S1: #2 - We Need To Talk About Anthony

Summary

Podcast Summary: Smosh Mouth – S1: #2 - We Need To Talk About Anthony

Release Date: February 27, 2019

Hosts:

• Isaiah "Ian" Hecox
• Shayne Topp
• Olivia Sui

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1. Introduction to the Episode

The episode kicks off with the hosts addressing rumors surrounding Anthony's potential return to Smosh. They lightheartedly banter about each other's personalities and roles within the group, setting a playful tone for the discussion.

Notable Quote:

• Shayne Topp [00:14]: "Cheetos are the only Cheetos anyone should be eating. Anyone who eats regular Cheetos is for sure a terrorist."

2. Olivia's Persona and Dynamics Within Smosh

Olivia delves into her relationship dynamics with Shane, humorously highlighting her "bullying" tendencies and the friendly banter that defines their interactions. The conversation unveils the genuine camaraderie and occasional teasing that strengthens their bond.

Notable Quotes:

• Olivia Sui [00:22]: "Well, my man, his name is Sam."
• Olivia Sui [02:10]: "It's facts, dude."
• Shayne Topp [02:10]: "Yeah. They were really like the second smoshcast of all time."

3. Personal Backgrounds and Family Influences

Olivia shares personal anecdotes about her father's infidelity and the impact it had on her, contributing to her unique personality traits. Shane and Ian provide their perspectives, adding depth to Olivia's narrative and exploring how personal experiences shape their interactions.

Notable Quote:

• Olivia Sui [01:57]: "The part where I'm psycho. I think it comes from probably the neural pathways. My dad cheating on my mom."

4. Car Culture and Personal Preferences

The hosts engage in a lively discussion about their cars, reflecting on their fathers' influence and their own preferences. Olivia expresses her concern for her image through her choice of vehicles, while Shane humorously contrasts his practical approach with Olivia's.

Notable Quotes:

• Shayne Topp [04:03]: "Like, actually, my Grant. My grandfather, as frugal as he is, he bought a T Bird back in the day."
• Olivia Sui [04:43]: "I care a lot about my image and how people see me on the streets."

5. Alcohol and Dietary Choices

The conversation shifts to health trends, specifically Olivia's recent obsession with celery juice. The hosts humorously discuss the side effects and their own dietary habits, interspersing jokes about the impact of such trends on their daily lives.

Notable Quotes:

• Olivia Sui [29:00]: "For an entire week and a half, I was drinking celery juice every single morning."
• Shayne Topp [35:17]: "Celery doesn't really have anything to it, though, right?"

6. Fan Interactions and Public Recognition

Ian and Shane recount their experiences with fan interactions, highlighting both amusing and awkward moments. They reflect on the challenges of maintaining privacy while being public figures and the varying reactions from fans around the world.

Notable Quotes:

• Shayne Topp [45:00]: "And then one time, I was in Croatia, and my waiter at this one, like, outside restaurant, he was just like, excuse me. He's like, are you on Smosh?"
• Olivia Sui [46:11]: "I was like, oh. I'm like, I'm Olivia."

7. Smosh's Evolution and Anthony's Role

Towards the end of the episode, the hosts address the broader changes within Smosh, particularly the integration with Mythical and the speculations about Anthony's return. They acknowledge the comments from fans, some of which express dissatisfaction with the current lineup, and emphasize their commitment to the Smosh family they have built over the years.

Notable Quotes:

• Olivia Sui [40:18]: "So Anthony's not coming back."
• Shayne Topp [42:44]: "Anyone listening who disagrees? I don't."

8. Conclusion and Final Thoughts

The episode wraps up with reflections on the sense of belonging and comfort the hosts feel within the new Smosh environment. They express excitement about the future and reaffirm their dedication to creating content that resonates with their diverse fan base.

Notable Quotes:

• Olivia Sui [65:44]: "CELERY JUICE MAKES YOU SHIT."
• Shayne Topp [66:17]: "I just love that, like, all of his rants will always. It'll go on for two hours, and then it'll always end with just like. Yeah."

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Key Takeaways:

• Personal Dynamics: The hosts showcase a blend of humor and genuine friendship, revealing how personal experiences influence their interactions.
• Smosh's Transition: Addressing the integration with Mythical, the hosts highlight the evolution of Smosh and respond to fan feedback regarding lineup changes.
• Relatability and Humor: Through discussions about everyday topics like food, cars, and fan interactions, the podcast maintains a relatable and entertaining atmosphere.
• Fan Engagement: The hosts emphasize the importance of their supportive fan base while addressing the negativity from a minority of comments.

This episode offers a candid and humorous insight into the lives of Smosh members, balancing personal stories with broader discussions about the group's future.

Transcript

[Ian Hecox]

One of the big speculations was that Anthony was coming back.

[Olivia Sui]

It's the worst when two immature, like, dudes, like, are making you feel so little flaming hot.

[Shane Topp]

Cheetos are the only Cheetos anyone should be eating. Anyone who eats regular Cheetos is for sure a terrorist. Oh. Tell us about your guy.

[Ian Hecox]

Tell us about your man.

[Olivia Sui]

Well, my man, his name is Sam.

[Shane Topp]

Ooh. I mean, I think we could all agree that Olivia's just overall a bad person.

[Olivia Sui]

No, I think this time around, I'm gonna be a lot meaner to you.

[Shane Topp]

That's fine. I mean, I'll. You know.

[Olivia Sui]

Cause you were mean to me, and now I'm gonna.

[Shane Topp]

I was never. I was never mean to you. You were always mean to me.

[Olivia Sui]

I had three months to just think of insults. That's all I did.

[Shane Topp]

Well, same. I have a notebook.

[Ian Hecox]

You're doing a rebrand?

[Olivia Sui]

Yes.

[Ian Hecox]

Okay.

[Shane Topp]

It's not that much. It's not a drastic rebrand.

[Olivia Sui]

Wow. You're a little bitch.

[Ian Hecox]

All right, well, this is a great way to start off the second smoshcast of all time. Olivia.

[Olivia Sui]

Remember?

[Ian Hecox]

Cause we really like the Olivia's a Bully video.

[Shane Topp]

It's a great video, and it's based on real life. Cause Olivia bullies me.

[Olivia Sui]

That's actually not true. But I'm gonna start bullying you.

[Shane Topp]

Okay.

[Olivia Sui]

Okay.

[Shane Topp]

All right. We have Olivia here.

[Olivia Sui]

Hello.

[Ian Hecox]

Hi, Olivia.

[Olivia Sui]

Hi.

[Ian Hecox]

This is gonna be interesting. Cause I feel like people rarely get to see the real. The real Olivia.

[Olivia Sui]

The real Liv.

[Ian Hecox]

Do you think. Do you think you could bring her out in this podcast?

[Olivia Sui]

Give me $2 million.

[Ian Hecox]

Okay. Well, we're screwed.

[Shane Topp]

Well, no, I think. See, I feel like Olivia is exactly who she seems like on camera, which is a complete psychopath. Our friendship is actually what it is.

[Olivia Sui]

It really? Yeah.

[Shane Topp]

You say insane things. I don't know how to handle it or how to respond, and you just keep going.

[Olivia Sui]

Yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

Where do you think that comes from?

[Olivia Sui]

The part where I make up weird sounds?

[Ian Hecox]

Part where you're psycho?

[Olivia Sui]

The part where I'm psycho. I think it comes from probably the neural pathways. My dad cheating on my mom.

[Shane Topp]

Welcome to the podcast.

[Olivia Sui]

It's facts, dude.

[Ian Hecox]

Dropping bombs. Dropping divorce bombs.

[Shane Topp]

Your dad's gonna listen to this podcast, though?

[Olivia Sui]

No, no. YouTube is illegal in China.

[Ian Hecox]

Oh, well, there you go.

[Shane Topp]

Wow. So you get to just talk whatever shit you want?

[Olivia Sui]

My dad. I'm just kidding. No, I. I love my dad. Dad, dad, Dad. I love you.

[Shane Topp]

I. I have to assume. I don't think my parents are gonna listen to this podcast, but I have to assume at some point my mom's gonna find it and then start listening to it. So I. The only thing I gotta. That's like, the one realm I can't talk shit about is my parents. I gotta, like.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah. The only thing that I. That I know about your dad.

[Olivia Sui]

Yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

Other than what you just mentioned, was when he visited for, like, two days and he forced you to buy a more expensive car but made you pay for it.

[Olivia Sui]

Yes, I had to pay the. The lease on that car because he. It was. It was more of, like, him and my mom fighting over, like, decision making, basically. Like, my mom wanted to make a decision for me, my dad wanted to make a decision for me. And ultimately he was like, I want you to listen to me. Because your mother is wrong all the time. Which is not true. That's why the divorce happened.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah, it sounds like it was a good thing.

[Shane Topp]

Wow, that's a pretty crazy. That sounds like a weird punishment. You're in big trouble.

[Ian Hecox]

You're gonna buy this Porsche.

[Olivia Sui]

So now I drive a Lambo.

[Ian Hecox]

He's like, you have to buy this solid gold car. I don't care how you do it, but you must see I'm in a.

[Shane Topp]

Weird position with cars with my dad, because my dad's very intense about cars. And he's so hyped on Honda Civics that I've had two in a row. And if I ever buy a different car than a Honda Civic, my dad's gonna be like, well, they're great cars. I don't know why, you know, I don't know. I don't know. And he also. He's the type he drove a Vega for since he was 16. Until he had me in his 30s. He drove the same car.

[Olivia Sui]

I feel like that's like the Buick of, like, your father's generation. Like, your grandfather probably loved Buicks, probably because I feel like old people love driving.

[Shane Topp]

Like, actually, my Grant. My grandfather, as frugal as he is, he. He bought a T Bird back in the day. Like, back in the back. Back in the 50s or 60s. But he was. He, to this day is like, I don't know why I spent all that money on it. Like, it wasn't worth it.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah, that's pretty much every car. I mean, really, you're just trying to get from point A to point B.

[Olivia Sui]

But style.

[Ian Hecox]

Some of us just want to do it in a more extravagant way, you know?

[Shane Topp]

Yeah. Yeah. I respect it. I don't think I'll ever buy that expensive of a car. Cause I just don't Care enough, and I just don't take care of my car enough.

[Olivia Sui]

I care a lot about my image and how people see me on the streets.

[Shane Topp]

So Olivia has the most street cred out of all the squad.

[Olivia Sui]

Yeah. Like, the real Olivia. Lots of street cred.

[Shane Topp]

So much street cred.

[Ian Hecox]

I think it's a thing where it's. It's easy to live without. Without, like, you know, luxury things. And then you have a friend that gets something, and you're like. You're like, oh, ooh, that's nice. Oh, ooh, that's. Wait, this seat gets warm, and it can also. Cool. Oh, I want that.

[Olivia Sui]

Yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

Like, so once. Once you. Once you start getting exposed, you're like, all right, all right. I can. I can get with that. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Olivia Sui]

It's a lifestyle.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah.

[Olivia Sui]

But also, I remember when you got your car, you're like, you know, you spend most of your time in Los Angeles in your car.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah.

[Olivia Sui]

So it's like, you might as well have a good experience. You're spending 50% of your time in the car.

[Ian Hecox]

Somebody put it in a good way. They said you should. You should spend the money on the things that separate you from the ground. So it's a good bed, good shoes, and a good car.

[Olivia Sui]

And a good plane.

[Shane Topp]

Yes.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah. Yeah, baby. You know, right? What's that song?

[Olivia Sui]

Smosh Airlines.

[Ian Hecox]

G6.

[Olivia Sui]

Like, G6.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah, yeah, that song.

[Ian Hecox]

Far East Movement.

[Olivia Sui]

Hell, yeah. My people.

[Shane Topp]

I dig my Honda Civic. I respect it. We have a good. We have a good thing going.

[Olivia Sui]

It's chocolate.

[Shane Topp]

It is. It is. It is. Kona. Black is the official color of my Honda Civic. Yeah, it's pretty badass.

[Ian Hecox]

Just like I like my coffee.

[Shane Topp]

Mm.

[Olivia Sui]

Just like a.

[Ian Hecox]

No, go for it.

[Olivia Sui]

No, no, no, no.

[Ian Hecox]

Come on. It's a podcast. You could just speak your mind, Olivia.

[Olivia Sui]

Just like how I like my chocolate.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah, okay. That's right.

[Ian Hecox]

Good save.

[Olivia Sui]

Just like how I like our other castmate, Keith.

[Shane Topp]

That's right. That is how I prefer Keith.

[Olivia Sui]

Kona.

[Ian Hecox]

Kona.

[Shane Topp]

Whenever Keith is Caucasian, I'm like, you know what? No, no.

[Ian Hecox]

This just doesn't feel right.

[Shane Topp]

You know what, Keith?

[Ian Hecox]

No, we're recording this in a really weird time right now because. Because of all the craziness with the announcement of the. Of the mythical. And Smosh, we're actually recording this an hour and 40 minutes after the official announcement on Friday.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

So?

[Shane Topp]

So things are chaotic.

[Ian Hecox]

Things are chaotic. We're also shooting a video right now, one of them of which is every podcast ever. All right. Which if you're listening to this on itunes or any of your favorite podcast things. It will be coming out this Friday. If you're watching this on YouTube. Hey, look, it came out today. Yeah. So it's kind of funny. We jumped out of a scene and into here. We started at 6:30 in the morning and I need more coffee.

[Olivia Sui]

I feel like Joe Rogan. I feel like this is what he does.

[Ian Hecox]

You gotta cough more like in the middle back.

[Olivia Sui]

This is brought to you by On It. On it is a great supplement for your bones and your soul. You gotta smoke your soul in the.

[Shane Topp]

Middle of it too. That's really interesting.

[Ian Hecox]

Anyways, so have you heard about aliens?

[Shane Topp]

And I feel like for video, it's just. I feel like his response to everything is. I feel like. Yeah. Cause that's the thing about that, right? Yeah, yeah. Like he's very curious, which is cool.

[Ian Hecox]

But I respect his podcast. I think that the awesome thing that he does is he listens. Yeah. Which a lot of times with, you know, comedy podcasts, everyone's just trying to get a joke in like, and it's like every second like, oh, my penis though.

[Shane Topp]

Right.

[Ian Hecox]

And it just gets annoying. Like just let the comedy happen if it's going to happen. And he has a lot of interesting people on and it's fun to listen to them.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah, sorry, go.

[Ian Hecox]

No, you.

[Shane Topp]

I'll listen whenever he. It's like, yeah, I have a neuroscientist on or you know, an astronomer or something. It's really interesting.

[Ian Hecox]

The first podcast I ever listened to, the guy interviewed Bo Burnham and that's how I got into podcast because I respect the heck out of Bo and I've been a fan of his since like the, the beginning days when he had that huge keyboard. God, I thought Bo Burnham was like a normal size or a small size person, but he just had this giant keyboard. So there's this big thing called YouTube Live. They did it once in San Francisco and it must have just been a financial disaster because they had like Katy Perry and Soulja Boy.

[Shane Topp]

It was a big thing.

[Ian Hecox]

It was huge.

[Shane Topp]

Watched a lot of it.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah. And they, they. This is the first time that like other YouTubers actually saw each other for the first time. So there was like Dax Flame, which if anybody knows who Dax Flame is, they're freaking out right now because he's, he's a God. Shay Carl, I believe Rhett and Link, I think, I think Rhett and Link were there. They were, yeah.

[Shane Topp]

And Bratson Joe was.

[Ian Hecox]

Joe Beretta was there.

[Shane Topp]

That dramatic chipmunk was there.

[Ian Hecox]

Yep. Charlie bit my finger. Was there. Biting people's fingers.

[Shane Topp]

God. YouTube. A different time, right? Different time.

[Olivia Sui]

But that's where you saw Beau.

[Ian Hecox]

Yes. So we were all put up in the same hotel, so it was so wild.

[Shane Topp]

Hotel room. Get into the room.

[Ian Hecox]

Just one single, like, look, we spent all the money in Soulja Boy, so you guys need to cram into this one room. Don't worry, there's two bathrooms. I got in an elevator to go to the event, and there's this tall ass dude standing next to me, and I, you know, I don't look at people in the face on the elevator. That's weird. So, like, he got off and I was like, oh, shit, that's Beau. I don't know if I ever said hi to him.

[Shane Topp]

God, I loved his stuff back then and I love his stuff now. Obviously, eighth grade's one of my. This past year Gucci, but, man, he had it. He had a video where he was just going about his day, and it's just him just doing nonsense stuff. It's so good. He's so funny.

[Ian Hecox]

If only we could be so talented.

[Shane Topp]

He's a genius. I really think he's one of the most genius people out there.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah. I mean, listening to him on that podcast, I'm like, I don't necessarily want your brain, but you're amazing.

[Olivia Sui]

Yeah, I feel like that sometimes. I feel like that. I catch myself thinking that when Shane tells a really good joke. Like, I'm like, God, I wish I had Shane's brain.

[Shane Topp]

My brain is nothing like Boba's.

[Olivia Sui]

Wait. Just kidding. I've never thought that before.

[Ian Hecox]

Damn, Olivia, coming in with those roasts.

[Shane Topp]

I knew it was coming. Knew it was coming.

[Olivia Sui]

No, no, no. I really do think that, like, today you said something really funny, and I was like, God, I wish I thought of that.

[Ian Hecox]

Is that also because your parents got a divorce?

[Olivia Sui]

Everything stems back from to the divorce.

[Shane Topp]

The way I am, I wasn't born until the divorce.

[Ian Hecox]

Small, you become malnourished.

[Olivia Sui]

I'm just kidding.

[Ian Hecox]

Are you sure that wasn't from your mom just shutting you in the garage for.

[Olivia Sui]

No, that taught me a lot of discipline.

[Shane Topp]

That's where I trained. Just me in a garage with a punching bag for two years.

[Olivia Sui]

No, but I feel like I can be myself around you guys. There's so many different versions. You know, there's the sassy mama version, that's.

[Shane Topp]

Oh, I know that one well. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Be careful. Don't you talk any crap?

[Ian Hecox]

Do they all have different voices?

[Olivia Sui]

Sassy mamas like this. I'm just kidding. It just depends what mood I'm in, you know? Like, there's the weird Olivia, where I just, like, make weird sounds. And.

[Shane Topp]

And when you get mad, though, it's like. It's no joke, really. You and Keith have gotten into arguments, and it's.

[Olivia Sui]

No, I feel like when I'm mad, I'm very monotone.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah, it's monotone, but, like, your face is still. But you'll be like, no, you're not. That's. No, don't even. Don't even. Don't even talk to me right now. Don't. I don't even want to. I don't even. Don't even talk to me. You and Keith. Look, this is one of the funniest moments ever. We used to obviously fly out to Sacramento to film sketches, and we'd be there for, like, three days at a time, and we'd all stay in the smosh house. There was one night where you and Keith got into a. Like, you guys, like, were yelling at each other from across the house over Rihanna or Beyonce. Yes, it was over that. And. And Keith was. Keith was Beyonce. He was like, no, Beyonce's the best. You are all about how Rihanna's really great.

[Olivia Sui]

I said, rihanna's really great, too.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah. And he just. Yeah, there wasn't an actual argument happening because you were just saying Rihanna's also talented, and Keith, for some, was just like, no Beyonce.

[Olivia Sui]

Well, I think Keith likes to be. He just likes to be. Yeah, he likes to be a little bitch sometimes.

[Shane Topp]

He'll admit. He'll admit. He know.

[Olivia Sui]

And he knows, too. He was like, I'm petty as fuck. And I'm like, yeah, you are. Why are you trying to start a fight with me? You obviously know I love Rihanna. We didn't see each other's faces. We were just yelling from, like, Keith's room and then the living room. We were just yelling at each other. And then you can hear Noah with his patronizing laugh, which pisses me off so much because, you know, when I'm passionate, do not patronize me by doing the Noah laugh. Do the Noah laugh, Shane.

[Shane Topp]

I don't know what it is.

[Olivia Sui]

It's just so annoying. And, like, I was just like, aha. Yeah, yeah. Something like that. Yeah. And I'm just like, oh, my God. And then they're laughing because they're, like, in love with each other. And then, like, I'm just sitting there, and, like, I'm like, okay, no one's defending Rihanna. Like, I got to defend my homegirl.

[Shane Topp]

Courtney and I are kind of just like. I think I was off. I would sleep, like, right near the front door, and on a narrow.

[Ian Hecox]

You'd be the first one to get stabbed in a burglary, to get murdered.

[Shane Topp]

But I was kind of just there, just listening, kind of laughing.

[Olivia Sui]

Something like, this is the laughs don't help.

[Shane Topp]

Courtney. Courtney, I think, was right there, like. Like supporting you.

[Olivia Sui]

She was like, guys, come on. But I'm like, I don't need this. I'm strong.

[Shane Topp]

But eventually, eventually, eventually they were just yelling at each other. Just nonsense. And then eventually, Olivia just goes, shut up. And then there's a pause. There's a pause. And then you hear Keith just go. She did not just tell me to shut up, did she? She did not just tell me to shut up. She just told me to shut up.

[Olivia Sui]

I'm pretty sure I said, shut your mouth. Which is worse.

[Shane Topp]

It's so funny, though. Cause it's over. Rihanna and Beyonce.

[Olivia Sui]

And I start crying. Yeah, I start crying. Cause it's the worst when too immature, like, dudes, like, are making you feel so little. And maybe it's a complex that I have. I don't like to feel small. But they were just, like, so mean to me, and nobody was helping me out.

[Ian Hecox]

It's probably because Beyonce's better than Rihanna, dude.

[Olivia Sui]

Don't even get me started.

[Shane Topp]

And we should clarify, like, we love each other a lot. We would. And this is over. This was probably, what, three years ago?

[Olivia Sui]

But then this argument ended literally within. Okay, I cried for, like, 30 seconds. It was really funny. I was laughing that I was crying. I was so mad. And then. And then, like, I think two minutes later, Keith comes out. He goes. He's. He's like, I don't like it when you tell me to shut my mouth. I'm like, I'm sorry, but you're mean. And then we hugged it out.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah. That's literally how the squad would go back in the day. I mean, still, we'll just go through a day where it's just, like, we're just mad at each other for some dumb reason, like Rihanna and Beyonce. And then the next day, it's, we're back to being best friends.

[Olivia Sui]

I wish somebody could record us arguing. Cause it's so funny.

[Shane Topp]

And our arguments are never that serious. It's always Rihanna and Beyonce or something.

[Olivia Sui]

Because, like, I think we're tired. And, like, we're just. You know, we've been around each other for a little too long.

[Ian Hecox]

It's like, A family. You know, it's like we're some, like, big Italian family. We all get mad at each other, and then, you know, we make up. That always, like, scared me with one of my exes. Like, her whole family would go, like, crazy on each other. They'd be, like, screaming at each other. And then, like, you know, we all go to bed the next morning. Like, everybody be sitting, eating breakfast, all friendly. I'm like, what the hell just happened?

[Olivia Sui]

That's crazy.

[Shane Topp]

I'm the type. I have to. I have to talk about it. Like, I can't argue and then go back to being normal. I have to be like, hey, I'm sorry about this.

[Olivia Sui]

Or we can talk about that.

[Shane Topp]

Let's put it in the past. But I can't just not bring it up again.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah, well, some people just bottle it up. Like, they never talk about it, so they just. They just bury it deep. And then one day, it'll just spring up and just fuck everything.

[Olivia Sui]

I'm not like that at all. I'm very forgetful.

[Shane Topp]

See, I can't. If I offended anyone in any way, I have to, like, make sure that it's in the past. Damian and I are both that way, to such an extreme where we will apologize to each other for things that never happened. The first time I ever met Damian, we were, like, at a lunch. That was great. Whatever. Then the next day, I see him, and he goes. He goes, hey, man, I just wanna just ask. Like, I interrupted you at one point yesterday during lunch. I just wanna make sure. Like, I hope that didn't. You know, I didn't mean to do that. I hope it didn't fit. And I was like, I don't even remember that happening.

[Olivia Sui]

He cares about you.

[Shane Topp]

So funny. I mean, this was the first time we met.

[Olivia Sui]

That's really sweet.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah. And it's pretty accurate of what he's like.

[Olivia Sui]

That's awesome. I love Damian. Damian's a good guy. He's a good guy, unlike you.

[Shane Topp]

Okay.

[Olivia Sui]

Just. You're a great guy. You are a great guy.

[Shane Topp]

You're a great guy, too.

[Olivia Sui]

Thank you.

[Shane Topp]

No problem, Olivia.

[Ian Hecox]

Well, speaking of guys.

[Olivia Sui]

Ooh, I'm in between, too.

[Ian Hecox]

Oh, Guy Sandwich.

[Shane Topp]

That's my favorite chef.

[Ian Hecox]

Olivia.

[Olivia Sui]

Guy Fieri's little brother, Guy Sandwich.

[Shane Topp]

Guy Sandwich. They have different last names in that.

[Ian Hecox]

But it's pronounced Guy Sandwich.

[Shane Topp]

Guy Sandwich.

[Ian Hecox]

I hate that he just, like. He insists that people say Fieri.

[Olivia Sui]

That's not even his last name. Right?

[Shane Topp]

He can do whatever he wants.

[Ian Hecox]

He's like, Guy Johnson.

[Olivia Sui]

It's like, Jones or something.

[Ian Hecox]

Guy Jones.

[Shane Topp]

It's just that, you know, Mark Bunsen just.

[Ian Hecox]

Guy Balrog.

[Shane Topp]

Guy Balrog. He is a Balrog.

[Ian Hecox]

I love the photo of him with the. Somebody Photoshopped out his facial hair and gave him normal hair, and it's so good. He just looks like a. He just looks like an accountant.

[Shane Topp]

He looks like someone who works at H and R Block.

[Ian Hecox]

Speaking of guys, Olivia, you got yourself. You got yourself a go.

[Shane Topp]

You got yourself a guy.

[Olivia Sui]

Oh, yeah.

[Shane Topp]

Oh, tell us about your guy.

[Ian Hecox]

Tell us about your man.

[Olivia Sui]

Well, my man, his name is Sam.

[Ian Hecox]

Oh.

[Olivia Sui]

Actually, I had to confess to Sam couple days ago that. So I've, like, seen Sam on Instagram since I was, like, 17.

[Shane Topp]

Okay. What? Hold on.

[Ian Hecox]

Okay.

[Olivia Sui]

No, no, no.

[Shane Topp]

This messes up the narrative.

[Olivia Sui]

No, no, no. I know. It's not. Like, I never. I didn't know who Sam was. I knew who Sam was because I think one day my friend showed me because, like, my friend knew him. Like, we. You know how, like, the acting circle and, you know, we all have friends and whatnot. Someone showed it, showed me him, and I was like, oh, this guy's, like, super funny.

[Shane Topp]

He is.

[Olivia Sui]

And, like. And, like, I just forgot about it. But then, like, he also has a very unforgettable face.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah.

[Olivia Sui]

So, like, I was. You know, sometimes I'll be, oh, yeah, that guy was fun, funny. And then obviously, you guys started working together. Like, I never thought after seeing his Instagram and, like, seeing who he was, I would ever date this guy.

[Ian Hecox]

So you're saying.

[Shane Topp]

You're saying. You're saying like, six years ago.

[Olivia Sui]

Six years ago. Because I just never, like, put those. You know, I'd be like, I would never look at someone like, yeah, I'm gonna date this guy.

[Shane Topp]

But you weren't following him.

[Olivia Sui]

No, I wasn't following. I was admiring him.

[Shane Topp]

You just saw him forever ago.

[Olivia Sui]

Yeah, I was like, oh, yeah, this guy's so funny.

[Ian Hecox]

Shane, you. You met Sam because you're both on the Goldbergs, right?

[Shane Topp]

So I met Sam, like, 10 years ago.

[Ian Hecox]

Oh, were you also admiring him on.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah, I admired him on Instagram. I was like, this guy's really funny.

[Ian Hecox]

I love his memorable face.

[Shane Topp]

Acting circles. I just saw him around when I was a teenager, and we never worked together, but we just knew each other. We had mutual friends. And then, yeah, I was working on Smosh. I knew Olivia, and then I happened to book the Goldbergs and started working on that with Sam, and I was like, how funny is this? We're. I'm Working together with him very early on. I just talking to him. I'd work with him sometimes, and I'd be working here with Olivia. And there were times where I was like, they are so alike. And you both, at the time you were in relationships. But I probably. It's not great of me was. Was saying, hey, I know, like, whatever, but you guys would be great together.

[Ian Hecox]

You were just like, you were slipping it in.

[Olivia Sui]

But he never really said that.

[Shane Topp]

Not really, but I just knew it. And. But then both of your things kind of ended at this around the same time, like, within months of each other. Sam would see photos of, like, Instagram photos with us, and then he started to be like, hey, so what's up with your cast mate, Olivia? He's like, what's up with her? And then, like.

[Ian Hecox]

But did he ever ask about me?

[Olivia Sui]

No.

[Shane Topp]

No. But then, yeah, he was, like, jokingly just be like. He'd be like, yeah, so what's up with Olivia? I love her. He just was super into you pretty quickly, and I was. I kept being like, you guys would be great together. And then he kept being like, yeah, well, I don't. Yeah, but I don't want to be in a relationship right now. Like, I. Yeah, whatever. I'm like, all right, because, sure, you guys would be great together. I would bring it up to you. And you were like, ah, yeah, I don't know. Like, whatever. But then you guys. He, like, commented on one of your Instagram stories.

[Olivia Sui]

Yeah, like, you know, we would talk about Shane. That's how that was.

[Ian Hecox]

Like, that was the main topic. You want to talk about Shane?

[Shane Topp]

It's a really great topic.

[Ian Hecox]

Five hours.

[Olivia Sui]

Yeah, sure. I would literally. I think that was, like, an opportunity for us to, like, talk, but it would be about Shane. Although, like, I think we both enjoyed talking to each other. And I was like, hey, Shane. Yeah, I think me and Sam were gonna, like, hang out in real life. And I was still. Was I still in a relationship? I was like, it was a couple days after.

[Shane Topp]

No, you were. You were. You guys were. You guys were single. I remember before you ever met, you didn't actually have plans. You bumped into each other at a grocery store.

[Olivia Sui]

Right, Right. No, it was.

[Shane Topp]

Was that a little planned?

[Olivia Sui]

It was a little planned.

[Shane Topp]

See, I had this narrative in my head that you guys bumped into each other at the grocery store. Like a Michael Buble.

[Ian Hecox]

Remember when we started pulling things out from her, like, she's like, oh, yeah, I went to, like, a movie or something. We're like, who'd you Go to the movie with. And she's like. And we're like, sam, just the movie. She's like, yeah, just the movie. And then, like, later on. Okay. We also, like, got a drink afterwards. I'm like, oh. Oh, really? Was that it? Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's all that happened. Oh, okay. And then, like, a week later, he's like, yeah, we also, like, made out that night.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah, no, I mean, it's no big deal. But we also smooched.

[Olivia Sui]

Yeah, no, that's. But you were right. Like, this is why, I think, very.

[Shane Topp]

Quickly, like, within a month, you guys were like, I love him. I love her.

[Olivia Sui]

Yeah.

[Shane Topp]

I was like, all right, I called him.

[Olivia Sui]

But it's also really funny because we're so similar and, like, that's what attracted us. Not that I'm obsessed with myself.

[Shane Topp]

You guys are different, but you have a lot of similar interests and. And views on life, and. And you take a lot of things in stride the same way. And that's where I was like, okay, you guys are going to work really well together in that regard.

[Olivia Sui]

Yeah.

[Shane Topp]

Because. Yeah, you both. You literally both. There's a specific grocery store in LA that I don't know anyone who goes there except for the two of you.

[Olivia Sui]

Yeah.

[Shane Topp]

And stuff like, that was where I was like, all right.

[Olivia Sui]

And like, the way, like, we love to work out.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah.

[Olivia Sui]

But these are all, like, outside things, like, exterior things. But, like, I would say Sam is probably the most genuine, kindest person, because he doesn't, like, fake it, you know, it's like he just, like, shows you exactly how he feels, and he's just so, so kind. I remember when I first. We started dating, I was like, wow, I feel like you're just too nice. Like, I. I feel like I'm just so mean compared to you. Like, you're.

[Ian Hecox]

You are.

[Olivia Sui]

And then I was like, we both, like, talk shit.

[Ian Hecox]

I mean, that is. That is an interesting distinction, especially with la, because nobody wants to ruin a connection.

[Olivia Sui]

Yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

Everybody is playing the sort of nice game, and there are some people you could read through. You're like, all right, you're just putting on the face for me. Yeah, it's weird. It's always weird. But when you find those genuine people.

[Olivia Sui]

Yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

You got to. You got to grab onto those people and never let them go.

[Shane Topp]

Look, I'll admit, I think I'm. Dating is really hard for me because I think it's really hard for me to let loose and be my weird self on the first couple dates. So I don't feel connected because I'm not allowing myself to be genuine and I recognize it and I'm like, I want to stop. I want to be real, but I can't. Then I'm trying to be me, and then that doesn't work. It's hard, man. It sucks.

[Olivia Sui]

But I feel like. Like I always, like, said that any girl who dates Shane is just. They're gonna. Shane is the best. He's so. You're just so, like, you're. You're a.

[Shane Topp]

There's a diss at the end of this rainbow.

[Olivia Sui]

No, there isn't. There isn't. I promise you. You're just so, like, well rounded and like, you really take the time to understand the other person's point of view, which is so important in a relationship. And I just see that, like, you always do that for everyone. And you're so calm and. Yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

Are you gonna cry, Shane?

[Shane Topp]

Do we have any addition?

[Ian Hecox]

Cry, you little bitch.

[Shane Topp]

Go have an addition. Do it.

[Olivia Sui]

I honestly think you're such a great guy.

[Shane Topp]

Like, thanks, Olivia.

[Olivia Sui]

Wanna date?

[Shane Topp]

I'll date Sam.

[Olivia Sui]

Cool. Yeah, but I always. I don't know, I feel like you totally made the whole Sam and Olivia relationship happen if it wasn't for you.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah, you have to compliment me now that I helped you find the love of your life. If we ever get married, you're legally obligated to compliment me forever. So that's all you're doing here, is you're fulfilling that contract.

[Ian Hecox]

Is Shane gonna be your maid of honor?

[Shane Topp]

Ooh, I feel like it's only fitting that I am both best man and maid of honor. And I just walk back and forth.

[Ian Hecox]

No, we'll cut you in half.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah, Yeah.

[Olivia Sui]

I just don't think you're gonna look great.

[Shane Topp]

Like.

[Ian Hecox]

Hey.

[Shane Topp]

Okay.

[Ian Hecox]

Hey.

[Shane Topp]

Excuse me. What was up with that compliment before? That was really cool.

[Olivia Sui]

Like a color.

[Shane Topp]

Like, I want lilac, just not my color. Yeah, I get that. Was that. That choice was on purpose so that I couldn't do it.

[Olivia Sui]

Exactly.

[Shane Topp]

You know, everyone knows lilac is not my color.

[Olivia Sui]

I was color swatching you.

[Shane Topp]

I got pantoned.

[Olivia Sui]

But I really do hope that Shane you. I don't know, just make a speech or something. If we. We ever get married.

[Shane Topp]

I'll make a speech.

[Olivia Sui]

Okay.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah.

[Olivia Sui]

Better be funny. Oh, not like that funny.

[Shane Topp]

Not too funny.

[Olivia Sui]

Not too funny.

[Shane Topp]

Not too funny where I'm like, destroying the tone of the whole night.

[Olivia Sui]

Exactly.

[Shane Topp]

Like, you want to hit a certain, like, vibe at the reception, but be there. But like, hit the laugh and then be like. Be like, hahaha. And then, like, kind of like, smirk to myself and just be like, no.

[Olivia Sui]

But I'll let you practice your stand up.

[Shane Topp]

Okay. Like my type five just right there. Has nothing to do with you and Sam.

[Olivia Sui]

Yeah. Just practicing your jokes.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah. Great.

[Ian Hecox]

I think. I think the speech could go something like this. You just go, he was a boy, she was a girl. Couldn't be any more obvious. He liked punk and she like ballet. What more can I say? See, I think you should just do something like that and just wait to see how long it takes for the people to realize you just ripped off.

[Shane Topp]

And then as soon as I finish that one, just go right into. Hey. Hey, you. You.

[Olivia Sui]

I guarantee my parents will not understand what you're doing.

[Shane Topp]

I should be your girlfriend.

[Ian Hecox]

Well, he has to do it in Mandarin after.

[Olivia Sui]

Yeah.

[Shane Topp]

Oh, you also have to learn Mandarin.

[Olivia Sui]

Cater to the Mandarin audience.

[Shane Topp]

Boy, I'll learn Mandarin to give a.

[Ian Hecox]

Speech at your Chinese weddings are, like, dope, though, right?

[Shane Topp]

So I feel like every culture has better weddings than American weddings.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah. We're like, I don't know. You do a thing with the priest and then you go eat food and then you have some cake.

[Olivia Sui]

I just wanna tell you guys, you guys are both single. And I know I'm always scouting for women for you guys.

[Shane Topp]

Thanks.

[Olivia Sui]

I'm always out there thinking about you guys.

[Ian Hecox]

Well, if you know a girl that's interested in somebody that's dead inside, then I'm your guy.

[Olivia Sui]

Yes.

[Ian Hecox]

I feel like there's gotta be somebody for that.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

Somebody that just wants an emotionless rock corpse bride. Yeah.

[Olivia Sui]

Yeah. I'm always thinking like, hmm, which one of my friends can date Shane or Ian or Keith or Courtney?

[Shane Topp]

I feel like I don't do well.

[Olivia Sui]

Thank God I'm not single.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah. I feel like I don't.

[Ian Hecox]

It always ends with that. All of your thoughts end with, thank God I'm not single.

[Olivia Sui]

Thank God.

[Ian Hecox]

Like, I don't know if I want kale or celery smoothie. Thank God.

[Olivia Sui]

I'm not saying, oh, my God, celery juice. I've been obsessed.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah.

[Olivia Sui]

Wait, you know, like, I.

[Ian Hecox]

Does this just make you go on?

[Olivia Sui]

Oh, my God, guys, like, celery juice is like the. Like, the newest trend. I mean, it's a little two weeks.

[Shane Topp]

Celery doesn't really have anything to it, though, right?

[Olivia Sui]

You're wrong.

[Shane Topp]

Isn't the point of celery is that it actually. It's the only food you lose calories while eating because it. It takes more to digest it than it actually gives You.

[Olivia Sui]

It's so good for skin and, like, detoxify your liver.

[Ian Hecox]

Isn't it kind of, like, bad to eat, like, a lot of celery?

[Shane Topp]

I'm sure it's bad to eat a lot of any celery.

[Olivia Sui]

For an entire week and a half, I was drinking celery juice every single morning.

[Shane Topp]

And that's it.

[Olivia Sui]

My pants, like, it was insane. Like, all these celebrities.

[Shane Topp]

It gave me dysentery.

[Olivia Sui]

All these celebrities were promoting celery juice, and I was like, okay, cool. And, you know, Sam and I were like, let's try it, you know? So we would buy, like, a stalk of celery. Like, one stalk of celery makes a cup of celery juice.

[Ian Hecox]

It's crazy. Yeah.

[Shane Topp]

Wow.

[Olivia Sui]

So we were drinking that, so it's pretty cheap.

[Shane Topp]

A stalk of celery is, like, nothing.

[Ian Hecox]

$1.99, $2.99, and it's only $2.99. And it's only.

[Olivia Sui]

I go to Whole Foods.

[Shane Topp]

That's some fancy celery there.

[Ian Hecox]

Say it's only $250 if you get Whole Foods.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah.

[Olivia Sui]

So we were doing that. Cause Sam wanted to, you know, improve skin. And I was just doing it because I'm a trendy LA bitch. So we were drinking that every morning, and I was just, dude, it was bad. Can I just tell you this is gross.

[Shane Topp]

No, no.

[Olivia Sui]

Explain it in detail, because everyone is promoting it.

[Ian Hecox]

Just say it really quietly into the mic. Just right up here. Okay.

[Olivia Sui]

So, like, everyone's promoting it, and I'm like, if Jessica Garner. Yeah, Jennifer Garner, is drinking celery juice, I'm going to do it. So then I start doing it, and I had. The second time I had it, I was driving back home, and I had it, and Sam was like, dude, you got it. You gotta take me home. Like, I have to go to the bathroom. And I was like, all right. All right. Damn it. I guess we. I mean, he has one bathroom. I'm like, fine, you go to the bath. I'll go home. Cause I live down the street. Dude, driving home was the worst. I contemplated just going on someone's lawn. Have you ever thought that?

[Shane Topp]

Whoa. I've never thought.

[Olivia Sui]

No. I'm a pretty sane person, so.

[Shane Topp]

But you would get out of your car. You'd park your car, get out, and just diarrhea on someone else's lawn. See, I'm taking the L. My Honda Civic is. That's why I don't get a fancy car. So I can diarrhea in the car in la.

[Ian Hecox]

You would get jump out diarrhea all over the person's lawn. Person would come out and go celery diet, and then just. And then just drop trout diarrhea next to you.

[Olivia Sui]

Kim Kardashian comes out celery juice.

[Shane Topp]

I think it's fun to know that all these big celebrities are probably just diarrhea.

[Olivia Sui]

That's what I'm thinking.

[Shane Topp]

Shitting themselves every day.

[Olivia Sui]

Seriously.

[Shane Topp]

Jennifer Garner, Kim Kardashian just shitting all. Bella Hadid. They're all just shitting constantly.

[Olivia Sui]

I want to tell you guys this. I remember thinking, like, I was sweating. Like, it was so bad. I contemplated crapping on someone's lawn. Like, that's. I've never thought that in my life. But it was so hard to, like, not think that.

[Shane Topp]

Just imagine, dude, I had food poisoning on set on Goldberg's like, a month ago, and I had to drive all the way home on the 405 with food poisoning. And it took an hour. And the entire time, I was like, I'm gonna throw up and crap all in my car. I'm gonna park my. I'm gonna get. Park my car in my parking spot. Open the door. It's gonna be a flood of just all of my body as I just swim out of my car.

[Ian Hecox]

Do you guys remember Olestra?

[Shane Topp]

No.

[Ian Hecox]

Are you guys too young for that?

[Shane Topp]

I'm 12.

[Ian Hecox]

You know, I was born in a different generation.

[Shane Topp]

God.

[Ian Hecox]

We went. We worked with somebody. He was literally a year older than Shane, and he was like, we're from a different generation. So Elestra was a. It was a, Like, a chemical that they. They realized that you wouldn't absorb the fat of, like, food if you put this, like, chemical called Lestra. So what they did was they put them in potato chips because they're like, oh, you know, potato chips are fatty. If you don't absorb the fat, then, hey, you could eat a bunch of potato chips. What they didn't realize is that people don't just eat a serving. A single serving of chips. So what happened was people are eating entire bags of chips with the olestra and then just shitting their brains out. Because it essentially, like, lubed up all the stuff down there and it just passed straight through.

[Shane Topp]

That's awesome.

[Ian Hecox]

I think they were like, like, lays.

[Shane Topp]

Serving sizes of chips are an actual joke. I think a serving size of Cheetos is. Is like eight Cheetos. No one eats eight Cheetos. She eats all eight Cheetos. Okay. This is one of the weirdest things about Olivia. It bothers me so much to this day is that she up a Cheeto and she will take 10 bites out of it. No, she'll take eight bites out of it. There'll still be some left. And she'll set it down and save it for later.

[Olivia Sui]

People think I do it on purpose.

[Shane Topp]

Cause I don't know it's real.

[Olivia Sui]

People think it's because, oh, you don't want to gain weight. No, it's literally because I just have these weird things that I like to do. It's just part of my quirk. I don't even do it for anyone. It's just who I am. I just like to take little bites.

[Shane Topp]

It's so weird because I'm the opposite. I can't eat a single Cheeto at a time. I don't think I can eat three cheetos at a time. I have to take a frigging handful of.

[Olivia Sui]

Just because you're an ogre.

[Shane Topp]

Five plus Cheetos and smash them into my stupid mouth. That's the only way I can eat Cheetos.

[Ian Hecox]

Just go, wow.

[Shane Topp]

Speaking of Cheetos, this is a topic I actually wanted to talk about here because I've been bringing this up this week. Who the hell eats regular Cheetos nowadays? Flaming hot Cheetos are the only Cheetos anyone should be eating. Anyone who eats regular Cheetos is for sure a terrorist.

[Ian Hecox]

Or probably just somebody from like 1990s in a time machine. Like, oh, Cheetos, great. Love these things, boy.

[Shane Topp]

Just like whenever there's regular Cheetos around, I'm like, why did we do this? Who wants this? There's better. There's flaming hot Cheetos. I know they're not bad, but flaming hot Cheetos are significantly better. Everyone could agree about that. Anyone listening who disagrees? I don't.

[Ian Hecox]

Because it masks the flavor of Cheetos.

[Shane Topp]

No, it's a different flavor entirely. It's not flamin Hot Cheetos are not even like, cheesy.

[Olivia Sui]

No, it's like a weird flavor. But you know, you should try it with cream cheese.

[Ian Hecox]

Whoa.

[Olivia Sui]

Whoa, baby. Hey, baby.

[Shane Topp]

That sounds crazy.

[Olivia Sui]

It's so good. It's probably so bad for you. But I remember in high school, that's all I ate.

[Shane Topp]

That sounds really good. You know what I will admit what I think I like more than flaming hot Cheetos occasionally is Takis.

[Olivia Sui]

Mm. Takis.

[Shane Topp]

Takis fuego lit. Takis Fuego are significantly.

[Ian Hecox]

But that's another thing. Would you eat normal Takis or would you just eat Takis Fuego.

[Shane Topp]

Well, Takis Fuego are the only Takis.

[Ian Hecox]

Oh, really?

[Shane Topp]

I don't think there's any. It's just. Yeah, it's just hot. Takis.

[Olivia Sui]

Well, since now we're on the topic of fire. Takis Snacks. And I've been. I've been wanting to talk about this. I've been thinking about it. I'm really obsessed with puffs these days.

[Shane Topp]

Like, yeah, Cheetos. Puffs are the only time where I think the regular. Not Cheetos. Puffs.

[Olivia Sui]

No, just anything that I. That dissolves in my mouth.

[Shane Topp]

Anything puffed? What? What? Things come puffed.

[Olivia Sui]

You can make anything puffed.

[Shane Topp]

Well, how do you make things puffed?

[Olivia Sui]

I don't know. Babies eat puffs because they don't. They can't chew.

[Ian Hecox]

Babies eat puffs?

[Olivia Sui]

Yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

Like what.

[Shane Topp]

What kind of puffs? I don't know.

[Ian Hecox]

So you're so, like. Like Rice Krispies, I guess. That's puff rice.

[Olivia Sui]

Soft. And then when you, like. Just when you put it in your mouth kind of like cotton candy, like, dissolves it.

[Shane Topp]

Like cotton candy.

[Olivia Sui]

No, I think that's a puff.

[Shane Topp]

Is that a puff?

[Ian Hecox]

I just love.

[Olivia Sui]

I love how, like, light it is and the. The minimum work that I have to do.

[Ian Hecox]

Right.

[Olivia Sui]

Digest it or eat it.

[Shane Topp]

Hilary. Puff.

[Olivia Sui]

That's funny. That's funny, Shane.

[Shane Topp]

Thanks. That's what I do.

[Olivia Sui]

But it's a snack that I love. Been eating some sweet potato puffs.

[Ian Hecox]

Okay.

[Olivia Sui]

I've been eating some paleo puffs. Oh, those are good.

[Ian Hecox]

Okay.

[Olivia Sui]

They're, like, made paleo puffs. Yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

Made from, like, vegetables.

[Olivia Sui]

Yeah, it's, like, made from, like, cassava root or something.

[Shane Topp]

See, I don't. I'm just. I'm not like the LA guys.

[Olivia Sui]

I'm so la. I feel like you are.

[Shane Topp]

When it comes to diet, you're very.

[Olivia Sui]

It's so.

[Shane Topp]

The. The only LA diet thing I do is I love kombucha.

[Olivia Sui]

You also love poke.

[Shane Topp]

I do love poke, but that's not necessarily la.

[Ian Hecox]

That's not la. Come on. That's Hawaiian. I mean, it's.

[Shane Topp]

I do love sushi, but I also love fish. I love all seafood. I will eat any type of seafood when I go to Florida. The seafood.

[Ian Hecox]

There's sea.

[Shane Topp]

What is. Is that octopus?

[Olivia Sui]

Sea urchin?

[Shane Topp]

Sea urchin. I've had ooni.

[Olivia Sui]

I like it.

[Shane Topp]

It's really.

[Ian Hecox]

That's. That's, like one that's, like, really split because it's like a. It's more of a texture thing.

[Shane Topp]

I had some in Japan that was really good.

[Olivia Sui]

It literally looks like a tongue.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah. It's weird, but I like it. I'm more a fan of, like, fish. Fish and crabs and lobster and shrimp and. And oysters. Oh, my God. Oysters on the half shell. Get out of town.

[Olivia Sui]

I feel like if you eat, like, a bad oyster, you'll be, oh, yeah, yeah.

[Shane Topp]

You might as well drink a whole bunch of celery juice at that point.

[Olivia Sui]

Yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah. I love me some oysters. I never even had an oyster until probably a couple years ago. And my friend, she worked at, like, an oyster bar, so she was like, all right. Gave me the whole rundown and everything and show me how to, you know, put the things on it. It was like, okay. So, like, the. The. The oysters from the Pacific coast of the US Are, like, fattier, and the shells are thicker because of the cold water, but on the east coast, it's warmer water, so the shells are thinner and it's less fatty. I was like, well, I'm learning so much, and I'm gonna pass off this knowledge so I can sound smart.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah.

[Olivia Sui]

Wait, do you guys really think oysters are an aphrodisiac? Like, do you eat into their armhole? No.

[Shane Topp]

I mean, apparently there is some science to that of, like. But it's not extreme. It's not. It's not like, yeah, because I just ate an oyster. Now I have a boner. It's just like, it might. You know, if there's one thing that turns me on.

[Ian Hecox]

Slimy, wet.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

Sea clam. Exactly.

[Olivia Sui]

So it's a myth.

[Shane Topp]

I don't think it's necessarily a myth as much as. It's just not. It's more like, oh, it can cause some things that might lead to some things.

[Ian Hecox]

But I also think, like, when you're having oysters, typically it's a more, like, fancy occasion. So there are other accoutrements That's.

[Shane Topp]

That makes the ambiance. That's making you the ambiance.

[Ian Hecox]

Like, who just, like, hangs out and eats oysters? Like. Like, hey, bro, you want to. Okay.

[Shane Topp]

And fishermen do bang.

[Ian Hecox]

They bang a lot of time. What else? Hey, you know, if they say the boats are rocking, that's my. Some fishermen.

[Shane Topp]

That's why there's so many orgies and Jaws.

[Olivia Sui]

Really?

[Ian Hecox]

Dude, have you seen. Have you seen Deadliest Catch?

[Shane Topp]

No, they're just banging constantly.

[Olivia Sui]

I get seasick watching, like, sea movies.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah. Okay.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah. The Perfect Storm. It's about an orgy.

[Olivia Sui]

Perfect storm, a ton of oysters.

[Ian Hecox]

I mean, George Clooney's in it.

[Shane Topp]

George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, it's the perfect storm. John C. Reilly. Yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

All combining.

[Shane Topp]

All just banging. Oh, yeah. Yeah. They had too many oysters.

[Ian Hecox]

Well, let's talk a little bit about. About the thing that happened today. So, yeah, we announced that mythical bot, Smosh. We are now part of the whole family. It's very exciting. We brought back so many people from the defy disaster, and that's been really awesome. We've been teasing this for a couple days, and one of the big speculations was that Anthony was coming back.

[Olivia Sui]

Oh, really? I didn't even know that.

[Shane Topp]

I mean, because you read. There's a.

[Ian Hecox]

Did you not read a single comment, Dude, No.

[Olivia Sui]

I try to stay away from comments.

[Shane Topp]

I try to as well, because it's like, oh, here's this announcement of, like, awesome, like, Smosh and all this stuff. And it's like several comments be like, yeah, this is great. And then there's one comment that's like, sweet. Now you can get rid of Shane, Olivia, Keith, Noah, and Courtney because they suck and I don't like them. All right, dude, thanks for killing the vibe. Yeah, man.

[Olivia Sui]

I just like to think that, you know, I'm just unliked all the time, so I don't have any expectations, you know?

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah, that's a good way of going life.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah, not bad. We've gotten very used to. It's been four years, and I still see comments that are like, get rid of those. Who are these new people? Like, if you're. If you're commenting that that means you haven't watched in four years.

[Ian Hecox]

I think that's the thing because. Because these sort of large announcements kind of pierce through the viewer base that's currently watching. It hits some of the old people that only know Smosh is myself and Anthony, rather than the sort of family that we've since built. So for a lot of those people, you're gonna see those comments and they're gonna be upvoted by other people that were like, what the hell is this? And, you know, for them, they're seeing something that's completely different. Right.

[Olivia Sui]

So Anthony's not coming back.

[Ian Hecox]

I mean, the door is open. If he wants to come make videos with us, he's more than welcome. But the thing is, those people, they're not going to be happy either way. Because if. If we get Anthony in a video, it's not like we're going to be going back to, like, you know, 2012 smosh or even 2015 or 2016 smash. Like, that's. That's past that's gone. It's.

[Shane Topp]

Right.

[Ian Hecox]

It's. We did that and we've moved on. Like, we. We've built this family where we have this sort of thing that we're doing. And so. And even if we did try to go back and do that, be trash. You can't. You can't win with those people. It's like, that's. That's one of those cases where you just really have to trust in what you're doing and trust in the people around you.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

And just kind of rally together. It would be. It would be fun to get Anthony.

[Shane Topp]

In some videos I really want him for. Try not to laugh. And some other stuff.

[Olivia Sui]

Yeah. I mean, I miss that.

[Shane Topp]

Ideas. Yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

A lot of Padilla ideas. I'm sorry.

[Shane Topp]

I'll take that back.

[Ian Hecox]

I'm taking it back right now.

[Shane Topp]

I just want to say, like, with those comments, the thing that I think a lot, though, is that I think they're really disrespectful towards Anthony.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah.

[Shane Topp]

Because he's had his own channel. He's been doing his own own thing for almost. Is it two years now? More.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah, almost. Yeah.

[Shane Topp]

And, I mean, he's killing it, and he's doing great. His stuff is really funny. And to say, like, oh, yeah, now Anthony can come back to Smosh and all that stuff, then what you're saying is, hey, stop doing your own thing. I. No, you're only. I only like you on Smosh.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah.

[Shane Topp]

I feel like that's super disrespectful to him because I'm sure he's having a great time doing his own thing. I'm sure. I'm sure it's. And it's awesome. It's. It's great stuff.

[Ian Hecox]

I mean, he wouldn't be doing it if he didn't like doing it.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

So, yeah, that's. That's a thing. And. And to say, like, oh, Smosh is only Ian and Anthony, and if Anthony's going off doing his own thing, like, then that.

[Shane Topp]

And that's.

[Ian Hecox]

That's not cool. That's not cool for. For anybody.

[Shane Topp]

Because that's reciprocal. You're saying, oh, Smosh is only Ian Anthony. You're also saying, Anthony is only Smosh. It's like, no, if you're commenting that stuff, go support Anthony.

[Olivia Sui]

Yeah.

[Shane Topp]

Go support him. Like, help, like.

[Ian Hecox]

Or support everybody.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah, support. I mean, or maybe if you just.

[Ian Hecox]

Don'T have something nice to say, maybe just don't say it.

[Olivia Sui]

Yeah, it's.

[Shane Topp]

And it's. Yeah, it's tough, but I know, it's a small. It's a small group. Because the majority of our fan base is so awesome and supportive.

[Olivia Sui]

Yeah. Our fan. I feel like our fan base is just unlike any. Like, you know, we've been around for 12 years, and, like, they've just seen everything.

[Ian Hecox]

It's a wide range of people.

[Olivia Sui]

Yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

Because we do have, like, these sort of, like, legacy viewers that have been watching Smosh since 2005. And we see it on our demographics. Our biggest demographic is 18 to 24, and then 24 to 35, and then 13 to 17.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

So it's. It's definitely a lot of people that. That grew up watching Smosh, whether they started in middle school or high school, and now they're in college, out of college. They popped out some babies. They're still watching.

[Shane Topp]

Some experiences of meeting Smosh fans are really funny. Like, I was in Catalina island doing the zipline there, and our instructor, every time he was, like, zipping people off, he was like, hey, so what do you do? And then I was like, I'm an account. He's like, cool. And he'd, like, zip them off whatever. I come up, and he's just like, hey, Shane. As he's hooking me up to the zip line, he's like, so, what do you do? And I'm like, I do YouTube comedy. He's like, oh, cool. What's the channel you're on? I'm like, oh, it's called Smosh. He stops, he looks at me, and he goes, I love Smosh. And then just pushes me.

[Olivia Sui]

That's great.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah. And then one time, I was in Croatia, and my waiter at this one, like, outside restaurant, he was just like, excuse me. He's like, are you on Smosh? And I'm like, yeah. He's like, awesome. He's like, I thought you'd be taller. Oh, my God. It was really funny. It was super cute.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah, I've gotten that a few times.

[Shane Topp]

And then.

[Ian Hecox]

And it's just, like, sometimes it's like a look of disappointment.

[Shane Topp]

I thought you'd be Rhett and Link. Yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

Cause there's been times when, like, it'll be, like, a girl that's taller than me, she'll be like, thought you'd be taller. Like, well, I'm not, so.

[Olivia Sui]

Yeah, I've gotten that before, but it's very different. They thought I was Mari. Like, like, for real. They thought I was mar. They took the photo, and they're like, yeah. So, Mari. I was like, oh. I'm like, you think I'm Mari.

[Ian Hecox]

But they didn't have any pretense that you were in Smosh before that. They just came up to you and they. At a random place and said, I think you're Mari.

[Olivia Sui]

Yeah.

[Shane Topp]

Wow.

[Olivia Sui]

And I was like, I'm like, oh, oh, no, I'm not Mari. I'm like, I'm Olivia. And they're like, oh, we only watch Smosh games. I was. I never get offended when people think I'm Mario.

[Shane Topp]

You two look nothing alike.

[Olivia Sui]

Exactly. Exactly.

[Shane Topp]

Mari's got like purple hair.

[Olivia Sui]

What if he's trolling me?

[Shane Topp]

That's possible.

[Ian Hecox]

Oh, man.

[Olivia Sui]

Because that would have been sad.

[Ian Hecox]

I had a guy and it was. It was right after I cut my hair when I had the. I had the bull haircut. It was actually the first time I cut my ball off because I went back because people were saying I had a receding hairline and I got self conscious.

[Olivia Sui]

You don't.

[Ian Hecox]

Well, I do, but it's. It's staying. It's in relatively same place. Doesn't matter. I was. I was probably. I probably read too many comments and took the dog.

[Shane Topp]

Comments. Really? Even when you think like, oh, they don't affect me, man. One comment can just ruin your teeth.

[Olivia Sui]

I'm getting a boob job. Because everyone says, no, that doesn't affect me.

[Ian Hecox]

But. But the first time. The first time that I cut my hair, I was walking through the mall and went to Hot Topic because that's where all the cool kids shop.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

And I was wearing. I think I was wearing a small shirt, which is kind of embarrassing to say now because it's cheesy when you wear your own merch in public. But. But at that time.

[Shane Topp]

Well, I have sandals that say Shane.

[Ian Hecox]

But at that time, that's.

[Olivia Sui]

My sandals say Shane too.

[Ian Hecox]

But at that time, it was also like free clothes. So half my clothes were merch. So the guy saw my shirt and he's like. He's like, oh, yeah. I watch Smosh. I was like, cool, man. And then I thought he was doing this bit with me where he didn't. Didn't recognize me. And we're talking. We had a full on conversation about Smosh. And I started to realize, like, oh, he doesn't know that I'm in it.

[Olivia Sui]

That's crazy.

[Ian Hecox]

And I was just like. And I didn't tell him. I didn't bother to tell him. I just. I paid for my things and I was like, all right, see you later, man.

[Shane Topp]

And I just walked out of there. That's so funny. That's so Funny, but it's because I had.

[Ian Hecox]

I didn't have the ball. The bowl is the defining factor. I got. I got recognized way less when I cut the bowl the second time, too.

[Shane Topp]

I think it's funny when I get recognized. What's great is it's funny. Is. And they're like, hey, are you on? You want Smash? I'm just like. I'm like, oh, yeah. And then there's like that pause. It's just kind of like. They're like, cool. And I'm like, yeah, cool. And then eventually one of us like, oh, do you want to take a photo or what? I'm always super awkward.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah. One person came up, and they're like, are you guys Smosh? And they're like, yeah. And then she just took a picture and just walked away. You don't want to be in it.

[Shane Topp]

All right. There will be a couple times where someone will be like, oh, you're on Smosh. I'm like, yeah. And they're like, cool. And they'll just, like, shake my hand and be like, then walk off. I'm like, cool. That was very cool.

[Olivia Sui]

Yeah.

[Shane Topp]

Very respectful.

[Olivia Sui]

I've experienced that, too. Wow. This is like. These experiences are so unrelatable to so many people, too. It's like.

[Shane Topp]

It is a weird thing. Yeah. Because before Smosh, you know, I never experienced that at all. And then it started to happen very quickly.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah.

[Shane Topp]

Within months.

[Olivia Sui]

Do you ever approach other famous people?

[Shane Topp]

I don't. And I think there's. I'm. I think fans should always come up if you see me out somewhere. I am always willing to, like, take a photo or meet you or whatever, but I don't go up to other celebrities, mainly because of fear of them being a jerk.

[Olivia Sui]

Right.

[Shane Topp]

I'm like, I don't want to meet my hero and them be mean to me. And then that's all ruined forever.

[Ian Hecox]

We went to the premiere of Dumb and Dumber 2, and there was, like, an after party, and Jim Carrey was walking by, and I was like, that guy's a legend, and I'm never going to get the chance to see him again. And I hate myself for doing this, but I'm going to just screw it. I'm just going to do it. I'm just going to go ask him for a photo. And I was like. And he was walking. I was like, hey, man would be like, big fan. You know, whatever. Like, can I get a photo? He's like. He's like, oh, sorry. No. And I was like, a lot of.

[Shane Topp]

A lot of celebrities just have a rule of, like. No, I've heard Chris Pratt has openly said, like, he doesn't.

[Olivia Sui]

Well, yeah. Me and Chris are good friends.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah. You know. Yeah.

[Olivia Sui]

Yeah. If you want that picture, I can make you happy.

[Shane Topp]

I think I'd maybe get a photo.

[Ian Hecox]

Does Chris Pratt still follow you?

[Olivia Sui]

I haven't checked. I have not checked.

[Shane Topp]

I think I would ask for a photo if it was something, like, kind of funny. Like, if I saw Guy Fieri, I'd be like, all right, I'm getting a photo with Guy Fieri.

[Ian Hecox]

Oh, man. I got a photo with Nick Crompton. That was like, one of my.

[Shane Topp]

See stuff like that. That's great. That's smart.

[Ian Hecox]

I was like. Because it was. It was maybe a few months. It was maybe a few months after. It's every day, bro.

[Shane Topp]

Prime Crompton.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah. Crompton is everyone's favorite.

[Shane Topp]

We can all. That's Pete Crompton.

[Ian Hecox]

We can all agree Nick Crompton is the true hero.

[Shane Topp]

He's the heart and soul of. He was the heart and soul of team 10.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah.

[Olivia Sui]

I didn't like him for a while, but then I was like. And then we watched the documentary. I was like, wow, you're smart. Like, you have a brain.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

He actually hit me up when. When we were. When Smosh. When Defy collapsed. He actually hit me up and was, like. It was, like, looking for some. He was trying to get in there.

[Olivia Sui]

What do you mean?

[Ian Hecox]

And try to save. He was trying to, like, look for a way to, like, say, smash Nick Crompton. This is so weird. We got on a call. We got on a call and stuff, and it didn't.

[Olivia Sui]

It didn't really work out, but.

[Ian Hecox]

But anyway, so, yeah, I. I saw him at a party at Vidcon, and I was like, I. I gotta get a photo with. With Crompton.

[Shane Topp]

Got to.

[Ian Hecox]

And I was like, hey, man, England's my city too. And he's like, oh, I. I didn't even mean to say that.

[Shane Topp]

I just wrote it in. That's cute.

[Ian Hecox]

There's a nice guy.

[Shane Topp]

There's one YouTuber that if I saw, I'm getting a photo of, and that's Danny Sex Bang. Huge fan of him. Have been for a long time. And I know a lot of people I know know him, but I'm gonna, like. I'm not trying to, like, force it.

[Olivia Sui]

Right?

[Shane Topp]

Want it to happen naturally.

[Ian Hecox]

But you're saying if I were to set up a meeting.

[Shane Topp]

Listen, all I'm saying is, please help me meet Danny Sex Bang.

[Ian Hecox]

Okay.

[Shane Topp]

I would love that. God, I've been such a fan.

[Olivia Sui]

I think Ian can make that happen.

[Shane Topp]

I know, I know. Like, I know it's very realistic for me to meet.

[Ian Hecox]

Are you gonna embarrass me, Shane?

[Shane Topp]

Yeah, if I. I'm going to drink a liter of celery juice before I meet Danny Sexby and just dump. And just dump right in front of. He's just like, hey, how's it going, man? I just crap myself.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah. That's the goal. I'm a fan of both the game grumps. I'm a huge fan. And I've seen Aaron. I saw him at Vidcon and I was just kind of like freaking out near him.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah.

[Shane Topp]

But cuz. Yeah, I have my rule of like, I'm not gonna go greet them, whatever. But I've heard they're the nicest people.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah.

[Shane Topp]

So I know if I went up and met them, they'd be cool.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah. They're both incredibly nice.

[Shane Topp]

But Danny Sex Bang is specifically the one.

[Ian Hecox]

Music's great.

[Shane Topp]

His music is incredible. He's such a chill dude. Yeah, man. Damian and I are huge fans of both of them.

[Olivia Sui]

I would love to meet him. I don't know who he is.

[Shane Topp]

Oh, he's the best.

[Ian Hecox]

He's awesome.

[Shane Topp]

He's a legend.

[Olivia Sui]

Can he be on this podcast?

[Ian Hecox]

He could be.

[Shane Topp]

He would do great on this.

[Ian Hecox]

I feel like he's touring all the time. Yeah. Like, every time I've tried to like get something together, it's like, oh, I'm on tour. Or like, he's on tour. You know, it would be. It would be fun to get him in because he is. He's incredibly nice. Like.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah, he seems it. He seems it.

[Olivia Sui]

I love nice people who are successful.

[Ian Hecox]

He kind of reminds me of like the second coming of Weird Al Yankovic.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah. That's kind of what he is in a way. I feel like a lot of times people who. Success finds them later are super, super nice. Because I've heard Steve Carell is super nice. And you know, Danny Sex Bang, he didn't really get blow up and stuff until he was in his 30s, so. And I mean, he's like, he's older now, but so he's probably grateful. Like, he's probably like, oh, man. He know. He remembers not having all this.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah. So probably put in a lot of work and put a lot of time into his craft. I mean, you can't just pick up an instrument or, you know.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

Right. Like that.

[Shane Topp]

He's so good.

[Ian Hecox]

We found out a Couple days ago that one of the head people at Defy or one of the leaders, Defy blocked a lot of us on Twitter. Oh, yeah.

[Olivia Sui]

He didn't block me, though.

[Shane Topp]

He blocked me.

[Ian Hecox]

He blocked me.

[Shane Topp]

And my Twitter is so. I'm not out for anyone. I'm. I'm nice on Twitter.

[Ian Hecox]

I hadn't tweeted anything about Defy.

[Shane Topp]

Did you hate my jokes that much?

[Olivia Sui]

No. I think it's probably, like, he just. You know, when you feel guilt. No, I don't think he felt guilt.

[Ian Hecox]

No.

[Shane Topp]

It's like a breakup. He's like, I'm just gonna block. Gonna block her.

[Olivia Sui]

I was very happy that he still, you know, followed me. But then I realized I'm like, maybe he didn't even remember me. Like, maybe he was like, I didn't think to unfollow her because she was so irrelevant to me. But then I was like, yeah. And I think. Right. I was stalking his page.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah.

[Olivia Sui]

I think he invested in, like, Swedish scooters. I'm not even joking. He keeps retweeting the Swedish scooter company.

[Ian Hecox]

And I'm like, yeah, someone from Clever, which was another Defy property that. That also got saved. They got saved by Hearst, which is a giant media conglomerate. She sent me a screen cap. I didn't even say anything about it. She sent me a screen cap this morning that she was blocked by him, too. And I was like, oh, my God, we're all blocked.

[Shane Topp]

That's insane. Look, I don't wanna be petty. I don't want any ill will out there, but all I'm saying is if I happen to drink a liter of celery juice and be driving by his house, you know, I might take a crap on his lawn. If in that scenario. In that scenario where I have to. I can't hold it anymore, you know, if I conveniently drive by his place and diarrhea all over, whatever.

[Olivia Sui]

I just feel like, you know, the industry is so small that one day, like, things will get around and I might see him again and I, too, will drink celery, and I'm not that nice, you know, I might just shit everywhere around him, on him.

[Ian Hecox]

Like a circle. Yeah, like you're doing some kind of seance. Like, you can't leave the circle of your dookie. We've talked about poop a lot on this episode.

[Shane Topp]

It's. It's been that.

[Olivia Sui]

It's been my brand.

[Shane Topp]

That is Olivia's brand.

[Ian Hecox]

Welcome to poop talk.

[Olivia Sui]

I do. I. Do you ever. Like, he's like a Great scenario of. Do you ever just, like, think about how you're gonna approach this person if you see them in public? I always, like, make up these scenarios in my head of, like, I'm gonna do this and say this.

[Shane Topp]

Oh, man, have you ever. I mean, all of us do this. When you get in an argument with a person in your head, like, I'll be in the shower and I'll be thinking about someone who, like, said something small to me, that. Something insignificant. But I will, like, in my head, imagine, okay, if they say something else to me, this is what I'm gonna say. And then I bet. I bet they're gonna say that. And then, oh, boy, I'm gonna say this. And then, oh, they're gonna say that. And then I'm gonna say that. And you just go through it and you realize I'll be like, I am so mad. It's eight in the morning, nothing bad has happened, and I'm pissed. And then I'll see that person that day, and they're like, hey, how's it going, Shay? I'm like, hey, how's it going?

[Olivia Sui]

Literally, this is.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah, I completely wimp out. I go through those scenarios. I'm like, yeah, yeah. And then I'm just a completely nice person to them, actually.

[Olivia Sui]

I don't wimp out.

[Shane Topp]

You don't wimp out.

[Olivia Sui]

I don't. I don't think you've witnessed this.

[Shane Topp]

Oh, yeah, you don't. It's why I will always avoid pissing you off.

[Olivia Sui]

No, it's. But the thing is, I let it go really quickly.

[Shane Topp]

Yes, that's the thing. You'll get mad and it's scary, but then you're making sure to find a.

[Olivia Sui]

Reasonable end to it. I hate being unreasonably mad for no reason. And when I'm actually really mad, I talk like a robot. So weird.

[Shane Topp]

I've seen it a little bit.

[Olivia Sui]

Yeah, it's really weird. I don't know why I get into this mode where I'm like, I'm really upset because of this and this and this. And then I'm like, that's. I literally don't talk like that, but I feel like that's just how I'm like. That's how I stay calm.

[Shane Topp]

Have you and I ever. I don't feel like you and I have ever really gotten.

[Olivia Sui]

I don't.

[Shane Topp]

I avoid. I feel like I'm pretty good at avoiding fighting.

[Olivia Sui]

Yeah. I don't think you've ever gotten into any arguments with any of the cast.

[Shane Topp]

I don't Think so either. I think Courtney and I have had a couple moments where we're, like, a little mad at each other, but it's never a fight. It's just whatever. But I don't think so. Yeah. And Noah and I think. And I've known Noah for, like, 10 years. I think there was one time where he and I kind of got upset at each other, but then within two minutes, I was like, hey, I'm sorry, man.

[Olivia Sui]

It's like whenever I am about to argue with Noah, like, within two seconds, I'm like, I'm gonna be exhausted after this. I'm like, I'm not gonna argue with you.

[Ian Hecox]

It's not worth the effort, you guys.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah, Noah can. Noah. Noah's very good at arguing.

[Ian Hecox]

You know, he would be a good politician. He could just filibuster for, like.

[Shane Topp]

He could. For sure. For sure. He would. He would agree with that.

[Olivia Sui]

He just talks and talks and talks, and you're just like, I'm confused.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah.

[Olivia Sui]

Remember that phase where Noah just rant?

[Shane Topp]

Yeah, Noah. Noah went into a conspiracy theorist.

[Olivia Sui]

Oh, yeah. That was the phase.

[Shane Topp]

He got very into conspiracy theories, and he was always talking about him.

[Ian Hecox]

I think. I think he. I think he picked up on it because he. After a while, like, we'd be at lunch, and it'd be like, oh, man, Noah's talking. And then, like. And then I would leave. People would start. People would start to, like, find an opening to just leave the room.

[Olivia Sui]

Oh, yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

And then it would just be me sitting there with him going, like, yeah. I mean, like, I. I don't think it really works that way. Like, I don't think the. The public sewage system works in that sort of way, but all right. Yeah, sure. Okay. Yeah. I mean, that's not how college tuition works, but all right. Yeah. Mm.

[Olivia Sui]

Mm.

[Ian Hecox]

Yep. That's. I don't think that's how taxes work.

[Shane Topp]

But I just love that, like, all of his rants will always. It'll go on for two hours, and then it'll always end with just like. Yeah. And, like, it's like that and, like. I don't know. I don't know, man. It's just. It's just whack.

[Olivia Sui]

Yeah, it's just.

[Shane Topp]

It's like. It's like, all right.

[Olivia Sui]

No, it always ends with. It's just whack, man.

[Shane Topp]

It's like. That's literally the end of every single rant.

[Olivia Sui]

But I think it's so funny how we, like, witness each other, like, go through phases and, like, we are, like, growing together and it's, like, really cool.

[Shane Topp]

You guys saw my. I went through my. I don't give a crap about what I wear for two years. And then my glow up. Cause I used to wear. I used to wear shorts, tank tops and flip flops to work.

[Ian Hecox]

And a beanie.

[Shane Topp]

That would be my outfit I wore every single day.

[Ian Hecox]

And nothing matched. It was like, I'm gonna wear a teal shirt and, like, a orange beanie. I'm gonna come in here with my khaki shorts above my knees.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah.

[Olivia Sui]

I would say Ian's glow up was huge, too. Like, both of you guys and me, like, I always notice what you guys wear. And I was like, wow. Like, single Shane, single Ian. Like, I'm like, damn, they're fine.

[Ian Hecox]

Thanks. Thank you.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah, I started rolling up my jeans.

[Olivia Sui]

Yeah.

[Shane Topp]

Bought some desert boots.

[Ian Hecox]

I did have a beard, but then I had to. I had to shave it off for a video.

[Olivia Sui]

Do you remember that one time Shane had to do a table read with us? And he just walked in with aviators and just never took them off.

[Shane Topp]

I know. Inside, you know, the lights were bright in that. That conference.

[Olivia Sui]

He, like, had these sunglasses on for an hour.

[Ian Hecox]

And I.

[Olivia Sui]

And I defended you.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah, you did.

[Olivia Sui]

Wow. You know, I'm like, no. I'm like, you know, he's living his life. He's 25. He's at his peak. Like, let him do whatever he wants.

[Shane Topp]

I was like, that was, like, three weeks into being single. And I was like, I gotta let people know. Yeah, I gotta let people know I'm on the market.

[Ian Hecox]

Or were you just hiding all the tears?

[Shane Topp]

No. Well, maybe, but no. No.

[Olivia Sui]

When Shane told me about his breakup, I cried.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah. You and Keith are the first people I told. It was during an entire shoot week. And it was. So we were filming videos every single day. Then on Wednesday, in the middle, like, on a break, I just was like, oh, yeah, by the way, my girlfriend and I broke up. And I was like, don't tell anybody. I gotta keep it together. And we shot a whole bunch of stuff.

[Ian Hecox]

And then I think that was also the first. That might have also been the first shoot without Anthony as well.

[Shane Topp]

It was literally, I said goodbye. I remember saying goodbye to Anthony. But we keep it a secret being so. Yeah, we couldn't talk about that publicly. But also, like, as I was saying goodbye to him, I was sitting there just in my head, just being like, I'm. This is so much to deal with in one week. Two breakups in one week. It was tough. It was really tough.

[Olivia Sui]

You guys have been with me through my breakups, too.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah. So many of us went through breakups.

[Olivia Sui]

And I remember, like, mine was hilarious. I'm like, just cried and I left.

[Shane Topp]

I wasn't. I wasn't there. I wasn't there for that because it was in the middle of a table read, and you just got up and you're like, I gotta go.

[Ian Hecox]

Oh, my God. That was the. That was the saddest thing ever.

[Olivia Sui]

That was so funny, too. I was like, I'm such an idiot. I can't believe. I'm just like everyone.

[Ian Hecox]

And I won't say his name. I'll change his name. But. But it was. You were reading a script, right? And it said that your character was supposed to cry, and so you, like, started to cry, and you're like. And we're like, olivia, are you okay? And you're like, it's just, me and Bob broke up. And then you. You, like, literally, like, shouted it, and then you ran out of the room.

[Olivia Sui]

And we were all like, dude, I'm drama.

[Ian Hecox]

Like, And I didn't know any. I didn't know this was coming. Like, I didn't know any of this. And you said that, and you ran out and, like, all of us were frozen. Like, we were like, what just happened? Was that part of. I don't think that was written in the script.

[Shane Topp]

Meanwhile, when I heard about it, I was like, good, good.

[Olivia Sui]

I would have said it. My friend would.

[Shane Topp]

According to plan, I had probably. It's probably crappy of me, but there's probably times where you were talking about what you guys were going through, and I was like, oh, you should break.

[Olivia Sui]

No. Yeah. But I also was like, I never wanted it to tell. I. I'm also the type of person where I don't like to, like, air out my. My dirty laundry unless it's, like, for sure. Because I don't want to seem like my. I like to seem like I'm reasonable and I have my shit together.

[Ian Hecox]

It's funny mentioning the, like, maybe saying, like, you guys should break up, because I feel like friends always want to either have the person break up with their significant other or find the person a new significant other. Like, it's. It's always like that weird thing where it's like, oh, yeah, you guys. Like, you deserve better. And then. And then once they're broken up, they're like, you need somebody. You need. Here. Here, this person. Take them. Like, it's funny. We're never. We're just never happy with our friends just being in a relationship.

[Shane Topp]

It's definitely a thing. Like, going forward, though, I. All my friends were so nice and everything, but I had one friend who, like, a year before the breakup kind of said, like, oh, you know, I don't know if you guys are good together. I don't know if I, like, just. I'm just, you know, no offense, but whatever. And that actually was huge because it kind of. It kind of gave me that, you know, confidence, that affirmation to go, okay, this is. Right. This is what I should do. And I've told all my friends since. I'm like, hey, the next time I'm in a relationship.

[Olivia Sui]

Yeah.

[Shane Topp]

If you. If it's your opinion as my friend that it's not good, whatever, just please tell me, like, I know I don't have to listen to it, whatever, but please give me those opinions, because I value those. And it's very easy to get. What's the term? Like, you're not thinking straight when you're in a relationship sometimes. And if you're in not a great thing, it's easy to be go, oh, no, this is fine. This is normal. When it. Maybe it's not at all. And your friends are all going, oh, that's not good.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah.

[Olivia Sui]

And I wish I did that.

[Ian Hecox]

As a friend.

[Shane Topp]

I don't blame anybody. I think it's very nice.

[Ian Hecox]

But as a friend, like, especially if you're. If you're talking about, like, emotionally abusive relationships or physically abusive relationships, as a friend, you know, it's important to suggest it. But with abusive relationships, oftentimes it's hard to pull them across. And you have to. You have to let them see the light sometimes, but still be there for them in the event that happens.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

Wow. What a. What a dark subject to end on. We're coming up. We're coming up on our time. Any. Any final thoughts? What did we learn today?

[Olivia Sui]

Celery juice makes you shit.

[Shane Topp]

I think the celery juice makes you shit is the main thing. Yeah, I. I'm once again. I'm just very excited about all this. This is very cool. Yeah.

[Olivia Sui]

Being in the space, it's like. It just feels so natural, you know, it just feels like home, like, you know, where, you know, I just. It feels like we just belong here. And it's not weird at all.

[Shane Topp]

No.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah.

[Olivia Sui]

Yeah.

[Shane Topp]

It's a. It's a much cooler space. It's a much better vibe already. I'm having so much more fun. I mean, I've always loved the job, but this is. Even. It's somehow so much more fun.

[Olivia Sui]

Yeah. It just seems like we don't have, like, limitations. Like.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah.

[Olivia Sui]

Like, it just. We. I feel more comfortable.

[Shane Topp]

Yeah. Like Bradley Cooper in that one movie.

[Ian Hecox]

Good.

[Shane Topp]

Limitless.

[Ian Hecox]

I'm glad. I'm really glad it's all working out. So that does it for. For this episode, I believe we did get our together. And the podcast is on all of the podcasty things, so feel free to listen to it, subscribe to it. It's. It comes out on audio form on all the podcast things. I believe it'll be on Wednesdays. And the best day, the video will be coming out on Friday, Fridays. The best day for now. So if you want to hear it first, you gotta hear it on audio. Can't see our pretty faces. Sorry, my face is really hot. Is it red?

[Olivia Sui]

No.

[Ian Hecox]

Okay, great. Thank you guys so much and we'll see you next week.

[Shane Topp]

See you later.

[Olivia Sui]

See you. Goodbye.

[Shane Topp]

Goodbye now.

[Ian Hecox]

Bye.

[Shane Topp]

Gross.