Digital Social Hour
"I Regret My Viral Days": YouTuber Tells All | Andrew Hales DSH #952
Thu, 05 Dec 2024
"I Regret My Viral Days": Former YouTube prankster Andrew Hills opens up about his wild journey! 🎥👀 From viral fame to sobriety, Andrew shares it all in this raw and honest conversation. Discover how Andrew's life changed after his prank videos blew up, reaching 1 million subscribers in just a year! 🚀 He dishes on the struggles of fame, battling addiction, and finding a new purpose through his "Chatting With" podcast series. Andrew gets real about: • The dark side of viral fame 😱 • His journey to 400+ days of sobriety 💪 • Exploring controversial topics on his new show 🎙️ • The moral dilemmas of creating content 🤔 Plus, we dive into hot topics like crypto, NoFap, and the future of podcasting! 💰🎧 Don't miss this eye-opening conversation that'll make you rethink viral fame. Hit play now and join the discussion! 🗣️ Subscribe for more captivating stories on the Digital Social Hour with Sean Kelly! #AndrewHills #ViralFame #PodcastingJourney #DigitalSocialHour #SeanKelly #socialmediamarketing #contentcreation #contentcreationmistakes #socialmediastrategy #howtostartapodcast CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:28 - Recent Episodes of Chatting with 01:48 - Daniel's Political Views 04:52 - Adderall and Mental Health 06:07 - Benefits of Therapy 06:25 - Exploring Psychedelics 07:16 - Understanding Mental Health 08:40 - Importance of Vitamin D 10:04 - David's Journey to Sobriety 14:34 - David Dobrik and Future Pranks 16:40 - Pranks David Regrets 17:30 - Growing Up Mormon: David's Experience 19:48 - Upcoming Podcast Guests 20:44 - Why Not Interview Celebrities? 23:10 - Current Shows and Movies 23:44 - Podcast Acquisitions Insights 25:08 - Depression from Wealth 27:14 - Cryptocurrency Discussion 29:33 - Benefits of Running 32:20 - Handling Backlash 35:40 - Political Views in Content Creation 37:28 - Impact of Political Views on Content 39:43 - Wrapping Up APPLY TO BE ON THE PODCAST: https://www.digitalsocialhour.com/application BUSINESS INQUIRIES/SPONSORS: [email protected] GUEST: Andrew Hales https://www.instagram.com/mrhales109/ https://www.youtube.com/lahwf SPONSORS: BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com/DSH LISTEN ON: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-social-hour/id1676846015 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Jn7LXarRlI8Hc0GtTn759 Sean Kelly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seanmikekelly/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapter 1: What does Andrew Hales regret about his viral fame?
Weed is like, I don't know. I have to be in the mood for it. I don't have a problem with weed yet. It's like a once a month type thing.
No, I get crippling anxiety, especially edibles. You got to take a tiny bit and then wait like two hours.
Yeah.
And then sometimes when you don't feel it, you take more and that's when it gets sketchy. Right. Yeah. All right, guys, Andrew Hales, we are in Nashville, Tennessee. This is where you film your show too, right? Yep. All right. So you interview all walks of life. What have been some recent episodes?
um let's see what uh day trader um i'm like going blank right now no i know you've done gambler yep crohn's disease transgender yeah yeah yeah she's over or he's over in uh you gotta be tricky with that word these days no well yeah he's over in um leeds england or somewhere around there yeah okay was there some common ground you found on that one Yeah, yeah.
I always just try to, you know, that's why I call it chatting with. I just try to keep it low key.
Like you're a guy in a bar asking basic questions, you know. So do you try to stay neutral on those or do you feel yourself having some personal bias going into it and then kind of combating their argument? Neutral for sure.
I'm not really I thought about like, you know, taking a hard stance on things and like getting political, but I'm not quite ready yet.
Yeah. Yeah. Are you scared of just, I guess, cancel culture still? Yeah, definitely. I feel like it's not as bad as it used to be, though. Yeah, there's definitely like a pushback. And so that's nice. But yeah, like I would have never because I remember I posted a Trump thing like four years ago and a ton of people hated it. Yeah, but I'm more comfortable posting about Trump these days.
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Chapter 2: How did Andrew Hales achieve sobriety?
yeah yeah it's there's a lot of similarities to weed but it doesn't feel like weed but it's yeah yes yeah have you tried this nicotine wave out these sins are everywhere man oh yeah yeah i well it kind of goes like cigarettes and then you taper to vaping and then vaping the zins and then yeah and right now i'm on zins how is that i haven't tried it they're they're fine they keep the demons at bay you know i actually heard nicotine isn't like as bad as you think for you
really yeah so the part of the cigarette that's that's not good is the stuff they add it's not the nicotine that's what i've heard at least yeah i don't know i mean i know zins are they're probably better than vaping at least for your lungs oh sure so yeah do you have a nicotine addiction no my dad used to chew those yellow nicotine squares and i thought they were disgusting growing up but um no the vape pens man i used to smoke those in college and that was messing me up
Yeah.
There's a lot of things. Yeah, Gen Z. Vaping took hold at Gen Z, you know. It's bad. Yeah.
It's real bad. I have a lot of, you know, Zoomer friends and they're always vaping.
Yeah. Do you like weed or cigarettes more?
tobacco more yeah weed yeah for sure but i weed is like i don't know i i have to be in the mood for it i i don't have a problem with weed yeah i get anxiety off it yeah yeah like i it's like a once a month type thing you know
no i get crippling anxiety especially edibles oh yeah i feel like i'm dying no edibles you gotta be you gotta take a tiny bit and then wait like two hours yeah yeah and then sometimes when you don't feel it you take more and that's when it gets sketchy right yeah and it's it sucks if you take too much and you're just violently high yeah oh man there's nothing worse than that um do you see pranks ever making a comeback you see yourself ever doing that type of content again
yeah i've thought about it you know just for the views to you know bring in some cash but it's um i don't know i it's part of me feels like the wave is over and it's like i just it's not really i feel like it's almost impossible to make good content that way but the other part of me is like nah that's just in my head yeah so i don't know i love the honesty
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Chapter 3: What are the challenges of creating content today?
Chapter 4: How does Andrew view the impact of political views on content?
Yeah.
So I was out of 520, which is decent. But you could take these herbal supplements to get you up. It gets harder as you age. So you're 34, you said? In more ways than one. Yeah. Or no, you're right. Yeah, it does decline as you age. Right.
So you're starting to drop 1% a year, I believe, around that age. Right, right. No, the last time I checked, I don't even remember what it was. It was in the low to mid range.
Okay.
But yeah, I'd love to...
i'll put you on yeah shout out to gary brekka man some gear dude those blood tests i used to be like scared of needles and stuff so i wouldn't take them and then you think in your 20s you're just invincible but that shit rocked my world huh i was very deficient in a lot of things really yeah okay vitamin d was messed up vitamin c white blood cell count i've heard yeah i definitely noticed when i take vitamin d i feel a lot better yeah that's a big one because that kind of controls everything
Yeah, that and magnesium. Yeah. Right. Yeah, we're getting older, man. We got to be supplementing. No doubt. And we're only in our 20s and 30s. Imagine when we get even.
Yeah, and we got all this plastic in our bloodstream, which I've heard is theorized that that's causing a lot of low T in men.
Yep. It's in our balls. Yeah. 100% of balls.
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Chapter 6: What are the benefits of NoFap according to Andrew?
Yeah, I guess. Yeah, obviously, that'd be great. But I don't know. I've always kind of just done my own thing and like doing my own thing. But yeah, I got to I got to sit down and write and, you know, focus more.
Do you meditate? I depends. Yeah. Not the traditional sense of sitting there and all being enchanting, but so it sounds like, you know, you made a big paycheck with the crypto made a lot in crypto. And then I sold my crypto company.
okay so i'm in a weird spot where i could have retired at 25 yeah but it was depressing like this is getting to sound weird but i had so much money and like didn't know what to do yeah no i i've been in that position not too much money but where you're totally comfortable and don't have to do it you have no obligations every day and you're just watching movies and no literally i would sleep like 10 11 hours wake up like
Kind of like a zombie. Yeah. Were you smoking weed or anything? Uh, yeah, I think I was hitting pens at the time. Um, but dude, it was weird. Yeah. Like money won't fix everything.
Yeah. That's a big point. Tim Ferriss makes in four hour work week that retirement's a myth.
You gotta, you gotta always be doing something. Well, now they're doing studies on retirement, brain scans, and, uh, dude, people are dropping way earlier. Wow. Like when you retire, you're, uh, like you're like, they get sad. Yeah. They get sad and they pass away younger than people that keep working and have purpose. Nice. Yeah.
I don't think I'll ever stop as long as I genuinely enjoy what I'm doing, which right now I do. Yeah. Podcasting is fun. Yeah. Meet some cool people, learn a lot. Man. And, uh, there's not many other professions where I'm as passionate about podcasting as, uh, And you're getting sponsors now, right? Yeah. Just got DraftKings. Shout out to DraftKings, Babbel, LinkedIn. Nice.
Took a while though, man. Took a while to get sponsors. Was it like that for you?
um i don't know it depends sometimes i'll i'll get like i'll get like three in a row and then i won't get any for a year that happened to me so yeah there was a few months this year where i wasn't getting any i actually lost money some months yeah i lost money the first six months and then i thought i'd be set the rest of the way but it was one or two months this month where i was taking some fat l's dude fat l's like 30k l's well yeah that's showbiz um what uh
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Chapter 7: How does Andrew feel about the future of podcasting?
It's so volatile. Yeah. So I don't think we'll ever be casual because of that. Yeah. Like a casual currency. No, that's why the dollar is casual. Like, you know. Yeah. Even though that's a whole nother podcast with the value of the dollar going down. Yeah. Sorry. I don't mean to.
Um, I'll let you ask questions.
100%.
Yeah, I turn down most shows, to be honest. Really? Yeah. Wow. Well, I mean, yes. I mean, it's not, I don't get asked that much, so it's like, I'll say yes now, because it's like once a year, you know.
Okay. Oh, that's it? Yeah.
Wow.
Well, yeah, once or twice a year. Damn.
i get asked a lot but it's usually smaller shows and it's the same question so it's like you know i'm gonna tell my i'm impressed yeah you haven't been asking like the usual questions that's what i try to do with the show because you got to stand out you know yeah i mean i hate when they're like describe your life story like right so uh how'd you get started yeah oh Jesus, yeah. So basic.
Are you still preparing for a half marathon? Sorry you made a video about that.
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