Something’s Burning: Nick Simmons + Evan Stanley Talk Nepo Babies and Reality TV | S7 E14
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What’s the opening banter about the “gayest” comment and why does it matter?
One one comment literally said this is verbatim because I screenshotted it and saved it. This is gay. Your dad's never dressed gay. Excuse me? Arguably. The gayest.
Arguably the gayest.
Arguably. Yeah. That's gayer than David Bowie and Freddie Mercury in a hot tub together. Get the fuck out of here.
What we're about to do is something's burning. I love you. I'll talk to you later.
Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you. Uh I'll send you a picture of me working out today and you're gonna and just reply. I look fucking great. Jesus Christ. I take more nudes just to send to him. I only send my nudes to two people, him and my wife. But look how fucking great I look in this.
Well you sent him to
Christina, I'm sure she'd enjoy that. This is the one I'm sending. This is what I just sent to him. Pretty great, huh? I look fucking incredible. He's thin. He uh he hasn't gotten big yet.
How does the show transition into the cooking segment with coffee‑crusted ribeyes?
Oh
you know what I mean?
When he fucking gains it all back. So you never do, huh? Did you ever meet Fat Tom?
No, I only met him when he was vaguely getting into the sort of like modern
It's so crazy. It's like knowing Jesus only as a carpenter. Yeah. And then and like and everyone's like, Wait, so what was he like when he was a carpenter? He's like, He was great, man. Yeah. He was like pranky, he would fun he was fun. I've only known like Millionaire Tom. I never knew like struggling
comic Tom. Millionaire Tom. Yeah. I only knew Rich Tom who talks about like losers who don't have Rolexes. That's my That's the top that's the time I've met. I I I know Christina better than t Tom and I are obviously friendly, but like I Christina and I text
everyone knows Christina better than you know Tom. Well they'll find she talks. Yeah, they'll find the bodies as soon as Tom. He used to me he was he He's still fun. You just gotta get him in the right in the right place. No, I I love I get his personality. I understand it. Well his personality wasn't always this. I think trauma happened. I listen, I'm being very candid. I know everyone loves to hear stories about Tom and Christina right now. And this isn't after he got after he got in that accident. It I think it scared the fuck out of him. Trauma look I'm going to You know about the accident? It's on film. Tom is Tom was born looking athletic, but he's not athletic. So it's like uh it's like it's like you ever seen someone who dresses like a rock star but can't play an instrument?
You're like, what do you do? And it's me right there.
Yeah, that's me. He's like, I just sing. Yeah. I'm a front man. I'm a front man. Mediocre at best. Yeah.
And uh and he went to go dunk a basketball. Cause I'm way more athletic than him, but I don't look athletic.
I'm
Like how everything is
No, they've they're in competition for constant two decades, yeah. Constantly. And so like I played tennis with him, I destroyed him, I humiliated him in front of his children. I I did. Weightlifting, I bench, I benched 225 10 times one time and he was like, for real? I've I overheard his trainer, right? They were talking about my shoulders behind my back. And his trainer went up and felt my shoulder under my shirt. And I watched his trainer look at Tom and go, it's real.
Like he The great thing about Bert is that he never exaggerates. Never. Everything is never everything is balls accurate. Just balls accurate. So Which is a phrase that I've heard before.
So um So but but when he got into the he went to go dunk a basketball 'cause it's the first thing he was ever excelling at. The very first time you looked at a sparkle in his eye where he went, I'm gonna beat Bert physically. This has never happened in his entire life. And as he goes I mean, even financially, he had to move to Austin to make more money so he could take for taxes. He tells a
very different story. I know, I know. And
so he goes to by the way, I am light joking, kinda. So he goes to dunk and his his patella ruptures. So as he goes? Yeah. This was r the at the peak of COVID. December two thousand twenty. Dunk contest. Of co covid.
So they got this in like four K from like five different angles. Five angles. The most
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What’s the opening banter about the “gayest” comment and why does it matter?
0:00–1:07
2
How does the show transition into the cooking segment with coffee‑crusted ribeyes?
1:07–4:38
3
What happened when Bert tried to interview Gene Simmons and how did the story unfold?
4:38–8:46
4
Why do the hosts discuss “nepo babies” and the backlash against famous kids?
8:46–45:39
5
Why do the hosts feel conflicted about anti‑Jewish jokes and stereotypes?
45:39–1:05:11
6
How do they talk about designing the album cover and announcing tour dates?
1:05:11–1:19:21
7
What wild dream story do they claim inspired Martin Luther King’s ‘I have a dream’ speech?
1:19:21–1:30:54
8
What are the upcoming tour dates and final messages to fans?
1:30:54–1:31:51
Speakers
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