, so here's an example of exactly why, like, okay, so music in my videos, right? I'm always choosing the music in my videos, and I'm very particular about what song goes under what thing. But sometimes I'll have to chop up a song, and I'll be like, okay, I need the chorus of the song here. Yeah, and I need the intro here, but, and I need the hook here, and I need something rearranged. And usually you could rearrange it. You can cut up the song and rearrange it. I know where the rearrangement needs to happen, but I can't actually physically hear where it properly is connecting, like where the beats match. So I always have to give the computer to my friend Joe, and Joe in about 10 seconds will make the beats align. But I don't have an ear for that.

Why can't you just match them up by eye, just like beat, beat?

Because sometimes it's not by eye. Sometimes like Sometimes one—

like, it's like a count.

And also, yeah, sometimes one beat is corresponding to a different beat, like they're not exactly matching, even though it looks like on the line it looks like they're matching. Yeah, so I'm really bad at that shit. So that is hurting my DJ dreams. But I don't know, I also don't think— I think there's this like big— I think this is, you know, there's a lot of celebrities that DJ. Like, people look down on it. I don't really see—

I think I do. I do. You really think they really look down on it?

I think people get like hyped. But I mean, I know that there is like, they're like, not another influencer becoming a DJ.

Yeah, like I think that, I think, I think it's tough because there are a lot of people that like pursue it, pursue it, like are training for 10 years. That's like their passion. And then like a random DJ will come in.

The question is, is would you want to be doing 180 shows a year like Steve Aoki? Like, would you love it? You love being up there and like, yeah, let's go, let's go. Or would you get sick of it?

I don't know. I think I'd have to do one, but I feel like it'd be like, if you're good at it, I can't imagine it being—

I'm sure it's like such a high.

And I think Steve Aoki, why it's probably so fun for him is it's like driving through your neighborhood for him. Like, it's like so familiar, right? Like, and like, I'm sure he can read the crowd.

You mean when he takes the boat? Um, that is his neighborhood.

Like, no, I think it's just like so familiar to him. Like, he knows exactly, okay, this crowd's not reacting. I asked him, I was like, I was like, how often are you changing up your set? When we would go to Vegas with Dylan, there would be moments where the football team would be coming in after winning the Super Bowl. So the club wouldn't even have to ask him at this point, but he'd know that he'd have to play more hip-hop because that's what the football team would want to hear. So like that, those types of adjustments I could not account for.

I'd be like, oh, I only have ABBA here and Hall and Oates.

And Sombra.

Yeah, Sombra and a little bit of Bon Jovi. Like, that's what I got going on here.. But like, Steve is really good at that. Steve's like, he knows where he plays his stuff. Like, he plays his house music that he loves making in Taiwan. That's where he'll play it. That's where people really love it. But when he's in Vegas, he's playing, you know, yeah, he's playing his Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana, Hopped Off the Planet LAX. So yeah, I think that's interesting. Maybe one day. That would be a fun video.

It'd be a really fun video. I love that idea.

And so you guys just were at the hotel. Having this great weekend, and then you were like, hey, let's just drive out to the Everglades at night where there's mosquitoes and crocodiles everywhere.

Oh, just the two of you?

No, no, we went with— we went with like this guy who's known to be like a snake—

oh, you went with somebody? Yeah, knows their way around.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Oh, okay.

Like they catch snakes.

Got you, got you, got you.

As a part of their content.

Got it.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And so we thought it'd be interesting, like, if he— he was like, oh, he's caught pythons and like big snakes out there. So we thought it'd be interesting to talk about.

Let's go try to find— and it was really interesting, and it was like so much better. It was a Friday night too, which old David would have never given up a Friday night to go to the Everglades. Yeah. But I was like, I was like, I've just, I've partied so much.

And it was a, it was a 3-hour drive out there.

Ooh, 3 hours to the Everglades and an hour back.

Yeah. We just like, we went during traffic, but it was a commitment for sure.

Yeah. But the best was on our way back. We stopped at Chili's. We did. It almost made me tear up. We get the Triple Dipper. And it's like you get mozzarella sticks that are fucking just, just like these big thick—

where'd you go?

Chili's. Chili's. These big thick wide mozzarella sticks.

Chili's is so like—

I don't know if it's barbecue.

I don't know if it's true now because the Triple Dipper I feel like has really put them back like on the map, but I feel like Chili's is like such a slept-on chain restaurant.

Chili's, Chili's, Chili's, like 20 years.

No, they deserve all the love.

Oh really?

So good.

It's, it's I couldn't believe it.

Jay, I've never almost been in tears. I don't know if it was because we escaped the mosquitoes and the Crocs.

No, the mozzarella sticks are kind of life-changing. I'm not going to lie.

They're so good. It was a really big deal. But yeah, overall, Miami, incredible trip. Really fun. Flew back noon, was home by 3. I don't know.

It felt—

it was pretty good. We were there for 5 days, but it felt, felt just about right. I did this thing when I got to the hotel. I do this thing now everywhere. It's the most diva thing I do.

And I know what you should do. Yeah, you go and look at hotel rooms.

I go and look at rooms.

Oh my God, you did it with your mom.

I did. Yeah, I did. I did. And it's so divish, but it doesn't come off like— I do a pretty good way of like talking to the people at the front desk where I have them all like almost have them have the idea to show me.

Sure, I'll be the front desk. Good afternoon, Mr. Dobrik. Hi. Hi, how are you? We have you, we have you, uh, in the penthouse, uh, corner right. Oh, that's right next.

Is there any way I could Is there any way there's like an upgrade available or anything?

Uh, yes, yes. Uh, let me check. We have the penthouse west and we have the penthouse east. Oh, two different views. Two different views, two different sides.

What's maximum littleness, would you say?

Oh geez, oh boy, you're a funny one. Um, I'd have to say I— they're all great.

It's just— and the prices, are we talking very steep?

All, all the same prices. They're all priced the same.

Oh, even tougher. This is a big decision.

You'll have to choose right now.

I don't have to choose?

No, you'll have to. I have to put something in.

You choose right now?

I had to get my key. So normally by now we're already at the elevator.

Yeah, normally she's like, let me, let me go take you. Yeah, pretty easy for them to show you tours of rooms.

Sure.

And I just love doing it.

Um, but yeah, did you do it in Miami?

We did it in Miami. She showed us a room. It was like, it was going to be an extra $30,000 for our stay. Ridiculous. I was like, okay, we should just see it.

And we were obviously not gonna do that.

No, no, we weren't gonna do it. And And I was so happy we saw it because it was not the vibe.

Yeah, it was our rooms that we didn't even pay for because luckily the brand covered it so much better.

Right.

Because it's— because Miami penthouses, for some reason, there's this fucking thing in Miami. They love their white glossy floors. They are so obsessed with it. So this penthouse was your cliché Miami white floors. Everything in the penthouse is white porcelain, no carpets, just cold. And our rooms were like wooden rugs, warmth, like extra pillows, extra blankets, very cozy. Um, and for— and saved us $40,000. So it was very nice.

I love those Miami hotels though, that every, every room has a view, just a high-rise, and it's angled perfectly to the water.

No, it's— it really— even a regular room. No, it's really, really special.

So nice.

Um, but yeah, then we came back. I watched Hidden Figures last night. What is that? Um, it's about these women who are like very vital, these 3 Black women who are very vital to like the space program in the '60s. Oh, and, uh, it's one of my favorite movies. I've been trying to get my roommates to watch it. Older, uh, 2014, '13.

Okay, yeah, it's not new.

It was— no, it's not new. It's with Glenn Powell is actually in it. Love Glenn Powell. Um, he plays John Glenn, the first man in space. And they basically— these three Black women helped them get there. Like, Octavia Spencer's in it. Yeah. Who's like an Oscar award-winning incredible woman who I completely forgot I did. I did. You know, I went on the Kelly Clarkson Show.

Yes.

I did it with Octavia Spencer.

Yeah.

Like, she said she sat next to me.

Wow. And she was fucking incredible.

Like, one of the best, like, coolest fucking people I've ever met.

Yeah.

How so? She was just like the most motherly vibe ever. She told me where she lives. It's very close to me. She's like, if you ever wanna come by for dinner, please, I'd love to have you. You gotta go. Yeah, no, I have her number. I didn't even, I was like, after I watched Hidden Figures, I looked up Octavia Spencer on my phone. I was like, oh, no way. I should totally hit her up or something.

You should text her, 100% text her and say, hey, I'd love to go over for dinner. I really should. Not for any other reason than having community here. She did say that. The thing I loved about the Natalie story earlier about Eleven was that I think that's one of the most endearing things about people. I absolutely love it. There's a few people in my life that do it, and they push their way in, and it's like charming, you know what I mean? The way Natalie like listened to and just invited herself. Like, I love when people invite themselves, do you know what I'm saying?

I think it works because Natalie's like a girl.

Some people can do it, some people can't. Natalie can do it. Yeah, yeah, um, Naveen's like that.

Naveen will be like— Naveen can also do it.

You can do it. She'll just, she'll just be like, what are we talking about? And then everyone's like, yeah, come on along, you know? Like, but because I'd be like, oh no, no, don't bother them. But, uh, but wait, what were we saying? Yeah, you should definitely—

I think that'd be sick. Definitely call her up and just be like, oh yeah, I watched, um, I looked up my name with Octavia. Yeah, because I wanted to see the Kelly Clarkson interview. And then apparently I was on The Kelly Clarkson Show another time from Zoom, which I didn't know.

I didn't know I did it twice.

Although, yeah, those don't count.

But I did.

Yeah, I did it again.

And she was—

we were talking about Octavia Spencer again.

Yeah.

And it was the story— I don't know if I've ever told on a podcast, but it was like, we were at an Oscar party. Do you remember this? And we ran into Octavia Spencer, and she was standing next to all these, like, big celebs. Like, I'm talking, like, you know, Jon Hamm, Rami Malek, Leo, like, all these guys in a circle.

So I'm like, I'm gonna go talk to her because I know her, whatever.

And not now, David.

And I went over there, and, and it went great. Great. Like, Octavia was so excited to see me. Fucking— the conversation, I crushed it.

Everyone was smiling, everyone was laughing.

And then I was walking away And Rami Malek actually was like, hey, can you, can you come over here for a sec? And I'm like, no fucking way, Rami Malek? Hell yeah, the guy from Bohemian Rhapsody, like, it's a big deal. And he's like, your fly's open.

Oh my God, wait, that's— I don't know, that's really funny.

Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, the smile just got wiped off my face internally.

Obviously I'm still smiling, like, playing it off, like, yeah, I knew that, that's how Octavia likes Like, just trying to play it off as—

Your fly's open.

Yeah, it's the worst.

Especially when—

Is that a Queen song?

Yeah. No, your fly is open.

You look like an idiot. Like, you feel so cool when he's calling you over, and it's for that.

Hey, speaking of movies, I went to a VFX house on Friday, and I saw something really cool that you would like. It's, um, uh, this guy developed this, uh, this technology with David Fincher when they were doing The Social Network, and it's an egg. And basically, they basically can put any actor, they take all the big actors and they put them in this egg. Inside of it? Yeah, inside the egg. Virtually? No, no, it's a chair. And then there's lights. Imagine an egg all around me with lights and cameras everywhere behind me, in front of me. And then you spin in the egg and they can redo any line in a movie, anything. Oh. And so there's a lot of examples, but like the one example is like when Ryan Reynolds was doing Free Guy, they like tested the movie and they thought a lot of the jokes weren't hitting with the audiences. So he just goes back in and Ryan Reynolds like improvs like 100 jokes and they just put it right over. They take Ryan Reynolds' face and they put it right over Ryan Reynolds' face and they showed me the whole thing. I was like, it's literally like, like cut and paste. That's fucking so fucking cool.

Wait, so I, I saw something about IMAX cameras. Apparently IMAX cameras You can't record audio when you're filming in IMAX. I never knew this.

Uh, well, there's a lot of cameras like that, isn't there?

Yeah, but IMAX is like— like Nolan shot almost all of The Dark Knight on an IMAX camera. Nolan shoots everything on an IMAX camera. That's right. So I was reading the comments, and if you— if you watch an IMAX camera at work, yeah, it's so fucking loud. It is like a generator going on.

Oh, so how do the actors act over that?

They ad-lib it.

What do you mean?

Oh, they go into a fucking recording studio and they record over their voice. Do they really?

Yeah.

Are you sure?

Can we verify this?

We have— we have to— wait, yes, we have to, because— okay, so I looked it up and basically this is it. So they work around the camera noise. So IMAX cameras are very loud, especially the old 70mm ones. So productions do a few things. They put the camera further away or in a soundproof blimp, a heavy enclosure that muffles the noise. They shoot quieter dialogue scenes with smaller digital cameras like an Alexa or Venice and save IMAX for big visuals. That's crazy. Or they use ADR, automated dialogue replacement. Actors rerecord the lines in a studio later, matching their onscreen lip movements. Wow. That's crazy. In Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan used IMAX cameras even for dialogue scenes, but they had to custom engineer quieter camera housings and still replaced a lot of the lines in post. Same with Dunkirk and Interstellar. Wow, that's fucking madness. Yeah, I wonder how many lines were dubbed over because of those cameras being so loud. I think that's really bizarre. I can't wrap my head around that at all. How can you— how can you possibly match the audio perfectly, especially on such a big screen where everybody's watching it like so intensely? That blows my mind.

They must have like audio software that like matches stuff.

Oh, I guess they're probably also like AIing their mouth or VFXing.

I want McDonald's. They can like just match it to the mouth and then they can redo your mouth.

Maybe, maybe something like that.

That's probably what it is.

But we were— okay, so we were watching Hidden Figures and we were talking about like the most notable Black people.

Yeah.

Um, like the most, like the people that have shaped the most. And we ran, we ran around to see who could name like the most famous person. We went around to John. And this is who John named. He said his was Douglas Fir.

Who is that again?

Please look it up. Look up Douglas Fir. This joke only works as— no, no, Jay, look it up. Google it. Google it. Look up Douglas Fir. And if you're listening at home, also look it up because this is the only way— because I had to look it up because I was like, who's Douglas Fir?

The tree?

Douglas Fir is a Christmas tree.

Oh my God.

He was thinking of Frederick Douglass.

Oh my God.

It's crazy. I looked it up. I'm like, Douglas fir.

Douglas fir.

It's Douglas fir. And it's the tree they use for Christmas trees. So fucking fun. It's the most John Common ever. That guy operates on a completely different wavelength.

Did you watch the Scorsese doc yet?

No, there's a new one?

Yes.

Or there is one?

Yeah. And we were talking about villain origin stories or hero origin stories. And Scorsese's story is amazing. He was— when he was a kid, he had asthma and he couldn't go outside. So he like, um, he was just— he would just watch his friends play. And so when you watch Scorsese movies, there's— it's always like—

fuck you, I'm telling you what, that's, that's crazy.

Okay, through a window, always through a window. So yeah, and so that's because like when he was a kid, he was always like staring down at the street, like watching everyone play, and then he couldn't breathe. Like, so when it was hot, he like literally couldn't breathe in the apartment. So his dad would just take him to the movies for like fucking 10 hours a day. Really? Yeah. And that's why he became a great director.

Isn't that so cool? He says this?

Yeah, it's in the doc.

Why don't you believe me? I don't know.

It's like one of those— sounds like so like almost like cliché.

Yeah, it's like so poetic.

Yeah, it's crazy. It's like my favorite.

The aspect ratio of my window just so happened to be That of the cinemas.

Fucking love stories like that. Yeah, it's like Kurt Cobain too. He was the—

what was Kurt Cobain's?

He was the, uh, he went to high school and then the next year he became the janitor of that high school and he was just like fucking ridiculed. Like that, that year was like the hardest year for Kurt Cobain.

Wait, what? Where did he go to school? Aberdeen.

What state?

Uh, Washington. So his freshman year of college, instead of going to college, yeah, he just, he just went back to the high school and like was the janitor.

Oh my god, he's just like shit on.

Yeah, okay, and then what happened?

And then he wrote Smells Like Teen Spirit, and he just became— he became the greatest rock star of all time. Well, to some say. Dude, could you imagine?

So cool. There's nothing cooler than a— like, come-up stories aren't like cool anymore.

They're not?

I don't think so. No, like the new ones. Well, they are classic, like being discovered in this place and that place. I feel like now it's all— you're discovered because someone filmed you.

That's, that's true. That's a really good point.

You're right. It used to be like I was in this piano bar, like even Taylor Swift, like seeing Taylor Swift like what perform at that little state fair or whatever she did. It's a picture of her. Like that's fucking mind-blowing. You see the little banner that says Taylor Swift.

Now we would see her at 10 years old already on TikTok.

You'd see her. Yeah.

You'd see her on TikTok.

Oh, she's got 10 million likes.

Yeah.

Oh, where's her page?

You're right. It's ruined.

You follow her page.

Dude, I've been feeling like everything's ruined lately.

Everything. No, I'm telling you, we're just in— I'm telling you, it's just change. It's going to be— it's going to— there will be a new— there's going to be a renaissance of culture, of film. We just have to adjust. Yeah, I think it's all going to change and I think it's all going to be positive. I don't think things are dying. I just don't believe in that.

What's your hero origin story?

My hero origin story? What does that mean? Like, what made me who I am?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I think it was just like watching late night.

Your parents not letting you watch streamers.

Well, I think my parents, like—

I guess it's your adversity. That is what would— what kind of adversity were you against? Are you not? Like, what was your adversity?

I think my mom.

Mine too.

My adversity was my mom too.

Thank you, Jen.

Yeah, thank you, Jen. Yeah, I know. She was just like really crazy. Like, just insane as a kid. And like, there wasn't really like a— like, I was such a good kid. You were. But I was always in trouble for something.

Yeah, yeah, really?

Even though I wasn't doing anything.

Yeah.

And I just, I was just always in trouble or grounded or whatever. And it just made me like get creative on how to outsmart the system.

I'm trying to get Cocaine Quarterback in here. What's that? It's like an Amazon show about the USC kid that was—

Wait, real quick. Yeah. Before that. Yeah. The hero I ever see. This reminds me of a thing. There was this when we were filming a vlog with me and Alex. This was like back in— this was like fucking 8th vlog we've ever filmed. We went up to this paparazzi guy and we were like, what are you guys filming? We were filming and we wanted to like film behind paparazzi. Okay. And he goes, he goes, nothing, go away, you fucking YouTubers. And I go, whoa. I go, this is crazy. Like, this is like the most like— I love that. I loved when people would mock us as YouTubers, like, like when we were getting like 2,000, 3,000 views because I just thought it was funny. I was like, I was like, this is so cliché. And I looked at everything as like, oh, this is going to come back one day and this is going to be a really funny story. Like, I'm going to— if this guy ever— if my YouTube videos ever become successful, this guy is going to eat his words.

And I remember like a very, very recognizable paparazzi guy. Like, if I showed you a picture, you've seen him.

Right.

And I remember I was like, if this guy ever shoots me one day for anything, like, I'm going to fucking give him a piece of my mind. I'm going to be like, don't you fucking dare point that thing at me.

Yes.

And I didn't. And he came right up to me and I shook his hand.

And it happened. Took a picture of me. And I thought to myself, this would be the moment. And I was just like, that's just not me. Like, I'm not going to be like, fuck this guy. Like, whatever. He was having a bad day that day.

Oh, you actually met him again?

100%.

It 100% happened exactly the way I've always envisioned it. 6 years later, we're shooting this.

Oh my God, I love that, David. I fucking love that. It's so true. And it's like, I'm going to show them one day. And not only did you say it, but you had the ability to. It actually, you know, you could have.

No, it happened perfectly. Obviously I'm not like fucking George Clooney, like being shot, but he, but it was enough to where he was taking pictures of me leaving this party. And like at this point he now knew me as somebody other than what I was at that moment.

You know, like I'm not saying like I've become Kurt Cobain, but, but, but yes.

In your defense though, What would you have said? It would have come out clunky.

It would have been dumb. It would have been stupid. And it would have been like, that's like revenge from a cartoon. Like, that's not realistic.

And I didn't even feel good about it. I wasn't even like, I showed him.

For some reason, I was just like, so much time has passed where it wasn't like a movie where that happened in 30 minutes of runtime where I was like, time to fucking—

like, because I think you see that kind of stuff in movies and it's a really good payoff. Yeah, because you see your protagonist go through it in such a quick amount of time and you're like, okay, now give it to him. But like so much time passed by and so many other things happened that got me there where it wasn't straight like, fuck you, dude.

Fuck you. Who's a fucking YouTuber now?

Yeah, I'm still doing YouTube. But like, yeah, no, I didn't. But that was like really, it was a really funny moment that just reminded me.

I had something like that. I met someone in person that I like, you know, that like did me wrong and I had the opportunity and I didn't. Yeah. You know, you're just like, oh, and then, you know, he ended up apologizing.

It's just like, what's the point? Like, genuinely, what's— I don't know. I don't know why.

Yeah. There is no point to it.

There is no point. There is no point.

You're not going to get anything out of it.

No. And it's like, it just makes you feel like, okay, And you also don't know why that paparazzi— I don't know, that paparazzi guy could have been kicked in the face by a YouTuber the other day, and maybe he was just angry in that moment. I don't know. It's just too much.

I remember, like, kind of wrestling with it as I was in the moment. And then he apologized.

And I was in that moment.

He apologized.

Yeah, he apologized. And I was like, before I said anything bad. And then I was like, okay, it's okay. It's okay. And I remember, I remember, like, we were still there and I still was like, I'm like, was pretty bad what you did, but that's really funny. It pissed me off, but, uh, we're good.

Yeah, yeah, that's really funny.

Maybe we're just too nice.

No, it's— I don't know, those things are better to like just have as shower thoughts and just to be in the shower, be like, if I ever fucking meet this motherfucker, like, but it's gonna—

down.

That's, that's all it is. All right, wait, what was the quarterback thing that you want to get on the pod?

Oh, just this— there's this— you should watch it. It's an Amazon show. It's called Cocaine Quarterback. It was a USC football player that became a, uh, he worked for the cartel.

Wait, you've talked about this?

Yeah, well, I finally watched it and then I DM'd him and he DM'd me back, and so I'm trying to get him on. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. All right guys, you're listening. Owen, please come on.

Owen, please come on the pod.

Speaking of football, you know what I started watching yesterday was the Chad Powers Show.

Oh, it's so good.

It's so good.

You watch it Yeah, yeah. I watched it like right when we had to do that thing for Caine.

It's really good. I never got to watch it. I just started it last week. Isn't it well done? So well done. I couldn't believe it. When you were like, Glenn Powell is a— I don't know what you said, like a revolutionary talent or whatever you said.

I don't know if I said revolutionary, but yeah.

Something. So you were like, oh, he's like incredibly talented. Like he's going to be one of the greats.

And I was just like, what? I have like my third job in like a week where I have to see Glenn Powell again for a different project. Will he remember you? This dude's crushing it. Um, I don't know. I would assume so at this point.

I had a moment with him at the Top Gun premiere, and I was— it was just me and him, and it was fucking so cool.

What was it?

I don't know, looking back, and maybe I was— maybe what I said was dumb, but I was just standing next to him. We just watched Top Gun, and I was like, yo, dude, you stole the movie! Like that. And he was like, oh, really? Yeah, you think so? And I don't know if he— I don't know if he was like already a big star by then.

No, no, that was—

I think— was he? No, he was in big things before, But I think that's when, like, Glen Powell was, like, becoming Glen Powell.

Yeah, it was great. And isn't it well done? Like, the prosthetic?

So well done. Yeah, I was really impressed.

And I was like, every episode is good and you're laughing.

I haven't really laughed out loud at a show in a while.

And I was actually laughing out loud.

You laughed by yourself? Yeah, I laughed by myself. That'll do it. Remember when we went to the Gladiator premiere and I peed next to Paul Mescal? Yeah, that was really fun.

You always have peeing stories.

I don't know why I always get—

Because he's always in the fucking bathroom.

I peed next to some of the coolest people in the world. My favorite, I think, is Chris Evans, who I've mentioned, but And yeah, it was just me and him in the bathroom.

And what happened?

I think I told it on the pod, so I don't remember because it was fresher. Jerked him off. But it was— no, no, no. I was in there and then it was right when the movie was starting. So he was giving his speech inside the theater. I didn't want to miss the movie, so I was like, this is the time to go pee. So I went to go pee. And then right when he got done doing his speech, he went to do a restroom break. His security blocked off the bathroom and it was just me and him in the bathroom. And I was like, big day for you, huh?

Yeah. All right.

All right. That's all the time we have for this pod. Thank you guys for listening. We'll see you guys for the next one.

Thank you, Jason and Natalie, for joining me.

It's been an incredible ride.

I love doing podcasts. Goodbye. I love doing podcasts. That sounded phony.

So it was real.

But it was.

You like doing the podcast?

I actually have been having a good time ever since I've discovered antibiotics.

All right. Bye.