NELK Boys Internal | Ep. 174

Summary

Podcast Summary: FULL SEND PODCAST – NELK Boys Internal | Ep. 174

Date: November 12, 2025
Host: Shots Podcast Network
Guests: Nelk Boys (Kyle & others)
Sponsor: Happy Dad Hard Seltzer

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Main Theme / Purpose

In this casual and dynamic internal episode, the Nelk Boys regroup after recent travels, catching up on wild stories from Halloween in LA, adventures in China, behind-the-scenes on their business (Happy Dad), creative direction, and reflecting on content, streaming, and brand-building. Listeners get an inside look at the highs, lows, and banter that define Nelk's approach to entertainment, business, and friendship.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Catching Up and Halloween Recap (01:07 – 10:19)

• The boys haven’t seen each other for about a month, coming off their Skip Bayless sit-down and LA trips.
• Stories of Halloween parties in LA:
  • Streaming and live cameras at parties kill the vibe ("There's cameras everywhere...they want to get you in that gotcha moment." – Nelk Member 2, 03:37).
  • Nelk Member 2 recounts being removed from the stage at Tyga and Gunna's performance.
  • Reflections on party culture, costumes (pirate vs. hot dog), and LA social dynamics ("No chick's gonna want to see getting into an Uber with a guy dressed as a hot dog." – Nelk Member 2, 08:12).
• Discussion comparing Halloween to New Year's, both agreeing Halloween is superior for going out.

2. Getting Detained in China: The Inside Story (10:19 – 17:00)

• Nelk Member 2 shares being held in a Chinese holding cell:
  • Only Gabe checked in on him; others didn’t believe it or had “no words.”
  • Border agents checked his IG and stories ("I had the biggest dick in China" gag led to issues).
  • Treated well in a business lounge, killed time with push-ups and writing lyrics.
  • “They took me to the business lounge, treated me great. Food was great. I hit a dead ass…600 push-ups over 10 hours.” – Nelk Member 2, 13:35

3. Experiencing China – Culture, Nightlife, Tech, and Politics (17:00 – 26:03)

• Impressions: China feels like a huge, high-tech, ultra-secure America ("The cities are fucking magnificent." – Nelk Member 1, 17:13).
• Landmarks: The Great Wall exceeded expectations, especially at sunset.
• Politics: Locals advised, “Don’t talk about the government,” likened to saying ‘Voldemort’ ("All you can't do here, just don't talk about the fucking government." – Nelk Member 1, 15:55).
• Surveillance: Cameras everywhere, AI detects fights, super-tight security ("If you were to commit a crime and try to get away, you're not going anywhere—cops will show up in 30 seconds." – Nelk Member 1, 21:02).
• Social Media: As tourists, their social channels worked; local Chinese have restrictions.
• Foreigners: Welcomed, especially black and white people, lots of photo requests.
• Nightlife: Karaoke is a big deal ("They're obsessed with karaoke there…but you book a private room, it's a setup thing." – Nelk Member 1, 26:53).
• Safety: Noted how safe it felt, no fear of street crime, only of law enforcement.

4. Philosophical Musings: Freedom, Safety, and Social Order (25:02 – 29:41)

• Exploring freedom of speech vs. political division in the US:
  • "Freedom of speech and politics…look what's going on here in the US, look at how divided we are." – Nelk Member 1, 25:11
• Noticing that religion isn’t a big focus in China: "What's the religion like here? They're like, huh, CCP." – Nelk Member 1, 25:29
• Contrast with US/Canadian cities: clean streets, orderly, no homelessness or chaos.

5. Business Reflections: Happy Dad, Brand Building, and Competition (44:46 – 52:51)

• Nelk discusses the business growth of Happy Dad and lessons learned:
  • Profits being reinvested, no personal payouts yet: "I haven't made a penny off Happy Dad…everything is being reinvested." – Nelk Member 1, 44:46
  • Observing that competitors—White Claw, High Noon, and creators—are copying their playbook.
  • The critical importance of authentic brand alignment: "You got to actually love it…when we're at a party, what are we actually drinking? Happy Dad." – Nelk Member 1, 50:11
  • Female creators launching vodka lines and celebrities with alcohol brands: skepticism about their authenticity and reach.
  • Hopeful for a big exit but open to future possibilities: "We built something that now is bigger than us, and that's Happy Dad...we may exit it one day or we may not." – Nelk Member 1, 45:12

6. Content Evolution: Streaming, International, and Future Plans (30:11 – 43:53)

• The team wants to go even more international—Africa, Middle East, and create more international content series.
• Streaming (IRL and creative): Drama/reality streams perform best, though creative streams often flop. Love Island-style ideas floated.
  • "Streaming's more like a reality show...the only thing that actually goes viral off those streams are still the drama-based things." – Nelk Member 1, 41:59
• Discussing the downsides of aging out of the party lifestyle and being vulnerable to online trolling ("send virus" memes).
• Next projects: High-production Christmas special, more prank and reality-content for streaming platforms.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On LA Party Streaming Culture:
  "You walk in and there's five or six kids streaming it…kills the vibe a little bit." – Nelk Member 2 (03:20)
• On Getting Kicked Off Stage:
  "Target security…just pushed me off to the side. But I still vibed from right in front of the stage." – Nelk Member 2 (04:40)
• On Detainment in China:
  "They took my password and they said, what do you do for work?…they saw my stories…took me into the back room, pulled out a measuring tape, and it turns out I had the biggest thing. They said, we cannot allow a guy like you in our country." – Nelk Member 2 (11:28)
• On Authoritarian China:
  "If you commit a crime…there’s cameras everywhere…cops will show up in 30 seconds." – Nelk Member 1 (21:02)
• On Brand Authenticity:
  "You really gotta be about whatever your product is and you gotta actually love it…People saw us drinking before Happy Dad was even like a thing." – Nelk Member 1 (50:19)
• On US vs. China, Safety & Social Order:
  "You go to a country like [China], look at how clean they are...walking in Miami, homeless drug addicts screaming at me." – Nelk Member 1 (28:13)
• Philosophy on Content and Legacy:
  "If I really wanted to right now, I could just walk away…I’ve had a good run…But I do enjoy it, so I don’t know…our purpose is just to interact with other humans from different parts of the world." – Nelk Member 1 (43:39, 46:11)

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Important Timestamps

• [01:07-10:19]: Halloween and LA party culture (streaming, costumes, party stories, Halloween vs. NYE)
• [10:19-17:00]: China detainment story (arrest, social media, pushups in holding cell)
• [17:00-26:03]: China cultural impressions (food, nightlife, politics, social media, safety)
• [25:02-29:41]: US vs. China discussion (freedom, social safety/net, social dynamics)
• [30:11-31:55]: International travel and future video plans
• [41:28-43:53]: Streaming/IRL trends, drama vs. creative, reality show ideas
• [44:46-52:51]: Happy Dad business, alcohol brand competition, authenticity in influencer products, business growth

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Tone & Style

The conversation is raw, blunt, and true to the Nelk Boys' signature style: direct, bro-energy, humor-laced, and honest about their lifestyle, brand, and ambitions. Serious and self-reflective moments pop up between the gags, offering insight into group dynamics, business lessons, and the challenges of being a maturing influencer.

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Takeaways For Listeners

• Behind-the-scenes reality: Candid and sometimes unfiltered look at life as a Nelk Boy—from party mishaps to being detained in China.
• Business context: Insight into the grind, authenticity, and strategy behind Happy Dad's growth and why creator brands often fail.
• Future-facing: Teasers for a high-production Christmas special, plans for more international YouTube content, and thoughts on “aging out” of party content.

Final Note:
If you want to understand the real Nelk Boys—the brand, the banter, and the business—this episode is a must-listen for both new and old fans.

Transcript

[Kyle]

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[Nelk Member 1]

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[Kyle]

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[Nelk Member 1]

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[Kyle]

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[Nelk Member 1]

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[Kyle]

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[Nelk Member 1]

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[Kyle]

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[Nelk Member 2]

All right. Yo, what's good?

[Nelk Member 1]

What's up?

[Nelk Member 2]

Haven't seen you guys in a month and a half.

[Nelk Member 1]

No, it's been like 30 days.

[Nelk Member 2]

30 days.

[Nelk Member 1]

I was in LA with you. We did skip Bayless.

[Nelk Member 2]

Oh, that's right.

[Nelk Member 1]

Yeah. And then I told you to come to Vegas. You don't have a Vegas guy anymore?

[Nelk Member 2]

No, not really.

[Nelk Member 1]

It's not a trip. It's just like. No, Vegas is.

[Nelk Member 2]

Vegas isn't good for me.

[Nelk Member 1]

Vegas is just so hit or miss now.

[Nelk Member 2]

If you lose money, it's a terrible trip.

[Nelk Member 1]

So I wonder how Vegas was back in the day.

[Nelk Member 2]

Probably pretty similar.

[Nelk Member 1]

You think?

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah, I don't think.

[Nelk Member 1]

No, I think Vegas was like gambling. No. Like back in, like the Tiger woods days and. Because. A little bit better or no.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yes. Because I don't think, like, Miami. Vegas was the place you went to to party with you, like the Frank Sinatra days. Like, like that.

[Nelk Member 1]

Like, Vegas is a great time too, but in terms of girls, all the. Again, all the hot girls are bottle girls, right?

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

So you kind of gotta. You gotta hit the lottery with like a good group of Bachelorette parts. It's the only way in Vegas.

[Nelk Member 2]

Right? The only way.

[Nelk Member 1]

But sometimes you might go there and it's just like, there's a lot of. There's a lot of fat chicks here. Arizona used to be lit, but now Arizona's the same.

[Nelk Member 2]

What's wrong with taking down a fatty every once in a while?

[Nelk Member 1]

A fat.

[Nelk Member 2]

There's this new term called the torta. You know what, Torres? No, like a big Latina woman. It's like.

[Nelk Member 1]

Gabe, is a chick like Gracie Bond big? Yeah. That big.

[Nelk Member 2]

Well, she's not, like, really.

[Nelk Member 1]

She's not fat.

[Nelk Member 2]

She's just.

[Nelk Member 1]

She's got a. Just big ass. Yeah.

[Nelk Member 2]

But no, I mean, I'll take one down. It's been said. It's true. It's like, those are the ones that, you know, like, they're down and it's like, it's gonna be fun, but they're just not gonna be that hot.

[Nelk Member 1]

I'm not trying to be cocky. I just haven't hooked up with a fat chick.

[Nelk Member 2]

Oh, here we go. Here we go. Here we go. Not recently. Honestly. It's been a while.

[Nelk Member 1]

I'm not even tripping. You. Like, I just. I've actually never seen you with a fat chick.

[Nelk Member 2]

I will tell you, like, last weekend, I swear to God, this chick walked into Body Shop, and I thought it was Leah Halton.

[Nelk Member 1]

Halloween weekend.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah. Took her home, woke up the next day. Not Leo Alton or anything. Close.

[Nelk Member 1]

Really?

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah, it was.

[Nelk Member 1]

Why did you think she was Leah Halton?

[Nelk Member 2]

Like, what was 3am Halloween lighting. The lighting?

[Nelk Member 1]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 2]

Halloween lighting.

[Nelk Member 1]

How is Halloween in la?

[Nelk Member 2]

It's absolutely insane.

[Nelk Member 1]

Who was at the party? You went to a pretty cool party?

[Nelk Member 2]

No, I went to three. So Ryan Palno had his. I think he does an annual one. That one. Well, so the biggest problem now with LA parties is that you walk in and there's five or six kids streaming it. So you're walking around, there's cameras everywhere. Like, they want to get you in there.

[Nelk Member 1]

And not only is there cameras, because there was always vloggers in la.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

But now it's live.

[Nelk Member 2]

Live. So they want to get you in that gotcha moment.

[Nelk Member 1]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 2]

So I tried to just stay away from that because I'm trying to have a good time and I'm obviously intoxicated, so I don't want to slip up or do anything stupid. But it kind of. It kills the vibe a little bit. It makes it way less.

[Nelk Member 1]

Why?

[Nelk Member 2]

How many?

[Nelk Member 1]

What streamers are at the parties?

[Nelk Member 2]

Everybody. Like, there's kids there that are like, Just starting.

[Nelk Member 1]

Nobody's too.

[Nelk Member 2]

There's. Yeah, there's no limitations. Just if you stream, you're in there, you're good.

[Nelk Member 1]

Like, it doesn't even benefit you to be on their street. No.

[Nelk Member 2]

You could have. You could be starting out and have 10 viewers, and they're in there. Like, it's like. Like that. So it just. It kind of kills the vibe. But then after that, I went to this dude named Kareem, had a big party, and, like, it's lit. Tyga performed, Gunner performed. Somehow I was right next to him.

[Nelk Member 1]

Tiger's always performing on Halloween, but it was sick.

[Nelk Member 2]

And somehow I was up there for a little bit before they asked me who I was and then removed me from the stage with physical aggression. Honestly. And honestly, I might follow up with a lawsuit about that.

[Nelk Member 1]

Target security.

[Nelk Member 2]

Just some dude was like, yo, what are you doing up here? It's getting pretty full. And I was like, yeah, no, I'm with them. And then he's like, no, you're not. And then he just kind of pushed me off to the side. But I still vibed from right in front of the stage.

[Nelk Member 1]

Were you up there for Rack City or anything?

[Nelk Member 2]

I didn't make Rack City. Oh, yeah. I only got faded.

[Nelk Member 1]

Faded's a banger, though. Yeah. Tyga had tracks back in the day.

[Nelk Member 2]

But, like, they still hit today.

[Nelk Member 1]

AOS are going. I used to love, like, hearing Tyga come in on a verse with, like, the. Yeah. When I was in high school.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah, it fires you up. Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

Still cool, though, no?

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah, he's a legend.

[Nelk Member 1]

Yeah. So just the Kylie Jenner thing just kind of, like, it changed the course of his career, right?

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah, for sure. But I mean, also in la, I know it's probably similar here, but it.

[Nelk Member 1]

Changed the course of my career too. Probably.

[Nelk Member 2]

Girls are just probably way worse. The women are just, like, insane. Every girl from every city flies in there to go out there.

[Nelk Member 1]

So who else was there? You said Gunner performed Central C. Central.

[Nelk Member 2]

C. Had a chopped it up with Central for a little bit.

[Nelk Member 1]

Guy robbed your bird.

[Nelk Member 2]

For sure. He did, yeah. I'll actually tell you, there's this legend, Central Seas, though.

[Nelk Member 1]

Just this, like, one guy. It's like. Like, you just don't want him around you.

[Nelk Member 2]

I'll tell you what happened. There's this legendary chick in la. I love you. Straight up. I actually offered her to come here with me. She didn't respond. But we were at Delilah for the Moxie Management party thrown by your boy Slater, and Manzel was like, yo, we should hit Body Shop. Let's do it. And I was like, all right, let's go.

[Nelk Member 1]

Which is a strip club.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah. I was like, dude, so and so is calling me. He's like, what? And I'm like, yeah. And he goes, Yells at the uber flippy, you. We were going back to get her. And.

[Nelk Member 1]

Wait, who said that?

[Nelk Member 2]

Mr. Manzel. Oh, yeah. He was like, we're going back to get her. So we are already there. We go all the way back to get her because she's really like that. And then we're really.

[Nelk Member 1]

Yeah, she's hot.

[Nelk Member 2]

No, she's a queen goddess. And upstairs, and we're sitting in the one of. There's two private rooms at Body Shop. There's just one on the left, one on the right. And we're in the one on the left. And then Central's in the one on the right. And Johnny's doing his thing in the corner. And I'm kind of just like, chilling. And then she tells me, like, I, hey, I gotta go to the bathroom.

[Nelk Member 1]

I'll be right back.

[Nelk Member 2]

And I was like, all right, no worries. And then Johnny steps down and he's like, yo, what's up? Where'd she go? And I was like, oh, she just gone to the bathroom. And he goes, you idiot.

[Nelk Member 1]

You idiot.

[Nelk Member 2]

Like, lost his mind. I was like, dude, what? He's like, she's not going to the bathroom. She's with Central. And turns out she was in Central's room having a good time.

[Nelk Member 1]

So much more money being thrown in there. And. Yeah, you guys were blaming the ATM not working or something. No, my credit card doesn't work in the ATM here.

[Nelk Member 2]

It was raining a little bit. Yeah, but, like, for 15 minutes.

[Nelk Member 1]

So she just didn't come back.

[Nelk Member 2]

She came back and, like, said, bye, like, two or three hours later. Yeah, it was defeat at its max. What about, how was it for you guys?

[Nelk Member 1]

Halloween was fun, man. Halloween's always a good time.

[Nelk Member 2]

You guys are kind of lame, though. And I'm gonna make this a really big thing because, like, you're.

[Nelk Member 1]

What did you dress up as?

[Nelk Member 2]

I know what you're gonna say, I was a pirate.

[Nelk Member 1]

I didn't see one photo of you.

[Nelk Member 2]

Because my fit wasn't hard. But I was a pirate. I wore an earring. I had a probably zesty ass sword.

[Nelk Member 1]

What happened to your beard? She went to Central Sea. So continue with your point.

[Nelk Member 2]

Okay. Okay. So I ordered a hot dog costume. So I was gonna be a hot dog and then go shades on.

[Nelk Member 1]

That would have been more funny.

[Nelk Member 2]

It's funny. But then I was thinking, like, no chick's gonna. No one's gonna be like, want to see. Getting into an Uber with a guy dressed as a hot dog. That's just not gonna happen. Yeah, it's like, that's just not happening. And even if you're, like, dancing with a girl and you're the hot dog, like, unless you're really confident and feeling yourself, you're so I'm one of those guys that likes to be the funny the funny and enjoy Halloween. And you guys have to do.

[Nelk Member 1]

I think hot dog's funnier than a pirate, though.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah. Well, I went.

[Nelk Member 1]

I can't find a pirate remotely. Like, it's not that funny.

[Nelk Member 2]

Well, I went. I went shirtless with a vest pirate.

[Nelk Member 1]

Oh, yeah, you shouldn't went shirtless, dude.

[Nelk Member 2]

I' hit arms that day. Like, I was really looked. People were stepping clear when I was walking through the party and I had an eye patch and an earring and a sword. And then, yeah, no, it didn't work out for me. But I just don't, like, be. Be the funny guy on Halloween. Don't be one of these guys that has to, like, be a lifeguard, zombie, or a zombie in a suit.

[Nelk Member 1]

I went the scary route.

[Nelk Member 2]

Dude, you're. No, you went. You want the. I still want to look good, but I'm going to put a little face paint on so I fit the part. It's like, dude, have some fun with it. Have some fucking personality.

[Nelk Member 1]

What your goal is on Halloween, right? Like, your goal is obviously to, like, get your bird robbed by central sea. Like, that's personally not my goal on Halloween. I think Halloween, you go two angles. You either have to go funny or you go like, you know, a little scary and, like, you look good.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

So I chose the scary look good route. I don't find pirate. It's not like a funny costume. It's like a typical costume. I think you would have had better odds with Hot Dog. I love. You would have got more laughs. I think you would have suited Hot Dog a lot more. I know she still would have went with cinch, but, like.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah, yeah, no, but.

[Nelk Member 1]

But Halloween's good. I'm glad it's over. We had a lot of birds in that.

[Nelk Member 2]

Bless me. It's honestly my favorite time of year, like, for. For going out.

[Nelk Member 1]

We had a great.

[Nelk Member 2]

Always have everyone's positive vibes. It's a great time. Not like some on New Year's. Everyone's stressed out. You're just there.

[Nelk Member 1]

New Year's is. Yeah. See, if you compare Halloween to New Year's, Halloween is a way better. Way better party.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah. New Year's.

[Nelk Member 1]

New Year's is always.

[Nelk Member 2]

It's just amateur night.

[Nelk Member 1]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 2]

Because everyone wants to go to the same. And you pain in the ass to.

[Nelk Member 1]

Get tickets are expensive for you're going to. And it's always and busy.

[Nelk Member 2]

So I do want to address the fact that I don't know one of your good friends was in a holding cell in a foreign communist country. And not anyone in this room besides Gabe reached out to me.

[Nelk Member 1]

Hey, bro. Are you okay? You. You good?

[Nelk Member 2]

So I don't know if you guys were busy. We're not actually friends, but I'm five other guys.

[Nelk Member 1]

Plus, I also didn't expect you to not.

[Nelk Member 2]

Oh, you. You were on a run. Yeah. Oh, you're on a run.

[Nelk Member 1]

Oh, well, then of course I wasn't looking.

[Nelk Member 2]

Why would you hit me up?

[Nelk Member 1]

So. I wasn't. I wasn't expecting. No, I did. But, dude, we have no control in China.

[Nelk Member 2]

No. Nothing said, hey, bro, are you alive? You're right.

[Nelk Member 1]

You in jail. I was texting you.

[Nelk Member 2]

I think your. Your text was, I have no words, which is pretty much saying, like, I don't know what to say. I'm gonna move on.

[Nelk Member 1]

You got denied from China. I have absolutely no poll there. Yeah, the guys. The guys that we were with, we. We asked them and they said, yo, there's nothing we could do.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

So that's why I said. I was like, dude, I don't know what to say. I'm sorry. Like, this actually sucks.

[Nelk Member 2]

I think I know what it was, is that I was posting. They. They went and looked at my ig.

[Nelk Member 1]

You never told us that until now.

[Nelk Member 2]

Well, I was posting stories about how I'd have the biggest dick in China.

[Nelk Member 1]

They didn't look at your ig.

[Nelk Member 2]

They did. They did. They did. Is that fact? No, bro. I was sitting in the holding cell, and they took my password and they said, what do you do for work? And I told them. And so they looked it up and they saw my stories of, like, which I still stand on that. That I'd have the biggest dick in China while I was there. And a couple guys got kind of offended. They took me into the back room, pulled out a measuring tape, and it turns out I had the biggest thing. And they said, we. We cannot allow a guy like you in our country.

[Nelk Member 1]

You were making, like, we have a group chat, and, like, you were just, like, constantly making dick jokes to the point where it was like, that was a Bit. All right. Like, what's a bit much, like, what's going on? It was. It was a bit.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

He was like, yo, is he, like, being like, is he being serious or like.

[Nelk Member 2]

I mean, dude, the. The sleepy pill hit me on the plane and, like, you get a little. You know what I mean? And nobody started off with that, like, right away. It's pretty funny to me. Like, that's a stereotype that everyone jokes about right away. Like, when you see Leslie. Leslie chill on the hangover, it's like, whatever. So you have jokes.

[Nelk Member 1]

No.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah, so I know.

[Nelk Member 1]

I mean, it was weird how you didn't get in. I don't know. Yeah, I think if you came to Japan with us, you would have got in. There's no.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah, I had something.

[Nelk Member 1]

Because it would have been like. You would have been 1 out of 15. I think you were just like one single white guy.

[Nelk Member 2]

And they're like, I was so excited to be walking in there. I will tell you. Like, they. They were pretty cool about it because they let me go and hang out in the business lounge and.

[Nelk Member 1]

Bro, you just popped another Xan too? And just.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah, no, I took another Zan and I kept the. The food in the airport was so fire.

[Nelk Member 1]

Well, you know, Jesse got stopped on the way in.

[Nelk Member 2]

Oh, really?

[Nelk Member 1]

When you go into China.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

They have, like. You're walking through the customs, like, you know, where you show your passport, they have a thermometer to take your. That's just like scanning. We thought it was temperature. Jesse was wearing a beanie on the plane. His fault. You shouldn't be wearing a beanie on a plane.

[Nelk Member 2]

It's classic.

[Nelk Member 1]

He's. Yeah, he's classic. Wearing a beanie on a plane and he gets flagged for having a high temperature.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

So they bring him to the back and. And they, like, checked in, took his temperature and shit. And like, he didn't have a fever. But, like, if he did, I don't know where the he would have gone.

[Nelk Member 2]

But what I was saying is that I was just. They took me to the business lounge, treated me great. Food was great. And then I had, like, a little room with a bed. I don't know if you guys saw me. The first thing you do when you get locked up is you do. I hit a dead ass. I think I hit 600 push ups over 10 hours. I did, bro. And I just killed time with push ups. Read a little bit, wrote some lyrics, and then that was it. I dipped. So. Yeah. But I will. I do want to ask, because I did I've told, I told you from the beginning.

[Nelk Member 1]

You want to go to China.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah, I really wanted to go to.

[Nelk Member 1]

China and I was surprised you wanted to go to China because I've always been. I kind of said I would never go to China.

[Nelk Member 2]

For what reason.

[Nelk Member 1]

I just didn't know about the political climate there. This holiday, discover meaningful gifts for everyone on your list at K. Not sure where to start. Our jewelry experts are here to help you find or create the perfect gift gift in store or online. Book your appointment today and unwrap Love.

[Nelk Member 2]

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[Nelk Member 1]

I just didn't know how much they. They're so smart there. What I realized too, and it's like, in what way? I don't know, I just didn't know how much AI technology they have there to when you go through the border and it's like, does my name pop up? And it shows that like we've done with Trump and like, I just, I just didn't know. And like the thing with countries like that is like you once you get locked up, bro, and like even like you like, that's what I realized. When you like didn't get let in, I told all the guys, I was like, dude, this gotta take this as a sign that like you can't do anything here. Like if you up and you go to jail, like, we don't have any power here. Okay?

[Nelk Member 2]

But so from the outside looking in, because you guys were posting stories and like you guys were partying, that's why.

[Nelk Member 1]

I initially didn't want to go to China. But then when I got there, my conclusion about China is this. You can't do one thing there. You cannot talk about the government. That's it. Don't talk about what the fuck President Xi is doing and you'll have a great ass fucking time there. And that's what we did. And people told us there, they're just like, listen, all you can't do here, just don't talk about the fucking government. I have, I have nothing to do with China Chinese politics. And I'm fucking Canadian and I shouldn't even talk about US Politics. Right? I don't need to talk about fucking Chinese politics. But that's the one thing people just don't do there.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

It's like saying Voldemort in a way.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

In Harry Potter where it's like, if you even ask them about it, they're like, dude, like no. And what they say is like, I guess the rules, like if you're not qualified to talk about politics. You shouldn't be talking about it. That's. That's what people there kind of told us. So I don't know if that means, like, you need to do a certain amount of schooling or study political science or. I don't know what that meant, but that's what they told us in terms.

[Nelk Member 2]

Of, like, freedom and stuff. Are most people you guys hang out with, like, working corporate jobs or, like.

[Nelk Member 1]

Yeah, I mean, that's what I don't really understand still. And I'm probably gonna sound like a dumbass, but what else is new? Like, I don't know what type of communism, like, it is, or, like, because it's not like, everyone's equal, right? Like, we were with rich people the whole time, and, you know, like, there is. There's definitely, like, rich people. Not everyone's equal. So I guess. Yeah.

[Nelk Member 2]

How was the food?

[Nelk Member 1]

Food was amazing.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah. See, that's what I wanted to try, bro.

[Nelk Member 1]

Yeah, I personally liked. I like China better than Japan.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah, that's what I figured. Wow. It's actually crazy. I hear great things about Japan.

[Nelk Member 1]

Japan's sick, too. Japan's sick, too. But I think not a lot of people have been to China, too, right? More people.

[Nelk Member 2]

And then what.

[Nelk Member 1]

What I learned about China is. I don't know. I feel like it's. It's like America, but just fucking Chinese. If that makes sounds dope. The cities are fucking magnificent. Like, did you see the skyline we posted to that one city? Yeah. Chongqing.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

Dude, that skyline is incredible.

[Nelk Member 2]

It's huge.

[Nelk Member 1]

It's fucking insane. Huge. Like, there's nothing like that in the.

[Nelk Member 2]

US I don't want to give up too much, because I know you guys. You guys have a video or two coming out, but. Yeah. Okay, so when you pull up to the Great Wall, was it a letdown? Was it sick?

[Nelk Member 1]

That's what we said about grapevine. Always. There is some of those tourism things that it's like the typical tourist that you do that, like, you get there and it's like a letdown. And that's kind of what we thought about the Great Wall, but it was. It was opposite. It was sick.

[Nelk Member 2]

Like, and what was so cool about it? Just.

[Nelk Member 1]

Just. It was just like some sort of energy, and it was beautiful. Like, we went there, like, right during sunset, it was beautiful day.

[Nelk Member 2]

You know what year that was built?

[Nelk Member 1]

300 to 600 years ago. Yeah.

[Nelk Member 2]

Is that not bizarre?

[Nelk Member 1]

You think would be older, right? Yeah, yeah.

[Nelk Member 2]

But it's also new. It's. How could you run it? Or.

[Nelk Member 1]

No, I Should have, but there's a lot of stairs.

[Nelk Member 2]

And what are people, like, doing on there? They just kind of chilling and taking photos around.

[Nelk Member 1]

Taking photos. It really is just like. Yeah. When you get there, you're kind of like, oh, whoa. This, like, this is crazy.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

You look up and it's just. It keeps going, especially because you're walking up, going down, and then when you walk up, you see, like, the skyline.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah. Or you see the view.

[Nelk Member 1]

Yeah. It's just gorgeous. But people love Trump there.

[Nelk Member 2]

Well, I would assume so.

[Nelk Member 1]

That was, like, our ticket. Well, I didn't know. I mean, you see that. You see this whole tariff war, and it's like.

[Nelk Member 2]

But it seems like him and China along pretty well.

[Nelk Member 1]

Yeah, but you go there and, like, you know, the guys that we were hanging with, everything they did to intro us is they would show, like, obviously everything we did with Trump to people, and people love Trump there, which. Which I found interesting because that was my whole kind of hold back.

[Nelk Member 2]

The one thing that I don't get is, like, I could name multiple cities. Like, I could name Shanghai, Hong Kong, Beijing. What's, like, the difference between them?

[Nelk Member 1]

That's what I learned. So Hong Kong is. Is not mainland China. Did you know that? Like, it's technically, we have to go through a border. It's. It's a completely different. It's a completely different type of culture.

[Nelk Member 2]

Same government, though.

[Nelk Member 1]

No.

[Nelk Member 2]

Oh, thanks.

[Nelk Member 1]

You have to go through a whole completely, like, border check, like, passport, like, fill out your immigration for, like, more chill there or. Yeah. So Hong Kong's more, like, Americanized, more English speaking. I. We only went there for one night, but I would love to go back to Hong Kong, too. We'd have a blast there, bro. And everyone's fans of us because. So that's the other thing in China I actually realized was a misconception, too, is if you go there as a tourist, all our social media worked the entire time.

[Nelk Member 2]

If you go as a tourist, like.

[Nelk Member 1]

Yeah. Like on your own phone.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

Like, I just have a travel plan. Like, I didn't have once, like, my Instagram, but that kind of makes sense. Oh, I thought. I mean, all I heard was social media was banned there, Right?

[Nelk Member 2]

Well, for their. Their. If you have a residence, if you.

[Nelk Member 1]

Have a Chinese cellular line. Yeah, yeah. But it's not like, kind of people make it seem like North Korea, where it's like, like they really can't access it. You know what I'm saying?

[Nelk Member 2]

But I was.

[Nelk Member 1]

Macau. We didn't go.

[Nelk Member 2]

You guys didn't go To Macau?

[Nelk Member 1]

No, we didn't go.

[Nelk Member 2]

Oh.

[Nelk Member 1]

Because there was not much content. Unless we're gonna film gambling. We're like, we were partying a lot there. Yeah, but Beijing's more like. That's a lot of cops in Beijing. So that's the other thing about China too, is like, what I learned about China.

[Nelk Member 2]

Can you get away with there? I feel like, bro, no, no, no. I mean like with like a quick, like, like misdemeanor. So.

[Nelk Member 1]

So one thing I learned about China, I don't know how the law works if you do commit a crime and how to. But you cannot move in China. Like, if you were to commit a crime and like try to get away, you're not going anywhere. Like, there is cameras everywhere. Our friends told us that if there's a fight on the cameras, like AI will like detect it or people are watching. I don't know. But cops will show up in 30 seconds without someone calling everywh you go, there's cameras. You get scanned by a metal detector.

[Nelk Member 2]

Well, yeah. Going on the train.

[Nelk Member 1]

Going on a train is like going through an airport. Like, your bags are going through everything. Even the subway. Like, think of the New York subway. You're getting metal detector down, your bags are going through. Like, it's actually impossible to like, you're not. And there's just cop. It's set up to be like, yeah, like, yo, follow the rules. Or you're like, I feel like you're kind of fucked. You're done.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

It's also like the greatest place where it's like, I don't know. All right, guys, let's talk some crypto.

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[Nelk Member 2]

What about, like, Geography City? Like, is it beautiful there?

[Nelk Member 1]

Yeah, I thought it was beautiful. I found it very beautiful. I mean, Great Wall was beautiful. The skylines were crazy. The cities were just like, so many buildings.

[Nelk Member 2]

Like, a lot like New York City where you walk around and, like, there's, like, bodies.

[Nelk Member 1]

You kind of realize, like, dude, like, you kind of do realize what people say. Like, China is like, they're coming, bro. They coming. They are after China. After seeing the Chinese.

[Nelk Member 2]

Tell me about those robots.

[Nelk Member 1]

Oh, God, dude, I bought one. No. Is it here? It's coming soon.

[Nelk Member 2]

How much was it? Just drop it.

[Nelk Member 1]

Like, I know you got money.

[Nelk Member 2]

50. Do they. They have, like, an entry level.

[Nelk Member 1]

1 70K.

[Nelk Member 2]

Is that the. You probably got like, the max. Do they have an entry level?

[Nelk Member 1]

Well, I'm obviously gonna get the best robot they can, like, have at the time. So we're gonna have a full sun robot. That's gonna be.

[Nelk Member 2]

Bro, what can they do? Dude, he was doing Bruce.

[Nelk Member 1]

They can do karate, kung fu. They can. Yeah, dance.

[Nelk Member 2]

And they speaker shake your hand.

[Nelk Member 1]

They'll be able to speak eventually. I think right now they only speak Chinese.

[Nelk Member 2]

Damn. So it could be like. Be like your homie. Like, if you're hungover, you could watch a movie with it.

[Nelk Member 1]

Yeah, like, we're gonna name it. We gotta come. I want to ask the fans help for naming it, but we got a robot.

[Nelk Member 2]

Do they. Is there. Can I get, like, a 5K?

[Nelk Member 1]

Watch how much. Like, we're gonna get so many chicks. That's gonna be great for content.

[Nelk Member 2]

Wait, how can I get one? I'm down. I'll splash on that. That's a way bigger exclusive. Only you can have one. Yeah. Why is that?

[Nelk Member 1]

She had to talk the guy into it.

[Nelk Member 2]

They don't sell them or. No, dude, I want a robot bad.

[Nelk Member 1]

Yeah, this might be the most uneducated statement of all time too. But, like, I don't know. There's. I guess there's different types of communism. Like, you got Venezuela communism, where, like, everyone's poor and they're like, you know, they. They hate the leader there. Maduro. From what I learned, I mean, I guess they can't really speak the truth, but, like, people actually genuinely seem to like President Xi.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

Like, I would actually ask people and like, I'm like, what do like, people actually think of them? Like, I'm not gonna tell or say it on the dude. Maybe it's not everyone's like, dude, people really like them here.

[Nelk Member 2]

Think about it like this too. Maybe it's not a bad. Such a bad thing that they can't have access to all these social media apps. They probably have their heads on a little more clear than people.

[Nelk Member 1]

And I go, I know freedom of speech is, like the most important thing. And it's like, used to protect us, but it's like freedom of speech and politics. Like, look what's going on here in the us look at how divided we are. Like, up every Thanksgiving dinner. Like, yeah. You know what I'm saying?

[Nelk Member 2]

Like, yeah, I agree.

[Nelk Member 1]

You got the liberal.

[Nelk Member 2]

Did you notice that at all?

[Nelk Member 1]

They don't talk about it. I asked, you know what I asked people. I'm like, yo, like, what's the religion like here? They're like, huh, ccp.

[Nelk Member 2]

What's that mean?

[Nelk Member 1]

Communist Chinese Party.

[Nelk Member 2]

It's crazy, bro.

[Nelk Member 1]

Is it is interesting. It's to think of. Because it's like, if it was bad, then people can't speak about. But I don't know, it's so safe there. I didn't feel scared in China, like, one bit. I was only scared of getting arrested, obviously. But, like, in terms of the people.

[Nelk Member 2]

There, what do they think of you out there?

[Nelk Member 1]

They love. They loved it. People say they like white people, but they like black people more as far as, like, talking to chicks and stuff. Yeah, it was.

[Nelk Member 2]

So what, you were spitting game. No, I was still, they.

[Nelk Member 1]

They were attracted.

[Nelk Member 2]

They can't speak English, can they?

[Nelk Member 1]

Our trainer Caleb, too, is like, yeah.

[Nelk Member 2]

Like, they were trying to.

[Nelk Member 1]

Even dark, they don't really see, like.

[Nelk Member 2]

Black people there, right? Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

So they're asking photos. Yeah, ask for photos. And they love foreigners. They love it.

[Nelk Member 2]

Did anything extra curricular go down or are we not allowed to Karaoke nights?

[Nelk Member 1]

Karaoke nights. Karaoke? Wait, bro, we got to do more karaoke. Better, bro.

[Nelk Member 2]

Really?

[Nelk Member 1]

Well, I've never been in la, though. It's so fun, dude. So they're obsessed with karaoke there. But it's not like. Like, I've said it on the Japan video. It's not when you're like drunk, blowed out at the end of a night and you have nothing else to do. And like that one girl wants to go do karaoke.

[Nelk Member 2]

They're taking this.

[Nelk Member 1]

This is like a setup thing. Like, you plan it. You book a private room.

[Nelk Member 2]

It's like, this is gonna go back to my Halloween thing. You. You didn't get on the mic.

[Nelk Member 1]

I did.

[Nelk Member 2]

What'd you sing?

[Nelk Member 1]

Was that not on the mic? I was on the mic a lot.

[Nelk Member 2]

What'd you sing?

[Nelk Member 1]

Love Yourself by JD was my go to. Yeah, that and I mixed it up.

[Nelk Member 2]

Did you do Six man or six God?

[Nelk Member 1]

I did some Drake. I think me and Celine. Did we do non stop? Which one we do? No, we did. Make me proud.

[Nelk Member 2]

Make me proud.

[Nelk Member 1]

Yeah, that was the.

[Nelk Member 2]

You tear up at the end. And this is my dog.

[Nelk Member 1]

What?

[Nelk Member 2]

Dude?

[Nelk Member 1]

Oh, you know what I realized too? Drake. Drake Watch was ineffective. Of course, they don't know Drake out there.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah, that makes sense.

[Nelk Member 1]

They only know Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift. I did pull a couple JB tick tocks. Like me like him at the table.

[Nelk Member 2]

Like, how'd that work? Work like a charm.

[Nelk Member 1]

Nice.

[Nelk Member 2]

What about Slim? You get on the mic or. No, I did.

[Nelk Member 1]

Yeah, everyone got.

[Nelk Member 2]

Everyone, everyone.

[Nelk Member 1]

It was fun, bro.

[Nelk Member 2]

You definitely did some flow riders. I sang. Oh, whistle. Did people. People leave the room when you got on the mic or.

[Nelk Member 1]

No, I was so into it that.

[Nelk Member 2]

Oh, that's good.

[Nelk Member 1]

No, they take it like really serious. Seriously. Yeah, like, they get on the mic and they're like. They're like belting it out. Like. Yeah, no, like, eyes closed. Like, just like really.

[Nelk Member 2]

But they do like a K pop type.

[Nelk Member 1]

Nah, they like American songs.

[Nelk Member 2]

Oh, nice.

[Nelk Member 1]

Yeah, it was a good time, bro. Great time. Karaoke nights are like. It's crazy.

[Nelk Member 2]

I was worrying about my life.

[Nelk Member 1]

I think we got to do those more. I'm ready for a us. That was fun the way they do it. What else is crazy about China? No, I just found it's interesting, like, how safe it is too, right? And I guess there's always that borderline where it's like, you know, when does it become too, like, secure? Where you're giving your freedom away too. But I don't know, that's why it makes me even. It's so crazy. Like the mom Donnie or whatever the. Yeah, I don't know about nationalized grocery stores or I don't know the economics of that or I. I mean, it's probably sounds weird, but I don't I'm not a economist. I'm not like, I don't know how that works, but when you talk about defunding the police, stupid, then you go to a country like, yeah, look at how clean they're back here. And I'm like, walking to the gym in Miami and like, like, homeless drug addicts like, screaming at me.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

Well, he asked about my happy dad hat. He was like, screaming. I thought he was gonna stab me. I had to give him my hat.

[Nelk Member 2]

Trust me, New York's worse too.

[Nelk Member 1]

I gave him my hat. Yeah. What's that hat? And I actually have, like 20 in my closet. So, like, he looked like he was having a shitty day. So I was like, I was like, you want it? He said. And then it, like, made his day.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

Also you think robbery, like, like, that's the thing. It's like, well, he's.

[Nelk Member 2]

I'm sorry, but defund the police. And then you think government owned grocery stores. That's just going to encourage more theft from there. You know what I'm saying?

[Nelk Member 1]

Like, I don't beef on the police is the crazy. Yeah, that's crazy to say. Like, you even see what Trump's doing with, like, when they do bring in more law enforcement to, like, Washington and it's common sense.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

Like, who the are you gonna call once when you have a problem. Yeah. And someone breaks into your house? Who the are you calling? You're calling the cops.

[Nelk Member 2]

Exactly.

[Nelk Member 1]

Like, what a dumb, idiotic thing to say. Defund the police.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah, it is.

[Nelk Member 1]

It's just, I don't understand that. I'll shop at a national grocery store or whatever. Like, I'll, you know, I'll go buy bananas there. But defund the police. Like, they're there to help you. Yeah. Like, but yeah, China was. China was cool. I think people love the Japan video.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

The international. I mean, it does get a little bit tiring. But what I kind of realized too is the most tiring part is, is just the long flight there. So I think I like what we did this trip where, you know, we flew 18 hours or whatever it was, and then we went there and we got. We got two videos at least. At least going into next year. If we do Africa or we do the Middle east or any other, like, areas, I think we should just like, if it's a 15 hour flight, you might as well go and, like, go to three countries in Africa and come back with, like, three videos.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

@ the end of the day, like, like we were saying when we were in Asia, like, we Kind of didn't want to leave.

[Nelk Member 2]

I know Gabe was pushing to stay there as long as possible. Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

I was honestly, like, that was our longest trip. That was our longest trip. And it was fun.

[Nelk Member 2]

It was great.

[Nelk Member 1]

Yeah. But I think. I think going into next year, we'll probably. I think we're gonna go super international. I honestly kind of want to make a. A checklist of countries. That's got to be next.

[Nelk Member 2]

I think Africa's sick because of continent.

[Nelk Member 1]

Listen, I know this sounds crazy, but one of the top comments was. Was one of the top comments was now things to come to Afghanistan. Why not actually. Actually know a guy. Why not? It'd be great to just go see. I mean, like, China. We never would have thought we would have got gone to China. No, I know. So I think that's what we're gonna try to tee up for next year. People love the international. I think it's like. And it's so cool to show the misconceptions. I think people are gonna really like the China video, too. We met a cool kid, Leo, who was, like, our tour guide, and we, like, really bonded with him. I miss Leo. Meet people you, like, never forget, too. Like, you kind of, like, stay friends with them. Right. Even when we went to India, I.

[Nelk Member 2]

Think we got to do. You know, we need to do is we need to. I think this should be a new thing is on these trips, like, how Kaisana found, like, a ray and, like, found, like, a total. We find a hilarious guy out there and we just bring him back. Yeah. Do you agree with that? Like, that'd be pretty sick.

[Nelk Member 1]

Like, kind of what happened with this kid.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah. So your guy. Justin Trudeau.

[Nelk Member 1]

My guy.

[Nelk Member 2]

Proud Canadian right here. Sometimes people forget.

[Nelk Member 1]

I don't think that's. Dodgers.

[Nelk Member 2]

Blue Jays. Sorry about your Blue Jays. You didn't watch one game?

[Nelk Member 1]

Dude, you're not even from la.

[Nelk Member 2]

You didn't watch one game. Did you watch your team?

[Nelk Member 1]

The Rockies? The Dodgers, bro.

[Nelk Member 2]

I live in la. Yeah. Don't switch. Don't switch up on your teams. But I'm sorry your team lost.

[Nelk Member 1]

I'm kind of used to it.

[Nelk Member 2]

Like, it's kind of crazy like, this. Diplo went on a podcast and talked about how he was dating. I don't know if it was all at the same time, but Katy Perry and Trudeau at the same time.

[Nelk Member 1]

Was he being serious about that?

[Nelk Member 2]

He seemed pretty serious, but I don't know if it was at the same time or one at a time. But, like, it's a. Like, what the is going on.

[Nelk Member 1]

Oh, they're both.

[Nelk Member 2]

It was like a three way relationship. From what I believe, that's a crazy three. I don't know if we get fact checked on that, but I don't know.

[Nelk Member 1]

If Trudeau's just said BD or he's hong or something, but like, I don't. Or does Katie black for diploma? No, for Trudeau. Like, does she, or maybe does she think it's a flex to like, yo, I'm dating like a former prime minister? Like, I don't know if she knows how hated he is in Canada.

[Nelk Member 2]

She probably just agrees with a lot of issues.

[Nelk Member 1]

He's the most hated guy.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

Like, I don't know if she thinks it's a flex.

[Nelk Member 2]

Like, you think Diplo knows he's hated or you think Diplo. I think it's freaky with it.

[Nelk Member 1]

Diplo's always doing sexual.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah, we got a party with him.

[Nelk Member 1]

I've met, I saw him in, I think Vegas. He went, he's down to come on the pod.

[Nelk Member 2]

Should we party with him? Or maybe, maybe.

[Nelk Member 1]

I mean, you'll, you'll, you'll, you'll get down with whatever he's doing.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah, whatever. I saw this today. Obviously, I followed the NBA scandal a lot, but what's going on with the ufc?

[Nelk Member 1]

You know what's funny about that guy?

[Nelk Member 2]

You know, I don't know who released.

[Nelk Member 1]

That, but you know, do you see the guy who is being accused? Isaac Dulgarian?

[Nelk Member 2]

I didn't see it.

[Nelk Member 1]

No. So that's the guy. Okay. We were supposed to sign him to be the first full send fighter ever. So when we first kind of started being friends with Dana, he had a great idea. He's like, yo, you guys should have a full sun fighter. Someone that like kind of joins your guys crew in a way, like becomes a nelk boy in a way that like, also you guys are promoting. You guys like, help get him deals, like just like what we do for everyone else. So like, yeah, great idea. So we go do a show looking for a fight. We choose the guy, Isaac Dulgarian. And then like when it came to like doing the deal, like, he just like didn't want to like do it. I think we just wanted like 15%, like completely standard.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

Like shit. And he's like, oh, like I already have a manager and shit. And we're like, oh, like I thought we were kind of like going to like do this for you. And like, this is what we do.

[Nelk Member 2]

Right?

[Nelk Member 1]

You know what I'm saying? And then like, you know if you're signing the bar stool or whatever. So he's just like, yo, I'm kind of already like, I have my own person. And. And so we're like, okay, well, like, if you don't see the value. And, like, you know, and then. And then after he went on to talk and say, like, oh, like, they never signed me and.

[Nelk Member 2]

Oh, my God. Yeah, this is a. I was there. Yeah, he had cornrows and he was like, shorter, dude. Yeah, okay.

[Nelk Member 1]

Yeah, this was the.

[Nelk Member 2]

Oh, my God.

[Nelk Member 1]

So thank God we didn't sign his ass, because now.

[Nelk Member 2]

Okay, so what.

[Nelk Member 1]

Now he's. What are the accusations fights? I don't know. I guess the betting line changed last minute. I don't know. I don't really know too much.

[Nelk Member 2]

My thing with the UFC is that if you are throwing fights, you're not going to last in the UFC very long.

[Nelk Member 1]

I mean, maybe he just knew he was a bum, and he's like, fuck it. Like, whatever they're doing, I guess he gets offered X amount of money up front, like, yo, throw the fight.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

And then it's like, he probably thinks of it. He's like, fuck, how much? How many fights am I going to have to do to make this type of money?

[Nelk Member 2]

I mean, this is a hot take, but I swear, like, the one time where I've been, and I don't want to take anything away from Jake, but the one time I've been almost certain is Ben Askren. I think Ben Askren's like, there's zero chance I'm gonna beat this guy. I'm gonna take one punch, lose, put my whole purse on me to lose.

[Nelk Member 1]

So you don't think Jake was in on that, though?

[Nelk Member 2]

No, I don't think Jake was in on it. I think Ben was like, dude, I'm not gonna win. I don't give a. If I win, I'll take one punch, go down, and I'll walk out of here two, three times richer than I would have been either way.

[Nelk Member 1]

I mean, I think faking a knockout is a little more like, Ben Askren got knocked out.

[Nelk Member 2]

You just take a punch.

[Nelk Member 1]

No, I guess you just drop your hands. Yeah, like, this guy got tapped out.

[Nelk Member 2]

Like, what I do with it, like, that's.

[Nelk Member 1]

It's so easy to fake. Yeah, it's easy to get tapped out. You just kind of, like, get out wrestled. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, but, like, to fake a knockout is a little more ballsy.

[Nelk Member 2]

I don't know. That's. I think it's gonna become A little bit of a problem. And I think that's a clear.

[Nelk Member 1]

I know. I wonder what the solution to that is, though. That's just. There's got to be big punishment.

[Nelk Member 2]

There's certain sports, like NFL, you're not gonna have to worry about it because it's two. One in. The only individual player that can actually do that is the quarterback, you know.

[Nelk Member 1]

Right.

[Nelk Member 2]

So it just depends on the sport.

[Nelk Member 1]

But I mean, if there's one person that's gonna be able to handle, it's gonna be Dana White.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah. I mean, he's gonna get to the bottom of it.

[Nelk Member 1]

He's not gonna like that.

[Nelk Member 2]

And how do you feel about. Because you are like the king of sense. Let's get Cindy. Send the sen virus. What is the send virus? Can you explain it to me?

[Nelk Member 1]

What.

[Nelk Member 2]

What is the sen virus?

[Nelk Member 1]

This is. This is not even trending no more.

[Nelk Member 2]

No, but. I know, but I'm just curious.

[Nelk Member 1]

You have the send virus.

[Nelk Member 2]

Do you get bothered now when people call, say, give you the 31? 30, by the way, comments? Oh, yeah. Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

That's just annoying.

[Nelk Member 2]

Does it get to you a little bit?

[Nelk Member 1]

Yeah, you too? No.

[Nelk Member 2]

No, not really.

[Nelk Member 1]

No.

[Nelk Member 2]

Because I just own it. Because at the end of the day, I look at it like this. It's like, dude, I would love to have a family. Haven't found the right person. Not there yet. But it is kind of like I do. I have changed.

[Nelk Member 1]

I'm doing pretty good for a 31.

[Nelk Member 2]

You're doing great. But I have changed my thoughts. Like, I think going to the club every weekend 30 plus is pretty lame.

[Nelk Member 1]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 2]

Like every weekend. It's a little every weekend.

[Nelk Member 1]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

For no reason.

[Nelk Member 2]

Just to go out.

[Nelk Member 1]

Not filming or. It's not for happy dad or like something work obligated.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah. Just to go out. No. Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

I can't even physically do that anymore.

[Nelk Member 2]

I mean, the fan. The fans and people commenting, it's all trolls, you know, take it too serious.

[Nelk Member 1]

It is funny, though. But, like, I laugh. Thou shalt not send. Like, I kind of like when it started going viral on Tick Tock. Like, I looked at it and I was like, oh, no, but that was like five years ago. And then I was like, oh, wait, it was only two. Yeah, I was like, oh, maybe we are a little. But I mean, dude, it's funny. Like, it's just. I don't know. I find it. I find it funny.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah. You gotta play into it a little bit.

[Nelk Member 1]

Yeah, I find it hilarious. When that was going viral, I found it funny.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

But it is true. I mean, there is things called the send virus. Like you have it. Like, there's certain people that, like, you just get the send virus. And it's like, you can't stop videos. Just look.

[Nelk Member 2]

They think that you said it recently. One, and then two. I think. I completely think that, too. The other thing. But people don't give you credit for how healthy dude, you are grinding. And you go to the gym every single day. You run.

[Nelk Member 1]

Yeah. No, that doesn't affect me at all. That shit's funny. Like, it's. It's the Internet.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

I think now, too. It's like, I used to care a lot more what people thought on the Internet, and now I'm like, I really don't care. Why would you only care what? Like, I don't think a haters ever come up to me in real life.

[Nelk Member 2]

No, I don't think so either.

[Nelk Member 1]

Like, no one is. Everyone that I've ever met in real life is, like, just always positive energy. Never had a hater.

[Nelk Member 2]

What I always think is tick tock changed the game because you're exposed to so many people that might not know you. So they only see you for that 15 seconds. So they're gonna probably throw shade if they don't. Right. Get your humor. Know who you are.

[Nelk Member 1]

But, like, a comment on the Internet is not. It doesn't really mean anything. Yeah.

[Nelk Member 2]

No. Who gives a fuck? Yeah. I could care less. Yeah. What. What else is in store? Are we. Is there. Can we talk about the Nelk video Christmas. Is it too early for that?

[Nelk Member 1]

No.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

We're going to do a Christmas special.

[Nelk Member 2]

Can we give a little details? Because I really fudge with this one.

[Nelk Member 1]

You think we should reveal it, though?

[Nelk Member 2]

There's going to be a huge Nelk video.

[Nelk Member 1]

Something different. We never done. Let's say that something.

[Nelk Member 2]

We've never done that.

[Nelk Member 1]

But it's going to be a now Christmas special.

[Nelk Member 2]

But it's one of the videos where it's kind of heavy production.

[Nelk Member 1]

Heavy production.

[Nelk Member 2]

A lot of logistics, a lot of traveling.

[Nelk Member 1]

But you know what gets me hyped about that is, like, having a Christmas special is so lit. Yeah. Like, we'll drop that like a week before Christmas or I don't know when we'll drop it. But just having to make it. We're gonna do. It's something we've never done.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

And I think it's gonna be really wholesome funny. Just every.

[Nelk Member 2]

Do you ever think about how, like, there's not one creator has tried the space route yet.

[Nelk Member 1]

Are people going to space though. I mean like I thought that was supposed to happen years ago.

[Nelk Member 2]

Can you, you can just go up and break the surface and come back. You don't gotta like hang up, hang out up there. Right.

[Nelk Member 1]

I thought people were supposed to be doing space tours by now. Like, like it's kind of been delayed.

[Nelk Member 2]

Right. I was scrolling on X the other day and it's funny. Now Elon and Sam Altman are going at it. Really? Yeah. Like, you know the roadster that Tesla was supposed to drop, it was supposed to be the sickest car of all time and it's been in production for seven years. And Sam Altman comments and shows that he just asked for a refund and he's like, well, it's been seven years. And then Elon just fires back and they've been going at it ever since. And it's just like. It's so entertaining to me that two multi, multi billionaires, two of the most powerful people in the world are out in public on social media, starting beef with each other.

[Nelk Member 1]

What's your now opinion on the state of streaming now?

[Nelk Member 2]

I think streaming, it makes sense when, it makes sense when, yeah, there's collabs or where there's a certain idea that's gonna work. But. And I don't want to throw shade at anybody, but it's, it's. I've noticed like the, the quality of content has gone down significantly. Like you have too many people that just like.

[Nelk Member 1]

I mean the stream that we all love, that we did was Hole in one. Yeah, that was great. But it is. Streaming's more of like, it's like more of a reality show.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

Like what do you see on a reality show? You see drama, you see people fighting.

[Nelk Member 2]

Right.

[Nelk Member 1]

That's the thing. We've tried to do streams that are.

[Nelk Member 2]

More like where we're trying to be the streamer.

[Nelk Member 1]

Yeah, no, no, we've tried to do more creative streams. Like are you smarter than a fifth grader? But then when we kind of learn is like the only thing that actually goes viral off those streams are still the drama based thing.

[Nelk Member 2]

Well, I don't think we're gonna run this but that whole like I thought we. I want to do a love island with us, dude, if.

[Nelk Member 1]

No, we might.

[Nelk Member 2]

If we do like how Bieber's kind of doing it where he just has cut cams, right.

[Nelk Member 1]

And he.

[Nelk Member 2]

You're just kind of, he's just kind of there. Like he's not really talking to the cameras, you're just kind of watching him. But if we Had a scenario like that where we have a house, 10 girls, 10 of us, and it's just literally like a reality show.

[Nelk Member 1]

Violin is a stream. Might be better than YouTube video, maybe.

[Nelk Member 2]

I think so, too. And it'd just be absolute insanity.

[Nelk Member 1]

Then again, like, if you're making a YouTube video, then, like we said, how much time have we spent having to go, like, all right, well, like, we actually have to make it creative. Like, look what we did with our Nelk Bachelor. Yeah, like, that was creative. If we do a live stream, then you're giving the people what they want. It's fucking dumb. Content. Us girls, like, we're not overthinking it. You get the drama.

[Nelk Member 2]

Speaking of, like, the pushing 30, I mean, how. How much longer you think you got in this game?

[Nelk Member 1]

I mean, dude, like, I've always said this. I've been doing nelk for, like, 10 years now.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

So, like, we do have something coming in the works. I haven't mentioned too much, but we are pitching we might do something on a streaming service.

[Nelk Member 2]

Nice.

[Nelk Member 1]

That's going to be more pranks.

[Nelk Member 2]

Nice.

[Nelk Member 1]

But if I really wanted to right now, like, I could just walk away.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

Like, I have enough money to walk away.

[Nelk Member 2]

How much you got?

[Nelk Member 1]

I don't want to say no.

[Nelk Member 2]

I'm just curious.

[Nelk Member 1]

Yeah, I have enough to, like, if I wanted to, like, be done with this right now and just be like, yo, guys, like, I've had a good run, you know, I appreciate it, but I could just step away and chill.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah, but what do you think you still enjoy about it? You still, like, it's like, my whole.

[Nelk Member 1]

My whole goal of this, too. And, like, what separates Nelk? And, like, I've always, like. Even with Steve and stuff. Like, when I met Steve, like, our whole goal was this. And, like, that was my promise to him kind of was like, yo, I'm gonna help make you financially stable. And that's something that I think we did at Nelk. And, like, Jesse is. You know, Jesse has a huge piece of happy dad he put in work for 10 years with me, too. And, like, Steve, same thing. And it's like, that was kind of our goal was to, like, let's do this and let's. But let's not be like, those other YouTubers that make a bunch of money, and then, I mean, probably a lot of them are broke right now. Right? Or it's like, what happened to them? They didn't build something. So, like, we built something that now is bigger than us, and that's happy dad. We're not making a ton of liquid money off Happy dad right now. Actually, I've told you this before, but I haven't made a penny off Happy Dad. Yeah. That might. People might not know, but everything that Happy dad is making is going right back into the business, and it's being reinvested into buying more cans, and it's.

[Nelk Member 2]

Just launching new flavors, launching new fl.

[Nelk Member 1]

It's. It's going right back into the business. We're building it to. You know, we may exit it one day or we may not. We'll see what happens. But really, exit Happy Dad?

[Nelk Member 2]

You might not exit Happy Dad.

[Nelk Member 1]

I mean, you never know what would.

[Nelk Member 2]

Happen in that scenario.

[Nelk Member 1]

We'll start up taking money out.

[Nelk Member 2]

Interesting.

[Nelk Member 1]

I mean, I think there's a pretty good chance it's gonna.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah, for sure.

[Nelk Member 1]

It's gonna go. I don't want to say publicly what it's like, what we raised money at. Yeah. Because I can't say that publicly.

[Nelk Member 2]

But let's just say, hypothetically, you do.

[Nelk Member 1]

I mean, it's over. It's worth well over a hundred million dollars.

[Nelk Member 2]

Sure. So let's say you. You do exit. Is all of this going to be over for you?

[Nelk Member 1]

No.

[Nelk Member 2]

In terms of content, no.

[Nelk Member 1]

I think that's when the Nelk channel could get even crazier. So my point with that is, like, if I. If I was like, I. I don't. Like, what. What else would I do? You know? Like, I'm really.

[Nelk Member 2]

I know. I think about that all the time, too. Like, what would you do? Like, you'd either have to just be, like, really every day.

[Nelk Member 1]

Yeah. I would probably get nasty at golf and just get super shredded.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

But I do enjoy, like. Like, even the Nelk Channel. Like, I enjoy it. Like, so I don't know. I think I would be down to have a big next year and run up the Nelk Channel.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

Next year we'll do the Christmas special. Yeah. That's gonna be a traveling one. And then. Dude, I would just love to. I don't know. I feel like it would be cool with the Nelk channels. Like, kind of. Like, our purpose is to, like, I don't know, just, like, interact with other humans from different parts of the world and.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

And show that we're all, like, humans and show that you can go to these countries.

[Nelk Member 2]

It's also funny to see our crew and. Yeah, exactly.

[Nelk Member 1]

Well, it's become like our version of a documentary in a way.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

It's like a d gen documentary. Yeah. So that was our goal, though, with Nelk it's like, bro, let's do this and let's. Let's build a business that's gonna outlast us. And that's kind of what we did with Happy Dad.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

I think we'll have the biggest ticket for exit for a creator product.

[Nelk Member 2]

What about Prime?

[Nelk Member 1]

I think Prime. I think Prime's. I. I love Prime. I don't like, like, when prime gets hate. I think it's like, personally a great product. I love it. I actually have some in my fridge. I do too.

[Nelk Member 2]

I like it.

[Nelk Member 1]

I think Logan and the team send it to us. I love it. I just think. I think our team at Happy dad, like Sammy, our CEO, is the best.

[Nelk Member 2]

So wait, how much have you learned now?

[Nelk Member 1]

Because anyways, obs or prime, it's not.

[Nelk Member 2]

Going to be feastables.

[Nelk Member 1]

That's what I mainly meant.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

Yeah. Well, that's my opinion.

[Nelk Member 2]

But this is what I'm gonna ask you then, because you now, how long has happy that existed? 5 years.

[Nelk Member 1]

Be 5 years at next June.

[Nelk Member 2]

Somewhat know the alcohol company.

[Nelk Member 1]

And now I know a lot. I've learned a lot about it.

[Nelk Member 2]

When you see these other creators who are trying to follow.

[Nelk Member 1]

Well, everyone's. Everyone's watching us and copying us.

[Nelk Member 2]

I'm not gonna say names.

[Nelk Member 1]

You know, big companies. White Claw, bro. Like, they're. They. They're watching us. Everyone's watching us. But hear me out, you know, you know, I'll say something. People watch the Happy Dad Instagram so much and they cop. They try to copy everything that we do. Like, I honestly think that. I think we forced High Noon to. Into doing a deal with Barstool.

[Nelk Member 2]

I might not forced.

[Nelk Member 1]

I think we, like White Claw did no sponsorships.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

Before at all. They didn't sponsor anyone. And now they're tapping into like, they're tapping into the Caleb Presleys and they're tapping into like, so, like even High Noon. I think, like, I mean, we've disrupted the market like crazy and I think that High Noon kind of saw that too. And High Noon's I think High Noons are amazing. They taste amazing, they're great. They're killing it. And I also love like Portnoy and Barstool. But yeah, I think like, you know, these companies are watch. Obviously we're watching them.

[Nelk Member 2]

Here's what I'll tell you. Every single time we have a. Any business guest, anyone entrepreneur, business background, CEO. On the podcast, they never mention one thing about Nelk or the podcast. They always turn to Happy dad and say, it's so impressive. What you've done with this. So I've noticed that especially with like Eric Trump, Kevin o', Leary, Mark Cuban. Just examples. But knowing what you know now when you see. Because now there's a lot of like girl creators are launching their own vodka drinks. Can you tell right away?

[Nelk Member 1]

Like Kylie Jenner's drink. Sprinter.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

Or like seen one girl drink that. And I'm not on Kylie Jenner.

[Nelk Member 2]

I, I haven't, I've never actually seen. She's.

[Nelk Member 1]

She's a boss ass businesswoman, but she's a boss.

[Nelk Member 2]

We're not gonna ever throw shade at you.

[Nelk Member 1]

I'm just saying in general though, have you ever seen someone.

[Nelk Member 2]

I have not. Not.

[Nelk Member 1]

Okay.

[Nelk Member 2]

But then you see, like even Alex Earl launches one. Like, can you tell right away what she could be doing better, what she's not doing?

[Nelk Member 1]

Right. I don't know how Alex Earls is doing. I've noticed with alcohol and I just think whatever product you launch, and we've tried to kind of do other too, you really gotta be about like, like, like you gotta be about whatever your product is and you gotta actually love it. You know what I'm saying? Like when we're at a party, what are we actually drinking?

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

Like, we're not buying White Claws. And then like when the camera comes out, we're like, oh, throw. Like we don't drink. Like we drink Happy Dads.

[Nelk Member 2]

Right?

[Nelk Member 1]

Yeah. It connected with our fan base. So Wells. Because we just naturally we drank for our whole career.

[Nelk Member 2]

12 years.

[Nelk Member 1]

People saw us drinking before Happy dad was even like a thing. So when we launched it, it was, it was natural. I think most of their alcohols are probably flopping because they're, they're not, they're not actually drinking like that.

[Nelk Member 2]

I think you're right.

[Nelk Member 1]

And I've, I've heard other people too. Like we could bleep out the name. But like, for example, huge, huge actor, absolute beast as well. But he has a tequila brand again. He probably copied us because they see us go be bartenders at bars and stuff like that. So he was doing his own little tour and there's a video of someone asking him to take a shot and he's like, oh, no, I don't drink. But that's like, you can't do that. The other thing, like, you gotta drink if you want to have an alcohol, you gotta.

[Nelk Member 2]

Another thing about that is not even if he drinks or not. It's like people are fans of him because of his movies, because of his. What he does. The fans of us are people that like to party. So when we're. We're sell the people we're selling to do exactly what we do. You can't just be some random dude and expect, oh, just because of who you are. They're gonna go buy this. Like, it's more of a lifestyle.

[Nelk Member 1]

It is.

[Nelk Member 2]

So that's what even. What I've learned is like, I see other creators launching products and I'm like, dude, because I've seen the grind. I used to go to liquor store to liquor store, and I'm like, this is not easy.

[Nelk Member 1]

No.

[Nelk Member 2]

People, I think, think right away. Oh, if they.

[Nelk Member 1]

I think we did over 400 meetups. Yeah, it's like a year or so.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah, yeah. No, I just think it's interesting to talk about that you never really heard.

[Nelk Member 1]

Yeah, we never really talked about it. Yeah. I think there's so many rules. There's so many rules with Happy dad, with alcohol that you like, you know, we talked about in our other pod. You can't. On other products. So there's so many rules. But I feel like it'll all come out one day in, like, a documentary.

[Nelk Member 2]

Yeah.

[Nelk Member 1]

It's like there's so much that you don't see.

[Nelk Member 2]

Well, dude, I hope when you do get that exit plan, you remember who was there with you.

[Nelk Member 1]

Right. Well, yeah, no, we'll be. Well, don't worry. We'll be handing out.

[Nelk Member 2]

I'll buy a little. Yeah, yeah, 20. 2018 Suburban.

[Nelk Member 1]

But yeah, yeah, we'll be. We'll be handing out stacks for sure.

[Nelk Member 2]

All right. Well, dude, the Christmas special is going to be the sickest video I think we've done in a long time. Can't be more excited now. YouTube's fully back. Podcast is back running.

[Nelk Member 1]

Yeah, I love these internals China video coming out soon. We got a Christmas special on the way keeping the podcast going every week. Shout out to everyone watching. We'll see you guys next week.

[Nelk Member 2]

Sam.