The Dan Le Batard Show
Dan Le Batard And Jonathan Zaslow Call Bradley Cooper "Ugly" | Hour 3
18 Jun 2026
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Chapter 1: What live report does Amin provide from the parade?
This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stukas Podcast.
Jeremy Taché's pitch clock and baseball in general are going to be even more segregated than baseball and Jeremy is usually around here. It has been made and it is ready, but it will be hanging and dangling off of the show instead of inside of the show.
You can find it wherever it is that you find these things, but it won't be inside of our show over the course of hours one, hours two, hours three. But it's good and it's baseball and it's segregated. I've never seen it. Juju is going to join us earlier than usual because we have to get to the polls and we also have to do something else with the post game.
So Juju will be here shortly in order to update the polls. But I really did want to put in front of you guys the incredibly delicious majesty of being given early in a tournament where Portugal, this is what they have in sports every four years.
This is their big thing to the world, and their best player that gets exported to the world is, by Mike's suggestion and the suggestion of many others, Bench the Legend is happening right off the top because of how a favorite performed in the first game or underperformed in the first game.
And here, when you think about players getting power over the course of whatever has happened to sports, internationally and nationally, okay? Here is Roberto Martinez, the head of Portugal, telling you. I believe it's Martinez.
telling you that he is an administrative assistant for the greatest player in the world because when he's asked hey have you considered benching him he got in the way of the goal scoring chance last time his quote is it makes no sense to get the best score in world football out in a game that you need goals your questions media make no sense
You're questioning this human being who is old, his coach, who works for him. Don't get it twisted. Like, I understand that all of you think, ah, it's team sport. No. Roberto Martinez works for Ronaldo.
you talk about insults as he's sitting here defending the guy right now game one telling you it makes no sense for a favorite in this tournament one of the best teams in the world and the only thing Portugal has makes no sense to bench guys stop don't bring your sports radio around here respect the legend I don't care what you think Ronaldo's my guy if the coach says something so definitive like that
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Chapter 2: How do Dan and Zaslow criticize Bradley Cooper's appearance?
I'm a Pochettino guy.
Why are you guys, though, skipping right past this part? Mike, I mean, I honestly, I mean you no offense when I ask you this question. When you say Ronaldo himself has to do it, I'm going to ask you. What the bleep are you talking about? No player in his circumstance has the self-awareness to be like, yeah, I'm an all-time legend. Let me go here. I can't help. What are you talking about?
He's an all-time legend that can help. He can help. He can help, I think, later in games. Look, I don't want to overreact either. I thought DR Congo played inspired. Early on, Portugal was just outclassing a team that was all effort. And I think if you look back on that performance, Congo is going to be like, man, we left some goal scoring opportunities on the table.
I look back, I'm like, man, they were wasteful. They could have won that match. But... I don't want to overreact to one match, and I'm not. This was a narrative headed into this.
I know a lot of people are questioning him, but can you give me the example on the comp? What you're asking Ronaldo to do, can you give me in the history of American sports someone who's done it?
That's what I'm wondering. Is there no scenario?
Because you're asking him now to do it in the single most important thing. It's not even a random guy doing it. Yeah, load management, but give me the guy who puts up his hand who's like an all-time immortal and says, you know what? It's better for the team if I don't play.
Dwayne Kershaw. Clayton Kershaw, like, I'll assume a role for this team. How's it going? All-time great. One of the best pitchers. Some would argue the best pitcher of our generation.
A titan in that franchise. He accepted a role. LeBron James said, I'm not good enough to be 1A for the Lakers. Luka's team, now I'm going to be a third piece. It's not the bench, though. Might as well be for LeBron. But then as soon as the season ended, he said on a podcast, I'm always the first option.
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Chapter 3: What insights are shared about the pressures of Hollywood on celebrities?
Is it Spanish television? No, actually, it's the parade. You're gazing with awe and distraction. I wish it was Spanish television. You're not listening to anything Mike Ryan is saying. Nothing.
I did have a panic when I saw myself on screen.
We all caught you on camera just staring longingly at something on television. It was just a parade. You had a big smile on your face, and it wasn't with anything. It's not because you were enjoying our show.
That's right. Well, I think for the casual, that is paying attention to soccer maybe as much as Chris Cody is right now. The cool storyline so far of this tournament is the narratives around the superstars wearing the weight of the badge on their shirt. Can Harry Kane be England's captain to carry them to the promised land? And it wasn't just the goal scoring. It was the passing.
The defense at the end. The defending was outrageously good. The entire match, him and Jude Bellingham tracking back, leading by example. Messi, obviously, still trying to prove he's the GOAT, trying to be the best player. Mbappe, a terrible first half, and then in the second half, shows you entirely what he is capable of. He is a dynamite player.
Laminia Mall, not great in what was one of the stories of the first round. Spain drawing against it. If you want to talk about a human interest story, What's happening with Cape Verde right now and their goalkeeper that started with, I want to say, 7,000 followers?
He was so great. He's 40 years old. His mom couldn't get in, right? His mom couldn't get in for the game?
Dan, you want to know how many followers he has? No, we did this. 10.7 million followers. He's a really good follow. Yeah, and he started following all sorts of women, maybe even just his friend. Who knows? Everyone's on the table right now for this guy. There are so many great stories.
Laminia Mall, who was a dynamite player as a teenager, still is, by the way, but at 16 years old was Spain's best player. If he gets right, Spain's going to need him. Right now, all the stars are stepping up. And then you have Ronaldo, who we just chewed on the storyline around him, but he has an opportunity to step up.
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Chapter 4: What are the implications of Cristiano Ronaldo's performance in the tournament?
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Cuervo is the thing that turns hanging out into this is the night. It has that effect on people. It does. You usually take the credit for it. But again, it's the Cuervo effect. It's like that moment in a big game where everyone in the crowd just starts standing up, hooting and hollering. Keep it Cuervo. Keep it Cuervo, baby.
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Chapter 5: How does Zaslow's family legacy come into play during the discussion?
But this week... The dream. We got the fever. East Coast versus West Coast beef. Caitlyn versus Angel tonight. But everybody knows two things. One, my boy Zaslow is not a cook. Stop playing with my boy. And number two, I don't bet on the dream because my heart is too involved. So tomorrow night, my sister Satu Sabali will get over 11 and a half pints tomorrow. Lock it in.
Next leg, my sister, Anissa Morrow. Dab, over eight and a half rebounds. She been on a double-double streak. You better lock her in right now. And last leg, my sister, Gabby Williams for over 15 points. They got Olivia Miles and the Lynx coming in town. And if you know anything about Valhalla, they don't play that stuff in there. Lock in Gabby Williams. The crown is yours.
Juju, can you get the polls ready for us? We're going to get to them in a second. But first, Amin is calling in on, I don't know if this is an old-fashioned landline from Hoboken, but we do not have video from the parade. We've got Amin somewhere on a telephone, even though we've sent him and an army of people to cover the parade. There is the ambient parade noise.
Amin, can you give us a not visual in 2026 when everyone wants to see everything report that is old-timey? War correspondent from an AM radio from New York about the parade, please.
Yeah, I'm calling from a pay phone, by the way. Dan, you keep apologizing all the time to the audio audience. Oh, sorry, we're seeing these things, but you can't see it.
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Chapter 6: What humorous moments arise from the discussion about Zaslow's family?
Guess what? Today's their day. Hey, audio audience, you're getting the full work because guess what? Nobody can see what I'm seeing. And what I'm seeing is an amazing day. Man, there are people throwing full toilet rolls out the window to people down on the street because they can then throw it back and then have the whole toilet roll. They do that all the time.
They do that all the time over there.
Well, I also got the Wu-Tang Clan was on a float. They were performing live on the float. I've never seen that before. We had a whole concert. It was kind of crazy. Me and Sean saw people commandeer a fire truck. That's right, a fire truck, an FDNY fire truck, people on top of it. We saw people on top of police vans. It is absolutely chaos.
But as I looked at Sean, I said, you know how I know this is a real special day? Because
everybody was nice even the cops i've never seen them like thank you i've never seen nypd be this polite and cordial and patient despite people doing all sorts of things he also saw some dude jump the barrier get caught they kind of hemmed him up and then they let him know and say hey if you just go back everything's cool and so he got him but he walked back which is an amazing sight to see usually that guy's got stitches and he's going in the lockup but not today
What a heartwarming story. A guy who, you know, broke the law, was allowed to break the law in front of the police and it was OK. He was just told to go back. And New York has won. We tried warning you at everything. Can we get someone here to throw a roll of toilet paper from the highest point in this building at some point? I'll do it.
Look at Mike's face right now.
This seems like a bad idea. Someone threw it back, like back up to the window. The guy caught it, too. I was like, what the hell?
What a chooch from that guy.
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Chapter 7: What are the audience's reactions to the polls presented?
You saw Blackhawk helicopters flying above. This is crazy. I've never seen New York like this. And again, I cannot say enough. No one was angry. Thank you. No one was angry. No one was, like, out of sorts. There were no fights, no arrests, nothing. Everyone was kind of cool and chill about it. And you know what? That's what the report was making.
Also, I saw someone with a Raymond Felton jersey just walk by.
Was it Raymond Felton? We'll get to the polls here with Juju in a second. And I actually want some Giannis commentary from Amin at the parade. But just quick follow-up. The commandeering of a fire truck. Yeah. That's it. That's my question. Like, what? They did what?
They took a fire truck? They didn't drive it, but they took it over. They were on top of it and jumping up and down and going, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. And by the way, it was a block from the firehouse. So I don't even know that the fire department didn't know about it, but they let it happen.
Are you embarrassed at all that Jessica had video from her phone and that Sean McGill is fumbling around in a bag that the authorities are going to think is dangerous?
It all depends on where she's at. I'm on the phone, brother. Thank you. It all depends on where she's at. Like, where we were, we're in, like, I hate to pour short the word there, we're literally at ground zero. Not literally? Literally at ground zero, yes. I'm looking at it right now.
Are you actually at a payphone? You're joking about a payphone, right? There's not a payphone there.
Buddy, cell phones are not working out here. That's what I'm trying to tell you. So you guys are like, oh, it's fixated. There's nothing.
There's no signal. Okay, they've commandeered the fire truck. All right, so it's an actual pay. You found a pay phone. That's a functioning, working pay phone in America.
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Chapter 8: How does the episode conclude with reflections on celebrity and media?
I got to listen to you guys complain about Ronaldo. Who cares? Who cares?
Okay. Good commentary from you. Thank you. Thank you for critiquing our show from over there.
To be fair, it cost him $10 to listen to the Ronaldo thing. He could have listened for free. Tell us about Giannis. To be fair.
I mean, Gennaro Lopez being an all-star? Sedano Lopez is Sedano Lopez. Jeremy sounds like **** too. Jeremy, epically bad judgment by you there. Giannis Antetokounmpo from the parade. What are your thoughts, Amin?
Well, I think Milwaukee's just trying to shake the branches one more time, see what falls out. Everyone expects this thing to be wrapped up by around the draft because the offers don't get better after the draft. So we've got, what's that, T-minus six days, five days before they're going to either get off the pot.
But again, I think everyone knows Miami has the best hand, and it's just an idea of, like, is someone going to step up and propose something a little bit meatier?
I mean, Mike has spoken to people who are confident that the Celtics have offered up Jalen Brown. My contention to that is, if they have offered Jalen Brown, what are we still doing?
Well, I mean, I think it all depends. Who doesn't know walking on Jalen Brown? And it might sound ridiculous, but we know that Giannis, who's a great player, when he played for the Bucs, they were a 500-team. They were, I think, two games under .500. So, like, Jalen Brown ain't going to make that much better. So, if you're Milwaukee, you have to be focused on how can I hit the reset button?
How can I shed salary? How can I add big? How can I add young talent? And that's kind of what the Miami Package does. They're the only ones that can offer all three of those things. And that hero's a guy that can play right now. Hawkins is a guy that can play right now. Where is the guy for the future? And then there's some picks involved.
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