Kyle Tequila

I was healthy. I had a wife and we were already talking about raising a kid. I was, I was healthy. I'm healthy and I'm in a good place and I felt like I could do it. So I immediately kind of like figured out rehabs, like whatever that means. I started calling around and I got him a spot at this detox facility in Southern California and then put him on a flight from Chicago to LA the next morning.

I was healthy. I had a wife and we were already talking about raising a kid. I was, I was healthy. I'm healthy and I'm in a good place and I felt like I could do it. So I immediately kind of like figured out rehabs, like whatever that means. I started calling around and I got him a spot at this detox facility in Southern California and then put him on a flight from Chicago to LA the next morning.

And I picked him up at the airport and he just was the skeleton of a person. It was, Really awful. I mean, like he didn't have a belt on his pants were just like falling down. He's constantly lifting his pants up. Just really sad, really sad state. And, um, you know, I drove him to the airport and it was pretty much a silent drive. And so I dropped him off and that's what you do.

And I picked him up at the airport and he just was the skeleton of a person. It was, Really awful. I mean, like he didn't have a belt on his pants were just like falling down. He's constantly lifting his pants up. Just really sad, really sad state. And, um, you know, I drove him to the airport and it was pretty much a silent drive. And so I dropped him off and that's what you do.

You drop him off and you leave. And then he started getting clean as you do, hopefully. And then I would visit him and then he would slowly start opening up all this stuff to me. And it wasn't a lot. It was just like, you don't really know who I am. And, you know, I used to do bad things and, you know, it was just like a lot of little hints, you know, breadcrumbs kind of thing.

You drop him off and you leave. And then he started getting clean as you do, hopefully. And then I would visit him and then he would slowly start opening up all this stuff to me. And it wasn't a lot. It was just like, you don't really know who I am. And, you know, I used to do bad things and, you know, it was just like a lot of little hints, you know, breadcrumbs kind of thing.

I don't know if he's on drugs. Like, I don't know if it's like some heroin hangover or if, you know, he's just like hallucinating. I don't, I don't really take any of this stuff, you know, on face value. So when he does get sober and I know he's sober and we're having conversations and he's like, kind of like, you know, the old Ken is, I can kind of see it a little bit.

I don't know if he's on drugs. Like, I don't know if it's like some heroin hangover or if, you know, he's just like hallucinating. I don't, I don't really take any of this stuff, you know, on face value. So when he does get sober and I know he's sober and we're having conversations and he's like, kind of like, you know, the old Ken is, I can kind of see it a little bit.

And then that's when he's really laid it out for me. And it was just like, what are you talking about? Like what? So I gave him an iPad and I said, write this shit down, like just in your time, in your spare time. And he was staying with me for like a couple of days too. And you go back and forth and I'm just like, whatever thought you have, just write it all out.

And then that's when he's really laid it out for me. And it was just like, what are you talking about? Like what? So I gave him an iPad and I said, write this shit down, like just in your time, in your spare time. And he was staying with me for like a couple of days too. And you go back and forth and I'm just like, whatever thought you have, just write it all out.

Cause it was hard for him to get it out. Like he would say it, then he'd stop and be like, I don't want to talk about that. You know, he like shut it down again. So I'm like, just write it down in your own time. And then like one day, it was probably a year or two later, it was like 40 pages, like, you know, kind of autobiography all over the place, scatterbrained, you know.

Cause it was hard for him to get it out. Like he would say it, then he'd stop and be like, I don't want to talk about that. You know, he like shut it down again. So I'm like, just write it down in your own time. And then like one day, it was probably a year or two later, it was like 40 pages, like, you know, kind of autobiography all over the place, scatterbrained, you know.

But I read it and it was just like, it's the story. It's the story. It's Crook County. It's insane. So I spent a good amount of time kind of like organizing the thoughts, asking him other questions and telling him to send me little voice memos every now and then if he has a thought. And I just started compiling information and materials. And at the same time, I was really busy doing movie stuff.

But I read it and it was just like, it's the story. It's the story. It's Crook County. It's insane. So I spent a good amount of time kind of like organizing the thoughts, asking him other questions and telling him to send me little voice memos every now and then if he has a thought. And I just started compiling information and materials. And at the same time, I was really busy doing movie stuff.

So I just like... There wasn't a podcast. There wasn't anything. It was just like working on my dad, having him purge all these things. And then in 2017, that's when I heard Up and Vanished, like I said. And I was like, this could be...

So I just like... There wasn't a podcast. There wasn't anything. It was just like working on my dad, having him purge all these things. And then in 2017, that's when I heard Up and Vanished, like I said. And I was like, this could be...

a podcast, you know, and that's when I pulled out the recorder and he was ready and I was ready and he was sober at this time and he was working in a rehab facility, you know, helping people stay clean. It was kind of like his, his penance for his life of crime and what he felt like he had to do. And, and we just started recording.

a podcast, you know, and that's when I pulled out the recorder and he was ready and I was ready and he was sober at this time and he was working in a rehab facility, you know, helping people stay clean. It was kind of like his, his penance for his life of crime and what he felt like he had to do. And, and we just started recording.

And over a couple of years, we got all this material and then I would go and fly out and I, you know,

And over a couple of years, we got all this material and then I would go and fly out and I, you know,