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Brett Vesely
Hey, it's Brett Vesely and I'm here with Byron from MMP Guns. Look, Byron, I have a friend wanting to sell some guns he inherited. What's the best way for him to do that?
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John Holmberg
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John Holmberg
It's pretty good, but it is November now and I watched a special last night of a a doctor saying that no nut November is actually one of the worst things you could do as a man. And here's the fear of it all. It's like you think you're being cute and funny. The medical reasons to masturbate are if you don't use it, you lose it, no problem. Not a problem for me either. And erectile dysfunction happens to people who don't do that on a regular basis. Prostate cancer, It's a tougher one. You really have to stop doing it for a long time. But the month long thing of taking it off also kills your ability to have stamina. When you do start getting back on the hobby horse and you won't last long and everything. A month off of masturbating is terrible for you. This is the we got to find a new way to make, you know, prostate. Prostate cancer awareness.
John Holmberg (Morning Sickness)
Let's say make it like wear a hat.
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John Holmberg
So all hat November. There's a day you don't. You just always wear a hat. There's no jerking off thing is the dumbest thing ever. And I've had three or four friends who.
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John Holmberg
I'm like, no, I've already. I'm already done. I broke it.
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John Holmberg
It's the 1st of November. I woke up in the middle of the night. I couldn't get back to sleep.
John Holmberg (Morning Sickness)
Guess what I did?
John Holmberg
And it was November 1st. I'm already out.
Friend/Co-host
Forgot about the no nut November. Yeah, last night I tried, but my hand had a headache.
John Holmberg
Yeah, yeah, your hand is even rejecting you.
Brett Vesely
And I can just tell, Matthias, you know how lucky you are I'm not participating. More stamina.
John Holmberg (Morning Sickness)
Yeah.
John Holmberg
No process, no erectile dysfunction.
Brett Vesely
You're a lucky woman to have me doing this.
John Holmberg
And if you're. If you're one of those guys that's got a soft squishy and you think you're still getting it done, you're trying to push it in Hol that it, you know, and the holes fight back. Well, that's because you're not. You're not using enough. It's an exercise. So no nut November. I'm firmly against it. And you know who I don't thank guys for it either. The great and powerful. And now my hero. Hated him. For probably 25 years, I hated this man. Suddenly he's become my idol, Mr. Bill Belichick. Did you see Coach Bill in his Halloween costume?
Byron from MMP Guns
No.
John Holmberg
He's a fisherman and he's got a 24 year old mermaid on a. On a fishing line. He threw her in the ocean. He made. He did the whole pose in the ocean. He's standing there in waiters. She's laying down in the ice cold ocean in a mermaid costume with her head up, begging for more of Bill. And Bill is just sitting there smiling. I watched a. One of those girl talk shows yesterday, showed that picture of him with the mermaid. And Bill is. Bill is my age older, my entire life older than this girl. He's 52 years older than her. Look at that. And they went out to the ocean, hired a photographer. And he's just dressed up as a fisherman in waiters jeans and a coat and a hat. And she is absolutely gorgeous laying there. She's like 26, 27, he's 70 something and. Or she's like 25. He's 77.
Brett Vesely
My hero.
John Holmberg
Anyway, totally all men are like, nice work, man. These ladies on this show yesterday were so God damn mad at Bill Belichick, I couldn't get enough of it. Their, their big, their big pushback was there's something wrong with him. There's just something wrong. Why doesn't he want to be with somebody age appropriate? Does he not like being challenged by an intelligent woman? And all I'm thinking is, that's your cell. He's 70. To argue with me. You want to come over and bark at me and challenge me? Of course I don't want that. That sounds awful. This girl wants to just play dress up, lay in the ocean. You want to play pretend you caught me out of the ocean as a.
John Holmberg (Morning Sickness)
Fish, I'll dress up.
Friend/Co-host
Yeah, I'm going to want to do that. That sounds like something I'm going to want to do. We're off to the ocean in the end.
John Holmberg
So he's having the time of his life.
Friend/Co-host
He's working out. He doesn't want to have to go through no nut.
John Holmberg (Morning Sickness)
20, 25, right?
John Holmberg
When is, when is.
Friend/Co-host
I want that thing working?
John Holmberg
When's the last time a 70 year old woman's like, I'll dress as a mermaid and we can play Last time.
Brett Vesely
You wanted to see a.
John Holmberg
Exactly. They said he was sick, he had mental disorders. I'm like, all this guy's done is.
John Holmberg (Morning Sickness)
Deal for his whole entire career is.
John Holmberg
Deal with guys in their early 20s. He can relate to these people. So he's got himself this 25 year old and the only people upset about it on the planet are single women post 50 years old who are like.
Friend/Co-host
Why can't I have Bill Belichick's money?
John Holmberg
Cause you don't look like her. She's spectacular. And she's finding, you know who the thing is, she's finding ways to relate to him. He's the one that's unrelatable. But you know what's really the universal symbol of relatability? The fact that this dude's loaded. He's Bill Belichick. She finds that to be amazing. She wore a shirt, his New York Giants 1986 Champions T shirt. They're all tied. I'm like, this is. She's a big fan. This is exactly how a guy wants to check out in life. He doesn't have a wife. He didn't grow old with anyone. So why wouldn't you go out and get yourself some young mermaid who's like, I'll just, I'll just be a Plaything and have some fun with you. You want to have some fun?
Friend/Co-host
Yeah.
John Holmberg
I'm running out of time to have fun, and the last thing I want is some broad in my kitchen challenging me at every turn, thinking that that's my psychological equal. No, thank you. Put the mermaid costume on. Let's go play fisherman again.
John Holmberg (Morning Sickness)
Sure.
Friend/Co-host
There's always wakes up, like, what is she doing here? Why is she. Oh, you know what? I'm good with it. Okay, I'm over real quick.
John Holmberg
He's grateful every day.
John Holmberg (Morning Sickness)
There's no question if he's.
John Holmberg
If he is normal. He sits there and thinks to himself, I don't know what she's doing, but I'm not asking any questions. Not one. She dressed up as a mermaid, okay? Look at that shot. I know. She's begging for Belichick from the ocean floor. That's a pretty elaborate mermaid.
Friend/Co-host
Cosmos.
John Holmberg
She's spectacular, and she looks fun. She's always smiling. The last thing she says, you know.
Friend/Co-host
What I need to do today?
John Holmberg
Challenge Bill. Why? Why do you want to challenge him? Why is that the big.
Friend/Co-host
You don't want an intellectual partner?
John Holmberg
What does that mean? We're gonna argue all day? Well, it means I'm gonna.
John Holmberg (Morning Sickness)
If I don't.
John Holmberg
Likes, I've got something to say. Oh, God, no.
Friend/Co-host
I'll take the other one.
Brett Vesely
Here comes the sweatpants.
Friend/Co-host
Great.
John Holmberg
Yeah, right? She's in sweatpants. She's got ice cream, and she's got something.
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John Holmberg
This night's gonna be awesome. Meanwhile, this one can't stop doing back bends, man. And you know, you're taking her over to the Louvre in France, and she's doing back bends and wants her picture on Instagram. Okay? Bill is on the other end of her camera constantly.
Friend/Co-host
Oh, yeah.
Why don't you walk down the stairs and that slinky little girl. I'll take some photos. We'll put them on your Insta face.
Okay?
John Holmberg
You're fun.
Friend/Co-host
That's what people always say about me. I'm. I'm the king of fun.
John Holmberg
He's my hero. Yeah.
Friend/Co-host
I mean, onto the next vacation.
John Holmberg
Boy, those ladies were mad, though. And then they got mad at her. There's something wrong with her, too, you know, to want to be with a man like that. A wealthy, famous, awesome guy. What's wrong with her? I want to be with Bill Belichick. And I hated the Patriots. Hell, I hang out with Dale Hellistrate.
John Holmberg (Morning Sickness)
That's as close as I can get.
John Holmberg
To professional football and have real conversation with somebody who's been in the know. I'll take it.
Friend/Co-host
Don't you want a woman that'll come into your life with some life experiences that'll talk to you about current events?
John Holmberg
Good Christ, no. You're awful. No, I don't.
Brett Vesely
I'm hanging out with Belichick over hell.
John Holmberg
Straight with these pictures, man. Of course. Are you kidding me? I just want to shake his hand and he would say the same thing.
Friend/Co-host
I don't know how I did it either. It's great being the goat. I don't question it.
John Holmberg
He's the greatest coach of all time.
John Holmberg (Morning Sickness)
You want to talk about life experiences?
Byron from MMP Guns
This.
John Holmberg
This lady is probably just getting lesson after lesson from one of the smartest people that's ever walked the planet. He's a philosopher. He's a motivator. She's the lucky one here. I just took a look at another picture. They're both pretty lucky, but I loved watching that. I loved their argument. And none of them were like, hey, come on, ladies. You'd have done it when you were 25. Multi millionaire superstar maybe. He's a ton of fun.
Friend/Co-host
What do they have in common?
John Holmberg
That's the fun part. She's teaching him about stuff. He's teaching her about stuff. Maybe they got nothing in common, but they're each introducing each other to brand new worlds. It sounds amazing.
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Friend/Co-host
Ask him what do you think of my drip? He's learning all sorts of stuff. Terminology, right?
John Holmberg
Yeah, he's. He's running around eating glizzies and understanding what no cap means. It's great. Good for Bill and the only people. No, you didn't see one 20 year old girl upset about it.
Friend/Co-host
That's gross.
John Holmberg
Wow, that sounds pretty awesome. Every, all the young girls are like, what's so upsetting about this?
Friend/Co-host
20 year olds are like, I gotta.
John Holmberg
Go to the gym now, ladies. It is gross. If it's like Brady and he's with like, we'd find that to be strange because we don't understand that you have a nice personality but you don't have millions of dollars and fame.
Friend/Co-host
So you'd think it's gross if I was with 24 year old.
John Holmberg
Yeah, yeah, I'm thinking about it right now. I better break my puke. You're not. Don't worry about it. No, everybody knows it's not a don't worry about it. We're not doing it. None of us in this room are like 70s. In our 70s.
Friend/Co-host
Like you know, I'm pretty viable.
John Holmberg
I used to be someone. It's like, no, you're, you're not. You're nothing. There is something wrong with the both of you in that case. But it's Bill Belichick.
Byron from MMP Guns
It's different.
John Holmberg
Totally different. I like it because his. The parents of that girl are younger than the age gap. They're in their 40s.
Friend/Co-host
Wonder how often he gets calls from buddies or like that are single. So, you know, haven't been married for years.
John Holmberg
Does she have any sisters out of high school?
Brett Vesely
Yeah, you Think Tom Brady's calling them up Loaded friend.
John Holmberg
Bill. Tom's pro. Like, hey, coach, what's going on? I.
Friend/Co-host
You're doing a great job on Fox.
John Holmberg
Speaking of foxes, let's talk about what you're up to. You got to. Got like a sorority party or something you're hosting.
Friend/Co-host
Yeah, the girlfriend's gonna bring her friends over this week. We're having a slumber.
John Holmberg
Okay. I'm gonna need to help you with that. And coming over on Saturday, so. Yeah, I. And it almost like, was more like. It almost cemented it more that Bill's doing something right when. And it wasn't the Joy Behar one, it was the other one that looks like the View, but it's not the.
John Holmberg (Morning Sickness)
View, but it was on cable, so.
Friend/Co-host
I don't even know what it was. I don't think it was the Talk either.
John Holmberg
I think they only got those shows where five broads just yell about everything. Yeah, I think that was it, but. Yeah. I don't know what.
Friend/Co-host
I don't know what it was called.
John Holmberg
Well, there's the View, the Talk, and then like the Forum or something. I don't know. Penthouse. I don't know what it was. It was something. But Pen Party, maybe it was just a one off of five people on a new show I just caught. And the reason I saw it is because as I'm looking, you know the preview that comes up on YouTube when you're going through the channels is it actually shows what's on at that time.
Friend/Co-host
There was a picture of Bill with the mermaid.
John Holmberg
And I knew it. So I. I hit the okay button.
John Holmberg (Morning Sickness)
Here we go.
John Holmberg
I see what they're talking about here. And they were mad. They were mad at Bill big time. And their big sell was he doesn't have anybody to sit back. And he's afraid of intelligent women. He's afraid of women.
John Holmberg (Morning Sickness)
That's what this is.
Friend/Co-host
He's 70.
Brett Vesely
Don't worry.
John Holmberg
77. He's. He's been around. He knows. He knows what it's like to be with women. You're dumb. No, look, here's the thing. I know he was in his 20s at one point, dated 20 year olds, 30s, probably had 30 year olds. He was married for a while. He was 40s in his. At a 40 year old 50s. So he's been with a woman from every generation. And now that he's old, he's like, all right, after having sampled everything, I'll take that one. And he goes. He goes back to that. The fun ones. The fun ones. It won't last long. We all know that. But ride it while it's fun. Her too. That's great.
Brett Vesely
You know, Anna Nicole Smith lasted a while. Yeah, until the old man died.
John Holmberg
Exactly. This one says, you know what's great about being Belichick? Even if that chick robs him blind, takes 50 million from him, he could reach out to the Jags or Giants tomorrow. Say, you know what?
Friend/Co-host
I think I want to get back into coaching.
John Holmberg
Grab another 50 million and he'd be right back in the game. That's what he's trying to do. He's great. Call the Bears.
Friend/Co-host
Yeah, we'll take him.
John Holmberg
Give him 50 million right now.
Friend/Co-host
Little slut mermaid stole 50 million from me, so I got to get back in the game.
John Holmberg
You're hired. You're hired immediately. Thank you, little slut mermaid. Thank you, said the bears. So it's this one says James says, I have this thing I call can I smell your wiener club. And I believe I just put Bill Belichick in it. The founding member is Pete Davidson. That's right, founding member.
Friend/Co-host
I get it.
John Holmberg
You just want to smell some guy's wiener for like all the kills. And that's how guys brains work. No ladies in your 50s and 60s, we do not want someone to challenge us. We're not looking for stimulation in the. That's not. No, no, no. We like a nice conversation. That's fun. We don't the word challenged. Do you want to be challenged? Does anybody go today? 77, I'm going to dinner. And what I hope for is a good challenge. I want it to be easy. I want to sway and flow. Fun, joke around. Last thing I want is challenges. I want a chick dressed as a mermaid giving me a fishing pole going.
John Holmberg (Morning Sickness)
Let'S take some pictures.
John Holmberg
That's the challenges I want. The challenge is the weather on our photo shoot as you as a mermaid. There's the challenge I'll accept. What is this, mtv? I gotta go up against CT Tamborelli every time I go on a date with you. I need a challenge. I gotta climb a wall and jump down the lake of fire and see if I pass to the next round. No, thank you. Good for you, Belichick. I've always hated Bill Belichick, but now.
Friend/Co-host
We'Re onto legend status.
John Holmberg
Love you, Bill.
Friend/Co-host
Great work.
John Holmberg
You know that it could be a lesson to all you 60 year old broads that go on TV and start hagging away on everything. Guys do you know there's no shows of men. Just constantly. Maybe this one constantly yelling at like Closest. Yeah, we're the closest thing. We're the. We're the View for men. Are you kidding me?
John Holmberg (Morning Sickness)
Shut up.
John Holmberg
Oprah started it. The man hating Oprah shows.
Friend/Co-host
Yeah.
John Holmberg
And we just fight back a little bit. Don't you like a challenge? Because when we fight back, all you do is scream that we're misogynists and yell at us. You challenge us and we're supposed to be intellectually stimulated. We challenge you and we're misogynistic.
Friend/Co-host
It used to be the closest thing was the pre game sports crews on the networks. Now they've incorporated. You gotta have one girl on there.
John Holmberg
And you know what they did? They got a great one in that Carissa Thompson. I haven't heard a word she said.
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Friend/Co-host
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John Holmberg
You're welcome.
Friend/Co-host
That's all I'll say.
John Holmberg
She is intimidatingly pretty. She's on tv. She is intimidatingly good looking.
Friend/Co-host
And she and.
Aaron.
John Holmberg
Aaron Andrews.
Friend/Co-host
Andrews podcast.
John Holmberg
Yeah, Aaron's fine. She's pretty.
Friend/Co-host
But next to Carissa, you're not surviving that.
John Holmberg
Bill Belichick would probably. They'd yell at him for that one. And she's like 38 years old.
Friend/Co-host
Bill Belichick's with some dirty. He's disgusting.
John Holmberg
Okay. You know it's disgusting. Those Knicks panties you wear.
Friend/Co-host
Well, I shouldn't have to. I've lived a life where I shouldn't have to doll up to have some man like me.
John Holmberg
I notice your hands are ringless.
Friend/Co-host
Shut up.
John Holmberg
He's got seven rings and you're not gonna see any of them. You'll get no rings from the ring king. He's actually got eight ring. Two from the Giants and six from the Patriots.
John Holmberg (Morning Sickness)
The dude's got.
John Holmberg
He needs two more. Two more fingers. You get two more rings, maybe the Bears will get it. Yeah.
Friend/Co-host
Oh, man.
Yeah.
John Holmberg
I just. I don't get it. But that is a great picture. That's a great picture.
Friend/Co-host
Dressing up as a mermaid.
John Holmberg
And. And also 60 year old broads who go on TV getting mad as some 25 year old, you know, male model started to come on to. You wanted to dress up as a mermaid. You're gonna find that cat. It. Shut up.
Friend/Co-host
It's funny. Just think back in the day when Charlie Chaplin, Tony Randall babies.
John Holmberg
Yeah, they were 80. Chino's got one. He's got twins or something. He's 83. De Niro. Yeah, we like to keep going. We don't want to be challenged.
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Date: November 28, 2025
Host(s): John Holmberg, Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, Dick Toledo
Podcast: 98KUPD | Hubbard Radio
This episode opens with a playful, yet pointed, discussion about the supposed health drawbacks of "No Nut November"—the internet challenge that encourages men to abstain from masturbation for the entire month. John Holmberg and the crew riff on the recent medical studies suggesting this trend is actually detrimental to men's physical and sexual health. The conversation then veers sharply (and hilariously) into reactions to NFL coach Bill Belichick's headline-grabbing relationship with a much younger woman, exploring the media and cultural double-standards around age-gap relationships. Through trademark banter and irreverence, the hosts skewer pop culture, societal expectations, and themselves.
The bulk of the episode gleefully dissects the recent viral photos of NFL legend Bill Belichick (age 77) with his new girlfriend, a woman in her mid-20s, pictured posing as a "mermaid" for Halloween.
Admiration From Men, Outrage From Women’s Talk Shows:
Addressing the Double Standard:
Belichick the Legend:
Throughout, the crew uses the Belichick story to lampoon contemporary media, gender norms, and themselves:
On TV and Podcast Culture:
Women in Sports Media:
On Aging & Relationships:
Holmberg on talking heads’ outrage:
"Why doesn't he want to be with someone age appropriate? ... Does he not like being challenged by an intelligent woman? Of course I don't want that. That sounds awful!" (04:15)
Belichick’s alleged daily gratitude:
"He sits there and thinks to himself, I don't know what she's doing here, but I'm not asking any questions. Not one." (06:38)
On the motivation for young women with older men:
"The universal symbol of relatability? The fact that this dude's loaded. He's Bill Belichick." (05:35)
On "challenge" in relationships:
"Does anybody go, 'Today, 77, I'm going to dinner and what I hope for is a good challenge.' I want it to be easy. I want to sway and flow, fun, joke around. Last thing I want is challenges." (15:50)
On double standards:
"Yeah, you'd think it's gross if I was with a 24-year-old...But it's Bill Belichick—it's different." (12:08)
This episode is classic "Morning Sickness": brash, unapologetic, and loaded with the kind of back-and-forth that pokes fun at everyone—including themselves. Ostensibly about the "No Nut November" health controversy, it quickly centers on Bill Belichick’s headline-making romance as a lens for exploring gender bias, celebrity privilege, and modern dating norms. The show’s signature take-no-prisoners humor is on display throughout, with memorable one-liners, quick-witted improv, and a running theme that, for men, fun almost always trumps a "challenge."
For Listeners: