Presidential Election Predictions, Power Slap & Me Too Movement I Charly Arnolt DSH #378

An incident.

We were playing Truth or Dare

and it was when I was in high school and I was dared to streak down Peyton Mannings driveway and I did it.

No way.

Yeah.

So I don't know if the security footage exists, but I was, yeah, I was naked running down Peyton Mannings driveway.

So yeah.

Peyton, if you're watching this, post it.

Oh wait, you were under 18 though.

I was under 18.

Okay, so that's a sex charge I conjecture.

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All right, Charlie Arnold here today.

We're here for the Super Bowl.

I'm so pumped.

It's going to be a good game.

This is going to be a great game and just everything that's going on in Vegas.

I mean, this is the perfect setting for Super Bowl.

And obviously, as someone who works for UFC as well, it's great because I get to sandwich.

everything and in between one another ahead of UFC.

Then we'll have power slap and then I'll have Super Bowl.

So it's

been a busy week for me.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I've seen you do a bunch of UFC interviews.

You interviewed Dana White a few times.

What was that like?

I mean, Dana's fantastic.

He is one of a kind, genuinely one of the best people I've ever met in my entire life.

I mean, the reason why I respect him so much is because he just wants the people around him to be as authentic as possible.

And that's how he lives his life.

And I feel like he's always really pushed me beyond like my comfort zone, especially when I was at ESPN and I told him I think I might be leaving.

Right.

And I told him what my potential plans were.

And he was so excited for me.

He was like, this is great.

I'm so happy for you.

I knew you were cool.

Now you're even cooler.

So Dana's just great.

That's sick because very few people make that jump from traditional media to kind of your own, right?

Yeah.

It's, it's been interesting.

Although I find that my whole career has really been like very unexpected.

I mean, I never could have told you 10 years ago the different stops I would have made along the way.

And even now, I have to imagine that my next, you know, whatever happens next, I won't be able to predict right now.

That's crazy.

Yeah.

Yes, because WWE was first, right?

Yeah.

Well, first, I was a local news reporter.

I mean, I was like the girl who was toting around the tripod and

in West Virginia.

My first job was in Huntington, West Virginia.

And if you haven't been there, I mean,

major culture shock.

I was like in trailer parks,

interviewing people whose family member had overdosed and died on bath salts, like calling my mom.

I'm like, if you don't hear from me, because I didn't have service, like you should be worried.

Is that where you lived at the time?

Yeah, I lived in Huntington, West Virginia.

My first job out of college, I was in school in D.C.

at American University, and my first job was in Huntington.

So that was first stop.

And then Kansas City, actually,

where I was a breaking news reporter on the morning show.

Back to Indianapolis.

That's where I broke into sports.

And then from there, I got hired by WWE.

So I had like already a whole little route that I took before getting

to, you know, to pro wrestling, which again, never would have told you I'd go there.

And then ESPN.

And then now I'm with Outkick and Fox News.

And UFC also was introduced while at ESPN.

And then they love me so much that they're like, we don't care that you're not with ESPN.

We're going to keep you.

Incredible.

I'm curious about the news reporting because I had Carrie Lake on the show.

Oh, you did?

Carrie is.

She was talking very badly about it.

So what was your experience being a news reporter?

I mean,

it's,

I don't know, for me, it was, it was just a lot.

I mean, there's a lot of stories that personally I could have cared less about that you have, you know, you're forced to cover.

There's all the different types of stories that you immerse yourselves in.

But I don't know.

It was just,

it was a grind.

It was, it was a big grind.

I didn't love it.

Local news, I would never in my life dare to go back another day.

But that's why I got into sports.

News was just, I mean, every day it was just.

I had to stop watching it.

It was just, it was depressing.

So depressing.

I would go to school.

I would watch the news and then go to school.

I'd be depressed by the time I was in school.

You wouldn't watch the news before you went to school?

It It was normal in Jersey, yeah.

Wow.

I grew up hating Republicans because in Jersey, it's heavy Democrats.

So I was like pretty brainwashed, honestly.

It was wild.

Well, what channel were you watching?

I think ABC.

But were you watching national or local news?

Local.

Okay.

Actually,

New York.

So I guess local.

New York, though, I will say, is a bit different.

Like, New York is almost seen as national news in the local scene.

But yeah, I didn't love it.

That's why I got into sports, and it's so much better.

I mean, it's more uplifting.

The worst thing that happens is generally your team loses and you move on to the next game.

But I still am now at Fox News.

I'm actually getting to do a lot more news.

I'm doing politics.

I'm doing pop culture.

So it's actually kind of come full circle when now I am back in news as well.

Nice.

I love it.

And that led to you getting on Maxim, right?

Isn't this crazy?

That is nuts.

It's crazy.

Well, they called me and I was like, I'm sorry, do you have the right number?

So that was really cool.

And I was actually surprised that I was allowed to do it because I know that Maxim is a bit racier.

I mean, everyone knows, you know, when you think of Maxim, you think it's a bit more risque.

And

they had no issue with me doing it.

So I was super pumped, and the shoot itself was awesome.

I got to work with Jill Benson.

He's one of the premier photographers in the world.

Wow.

And it was just, you know, he's like, just trust it.

Don't worry about it.

And I just kind of let go of all my inhibitions and we came out with some great shots.

Love it.

Now, you had some interesting takes on your Twitter.

I want to go through a couple of these.

You tweeted out that vegans are unhealthy mentally and physically.

Yes.

Why do you feel that way about vegan?

I mean, we're meant to eat meat.

Look at the caveman days.

I mean, were they looking and, you know, scouring for greens to pick?

And no, they were eating meat and they were very healthy.

I mean, just look at the body types throughout the years, too.

I mean, we progressively are looking less healthy.

And I think it's because we are force-feeding ourselves these horrendous diets that not only is you know big corporations pushing on us, but also the government.

I mean, even the government has said that the climate is being affected by people eating too much meat, which is absolutely ridiculous.

I don't agree with the whole green agenda.

The climate change thing is such a hoax to me, but I just think that there's so many people who have done

the studies and have looked at the science, and it's not meat that's causing the problem.

It's all of the processed garbage and chemicals that are in a lot of the foods that we're consuming now.

And it's really quite unhealthy.

It's unhealthy.

And those companies that are doing the processed stuff are funding the studies.

Of course.

you can't even get around i mean i'm really into health now and like so much so that i look at the ingredient label for everything i mean if there are seed oils i try my best to avoid it like i don't use canola oil anymore sunflower oil all of that i mean i only use olive oil avocado oil and coconut oil so i mean it and it makes such a difference oh yeah i had to give up chipotle i used to eat it every day it was what's in chipotle i just had to use uh they use seed oils oh they do there's an app called wasn't i thought they

they announced they might change it?

Oh, that was okay.

Well, then no more Chipotle for me either.

Download Seed Oil Scout.

It's an app.

It tells you about every restaurant.

I know Seed Oil Scout.

Yeah.

Literally every fast food place.

Well, it's crazy because I was walking in New York.

It was a few months ago, and I was outside of Ruby Rosa, which is a, I don't know if you are familiar with the New York restaurant scene.

It's a very popular Italian restaurant in Nolita.

And, you know, they serve you olive oil.

I'm sure they're cooking, you know, touting that they're probably using great ingredients.

I saw a massive jug outside on the street that they were tossing out their trash, and it said olive oil and canola oil mixture.

I mean, they are just buying them by the freaking gallons.

And I'm like, that's so disgusting.

So, you know.

Yeah, they're all about margins with restaurants, which is kind of the problem.

So you very rarely find one that will use quality oils.

Right.

You know what I mean?

You also tweeted out you're not a fan of Jimmy Kimmel.

Yeah, Jimmy Kimmel is a bit of a baby.

I think he's like one of those people, he dishes all this, you know, stuff out, like all these jokes.

And, oh, it's just a joke.

We have this team of researchers to make sure everything we're saying has you know a bit of validity behind it which is in fact so untrue by the way that half the stuff he says is ridiculously untrue uh and it's all targeted at very specific people we have probably realized uh and i just the whole thing with uh aaron rogers was insane i mean he was like i'm gonna sue you because you called me a pedophile listen Listen to what Aaron Rodgers said.

He did not call him a pedophile and it just created all this drama.

But we know why.

Aaron Rodgers, because he's conservative, because he's anti-vax.

That's the only reason that Jimmy Kimmel was coming after him and then couldn't tolerate the stuff coming back his way.

I'm a fan of this new Aaron Rodgers, man.

I love Aaron Rodgers now.

I actually didn't love him when he was playing years ago.

He always just came across to me as like,

yeah, I don't know.

I just kind of was turned off by him a little bit, but now that I kind of see where it's coming from, I love him.

I love it.

I love it.

He's the only player speaking his mind.

You know, I do wonder how many other players feel the same way, way, though.

It's got to be a ton, but the thing is, he's made his money already.

Yeah.

So he could leave the game.

But he doesn't, yeah, he doesn't.

And kind of similar with Pat McAfee, like Aaron Rodgers knows that he's needed more than he needs, you know, the NFL at this point, for example.

So I just, I don't think he has anything to lose.

And he's already gone this far.

He might as well keep going.

Absolutely.

Shout out to Aaron, man.

Keep doing what you're doing if you're watching this.

You also said it's hard to take the Me Too movement seriously.

Yeah.

That was an issue take coming from a story.

Yeah, yeah.

You know, I just, and it's, it's actually horrible because I have to second guess every story that I hear now.

You know, even, for example, the Vince McMahon stuff that just came out a couple, I guess, days ago at this point.

You know, there was the woman at the company who

revealed all of this, you know, this relation.

It was pretty crazy.

And I will say it's disgusting, you know, but.

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You have to look at why is she coming now?

And it's because she was supposed to get a payout, $3 million.

She only got a million dollars.

So that's $2 million short.

So then she decided to go public.

Yeah.

And so, you know, it's tough because

when you look at the situation and how long it went on for and the things that happened, it's like, okay,

was Vince McMahon wrong?

Sure, you know, for having this type of relationship and, you know, allowing it to go in the direction, but why was she engaged in that relationship and why didn't she put an end to it sooner or say something sooner?

You know, I don't know, maybe she was trying to work her way up in the company.

And that's it.

And I just have a problem with now that you're not getting paid, now you come public.

So it's a timing for you.

Yeah, it's, it's just, it's not about, it could have very well been mutual.

So I just don't like that.

I don't like to portray men as being

the devil if the woman is just as complicit in the situation.

I mean, look at Trevor Bauer, too.

He was completely dragged through the mud, and it was turned out that he did absolutely nothing wrong.

And now he still can't get a job in MLB.

Yeah, it just happened to Jonah Hill, happened to Trump, almost every time.

It's happening to Russell Brand.

Oh, yeah.

I mean, there's just so many stories now, and it drives me nuts.

And now, you know, as a woman, I feel like they're doing so much damage because there are women out there who are victims.

Right.

And now you have to question the validity every single time of is your story true and what's the motive behind it.

And I think that it's just the Me Too movement and what it aimed to do has disappeared.

Yeah, I think the intentions were right at first and then they got a little too carried away.

Yeah, people realized that there was money to be made and maybe clout to gain.

And so they started using the Me Too movement for the wrong reasons.

It ends a lot of athletes' careers, too.

It's horrible.

I mean, I feel bad for these guys.

And I think a lot of people are becoming more aware, you know, when a girl slides in your DMs, like what you say back and how they treat, you know, the different types of situations, which, you know, you should be careful because you do have a lot to lose.

And I think even more normal people should be careful with how they, you know, treat various situations.

But, you know, it's also, it's your life.

You know, you shouldn't have to tiptoe around every single thing with the worry that someone's going to try to take you down.

Right.

So you got the Mewtwo movement.

You also got cancel culture movement.

Yes.

Yeah.

And I actually feel like I've been semi-canceled in a few moments now that I've started airing out my opinions.

Which one specifically got some backlash?

You know, I'm really having a hard time with the trans movement.

And it's not about,

it's not about me not thinking that people should be able to live their lives the way they want.

Do exactly what you want to do when you want to do it.

That's not my business.

Just like my business isn't your business.

And, you know.

No one should be shamed for whatever they choose to do, but I don't think it should be forced upon other people.

Like, I don't take my sexuality and try to force it on others.

So I don't understand why we're in a situation now where kids are being taught, you know, about all of this stuff at a young age that's not correct.

I just think that there's so much pollution right now on social media and it's doing such damage to kids.

And they're not able to make decisions for themselves because they have all of this stuff just being thrust at them so much.

So now you have kids who are already probably so confused.

You know, you remember when you were growing up?

Yeah.

It's like, I was a tomboy.

It wasn't like, oh,

I love sports.

I was put on an all-boy soccer team once, in fact, because my name was Charlie and they were like, oh, she's a boy.

So, you know, but it wasn't a situation where someone was like, you know, you love sports.

Maybe, maybe you are a boy.

Maybe like you identify as a boy.

No, that wasn't what it was.

And if someone would have said that,

holy like, what if I, you know, did something crazy?

And that's what's happening now.

It's, bad.

You know, it's, it's not.

Kids are confused.

They're growing up.

That's part of growing up.

They shouldn't be indoctrinated by their teachers who they have these close relationships with and spend all their time with, and even more so than their parents in some situations.

Right.

And it's, it's horrible.

Yeah, you got to worry about that.

And also the teachers are putting these kids on medications, ADD medications, Adderall.

Yeah, I mean, that's terrible.

Every little thing now is diagnosed as, oh, you have something wrong with you and you need medication for it.

And that's another problem, you know, is just

you're not letting people figure it out on their own.

You're just medicating them, and that's it.

There's like no independence now.

They want everyone to be the same.

Yeah.

And that's one of the things, you know, when I said that, everyone came out at me, oh, you're transphobic, you're hateful, and especially a lot of the WWE fans because they have a big LGBTQ community.

Oh, I didn't know that.

Yeah.

And that's great.

And I've always been very supportive of everybody.

I have tons of friends who are gay and I don't look at them any differently than I I would my straight friends.

Uh, but yeah, just people were like, Oh, I can't believe it.

You know, you were so, you were so tolerant and accepting when you were in WWE and now that you're on Fox and working for Outcake, you're just a bigot.

And I'm like, What, what are you talking about?

I mean, it's just crazy.

Yeah.

Does the hate ever get to you or are you kind of just

you know, it did for a little bit at the beginning.

It was just like, geez, like, do I, do I want to do this?

Like, do I want to say these things?

Um,

because it, it, it hurts, you know, because I know that I'm a super tolerant person and I'm actually, there's nobody in the world that I would choose not to be friends with because of the way that they choose to live their lives.

But I also then realized that there was a lot of people who were very supportive of what I was saying.

And I had a lot of people reaching out saying, thank you so much for saying, especially like the

trans athletes thing, you know, like it's

Great, play your sport, but you can't, you know, come and trample on women's successes and take away their opportunities

because you identify differently like that's that's not cool or fair or right and so I had a lot of people who were saying thank you and especially even people from ESPN reaching out to me and saying hey we can't say anything so thank you for being the one to say something that's cool yeah I saw that man the swimming guy yeah Leah Thomas yeah that was terrible which it's like for ESPN it's women's month you know and they they make this whole thing we want to stay out of politics we don't want to get involved but then yet you make such a strong stance putting out a tribute video for Leah Thomas during Women's Month.

Yeah.

Give me a break.

I'm really curious how the next Olympics are going to handle that issue.

Well, you know that Leah Thomas is trying to file a lawsuit against the governing body of the Olympics so she can compete in the Paris Olympics this summer.

Yeah.

I wonder.

So I don't, I hopefully, I've been told by people who are, you know, more in the know that they don't think she'll be successful.

But still, the fact that this is even happening, like, what world are we living in?

Yeah, that's a 300-year-old organization, the Olympics.

Yeah, Yeah, I mean, it's just

women have had Title IX to protect themselves for so long.

And now we're just like, oh, never mind.

Yeah.

You talk about some controversial stuff, and now you're even doing politics, right?

Yeah.

Are you backing anyone publicly yet?

Yeah.

I mean, I've been a Donald Trump fan forever.

He's

the policies that he puts in place are the ones that we need.

I mean, it doesn't take someone even to veer one way politically or another to realize like the condition our country's in right now.

The economy's horrible.

You have tons of people living paycheck to paycheck.

I mean, even when I go to the grocery store, I'm alarmed by how expensive things are.

Dropping like 500.

It's stupid.

I mean, I walk out with one bag of groceries and it costs me $100.

So I feel for the people who are feeding families.

You know, I'm just on my own.

I don't have to pay for kids and everyone else.

But think about people that have two, three, four kids.

And

that sucks.

And then additionally, just the border situation is,

what are we doing?

Truly, like, there are no laws anymore.

Just the other day in New York, you had illegal immigrants who were beating up New York City cops.

Wow.

And they were released without bail.

They went to jail for like two seconds, released, and it's just there's no laws anymore.

That's crazy.

So, can anyone just go through the border right now in Mexico?

Literally, you can walk through.

You literally just walk through.

There's no one even in there.

There's nothing in place.

What?

Yeah.

I mean, it's,

I think in December, 300,000 illegal immigrants came over.

Jeez.

And there's, and they don't, they're not documented.

They can, when they get out, you know, in the airports, they don't have their photo taken.

They're put on planes without any type of security screenings, without health screenings.

Could you imagine?

I mean, we have TSA.

9-11 occurred.

We put all of these security measures in place, right, to ensure that there was

much more safety.

I mean, because look what happened, right?

Look what happened when there was people slipped through the cracks.

We had terrorists on planes and it was incredibly horrible what happened.

And now we're letting people get on the plane without having any type of security screening.

Yeah, I wonder what that is.

Who's to say that something horrible couldn't happen as a result of that?

For sure.

Or disease being spread.

You know, you're in close quarters.

I don't know.

I wonder what their thought process is by allowing it by opening it.

Did they ever release that?

Or

listen, it's

all a part of the government's plan.

I mean, we have a,

you know,

kind of, I guess, a legacy in this country.

You know, we have of the people that I don't really want to get into all of that because, you know, if you get into like a little bit of racial stuff,

but yeah, I mean, eventually we are going to be predominantly, I think the makeup of this country is very quickly changing.

But they like that because that equals votes for the Democrats.

Wait, so if you're not a citizen, can you vote right now?

If you are not a citizen,

no, technically, you can't vote, but they're very quickly

pushing all of that through where you do have the rights

to

be involved politically in this country and all that.

Whereas the people who are coming over legally have much more difficult processes that they must go through.

So it just doesn't make sense.

Yeah, I feel like this election coming up is one of the most important.

It's very important.

It's so important.

I can't even imagine this situation that we're going to be going through if Joe Biden is reelected.

I don't even think Joe Biden could handle four more years in office.

I mean, look at the decline that he's going through right now.

Did you see the James O'Keefe thing recently?

Yeah, he exposed him.

He got dementia and all that.

Oh, yeah, absolutely.

I mean, he's clearly not well.

And

what's going to happen if he gets voted in and can't continue?

Kamala Harris is our president.

I mean, that's her approval rating is even worse than Joe Biden's.

It's Donald Trump or Joe Biden at this point.

And I hope to God it's Donald Trump.

We'll see if America learned.

I mean, I thought.

There's a lot of people who are switching over now, though.

Like, people you didn't expect.

I think Snoop Dogg just endorsed Donald Trump.

Really Trump.

Used to hate him.

Yeah.

Damn.

Hated him.

But that's what I'm saying.

A lot of people, it's not Michael Rappaport.

He switched over.

He is the biggest liberal ever.

And even he said, I'm not counting on voting for Donald Trump.

Wow.

Because people are just sick of what's going on.

He's a New York City guy.

New York City is in shambles.

It's a sanctuary city.

So all of these immigrants that are coming over, they are welcome with open arms into New York City.

And Eric Adams just launched this program where now they're giving prepaid credit cards to illegals.

Wow.

So me and you, who are law-abiding citizens, you know, legal in this country, you know, we don't get the same benefits.

They get cell phones, they get credit cards, they get hotel rooms.

And that's awesome.

And

all of that's being paid by New York City residents.

The city tax.

Yeah, and

kids are being kicked out of their their schools right now to give shelter to migrants.

There's so many different areas that are being affected by this.

And it's only going to get worse.

It's wild to see how these amazing cities I grew up with, like aspiring, like New York City, LA, San Diego, are like holes now.

I mean,

have you been to San Francisco lately?

I hear it is,

I mean, I hear it's horrible.

Same.

Yeah.

It's like a zombie town.

You walk around, there are people just like, you know, on drugs, like not knowing where they're at.

There's needles everywhere.

There was an In-N-Out burger in Oakland, open 18 years, still profitable.

Only In-N-Out burger in Oakland just shut down

because of all the crime.

They're like, it's not that we're not turning a profit, we just can't keep the doors open because we literally watch crime happening in the parking lot.

It's terrible.

I just went to San Diego for Christmas, so there was more homeless people than regular people on some of the streets I was walking, and I literally felt unsafe on

San Diego.

That's how I mean, it's it's happening all over the place.

I don't, I don't understand what the goal is here.

I mean, we see it.

Yeah, it's It's not like the facts and the evidence aren't there.

So, why are we just allowing this to happen?

I mean, even with what was going on in Texas with the border,

they wanted to be able to cut down all the wires, you know, and it's why.

Why would we make it even easier for the illegals to come through?

But that's the point:

there are different goals in mind.

We'll see what happens there.

Now, you're very skinny.

I saw a clip that you admitted

to taking Ozempic, but you're already super skinny, so I'm confused.

Okay, so it was kind of more of just a YOLO moment.

Yeah.

Everyone was, you know, talking about Ozempic, what it does, and I was like, I just wanted to see how it affected me.

So my doctor was able to give me a shot.

And I unfortunately did it right before Thanksgiving, which horrible timing.

And it works.

Yeah.

I mean, I was completely turned off by food.

Wow.

It not, I mean, it nauseates you, though.

Like, it's, it's not pleasant.

So I couldn't eat chicken for months afterwards because there was one incident where I opened, I had chicken at work and I opened up the Tupperware and the smell, I was like, oh my God.

So then I was turned off my chicken.

But yeah, it absolutely works, but it's horrible for you.

Yeah.

A lot of people are on it right now.

There was a girl who has diarrhea for life now.

Why?

Because of Ozempic.

It completely messed up her intestinal tract.

And now for life, she will have this condition that gives you diarrhea.

That's horrible.

Horrible.

I would never want that for life.

No, that's.

I mean, it wasn't worth it, right?

Oh, that is gross.

But thank you for calling me skinny.

I'll take it.

Yeah.

I mean, it's the first thing I noticed, honestly.

Favorite interviews you've ever done?

Favorite interviews.

Let's see.

Dave Portnoy.

Oh, Dave Portnoy was cool.

Yeah.

I got to go to his pizza festival, which was awesome.

It was raining.

But, you know, all in all, still a great event.

And I love him.

Dave Portnoy, same thing.

Same as Dana.

Like, Dana also, I know I get to interview him more and more now, but I never

becomes less interesting because he's such a cool guy.

But yeah, I love that Dave

is

the same as a lot of us now,

speaking his mind, unafraid, unapologetic.

And I think more people, you know, at these organizations that have become more Barstow is very mainstream now.

I need people like that at the helm.

He got me too also, and he survived.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, of course he did.

You know, he's people look at him as an easy target.

Yeah.

You know, and

thankfully, he was not afraid and you know, fought back and prevailed there.

Yeah, I was cheering for him there, yeah, but he was getting man, that media was free.

I also interviewed Peyton Manning back in the day, and as a Indianapolis girl, uh, that was fantastic, he's great.

I love the Mannings.

I was a Giants fan growing up and living in Jersey, so that's awesome.

Yeah, so Peyton Manning was a cool one.

Oh, and I used to trick-or-treat at his house growing up, really?

Yep, king-sized candy bars.

I was gonna ask

I do that now.

There was actually an incident we were playing Truth or Dare,

And it was when I was in high school.

And I was dared to streak down Peyton Mannings driveway, and I did it.

No way.

Yeah.

So I don't know if the security footage exists, but I was, yeah, I was naked running down Peyton Mannings Driveway.

So

paying if you're watching this, post it.

Oh, wait, you were under 18, though.

I was under 18.

Okay, so that's a sex charge, I think, actually.

You started a company called Bring Your Own Vibe.

Yeah.

What is that about?

So

I need to reintroduce that back into the

life events.

I put that on hold for a little bit.

But what it was is I was organizing dinner parties

and I actually just got the trademark approved.

So that's good.

Nice.

Bringing people together that normally would never have met under normal circumstances.

It was a hidden guest list.

I was inviting people just based on people that I thought would bring good energy into the room.

Nice.

So you come, you bring a bottle of wine, and it's just a way to kind of get to know someone that, again, sitting next to someone you never met before, mostly.

And there is a gratitude aspect involved.

So I would pose a question

after everyone had eaten their dinner.

And I was cooking, by the way.

Hopefully, you know, once we bring it back, I can get it catered because cooking for 15 people, not an easy task.

Cooking for myself sometimes is an easy task, but I would introduce a question like, for example, who is someone in your life that deserves credit that they're not getting right now?

And people,

you know, I think when you take a second to really think about that,

there's plenty of people that come to mind, but the stories that were shared at the table kind of inspired others to be more open.

You had a couple people that maybe said, I don't want to talk about this.

This is, you know, I'm not comfortable sharing this with this group.

But then they would hear other people talk and they would say, oh, you said your sister.

Well, I actually feel the same way about my sister.

Or, and it got it gets very deep um it's almost like a really intense therapy session wow and it's crazy because you're being so vulnerable around people that you've never met before strangers and it really is powerful and people would leave and say

i feel so much better like this was one of the most memorable nights i've ever had in my life.

That's super cool.

And it just, it feels really good.

It's like you, you leave with a weight being lifted off your shoulders.

And I think that's what we're missing right now in the world.

You know, there's a lack of vulnerability, vulnerability,

also just a lack of, you know, in-person communication.

Like you go out so many nights and I feel like you have conversations with people that are just meaningless, right?

You leave being like, okay, that was fine, but I don't really feel like I got much out of it.

And this was different.

Like you left and being like, okay, intention.

That meant something.

Yeah.

What inspired you to start this?

I actually was inspired by a friend of mine, Chris.

He started something similar and he's been very successful with it.

But obviously I bring a different energy and vibe than Chris does.

And I sat down with him.

I said, I would love to follow in your footsteps and produce something of my own in this vein.

And so he helped me with it.

He kind of gave me some tips.

And actually, one of the things that I did to prepare for it was I took a masterclass on negotiation.

And it was led by a guy who was the head of a SWAT team.

Was it Chris Foss?

Yes.

Yeah, he came on on the show.

I love him.

Yeah, and I did that.

And the way that he leads conversations, you know,

is a very important tactic when leading these discussions as well.

It's very powerful.

So, yeah, I took that masterclass.

And, you know, there's just different techniques that you can use to get people to open up in situations and really help them to delve into what they're saying and dig a little deeper.

So

it's cool.

So.

I'm going to have another and you're invited.

I'd love to come to that.

Yeah.

Get some trauma off my shoulders.

Yeah, we all have it.

Because we don't like to, like, like you said, it's kind of like being vulnerable.

It puts yourself in a weak spot.

Yeah.

And some people see it as weakness, you know, but in a controlled environment like that, I feel like it's.

I just feel like if we all lived our lives just saying what was on our mind and just not worrying about what other people thought and like just really speaking from the heart,

I just can't imagine what type of world it would be compared to what it is now.

Just right now, it just feels so fake.

Agreed, but there's a limit.

When you're crying on camera, I feel like, you know what I mean?

You're just asking for attention sometimes.

Oh, I mean, yes.

I mean, there are some people who, yes, need to just shut up.

But there's a lot of other people

that I wish would be more vocal.

Right.

I think a lot of the issues we face right now, if people would just be up front, we probably would be in a very different place.

I love that.

Yeah.

Yeah.

From the East Coast.

That's how we roll.

Yeah.

There's no other way.

And it's funny because I'm from Indianapolis originally.

But when I went to college, I went to school in D.C.

Again, I think I told you that.

Everyone was like, where are you from?

New York, Jersey?

Like right away.

I'm predominantly Sicilian.

So I like, I've always just been like very like loud and like fiery.

And I talk with my hands.

And I was like, no, I'm from Indianapolis.

And they're like, no.

I'm like, no, I swear.

I don't believe you.

So, yeah, I definitely, the East Coast vibe is always been a part of me.

I get that from you for sure.

Charlie, it's been fun.

Anything you want to close off with or promote?

No,

I mean, I think the Maxim magazine is still on newsstands.

Go grab yourself a copy.

And I'm doing my show on Outpick five days a week Um, where I'm we're actually gonna go through a little bit of a rebrand where I'm gonna get to do a lot more stuff that I'm passionate about, so that'll be fun.

And then

all over Fox and then UFC, and probably much more to come.

So, yeah, I'm adding to the resume day by day.

Let's do it, we'll link it all in the video.

Thanks for coming on.

Yeah, thank you.

Yeah, thanks for watching, guys.

As always, see you tomorrow.