Hour 3 – Joey Chestnut, Hating on Bronny

Published Jul 1, 2024, 4:32 PM

Covino & Rich are filling in for the great Dan Patrick! The GOAT of major league eating, Joey Chestnut joins the show & addresses his absence from Nathan's Annual Hot Dog  Eating Contest! The fellas discuss the unhealthy hate towards LeBron James regarding Bronny. Plus, CMC's big wedding & the guys talk unlikely friendships between athletes & entertainers.
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All yeah, Well, in a second, we're going to talk to him, the man of the hour, the guy that we talked about every fourth of July.

Joey Chestnup. But co mean, I one thought.

I looked this up and there's no real answer as to why everyone passed on Aaron Judge back in the day, because he's doing just remarkable things in baseball now.

The only thing I could take.

Out of it is he was six 't seven, skinny and struck out a lot. But even when he was drafted by the Yankees, you know what the sentiment was. The sentiment was Aaron Judge, he probably won't have him played for the Yankees because they have such a deep roster. His agent said, don't get too comfortable with the pinstripes. You're probably not gonna stay here. And that's exactly what was said to Aaron Judge back in the day.

All right, well, without further ado, let's not make the legend. Wait, it's that Joey Chestnut time of the year, everybody, So with glory and renown, we have a surprise guest visit from the Man, the mid the Legend. Let's welcome Fox Sports Radio Nation. I'm building it up. You like this build up, Joey Chestnut, Welcome Bay.

Oh, get on with you guys.

Yeah, man, congrats on everything. I want to talk about what's going on this weekend and all the news. But what's it like for you when you're Joey Chestnut and you just open up social media or just Google news and you see stories about yourself everywhere?

Do you read them? Do you care? Do you get excited about that?

Yeah? I care? It's the Holding's crazy and I uh, this whole it's been a wild ride and I'm still loving competitive eating and I don't know where it's gonna take me, but I'm I'm all in.

Hey, Joey does the Nathan's Contest even matter now that you're not in it, is it like just sort of does it have any credit with no Joey Chestnut in it?

I mean, it's it's still an awesome contest fourth of July. It's the way people celebrate that. People celebrate for the July competitive eating and they love a hot dog. So it definitely has the place in my heart. But dude, they kind of banned me for a reason that then don't still don't make sense. I mean, they can twist and turn it, but uh, they've changed the terms of our agreement and they uh, and they banned me leaguing conversations and uh, that's the way it went.

Do you think they're gonna feel the impact and your value because you were sort of the height, You were the hype man and reason most people tuned in. So is there a part of you that wants them to miss you? Was like, you don't want them to carry on and do great without you? Right, So what are your feelings about that?

Yeah, it's a it's like a weird breakup. As soon as a girlfriend says they don't want to be with you anymore, Like, oh good luck, I'm not I'm not trying to make them regret it. I'm moving on and I'm I'm I'm having a great time. I'm just gonna celebrate for July and I'm gonna still be eating hot dogs.

You know, it's, uh, the analogy of the breakup's good because when you break up, you're like, yeah, I wish you well, but not too well.

And and what's what's interesting.

It's like I'm selling it for Dan Patrick. I'm sure he wants us to do well, but not that great.

Not that right.

Joey, would you say have all your highlights back in the day in the world of competitive eating. We were talking about this just the other day mid contest when some guy jumped on stage and you like, stiffed arm. You stiff armed him mid hot dog. Do you feel like that's your best? Is that your coolest moment?

Oh? That was that was one of the wildest moments. It didn't make sense. I had a broken leg at the time, and uh it was. It was crazy. Yeah, I remember thinking to do what's happened? And once once that timer starts, that doesn't stop. So I had to get back to eating and pull out the way.

You know what I love about that you're in your zone right, Like, you're so in your zone and it was just a natural reaction because most people don't know how they would react in the moment, and your natural reaction was that of an action star. So I give you a lot of credit for that, Joey Chestnut the badass, because I don't know what I would have been in that moment.

I really don't ask them to ly who knows.

I'm sure you would have done it because I, like, I've been training for the event for almost two months and I wasn't gonna let anybody get in between me and the dogs.

Now, now let's break this down.

Because we heard that you weren't doing the Nathan's Competition, right, we heard this, But then a few weeks before, maybe even about a month before, we heard that Kobe Yashi was retiring to focus on his health. Then out of nowhere we read, you guys are doing in this big Netflix special.

Was that Labor day? Weekend? Labor day? You're doing this Netflix deal?

So a part of me, and I'm just saying how I felt in that moment, felt like, what did he have this up his sleeve the whole time?

How did that work? Give us the scoop?

Yeah, we've been working on. Me and Kobe actually been talking for over a year and trying trying to figure out a way to do it. And he he had a falling out with Major League Eating and Nathan's years ago, and I was I was hopeful there was a way we could all I could do this event and and uh and I was excited. It's uh, it's uh, dude, at the big deal? Is this like my biggest rivalry, my biggest rival ever?

Does he have a shot?

Like I know, he's your greatest competition, He's one of the biggest names out there, But in reality, does he have a chance to beat you?

Oh my god, I don't want to. There's one person crazy enough to do it, to push themselves to that crazy limit. It's him. And like you said, he was putting out with this information like he was going to retire, and that came out right because he was also Uh. It took him a while to sign the contract, and then then he told his manager and told my management he's all in and he's trying to go for records, And uh, I believe that way more than believing that he was ever close to retiring.

Joey.

This is you know, your own personal, private sort of deal. But I'm imagining your Netflix deal to do this was big. Does it matter how many people watch? Or did they just work out one sort of contract with you?

You know, I'm not usually I don't don't talk about contract, but it is uh yeah, it's a at a. I think there's a prize involved, which is will be the biggest prize in competitive meetings.

Cool okay, and uh.

Yeah, this is the biggest showdown ever and it's uh and and Netflix is not messing around. They They're They're making this biggest hot hot dog eating contest ever.

Only time, I mean Netflix got the cash.

So I can only imagine Joey Chestnut hanging with Camino on Richie on Fox Sports Radio. Now, you said, Kobyashi, and you both have beef no pun attended with competitive eating with the major league eating. That would be like the NFL saying, yo, mahomes Josh Allen like, yeah, we don't need you.

A big mistake. Is there someone still in that.

World that you that that maybe you mentored or something like, is there an up and comer? Because I don't know anyone besides you, Kobyashi. I remember back in the day we interviewed a guy crazy Legs Kanti. Is there like some new guy that anyone should have been looking out for?

You know, there's some awesome eaters. There's the guy out of Australia. He's very very good. This guy any of the sweetheart good dude. I would hate to see the Mustard belt leave America, but there's a very good chance he'll be going. It'll be going to Australia. There's a guy out of Boston, very very good dude. Jeff and Jeff Esper. Nice guy. He's capable of a mid fIF season. And it's one of the things I'm talking to these guys and now that I'm not there, they feel like it's time for them to they can hopefully get their personal best and uh and I understand that they can feel like they can spread their wings because they have a chance.

We now remember reading that Esper said if he won, he'd put an asterisk next to the victory because he wasn't competing against the best.

That had to make you feel good.

He's a great dude. He's a class act and he man. We messaged each other and I'm i a spot for him. He's a nice guy.

Hey, Joey second in line as far as like, we get excited about the hot dog contests and everything, So what's second after that? As far as competition in major league eating? What's the next big thing that you think might blow up? After hot dogs?

Oh? After hot dogs? They just had a bloone eating contest in May and it was pretty awesome. They actually almost got it on the ESPN.

Which might have the all time record. Didn't you go up just eating blooney sandwiches?

Rich?

Well, dude, I think I hold the record in nineteen eighty nine third grade. Yeah, record, that's all I was mom made for.

Yeah, Joey, let me ask you this, if you are to recommend the right way to eat a hot dog, like, if you're not you know, dipping them in water and you know, shoving them down your throat, you know, winning records and money and breaking all these you know, breaking these records? Are you grilling it on the barbecue? Do you like a boiled hot dog? Or is that grossy? Like if you would actually try to enjoy a dog, how does Joey chest not eat it?

And what do you put on it? Mustard?

Ketchup relish some of those red New York City onions, Like, what's a Joey chest not perfect dog?

Yeah, I'm a boiled hot dog. Grinds my gears, I love. I love a flattop griddle, I'll do. I like charcoal a grill, all though we can taste the charcoal a little bit, uh topping nims mustard, I'll get. I love going southern California getting getting the street dogs wrapped in bacon with with onions and peppers and even mayonnaise on there. I uh yes, I love to eat and but yeah, you're absolutely right for pleasure. I'm not dipping those things in water.

Did you cuts in them when you're you're grilling them?

Do you cut slits at the end or like, you know, do you have a special technique we should try out this holiday weekend?

No, I cutting slipped in. That's that's our shelter. You want flowers on there too?

Thank you, Joey Chestnut, Hey, Joey, tell us about what's going on at Fort Bliss.

Oh yeah, yeah. So after I got uh told I can compete on at Coney Island, Fort Bliss reached out. I've been doing some uh some work with the military in the past, and they reached out and invited me to. Therefore, there's life deleberation. So I'm going out to El Paso, gonna be eating hot dogs against a group of soldiers, all beef hot dogs, and uh, it's gonna be great. I'm gonna be pushing hard and dude, on top of that, my partner impossible. They're gonna be donating one thousand dollars to Operation Homeland for every every hot dog I eat. And there it's gonna be yeah, yeah, there'll be don't Oh my god, I'm gonna be put down at least fifty hot dogs in those five minutes.

Dude, that's awesome, awesome, Yeah, that's cool to have something to check out this weekend.

Joey, let me let me ask you one thing about the impossible Nathan's relationship or lack thereof. Tell us how it actually did go down. Was it did your company did Impossible Foods? They say, hey, listen, we're we're open to this, we're okay within competing, and Nathan's was the one that shut it down.

Like what was the detail that sort of blew this?

Yeah, well, my relationship is Impossiblely, it goes back a little while because I I've told people for years and years that after I, after I eat tons of hot dogs or tons of blowny, I am on a super clean diet and and I do meatless mondays and so so it was it was kind of a natural thing. I can't eat eat pounds and pounds of meat every day and and I uh, and I enjoy impossible products and impossible it's it's different enough from from hot dogs, and that it wasn't it was never part of it was never excluded any of my agreements with Withnthans, Nathan's and Madally Eating and well, as soon as they found out that I was working with them, they they said, no, no, you have to you have to cancel that agreement. They were very controlling and then uh, then they started leaking things to the press media saying I was vegan, and it was it was, it was. It was weird the way they handle it. And uh, most people can say, well, you know, a plant based hot dog is not the same as I'll be a hot dogs, and they shouldn't. They shouldn't feel so threatened.

I have two more questions for you, Joey bummer man.

It is a bummer man, but you know what I'm glad we still get to see you this weekend. Since you're talking about hot dogs and vegan hot dogs and blooney and all these crazy things you eat. Have you ever had I'm from Jersey. Have you ever had Tailor Ham? Are you a fan of Tailor Ham?

Some cool it? Pork roll?

Oh my god? Yeah, well pork roll? Yeah, I hold the record for in southern I no, no, no.

Let's be clear.

I'm from Jersey. I hold the record in pork roll sandwiches. But I'm just kidding. But do you like it?

I love it? You know, it grills up nice and and it's that perfect degree of fat and oily and salty.

Oh yeah, no, it's so great. I'm so gy.

Yeah.

What other records? A lot of people here wondering what other records do you hold?

Oh dude, I have some awesome ones. So that guy I said that blooney one for Elmhill baloney. That was fourteen pounds of blowney and eight minutes, thirteen pounds the rib meat and twelve minutes. And one of my favorites is harbored eggs. One hundred and forty one horrible days, eight minutes.

That's that's amazing, dude. And you know what, that's absurd. Did you hear that? Dude?

I can't imagine, because you know what, we all did some damage this past weekend and we're probably going to do that again this holiday we can coming up. So my last question for Joey Chestnut here on the Cavino and Rich Show and for DP is how do you balance that out? Like, you know, we've met you a few times. You're in great shape, but what's your gym routine like to balance out all this damage you do?

Oh?

The big the biggest thing is cutting calories before and after as soon as soon as I can start eating a super high fiber diet in greens, no sugar, and it's it's sucks. I even have to stop bringing beer afterward because as soon as I start having carved that's when the weight really stays on me. But if I clean afterwards, I can I can lean back to my normal waiting about four days. And uh, yeah, it takes it takes a little bit of a discipline to make sure that, uh that wait doesn't stay on me. And uh because if I if I start getting weight every weekend, then I start losing contests and and Uh, it's losing sucks.

Hey, Joey, I gotta ask because we we bumped into uh all, you know, back in serious XM days. I remember one year I hosted a Hooters pageant and you and Covino were two of the judges. You, I, do you feel like I feel like everywhere I go people love to talk to Joey Chessna. Do you love your level fame where you're not like some A list guy. Everyone's just sort of like, but they know who you are, Like, Hey, Joey Chesna, do you sort of love that pocket?

Oh, it's it's a great pocket. Because there are critics of competitive eating, and very few of those critics ever recognized me. And it's not like like we're a regular athlete. Like Charles Barkley. There's people who hate him and then they yell at him and you have to get in a fight. Usually the people who hate competitiviating don't don't don't ever let they don't recognize me, and I don't have to get fights about it. Uh, it's only it's a great dudes, and uh, and it's easily a party and we get to talk about food.

Well, it's always a pleasure running into you and having you on the show.

And I want to say this. You know, we often talk about.

Goats, Tom Brady's, Michael Jordan's, but there's some people that are left out of the conversation.

You know, who brings up Michael Phelps.

Not too many people, right, you want to talk about Gretzky moving forward, Guys, especially around this time of year, we always got to remember there's only one Joey Chestnut and he is the goat, and he's on our show.

And we thank you very much man, look forward to show this weekend.

Oh, thank you so much.

No, thank you Man so again, catch man cot pliss El Paso. And again we're really happy Danny G got him on the line this morning. As you know, Uh, he's a regular in the fifth hour of Ben Mallor and we were glad to spend a few minutes with Joey Chestnut LBP show.

Because of that. I don't know if you know the deal Danny G made.

You now have to compete against Ben Mallard in a hoto getting hot test.

Yes, I don't know who's got that one. I don't know.

Oh, Ben, he's on these fasts for like sometimes half a week, it seems like, really yeah, I think Covino could take him out unless Ben is just coming off his last fast.

Yo.

Ben is a big boy man. And again we borrow the mean he's moneyball Mallard. Do you have a nickname like that? You mean moneyball mal People call him moneyball mat and we borrow disappearance from Moneyball Mallard. And again thanks again to Danny g and Ben for letting us have Joey Chestnut here for this moment, because again every day there's like breaking news on Joey Chestnut and we share that with you today.

So something to look forward to in the world of.

Competitive eating and all the controversy surrounding it, you know what.

Not talking out of both sides of my mouth.

I take it back, because he's eating beef dogs on the fourth of July. They're not vegan dog. He is the goat and for you know, I do make fun of El Passo. Sorry, I'll passo. But from what Joey chestnutt described, it does seems like it does seem like Nathan's. It's clear they're the ones that sort of we're reluctant to let this happen, like if impossible Foods and Joey Chessnut were like, hey, listen, I'll still do it. I want to do it. And Nathan's took like a weird hard stand, like we're not doing it, Like aren't they Like aren't they screwing themselves over?

In a bit obviously, because I don't think it's much of a he wants to not put it down because it meant so much to him and it built his career. But it's not much of a competition without Joey Chestnut Man, no doubt.

No doubt.

I will listen.

We have plenty to get to here. On Covino and rich.

Listen, there's a hilarious guest that attended a sports wedding over the weekend, and I want to talk about unlikely friendships in the world of sports and entertainment.

We'll get to that.

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CNR on FSR, Covino and Rich and for Dan Patrick, the Dan Slam Day one of four shows. Very excited about it, Live from the Mercedes Benz Studios. I'm Cavino, that is, Joel and Danny Gee are here spots on the videos at Covino and Rich eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox. Thanks again to the Goat Joey Chesna and I met what I said. I'm not a big fan of competitive eating, but you got to acknowledge the guy is the goat, and he rarely comes up in goat conversations unless, of course, you're talking about competitive eating specifically. There's a few guys we often leave out rich Can I just name a few because we always talk Muhammad Ali, we always talk Lebron or Jordan, that's a forever debate. We always say Tom Brady. It's always the same names in the goat conversation. I mentioned Michael Phelps. People fail to bring him up, and I think he's the goat. Tony Hawk, I think, is another one that no one ever brings up in the conversation unless of course you're talking specifically skateboarding. But it's a big deal. He put it on the map. He's the goat. And I'm gonna throw two more out there. You can be like, really, I'm gonna say, well, Dana White says Jones is the goat, but I'm going back. I'm given for what he did for martial arts period, Bruce Lee, an Evil Knieveld, motocross and everything else, So I'm saying they don't get the credit they deserve. And of course the great Joey Chestnut. Just more names for the goat conversation. Tiger Woods. We don't bring him up enough.

Probably.

I mean, listen, there are certain things that are subjective. There's other things that are just fact right, and you just named a lot of athletes that recognized enough or not.

Are the goats.

I want to throw one out there in the world of music, because you're thinking, what rich hip hop, country pop? No, no, no, there's a goat that I don't think gets enough credit because we're so used to talking about the mainstream music, like you said, rock or hip hop pop. John Williams, all the scores he has given us for all of our favorite movies, there is no one close. There's other names in that world. There's other names in that world. But everything every movie that you've ever watched, there's a good chance at the Bill Conti is good, dude, but Bell Cone, They're all good.

But if you looked at the movies, no, it's insane that John Williams.

Yeah, everything from What E T Two, Indiana Jones, Indiana Jones, and Jaws, and it's every major theme.

It really is incredible. It's incredible.

But thanks again to Joey chest Nut, look out for him this weekend in l Passo.

That's where Rich is by right now. Riches in Texas.

Uh.

The rest of the show here in Los Angeles again live from Mercedes Benz Studios. And Rich, I saw one of your boys got married this weekend.

Oh yeah, and I.

Want to I want to talk all about it because there was a very interesting guest at the McCaffrey Culpo wedding.

But I didn't want to bring up one thing we talked about last week.

Let me just let me just get this out there, Kavino, get off my chest, because we did talk about Brownie James and how we should all be thrilled. We should all be like, Yo, what a great story. Father's son. When it was Griffy and Griffy Junior, we were like enamored it. We loved it everything about it. Oh my god, father's son get to play together. Because everyone hates Lebron the sentiment is simply you don't like Lebron, just say because otherwise you would love everything about this father and son getting to play together. I just wanted to point out that Nick Van Exel said that he is super excited for Bronni to be wearing his old number nine.

With the Lakers.

Just want to throw it out there, because everyone seems to be a damn critic and nepotism is like this hot topic in the world of sports. And since I know we didn't want to get into it more than that, I just want to say even Nick Van Exel is excited, because we should all be excited, because I'm stupid.

The word doesn't even sound like what it is, to be honest, it's a weird word, and I think it's odd. I believe if you listen to the promos we play here on Fox Sports. I know it's different everywhere depending on where you're listening, but we played his clip from Jason Smith and Mike Harmon just leading into this, and he's talking about he would do anything and most likely we would do anything to help our kids.

And that's sort of the goal.

Aren't we all working to provide a better life for our kids? Everybody, you're trying to get them into that school, you're trying to pave away, You're trying to be better than the previous generation to help your kids out. Isn't that the name of the game. So when you see Lebron doing it. I saw another meme too. It said, hey, just be cause you can't get your kid a job at Walmart or FedEx, you know, depending on the meme. You know, don't be mad at Lebron James. Look, he's doing what everybody who has kids would do and is doing or trying to do for their kids. It's not like he's breaking any rules or laws trying to do it. Everybody does it.

We all do it.

And how is it that we said this last week on our show. How is it any different than you growing up? Your dad's a contractor, he owns this big construction company. Now you work for the company. The only thing that makes it diff is that is high profile basketball. Yeah, and that's it really Yeah. I mean, dude, you said, we try to do what we can't legally.

I was even gonna mention, like people have done it illegally, and I don't really blame him as much as other people. Like when Aunt Becky Lori Laughlin like went to jail because she lied about her kids college stuff.

I get it she broke the law.

But she said law with the specifically to I know, but no, But what I'm saying is even people that did it illegally. My point is we all would do anything for our kids. I'm watching your Honor on Netflix, The Brian Cranston Show, and My what.

You would do for your kids? What would what you would do for your daughter? Melody?

I can't even imagine. So when people are mad about Bronni and Lebron.

I'll tell you what. I've built a career, Believe it or not. This is a career, guys.

You know over twenty years, twenty five plus years of broadcasting. So you better believe if my kid wanted to get involved in entertainment, I would use every connection.

Possible to help her out.

Dude, isn't that what does when they yeah, again, when you're trying to help your kid out. Isn't it's all based on hate for Lebron period?

Yeah?

But isn't some of this that say, if Brownie was six ' nine, two sixty and had dominated we rally wouldn't be having this big a problem. We'd be like him in the league.

You know what, I think they still would because I think the majority of this sentiment and this hate for this situation comes from the fact that they don't like Lebron.

So even if his kid was.

Like deserving on a different level and he was a monster at sixty nine, I think people would still have something to say about it only because it's Lebron. Because it happens in other places and no one blinks an eye, but because it's Lebron, it's a big deal.

You just I've seen a ton of I mean, I guess you would consider the memes, but they're just comparisons with like Bronni's stats versus a couple players that weren't even drafted.

Yeah, well, now sells more tickets, man, I know.

Well, plus his workout when they collected the stats, a forty one inch vertical at that height, and so it's not like he's not athletics' sid potential, right, and no, potentially they had him take the twenty five threes. He made twenty of the twenty five.

It's a it's a gamble. It's a Cavino at twenty four hour fitness in Woodland Hills.

Yeah, so could I but again, yeah, with no hand, with no hand in his space?

Rich, what happens when a hand goes in Covino space?

Oh?

We known, Covino's the best horse player in the in the valley, the mini you guard him, he's he's got a twelve percent percent.

I retired.

I retired at Horace. I haven't played until Netflix gives me a special. I'm I retired.

He's left handed.

But yeah, I'm over that. As stupid as this sounds, nepotism is stupid. I wrap it up by saying that because we all would do everything we could for our kids, everybody, no doubt, no doubt.

I didn't want to de rally with that.

I know we want to talk about this, and you wouldn't have, but you did, and it's okay.

I guess I'm I guess I'm not. I guess I'm not. I'm to be rich.

Millions of people, all right, I'm not sorry even a little there you go. But I but I, but I but we had planned on talk about McCaffrey and I just threw that at you. But but I knew you had thoughts on it because there's so many parents listening, and they're all hypocrites because every like you said, everything you do from trying to get your kid into a school or getting your kid internship.

You give a great example.

Your daughter super super gifted when it comes to like artistic ability. If she wanted to be a singer songwriter. You're trying to tell me Cavino, who worked in radio the last twenty years. Whenning call all the people he knows at record labels, you'd be stupid not to.

That's why we're working hard so that we can help our kids along the way and be better for them. Every every time you God Roman, dude, we got to a plaud that he was able to create a path for his beautiful family, that his greatness was able to provide this.

He's gonna be the first father son duo. It's something that we should embrace.

And it's all BS.

Yeah, I agree, because he got even drafted exactly, this insane is getting picked up.

He got drafted. It's all BS.

Because again, every time you ask a grown man or a woman, what do you do it all for?

Everyone has the same answer.

I want to provide the life for my kids that maybe I didn't have, or I want to give my kids everything. So here's a here's a man who has kept his nose cleaned, has been a hero that's been hated under the microscope. He has the basketball and and he he looks out for his kid and we're like, I don't know what you would do, Yamron, what you would do? No one cared when washed Old Griffy Senior was taken by the Mariners for that special story, washed old ass Griffy Senior. But he was done by that. It was the story was nice, but Griffy Senor looked like.

Washed. He washed old ass. Gotta be grif Listen, I'm just saying.

You've seen the videos where when they went back to back, I was like, yeah, I didn't know Griffy still was you know, could still do that?

Yeah? Can Griffy Senior's feet like they were hurting as he rounded the basis around the basis.

It looks like.

I was a big fan of his.

So your thoughts, you you could add to it at Covino and Rich at Fox Sports Radio or like we said eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox and we understand people don't like the story.

We get it. I mean we see the feedback.

But I'm telling you it's all rooted in hate for Lebron James, simple as that. And if you would just own up to that, then fine, we can have a conversation about it.

What if he really sucks and then he won't play spot?

Okay, Yeah, I mean that's the thing with it, isn't that the the isn't the whole reason kind.

Of the world.

It's up to that person now to seese that moment kind of, but to like make it sort of like a spectacle, like to have the father son playing together. If it's just a mediocre, lackluster season, bring him up for the n season tournament. It's gonna make Lebron look bad.

But spot, I'll give you an example. We talked about opening doors. Like I saw recently, Emma Roberts was saying that, Yo, everyone criticizes her because she's Julia Roberts niece, but no one points out how Clooney's grandmother was like a superstar back in old Hollywood. You know, Billy Joel's daughter is a talented musician. But guess what the world decided. Yeah, I didn't really care about her songs. You like her dad, and it's you know, you can't you won't stay around if you don't have the goods.

Yeah, they have to deliver, and there might be more pressure on that, but did he really have the goods in the first place.

There was a lot of pressure on Jordan's kids because you know, when he was getting recruited, like one of the stipulations is you have to become a Nike school and you're an Adidas school.

Yeah, and he couldn't cut it, so he dated his teammates mom, teammate's wife.

That's wife for that spot. So shery your thoughts. Like we said at Fox Sports Radio on social media, Mike who runs this place is standing by and Mike who runs his place.

Yeah, looks like Boston. Was that what Jordan's son did? Did he say like, yeah, I can't make it. I can't make it in the NBA, So I'm just gonna bang Pippin's exes.

Did he say I don't know if he used those words exactly, but yeah, yeah, Now I do want to talk about your boy, Christian McCaffrey and the beautiful by the way, they're sickening. Can we point that out? They're gross? I hate them both, Olivia Coopo, they're gorgeous and they got married over the weekend. But there were some other familiar celebrity friends that were there that aren't in the world of sports. That's what makes it interesting. So we're gonna talk about the random friendships in sports and entertainment, and we're gonna get to your phone calls We're gonna do it next right here live Mercedes Benz Studios, Covino and Rich The Dan Slam In for the Great Dan Patrick.

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Before we talk about Christian McCaffrey's wedding and random friendships, mister Gwynn Barkley says, when it comes to nepotism, yeah, we do it all for our kids, but on the outside we always hate people that get a job because they know someone Why because they didn't earn it, and they're taking the spot for someone more deserving.

Nothing to do with feelings of Lebron.

Now, what I have to say to that is, yeah, but the cream rises to the top. You're forgetting the part where the door may be open for that guy, and you might have to fight a lot harder. That's fine, but that dude has to deliver, and if he does, then he deserves it.

Doesn't he he is good enough? Listen.

If not, then the cream rise to the top and you get that opportunity. I'm a firm believer in that. No one was opening doors for Cavino and Rich we're on Fox Sports Radio, and for Dan Patrick. It may have taken a little longer, but in due time, your hard work pays off. Bronni has to deliver at the end of the day.

I mean, listen, there's celebrities with kids that it's like, yeah, it doesn't work out.

I mean, look at Chet Hanks. You a fan of his I'm a big fan of his. Dad.

Tom Lord Renfro says people don't like Lebron because he's arrogant. Bronnie doesn't deserve it because he's not good enough. No one else was gonna draw to him, and just a lot of feedback disagreeing with what we said, and our point was, nepotism's kind of done because we would all do what we could for our kids. He just happens to be more high profile. And what he did was he got his son drafted to the Lakers. Don't be mad that you can't get your kid a job at Applebee's.

You're just jealous.

Yeah, it's a little bit of that, because if you work hard again, firm believer, I'm.

Gonna I'm gonna move on. Cream rises.

Isn't that what the macho man said, cream rises to the dream will rise to the top.

If you're gonna be I'm gonna. I'm gonna tie it all together.

Buddy boy, A show on Netflix that you said was a snoozer, then I thought was sort of fun.

Shane Gillis the show Tires, right.

The whole concept of the show was that this knucklehead is running a tire shop because his dad owns the whole company. Nepotism and he going to Shane Gillis, I'm looking through all the pictures of McCaffrey and Olivia Coulpo's wedding yea, because I follow her on social media.

I mean his daddy played football, yeah, and got him all the best training, didn't you, dad.

So I'm looking through the pictures. My goodness, they're good looking.

I don't want to ask you because I know you want answer, but I'll ask spot spot Yes. Are they number one on the list of couples?

You you would? You'd watch what just.

I mean McCaffrey does nothing for me, though beautiful, and we've had her on the show. We've got him both on the show. Good looking couple.

Oh he's more at the mustache.

Men like schemes and uh to Livy dunt Anyway, so we got the wedding of this super hot model and superstar athlete.

It's the wedding list.

The guests included models, NFL superstars, and you saw the players, wives, the kittles and the use checks and you know, everyone was there having a great time.

And then in the photos, I'm like, wait a.

Minute, I think that's why I tap on the picture to see it tagged.

I'm like, yeah, that is Shane Gillis.

Comedian Shane Gillis is at the McCaffrey Culpo wedding.

How didn't you recod you thought that was some like Lineman or something some.

Random Well no, at first of no, my first thought was a contrest Shane. No, my first thought was what is Shane Gillis doing at McCaffrey's wedding.

I'm like, celebrity slapans with each other. It's a big stroke fest. It's not. It's just out of context a little bit because he's the only non athlete there. But it's just a celebrity thing. Shane Gillis is a celebrity. But I'm with you.

I noticed it.

I mean I thought it was noticeable because it's like all these beautiful models, all these big athletes and goofy.

He asked Shane Gillis, who I love by it? It was jealous. I'm not invited. It's not like Sidney Sweeney was there in the photos. It was like, it's Shane Gillis. Yeah, yeah, I want to say, who was Sidney Sweeney? I'd get it, spot right. I want to play in the room where it happens.

Though, that's not It's not that off the mark because again, there's other random friendships that we could go over in the world of sports and entertainment, and one of mine involves an athlete and a comedian.

I think people just love that stroke fest.

They have that mutual respect for one another because they both admire what each other does.

I saw a clip from over a year ago Gus.

I actually had to investigate this for a second because I'm like, how does Shane Gillis?

I get it.

He's a top tier comedian in these days. Everyone loves him. He got fired from SNL before he started, but then watched.

I think Christian McCaffrey's not watching his.

Clips, So I'm like, how does Shane Gillis become friends with Christian McCaffrey. I'm looking at all the other pictures like, oh, the Olsens are there. I'm like, okay, they played together in Carolina. I'm you know, you're connecting the dots all that that girl modeled with Olivia Shane Gillis. I saw a clip from about a year and a half ago and Shane Gillis was hanging out with Burke Kreischer and they were hanging with Busting with the Boys the Barstool podcast, and Shane Gillis was so excited to meet McCaffrey.

He's like, I'm really pumped. I'm I'm a big fan, and he was fanboying a little bit.

And then McCaffrey in this little video clip, was like, Yo, I'm a big fan of you too. And I wonder if that moment a year and a half ago spurred a friendship of mutual respect where it's like, yo, you're my favorite comic. Well, dude, you're my favorite running back. And here he was a year and a half later. I'm like, Wow, Gillis and McCaffrey an unlikely duo.

I remember very similar to that story. I remember.

Our pal Sebastian Maniscalco telling us that he was surprised to find out that JG Watt was a big fan.

Of his JJ wat was that my show?

And they became buddy chummy as a result, just again out of mutual respect, mutual.

Mutual admiration, I guess. And guy, he is huge, got out of his car.

He was like six foot nine, and they've been front BFFs ever since. In fact, I think Sebastian left us for jj Watt, and I would do JJ Watt.

And Sebastian our pals on social media to again.

Right, And what about what about Snoop and Martha Stewart? I think that's a really random friendship and a genuine one just based on mutual respect. Two worlds collide, rival nations, randomness, worlds are colliding and they get along.

It works.

Speaking of world's colliding a controversial one. Dennis Rodman and Kim Chong Un.

That's that's probably you know what, that's probably the number one answer on it.

That might keep the number one. But if you watch the joke, cool cool under pressure.

Sure.

The Joe Montana documentary very similar to the Shane Gillis McCaffrey story.

Hey Lewis is a big Bay area guy. Yeah.

Hey Lewis would do the national anthem for the forty nine Ers, and every time he would go there, him and Joe Montana had this little bromance where.

They have that butt schin connection, you know what I mean. Like, I think they were cut from the seeing butt chin cloth. They have a vibe, right. I think if you put Huey Lewis in a forty nine Ers jersey, he kind of looks like Joe Montana.

Well, Huey Lewis was like, yo, Joe Montana, I'm a huge fan of Montana. In the eighties, was like, yo, I'm a huge Chilley Lewis fan and they had a pretty solid friendship. In fact, Joe Montana is background vocals. It's a true story. Hip to B Square. The background vocals are done by a bunch of random forty nine ers.

That's the true story.

So random friendships in the world of sports and entertainment based on McCaffrey and Gillis. You want to add to it, hit us at Covino and rich A right again, all right to reap adert you baby, see you in the Promised Land.

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