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Kevin O'Leary

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1515 total appearances

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WWDTM: Kevin O'Leary

We kill them with crappy food.

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WWDTM: Kevin O'Leary

Yes, it's Milton Rockwell, richest man in America in 1952.

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WWDTM: Kevin O'Leary

Safdie called me and said, look... This is Josh Safdie, who... Yeah, Josh, the director, and Ronnie Bronstein's the writer.

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WWDTM: Kevin O'Leary

You know, 20 years earlier at the Shutter's Hotel, which is Santa Monica, I got a call from Mark Burnett, and he was casting for Shark Tank, and I was working on a show in England.

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WWDTM: Kevin O'Leary

He said, you've got to come over and have breakfast with me.

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WWDTM: Kevin O'Leary

I'm casting this new show called Shark Tank, and I'm looking for a real a-hole, and you're it.

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WWDTM: Kevin O'Leary

That's what Mark Brunette said about you.

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WWDTM: Kevin O'Leary

And now, 20 years later, I'm hearing the same story from Safia, looking for the a-hole, and you're it.

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WWDTM: Kevin O'Leary

And I'm starting to think this a-hole thing's really working.

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WWDTM: Kevin O'Leary

And Josh said, he went beyond and he said, I want the first frame to tell everybody that's the a-hole.

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WWDTM: Kevin O'Leary

Without me even saying anything, I was honored.

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And I said to him, maybe I should embrace this a-hole.

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Maybe I should be the best a-hole I can be.

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WWDTM: Kevin O'Leary

Wake up in the morning and be proud of my a-holeness.

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WWDTM: Kevin O'Leary

Because I know with certainty there's light at the end of the sphincter.