Quentin Belt on Canal Street Dreams

Summary

Canal Street Dreams — Quentin Belt on Canal Street Dreams

Hosts: Eddie Huang & Natashia Perrotti
Guest: Quentin Belt
Air Date: September 12, 2025

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Episode Overview

This lively episode of Canal Street Dreams spotlights Quentin Belt—a fashionable, sharp-tongued New York maître d’, comedian, and photographer. Eddie, Natashia, and Quentin traverse Quentin’s career from LA queer nightlife to New York’s restaurant scene, his candid takes on fashion, the realities of being a creative in NYC, their mutual admiration for queer pop-flavored moments, and the sometimes-fraught relationship between support, self-worth, and being “that funny person” in their creative community. Along the way, the trio veer into discussions about parenthood, sexuality, comedy, astrology, and the spiritual economy of New York nightlife.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Quentin’s Early Career: From LA to NYC

• Quentin’s journey began in LA, throwing “the biggest queer art fashion party” (Sash Mondays), before moving to NYC in 2010 (06:40).
• Immediate immersion into NYC nightlife and party photography: “Every night. I went out for the first three years I was here, I was going out. I was doing heroin…” (05:59)
• Transition from LA MySpace circles (“the Royales”) to instant community in NYC with creative icons like Raul Lopez and Shane Oliver.
• Notable quote:
  “It was seamless. Already new. Like, it’s so funny to think about... I was on MySpace… and then when I moved to New York, I was like, oh my God, here you guys are.” – Quentin (06:40)

2. Restaurant Life & Hosting Stories

• Quentin details a pivot from retail (top Club Monaco salesperson) to hospitality, catalyzed by his desire to do something more true to his personality (07:39).
• Landing the maître d’ gig at Mission Chinese:
  “I really want to work at Mission Chinese... she’s like, ‘What’s your sign?’; I was like, ‘I’m an Aries.’ She was like, ‘I need an Aries. You’re hired.’” (09:02)
• Mission Chinese’s “Empire Records” energy: highly creative, chaotic, and permissive of attitude (“I was encouraged to be as bitchy as I wanted to.”) (11:00)
• The ways NYC dining scenes have shifted, with Quentin and hosts lamenting the decline of bold, personality-driven front-of-house dynamics in favor of exclusivity and moneyed gatekeepers (11:41).

3. Comedy, The Internet & Visibility

• Quentin’s comedy came up largely as an organic, self-deprecating outgrowth of survival:
  “I was a faggot until I was funny. And then when I was funny... now I’m not getting picked on. And now it’s like, I’m the funny dude.” (19:28)
• His comic persona: across Instagram clips, subway takes (i.e., the viral cowboy boots rant), and real-world banter.
• Internet virality led to unlikely friendships and opportunities:
  “When I got your DM... my heart dropped... I struggle with self esteem stuff and like thinking like, self worth... but it’s cool.” – Quentin to Eddie (21:57)
• On humor as a shield and bridge: “You can end up getting lonely in your head. Like Robin Williams... that’s why I reach out to funny people on the Internet.” – Eddie (24:07)

4. Support, Money & Friendship

• The trio reflects on how genuine support is often lacking in close circles but may come from unexpected places: “Your closest friends, crickets. But this bitch I met one time at the bottom rep... I’m like, what’s that?” – Natashia (25:01)
• Concept of “levels of support”:
  “If I need some money, I want you to Venmo me immediately... If you can’t show up for me physically, at least show up for me financially.” – Quentin (25:27)
• Lively exchange on normalizing peer-to-peer financial support: “Venmo your friends more, huh? Normalize just sending somebody $500.” – Natashia (25:54)

5. Fashion, Creative Hustle & the NYC Free Economy

• The New York (and LA) “free clothes and shoes” scene—a badge of creative insider status.
• Quentin shouts out brands and delves into the fashion economy:
  “Nothing tastes as good as free feels.” (32:25)
• On Gen Z and “influencer” entitlement:
  “Slow your role. Stop thinking everybody is your equal. It’s insane to me.” – Quentin (34:37)

6. Photography & New Projects

• Ongoing photography career—includes a forthcoming photo book “Camera Roll” published September 13th, with a launch event (41:06).
• Shifted Instagram handle from “Butt Dick Buffy” due to career/corporate pressures; new handle “cringe” (30:16).
• Intertwined with poetry:
  “He has like a...series called Camera Roll. I'm gonna be the first one. It's essentially a magazine of all my photos from this year... and my poetry for my Instagram.” (41:17)

7. Sexuality, Romance & New York Realness

• Frank talk about sex, relationships, gay community mores, and Quentin’s flirtations with parenting via “the gunkle route” (04:33).
• Breast milk in protein shakes, pregnancy sex, and honest parenting:
  “Oh, I was drinking her frozen breast milk. I was putting it in protein shakes. It was so ill…” – Eddie (03:44)
• Quentin on hookups:
  “There’s like four to five men walking around right now that might be pregnant.” (04:48)

8. Pop Culture, Music, Film & Hot Takes

• Spirited talk about concert fashion (“Cowboy Carter”/Beyoncé), theme dressing (02:08), and the gay/fun/corny axis of pop culture.
• Clear anti-Taylor Swift stance: “I despise Taylor Swift.” – Quentin (17:12)
• In-depth shout-outs to Sabrina Carpenter, Addison Rae, Sky Ferreira, Dev Hines, Steven Yeun, and more.
• Quentin’s cinephilia:
  “Movie obsessed... have to ask you... Everything, everywhere, all at once—did you hate it or love it?” (51:16)
• Eddie:
  “I didn’t like it. I thought it was a messy film.” (51:34)
• Film & doc recs: Materialists, Weapons, Shoplifters, Frederick Wiseman’s Ballet, and the “craziest documentary” about the hanging Indian family (59:08).

9. Astrology, Identity, & Spirituality

• Quentin’s (possible) triple Aries identity; horoscope banter.
• Natashia on astrology: “Best incarnation you can have is an Aries Rising....so sturdy in yourself, and the universe moves for you.” (57:32)
• Parenting, expectation, and openness—“Ballet over football? Absolutely, we're taking ballet.” (58:31)

10. The Next Chapter

• Quentin confirms involvement at Eddie & Natashia’s next venue (Gazebo):
  “You heard it here first. Okay? In this video. This is legally binding. Okay. This is great.” (27:47)
• Discussion about launching Quentin’s own podcast, a real comedy show, and more—dealmaking happens live:
  “I want to do it. Deal has been made.” (40:44)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Self-Esteem, Comedy, and Connection:
  “I struggle with self esteem stuff and like thinking like, self worth, blah, blah, blah. You know who I actually think a lot about is Robin Williams. Cause he’s like super funny. But I can understand how... like how you can get kind of depressed in it, whatever... So I don’t think I’m that funny.” – Quentin (21:57)

• On New York Nightlife Spirit:
  “We was broke at the same time... one of us would buy the soup. One would have to buy the scowling pancakes to dip it in.” – Quentin (35:48)

• On Eating Ass & Modern Sexual Mores:
  “That’s me showing love, but that’s also me putting out there that, like, gay men nowadays don’t like eating ass. I eat ass.” – Quentin (43:00) “You gotta go down first. You gotta like... this is bigger than the climate crisis.” – Eddie (43:46)

• On Fashion Week & Freebies:
  “There’s nothing. Nothing. We’re talking about food. Nothing tastes as good as free feels.” – Quentin (32:25)

• On Comedy as Defense and Jewel:
  “You develop your sense of humor as a defense mechanism.” – Eddie (24:07)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 00:34 — Quentin’s viral subway/cowboy boots take
• 05:56 — On moving to NY, club scene, and LA-MySpace background
• 09:02 — Getting the maître d’ job at Mission Chinese
• 13:00 — Meeting Ryan McGinley, early NYC stories
• 15:54 — Critique/pop appreciation: Sabrina Carpenter, Addison Rae, Taylor Swift
• 25:26 — Levels of support: friendship, showing up, Venmo culture
• 30:16 — Rebranding from “Butt Dick Buffy” to “cringe”
• 41:06 — Announcement of photography book and event
• 43:00 — Quentin’s poetry segment ("I drink tap water, I eat ass...")
• 46:36 — Grandpa summer/look, Chinatown style
• 51:16 — Movie talk: Everything Everywhere All at Once and more
• 54:55 — Open talk on parenting, ballet vs. football, astrology
• 59:08 — Craziest documentary pitch (“Indian family hanging in their house”)
• 60:47 — Closing plugs: Quentin joining Gazebo, book, Venmo drive

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Episode Tone & Vibe

• Unapologetically raw, humorous, and welcoming
• Full of inside jokes, creative community kinship, and New York nostalgia
• Open-hearted approach to queerness, identity, relationships, and artistic hustle
• Part revelatory, part roast—always authentic

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Final Plugs

• Follow Quentin:
  New Instagram: @cringe
  Venmo: Quinton Dash Belt (Quinton-Belt)
• Preorder his photo book: “Camera Roll” (Sept 13th @ Time Again NY)
• Stay tuned for Quentin’s (future) podcast and real show (in development)
• Look for him at the new Gazebo when it opens!

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Transcript

[A]

Yo.

[B]

Welcome back Canal Street Dreams. We have one of New York's finest Mater D's turned comedians, photographers. This episode is the definitive profile on Quentin Bell. Welcome to the show, Quentin.

[A]

Oh, my God. I'm just like, wait, is this on? It's on. Yes. I just can't hear it. Okay, cool. No, that was so perfect. And thank you. I'm like, say more. You know what I mean? Gay, handsome top. I'm working on my tall, extremely fashionable, judgmental. You know, it's all good. I'm all the good things.

[B]

Very fly. The reason why we found you was because we are avid, like, Subway takes watchers like Kareem the Homie and you straight up had one of my favorite takes, all time. And we'll, we'll put it in the show. So Chris will put it in the show here. But you were telling shorty to take the cowboy boots off in the summer. And I was like, I've been seeing this. I'm like, you just look, you look like you got stink feet.

[A]

It's okay. So before I went in, I was like, that was already a thing for me. I don't like the silhouette of it on a woman. But I also, as a gay man, I don't know I said this in there. I don't know how it works, but, like, I just, I feel like sweaty feet affects your entire body.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

You know what I mean?

[B]

She starts there.

[C]

Especially if you're dehydrated and like, walking around New York City and drinking, like, your sizes.

[A]

It's all, you know what I mean? It's all PH based and stuff like that.

[C]

I agree.

[B]

To me, cowboy boots is like if you're on a horse or you're Beyonce.

[A]

If you're on a horse. I don't even want. Oh, my God, there's Cowboy Carter. Can we curse? Yeah. Okay. This, all this Cowboy Carter, like, I'm sorry, I, I, I've never been. No, that's not true. I went to Lemonade. I have been to a Beyonce concert. The idea of. Listen, you have. Then you haven't lived. No, but like, the idea of theme dressing to a concert, of course it's, I mean, I'm a gay man, so I can say it's gay as fuck, but, like, it's just so corny. Like, oh, my God, I'm going to get the boots and I'm going to just chap and then I'm.

[C]

We're doing all denim and we're going.

[A]

To do all denim and we're my girls. It's Just listen. But that makes me seem like I'm anti. Fun. Have your fun.

[B]

No, the only person about seeing chaps is the fat Jew. He looks good in chaps. He's got a donk.

[A]

Wait, so that's a. I haven't.

[B]

I'm gonna get this.

[A]

I can't remember last time I've seen the fat Jew.

[B]

Oh, you. If you haven't seen him in chaps, you have not seen the fat Jew. Like, he really shines in a banana hammock. And Chaps.

[C]

He's wearing that often.

[B]

He. Well, I mean, he'll, like, send it. He'll text it to you, like, just randomly. You'll be doing your errands during the day, and then Josh just will text you an image of a dick spitting out ping pong balls and then, like, his ass in chaps. And I'm like, this is the best person to text.

[C]

He should be going to Cowboy Carter.

[B]

He should be Beyonce.

[A]

I feel like I vaguely. Is he. Oh, is he, like, still the fat Jew, or is he the skinny Jew now? Because he's the GLP1 Jew.

[B]

Did he lose weight?

[A]

I think I feel like he did. I also feel like the last time in my memory that I saw him, he had, like, shorter hair.

[B]

Oh, I saw him a year ago for device that we. We were hanging out and he was still, like, not. I wouldn't say fat. Just looked good. He looked like him. You know, thick.

[A]

Okay, cool. I mean, because we all. As we get older, you know what I mean?

[B]

It's like, people change their bodies.

[A]

We change our bodies. I'm in this fitness journey. I've been in a fitness journey for, like, three years now. I was. It's funny, like, we were talking about your kid and everything. Like, and you guys, I'm sure I've seen this clip. Like, I was asking people if I could drink breast milk because, you know, breast milk promotes.

[C]

I don't like eating so much breast milk, by the way.

[B]

Oh, I was drinking her frozen breast milk. I was putting it in protein shakes. It was so ill he was making.

[C]

He would literally be, like, protein shakes in the morning because I was so hot. I was feeding.

[A]

That's so honest. Wait, okay, okay, wait.

[C]

You liked it, right?

[B]

It's sweet, like, soy milk.

[A]

Like, her.

[B]

Her titty milk was phenomenal.

[C]

But you were feeding me really well, like, through my breastfeed, so I feel.

[A]

Like getting so erotic. Her titty milk tasted so good. You were feeding me really well. This is so.

[C]

I was also, like, the first year our son Was born. Like, I was luxuriating. I was so leisure. I was breastfeeding on demand. So.

[A]

Were you rubbing her feet?

[B]

Oh, yeah, I still rub her feet.

[C]

I was just, like, laying in bed, like, laying on surfaces, like, feeding our son. I would say probably until he was like, six months. Like, I was really living life.

[A]

That's so beautiful. I'm like, I. Reese, I turned 40 in April. I have baby fever. I am not having kids. I'm a gunkle. My best friend in the world just had a baby. I'm.

[B]

You need to replicate, though. Like, your DNA needs to be replicated.

[C]

Yeah, I would like.

[A]

Listen, I. I take times where I'm on sex. I'm off sex. A couple weeks ago, I was very much on sex. Listen, there's like, four to five men walking around right now that might be pregnant.

[B]

I know a few girl bosses that want kids that should have your kid. We should, like, with the girl bosses. We know that.

[A]

Listen, I'm. I'm open. You know what I mean? We're gonna link my. We're gonna link my Venmo. We're gonna link my Instagram. Yeah, all that. Yeah, let's go, dude. I mean, listen, you don't even need this sperm. You just send me money. You know what I mean? You just Venmo me because it's Friday. You know what I'm saying? It's all good.

[B]

I would just say to pregnant sex, it's like, kind of the most fire thing ever. Like, I was very into pregnancy because the temperature in the room is just like 5 degrees warmer when you're pregnant.

[C]

I was also.

[A]

Okay, so I. Listen, we just met, and I love you guys already. We got to back out of this because it's. I am starving. No, it's so romantic. I'm like. But I'm going to start cheesing.

[B]

We're going to pull out.

[A]

We're going to start cheesing. My back teeth are going. My backs are going to show, and I can't do that. Okay.

[B]

How did you become a maitre d?

[A]

Okay, so, yeah, we can get into that. Yes. That's a segue. So I was. I moved to New York for first time in 2010. At the time, I was going. I moved to New York. Nightlife photographer. Every night. I went out for the first three years I was here, I was going out. I was doing heroin. It was Madam Wong's. It was.

[B]

Do not shout out Simonez Simon Baby Wong.

[A]

Madame Wong's the Red egg. What is the one? Oh, my God. Oh, My gosh.

[B]

Oh, China. We were the same hoe. We're literally the same hoe.

[A]

I love you.

[B]

Where are you from?

[A]

I'm from la.

[B]

Okay, you're from.

[A]

Raised in la. Threw a party out there. My Sash Mondays. It was the biggest queer art fashion party out there. So when I moved to New York, it was seamless. Already new. Like, it's so funny to think about. Like, before I moved to New York, I, like, was on MySpace and I was in a MySpace group with my LA friends called the Royales. And we were friends with Raul Lopez and Shane Oliver, and we were all like, click. And then when I moved to New York, I was like, oh, my God, Here you guys are.

[B]

Raul is the hottest dude of all time. He's the one with the Timberland, the final boss.

[A]

Absolutely.

[B]

That motherfucker's final ball.

[A]

Really quickly. This hat is Leak and it's Leak youk Sex Tape. It's a gay brand. I usually masturbate to their ad campaigns, but I had never liked because I don't wear that type of clothing. But this hat came out and I posted. I was like, hey, somebody who knows them, tell them to send me this hat. Raul wrote them and was like, send that hat to Quinn. I got it yesterday.

[B]

I love Raul.

[A]

Love you, Raul.

[B]

Legend. That's my legend.

[A]

Legend. Okay, so how I got into restaurants, 2016, I was so. This is so not who I am. I was working in Fifth Avenue at Club Monaco. I was their number one salesperson. One year I did $2 million. And, you know, wait, and you want to know what they gave me for that $2 million? A jacket they gave me. I got clothes, like every day because, like, if you got us whatever. They gave me a Rose Diptyque candle. Not the big one, the medium sized one.

[C]

They said, here's $30 candle, babe.

[A]

They were like, we are so proud of you. But I will say, boycott Club Monaco. They're seeing slowly Ralph Lauren doesn't own it anymore or whatever. It's owned by some conglomerate. But I still do wear Diptyque Rose. That scent. I love that scent. Can't really smell it. Okay, so restaurants I wanted. I just wanted a better. Like, I didn't want to work in retail. And I was like, I have so much personality. I should be doing something else. My friend was friends with Adriana, the then manager. I met her at a party at the newly constructed what's that hotel that's like, doesn't matter. Whatever. The hotel that's behind Whole Foods on.

[B]

Houston, the public, public oh, yeah, yeah, The Ian Schrager Hotel. Yeah, I remember when the public landed that, like, kind of shifted the access.

[A]

And everybody was like, oh, my God, there's parties on. So.

[B]

Oh, my God, there's an escalator with lights.

[A]

They wrote escalators. They don't have room service. It's like, what? So I met her and I was like, hey, I really want to work at Mission Chinese. I hear you're the manager there. I would love to work there. Knew nothing really about it. And she was like, I don't. What's your sign? I was like, I'm in Aries. She was like, I need an Aries. You're hired. I'll see you. I see you in two days.

[B]

This is why Mission Chinese was so fucking fly.

[A]

Let me tell you something. Mission. I have worked a lot of places. Mission, Mission Chinese. I would say the next. Well, we don't have to get into that right now. But Mission Chinese was the closest thing to Empire Records. Did you ever see that movie?

[B]

Yes.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Closest thing to working at Empire Records. I love Adriana. She was my boss at the time. I love Danny. Danny is. Danny is still one. We still are in communication. He's one of the most incredible people. But he was such an incredible boss.

[B]

Absolutely.

[A]

And like, yeah, I loved, loved, loved my time at Mission Chinese. Like, if I.

[B]

If I have a favorite restaurateur and chef is Danny, because Danny is just ultimate freaky deaky. And we saw each other from, like, he was in the bay, I was in New York. And we would just DM each other like, yo, I love what you're doing. No, I love what you're doing. Cause we were just wild boys doing food. And he still is.

[A]

Like.

[B]

He threw the best fashion parties at Mission Chinese.

[A]

Oh, my goodness. I was working at some of them. Okay, I'm gonna tell this one crazy story. So we had this one. Not mentioning her name. Bitch, whatever. Fuck you. We had this one manager at Mission Chinese who was just like, bring in money. We gotta bring in money. So she booked. You know, how you. So you walk into Mission, there's that front room. She booked out the front room during Fashion Week, A Fashion Week party on a Saturday that we were fully booked. So everyone had to go down the side to go into the dining room.

[B]

Oh, my God.

[A]

And then everybody had an. You know, it's 90 minute usual turns. Everyone had a one hour turn and nobody knew.

[B]

That's terrible.

[A]

It was the biggest shit show. Somebody was like. I had somebody. I do remember somebody spit on Me? Cause, I mean, when I first started. When I first started admission Chinese, I mean, listen, it was probably granted. Cause I was. I would be like. People would come in and be like, yo, can I get a table for two? I'm like, yeah, I got something in, like, two weeks. So what's up? You know what I mean? I was bitchy. And in the beginning, I was encouraged to be as bitchy as I wanted to. Not by Danny. I don't think Danny knew that much about it. But I was like. They were like, yeah, you know, Mission Chinese, we're downtown. Like, who cares?

[C]

I love that, though. Like, bring that back of, like, just somebody being bitchy. Like, being like, no, you're not gonna get in tonight. You're not having a table. There's something about that. I know that. Like, we can't say that now. And, like, everybody.

[B]

No, New York is in this era where it's like, we cater to rich people or people who pay memberships. And it's like, no, it was better when we had people like you and bitchy people like you. And it's like, I don't like the shoes you got on. Just go to go to 167. 168. Yeah, whatever.

[A]

169. 167 8. Go.

[C]

Go over there for three hours and wait for your table.

[A]

Yeah, exactly. Go next door and have some oysters. Or the egg. They have the egg. The jar with the eggs.

[B]

That location is my favorite location in New York. Literally all time. I think I was either the second or third chef to cook in there. And we threw a party with the Madame Wong's crew. It was me, Simonez. Max Koschkerman did a dinner there. When Ron Castellano first opened it as lto. And Adidas sponsored this party.

[A]

And.

[B]

And the problem was everyone got so coked out, we lost everyone's jackets. Like, we had to do coat check. And everyone got the wrong bags and wrong jackets. And, like, Adidas. Actually, the next day was like, dude, that was, like, not a good venue.

[A]

But everyone year was like, this was fire. Wait, what year was that?

[B]

I think, like, 2011, when Bradley Carbone was still at Adidas and Bradley was the one, and Bradley is the homie. Shout out, Bradley. Bradley had to take me, Max and Sim to lunch the next day and be like, guys, not good.

[A]

It's funny. Like, so I worked there the first. My first week. I moved to New York my first week. My first party I went to was at BE East. Oh, yeah. Which when he used to be the Ryan McGinley night. Main man.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Huge Ryan McGinley fan. Shout out. Ryan McGinley. I love you so much. He's a huge. Like, he's just a huge part of my New York experience. But, like, I met him my first week in New York and he shot me that week. It was like, red eyebrows, went there, Xanned out. He was like, okay, get naked. I was like, is everyone leaving? No, it's just. This is. I'm shooting you right now. There's, like, 17 people in the room. I was like, okay. It was crazy. But, yeah, that was the first time I was there. And then I ended up again. I ended up working at Casino, which was great. Yeah. I love working in restaurants. I love working in restaurants.

[B]

It's the most fun. It's the best party every night and you get paid.

[A]

Best party every night. I don't like serving because I don't have a server's disposition. And I also have, like, never been a drinker. I was a drug. Like, I love drugs. Drugs are great, but they're bad. And we like. And if you're ready, you don't need that in your life. But, like, alcohol was never my thing. Like, I haven't, like, drank since, like, 2019. And, like, the idea of, like, this wine, like, you know what I mean? Like, you drink this wine. Like, I still, to this day, when I see, like, a group of dudes, like, sitting around a bottle of orange wine, I'm like, oh, God.

[B]

Like, how do you have, like, mater d Restaurateur host energy? You know?

[A]

Fabulous. You know that I'm also just a people person and also, like, my photography helped out with that. Like, I know how to fuck. I know how to work a room. That's like, my energy.

[B]

Do you do. I mean, you still do photography?

[A]

You have the second photography. I. My photography since I've changed my name because my. My. I used to have a blog spot which was Bud Dick pussy. Have you ever seen House Party three? Yes, but Dussy.

[B]

Yes. Bill Bellamy. That's the best.

[A]

Yes. Was it? Yes, but who said that?

[B]

It's the bit Bernie Mac walks. What's that smell? Smell like booty dick and pussy and poo Dissy.

[A]

Yes. Yes, yes, yes, yes.

[B]

One of my favorite scenes ever. We watch the same shit, too.

[A]

Yeah, no, we're. We're. You're three years older than me, so when I got on Instagram, I was butt dick Buffy. Because my Instagram is BuffyDevampire Slayer. Because obsessed with Buffy. They're doing a.

[C]

They're coming back.

[A]

They're doing a comeback right now, but I don't know if they're gonna continue from where it ended and if they don't continue. Michelle, if you're watching this shout out, Michelle Geller, I don't know you, but we've. I feel like you've liked something once. It's fine. During the pandemic, whatever. If you do a remake of the show and you don't start off from where you end it, no one's gonna watch it.

[B]

You know who needed to be Buffy to Vampire Slayer is Sabrina Carpenter. I feel like she has Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

[A]

She does. Listen, do you understand? I am not. I like rap. I like female driven rap. I love shoegaze. Right now, my favorite. My favorite shoegaze band is this Japanese brand, Pasteboard, which I found. They're older. Whatever. I'm getting so into these little pop women, though, because the music that's coming out right now is good. Sabrina Carpenter is a star. I love her.

[C]

She's a star.

[A]

I don't know about Chappelle grown or whatever.

[B]

Not a star.

[A]

She's not a star.

[C]

For me, I think she has Elaine.

[A]

She has Elaine.

[C]

For me.

[A]

It's not her. For me, it's Sabrina Carpenter. It's Addison Rae, which I wish.

[C]

Addison Rae down. Diet Pepsi, bitch. That whole album. I love her down.

[A]

Headphones on.

[C]

Headphones on. Do you know how many times I'm.

[A]

Like, in a pink wig and American.

[C]

Around New York City, and I'm like, I guess I got to accept the pain. So I need a cigarette to make me feel better.

[B]

Easy.

[C]

I love her down.

[A]

One of the lines in that song is like, I wish my mom loved my dad. Same.

[C]

I wish my parents never divorced or some shit. And I was like, honestly, me and my room at 8 years old, like, I love her. She could.

[A]

No, it's crazy. She's just really good. And I say all that to say because. Well, I mean. Well, no, fuck it. I don't care if you're watching this bitch. Fuck you. I despise Taylor Swift.

[C]

Oh, me too.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

The energy.

[C]

And every story like Taylor Swift. I automatically don't like them.

[A]

I'm just like, best friends love Taylor Swift. I have a best friend who would never call me his best friend, but I call him my best friend. This is the whole thing we got going on. Switch that shit up. If you don't, you know, you're watching this. Whatever, we'll see. But he saw. He's seen Taylor Swift like six times in Concert. He went to Brazil to see Taylor Swift. He loves Taylor Swift.

[C]

That's insane.

[A]

I know.

[C]

Brazil really doesn't.

[B]

Taylor Swift in Brazil just doesn't seem like a fit. That feels so.

[A]

Well, it was sold out. It was crazy. Wait, he went to one night in Brazil, another night in Brazil. Somebody died.

[C]

I heard that.

[A]

Yeah, somebody died. So it got canceled, and then she had to do another show. That was a. That was an offering to the Illuminati. They think they slick. I know what time it is.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

If I was like, order a pop album, it would be Sky Ferreira back with Dev Hines. Like, now that Dev Hines is back.

[A]

Outside, I'm like, Jeff's album dropped last night.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

His brand new album just came out last night.

[B]

And I'm like, give us the Dev Hind, Sky Ferrera album. Like, you two. Like Drake and Future. Just get inside.

[A]

I went to my high school, but we were. We went like 10 years apart. Went to Culver City High.

[B]

No.

[A]

What?

[B]

I had no idea.

[A]

Yeah, she went to C High in la. I vaguely was around her a little bit, but then when she moved to New York, she thought she was too cool.

[B]

You might be the most Culver City ever. You might be the most fly person to ever come out of Culver City.

[A]

I mean, I'm not arguing with that. Culver City, that's great.

[B]

Culver city is like D.C. like the. The city of D.C. like, the malls of D.C. in the middle of LA.

[A]

Like, it's.

[B]

It's weird.

[A]

I love Culver City. It's got Sony Studios. I will agree with that assessment. I will agree with that. But it's just very west side. But. Yeah, no, it's great. I. I liked it because, like, my parents, they were like, I wanted to go to a. A very hood high school, which is funny because, like, the hood high school I wanted to go. It's hood if you're black, but if you're white, it's a performing arts academy. Hamilton High in la. So bizarre. Like, the white kids I know there, they were like, oh, yeah. Well, you know, we were in two different sections. We were like, in Disneyland, if, you know, if you went to Hamilton, you know about Disneyland and then where the black people were. It's like a very segregated. Like, it's very strange.

[B]

Yeah. I play ball with people from Hamilton.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Yeah. I think dj so super Sam went to Hamilton too. I'm not sure, but, like, I think she went to Hamilton.

[A]

Cool.

[B]

Hamilton got cool kids.

[A]

Hamilton's got cool kids. I wanted to go there. My parents were like, no. My dad was like, I went there. You can't go there. You're going to Culver City High School. And it's interesting. When I think back. Now, let's get into high school. When I think back on my high school career, it was. I was again. Language. I know, it's gonna get a little crazy. I was a faggot until I was funny. And then when I was funny, I was like, oh, okay, this is what I need to do. And then it was like, okay, now I'm not getting picked on. And now it's like, I'm the funny dude. And I always dressed so it was like, oh, and he's got the new Jordans on and shit like that.

[B]

Yeah. Everyone just called me, like, a fat chigger. Do you know what I mean? Like, I was just a fat Chinese kid that liked rap music. And then I got funny and could fight. Like, if you're a dude and you could fight, then people, ah, I fuck with you.

[A]

Completely different. Completely different energy. Completely different energy. Yeah. I could not fight. But I had a sister who was. Hi, Christine. I have a sister. We are on great terms now. She gave birth to my nephew. So we became friends, like, years ago. But we had a rough patch. But I love her, but she was very protective. And then her homegirls became very protective. And then I was like, well, this isn't helping me. I'm, like, saying, I'm not gay. A bunch of girls are coming to my defense. Like, God damn. But, yeah, that's great. Okay, wait, let's get off the clip.

[B]

The comedy's funny too, though. I would say this. The comedy you're doing, like, how did you get into just doing it on the Internet? Is that what it was?

[A]

No. Okay. So I've always been the. This personality. I thought I used to, in my brain, be like, oh, I'm just obnoxious. And then people. But then it's. The funniest part is because, like, I don't know if it's. It's. I don't think it's a New York thing. I think it's the people that I'm around see, they love me to death, but they see my energy and they're like, no, we gotta knock em down a pig. And they're. A lot of them are like, you're not even that funny. I'm like, then why are you laughing at every word? I'm like, why are you laughing at every word that comes out of my mouth? I'm talking to you, Aimee.

[B]

No publicist called us to be like, have Quinton on. We were like, no, this is the funniest.

[C]

Yeah. We were like, we've sent that subway take back and forth probably like four or five times now. Just being like the whole summer. We see A in cowboy boots and we're like quoting you.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

I'm like, the ph balance is off.

[B]

I had to DM you at one point. I was just like, I'm walking around the street thinking about you. I have to DM you. I don't know you. This is so weird.

[A]

But like, you understand when I got your. Your dm, because I personally, I know about you. I. I know. Like, I don't wanna say this. I know that this. You're fresh off the boat that's showing me show. But you really are. I know all of that stuff. And then you wrote me and I was like, my heart dropped. It's also the same way, like, I met Kareem. Like, Kareem came into Casino and I was like, what's up? And he was like, oh, no, I got some friends in here. I was like, no, no, no, no, no. I had never seen him before in my life. I was like, no, no, no, no. Acknowledge me. Say what's up? And he was like, oh, okay. And we became friends. I. My heart dropped. I was like, oh, this is so cool. I struggle with self esteem stuff and like thinking like, self worth, blah, blah, blah. You know who I actually think a lot about is Robin Williams. Cause he's like super funny. But I can understand how like there could be like a idea of like how you can get kind of depressed in it, whatever. So I don't think I'm that funny. I know that something is going on and I appreciate all the compliments.

[B]

No, I relate to you though. Cause it's like, funny. Many times you develop your sense of humor as a defense mechanism.

[A]

Wait, I don't want to cut you off. Your tattoo. You have a tattoo on your hand. I just got this. It hurt that hurts so bad.

[B]

There are. All right. I think my hip spine is where I get hurt the most. Like the nerve. The sciatic nerve is.

[A]

That's not even what I wanted to bring up. I wanted to bring up your. This is your. This is your wedding ring.

[B]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. This is your band.

[A]

Emeralds. It's gorgeous.

[C]

He designed that. But before, because there's a. There's somebody doing this now. There's like a lot of like, I've seen. Yeah, there's some recently. And they were like, had this in their case. And I was like, he did this off of. Off of the. The brain.

[A]

The style.

[C]

I mean, years ago. Yeah, it's good.

[A]

It's.

[C]

It made me, like, jealous because I was like, I would have just done that as, like, my engagement ring had I, like, had any.

[B]

You have enough rings.

[C]

Had I had any creativity in my brain. No, I'm good, but I'm just like, wow, the creativity. Like, I'm a basic ass.

[A]

No, that's. It's gorgeous. It suits you perfectly.

[B]

If you really need it, just take mine.

[A]

No, I'm good.

[C]

I'm good. I'll go. I like the H gate one. I'm like, it's good. We get. We know.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

No, but I was going to say, like, the humor thing is a defense mechanism, and it's like, you can end up getting lonely in your head. Like Robin Williams.

[A]

Totally.

[B]

Which is why I, like, do the weird thing of, like, when I see somebody funny on the Internet, I will just reach out and be like, yo, I think you hilarious. Because what's interesting about the Internet is we're all connected, but very rarely do people compliment. Compliment each other.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Oh, it's. It's okay. We can get. Yeah. People are. They're stingy with the compliments, but the. Also, the thing is, like, you want to compliment, but you feel like you're, like, scared to do it. It's like, what is everybody so pissy about?

[C]

Feel like some people don't want to feel weird. And then the other thing that I notice is, like, the people that will support you are the people that you're not even that tight with on the Internet. And, like, your closest friends, crickets. You, like, do something. No one reposts, no one likes it, no one comments. But I'm like, this bitch I met one time at the bottom rep.

[B]

And.

[C]

I'm like, what's that? Like, that's so crazy to me. And it's just pervasive. I'm like, where are my homies?

[B]

Like, my best friend. And he knows this because I actually called him about it, so it's all right. He's the only one that has not come to, like, the gazebo pop up. I'm like, dog, this matters to me. You're my best friend. You need to be in attendance.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And I just. I'm trying to bring that back of, like, nah, we're all riding together.

[A]

Yep.

[B]

Everybody doing the show, and there's, like.

[A]

There'S levels of support. Like, I love. Like, if I have something going on and I want you to be there. I would love for you to be there, but I also. If I need some money, I want you to Venmo me immediately. You know what I mean? Like, I like, if you can't. If you catch. If you can't show up for me physically, if you can't show up for me physically, at least show up for me financially. You know what I mean? That is a great. That's great. I accept that.

[C]

I love that.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Venmo your friends more, huh? Venmo your friends more. Normalize. Just sending somebody $500.

[A]

Listen, I am, like, always. I sit Native American style. We're saying Native American style still? Yes. Yeah. Okay. I sit Native American style in the poverty line all year long. You know what I mean? My mom. I like. I like my mom credit card is connected to my. My grubhub. And I was like. I had a period, like, a couple of weeks ago. I was, like, on order, and I was, like, ordering three meals a day. And she was like, what are you doing? And then I was like, just fired up, like, randomly fired off $100 to her. And she was like, what was that? And I was like, oh, it made me feel so good. I'm not in those positions a lot, but, like, I was like, oh, that felt good. That felt great.

[B]

Are you working in restaurants now?

[A]

Okay, so we listen. I last. I was at La Deev.

[B]

Okay?

[A]

Love, Ledive, the team. Craig, John Kaheem, Natalie, Dylan, everybody over there. I love everybody. I was their maitre d. I couldn't handle it because it's. I'm a dime square, like, person. I felt like I was, like, too exposed. So I quit. I was, like, on a hot one one day, and I was like, guys, I'm sorry. I can't do this. I quit and I left. God is punishing me because I've been on culinary agents. I've been on. I've been on, like, six interviews and, like, three trails and haven't gotten a job. And I'm, like, shocked by it. I do. All my culinary agents have, like. I was in the Interview magazine, like, gatekeeper, like, maitre d, like, spread. I have that in my thing, so I might take that out because people might not think that's giving the right whatever.

[B]

But really, I think that's great.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

I'm like, that is exactly.

[A]

For exactly when we open. You.

[B]

You coming with us?

[C]

Yeah. I was like, you have a job. You just. There's going to be a couple months between, but you have a job.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

We're Hiring you right now.

[A]

You heard it here first. Okay? In this video. This is legally binding. Okay. This is great.

[B]

And the people know when we open the permanent gazebo. You coming with us? So they get to rent you.

[A]

Let's go. You can have me for a little. I'm here for, I'm here for a good time. Not a long time.

[B]

Not be on one knee in the poverty line, you know?

[A]

Yes. So wait. But I do want to, I do want to be specific about some of these places because, cuz it was bizarre. So I. I interviewed at the Mermaid in Uptown. Okay.

[B]

Wasn't my crowd strange?

[A]

It's like, it's like, baby. And it's also like, oh, yeah. Our busiest time is four to seven. I'm like, yeah, it's not for me. I really wanted to work at that place, Co A do the fried chicken. You. I thought it, I thought.

[B]

I, I.

[A]

But then I think when I was there, they were like, yeah, we do like 500 covers a night. I was like, yeah.

[B]

They play also like 75 Tribe Called Quest songs every night.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[C]

They're doing like caviar and chicken nuggets.

[A]

Caviar and chicken nuggets. Shout out to the maitre d captain there. He really wanted me. I guess it just didn't work out. But I was shocked. I've been like, shocked when I'm like not getting a job. I just interviewed a friend and didn't get a call back. I don't know what that be.

[B]

That's crazy. You would be friend chat. Yeah.

[C]

I'm like, you really?

[B]

You would.

[C]

It looks like it works there.

[A]

Yeah. Listen, it's no smoke. I already have.

[B]

It's another hater thing too. It's just like, you're too big of a star. Like, you got to be at a restaurant where the owner is like, look, I have bd. And I do not mind that Quentin is in the front doing his thing. And he's just being a star himself.

[A]

Some people love. Some people really love it. Like, I've worked at Elefant. I worked at Frog Club. I love Frog Club. Was like the last longest job that I've had. Chef Liz, if you're watching this, I love you so much. And you know that Liz is such an incredible. She was such an incredible boss. She's an incredible chef. Have you ever been to horses in la? She's just an incredible person. I was sad to see Frog Club go, but I'm sure she's got. She's cooking her next thing up. But she was great. I worked at Elefante. You ever been there?

[B]

Yeah, the one in Santa Monica. And there's one here.

[A]

No, there's only one here.

[C]

That's Elephante.

[A]

Elefante.

[C]

Elephante.

[A]

Okay. Okay.

[B]

Yeah. But no, I mean, there's. There's restaurant groups that you would really fit with. Yeah, but we're not going to. We're not going to put you on because you're coming with us.

[A]

Period. There we go.

[C]

There you will put you on for a little.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

On loan. On lease.

[A]

On lease. And also, it's like. Also my photography stuff, like, picked up the moment. I like, glazed over that. So my Instagram used to be. But dick Buffy, I had to change that. I have some. I have people like high ups that were like, listen, we love you and we love your photography. We can't hire. But Dick Buffy, it doesn't. It's just like. It's not corporate. It's not. You know what I mean? It's. So I changed it to cringe, which I think is great. And that really picked up. So that's great. I just booked a wedding at yesterday.

[B]

Oh, amazing. Mater d is just a position that is undervalued in restaurants and people need to bring it back. Like, there's very few restaurants in the city now where I go and I'm like, oh, the personality in the front is doing as much as the chef in the kitchen. And then there's some restaurants where it's like, they have great front and then the back isn't coming through. Yeah, I want the full experience. I want the, like, full. Like, hold the string from the front to the back of the house and let's go. Like, Bar Oliver, KJ is a great manager and their mater d is great as well.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

But you know, I have him.

[A]

Bar Oliver is like. It's Asa too.

[B]

Yeah, Asa.

[A]

I haven't been there yet because I'm like. I feel like I'd walk in there and be like, fucking work here. Yeah, hire me. Right now.

[B]

They have the other guy who I love as a mater d. I forget his name all of a sudden. He has like a tattoo for all the way from the back of his ear all the way to his arm. Very fly. Very cool guy.

[A]

I want to go in there and meet him. I don't know who this is. I already know him.

[B]

Go meet him.

[A]

He's.

[B]

He's super cool. He's probably my favorite working mater d. But when you come back, you know you're number one.

[A]

Yeah, I'm that dude.

[B]

You're number one.

[A]

And listen, if you're watching this and you are a brand, like, I don't know, a product even, like, anything. If you're a boatie, I have, you know, and you're figuring out, like, where you should be sending stuff to. You should be sending stuff to me. DM me for my address because Fashion Week is coming up and I'm not buying that stuff.

[C]

Can I get a Bogo deal on this?

[A]

No, I'm serious. Yeah, let's go. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We all Listen, everybody. Everybody needs listen. There's nothing. Nothing. We're talking about food. Nothing tastes as good as free feels.

[C]

And we know those pockets are deep.

[B]

Surprised you want bod, though. I didn't know bod was your flow.

[A]

Oh, oh.

[B]

Show them. Show them.

[A]

And look. Wait. And look. And I put white.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

Yeah, they look good.

[A]

And. Well, I mean, I already got these for free. I didn't buy these, but this is good. Shout out to Nike. I love you, Lynn, if you're watching, I love you so much, Lynn.

[C]

Also, shout out Adidas. Rosalyn, we love you.

[B]

Shout out, Ros.

[C]

We gotta. We gotta hold it down for Adidas.

[A]

Sh. Adidas. Let's go.

[B]

Shout out Chris Richie at Solomon.

[A]

All the shoe plugs. Everybody. Everyone, wait, wait. Let's get those out of the way. Shout out denim tears. Tremaine, Awake. Angelo, Hugo, Everybody. I love all you. Supreme. I just got an email about from Supreme. Yes. I love all. I love everybody in New York. I love all New York brands. Stacy, I'm still waiting on that package. I don't know what happened, Brian, but it's all good.

[B]

Oh, but did you see the skater that was paid $83,000 a month to wear Supreme? I was like, that is an incredible job.

[C]

That's the best job of all time.

[A]

Supreme. Listen, they had their whole situation. I mean, I don't know anyone who works for supreme is like, oh, it's terrible. It's like, I've never heard anybody say that.

[B]

There are people fired from Supreme 10 years ago that are still on payroll getting checks. Like, that company takes care of people, despite whatever the trades want to say. Yeah, but the funny thing, too, about New York and LA is this, like, there is this economy of where we just, like, get free shoes and free clothes. And when I go back to Orlando. Wait, how does that happen? Like, what is going on also comes with age.

[A]

You know what I mean? Like, the kids. The kids fresh off the boat are, like, not getting stuff. You know what I mean? It's like which you don't deserve yet. You haven't done anything.

[B]

We had to report for duty in the streets for many, many years out here.

[A]

First of all, fucking. Oh, my God, there's a picture of me from 2010. I was in New York. I was wearing my Homegirls kulaks. Okay, I look fucking crazy. Fucking crazy.

[B]

I was drinking a lot of Red Bull. I had to drink Buffalo Trace. I had to drink a lot of free Buffalo Trace to these shoes you got to do.

[A]

But, yeah, you'll get it when it comes. That is a good segue into this thing. I really want to touch on you kids, the Gen. What are they now?

[C]

Gen Z, Gen Z, Gen Z, Gen Alpha.

[A]

I think Gen Z, Gen Alpha. Slow your role. I don't give a fuck if you're on Tik Tok and Instagram. Stop thinking everybody is your equal. It's insane to me.

[B]

And it is a funny thing. The way they try to rig the system now is they're like, oh, look, I have this many influencers, so you should send me my shit. The way we did it was, yo, I'm friends with this person. They're throwing a party for their work, so they need all of us to show up and support for their career. And we gonna support. So you may have started at Red Bull, then Buffalo Trace, then you came up and you, you was Bradley Carbone at Adidas. And like, now we got sneakers even though we got coked out and lost everybody's jackets. That's how the New York economy works downtown. You gotta support your friends. Friends.

[A]

You support your friends. There are definitely people in my photography career who have, like, put my name, said my name in rooms that my name wasn't being said it. And I am so grateful for all those people. It's like, you know what I mean? Love is love. When you put. Would you put yourself out there and you're like, honest and transparent and, like, put out a product that, like, shows your heart. People respond to that irregardless of anything else.

[B]

And it's funny too, because when you known someone for 15 years, someone will be like, oh, so how do you know each other? But we was broke at the same time.

[A]

Yeah, exactly. We were, like, scrounging money to go to Vanessa's dumplings to get the soup. Soup in dump. And, like, one of us would buy the soup. One would have to buy the scowling pancakes to dip it in. Yeah.

[B]

Eating one lunch from BH Dairy three times.

[A]

When I first moved to New York, I was couch surfing for three Years. I mean, I was like, couch surfing for three years. Jordan. Heroin. I mean, at that time, it was a different thing. It wasn't like, you know what I mean? It was, like, so crazy to think about. When I first moved, 2010, kids, like, coke had slowed down and, like, doing heroin was a big deal. And I thought it was so chic. I was a psycho. I was, like, in. At party. I was at the Standard, and I was like, my God, we're like, I have to throw up. Like, you know what I mean? It was crazy. You're, like, at a party. There's, like, several people around you, like, puking and, like, martini go glasses. I'm like, this isn't fab.

[B]

The bag chic, though. Like, tiny dancer like that. There were some chic bags. I never parts.

[A]

Oh, my goodness. Yeah.

[B]

Graphic design and heroin is incredible.

[A]

Even talk about the. There's also different. Wait, did you know he's the man.

[B]

Oh, yeah, yeah, I'm aware. Yeah.

[A]

Rip Ease.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Icon him. But there was also, like. I remember there's this drug dealer that was like, if you call. If you hit him up too many times, and like, a day or a week, he'd be like, all right. Yeah, man, you getting crazy. I want you dying on me. I only got a Suboxone. You gotta. You gotta calm down. Like, you know what I mean? Like, it was. Drug dealers was a heart.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Beautiful time. I feel like that's shifted.

[C]

And it could be like, homies with the drug dealer.

[A]

Huh?

[C]

You could be like, homies with the drug dealer. Like, they were cool. They were out. You would see them. They were your friend. It was different.

[B]

I mean, Ryan McGinley, Dash, they were all living in the drug dealer's loft forever. We all know that dude, you know, and, like, now he produces shit and he's an incredible producer.

[A]

Yeah, right? They got their shit together.

[B]

Yeah. So all the drug dealers became film producers.

[A]

It's so funny, kind of.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

I moved to New York.

[B]

We all know who they are.

[C]

They literally have to watch Money.

[B]

When you come up in downtown New York and then you see, like, articles on variety and shit about people, I'm like, oh, you don't even know who that dude.

[A]

That's crazy. Yeah, that's cool. I Like when I. So I moved to New York because my friends were going to NYU. I just came to party. I moved here for 4th of July weekend, 2010. Came for. For the weekend. Didn't leave once for three years straight. And it's so weird to think I was like, oh, my God. We're all partying. We're all having such a good time. And then the party, like, slowly started ending. And I was like, well, where are you guys going during the day? Like, we're going to work. I was like, you got a job? They're like, yeah, I just. I have a degree. I was like, oh, I wasn't doing any of that. It's so crazy. No, it was.

[C]

No, that happens.

[A]

It was a shock to my system. I was like, oh, I thought we were all getting fucked up. They were like, yeah, we were. And then we were going to class. I was like, oh, shit. Okay.

[B]

I was in law school.

[A]

No, seriously. Seriously. They're like, I'm a doctor. Yeah. Like, oh, crazy.

[B]

I was in law school promoting parties with DJ who kid and G Unit at Happy Ending. And then walking into school and, like, getting notes from someone else and going home and doing what? I shot the G Unit porno on a G Unit tour bus outside of brother Jimmy's and then went to class.

[A]

That's crazy. It's crazy. And it's so funny. Like, you'll not see somebody for a while and you'll be like, damn, I haven't seen you for a minute. You're back in the city. They're like, yeah. I'm like, where you been? They were like, at grad school at Yale. I was like, oh, my God. I'm just like, like, who the fuck am I? I'm eating, like, ramen with fucking tomato sauce. Like, marinara. Like, it's crazy.

[B]

Yeah, Yale kids are maniacs. I had no idea until I got into this downtown matrix. I'm like, yo, they're the wildest. And then like, oh, my goodness.

[A]

All the way out here.

[B]

Yeah, Yale. Definitely shout out, Yale.

[A]

Yeah, shout out, kids. Go shout out Harvard. I'm open to any honorary degree you want to give me. I am, like, out here. Okay, let me know.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Do you.

[B]

So what. What's the vision for the comedy, though? Is it, like, gonna stay on the Internet reels? What are you doing?

[A]

Okay, so I do. I'm so happy and grateful that you guys asked me to do this because a podcast is in the future. I've been percolating on it for, like, a few years. I also, like. It's weird because, like, people are like, why don't you do standup? I need. I just turned 40 this year. It is going to happen. But I just. It's like one of those things. It's like I'm terrified of it.

[B]

I see a real show for you. I would like to produce a real show for you.

[A]

Like, yeah, I would. Binding. This is binding.

[B]

This is a binding.

[A]

Yeah, this is b. We're gonna get you out of the unemployment binding. Okay.

[B]

Yeah. We're breaking talent on this show.

[A]

Let's go. Let's go. But I like.

[B]

If you want to do it. I want to do it. I want to do it.

[C]

I'm completely.

[B]

A deal has been made. The deal has been made. No worries.

[A]

We out here. We out here.

[B]

A deal has been made.

[A]

Right there.

[B]

Yes. We've been making deals on Canal Street Dreams, you know, breaking.

[A]

Shout out. Oh, wait, I just throw this out there. Shout out. Tony Greco, he's like the best acting coach downtown. I want to take your class soon. I just need to. Your phone number and I need a discount.

[C]

Slide in.

[A]

Slide in my DMs deal.

[C]

But also you have a photography photo book coming out.

[A]

I have a photo. I have a book coming out with. I don't. I've. Angelo is my publisher. He's incredible. Waller is the so awake Angelo. No, no, no, no, no.

[B]

My bad.

[A]

And this is. And this is a different Angelo. He's Parisian. He's French. I recently met him. He's incredible. He came to me, he had a vision. He has like a. I guess he's a publisher. He has a company. He wants to start doing a thing called a series called Camera Roll. I'm gonna be the first one. It's essentially a magazine of all my photos from this year. I sent them like a thousand photos. They edited it. They also edited. They put in my poetry for my Instagram.

[B]

Oh, the poetry is fire. I forgot to mention the poetry.

[A]

Wait, no, but it's so funny because like he, he was like, I want your poetry to be in it.

[B]

So.

[A]

And then he sent me a mock up of what it's gonna look like. So it's like editor's notes, opening letter. And then the first poem is, I'm not like other teenage girls. I'm a 40 year old man. And then my book starts and I was like, this is perfect.

[C]

That's perfect.

[A]

It's perfect. Yeah. So that's very exciting. It comes out September 13th. We're doing a drop at. We're doing like an event at time again, super excited again. It's like self esteem stuff that I'm working on. It's like when people come to me and they're like, I love your photography. I'm like, that's so nice. People who are like actually in my life tell me they look fat in my photos or there's a pimple or is this. Is that. You know what I mean? I get like. It's weird how it's like, got to be like an extreme third party to make you feel it and acknowledge like, oh, this is good, you know, I'm.

[B]

Going to read some poetry.

[A]

Let's do it. Let's do it.

[B]

I drink tap water. I eat ass. I believe in minding your own fucking business. I don't eat mayo. And I will slap the shit. You. I will slap the shit out of out you. I also believe in you and celebrate you. All I want is for you to win.

[A]

That's me showing love, but that's also. That's me showing love, but that's also me putting out there that, like, gay men nowadays don't like eating ass. I eat ass. I eat ass. I love finessing. Like a soft top. Whatever. This is getting lose. I eat ass. I eat ass.

[B]

I eat foot. I'd be in the ear. I'd be in the ear. Crazy.

[C]

A eater. We're all eaters. Is there like, is there a shortage?

[A]

We already talked about YouTube being too cute and intimate. Oh, my God, stop. I love you guys.

[C]

A shortage of ass eating.

[A]

I didn't know that. There's like, I know, like, I know several gay men who are tops. Identify as tops. Yeah. And they're like, yeah, I'm just not super into it. It's like.

[C]

But then you have to like, warm it up.

[A]

They're like, it's like yucky. I'm like, what is sex?

[B]

That is epidemic. This is an epidemic.

[C]

Like, you gotta, like, you gotta go down first.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

You gotta like, this is bigger than the climate crisis.

[A]

It's crazy. But that is coming from someone who, who is sexually. I'm a prude in the streets, in my mind, in the Internet and in the bedroom. I'm a fucking freak.

[C]

Like, crazy.

[A]

It's crazy. Crazy. I feel like that's like. I feel like that should be everybody. This like, okay. I feel like, okay, so I do think the gay community right now is like, over sexualized publicly. Like, there's people like, fucking in clubs and fucking everywhere.

[B]

Russian Turkish baths.

[A]

Yeah. Oh, my gosh. Sunday is the turn up. Sunday is the turn up for the gays. If you. Whatever.

[B]

I show up at the wrong arm. Like, oh, fuck.

[A]

Oh, my goodness.

[C]

Yeah, you gotta be more strategic with me.

[A]

You go to the wrong equinox. Okay, wait. My friend. So I'm on a fitness journey. My friend took me to equinox. In Dumbo. First time there. I'm in the locker room, I'm not even changing. I'm just like putting my bag in a locker. I turn, I look at this dude and he looked like he sees me. Look at him, he's walking to the showers. He dropped his house, so his entire ass was out. As he walked to the shower, I was like, girl, I just got here. It was. It's not shocking because I've heard for years, like, I know people that are like, every time I go to Equinox, I have full blown sex. Like, I'm never not having sex at Equinox, which is fab, gay. Get you get it, girl. I'm proud of you.

[B]

It's that Kiehl soap they got.

[A]

Is that Kiehl soap? Is that Kiel soap?

[C]

Got them crazy.

[A]

It's also the atmosphere. It's like, yeah, you're like, horny.

[C]

You're like, I'm spending a lot of.

[A]

Money, I'm working out.

[B]

There's eucalyptus.

[A]

There's the whole gay Adonis thing, which I do promote because I post those sexy boys on my Instagram, but in like, intellectually and like, I'm not trying to hang out with. No, the boys that I post, I know, and I love them. I'm not trying to hang out, like, I would never be called dead at like a meathead, like, muscle, like, shirtless Fire island party. That's not my vibe. But I will have sex with you if you want to meet me in the city.

[B]

I do. I think you've got fishing for Fluke on Fire Island. That is fire fluke. I'd be catching fluke.

[A]

Are you a big fisher?

[B]

Yeah, I love fishing. Really love fishing. Yeah, yeah.

[A]

The only time I've ever went. Okay, so my, my step grandpa is Japanese. The only time I've ever went fishing was with him and we went to a mill. Is it like. I don't know what they're called. It's like a farm. Like.

[B]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

And we went fishing and I was like, oh, my God, I caught a fish. And he was like, yeah, you caught a fish. Whatever. So in this, like, small ass thing. Yeah, you caught it. Take it home and cook it. And he was like, we're not doing that. And I was like, why? And he, like, picked it up and lit the lighter under it. And you looked inside and there was all these worms.

[B]

Yeah, yeah. No fish from the farm you don't eat.

[A]

Yeah. I had no idea it was so scary.

[B]

Japanese fisherman style is probably my number one favorite. Like Aesthetic, though. Like, I love dressing like a fisherman with a vest and like seven pockets and a bucket hat.

[C]

Like Stone Island.

[B]

That's my.

[A]

Okay, so I. This summer look was mixed. Mixed print Grandpa summer. And I. I'm. I'm telling you, I don't think that I created that, but as everyone is doing it this summer, it's like everyone's in a camo short and a striped polo.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Or they're in a. Like one of the button ups. But that's all the men in Chinatown.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

It's so they have incredible style.

[B]

And you need the 911 hat. You need the, like 911 hat.

[A]

Like, yeah.

[B]

Chinatown loves America.

[C]

Remember that?

[A]

Instagram. Instagram. I love.

[C]

I love Chinatown street style.

[A]

No, I don't.

[C]

You remember that? Chinatown street.

[B]

Yeah, that was a good account.

[C]

It was literally all. I don't know if they've posted for a long time, but pre pandemic, just bangers, like every. Just hitting all the old guys in Chinatown.

[B]

They shut it down two years ago.

[C]

I was like, dude, why? Everything looks good on Asian people, by the way. Like, it's just crazy. Like, watching him get dressed. I'm like, you.

[B]

No, it makes sense. You're part Asian.

[A]

Yeah. No, no.

[B]

Like, to fly. To not be Asian.

[C]

Once he impregnated me, I was like, maybe I'll get some of that. Maybe it'll.

[B]

You have Chinese DNA in you.

[A]

I mean, listen. I mean, full disclosure, my flavor. I. Have you ever seen my. The poem I wrote about Asian? I. It's like, about.

[B]

Can we read? Can we read this?

[A]

I would have to find it. Give me a sec. But it's about. It was like, I want an Asian. I want a buff Asian man to ride around. Ride me around on a moped. He has to have a thong on. And we're blasting Taiwanese shoe gaze around Times Square.

[C]

Oh, I feel like if you were gay, like, you guys would be soulmates.

[A]

I.

[C]

You said Taiwanese shoegaze.

[A]

I was like, probably love Asian men.

[C]

You guys are friend. Soulmates.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Love Asian men. There's one in particular who I keep trying to get out of my psyche, and I'm like, trying to forget about that. I have a huge crush on him because, like, we've known each other for years. I. He is not down. If he. If you are down. We're not down.

[B]

Why is he not down?

[A]

We're not saying names. We're not saying names. But somebody did just send me a video of him having. Having sex in public, and I was like, so fucking hot. He was like, isn't that crazy? I'm like, no, it's not crazy. It's fucking hot, and I'm so fucking proud of him.

[B]

Run it back.

[A]

Well, this one. This is one I said on March 13. I said, Asian men be looking so delicious.

[C]

Agreed.

[A]

Straight up. That's it. That's it.

[B]

That's it. That was a poem.

[A]

That's the poem. That's the poem. Yeah. Wait, but there's one that's. It's older. It's. No.

[B]

No worries. Asian men look so delicious. That's a bar.

[A]

That's the crazy.

[B]

You started a new structure.

[A]

You know what my favorite is? It's like Japanese raw denim. Glasses. Like fire glasses. Grown out, gray hair. Yeah.

[B]

Oh, you like the silver fox, Japanese man.

[A]

Okay, the silver fox. You know. You know, Japanese people are the only other people besides black people that I'll allow to have dreadlocks. I don't mind Japanese dreadlocks.

[C]

Now I'm trying to think, have I.

[B]

Seen a Japanese dreadlock? And it's not disrespectful.

[A]

It's not disrespectful because whatever.

[B]

But Chinese, no, Like Jeremy Lin. I was like, nah, dog.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Nah, dog. That felt crazy. That felt a little crazy.

[A]

Wait, the basketball player?

[B]

Yeah, He.

[C]

He had dreads.

[B]

He had. Oh, not dreads. He had cornrows.

[A]

Oh, he had cornrows. Well, Jeremy, I have. He was a Laker for a minute and he went to Harvard. And I. When I first saw him, I was like, he's fine as. I don't. He's not even that. He's not actually that cute, but in.

[C]

The context of, like, he's fine as fuck.

[A]

Yeah, that's hot. Yeah, that's really hot.

[C]

I agree.

[A]

Who is. Wait, there's another one right now. Who's my. Oh, Stephen Nguyen is my, like, favorite. Oh.

[C]

Oh, really?

[A]

You know who that is? Yeah.

[C]

Shout out.

[B]

Steven Icon.

[A]

Icon. That. There's. I. There's a. It's in one of my, like, carousels. There's a scene from Beef when he's like, that's not nice what you did. It's not nice to do that. And I just, like, cry.

[B]

He's also the nicest dude. He's the nicest dude. We used to train at the same gym and shit, and.

[A]

Oh, really?

[B]

Very nice guy. Very fit.

[A]

I called out of work when he died on the Walking Dead. I called out where I was like, listen, a member of my family just passed away and I am not going to be able to make it.

[B]

He Was also the first Asian dude. I seen, like, blaze a white shorty on television. I was like, respect, brother.

[A]

No.

[B]

Yeah, Respect.

[A]

He's great. And I was so happy when he was nominated for Oscar.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

That year. I feel like. I don't think he was robbed. Resumed was robbed that year. I'm obsessed.

[B]

Yeah. Sound of Silence.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Sound of Music sound.

[A]

Wait, no, no, no.

[B]

Sound of Silence. I think it was.

[C]

No, he was drumming.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Sound of Rock.

[B]

It was the resmed film where he couldn't hear, but he was.

[A]

He.

[B]

Yeah, he got robbed that year. Resumes one of my favorite albums.

[C]

Incredible.

[B]

Incredible.

[C]

That move Night up was insane.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

That movie was so beautiful. When he took the end when he's in Paris and he takes the thing out of his ear and you just, like, nothing. And he, like, accepts it. I could cry right now. Yeah. I'm also music. I'm like, movie obsessed. Same. Wait, I have to ask you. Not just because you're Asian. Everything, everywhere, all at once. Did you hate it or love it?

[B]

I'll be. I didn't like it. I thought it was a messy film. I didn't like it. It's. It's fine, you know, like, you know, it's hard for me to talk because I make film and it's like, I don't want to be the guy that doesn't have the hit like that. Talking shit about it just to keep it funky, you know. I don't got a hit like that in my bag.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

But it was not my favorite film. That's what I'll say. I like. But I'm also more into the performances. It's heightened, you know, it's like. It's very heightened. It's. It's an interesting tone. It's.

[A]

I hated that Jamie Lee Curtis won because the Daughter. Yeah, one. The daughter was the best. I thought her acting best in the entire movie.

[B]

Yeah. But I'm much more into, like, new wave cinema, more naturalistic cinematography, things like that. Like, you know, I'll be watching Core Ada films. You know, Koid is a Japanese director. He has, like, Shoplifters Still Walking. I like films like that. I liked. What was the one she did Materialists. But the. The film before Material, Past Lives.

[A]

Did you see Materialist?

[B]

Yeah, I want to. I want to.

[A]

I am shocked. They're like. There's a person who I really respect on YouTube and he was like, that movie is a masterpiece, and it's not at all what you're thinking it is.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

He was like, it's not. It's not like a rom com.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

It's like a rom dramedy. Like, it's like a beautiful film.

[B]

I can't wait to watch.

[A]

Yeah. Did you see Weapons?

[B]

No.

[C]

I'm dying to see Weapons. It's.

[A]

What's his new horror movie?

[C]

Oh, my God. Why can't I think of his name?

[A]

He did Barbarian. Yes. Griggs or whatever.

[C]

Yes, we did Barbarian.

[B]

Oh, yeah, Barbarian's good.

[A]

He did Weapons.

[C]

Have you.

[B]

Have you seen.

[A]

I saw it two days ago.

[C]

I've seen something.

[B]

Okay, let's go watch Discord. Let's go.

[A]

Let's go from here right now. Weapons, to me, was a masterpiece. And I am. I don't. I understand people's critique of it. Go see it, and I want to hear what you guys think of it afterwards. I thought it was perfect. I didn't need any more. Any more explanation. It was great.

[B]

Have you seen Caught Stealing the Darren Aronofsky joint?

[A]

No. Which is really good.

[B]

I'm curious what you think. I really liked it. And also coming from the perspective of like.

[A]

Okay, this is. This is. Okay. So Weapons gave you nothing in the trailer. Yeah, and I saw it and I was. It blew my mind. I feel like this movie is giving way too much in the trailer.

[B]

Yeah, it's all in the trailer.

[A]

The trailer is too. It's like I. I was like, I've seen the movie.

[B]

Yeah, you have, because it also follows, like, genre expectations. But I will say this. We needed someone to do, like, a blockbuster original action film. And I feel like Darren did that. I'm just hoping it clocks so more people can make like this.

[A]

Oh, I saw you were at the party. You are outside.

[B]

I'm outside.

[A]

You're out. You are outside. Okay. Yeah.

[C]

Are you out every night this week?

[B]

This week I was out every night.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

But usually I'm tucked. I'm in bed. I'm asleep by 11. But this week I was outside.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

I also feel like when you're in that world, like restaurants and.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Film. And I'm like, that's half the job.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

It's like going outside is like.

[A]

I go to sleep right now. I go to sleep at my bedtime is like 9pm Because I try to wake up at 5 every morning. Yeah.

[B]

Which is like a good skin.

[C]

I'm trying to get there.

[A]

I'm like, yeah, you had a baby, though. Wait, what's the baby's name?

[B]

Senna.

[A]

Senna?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

What's the middle name?

[C]

Boss.

[B]

Boss.

[C]

B, O, S, S. Son of Boss. Big Boss. Senna Big boss Wong.

[B]

It is his boss is his energy.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Are you guys having more?

[B]

Oh, yeah, I'm shooting the club up. Crazy. Crazy.

[A]

I would say I'm in there like.

[B]

Troy Ave at Urban Plaza.

[C]

I would say we're. Now we're like. We were trying for a while, but now we're like trying. I want to have another baby girl.

[A]

You want a girl?

[B]

Yeah, we want a girl. So I've been throwing the fight because I read this study that if shorty orgasms, most likely it'll be a boy. So I threw the fight.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Yeah, I just laid. I just laid on board.

[A]

This is crazy. I love that.

[C]

So now.

[A]

Oh, my God. I never. Science is so crazy.

[C]

No, but I just saw something crazy. Not to like, segue the conversation, but actually is like Chinese medicine will tell you that to study the moon phases. So where the moon is like if we're astrology heads for real. So if the moon is in earth water, you're going to have a girl when you conceive. And if the moon is in fire air, it's more likely to be a boy. And this has a 97 to 99 accuracy rate. We've just like lost the answer. Like. And I was like, this is so crazy to know. And then I wanted to like, look back and figure out what. What the moon phase was when, like, we conceived our sun, but I don't know the exact date.

[B]

I would also like to know what is your big three?

[A]

What?

[C]

Like sun rising.

[B]

Rising.

[A]

Okay, so I. Full disclosure.

[B]

Oh, he about to lie.

[A]

I know. Okay, so I tell people I am a triple Aries because some of because years.

[C]

You know who's a triple Aries? Jimmy.

[A]

Oh, my God. I heard years ago that I was a triple Aries, but I was a C section and my mom doesn't know when the fuck I was born. And my birth certificate was. I had 500 comic books. I'm obsessed with X Men. I had 500 comic books. My birth certificate was in this chest and the chest disappeared. It was at my aunt's house. Who throws a yard sale every weekend? But they disappeared.

[B]

You give in Triple Aries, though.

[C]

I believe I would just go with that.

[A]

I would. I'm fine with it. Yeah, I explained when people ask me about my sign, I'm like, I'm like. Like, I'm like yell. I'm like, lean close like I'm whispering in here. But I'm yelling and I have a gun in my hand like that. That's me. That's me. How I'M talking to you. That's what I'm trying to get something across to you.

[C]

The best, like, incarnation you can have is an Aries Rising. Because your whole, like, your house system, like, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1 to 12 houses. Like, you're. You're so in your first house, so your sense of self is so strong. Like, you're just living. Aries Risings are living the best incarnation.

[A]

I love. I have no idea what you're talking about, but I love Leo.

[C]

So if you're an Aries Rising or Leo Rising, which, like, I'm a Leo Rising, I just think you're living your best life at all time. You're just so solid and sturdy in yourself, and the universe moves for you.

[A]

Do you follow, like, a ton of, like, astronomy people? Do you like.

[C]

He does more than I do.

[B]

She just knows. She's, like a witch.

[C]

He's into.

[B]

What is Chrissy Miller's mom, Susan Miller?

[A]

Yeah, we.

[B]

That's. That's our girl.

[A]

She's, like the astronomer, right?

[C]

She reads for him. She, like, came to our house one time. I was like. I was, like, sweating. I was like, oh, my God.

[B]

Yeah, I had her check her out.

[C]

When we first started dating.

[B]

Susan Miller loves her because I'm a Pisces, she's a Pisces, Susan's a Pisces. And I believe Chrissy's also a Pisces.

[A]

I love that.

[B]

It's all Pisces.

[A]

That's so cool. Okay, wait. Okay, so you guys have a son? I just. I asked this. This is a question I ask parents. Okay, so your son turns five, he drops a football, and he's like, I want to take ballet. What is your response?

[C]

We're taking ballet.

[A]

Let's go. We're taking ballet because, honestly, you'd be.

[B]

Better at football or basketball if you take ballet, period. It's like how Kobe boxed.

[C]

We're so on the same page. We've said this from day day zero. I was like, whatever he wants. We've been doing. Yeah, like, when New York. I was like, he doesn't like it. We move.

[B]

Not for another Frederick Weissman. Ballet is probably my favorite documentary of all time.

[A]

Okay, cool.

[B]

Like, I will watch. I'll watch ballet. That shit fire.

[A]

Speaking of documentaries, have you ever seen. I'm not. I'm blanking on the name. It's about the Indian family that was found in their house. They were all hanging, yo.

[B]

No, I know about it. I can't. I can't, I can't. I can't do This. I can't.

[C]

This isn't what we.

[B]

Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

[C]

Director.

[A]

Talk about.

[B]

No.

[A]

Crazy.

[B]

No, that's scary.

[C]

So, I mean, I know, but I'm interested.

[A]

It's buzz. I mean, they're literally in their house, and they're hanging, like, a specific tree that's only in India. And they're this far off the ground. They're all symmetrical. They're all the exact same.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

What do we watch it? And you hear what happened? It's like, you guys, I don't want to ruin it, but. Yeah, you got to watch it.

[C]

Wow.

[A]

It gives me chills to just think about, like, when you're that close. Like, I don't know, it just. It makes you think about mental illness and, like, the way the brain works and shit like that. It is insane.

[B]

What's the name of it?

[A]

It. I can't think of it. Okay, well, if you look up Indian family hanging in the house. Yeah.

[B]

I'm only.

[A]

I'm only. Really, really. That. I think that is the craziest documentary I've ever watched. I also watched this documentary series about, like, cyber crimes, which was phenomenal. The first one's about. First episode's about swatting. Second episode's a girl. She didn't realize she was becoming a Nazi. Like, she. Like. It's like, oh. And then the last episode is two episodes about the con man who. I think he's the con man who they made Catch me if you can after. But it wasn't in the 50s. The catch me after you can guy is current. Okay, well, there's. That could be wrong, but it's really good.

[C]

Where is that?

[A]

That's on, like, HBO or something.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

It's like a web series. It's literally phenomenal. Let's.

[B]

And then, before we let you go, is there anything else you want to plug? Obviously, you're going to be working with us at Gazebo in the future.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

You got the book coming out. We're going to do the real show.

[A]

Yep. We're doing. I'm going to do. I want to do a podcast. You know what I plug? No.

[B]

Venmo.

[A]

Venmo. My Venmo. Okay. Quinton Dash belt. That's my venmo. Drop $1,000 in there. Do it. Listen, you could call it reparations. You can call it my birthday gift. You call my Christmas gift. You can do what? Hanukkah. Whatever you want to do. Just send it. Send me money, send me clothes, send me whatever you got. Thank you so much. So fun. I love it.

[B]

The best.

[A]

Yay. Awesome.