Surprised With New Ferrari (Again)

What's up guys? Welcome back to Views. We are back with another pod. Natalie and Jay are in the room. It's good to be back after all the traveling. I keep referencing the traveling.

You've been back. I know.

We've been back for a month. I keep doing this in June.

Are you still suffering? Are you still suffering jet lag or are you traumatized from travel?

Just still sunburned, but I'm a whole lot happier and more excited Because you're talking to a dual akimbo Ferrari owner.

A dual akimbo Ferrari owner.

What does that mean, akimbo?

Akimbo is when you have two.

Oh, akimbo. Good word.

This is crazy. I got gifted my second Ferrari.

That's insane.

It's crazy. It's crazy. And I don't even know how to start talking about this because it's a lot. It's like an overwhelming— Steve will do it. Came by. Well, first off, we played pool like 3 months ago, and it was his friend that challenged me, and it was such an easy— I was like, I'm going to win 100%. I won $25,000. It was a $25,000 bet. And then his other friend challenged me for double or nothing. I won that. And his other friend challenged me for double or nothing, and I won that. So he paid me $100,000 in cash the next day. So he calls me the other day and he goes, I'm coming back for my money. And I'm like, Got it. Like, it's only fair. Like, if I lost 3 times in a row, I'd be pissed.

Yeah.

So it's like, okay, he's coming back. So then he called me, he's on his way back. I'm assuming he's gonna pull some shit, like he's gonna have like a pool player or something come by to play me. Yeah. Um, and he did. So he picked up a guy from the billiards hall and he brought him over to play me. And Doug, uh, Doug, his name was Doug. And, uh, uh, Steve, basically at Steve, right before we decided to play said, David, if you lose, you owe me $25 grand. But if you beat me, I'll give you my $425,000 watch, which is a fucking stupid bet. And I told him, I told him there, I was like, I just want to do $25K versus $25K.

Yeah.

Like, nothing. Like, I don't care that he's a professional pool player. Like, I already feel weird that I took— that I beat 3 of your friends. So like, let's just, let's just call it even here. And then the professional pool player just had a bad day, I guess. Like, I don't know what was going— I think I had— I I must have had like serious home court advantage or something.

He wasn't a professional.

Yeah, I don't think he was a professional. I think he was—

you think he was?

I love Steiny and Steve, but they did not do their research on this pool player. No, no, they went to a pool hall and their friend was talking this guy up, and the guy— Dave, we saw the guy play. I mean, yeah, he was good, but he wasn't a professional.

No, it was honestly actually probably one of the worst games of pool I've played in my life. Yeah, like, I, like, I, I should have won that.

Well, you went and then I was like, oh, it's over. I was like, cuz normally when you play a pool player, it's—

you only get one, at max two to three turns. And then it's— and then all the balls are in the pocket. Yeah, but I got to go like four times. Yeah, four or five times actually.

And you played well. You played well under pressure.

I didn't play the—

and you won.

Um, yeah, and I ended up beating him. Yeah, which was fucking Crazy.

And he was also—

he was helping you.

He was giving you tips.

He was giving you tips.

And this—

Stoney and Steve were like, what are you doing?

You're playing for a $425,000 watch. You're not giving tips.

But also, he was in it like he was gonna make money too, so I would think that he would want to make his own money.

He was paid, and then if he won, he was paid more.

Yeah, yeah. So if he won, he would have been paid the $25K. And then at the end, Steini was like, yeah, he came up to me, he's like, can you give me the extra $5K you guys told me you're going to get? And Steini was like, dude, you fucking lost it for us. Just go. And they already paid him $5 grand just to come over and play, right? So they paid him a good price. But the thing that the pool player said that was interesting, he was like, I just played a game for $500,000 this morning. What?

Yeah, he said that. But they said that.

I don't know. I also Maybe my, maybe my like turf or whatever, my home—

Yeah, your table.

My table plays just so different.

Yeah.

I mean, like, it's like if he's at the pool hall every fucking day and he comes to play one game and the first, like the first game he's bound to miss a couple because he's never ever played on my table.

That's true.

Right? So I feel like that's like a huge, huge advantage there. Anyway.

And then at what point did you know that something was up?

What?

And then at what point did you know there was more to come?

The pool player walked in disguised as an Uber Eats driver, right? But he, like, stepped into my house like a hair too early. Like, he— like, Steiny and Steve were like— they were like, you should come hang out with us. But as they said, you should, he was already stepping into the house. And then I wanted to go check the receipt on the Uber because I wanted to see how long ago they ordered the food, because I was like, they've probably been planning this for like 3 hours.

Yeah. But yeah, I love the mental chess you play with it with a prank.

Well, I just, I'm always on high alert when there's a YouTuber in the room. I'm just like, what's going on? And then, yeah. And then Steve, out of rage, took my pool stick, which is by the way, my winning pool stick. I am always winning with this one. It's the red one. We're gonna have to find another one. And went to break my Aston Martin, went to go like shatter the window. Pool stick broke in half. And then a little bit of it ended up on the other Ferrari that was gifted from Corinna a couple years ago. And then he's like, yeah, Dobrik, I'm just kidding. I came here. Wanted to surprise you with a new car.

And what is the car?

It's a Ferrari Purosangue. I actually don't even know how to pronounce it properly.

Say it again.

Ferrari Purosangue.

Okay.

I think it means like pure, like purebred, like pure sport. I think it means probably in Italian. It's an SUV.

Pure ridiculousness.

It's, yeah, it's 12. V12. It's a V12. Sorry.

Thank you, John.

It's a V12. And it's a fucking insane car. It's actually, can I There was a moment in time I like was going to get it. And then I was like, this is ridiculously expensive. Like, I'm not getting it.

Yeah.

Like, and Steve said this in his video too. David's had the same car forever. Like my Aston Martin I've had forever. And that's the only car I've purchased.

I don't—

again, I don't like to— I don't like to spend a lot of money. I'm very, very like simplistic with it. Just house and a ride. And I've had that car forever and I have no problems with it. But yeah, Steve said it was whack that I kept driving that thing. So he wanted to get me a new one. I have no idea.

And the doors on the— it's a 4-seater, but the doors open the other way in the back seat, right? Suicide doors.

They open like a Rolls-Royce would.

Oh my God.

It's a crazy car.

Oh, did you take it out?

Yeah, I've been driving all day.

Oh, where'd you go?

We literally just drove around West Hollywood. I haven't driven around for no reason for a really long time. And like, that's kind of what I was—

Did anyone see you in it?

No, dude. It's like got fully tinted windows.

Nice.

And this was— I'm not even kidding. 2 weeks ago, I was like—

Maybe not nice. Maybe you want to be seen.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Two weeks ago I was telling Shay, I was like, I'm kind of over the Aston Martin blue that I have because everyone knows I'm driving this car. Like everyone. And there's one more in LA that is like that color.

When Steve posts his video, they're going to know that's you too.

No, but it's like the windows are tinted. You can't even see me. But there's one other Aston Martin that's the same color. And when that drives around in West Hollywood, I'll get like Friends will send me pictures like, I just saw you in West Hollywood. So like that, that car's really easily recognizable. But yeah, anyway, brand new car. Can't believe it.

Do you feel like a third one is showing up any day now?

Yeah. I'm maybe, I just, I needed to bounce out.

No, the other YouTubers.

I mean, do you feel like, like you truly are the luckiest person, right? Like it's crazy.

Okay. So, so this is why I want, I mean, it's, this is why I want to talk about this.

Everybody that I've told, like my, my fam, various family members that I'm like, David got another one. They're all like, Jesus fucking Christ.

No, no, no, no.

I feel bad for you, actually.

Well, I called you last night.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I called you and I called a lot of people and I was like, I don't want to keep this car. I was very like, I felt very guilty driving. I'm like, this is a very expensive car.

Yeah.

To get from somebody like this isn't— I know Corinna got me one, but I've known Corinna for a really long time.

Yeah.

And there's like history in that, right? Like we both like started from the bottom. Like I've known Steve properly for like a year. Yeah. Like properly. So like It just— I was just like, this is, you know, but I like, I didn't know what to do. So I told Natalie, I was like, we have to give it back somehow. And like, and with Steve, I think, oh, they cut this out of the video. I just watched it. But I was telling him, I was like, it's very— the second he showed me it, I was already saying thank you and accepting it rather than doing, I'm not gonna, I don't want this.

You can't. Because you can't in that moment.

And you also can't do it in that moment because you ruin the moment.

That's right.

And I know that because I've surprised a lot of people with cars. And when anybody turns it down, I'm like, Dude, it's fucking yours. Can you please just stop denying it? It's yours. It's here for you. So I know not to do that, but afterwards I was like, okay.

I could see me giving you a car and you'd be like, I can't take this. All right. Yeah, never mind.

No, but afterwards—

You don't want it? Okay.

So if Jason offered you a car, you can say no.

I think that's what Jason said. No, I'm taking it from Jason for sure.

Sorry, Jay.

You could use a Honda Civic, couldn't you?

Nice. No, afterwards I had a big dilemma. I called you. I called a bunch of people and I was like, how do I return this to him without being rude? Because I think he also gives people things and he loves doing it. And it's almost— I know it's going to sound bizarre, but it's offensive to turn it down. So we called his— I wanted to call his mom, but then his mom handed us over to the guy that runs all his accounting and everything, his business. And now he was like, David can't accept this gift. Like, how do we return this?

Yes.

And, uh, the guy was just like, nope, no can do. Like, I know Steve, and once he gives it— what did he say?

He was just like, uh, Natalie, I understand, but this is— once Steve gives you something and he makes a video with it, there's no going back. There's no giving it back. There's nothing.

I gotta meet Steve's account.

It's yours.

I gotta see this guy, what he's doing. I would love to spend a day with Steve's accountant. I mean, it's just to see what he's doing.

It's crazy.

What did he sound like? What does Steve's accountant sound like? Was he like a New York guy?

No, he was Spanish.

Spanish guy.

Okay.

Yeah.

Yeah. It was really interesting. I mean, everybody that I've talked to, like various people from his team over the past couple of days and everyone's like, and I'm like, you know, David doesn't need this. Like we can give it back at any time, whatever.

And like, I love it to bits. Like that's not the concern at all. Like if I could get that car, on my own, I would in a heartbeat. Like, even if he's like, if he took it from me, I'd want— I'd seek it out to try to get it myself one day.

Yeah.

Well, that's the thing too. Like, you already had your Aston, and so like his whole mentality, it was like trying to one-up it and do something like give you something bigger, better, you know, whatever. Which is already crazy because the Aston's already a fucking crazy car.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's like, so you're done driving around this piece of shit?

Yeah, it's like acting like the Aston is not a nice car.

Yeah, like I'm driving something from the '40s.

I spit on it on the way in. I spit on the Aston.

But originally he called Natalie I found this out later that he wanted to blow up— what was the original idea?

He wanted to come here, steal the car out of the driveway, and then you would come down at some point and be like, where's my car? Oh my God, I wonder who took it? And then we would blindfold you, put you on Steve's plane, take you to Vegas. Oh my God, meet the car. It was a whole operation. Meet you, meet the car in Vegas, you, everybody on the plane, go to the middle of desert, blow up the Aston Martin.

That's fucking insane.

And then he would gift you a car at the end after he blew up your car.

Did you know a car was being gifted?

No.

I mean, they asked me, so I had an idea, but they didn't want to tell me the full details because they thought I would tell you and they thought I'd ruin it.

Right. Okay. I would have done a really good job.

Which you would have.

No, no.

You wouldn't have told?

No, no, no.

No, I wouldn't have wanted to know that.

I mean, Steve told him that he was coming over to film. You know, like, she knew that Steve was coming over to film.

If they did the blow-up thing though, like, I said this also, I was like, that's not— he's not like that. He's not just gonna come and fucking destroy something. Like, the second I'm in the desert, and the second I— the second my car is gone, I would have been like, you're getting me something new. Like, do you know what I mean? Especially if he's putting dynamite in it. And he's like, he's not just looking at—

what kind of face would you make when they were blowing the out? What would you say? I take the blindfold off.

That's what I kept saying too. I was like, you guys, he really loves that car. Like, and it's also like It's not a car that they just have at the Aston Martin dealership where he could just replace it.

It's a very special car.

Specific interior, specific exterior.

They don't make that color anymore.

They retired the color. It's like a big deal.

Yeah. And I had to make a decision. They were on the phone with me. They're like, are you going to get in trouble for this? And I was like, no, but I don't know.

But what was interesting, what Steve said, and first of all, he likes making videos, right? And he told me, he's like, Dave, I made this month. I love making videos. This is what I do. I want to make videos like this. And I think he also said, I've been seeing you drive around this Aston Martin for the last 4 or 5 years, and I'm going to get excited to see you driving this around for the next couple of years. So I think I do understand that it's a very difficult thing for me to process because he has such an ungodly amount of money, even though currently he's broke. So basically his whole bit in his videos is during a financial crisis, he's trying to— he's giving away $50,000 or $100,000 every video to a random commenter. Yeah, it used to be $100K. He just pulled it back to $50K because he's like, I literally have no more money. He has $200K left in his bank account, but he makes— and but even his giveaways, he's saying he's financing, which is really funny. I don't know, Jay, what'd you think of the whole situation?

I mean, I thought it was great. He's doing his thing and I thought it was really cool that, you know, you got something like, you know, you deserve it.

Come on, you fucker.

I know you needed a third car, man. I know. I looked at the two cars in the driveway and I said, driving two cars at once isn't fun. Let's see him drive three at once.

I called like 8 people and 7 of them, I think, said to keep the car.

I said to keep the car.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah.

There's nothing you can do.

John said keep it. Actually, everyone in this room said keep it. Yeah. Yeah.

It's okay. And also you're embarking on a new journey. Journey with your videos, and I feel like the car can be something in those videos, you know, like, right? No, maybe.

I mean, yeah, no, you could use any car.

I mean, Jay, you don't need the Ferrari.

Yeah, it's like, well, I said you should take it.

It's the coolest car ever, but it's like, is, you know, it's—

yeah, I said you should take it and like auction it off or do something, but I don't give it to charity.

But I think that's— I, I don't think he'd like that. Really? Yeah, because, because, because like, that'd be like me, like, yeah, because he gave it to me so like you can enjoy it. Yeah, like if I give someone a car, like, I remember I got John a Mercedes. Yeah, and he kept driving his Corolla. Oh yeah, and I was like, John, I was getting so mad. It's like, John, stop fucking driving this thing.

Why did you keep driving the Corolla?

Um, and I was just saying, even like when we're together, like, because I'd come visit Chicago and all three of my friends I got cars for all had matching Mercedes, and I'm like, John, we're all meeting up at fucking Liquid Fusion, you gotta bring Mercedes.

Yeah.

And he's just like, he's just like, I just can't, like, my parents drive it.

No, I was just like, I mean, I didn't like taking it to work.

Too flashy for you?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Especially that Mercedes. Like, Tesla here is like, you are like, you know, you kind of fit in in California. But over there, driving a red Mercedes, you look like CEO. Yeah.

I was like, what the fuck?

My manager drives and pulls up next to me and I was like, yeah, that's my car.

Yeah, YouTuber world is really bizarre. No, but like, I'm so, so, so grateful that I got that gift. I don't— yeah, there's a little imposter syndrome with it, and I think that's like kind of what I'm like fighting here.

Yeah.

But I mean, Steve, fucking thank you again. I can't say thank you enough. Crazy, crazy gift. Yeah.

You could pass it on to one of your friends, you know.

Would you complete the legacy?

And what?

You have the Ferrari F8, a Ferrari, Paris-Hong Kong.

Okay, what else is left?

I know you got the, the Holy Trinity. You gotta— what's the third?

You're gonna keep your ass with another Ferrari.

You have to get a garage soon.

Oh, there is no Holy Trinity. You're just listing nice cars. Yeah, I wish I was just saying like, what other nice car do you want? Yeah, I think I'm good right now.

Like, he needs a third.

Did you notice, did you notice how well he pronounced Paris-Hong Kong? I was like, I think John only speaks Italian. Well, anyway, what's new with you guys? You guys have a good weekend?

It's Thursday, but yeah, Thursday.

Cleared out the garage. That was really—

you did? Yeah.

Yeah. You didn't see the cars in it now?

Yeah, the car's in it.

Yeah. So all John needed was some motivation. Yeah.

Wow.

John just needed another car to block his car. He's like, this is enough.

I was like, that's it.

That's where I draw the line. Yeah. He's like, I'm actually going to clean out the garage today.

Your motive was personal.

You don't understand. The parking space in the house is so expensive.

Okay.

Because when Ilya comes in, he blocks like 3 spots.

Oh yeah, he does park like a demon.

He parks like an idiot.

He parks like an asshole.

So really, out of like the 9 spots, 3 of them are now David's. So I was like, all right, that's too much.

Yeah. So you got to get your car in there. Yeah. You got to charge too. Yeah.

And the charging spot, there's only 2 spots. And Ilya likes to take, you know, he parks there because he likes to try.

I think it's interesting, like, when people feel that they've warmed up enough for the driveway.

Yeah, that's so funny. What a great topic, I love it.

I park in the street, my man.

I think it's—

well, first off, that is pretty like—

for a long time I didn't know people were parking on the street.

Yeah.

And then, and then I like— it hit me, I'm like, wait, there's a lot of people here, there's not that many cars, where the fuck is everyone parking? And then like Taylor was like, oh yeah, they always park on the street. I'm like, they always park on the street? That's so weird.

Like, there was no street parking today all the way up the hill.

Yeah, because if you don't know you and then you, you have to—

you've got to go somewhere and then they have to move your cars in the way, you feel like an asshole.

Yeah, I get that.

Yeah, yeah. Okay, that makes sense.

Yeah, if you don't know you. But like, the fact that Jason is still parking on the street is kind of—

it's twofold.

I don't want to be a bother, and I also— I'm too lazy to go move my car.

I think Jason doesn't want to move the car. Yeah, Jason also comes like for the podcast, and God knows he was I don't know how long it's gonna take.

That's true.

You know, if I'm not a good viewer, that could take 4 hours.

Right.

I don't know. You could be here.

This is a hostage situation.

Yeah, you could be here forever.

Every time we record. I had a video tank today, Dave. I don't know if you've ever had experience with that.

What the fuck?

I had a YouTube video that I worked really hard on that I thought was good.

Wait, one of the dailies?

Fucking tanked.

Which one was it?

10 out of 10. Then a guy the other day goes, he's, guy writes 12 out of 10, and I'm like, you motherfucker. But you know how on YouTube a good video is 1 out of 10?

That's funny. Yeah, so how YouTube works is, they'll give you, which is actually horrifying, right?

I don't like the stat, but when you get a 1 out of 10, you're so happy.

Yeah, for sure.

Yeah, you're so stoked.

But like, so it tells you out of your last 10 videos where your video is performing at that. So like, you can check in an hour and a half in and it'll be like, your last 10 videos at an hour and a half in were at this, and this video ranks 1, the best, or 10, the worst. Um, so you got a 10 today.

I got a 10 today. Change the thumbnail.

What was it? What's the video called?

Well, the video is rating the fanciest public bathrooms in Los Angeles. Oh, which maybe, maybe that grossed everyone out.

Rating the what?

Rating the fanciest public bathrooms.

Oh, I think it's the— I think it's fanciest.

I think it's a title.

Yeah. Get rid of fancy.

I think if you went gross— probably not gross in Los Angeles. Presentation is interesting. Yeah.

Really? Yeah.

I think if you went the other way, no.

Fuck.

Yeah.

John Castro was a 1 out of 10, his video.

Really?

Oh yeah.

So, so Jason now is doing daily vlogs. He's going to basically all my roommates. What was it, John? It was who's the better assistant.

Yeah. Yes. Did John, did Alex doing Julia tomorrow?

So I thought it was like really fucked up.

Why? Because it's a day?

No, it was just like, like John's my close friend before anything, but it was like, is he qualified enough to be David Dobrik's assistant? I was like, this is a weird way to put it.

You know what? He beat me.

Well, okay, good. That's really funny.

But we actually did put him to the test and he's quite qualified.

And then, and now Jay is also going to be making a video with John's girlfriend. Yeah, Julia. This is one of the next videos coming up. But what can people expect?

She's going to teach us how to read, which is really funny.

And that's not a joke. She's actually teaching how to read because she reads like a good amount of books.

She's a big book reader. Then Saturday's Toby. Your brother?

Toby?

What?

Yeah, actually.

Yeah, I'm doing a video with Toby. Deadass? No.

Oh my God.

Oh my God, it'd be so funny.

You going to Carlsbad would be really funny for a video.

I wonder, I wonder if Toby sent me a video of like one of my glamor or like one of those like interviews I used to do like in 2019, like for like those YouTube channels. And it was like him with a notepad saying, taking notes on how to be successful.

Oh, that's cute.

He keeps screenshotting my snaps every time I send him a snap. I'd be like, dude, stop doing that.

Why would he do that?

I think he's just— he's like saving them to chat.

The ones of Natalie's butt? Is that what he's—

yeah, I'm like, yo, Toby, this one's just for you, and then I'll save it in chat. Um, no, no, I don't know. I think that's just like a normal thing to do.

I mean, my sister says to me all the time.

Really?

Yeah, yeah. I had a really good—

it's blackmail.

Go. I genuinely think that's what it is. I think it's just blackmail.

Wyatt's been making an album, and so every night we sit in the car and he plays me songs.

I'm so sorry.

And it's so It's so good and it's so fun. And then it's gonna be so good, I know it's gonna be good. And then the other day, his mom put on the song and I enjoyed it 10 times more when he wasn't there.

Oh, that's interesting.

Doesn't that, isn't that interesting? Can you maybe say why that would be?

I think there's just less pressure, so you're actually listening to the song.

Yeah, yeah, maybe, maybe.

It's gotta be that.

I felt pressure to say, Good.

Dude, I was the host of America's Most Musical Family.

Yes.

I don't know if we've ever talked about this.

I went and saw it.

No, I don't think we have.

Yeah, no. So I was a judge on a Nickelodeon TV show called America's Most Musical Family.

Yeah.

With who was I? Sierra and Debbie Gibson. And Nick Lachey was the host.

Yes.

Okay.

Really cool.

Nick Lachey was so cool.

Nick Lachey is so cool.

He did our podcast.

He did yours?

No, he did ours. He came over.

Remember when Nick Lachey did our podcast?

Yes.

What the fuck?

Yes, at your first house. And he came over like in the afternoon and he hung with us.

Are you—

am I making that up?

I don't think so.

No, 100%. I met Nick Lachey.

He definitely came over.

I don't know.

No, he did.

Okay. He's really cool because he's like a beer guy.

Yes.

Yeah. He's like a—

he's like such a Midwest guy.

Yeah. Like so out of like, what the fuck are you doing now? He hosts all these shows.

Yeah.

He's just like the best host. He's just like, that's the guy, man. Yeah, so cool. Anyway, but that— I bring that up because one of the toughest parts was it was a musical show. Yeah, so everyone was singing and like I never enjoyed the acts as much as I could be because all I was thinking about was what's my one note, what's my one note, what's my one note, what like what am I gonna say when this is over, the camera's gonna come to me and I'm gonna have to say something. And I'm sitting with Sierra who's a big-time musician, Debbie Gibson, like legendary musician. And I had nothing to say.

What would you say? What would you say? I—

it's very easy the second time around because then you're like, the second time they were like, you could say either they brought the energy again or they like upped it. But it was a lot.

It was so funny. I forgot you did that.

There's a lot of pressure. I was really—

did you ever have to be mean? No. No. Oh, you did, you just chose not to be. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

It was Nickelodeon.

It was all kids too, right?

If anything, Sierra or Debbie would be like, "I just would love for next week—" Like, that's it.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It wasn't like that.

But like, nobody was being like, "Come on, did you even fucking try?" If we gave you that job on America's Got—

American Idol, could you be mean? No. Could you be critical? Natalie, could you?

Um, I think she could be like, probably like, but like not on camera.

Yeah, I don't know. I mean, like, no one wants to be mean on camera.

It's really tough.

But like, you have to be constructive.

Like, you also have to like be like talented.

There's also like a line where it's like, if you're obviously terrible, like, you know.

Yeah, but you're still hurting someone's feelings.

No, but there's a way to be like honest about it. Like maybe 80% of them didn't bring back.

Like Simon Cowell would be very open. Like Simon, I don't know.

Let's say I'm an artist though, and Simon Cowell is like, that fucking sucked. I'll be like, okay, I gotta—

I mean, that's terrible.

I gotta redo it.

I gotta fucking figure this out, bro. That's you. But like a lot of people go in there like thinking like they've been fed lies through their family the whole time that they're incredible artists. And then, right. But I also think the show that I was co-hosting was like, a lot of, a lot of people that were already like screened to like— yeah, yeah, to, to be— so everyone was good. Yeah, no, no one was coming on though.

Would you get paid for that? How much?

I don't know.

I have no fucking clue.

I'm sure you were paid very well. Really?

Yeah.

Wow.

Because it's a per-episode fee, you know, so it accumulates over whatever it is. 10 episodes?

I deadass do not know how much.

Yeah, I don't know either.

But if I was to guess— can I guess? Guess.

Yeah. I mean, I have no—

like, how much a show like that probably pays? Yeah. At the time, probably like $50,000 to $75,000 an episode.

No, no, no, I don't think it was that much. No, no, no, you're not— you did not make a million dollars or whatever from America's Most Beautiful Girlfriend.

That's so funny.

It's so funny that you don't know, that you took your best guess.

Maybe way off.

Like, if I was to guess, I'd probably make $14 million.

Yeah, maybe Sierra was making that. You were just like the social media stars.

No wonder you walk around like loving yourself so much. In your mind, you're like, I just made $1 million.

Oh my God.

I was like, David, you owe the show money.

No, I was going to say like $15,000 to $20,000 per episode.

Yeah, that's what I would say. Oh really?

Yeah.

Yeah, maybe $10,000. No, no, no, bro. Natalie, come on. Show up for $10,000.

No, no, no. I'm thinking $40,000, $50,000 an episode. No fucking way. Oh wait, no way. What am I saying?

Would you get—

how many episodes?

8 to 10 episodes.

8 to 10.

So you walked away with $200,000?

Yeah, like, I think probably.

Yeah, I probably want something. Okay, that makes sense.

But, but also, it's TV just doesn't even pay what you think. That's not true. Even the best of TV does not pay that. True though.

I don't know why people say that. It's true, Dave. TV pays well if you're at a high level.

Um, okay, give me an example.

I don't know, I've never done it.

What do you think? What do you think Steve Carell got paid for The Office?

Steve Carell got paid for— I fucking— I mean, what season? How many seasons?

I think he was getting like $500,000 an episode. That's the top, top, top.

Yeah, that's like the Friends cast was making a million an episode.

That's the Friends cast, and they all like—

you said The Office, it's another good one.

Yeah, but they all like fought for that, and they had like favored nations. And that was Stranger Things.

All those kids earned like a million dollars.

No, they don't actually. The Stranger Things kids have like such a discrepancy in their earnings. Did you see the guy last season? I don't know. I saw— I mean, obviously, I think we're all guessing, guys.

Yeah, so let's not—

let's look it up. Did you see the guy?

I spoke to all of them. Millie is not getting paid nearly as much as Noah.

She deserves more.

But wait, this is— to this point, Netflix doesn't pay that well because—

who made more, Noah Schnapp final episode of Stranger Things or me on America's Most Musical Family right now? Somebody find out. Google it.

I think Noah Schnapp raked it in last season.

Yes, he definitely raked.

I think he was the highest earner. On the season. Wait, really? I think so.

They all got paid like the same.

I mean, who knows? It's all like just like an Instagram.

Remember when we filmed with Noah Schnapp for the vlog? Do you remember that?

I don't know. I remember we met him in New York.

Yeah, came to the pop-up. Came to the pop-up in New York, and I bought like a Stranger Things Lego set, and we were just playing with this character, and I was like, like, we like built like, like a house from Stranger Things or something, and I was like being another character. I was like, hey, Will! And then Will was being himself.

That's what it was in the vlog? Yeah.

Oh, okay.

I thought you guys were just doing this for fun.

That's so crazy. No, no, no. We just couldn't come up with a bit, so we're just playing with each other. What'd you find out, Chad?

Oh, I'm quite wrong, at least about Stranger Things. They make a lot of money. Yeah.

Yep. Look, Google, how much did David Dobrik make per episode, America's Most Musical Family?

I don't know if that's going to be in there.

Because I want to fucking— I want my money. I haven't got it yet.

How many years ago was that?

I want that contract.

How much did Josh— I want to say 2021.

How much that make, Jay?

During the period of 2019 to '20, Dobrik's one of the highest paid YouTube stars, with reports of making $275,000 a month in ad revenue. YouTube's adpocalypse, and later approximately $15 million.

That's a fact that I said.

I know, it's funny how you said that once and it just stuck for everything that you make $275,000 from YouTube.

Okay, so say you made a million an episode now, and it'll be in stone.

I made a million dollars every episode of America's Most Musical Family.

Thank you, David.

Um, that's funny. Yeah, and I did make $275 a month on YouTube, but that was when YouTube— that was when I had like under a million subscribers and I had AdSense.

MrBeast said he would pay the skyscraper guy $500,000. He would have paid him half a million dollars. For what? And Netflix paid him nothing. Netflix what?

No, Netflix paid him $500K, and MrBeast said he would pay— he would have paid him more to come on his channel and do the skyscraper thing.

Oh, I thought he made nothing.

Yeah, I mean, but that he did it as a— he said he would, he said he would do it for free at that point.

Well, yeah, I mean, that guy obviously is—

oh, that's a really— that's like the most interesting, like, like, uh, duality I've seen. Netflix and MrBeast fighting for that guy. And I actually genuinely don't know where that should belong, where that belongs more, on MrBeast's channel or Netflix.

Who gets the most exposure?

Yeah, MrBeast, obviously. No, but like from a mainstream perspective, Netflix. Like Netflix is like talked about on MrBeast. It'd be like another crazy thing that Jimmy did. Yeah. But Netflix, like if Netflix did anything that MrBeast— someone just messaged me. You guys talk about MrBeast a lot. Here we are again. If Netflix did one thing that MrBeast does in his video, Yeah, everyone would be talking about it. Yeah, because it's like MrBeast does so many crazy things and it's so not normal in mainstream like culture where it's like crazy, right? Like it's like, I mean, he's like giving away a million dollars fucking almost per episode on that fucking show. Netflix did anything like that, it'd be like the fucking craziest thing. But just like, I think just like the way it's delivered, the messenger and everything, it's just, it's not as I don't know, mainstream, I guess.

Well, I found your pay stubs from America's Most Musical Family. No way.

What happened?

Well, they're just for a lot of money, and now I'm confused.

Okay, how much did I get paid?

I don't know if I'm reading this right because I honestly don't really know how to read a pay stub. What?

Put it into ChatGPT. Is it—

what's the gross?

Because it says— because it's, it's multiple pay stubs for each week, but it says $300,000. But you weren't getting paid $300K a week, obviously. Told you.

Because he gang shot the episodes. So he would shoot like 4 episodes in one week, right?

So it was 5 episodes. Okay, so I think it's like $900K. I think you were right. What?

I'm telling you, I was a weapon on that show. Insane. That makes sense. Great energy. That makes sense because I remember when— That's insane.

You really brought it.

I mean, that's insane.

But TV always pays a lot. There is this YouTube-driven propaganda that television does not pay. It is— every social media person loves to say it. It is just not true. It's not. Once you get to TV, you get paid in the second and third season. You get paid a crazy amount more.

But it's first season. If you're—

if you're like, you have some sort of name, you still get paid a really good amount. Yeah.

And I feel like most times, like, people don't—

you guys all change your perspective on it.

Well, no, I just—

because it's like, well, now they mentioned it.

Well, because now that I'm thinking about it, it's like, yes, you did a whole season of a show, but you did it in 3 weeks. You know, like the shooting schedule is so short. So even though you're putting out this big production or whatever it is, like it's really taking it like not that much of your time and you're getting all that money. Yeah.

But also every episode comes with social posts and things like that. So it's, I'm not just like an actor.

You're not just showing up. Yeah.

But that is interesting. Like I have like some actor friends and I'll always be like, like I have some actor friends that are like in big movies and I'll be like, do you have to Do you have to, like, promote this? And they'll be like, no. Like, there's literally— like, there's a press run, and I don't have to put anything on my socials if I don't want to. Like, it should— they have to be part of the press run, but like, there are no requirements to post anything on Instagram. It's just such a different world than like ours. Be like, what? Why do they even hire you? Even though they're a household name. Um, but yeah, that is— it's a different world. Acting is a different, different world.

I have new topics here. Oh, you want to hear them? Yeah. Okay.

King of transitions.

You want to put an ad in?

It's really funny. Okay, go read up.

Read the list.

You want to read my topics? Just read the list off.

You read them.

All right, guys, reading Jason's topics. Let's see. I told everyone that we should start bringing notes into the podcast just so we always have something new to talk about. Okay. Oh my God. First one is Chinese company can cook your baby. What does this mean?

Oh, that came out wrong. They can, a robot can birth your baby.

Like deliver it?

Yeah, deliver it. You put the sperm and the thing in the robot, you wait 9 months. Do you fuck the robot? No, you don't fuck the robot, Dave.

Oh, you put it, the robot is—

Yeah, that's like coming. Like that's, I don't know. I think it's here even. Wow. And so I don't know, it'd be kind of cool. You don't have to be pregnant anymore.

Yeah, no more surrogates.

Oh my God, yeah, no more surrogates. That's true.

That is really crazy.

I mean, I would think that you would want to be pregnant, but if you can't, then you would use something.

Who would want to be pregnant?

I don't think—

I think a lot of women like, like, really experience it. I wouldn't.

I think a lot of people don't want— I wouldn't.

A lot of body dysmorphia for no reason.

Yeah, but it's like the experience of like you're physically making something inside you.

Yeah, I can cook too.

What are you cooking, John?

In the kitchen.

I don't know. I just think there's like an attachment bond thing that's happening there. Sure. Yeah.

Or the baby doesn't like come out the way it's supposed to. Yeah. You know, or it doesn't like you.

Jay, these fucking notes are crazy.

Well, maybe I need to read them. What do they say?

Things that should be outlawed that will be outlawed.

Oh, I think that's a good topic. Why? Like, think about things that are in our daily life now that like will be outlawed or just like crazy that we do.

Dude, I was just thinking something like, similar to this. Yeah. So like, I, it's, it's like, I'll watch videos from like 10 years ago that are mine or other people's, and I'll be like, I can't believe they were talking like that. Like, this is so fucked up. Like, I'll even watch like some of the jokes I made and I'll be like, what? This is like so off-color and so weird. Like, why would we, why are we joking around about this? But like, at the time it didn't feel like it at all. And like, now I'm looking at it like, I'm a fucking— that's not even me. Yeah. So like like, in 10 years, what the fuck am I saying right now? Things are gonna happen.

Or it'll go the other way. Why?

I'm gonna just look back and be like, damn, I was fucking— I was a pussy.

Yeah, no, you look back and like, damn, I was sick.

I don't know.

I mean, like, I saw a show the other night. I was watching Bert Kreischer's new show, the Netflix show, and it's really bawdy.

Like, it's a lot. It's—

there's a lot of moments in it. You're like, whoa. Like, damn, they're going for it. It's a great show.

I think comedians more than ever now get to lean into being edgier. Yes.

Yeah.

Especially because people are like—

I think people are craving it. Yeah.

And they're craving it. But what are you saying that things that should be allowed?

Okay, so here's something that I think is crazy.

Like a vape?

A vape is crazy. I agree.

I think it should be cigarettes only. Yeah.

I mean, okay. Also, right now, motorcycles. No. Motorcycles are crazy. What? Uh, they're insane. Like football, so fucking dangerous.

But in some, in some countries, people are really only on motorcycles.

Yeah, people are just literally an affordability thing.

Okay, okay, that's fine, but that's not this country.

Okay, so we can—

we're not going through the streets of, uh, you know.

Okay, so you're saying they should be outlawed in America?

I don't know, I'm just saying.

You're saying football and Oscar picks No, that's a separate topic. Football should be outlawed?

I mean, I think football's pretty nuts. They got rid of it at a lot of the high schools around here. Really?

Yeah, I just saw they got rid of dodgeball at high school and middle schools. This isn't recent, they did it a couple years ago.

Like, they're just getting— why?

They don't play because it's too rough and it's like you get picked on, right? Like, people can get picked on and get pummeled. Oh yeah.

What?

Pummeled by what? Character building?

It's not character building, Natalie. Please, for the love of God, get with the times. This is something you're going to look back at in 10 years and be like, I was a monster. We should play that. I was a monster. David hit me right there. Great idea. And then you also said, Jay, you ever take a time machine tour when you talk about other cultures? Oh, yeah.

You ever take a time machine tour when you talk about other cultures? Yep.

That's what I said.

Like, sometimes I'll go to visit Naveen's family, and they're just different than the way we look at the world. Like, the women, like, don't want to work. The women cook. And, like, you know what I mean? Sometimes they don't drive. And I just think that's really interesting.

Wait, what does the time machine part have to do with it?

Well, it's like—

like, it feels like you've entered a time machine.

It feels like you went into a time machine, but that's the way they are now.

Yeah, you know, that is interesting sometimes. Next one.

Dude, how would someone listen to this and be able to keep up with what you guys are saying?

I think they can. Really? What else you got? What else do I got? What else do I have?

Well, Valentine's Day is also coming up.

Oh God, Valentine's Day.

You're not excited?

I mean, I love it. I love spending time with Naveen, but it's a lot of pressure. Really?

Why?

To get that reservation on the 14th is tough.

Is there like a certain place that she's like, Jason?

No, but I have an eye on a place, but I gotta see if I can get in.

If you want it to be Doughbrik's Pizza, I'll make a call right now.

That'd be amazing. Can I shoot a vlog? Yeah, amazing. Wait, that's—

I feel like if I had a girlfriend, Valentine's Day would be like the lowest pressure for me ever.

Well, what would you do? Would you go out? Because going out on the night sucks. Yeah, no, I don't like double the price, long lines.

No, no, no, you don't go out. You set up something at home. Yeah. Oh, and you set up like a date, like at the beach. Like you go somewhere, oh, you mix— you do something pretty, and then you end it like with like a home-cooked beautiful flower in the vase, candlelit, like meal.

I could never see David doing any of this. It's one thing to do it, dude. What the fuck are you saying?

Because you know Tay would make a home-cooked meal tonight.

I'm tired of you guys thinking I don't have the capability to do things for someone I love. It's like, it's getting old.

You can't even go grocery shopping.

When have you last— John, you know what it's like being in love? Yeah, answer it. Okay, you do. Okay.

What are you gonna do?

I have no idea.

Trying to figure that shit out, Jay.

When you're in love, you do different things. Yeah. You start acting different.

Well, not people— some people don't have like entire personality shifts when they're in love. Like, that's not necessarily a requirement of being in love.

It's not a requirement. I'm just saying, like, I like—

because the way that you describe yourself, I love to love.

And like, when it happens, like, I'm gonna go for it.

I know, but it's like, it's really hard for us to wrap our head around it because you guys are just like non-believers in whack.

No speech right now. I'm gonna put some music underneath you and post about love. Yeah.

You know why I love love? And this, you don't even have to put the music up. The music's already playing. Why I love love is because it is exactly how it's described in songs, poetry, written words. It is as cheesy and overstimulating and encapsulating, interstellarating as it possible. Quiet, pussy! No, but I just love it because it is as cheesy as like— when you're not in it, you're just like, dude, my friend's so fucking lame, why is he doing this for this fucking chick? But then when you're in it, you're like, I want to— I want to write a poem right now. Like, you're just like, I'm in the mood to write a poem. Like, I want to do this, and I want to like— and right under the poem, I want to draw a little picture of us in a field.

And under the picture of us in a field, I'm gonna write my name and your name.

And under that tree, I'm gonna write JC and DC. I don't know what DC is. I'm just saying names.

John Castro and Diet Coke. That is something you'd write in a tree. I don't know, I just— I'm really excited for it and not excited for Valentine's Day because I have nobody. But I do— what if you call somebody up and say, hey, yeah, I would never do that. What?

I want to do that. I want someone to take me out because it's just like giving the wrong—

you want someone to take you out, Nat? Yeah. Damn.

Why'd you say it like you had somebody? And you're like, damn, that's him.

I thought about it.

And as soon as I opened my mouth, I was like, no, there's nobody.

Isn't that crazy? Sorry, not to make this about me.

No, no, that nobody has anybody for you. Yeah. But it's like that with everybody.

Oh, I know. No, that's not true. Go ahead.

Set me up with somebody. You can't. It's just, that's how it works. Let me finish. Shut up.

That's it for the podcast. I could set you up with someone. You're weird and you don't like to go out into public and like, go on dates. Like, I will do that. You have limitations, so it's difficult with that.

You have limitations too. No, I literally heard you last.

Give me one girl. Give me one girl you'd set me up with right now. Go say it.

I think of single people. One girl.

Go. That would— I would actually like that you would set me up with as a friend, not just—

okay, first of all, I have introduced you to people. Whether you currently still like them or not is a different story.

No, you haven't. Who have you introduced?

Yes, I've helped you. Like, with women.

You've helped me with a girl who you've been like, Dave, I really want you to meet this girl. I think she'd be really good for you.

You're being dramatic. Okay.

Like, have you like brought a girl over and be like, this is my friend Summer? She's cute.

You always use the word Summer.

Well, Summer is so pretty. This girl named Summer, she's really pretty.

Shout out Summer.

Shout out Summer.

That was fun.

But you put roadblocks. You're difficult too. Like last podcast, she doesn't play Roblox. She doesn't have the capability of it. Last podcast you were like, I'm going to be too busy to be with anybody. You shouldn't be like that.

In this podcast we change our perspective on fucking relationships. Get a matchmaker, Lily. Every Tuesday.

That is so fucking lame. Matchmaking?

Why?

So lame.

Why is it not lame? Yeah, it's like, oh, I'm so desperate I can't do this myself. That's how I feel.

That's the world right now.

That is true. You can't do it yourself. I know.

It doesn't help that I have this fucking idiot in my ear all the time.

Like, genuinely, why don't you two go out on Valentine's Day?

You should take me out.

Are you a fucking— do it, do it. That'd be so fun for the pod.

Yeah, go cook for her. Double date.

Show me what love is all about.

Take her to the beach. Yeah, I have sex with her just to prove that point for you guys. You fall in love. You like this, Natalie? For the pod. Oh, for the Uh, no, I'm sorry.

You should take all of your ladies out.

All my ladies? Yeah, you and Brooke. Taylor has a boyfriend.

Who am I taking? Yeah, that's true.

All right, guys, well, I got more topics, man.

Let's do another hour. I've seen—

I'm not doing any more of those topics.

You got some good ones.

You just have Wendy's written there. I don't even know what that means. I think you were just hungry. You're all— you're mixing it. You're mixing the topics with your grocery list. All right, guys, that's all the time we have for today's podcast. Thank you guys for listening. Thank you to everybody who joined us. This was a blast. It was a good time. I loved getting to know my friends, and I'll see you guys for the next one. Bye.