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<v Speaker 1>From workhouse connect in aj Benza fame Uh, he'd liked

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<v Speaker 1>to be walked on a leash and play really dirty

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<v Speaker 1>kinky sex games. Is uh the guy put the cock

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<v Speaker 1>in the peacock network. Okay, bitch, Hey, everybody, aj Ben's

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<v Speaker 1>are here with fame as a bitch. This is your

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<v Speaker 1>daily Unfiltered podcast for July thirtieth, twenty twenty six, seven

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<v Speaker 1>thirty twenty twenty six, Looking Good thirty twenty Almost on

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<v Speaker 1>the dog days of August are merely a couple of

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<v Speaker 1>days away. Get ready, that's when thing could really nut sew.

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<v Speaker 1>This has been a crazy years, a crazy long time.

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<v Speaker 1>Typically when the sun gets really hot, specifically in August,

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<v Speaker 1>murder rates go up, the rates of rape go up, burglories,

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<v Speaker 1>all kind of misconduct. Sends tends to go way up

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<v Speaker 1>because people can't take the heat. And as we get

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<v Speaker 1>further along August, you look at the September for the

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<v Speaker 1>Indian summer, I think things begin to kind of calm down,

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<v Speaker 1>but around the holidays the craziness picks up, So be

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<v Speaker 1>careful out there the next month. We've seen so many

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<v Speaker 1>examples of innocent people being killed, stabbed, thrown off a train, platforms.

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<v Speaker 1>It's unbelievable. Most of these things happen immediately after hearing

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<v Speaker 1>aloa akbar the worst two fucking words in the world.

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<v Speaker 1>I like the other. I saw a video of a

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<v Speaker 1>mosque in Iran and they're playing the big sound system,

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<v Speaker 1>oh lot bah and the missile hits. It just disintegrates,

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<v Speaker 1>blew the shit out of him. And I love the Trump.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna fucking bomb the shit good enough talk knock

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<v Speaker 1>them the fuck out. By the way, did you see

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<v Speaker 1>the worm understand one hundre eleven times? He played the

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<v Speaker 1>fifth one hundred and eleven times. Here's an asshole who.

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<v Speaker 1>Back in twenty two, Andy One, smiling to the press,

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<v Speaker 1>assured every person in the press and those of us

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<v Speaker 1>watching on TV that he has no problem telling the truth.

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<v Speaker 1>I have no problem speaking the truth to Congress. I've

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<v Speaker 1>done it hundreds and hundreds of times since the last

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<v Speaker 1>forty years i've been in public service. I've got no problem.

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<v Speaker 1>You're bullshit. You got a big problem because you know

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<v Speaker 1>you're guilty. This mf mine, my mom am, I saying

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<v Speaker 1>that this motherfucker what he did to us, just I

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<v Speaker 1>think of kids, and I had kids at the age

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<v Speaker 1>where you don't want to miss out on memories from

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<v Speaker 1>school sports, even littlely if they had to cancel. We

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<v Speaker 1>were eight to o Rockeers football team. Those couldn't play

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<v Speaker 1>the last two games. They put tape around the basketball courts.

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<v Speaker 1>We used to rip it on purpose and play basketball

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<v Speaker 1>just to shove it up their ass. Police tape around

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<v Speaker 1>a basketball court outside. And there's a famous story this

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<v Speaker 1>many of them where a husband and a wife and

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<v Speaker 1>I think one of their little kids went to go

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<v Speaker 1>see their older kid play some kind of sport at

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<v Speaker 1>US High school and it was the height of COVID

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<v Speaker 1>people wearing masks in the stands. This couple sat very

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<v Speaker 1>far away from the group of people in the stands,

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<v Speaker 1>let's call it fifty sixty feet with no mask on

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<v Speaker 1>because they're outside. You know, the cops came and arrested them.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, this is the kind of shit to want

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<v Speaker 1>on not to mention. Our kids didn't graduate, didn't have proms,

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't play sports, Scholarships were left unfulfilled, and the mere

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<v Speaker 1>thought of not being able to flirt with the pretty

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<v Speaker 1>girl or the handsome guy next to you or passing

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<v Speaker 1>you in the hallways because you can't see their smile

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<v Speaker 1>or their nose. You know how much that takes away

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<v Speaker 1>from high school. If you told me I couldn't have

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<v Speaker 1>flirted in high school for all those years, I would

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<v Speaker 1>never would have went. I would have dropped out. What's

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<v Speaker 1>high school without flirting with a pretty girl and playing ball,

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<v Speaker 1>seeing your buddies and causing some have But that's high school,

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<v Speaker 1>No fouch, you got rid of all of it. So

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<v Speaker 1>I want this guy to go to prison. But something

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<v Speaker 1>tells me he's such a pussy and I called it

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<v Speaker 1>from day one, a big FOURD. Something tells me he

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<v Speaker 1>might kill himself before this thing is over. He's eighty

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<v Speaker 1>four years old, eighty five, whatever hell he is is,

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<v Speaker 1>you want to go to prison because it looks like

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<v Speaker 1>he might. I think a guy like him who's lived

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<v Speaker 1>a long life and made a ton of money and

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<v Speaker 1>just kill yourself can't go to prison at your age.

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<v Speaker 1>They'll beat the shit out of you anyhow. Big story today,

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<v Speaker 1>Jared Leto has joined the ranks of those who sexually

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<v Speaker 1>assault girls. This time it's young girls. Four girls. I've

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<v Speaker 1>accused them of sexual misconduct. They said the acts took

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<v Speaker 1>place when they were teenagers. This is from a new

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<v Speaker 1>BBC documentary called Jared Letto Hollywood's Dark Secret, and these

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<v Speaker 1>encounters are between twenty two and twenty sixteen, fourteen years

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<v Speaker 1>of this kind of rat scallion behavior. He was in

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<v Speaker 1>his thirties and forties during that time. The four women

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<v Speaker 1>were between the ages of sixteen and nineteen. Let's call

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<v Speaker 1>him for girls, not women sixteen and nineteen at the time.

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<v Speaker 1>In the documentary, they're called Isabelle, Alex, Clara, and Edda,

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<v Speaker 1>not their real names, of course. Isabelle says that Letto

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<v Speaker 1>assaulted her in a motel bathroom when she was seventeen

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<v Speaker 1>back in two thousand and two. Clara says she had

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<v Speaker 1>sex with Little when she was seventeen out in la

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<v Speaker 1>where the age of consent is eighteen. That happened in

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<v Speaker 1>two thousand and six. That's not good. She claimed that

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<v Speaker 1>Leto actually shrugged off a conversation she began about the

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<v Speaker 1>state's age of consent. That sounds like a big shot

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<v Speaker 1>Hollywood started me. The other chick named Alex claimed that

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<v Speaker 1>Leto threatened her with sexual assault when she was nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>and she was unexpectedly left alone with him in a

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<v Speaker 1>hotel room back in twenty thirteen, unexpectedly left alone. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't like that phrase she went there with him. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't like the left alone. You went there with them, Honey,

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<v Speaker 1>you thought he was cute. I'm not going to see

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<v Speaker 1>her and say every one of these girls is right.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not. You're nineteen, you're old enough to know the

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<v Speaker 1>difference between right and wrong. But you see a Hollywood

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<v Speaker 1>star and a rock star and you're thinking, I'd love

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<v Speaker 1>to get next to this guy, and then you were

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<v Speaker 1>left alone in the whole Terel room. That's what you wanted

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<v Speaker 1>before you left your house. You can't believe your good

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<v Speaker 1>fortune that you could finally be left alone in a

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<v Speaker 1>hotel room with your hero. But then he went too far.

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<v Speaker 1>So I don't want to deal with her right now.

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<v Speaker 1>Alex can kiss my ass right now. Eda has more

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<v Speaker 1>of an issue. Edda says that she was groomed by

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<v Speaker 1>Little when she was sixteen. He made a bunch of

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<v Speaker 1>sexually explicit phone calls and on one occasion said they

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<v Speaker 1>should have sex not good. Two years later. Eda also

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<v Speaker 1>says she received an NDA, which was supposed to prevent

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<v Speaker 1>her from discussing their relationship, but she didn't sign it.

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<v Speaker 1>Good for her four other women also say they received

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<v Speaker 1>the unusual and often sexually explicive phone calls from Leto

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<v Speaker 1>when they were younger. The woman named Taylor in the

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<v Speaker 1>documentary says that Letto instructed a security god to take

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<v Speaker 1>her backstage at a music festival when she was just

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<v Speaker 1>fourteen after he made a sexual comment about her chest

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<v Speaker 1>storing an autograph signing she just as her mom confronted

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<v Speaker 1>him and he said the same thing back. He probably said,

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<v Speaker 1>nice cans, nice tits, nice cannons. Not good. She's fourteen, bro,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not generally not good at all. To say that

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<v Speaker 1>to even someone thirty five, it's a stupid thing to say.

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<v Speaker 1>But he's a big star. So we figured, hey, I

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<v Speaker 1>can see what I want. What's gonna happen to me? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>here's what's happening. All this is twenty five years ago.

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<v Speaker 1>He got away with it, you know, I mean so.

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<v Speaker 1>The BBC has corroborated a number of the women's accounts

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<v Speaker 1>through their friends and family members and photographers. Also, there

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<v Speaker 1>was messages other material that supports their cause or their case.

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<v Speaker 1>The documentary also features two guys who worked with lettos

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<v Speaker 1>band Thirty Seconds to mars I couldn't tell you one song.

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<v Speaker 1>They say, I have no desire to hear them. I

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<v Speaker 1>have no desire to hear Keanu Reeves band, Billy Bob

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<v Speaker 1>Thornton's band, Kevin Bacon's band. I don't care, just act.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to hear you singing. You're not gonna

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<v Speaker 1>You're not gonna blow me away. These people, these two men,

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<v Speaker 1>said that the staff was very uncomfortable with the actors

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<v Speaker 1>interactions with teenage girls. They said that sometimes you'd invite

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<v Speaker 1>them backstage to his dressing room, all to the house

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<v Speaker 1>where he was recording. Of course he did, but they said,

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<v Speaker 1>we all thought the age gap was too big, but

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<v Speaker 1>you kept your mouth shut, your accessories. You're complicit this.

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<v Speaker 1>He's been through this for years. Little last year, even

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<v Speaker 1>a DJ in La named Ali teals She wrote on

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<v Speaker 1>social media that he assaulted them when she was seventeen,

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<v Speaker 1>and then other women started coming forward. So nine women

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<v Speaker 1>in total accused Lettle of sexual impropriety. That was in

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<v Speaker 1>an article published by Airmail back June of last year.

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<v Speaker 1>Lettle denied everything. He's still denying everything right now. He

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<v Speaker 1>made a comment today statement even the New York Posts

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<v Speaker 1>said back in twenty oh five in September that Letto

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<v Speaker 1>was hitting on all the teen models at New York

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<v Speaker 1>City's Maritime Hotel and constantly texting these others sixteen and

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<v Speaker 1>seventeen year olds that I believe, and I know these

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<v Speaker 1>accusations are gross and maybe to some even eye opening,

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<v Speaker 1>But you know, some of these girls I'm not gonna believe.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm telling you right now. I mean, even the ones

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<v Speaker 1>who were seventh, eighteen, fourteen, sixteen, wrong, seventeen on the edge,

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<v Speaker 1>eighteen nineteen. Technically that's legal, so we can disagree with it,

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<v Speaker 1>we can not like it, but it is legal. But

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, these girls, I don't care how you're raised,

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<v Speaker 1>but you know, if it looks like a creep, dresses

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<v Speaker 1>like a creep, and acts like a creep, it's a creep.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's the guy who carried his own head, a paper

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<v Speaker 1>mache or late text head of himself to the met

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<v Speaker 1>Ball several years ago. Is somebody seventeen or eighteen too

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<v Speaker 1>young to understand this shit? That that's what creepiness is. No,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean it's not a shock of that. Hollywood and

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<v Speaker 1>the music industry got a big problem. It's very clear.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't believe all the other men across America aren't

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<v Speaker 1>more upset because think it's basically, look, the greatest dream

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<v Speaker 1>of basically every woman and every girl in the United

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<v Speaker 1>States is to become famous as an actress or a

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<v Speaker 1>singer and their lord to California. But the promise that

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<v Speaker 1>this could happen, We've seen it. We've played a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of people in the past casting couch situations. Harvey Weinstein

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<v Speaker 1>comes to mind, of course, and many others way back

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<v Speaker 1>when Hollywood just began, Harry Cohen. They're all doing it,

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<v Speaker 1>from Mary pick with the Shirley Temple to here we

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<v Speaker 1>are now. But the age of consent to me is

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<v Speaker 1>it's a weird thing. It's eighteen in California, seventeen New

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<v Speaker 1>York sixteen. New Jersey. You could have six. You can

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<v Speaker 1>have sex with a sixteen year old in New Jersey,

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<v Speaker 1>no problem. But if you take pictures then it's a

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<v Speaker 1>federal crime. What the fuck? Or if you cross the

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<v Speaker 1>border it may be a crime. I think we all

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<v Speaker 1>gotta sit down and figure out a uniform standard. How

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<v Speaker 1>about just making eighteen for the whole country. Why does

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<v Speaker 1>each state have to what's New Jersey's problem? Sixteen is

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<v Speaker 1>not too young man. But let's see, Jared Leto was

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<v Speaker 1>also a rock star. That band's thirty Seconds to Mars

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<v Speaker 1>has sold fifteen million records. That's not a slouchy band.

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<v Speaker 1>So you got a combination Hollywood star plus a rock star.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, you know he's gonna be like a kid

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<v Speaker 1>in the candy shop with all these young girls coming

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<v Speaker 1>at him. You think Justin Bieber only had sets for

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<v Speaker 1>girls who were over the legal age limit. Of course

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<v Speaker 1>Apparently it worked a lot, and tons of actors double

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<v Speaker 1>There's a lot of conspiracy theories based on this. Other people, actors,

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<v Speaker 1>The fact that Letto owns it, owns this secret of compound,

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<v Speaker 1>part of something that follows him around as well. And

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<v Speaker 1>speaking of leading men Hollywood stars that have problems, we

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<v Speaker 1>all know about Brad Pitt's brainwashed children with Angeline and

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<v Speaker 1>Joe Lee that they've dropped Pitt from their last names

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<v Speaker 1>and are role moving forward with Joe Lee as their

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<v Speaker 1>new last name. Every time one of them hits eighteen boom,

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<v Speaker 1>they get it done. They go to court and get

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<v Speaker 1>it done. Now we know apparently Brad and Angie had

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<v Speaker 1>a tempestuous relationship, and apparently it all culminated inside an

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<v Speaker 1>airplane ride when the shit really hit the fan. And

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<v Speaker 1>we've been told, not that we've seen videos or any

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<v Speaker 1>kind of proof, we've been told he poured a beer

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<v Speaker 1>or a drink over Angeline's head, was rough with her

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<v Speaker 1>because he was drunk. Could be, but I haven't seen

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<v Speaker 1>any proof, but you know it could be, so I

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<v Speaker 1>guess in this case, I can kind of understand his

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<v Speaker 1>could you imagine if you're a bad pit, you're maybe

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<v Speaker 1>the most beautiful, charming leading man in Hollywood, and to

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<v Speaker 1>can't imagine that he was that much of a bad guy,

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<v Speaker 1>And that's going to be a big part of his

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<v Speaker 1>legacy moving forward. And when there is some other gossip columnsts.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe he's five years old right now. He's going to

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<v Speaker 1>point to this out and he'll be on some TV

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<v Speaker 1>show that mimics mysteries and scandals. He'll be the new

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<v Speaker 1>aj Benzon and he'll talk about it. And I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know how many of you see this, but I post

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of Instagram stories. I like to take old

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<v Speaker 1>stars that I used on Mysteries and scandals as material

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<v Speaker 1>and right off a short paragraph next to their picture

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<v Speaker 1>about their lives or their deaths and the scandals, et cetera.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think James Garner the other day, which is

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<v Speaker 1>a great story. James Garner an evil stepmother who used

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<v Speaker 1>to beat him all the time and actually made him

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<v Speaker 1>wear dresses in public because he said he wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>be a star. She didn't like that. Well, he ended

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<v Speaker 1>up winning an Emmy and being quite a big star,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, so he proved a bit wrong. But you know,

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<v Speaker 1>Brad Pitt's not going down on history as the only

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<v Speaker 1>star who lost his kids. Love. We got to throw

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<v Speaker 1>Tom Cruise his name on the pile too, what I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't expect, but it's kind of a move I totally support.

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<v Speaker 1>I gotta be honest with Tom's been a shitfather disappeared

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<v Speaker 1>and now they're saying he's devastated because Surry, his daughter

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<v Speaker 1>with Katie Holmes, made her name change official. She dropped

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<v Speaker 1>Cruise and that's the god that hurts. It hurts, so

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<v Speaker 1>sorry was born unless she's twenty now, back when they

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<v Speaker 1>had the big, high profile matter. Now she's using the

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<v Speaker 1>name Surrey Noel Noe Lle. That's her mother's middle name,

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<v Speaker 1>Katie Noel Holmes. She said, Carnegie Mellon. She looks good.

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<v Speaker 1>She looks like Tom Cruise and her mom. She registered

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<v Speaker 1>to vote in Pennsylvania under the name Suri Noel after

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<v Speaker 1>she left New York, and Pennsylvania requires voters to register

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<v Speaker 1>under their legal names. So that's the fact that you

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<v Speaker 1>change the name. It's formally completed and Cruise is gone.

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<v Speaker 1>Chieve used Noel in a high school graduation program back

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty twenty four. Maybe I reported that I forget,

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<v Speaker 1>but now this is from Radar magazine, so we're not

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<v Speaker 1>quite sure if this next part of the story is true.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't forget I worked there. I told you what goes

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<v Speaker 1>on there at times. The source close to the family

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<v Speaker 1>said Tom is deeply said by this development. While he understand, sorry,

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<v Speaker 1>is an adult making your own decisions. Seeing his surname

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<v Speaker 1>disappear from her legal identity has been incredibly painful for him.

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<v Speaker 1>He never imagined things would reach this point. Well, but

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<v Speaker 1>you don't see your daughter for eighteen years and don't

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<v Speaker 1>even talk about her on TV or an interviews or nothing.

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<v Speaker 1>I know she's getting a big check every month. That's

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<v Speaker 1>all he can do. She'll never want for money, neither

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<v Speaker 1>will Katie Holmes. In fact, I think Katie signs something

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<v Speaker 1>that she can never get married if she does the

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<v Speaker 1>check stop. I think I think that came through his

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<v Speaker 1>legal people at Scientology. I think that's true. I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>quite sure, but this is the latest chapter in the

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<v Speaker 1>relationship between these two idiots. That's just sad, man really said.

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<v Speaker 1>Thomas deeply said, Well, you know he could have done

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<v Speaker 1>something about it, right, I mean, I mean sometimes kids

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<v Speaker 1>want to give her that last name to stand down

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<v Speaker 1>on their own, like, what's his name, Jason Schwartzman. He's not,

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<v Speaker 1>he's a couple. He's Talia. Shaia's brother didn't want to

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<v Speaker 1>use that. I mean, plenty of actors do that. They

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<v Speaker 1>take get rid of the neck. The uh nepotism. Name

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<v Speaker 1>the nepo name and go it alone. Like Nick Cage,

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<v Speaker 1>He's a Coppola. He made his way without using that name.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure people in the industry knew eventually, But your

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<v Speaker 1>name is one thing. You got to bring talent into

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<v Speaker 1>that room. Let me tell you something about I think

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<v Speaker 1>that name can open the door for sure. If you're

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<v Speaker 1>a Cruise or a Cage or whoever the hell a pit,

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<v Speaker 1>you'll get the audition. But it's more out of curiosity

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<v Speaker 1>than we're definitely casting this person. You got to bring

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<v Speaker 1>it in the audition. You can't just use your name

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<v Speaker 1>to go forward. It's too much money at stake. What

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<v Speaker 1>are the chances there's two people in the Cruise family

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<v Speaker 1>that are great actors. Pretty low. Tom is our biggest

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<v Speaker 1>movie star I got. Don't call him saying that I

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<v Speaker 1>always run to see his movies. His next movie coming

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<v Speaker 1>out as this traumatic role that is said to be

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<v Speaker 1>probably the Oscar he needed to win for many years

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<v Speaker 1>that this might be the one he wins it for.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought he should have won for Magnolia. That great

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<v Speaker 1>scene crying to his dying father was amazing. But you know,

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<v Speaker 1>Katie Holmes doesn't talk much about it about her daughter's

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<v Speaker 1>personal life. Of course she's proud, but she told Town

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<v Speaker 1>and Country, I'm proud of my daughter. Of Course I'll

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<v Speaker 1>miss the close proximity, but I'm really proud of her,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm happy I remember being the same. This time

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<v Speaker 1>of beginnings, it's exciting to learn about yourself, and I

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<v Speaker 1>love that time. So it makes me happy to think

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<v Speaker 1>about it like that. I never watched Dawson's Creek, so

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<v Speaker 1>I can't sit here and say, oh, Katie Holmes is great.

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<v Speaker 1>I watched Ray Donovan. She had a good part in that,

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<v Speaker 1>but she had braces on. Kind of threw me off.

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<v Speaker 1>When people get braces in their forties, it's kind of

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<v Speaker 1>weird to me. But let's tuck it into teeth because

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<v Speaker 1>I lose that argument. Christ So you know, that's part

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<v Speaker 1>of his legacy as greatest, as great a movie star

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<v Speaker 1>as he is, great the movie star Brad pitt is.

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<v Speaker 1>This stuff is, you know, kind of follow them around

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<v Speaker 1>and be in stories beneath their names forever. And finally,

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<v Speaker 1>Robert Danny Jr. Is allegedly being paid one hundred million

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<v Speaker 1>dollars to star in the next two Avengers movies, which

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<v Speaker 1>I will never see. Now. I don't begrudge him making

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<v Speaker 1>that kind of money. Our DJ is great, even though

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<v Speaker 1>that's a crazy amount of money. I mean, this is

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<v Speaker 1>what athletes get. But you do realize this is the

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<v Speaker 1>end of Hollywood. This is part of the end of Hollywood.

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<v Speaker 1>You know. Somebody sent me a text I haven't ready yet,

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<v Speaker 1>but the Hollywood Reporter, which is the bible out here

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<v Speaker 1>for out in LA for movies and actors, they have

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<v Speaker 1>a cover with Robert Evans given the finger. I think

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<v Speaker 1>he's hugging of female. He's given the finger to the

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<v Speaker 1>camera and the headline is bring back the assholes, meaning

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<v Speaker 1>bring back the guys who made great movies. But to

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<v Speaker 1>put Evans on the cover and call him an asshole

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<v Speaker 1>when he was the most brilliant, brave maverick in terms

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<v Speaker 1>of making a movie, buying the right book, optioning the

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<v Speaker 1>right project, and I mean his his career speaks for itself,

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<v Speaker 1>the movies he put together speaks for itself. I'll call

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<v Speaker 1>him an asshole that This is what I can't How

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<v Speaker 1>does Hollywood turn against somebody like him who brought us

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<v Speaker 1>some of the best movies of that era. The fucking

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<v Speaker 1>twenty five year old asshole writing this story, and then

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<v Speaker 1>some of the jerk off was twenty nine is the

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<v Speaker 1>artist for the cover. They don't know what the hell

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<v Speaker 1>they're doing. They never saw the kid Stays in the picture.

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<v Speaker 1>They never met him, never slept in his guest house.

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<v Speaker 1>I bet they haven't seen Harold and Moore at the

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<v Speaker 1>end of Hollywood, because now these blockbusters like The Avengers

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<v Speaker 1>were pumped out with bullshit plot lines, plenty of cgi AI,

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<v Speaker 1>loud loud explosions. You gotta cover your ears in the theater.

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<v Speaker 1>But like I said the other day, that wonderful year

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<v Speaker 1>in filmmaking of nineteen seventy five. Everything changed after Jaws

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<v Speaker 1>But before that we had one flow of the kookas This,

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<v Speaker 1>Barry Lindon, Nashville, Monty Python and the Holy Grill, Dark

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<v Speaker 1>Day Afternoon Shampoo, Rocky Arm Picture Show, Three Days of

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<v Speaker 1>the Condor, Love and Death, Smile, The Passenger, and of

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<v Speaker 1>course Coolly High, all exquisite films that tell real believable

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<v Speaker 1>stories to kind of make you take stock of your life.

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<v Speaker 1>Do The Avengers make you take stock of your life?

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<v Speaker 1>But why don't we dwell in this area of superheroes.

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<v Speaker 1>What good is it? Are the plots really that different

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<v Speaker 1>from the last extravaganza fucking movie we were told we

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<v Speaker 1>had to see all this focus. It's all formulaic repetition.

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<v Speaker 1>They saturate the markets. But what it comes down to

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<v Speaker 1>to me is just no one's taking risks anymore. I've

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<v Speaker 1>often said this phrase many times over the last ten years.

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<v Speaker 1>Studios and people in Hollywood tend to go where Lightning's

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<v Speaker 1>already struck because they want to keep their job. If

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<v Speaker 1>they pick a couple of losers, they're off that position.

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<v Speaker 1>They're not picking movies, they're out of the studio. That

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<v Speaker 1>means they might not be able to make the car

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<v Speaker 1>payments on three of their fancy Rose Royce's. If God

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<v Speaker 1>knows what else they got. Maybe they can't keep the

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<v Speaker 1>pool warm, or the hot tub inside the pool, or

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<v Speaker 1>the cold plunge. I mean, you know, can't shop at

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<v Speaker 1>Bristol Farms or Whole Foods anymore, God forbid, we gotta

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<v Speaker 1>go to Ralfs. It's also the lack of balls on

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<v Speaker 1>so many producers, great filmmakers, filmmakers like Martin SQUASESE Clenton, Tarantino,

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<v Speaker 1>they've argued that these stupid blockbusters are like more like

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<v Speaker 1>corporate theme park products than emotional human art, and I agree.

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<v Speaker 1>And over the last twenty years, most of the superhero

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<v Speaker 1>movies were made by three major studios, and those studios

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<v Speaker 1>always put you know, they prioritize those movies over original ideas,

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<v Speaker 1>movies for adults, something with a diverse narrative. And because

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<v Speaker 1>of that, we're missing out. We're missing out on an

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<v Speaker 1>entire generation of storytellers. Some of these guys can't get

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<v Speaker 1>movies made. They're going to go back to directing TV

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<v Speaker 1>commercials or maybe change careers period, and we will never

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<v Speaker 1>have seen what they can produce on the big screen

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<v Speaker 1>because the balls are gone, the studios and the producers

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<v Speaker 1>have been castrated. It's all about money now, not about art. Plus,

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<v Speaker 1>we have a shit ton of over produced narratives. Who's

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<v Speaker 1>let's face it, the only purpose they serve is not

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<v Speaker 1>to rock the boat and make people think, but just

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<v Speaker 1>to earn money. If that's what you want, it's not

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<v Speaker 1>what movies are. I understand superhero movies make money, and

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<v Speaker 1>they've been a major box office shower for Holly, But

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<v Speaker 1>over the last twenty something years, so I'm not gonna

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<v Speaker 1>say they're bad for the industry as a whole. But

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<v Speaker 1>when I look up movie times and these titles are

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<v Speaker 1>taking up all the screens, it's the pain less, it's exhausting.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to see movies for adults, and these are

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<v Speaker 1>not made for us. These are designed to appeal to

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<v Speaker 1>kids and become parts of theme parks. That's just the truth.

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<v Speaker 1>They're not delivering complex emotions, they're not asking difficult questions

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<v Speaker 1>of someone's live, not doing anything but giving you a

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<v Speaker 1>thrill for two hours and change. That's great, don't get

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<v Speaker 1>me wrong, But where is the substance. And I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>going to say that comic book movies are not artistic.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course they can be. I see it. I know

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<v Speaker 1>many of you guys like it. But they rely on

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<v Speaker 1>so many special effects, and when you do that, you

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<v Speaker 1>lose the other elements of a film that make going

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<v Speaker 1>to the theater seeing a movie just a unique and

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<v Speaker 1>powerful art form. It's the reason why when I was

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<v Speaker 1>a kid, and so those wonderful movies of my youth,

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<v Speaker 1>I just said, forget being a cop, forget being a lawyer,

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<v Speaker 1>forget everything. I want to work in advertising. No, I

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<v Speaker 1>want to be on the screen. I want to be

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<v Speaker 1>one of those people who make people remember. I want

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<v Speaker 1>to be remembered. I want to be I didn't say famous,

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<v Speaker 1>I want to be known. I want to do good

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<v Speaker 1>work up there forty foot high. I did it a

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<v Speaker 1>good handful of times. I'm happy. But that's what drew

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<v Speaker 1>me to the screen man. But these movies, now, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>they entertain you, guys, I get it. Kids like them.

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<v Speaker 1>It gives you a two hour break for the kids

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<v Speaker 1>to go to the theater and get out of your hair.

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<v Speaker 1>But they lack depth. There's no nuance, there's no complexity.

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<v Speaker 1>You gotta admit that. And on top of all this,

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<v Speaker 1>the way studios are investing all this money into these

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<v Speaker 1>big budget blockbusters, you know, like I said, that's a

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<v Speaker 1>big risk. That's smaller independent films are gonna get overlooked

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<v Speaker 1>and were made, and that's going to lead to the

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<v Speaker 1>film industry getting more narrow and more narrow and more narrow.

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<v Speaker 1>That means fewer opportunities for new and new filmmakers who

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<v Speaker 1>have great ideas how they're going to break through and

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<v Speaker 1>tell their stories. Where Quentin Tarantino have been able to

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<v Speaker 1>break through a reservoir dogs today. No way, no way.

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<v Speaker 1>So many movies you love that would never have been

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<v Speaker 1>made today. A little Pushing Miss Daisy couldn't be made today.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, beautiful films could not be made. There's hundreds

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<v Speaker 1>of examples. But if they keep doing this, if audiences

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<v Speaker 1>keep becoming accustomed or getting used to spectacle over substance,

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<v Speaker 1>or prioritizing the familiar over the challenging or innovative, then

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<v Speaker 1>you know what, Cinema is going to be devalued and

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<v Speaker 1>probably diminish. And this is going to be a loss,

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<v Speaker 1>not just for film lovers, but for a culture as

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<v Speaker 1>a whole. And I, for one, hadn't been so close

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<v Speaker 1>and been on movie sets and on some work and

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<v Speaker 1>met the people who make the big movies. I've worked

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<v Speaker 1>with six Oscar winners. There's such a thrill to be

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<v Speaker 1>on set with them and on camera with them. For me,

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<v Speaker 1>it went a long way, having done it in twenty years,

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<v Speaker 1>believing not Rocky Balbo was two thousand and six. But

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<v Speaker 1>I still remember everything I wrote to Steve Gudenberg. Yesterday

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<v Speaker 1>I put up a picture of him, and I am

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<v Speaker 1>making ps shrecats that he played Jimmy zool I played

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<v Speaker 1>Crazy Karman, a really tough gay guy who I said

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<v Speaker 1>wants to fight as much as he wants to fuck,

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<v Speaker 1>and Steve loved that. We have to go home and

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<v Speaker 1>come up with a narrative for our character. I said,

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<v Speaker 1>crazy Common wants to fight as much as fuck. Steve

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<v Speaker 1>loved it, and I was a very tough kind of

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<v Speaker 1>gay guy trying to get over on Steve. I actually

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<v Speaker 1>think in the audition I kissed him on the mouth unannounced,

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<v Speaker 1>not that I had to, but I did, just to

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<v Speaker 1>make a mark and it worked. That's what I'm saying,

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<v Speaker 1>the complexities of a role, of a character of a drama,

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<v Speaker 1>even a comedy. You think they can make Fatso again

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<v Speaker 1>or twenty ninth Street again. No, those things are gone.

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<v Speaker 1>Harold and Mood can't be made. And Neil and I

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<v Speaker 1>are sitting on whole self in which is brilliant as

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<v Speaker 1>is I think seventy four and Sunny with some fine tuning.

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<v Speaker 1>Now that I read it again, I want to fine

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<v Speaker 1>tune it. Those things are going to be very hard

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<v Speaker 1>to be made nowadays. Unless I make my father a

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<v Speaker 1>fucking spider man and my mother catwoman. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>what to do but try to go watch turn the

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<v Speaker 1>classic movies go on to the final film noirs. There's

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<v Speaker 1>so much more entertaining. I watched the Sweet Smelling Success

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<v Speaker 1>last night instead of the shit that was on the apps.

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<v Speaker 1>Give me the old days over the new makes me

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<v Speaker 1>more than happy, all right, gang aj Benzi here famous

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<v Speaker 1>of bits. That was your daily Unfiltered podcast for July thirtieth,

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty six. Good talking. We'll do it again tomorrow.
