David Sampson

Hold on, because yes, I was waiting for you to say illegal.

Because if you share a duty, you cannot do something that's illegal.

You don't represent the country.

You represent your shareholders and your investors.

I appreciate what a good person you're trying to be, but it's incredibly misguided, not as who you are, John Skipper.

It's misguided as someone who is representing investors or as a shareholder himself.

And frankly, the argument ended the minute you said you don't own any shares.

that is legally able to be accepted by the company, then you are obligated to take it.

Should you choose, by the way, that's assuming you choose to sell.

There's people who make offers all the time for assets and the holders of the assets decide they don't want to sell the asset, even if some people think, wow, that's an amazing price.

You are not obligated to sell an asset as a fiduciary.

John, you're framing it in a way to make me out to be this sort of robotic capitalist.

And I know that's your favorite caricature of me.

but I'm talking about the reality of when you're examining deals, this is not the Chinese or the Russians.

This is Netflix and Skydance.

It's really not anything other than two bonafide purchasers.

And you do have the obligation to make sure that you choose the best and highest bid.

And especially when you say everything else being equal, you're damn right you take the extra dollar.

Pablo, when you were examining possible partnerships for Pablo Torre Finds Out, do you agree that what was in your head and without too much under the kimono, when you've got, and you had several, as you should, it's such a great show that you do, several different bidders, when you're evaluating the bids, do you remember there's a time when you said, well, that bid, and whichever one, it doesn't matter, but that bid, that is, if they go to this number, then I have no choice.

It's irresponsible not to accept that bid.