Dan Savage

Well, thank you so much. Thank you.

Well, thank you so much. Thank you.

Whenever I want to talk at the top of the show about a viral video, Nancy reminds me that podcasting is not a visual medium and people can't see the video I'm talking about. And she's right. Nancy is always right about everything.

Whenever I want to talk at the top of the show about a viral video, Nancy reminds me that podcasting is not a visual medium and people can't see the video I'm talking about. And she's right. Nancy is always right about everything.

But in this instance where I'm going to talk about a viral video at the top of the show, I'm really glad I can't show it to you because if you haven't seen it, consider yourself lucky. I saw it. I wish I could unsee it. And everyone who works at HUD, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, saw it yesterday. I'm sure they all wish they could unsee it too.

But in this instance where I'm going to talk about a viral video at the top of the show, I'm really glad I can't show it to you because if you haven't seen it, consider yourself lucky. I saw it. I wish I could unsee it. And everyone who works at HUD, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, saw it yesterday. I'm sure they all wish they could unsee it too.

It was the first day everyone at HUD, per Elon Musk's orders, had to be back in the office five days a week. And when I say everyone at HUD saw this video, I mean everyone. This short AI generated video played for five world without end minutes on repeat on every video monitor in the building.

It was the first day everyone at HUD, per Elon Musk's orders, had to be back in the office five days a week. And when I say everyone at HUD saw this video, I mean everyone. This short AI generated video played for five world without end minutes on repeat on every video monitor in the building.

And I made the news, which is how those of us who don't work at HUD got to see it or were forced to see it. What the video shows in an extreme close-up is Donald Trump on his knees worshiping Elon Musk's feet, sucking Musk's big toe.

And I made the news, which is how those of us who don't work at HUD got to see it or were forced to see it. What the video shows in an extreme close-up is Donald Trump on his knees worshiping Elon Musk's feet, sucking Musk's big toe.

And superimposed over the video are the words, long live the real king, which is a reference to something Trump posted last week where he described himself as the king. I had two intrusive thoughts while I watched this video. First, Musk appears to have two right feet. His big toes are on the left side of both of his feet, which confusingly makes them two right feet.

And superimposed over the video are the words, long live the real king, which is a reference to something Trump posted last week where he described himself as the king. I had two intrusive thoughts while I watched this video. First, Musk appears to have two right feet. His big toes are on the left side of both of his feet, which confusingly makes them two right feet.

Look down at your right foot and you will see that your big toe is on the left side of your right foot and your big toe is on the right side of your left foot. Both of Musk's toes are on the right side. So clearly some bugs left to work out with AI generated foot fetish video technology. The other thought, in addition to, blech, was how did this video play?

Look down at your right foot and you will see that your big toe is on the left side of your right foot and your big toe is on the right side of your left foot. Both of Musk's toes are on the right side. So clearly some bugs left to work out with AI generated foot fetish video technology. The other thought, in addition to, blech, was how did this video play?

How did it go over with, I mean, foot fetishists who have to see their kink, a hugely important part of their sexuality, used in this way, instrumentalized in this way, to demean a public figure? The hope here, of course, what motivated whoever made this video, is that the shame, the shame of being associated with something so depraved

How did it go over with, I mean, foot fetishists who have to see their kink, a hugely important part of their sexuality, used in this way, instrumentalized in this way, to demean a public figure? The hope here, of course, what motivated whoever made this video, is that the shame, the shame of being associated with something so depraved

will drive a wedge between Trump and Musk and get us to the inevitable rupture in their relationship maybe a little sooner. Now, for some foot fetishists, shame is definitely part of the turn-on or it's bound up with it. But that's not true for all foot fetishists. Being into shame and degradation is its own kink. Being into feet, however, is just one of the many forms partialism takes.

will drive a wedge between Trump and Musk and get us to the inevitable rupture in their relationship maybe a little sooner. Now, for some foot fetishists, shame is definitely part of the turn-on or it's bound up with it. But that's not true for all foot fetishists. Being into shame and degradation is its own kink. Being into feet, however, is just one of the many forms partialism takes.

Partialism, a sexual interest or attraction to a particular part of the body. No one says that a person with a thing for boobs or butts, also partialisms, are perverts. And yet I've seen a thing for feet defined as the most common form of sexual fetishism for otherwise non-sexual objects or non-sexual body parts.

Partialism, a sexual interest or attraction to a particular part of the body. No one says that a person with a thing for boobs or butts, also partialisms, are perverts. And yet I've seen a thing for feet defined as the most common form of sexual fetishism for otherwise non-sexual objects or non-sexual body parts.