Comedian vs. Fitness Expert: Matt Friend Trains with Don Saladino

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Podcast Summary: Stronger with Don Saladino

Episode: Comedian vs. Fitness Expert: Matt Friend Trains with Don Saladino
Date: September 9, 2025
Host: Don Saladino
Guest: Matt Friend

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Overview

This episode explores the intersection of comedy and personal growth as stand-up comedian and master impressionist Matt Friend joins renowned fitness coach Don Saladino. Beyond gym routines and diets, their conversation dives into the mindset and lifestyle changes necessary for building true strength—inside and out. The banter is equal parts hilarious and insightful, with candid stories about building resilience in show business and in fitness, overcoming social pressures, and the awkwardness—and progress—of embarking on a new level of self-discipline.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Redefining Strength—and Social Temptations

[01:21–02:44]

• Matt Friend recounts a late-night social test at a trendy restaurant: “There’s these beautiful women... then a couple of schlubby guys... They’re getting fries, espresso martinis, margaritas... The food comes and I just go like this. Big whiff, and I tell the waiter, ‘I believe you’re still serving salad and chicken paillard?’” —Matt Friend [01:51]
• Matt resists temptations (alcohol, fries), sticking with water and salad, and notes how good he felt the next day—and about being able to stick to a routine:

  "Honestly, I felt great. I get up the next morning, I do my lift, I do my steady state cardio. I open the Don Saladino app... ‘good luck.’” —Matt Friend [02:42]

2. From Pandemic Start to Career Breakthrough

[03:23–05:32]

• Matt describes graduating NYU during COVID, moving back to Chicago, and launching a daily content creation habit that landed him on Jimmy Kimmel, The Today Show, and Howard Stern:

  “I created a little mini late night talk show from my childhood home... sketches and topical humor... Then different shows started to discover me.” —Matt Friend [04:09]

• His first big standup opportunity came from selling out Caroline’s on Broadway at just 22:

  “It was my first time selling out a comedy club. ...I didn’t really know what I was doing yet.” —Matt Friend [05:00–05:24]

3. Resilience, Routine, and the Realities of Training

[05:55–07:00; 20:44–25:00]

• Don reinforces the episode’s central idea: building strength is more about overcoming setbacks than perfect routines.
• Matt brings up the ongoing tension of social opportunities and sticking to the plan (minor cheats, peer pressure, personal discipline):

  “I have a huge sweet tooth, but I haven’t been doing [chocolate] in the past. ...It adds to the back fat.” —Matt Friend [22:32, 23:48]

• Don emphasizes the importance of consistency and not giving up before the results come:

  “Just hang in there long enough... Don’t turn around at week three or four and say, ‘Oh, this isn’t working.’ The beginning is all about shaking bad habits.” —Don Saladino [23:00]

4. Comedy, Impersonations, and Navigating a Divided Culture

[07:00–19:00]

• The duo discuss making humor out of political figures without alienating diverse audiences:

  “I’m just trying my best to make everybody laugh, all different types of audiences...There’s a lot to make fun of on all sides right now.” —Matt Friend [07:41, 08:19]

• Matt shares about old-school comedians as inspirations, working alongside childhood heroes, and the challenge of keeping his standup material fresh and relevant:

  “I don’t wanna be the comedian that’s doing the same 15 or 20 minutes for 30 years. I’m continually evolving.” —Matt Friend [11:36]

• On testing bits live:

  “The only way to find out if it’s funny is to go on stage and try it out.” —Matt Friend [12:51]

5. The Highs and Lows of Performing and Going Viral

[13:33–19:00]

• Matt draws contrasts between theater acting and standup, highlighting the energy exchange with the audience and the unpredictability of high-stakes gigs—like the White House Correspondents’ Dinner (“the stiffest room”):

  “I get up in the middle of the room...I go, ‘it’s great to be at this dinner with all you losers. Sleepy Joe, how are you?’ And Biden’s, like, 30ft away...” —Matt Friend [15:56]

• Memorable lines include:

  “I’m killing this dinner harder than Kristi Noem kills her puppies.” —Matt Friend [16:16]

6. Fitness Plan: Habits and Humor

[20:44–28:18]

• Matt talks about reaching out to Don for a “holistic” approach to health (“not like some creepy online, get-strong-quick, shake weights” program).
• Diet and exercise: tracking progress, phases (conditioning, cardio, strength training), protein shakes, battling sugar cravings.
• Encouragement for enjoying life in moderation—like having pasta and gelato in Europe, as Don recounts losing weight on his own honeymoon despite indulgence:

  “Go have pasta, go have ice cream, go drink wine. When I went on my honeymoon...literally, a gelato, pizza, ice cream every day...I lost weight.” —Don Saladino [27:16]

7. Family, Upbringing, and the ‘Funny’ Gene

[28:33–30:16]

• Discussion about where Matt’s humor comes from—his “out of control” and “very funny” mother, and practical-joking but more reserved father. Siblings get shout-outs as well.

8. Critics, Stage Incidents, and Handling Hate

[30:31–31:51]

• Matt details an unruly audience member incident and the increase in online negativity as his career grows. On staying the course:

  “When you start to put yourself out there and get a little notoriety...people will come at you.” —Matt Friend [30:44]

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Rapid Fire & Audience Q&A

[32:17–43:36]

Notable Questions:

• Best elements of a Don Saladino impression?

  “It’s the micro impression... Don at the end of describing a workout: ‘50 Bulgarian split squats. Good luck.’ The good luck. The good luck...” —Matt Friend [33:06–33:29]

• How do you deal with stage fright?

  “You get into a locked in mentality... Just like playing a sport. Luck is when preparation meets opportunity. I’m putting in the reps, every set is practice.” —Matt Friend [33:59–34:55]

• Impressions on request:

  • Jeff Goldblum: “I love Saladino because of his holistic approach to health. Makes me feel very sexual, very physical.” —Matt Friend [37:09]
  • Howard Stern: “Robin, he’s not answering the question.” —Matt Friend [38:17]
  • Novak Djokovic, Federer, Nadal, Bill Gates, RFK Jr., Tim Cook and more—delivered with spot-on comedic detail.

• Who would win in an arm wrestle?

  “The client always wins.” —Don Saladino [36:49]
  “Look at his arm. He would kill me.” —Matt Friend [37:00]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On keeping his comedy balanced:

  “There’s a lot to make fun of on all sides right now.” —Matt Friend [08:19]

• On social pressure and progress:

  “Every day I would have chocolate in the afternoon. I’m not kidding. I love chocolate. I haven’t been doing that in the past.” —Matt Friend [22:36]

• On audience reactions at high-profile gigs:

  “It’s insanely stiff... No matter who’s hosting, it’s always impossible.” —Matt Friend [15:08]

• Humor in impersonations:

  “Don is great. Honestly. He’s as tasty as a Lindt chocolate.” —Matt Friend as Roger Federer [40:46]

• On results in fitness:

  “By month three, we should visibly be able to start seeing some definition in your abs — if you listen to what I tell you.” —Don Saladino [24:15]

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Timestamps of Key Segments

• [01:21] - Matt’s willpower over fries and cocktails
• [03:23] - Pandemic pivot: posting, late night shows, first standup hour
• [05:55] - Resilience: Not sets/reps, but setbacks
• [07:21] - Comedy & politics: walking the line
• [12:50] - New bits and testing material on stage
• [15:49] - White House Correspondents’ Dinner: “I’m killing this dinner harder than Kristi Noem kills her puppies.”
• [20:44] - Matt DMs Don for fitness help
• [22:37] - Sweet tooth confessions
• [24:15] - “Visible abs by month 3!”
• [33:29] - Don Saladino impression: “Good luck.”
• [34:55] - Handling stage nerves
• [37:09] - Jeff Goldblum impression

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Final Thoughts & Takeaways

• Humor as Resilience: The episode threads together the parallels between getting on stage and showing up for personal change. Matt’s honesty about struggles—temptations, setbacks, nerves—mirrors what many face in their own fitness (and life) journeys.
• Practical Growth, Not Perfection: Don’s coaching aims to create lasting habits—not quick fixes—while both agree that “falling off” is normal and the most important thing is to keep returning.
• Connection and Community: Personal growth, be it on stage or in the gym, is about the journey—shared, not solo. Listeners are encouraged to participate in the conversation.

“You gotta hang in there long enough to see this. I’m starting to see the change. You gotta stay with it.” —Don Saladino [23:00]

“We are going to get ripped. We are going to get happening. I love this guy.” —Matt Friend [44:00]

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For comic relief, inspiration, and real talk on the journey to being ‘stronger’ in every sense, this episode delivers both the laughs and the life lessons.

Transcript

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[Matt Friend]

Yeah, you're training with me. It's happening.

[Don Saladino]

And that's the purpose of this podcast. This isn't a sets and reps podcast. This is to talk about resilience. This is to talk about how things don't always go your way and things take time. Seriously, man. Talk to me about the weekend, though. You sent me a video at like 1:30 in the morning. He's at a, he's at a dinner table. All some attractive women there. You're having a good time. There's a big pile of french fries and he's in front of his phone going, I'm drinking water and eating lettuce right now.

[Matt Friend]

So about.

[Don Saladino]

About.

[Matt Friend]

At this, like this, this fancy place in downtown. And there, you know, there's attractive women at the table. You know, there's these beautiful women. And then there's these like a couple of schlubby guys at the table. And then, you know, they're like, oh my God. You know, it's like 1:30. Let's get some fries for the table. Get some espresso martini. Let's get some margaritas, some palomas. Then the food comes and I just go like this. The fries come to the table. I just, I go like this. It still works. That's a good drug. I get a big Whiff of it. Then I tell the waiter, hi, I believe you're still serving salad and chicken bayard. So I ordered a grilled chicken salad and then I had water and lime, and I was watching them judgmentally in the corner.

[Don Saladino]

How'd you feel the next day?

[Matt Friend]

Oh, God, Honestly, I felt great. I felt great. I get up the next morning, I do my lift, I do my steady state cardio. I open the Don Saladino app and I. And I just hear. I see that smile. And he goes, good luck. Yeah, good luck.

[Don Saladino]

Welcome to Stronger. Today's guest is the hilarious Matt Friend. You might know him as a stand up comedian and master impressionist. Matt is a friend and someone I've been helping out in the gym. I'm Don Saladino. Let's get Stronger with Matt. So I got. I first saw you. You became pretty big around Covid, right?

[Matt Friend]

Early on in Covid, starting to.

[Don Saladino]

Yeah, you hit my social media 2020. 2021.

[Matt Friend]

Probably around that. Yeah. I was starting to post on Instagram and on TikTok.

[Don Saladino]

So what were you? 21? 22.

[Matt Friend]

Yeah. Yeah. I graduated college in 2020.

[Don Saladino]

Where'd you graduate from?

[Matt Friend]

NYU. But I did remote graduation because of COVID That was not fun. It was. It was. It was not great. Finishing my last semester of college at home.

[Don Saladino]

Where are you from?

[Matt Friend]

Chicago.

[Don Saladino]

Okay, so what area?

[Matt Friend]

Like Lincoln park, which is like the north side of Chicago.

[Don Saladino]

So came to nyu and then you basically during COVID just had to shut it down. That last semester.

[Matt Friend]

Yeah, that last semester I just. I moved back to Chicago for my. When everybody was in lockdown, graduated remote classes, and then use that time, like obsessively posting on Instagram and TikTok, just creating content every single day. And then I created like a little mini late night talk show from my childhood home. And I would write 10, 15 minute episodes which were sketches and topical humor. And then throughout that period of time is when different shows started to discover me over Covid. Jimmy Kimmel, the Today Show, Howard Stern.

[Don Saladino]

A lot of that was a big one.

[Matt Friend]

That was a big one. And when we have a microphone like this, we gotta do it right. But we'll come back to Howard later. But. And then. And then. Yeah, and then I just. It was just all these appearances started to happen as a result of me and my phone. I would just be posting and then building a following. Then I moved back to New York and I did my first attempt at an hour of stand up.

[Don Saladino]

Where was that?

[Matt Friend]

At Caroline's on Broadway, which is now closed. But it was Very, very cool. They had this. It's called the Breakout Artist series, where they had an opportunity for people to try to sell out the club and do an hour. And it was my first time selling out a comedy club. It was a big deal. And then I did. I pieced together, like, 50 minutes. I don't even really remember what I was doing. I didn't really know what I was doing yet. And then.

[Don Saladino]

Nervous? Or was it just.

[Matt Friend]

Yeah, I was very nervous. I hadn't been on stage that long before. Like, an hour is insane.

[Don Saladino]

And you're 22 at the time.

[Matt Friend]

Yeah. And then. And then just the past couple of years, it's been building. Every day is just. It's a progressive climb. Last year was particularly huge, just with various opportunities that came about.

[Don Saladino]

No, but you're just getting started. And that's the purpose of this podcast. This isn't a sets and reps podcast. This is to talk about resilience. This is to talk about how things don't always go your way and things take time. Seriously, man, don't listen.

[Matt Friend]

Yeah, you're training with me. It's happening.

[Don Saladino]

And this is, like, even right. Right now. You're turning me. You're like, oh, when's it going to. It's two weeks, Three.

[Matt Friend]

Yeah. No, it's tough, but I've been. I've been loving it. And thank you so much for bringing me in and creating an amazing plan. And I've been following the minus, minus, you know, one espresso martini and probably two glasses of wine.

[Don Saladino]

One week. No, I'm trying to think.

[Matt Friend]

One week.

[Don Saladino]

I'm like, how you doing? He's like, I'm doing great. He wasn't bad. You had an espresso martini, which I'm fine with. But then you had some pizza or you had.

[Matt Friend]

I probably had. Well, here's what happened. Following the plan. But one way. Look at you staring at me. Followed the whole plan. And then my, like, bodybuilding friend who's, like, massive, was staying with me for a weekend, he goes, no, dude, you just gotta eat, man. You just gotta put food.

[Don Saladino]

Tell your bodybuilding friend you want to. You're looking more like Brad Pitt's fight club. We're looking for that look.

[Matt Friend]

Yeah. So you're saying that the Beijing chicken and sauteed string beans wasn't going to help me.

[Don Saladino]

Not the worst decision, but also not the best.

[Matt Friend]

And then I had probably four fries earlier that week. Like four individual.

[Don Saladino]

Yeah, but that's like. For me, that's like. You cheated.

[Matt Friend]

Right?

[Don Saladino]

All right, so Stand up. So the thing that impressed me most was. And you said it the other day, I was joking around. We're not talking politics. We're not. Because I don't like talking politics. But I said we were talking about Trump because your Trump impersonations are phenomenal. And I assumed I knew who you were voting for. You voted for, and you were like, but do you really know? And I was like, no, I don't. So I think that's part of the art.

[Matt Friend]

Do you really know? Right. Do you really know?

[Don Saladino]

But, like, you.

[Matt Friend]

You.

[Don Saladino]

You came in and you made it very humorous.

[Matt Friend]

Yes.

[Don Saladino]

I think people are still on the fence of which direction you're able to go in. So the fact that you are 26 and you are so up to speed on politics and, you know, everything going on, I think is also a big differentiator in what you do.

[Matt Friend]

Yeah. No, I mean, I love the. That era of show business, which was Johnny Carson, like, way before I was born, where the country was laughing, you know, and the world was. And it's a lot. You know, it's tougher now because we are so divided, and with social media, that's creating a deeper division within our culture. But I'm just trying my best to make everybody laugh, all different types of audiences.

[Don Saladino]

And that's definitely helped you out.

[Matt Friend]

And it doesn't mean that you can't have, like, a spine and you can't stand up for what is right in a specific.

[Don Saladino]

Sure.

[Matt Friend]

In the context of something specific happening or some specific political event. But, I mean, I'm talking overall.

[Don Saladino]

Right.

[Matt Friend]

There's a lot to make fun of on all sides right now.

[Don Saladino]

Yeah. So what you're saying, there are things that you believe about one party or you believe in with one party, and there's things that you might believe in in the other party, even though you have a direction that you might have leaned and voted.

[Matt Friend]

Well, I didn't say that, Don, but he just implicated that. I would say he just completely implied that.

[Don Saladino]

I kind of did.

[Matt Friend]

I'm kidding. I'm kidding. No, but I. I mean, I guess you could say that. Yeah. Yeah.

[Don Saladino]

But what's wrong with that?

[Matt Friend]

Nothing's wrong with that.

[Don Saladino]

Exactly. Did you have a favorite comedian growing up?

[Matt Friend]

I mean, I loved. Again, I loved the old guys, which doesn't really make sense. Like, I loved Rodney Dangerfield and Don Rickles and, like, even Phil Hartman and Carlin. And I loved Now Today, like Sebastian Maniscalco. I used to love Pete Helms when I was in high school, and now it's an interesting thing. Cause I'm actually working alongside these people. So I'll do be in a club and I'll see them or we overlap, we're on the road. So that's a weird thing.

[Don Saladino]

That's gotta be.

[Matt Friend]

I would imagine. It's almost like I'm trying to think of an analogy, but like I was thinking I was watching like Yannick Sinner play Djokovic. And not to compare myself, but like your childhood hero is who you're playing against or playing with. And I'm kind of having similar experiences. You know, that's a crazy thing.

[Don Saladino]

You see it every so often, right? You see a younger guy who is aspiring to be a professional baseball player. The next thing you know, he's in the home run derby with Ken Griffey Jr. When Ken was playing. But I think that's always special and that's kind of what allows everyone to dream for.

[Matt Friend]

Absolutely, absolutely.

[Don Saladino]

So when did you realize this was the direction you wanted to go?

[Matt Friend]

I don't know. I mean, I just. I've always wanted to. I've always been obsessed with comedy.

[Don Saladino]

Right.

[Matt Friend]

And Don Rickles once said that comedy is a personality. And I relate a lot to that. It's just always been who I am. I was always the kid doing voices and, you know, trying to make anybody laugh in class or at a family dinner or at some function when you weren't supposed to be laughing. I would always be trying to entertain everybody else. And so I would say there was a very consistent personality. I didn't get into comedy because I'm like some tragic clown. A lot of people get into it because they're trying to escape something. That was never my motive. It was just I always loved. I would watch ed Sullivan on YouTube. Growing up, I don't know, I had YouTube at my fingertips. So I would just discover these old timey comedians. And I was very drawn to it.

[Don Saladino]

It's so funny how you're all in talking about YouTube. You're talking about YouTube is like, that's what you grew up with.

[Matt Friend]

That is what I grew up with.

[Don Saladino]

When I was growing up, we didn't have Internet.

[Matt Friend]

Right.

[Don Saladino]

You know how fascinating that is? Like, I saw there was a. There was a time, 2001, 2000, 2003, when I was getting into the business, There was no social media.

[Matt Friend]

Right?

[Don Saladino]

There was no.

[Matt Friend]

Yeah, no, we're all products of our generation. This is how like Judd Apatow would go to libraries and like, find old cassettes of comedians or like, like type and manually search in These old computers. And now I just. It's just how I grew up. Just find it anywhere I want.

[Don Saladino]

So in reference to coming up with content, do you find that stressful? Do you find that stressful going on stage and you're delivering. Like you were telling me last night that, yeah. When you brought a new skit, like a new bid in a lot of.

[Matt Friend]

The time, well, stand up. There is more of a stress in stand up. Whereas on, if I'm just performing, creating a video on my phone, that's less stressful. I mean, I could just film myself in my apartment or walking down the street or at some event and then put it out there. Standup is the ultimate, toughest test. And that's also a large reason why I wanted to get into training, which we can talk about, but with standup. Cause you don't necessarily know how the audience is gonna react. And I don't wanna be the comedian that's doing the same 15 or 20 minutes for 30 years. Like, I'm continually evolving. It's like, for example, last night I went on stage and I said, yeah, you know, I have this new health and fitness journey. I got this trainer who literally trains superheroes. So he wants to make me look like Deadpool, which is tough because I currently look like if pickleball was a person. And then I proceeded. There we go. We're getting a laugh. And then I proceeded and I go, and he has to be doing these exercises like Bulgarian split squats, Turkish getups, Russian twists. Like, why is my exercise routine more diverse than the U.N. you know, that was like a premise. Like the plague on the country. Names where they were, they were, they were following it. Then I go, but why isn't there a Jewish exercise?

[Don Saladino]

I'm doing a. I'm doing a Russian.

[Matt Friend]

Twist, but there's not a Jewish guilt. Up where I'm like, where you lie on your back for 30 seconds and think about how you're disappointing your mother. Or a Jewish sit down, where you just sit in a chair for 30 minutes and complain about your back. You know, like, so, like premises like that, you're like, maybe don't do that. It's not a funny bit. But the only way to find out if it's funny is to go stage and try it out. And then I was like, talking about my supplements. I'm like, I have like, my counter looks like a GNC exploded. I have like whey and creatine. It's like, it's like Thorn.

[Don Saladino]

You gotta say it.

[Matt Friend]

Yeah, yeah, Thorn. I'm sorry. Like it looks like, it looks like Breaking Bad. Like I hear something in there. So you work with these different premises, then you work it out on stage.

[Don Saladino]

So what people don't know is that I had Liev Schreiber in here beforehand. Exactly. And when I was asked, I was asked, Lee, have a question about theater acting. And I, and I said, when you're on stage, do you feed off the crowd? And he said something interesting. He says, you got to be careful with that because if the, if the crowd starts going nuts and you start getting goofy, then you're kind of getting out of character. You're getting away from what the writer wanted. Your energy is going to be a bit different. Right. Like, so how, how much does the audience really motivate you?

[Matt Friend]

Hugely.

[Don Saladino]

Okay.

[Matt Friend]

Yeah. This is totally, this would be the opposite of theater.

[Don Saladino]

Right.

[Matt Friend]

I can tell the second I walk on stage if it's going to be a good show or not really. If I'm doing like a set, if I'm headlining, there's still a chance that I can bring them up because they paid to see me. Whereas if I pop into a comedy club like last night, I'm just working in New York, then there's less control because it's a 15 minute set. They're seeing five other comedians. They might be in some sort of a mood and. But I mean you definitely feed off of the audience. I mean you need, there's a reason why there's a two drink minimum at these comedy clubs. You want the audience loose, you want them lubed up in a sense, you know, you don't want to walk onto stage and it's all stiff. And I hosted the NHL Awards, the National Hockey League Awards show, and it was the stiffest room. It was a room full of one toothed Yugoslavian brain damaged hockey players.

[Don Saladino]

I didn't understand you.

[Matt Friend]

We were like, very funny. That's funny. Yeah, my Borat.

[Don Saladino]

But when you started going off on Sleepy Joe and you were, that was.

[Matt Friend]

At the White House Correspondents Dinner. It's the most conservative people sitting next to the most liberal people. And no one wants to be caught on camera laughing at a joke about themselves or one of their friends. So it's insanely stiff. And it always has been. No matter who's hosting Conan, Stephen Colbert, Kimmel. It's always impossible.

[Don Saladino]

So what's the rule?

[Matt Friend]

I loved it.

[Don Saladino]

I thought it was hilarious.

[Matt Friend]

I loved it.

[Don Saladino]

Part of what made it funny was that everyone like, just like, well, what.

[Matt Friend]

Happened was I get up in the middle of the room. And I'm doing. I do three minutes of comedy before the headliner, Colin Jost. And this has never been done before. There's always a headliner and the president speaking at the Correspondence Dinner. And the last year, they had me go on as well.

[Don Saladino]

Were you like, holy shit, it was insane.

[Matt Friend]

And also, I'm aware of my level. Like, you know, I'm still very much coming up. There was still a lot of people in the room who didn't know who I was. And in addition, I wasn't on stage. I come up in the middle of the room with, like, no context, and all of a sudden, there was a montage that plays. For years, presidents have been made fun of. At the Correspondents Dinner. One year, it went wrong, where Trump was visibly angry in attendance at the dinner because Seth Meyers was making fun of him. And here to comment on that moment is Trump. And then I come out and I go, it's great to be at this dinner with all you losers. Sleepy Joe, how are you? And Biden's like, 30ft away from me. And then I proceeded by making topical jokes. I said, I'm killing this dinner harder than Christy Noem kills her puppies. Okay. And then I said about fire. Like, the guy outside the courthouse, because the guy lit himself on fire. This is terrible.

[Don Saladino]

And everyone's just sitting there like this.

[Matt Friend]

The point is.

[Don Saladino]

I can't take it.

[Matt Friend]

Everyone just. The point is. The point is. This is my point. It's real news. Like, all I'm doing is repeating the headline.

[Don Saladino]

But it's the accent. It's the best. If everyone was laughing, it wouldn't have been as funny. The fact that you owned it. You just own it. You went in there with, like, a spear.

[Matt Friend]

Like, I did Birdie, and I did Obama. And then I closed it out. And everybody.

[Don Saladino]

You have to give a little bit of it.

[Matt Friend]

Well, I will. But I did Obama. Like, hey, everybody, I am my brother's keeper. It is great to be here. Then I did Bernie. Like, we are at a dinner just for the top tenth of 1%. And then I. And then I concluded with McConnell. I didn't bring my glasses with him, but he. I normally travel with my Mitch McConnell glasses. And then I. I did this joke where I said, it's thrilling to be here today at the White House correspondence.

[Don Saladino]

And no one's laughing.

[Matt Friend]

Everybody was dying in that. And then it cut to Scarlett Johansson. I called her Scarlett Johannesburg.

[Don Saladino]

Yeah.

[Matt Friend]

And. And she was, like, dying. And then. And that saved the day at the end, but it was crazy. But no. To answer your question, a looser audience is what you you want to play off the crowd instead of 100%.

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[Matt Friend]

So you.

[Don Saladino]

So you actually DM me?

[Matt Friend]

Yes, I did.

[Don Saladino]

I was laughing because I get a lot. Just like you get a lot of DMs. I get a lot of DMs. And I was like, oh, shit.

[Matt Friend]

I was like, I know him.

[Don Saladino]

I've been watching you for a while.

[Matt Friend]

Really?

[Don Saladino]

Probably, I would say the funniest person I saw on the Internet. So you DM me. And I was like, all right, I'm going to help this guy out because I know I can. Where did you find out about me from?

[Matt Friend]

Well, I was aware that you were training all these sexy people. I mean, Sebastian, Stan and Ryan Reynolds and Blake and Seb's the best, you know, And I was like, oh, my God. And it seemed like you really knew what you were doing, you know, minus when you put a needle in my vein the first time we met.

[Don Saladino]

That never happened. Never happened?

[Matt Friend]

No. I felt that you knew what you were doing, and I thought I would reach out. And then we met and I thought we instantly connected. Yeah, there was such a vibe. I mean, our personalities are very similar in that sense, I think. And. And I really appreciated the holistic approach. It's not like some creepy online fist, like, you know.

[Don Saladino]

Get strong quick, shake weights.

[Matt Friend]

You really talk about the mind, body connection, you know, the importance of rest and stress and sleep and hydration and diet, nutrition in addition to the workout now. And I also really liked how you started to build out this plan where it wasn't like, rush. Like, right now we're in this conditioning phase, as you call it, full body workouts. With this, I think we got another two weeks maybe. What's it called? What's the cardio called again?

[Don Saladino]

Oh, we got low intensity, steady state cardio. We started to implement a little bit of interval work in.

[Matt Friend]

Yeah. And then.

[Don Saladino]

But you've been dedicated. You haven't missed a day of the program.

[Matt Friend]

No, I have not. And then eating. Say it again.

[Don Saladino]

Eating. You've been good?

[Matt Friend]

Yeah, I've been good. And then I didn't have breakfast yet. I'm such an idiot.

[Don Saladino]

But you had a shake.

[Matt Friend]

You had something. Yeah, but so. And then, yeah, I mean, it's been like two and a half weeks, but I. I haven't, you know, basically what would happen Is like every day I would have chocolate in the afternoon. Like, I. I'm not kidding. I love chocolate. I have a huge sweet tooth, but I haven't been doing that in the past.

[Don Saladino]

Like, you're satiated.

[Matt Friend]

Yeah.

[Don Saladino]

This is my wish for you. This is my wish for you. I just want you to hang in there long enough.

[Matt Friend]

Yes.

[Don Saladino]

To see this. Like, I'm starting to see. I'm seeing physical change in the sense of strength and movement. Like when you came out, even the last session. I'm seeing an improvement on things. I'm seeing you improve that level of consistency. Like, you're getting in there and you're doing the work. What I don't want to happen is for you to turn around three, four weeks and be like, oh, like the plan is right. Like, we're doing what we need to be doing. You have to stay with it. Because the beginning for me, for most, is where we're trying to shake a lot of these bad habits and incorporate silky. Right. But like, the chocolate piece, I would have no problem with chocolate. But the thing is, like, chocolate. And then you're having your general chow's chicken on Sunday night, wherever that was. And then you're having four french fries, which is really eight french fries. It's just like. And then you're mixing in a margarita. Like, these are things I'm okay with, but when you start, like, adding them up, it adds.

[Matt Friend]

It adds to the back fat.

[Don Saladino]

It adds to the back fat.

[Matt Friend]

Yeah. No. And I've been cutting it out and water's been good. The water's been good. Yeah.

[Don Saladino]

So the plan right now is to get you through the next exact. Thank you. That was a little hint.

[Matt Friend]

So.

[Don Saladino]

So the plans to get you through the next four weeks, we transition you into a workout that's going to have a little bit more higher volume.

[Matt Friend]

Yes. Okay. So, Don, I've been going out this program. We've created this nutrition plan, workout plan. What should I expect by month three.

[Don Saladino]

With your body type? By month three, we should visibly be able to start seeing some definition in your abs by month three. I'm not saying it's going to be completely shredded. We are going to see definition in your abs if you listen to what I tell you to do.

[Matt Friend]

Let's remember this. Let's remember me in this month 3.

[Don Saladino]

Month 3.

[Matt Friend]

Remember me in this condition.

[Don Saladino]

After a couple vodkas.

[Matt Friend]

See this?

[Don Saladino]

And a nice taste.

[Matt Friend]

Are you going to get rid of this?

[Don Saladino]

Yeah, yeah.

[Matt Friend]

This is not good to look at, is it?

[Don Saladino]

Well, I think it's. Get Your hand off, by the way. Get your hand off it. Like, that's. That's normal.

[Matt Friend]

This would be good, by the way, to show that in the. That's your progression.

[Don Saladino]

It's gonna be great. I need you to ride it out.

[Matt Friend]

No, no, I'm in good shape. Like, I could go.

[Don Saladino]

You run a good mile.

[Matt Friend]

I can run fat. I run like 6, 5. 6 miles. Do it at like, a 7, 15, 720 pace.

[Don Saladino]

Fast.

[Matt Friend]

But, like.

[Don Saladino]

And you're, like 9ft tall.

[Matt Friend]

Yeah, but, like. But that's not the body that I'm wanting right now.

[Don Saladino]

No.

[Matt Friend]

You know, but running.

[Don Saladino]

Don't. Don't die on running. Like, it's. Running still a very good thing.

[Matt Friend]

No, it is.

[Don Saladino]

I hear running's not good for you. Like, running's great for you. Like, it's nonsense. But I think mixing in these other things that we're trying to do, like, the strength training piece of it is where most people.

[Matt Friend]

100.

[Don Saladino]

They're all about heart rate, heart rate, heart rate. And they're not trying to build muscle.

[Matt Friend]

100. Yeah, absolutely.

[Don Saladino]

Little.

[Matt Friend]

Little.

[Don Saladino]

We could do rubber bands underneath your T shirts. They won't see. And it's kind of like blood flow restriction. So.

[Matt Friend]

Okay.

[Don Saladino]

Some veins.

[Matt Friend]

Okay.

[Don Saladino]

No, one stage.

[Matt Friend]

I'm in. I'm in.

[Don Saladino]

But you should. I mean, now it's become. I mean, part of society now. People are trying to, you know, act as if. And they're trying to get up there and they're trying to show that, you know what. The Motley Crue days, the days of going on stage, the days of getting hammered, cocaine, booze, all this stuff, it's like, that's fizzled. And now someone in your position, it's, like, respected. Where 40 years ago.

[Matt Friend]

To be healthy.

[Don Saladino]

To be healthy. Well, 40 years ago is more respected. To go on stage. Who's partying the hardest.

[Matt Friend]

Society has shifted in that sense, right? Yeah, I think so. But it's tough because people will start it, but they don't stick with it.

[Don Saladino]

They don't. And also what gets difficult is the environment that you were in the other night. So you're out. Yeah.

[Matt Friend]

But late night been, like, desiring it, like, way less. Yeah.

[Don Saladino]

Don't think it's not gonna happen. So when it happens again, like, for.

[Matt Friend]

Example, when I go to, like, have a trip this summer, like, to Europe, I can't promise, like, I'm gonna be, like, drinking wine and eating pasta and.

[Don Saladino]

You should, but.

[Matt Friend]

But I mean, like, now, like, in New York, you know, like, I don't really have that desire, especially as I'm leaning more into this.

[Don Saladino]

That's when I want you.

[Matt Friend]

And I also think a lot about, like you said earlier, how are you gonna feel the next morning? Do you really want to feel like shit?

[Don Saladino]

Yeah. But Europe and Italy, that's when I want.

[Matt Friend]

That's different.

[Don Saladino]

Yeah. That's like. If I was to go to Europe for. If I was to go to Europe right now for seven days, what would I do? I would get a lot of steps in. I don't know if I'm going. I love working out. I might take a week off a year. If I have no access to a gym, I'm not gonna stress.

[Matt Friend]

Well, I'll have access to a gym then.

[Don Saladino]

I would. I would get some, like, quick workouts in, and I can give you stuff that's really quick. In and out in 30 minutes. I would make sure you're hydrating.

[Matt Friend]

Yep.

[Don Saladino]

And, you know, make sure you're getting some protein with meals. But, like, go have pasta, Go have ice cream. Go drink wine, Go up.

[Matt Friend]

The ice cream is a killer. I feel so.

[Don Saladino]

Yeah. But, like, you know, five, six days. When I went on my honeymoon, that's all we did for a week and a half and actually lost weight. I went on my honeymoon to Italy, literally, a gelato, pizza, ice cream.

[Matt Friend]

Every day, I picture that. I can't picture that I lost weight.

[Don Saladino]

Because my body's so used to consuming a high level of calories that what I ate. Even I was eating, like, only three times a day, opposed to five.

[Matt Friend]

Working out to.

[Don Saladino]

No. I got home, I lost, like, seven or eight pounds. How's that possible?

[Matt Friend]

Unbelievable.

[Don Saladino]

But I was fleshy. I felt watery.

[Matt Friend]

Yep.

[Don Saladino]

But still, like, when you're used to. That's why I'm trying to increase calories. I'm trying to increase your metabolism. I'm trying to increase muscle.

[Matt Friend]

Right now you have me on breakfast, which I shouldn't be eating every day. Should be eating every day. And then I do the creatine, Then I do the whey shake.

[Don Saladino]

Right.

[Matt Friend]

And then I do lunch and then another shake, and then dinner. That's what I'm currently doing.

[Don Saladino]

This is the program we should get Trump on. When you talk to him next time, it's like, you got to do that.

[Matt Friend]

I'm more of a have a couple.

[Don Saladino]

Of burgers big hamburger guy.

[Matt Friend]

Right.

[Don Saladino]

Tacos.

[Matt Friend]

The burrito bowl at Trump Tower is healthy, Right? That's a good tasting one. Don Saladino is hereby endorsing the Trump Burrito Bowl. It's the greatest Way to get your macros in, everybody. Okay, go ahead. Yeah.

[Don Saladino]

Who's funny in your family? I want to hear this. Where'd you.

[Matt Friend]

My mother is very funny. She's out of her mind in a great way.

[Don Saladino]

Like, how so?

[Matt Friend]

The energy is out of control. Like it'll be like growing up. It's seven in the morning, she just snorted crack or coke and she'll be watching this. I can't believe you said that. I'm like. But that is literally you. I am my mother. We have the exact same personality. Like her favorite word, you know, like her favorite word is the C word.

[Don Saladino]

What's her nationality? Where she's American.

[Matt Friend]

Like, well.

[Don Saladino]

But I mean, she's like, okay.

[Matt Friend]

I mean like my great great grandparents are Russian, like German. My dad is more calm and is he funny? He can be, but he's like harder to read. Like for example, just sit here and.

[Don Saladino]

Laugh with his head down.

[Matt Friend]

If you met him and you would be describing like what you're like the workout plan. He'd be like, so tell me what you're doing with Matt. Interesting, huh? Sounds. Yeah, I've been doing a lot of hot yoga. He'll make it like he's sort of interested, but like he doesn't want to show too much interest. He's a little hard to get in that sense. My mother though. No, she is very funny. Highly energetic. Add a little bit, but very funny. Very funny.

[Don Saladino]

Do they come to your stand ups?

[Matt Friend]

They, they do. Like when I was in Chicago, like they, they.

[Don Saladino]

Were they dying? Were they like.

[Matt Friend]

Yeah, I mean like very. I think, like it's probably weird for them to be seeing bits about me having sex and just detailing, detailing that and going through my dating life. Even you're grossed out by right now. But. No, but my parents are very supportive people.

[Don Saladino]

Siblings.

[Matt Friend]

What about brother and a sister? I'm the baby.

[Don Saladino]

Funny. Are they funny?

[Matt Friend]

They're funny. My sister's gonna be so mad. My sister is an amazing writer. She is funny and my brother is businessy and he can be funny. Yeah, less funny, but he's funny.

[Don Saladino]

Has anyone. This is a question I've been wanting to ask you for a while. Has anyone like come after you on a stand up stage or even in DMs? Have they just been so irate? Because you got to imagine you start ripping on someone who's an easy target.

[Matt Friend]

When you start to put yourself out there and also get a little notoriety or success. That notorious. Is notoriety the word? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. No. Or success. People will come at You. I mean, I. In terms of. On stage. I mean, a few weeks ago in dc, this guy in a. In a manga hat tried to. He got very close to the foot of the stage. He was, like, popping pills and drinking in the audience.

[Don Saladino]

Did you see him popping pills?

[Matt Friend]

Legit. Like he took out a pillbox.

[Don Saladino]

Were you dying or were you like, oh, shit, this is a problem.

[Matt Friend]

Well, then he's reaching into his pocket, and I'm like, I might be dying right now. This guy could have been a problem. And then he had to be escorted out. And my joke was that his name was Pete HEGSETH, but, like, Mr. Secretary, put the booze away. But. But no, I mean, I. That I haven't been like, Will Smith, Chris Rock slapped or anything.

[Don Saladino]

Yes, I was asking. Or how many DMS.

[Matt Friend]

There's negative. Of course there's DMs.

[Don Saladino]

All that.

[Matt Friend]

No matter what I do. Because I will say as we go on, I'm very excited about doing this with you. I know. We have more questions.

[Don Saladino]

Nice pivot, by the way. That was strong.

[Matt Friend]

Thank you. Yeah. Well, I'm a doctor. Oh, yeah. No, but I'm so. I'm very grateful that I. That I now know you. And I. I feel like I'm excited. It's going to be a many years long.

[Don Saladino]

Like I said, I. I get. I. I'm guaranteeing you success. If you listen.

[Matt Friend]

I'm listening. As I. As I turn away. Yeah. If you listen. Sorry, what was that?

[Don Saladino]

No.

[Matt Friend]

Yeah.

[Don Saladino]

So, Chris, you got a part of the show that you're not. That you're not ready for yet.

[Matt Friend]

Okay.

[Don Saladino]

You know what? Do I have to call them?

[Matt Friend]

Playing for 12 minutes?

[Don Saladino]

No, it's gonna get worse than that. Chris, are you there?

[Podcast Producer]

I hear.

[Don Saladino]

All right, so we have questions.

[Matt Friend]

Go ahead.

[Podcast Producer]

We have one very important question queued up on video. And then I'm gonna. And then I'm gonna do some rapid fire.

[Don Saladino]

I'm actually really excited to see this.

[Podcast Producer]

This is Mick. I don't think you know Mick, but Mick has a very important question.

[Don Saladino]

Lovely background. Mick.

[Matt Friend]

My name's Mick. And I want to know what are the essential elements of a Don Saladino impression?

[Don Saladino]

Holy. You can't do this because I've been.

[Matt Friend]

I've been. It's still very early on, but I've been just. I. I use the Saladino app, and.

[Don Saladino]

I want to hear how I want to see. Now to Evolution versus Long Island.

[Matt Friend]

You have, like, that New Yorky kind of a thing.

[Don Saladino]

No, no.

[Matt Friend]

Yeah, it's not good yet, but all I Just. It's the micro impression. So it's Don at the end of describing a workout. So he'll be like, all right, guys, 50 Bulgarian split squats. Good luck. The good luck. The good luck. Then there's the left.

[Don Saladino]

The good luck. I always say when I get excited.

[Matt Friend]

I start doing so. Oh, my God. Yeah. So that's. That's what I'm working on.

[Don Saladino]

Well, thank you.

[Matt Friend]

Are we. That's it?

[Don Saladino]

Yeah.

[Matt Friend]

What is that? Another question?

[Don Saladino]

Do we have another question?

[Matt Friend]

Come on.

[Podcast Producer]

I have one video question, but I do have some more questions that people submitted.

[Don Saladino]

Please.

[Matt Friend]

No, Come on, go ahead.

[Don Saladino]

God, we're getting thin here.

[Podcast Producer]

Okay, so Michelle messaged in and she wants to know how you deal with stage fright and nerves before going up for a set.

[Matt Friend]

I don't. To be honest with you. I. I don't have that. I mean, let me just retract what I just said. There's. There's nerves. I don't really necessarily have stage fright, but there are nerves. I mean, I just. You get into a locked in mentality. I mean, you played. What sport did you play growing up?

[Don Saladino]

I mean, I played baseball.

[Matt Friend]

You play baseball, you just get locked in. I mean, what is the quote like? Luck is when preparation meets opportunity. I mean, you know, I'm putting myself in these positions now where I'm fortunate to be in front of bigger audiences and the stakes are higher and in TV settings. And so there's a lot of preparation that goes into that. I mean, like, spend a lot of time writing and, you know, I'm on stage a lot, and that's a. It's not dissimilar from going to the gym where you have, like, there's a muscle that you have to be constantly training and it's a way of thinking and being. So I just. I just get. It's an intense state of flow. I just. I just. I'm locked in.

[Don Saladino]

Have you met. Have you met Matt Rife yet?

[Matt Friend]

I have met him briefly at a couple events or like maybe one event, but I don't. I don't really know him at all.

[Don Saladino]

I actually. We started following each other a while ago, and he's got a show coming up.

[Matt Friend]

He's like, huge. Obviously.

[Don Saladino]

He's. He did this one skit called Cookies and MILF that I thought was the.

[Matt Friend]

One that blew him up.

[Don Saladino]

Yeah, that was one of the funniest things that I've ever heard.

[Matt Friend]

He's. After meeting you, he's got to re. Re. Up it. Rename that bit to creatine and dilf.

[Don Saladino]

You should shoot them. You should do that one.

[Matt Friend]

Yeah.

[Don Saladino]

You should upstage him.

[Matt Friend]

Yeah.

[Don Saladino]

And say, you know, who needs cookies.

[Matt Friend]

At MILF when you've got Creatine and dilf. That's the dot. That should be the name of your podcast.

[Don Saladino]

Creatine and Dilf.

[Matt Friend]

Creatine and dilf. That's it. Actually. Way in dilf. Way in Dilf.

[Don Saladino]

Nah, I can't get away with that shit. People would think I'm, like, trying to be some egomaniac.

[Matt Friend]

Well, all of your clients except for me are these DILFs. I mean, you have Liev Schreiber, Ryan Reynolds, Sebastian Stan. Who's not. I don't.

[Don Saladino]

He's not a dagger yet, but he.

[Matt Friend]

Has the vibe of, like, a delf. By the way, Sebastian Stan, fantastic. Got to know him. Not a little bit. A little bit. I met him at a few events. Unbelievably nice guy. He.

[Don Saladino]

So I got genius in the Apprentice. Fantastic.

[Matt Friend]

Genius.

[Don Saladino]

Fantastic. I mean, I was. You were at that premier and I was there, and I think I saw you on the red carpet because I went over and did some pictures with him. God, right? And it was so funny because I was like, oh, my God, I know that guy. And I knew who you were little. Yeah, but I thought Seb. I thought Seb. I mean, talk about a.

[Matt Friend]

He was brilliant and he should have won the Oscar. That's my opinion.

[Don Saladino]

I think.

[Matt Friend]

So we knew he wasn't going to because what he was up against with Brody and Chalamet, but he should have won. What else can we talk about that's going to go viral? Let's get, like, a moment. Let's get a moment.

[Don Saladino]

Do we have any more questions?

[Podcast Producer]

Yeah, I've got a couple more.

[Don Saladino]

I've got two more.

[Podcast Producer]

Maybe one of them. Maybe one of them could go viral.

[Matt Friend]

Come on.

[Podcast Producer]

Maybe one.

[Matt Friend]

Okay, let's go. Let's go viral here.

[Podcast Producer]

Train. Train. 1, 2, 3. 1, 2, 3. That's who submitted it. And their legit question is, who'd win in an arm wrestle? Who'd win in an arm wrestle? What's that win in an arm wrestle? Don or Matt?

[Don Saladino]

I always let the client win.

[Matt Friend]

I'm sorry, is that a joke? Train. Train. Train. 1. In addition to fixing your username, I would also fix your question, please.

[Don Saladino]

Train. Train.

[Matt Friend]

Look at his arm. He would kill me.

[Don Saladino]

Well, the client always wins.

[Matt Friend]

He would kill me. The client always wins.

[Don Saladino]

I would never get into. I would never get into a verbal battle with you, though.

[Matt Friend]

You know what? This is Jeff Goldblum. J E F F G L D B O U M. Very good to be here with Don Saladino. Yes. I love Saladino because of his holistic approach to health. Makes me feel very sexual, very physical. Of course, my old acting teacher Sanford Meisner used to say, if you're not in a healthy body, the mind won't be healthy either. Of course. Yes. Yes. My wife Emily, an Olympic contortionist. Saladino, very sexy guy. Grr. Yes, there may be fitness ahead. Yes. Sorry. Go ahead. Just had to get that in there for you. Go ahead.

[Don Saladino]

I don't even know what I was saying.

[Matt Friend]

Let me ask you this. So, Don, this is Howard Stern. So here's what I want to know. You're a very sexy guy. You're 50 years old. You're pushing 50. You're a hot guy. You've trained all these beautiful women, these Hollywood hunk men. Here's what I want to know. Which star that you've trained with has had the worst breath?

[Don Saladino]

I don't even know.

[Matt Friend]

You gotta tell me. I know you know. Robin, are you hearing this? He's deflecting.

[Don Saladino]

No, I'm deflecting.

[Matt Friend]

Robin, he's not answering the question.

[Don Saladino]

There's not an answer here.

[Matt Friend]

Did you get into fitness because, you know, you were trying to escape from something? You wanted to be better than your peers, right?

[Don Saladino]

No, it just. Why did I get into fitness? It's a long story. It's a little too deep. Can't get into it.

[Matt Friend]

And we like it deep.

[Don Saladino]

Sorry.

[Matt Friend]

Okay, that was a little Howard. Okay, your producer's confused. Go ahead. One more question.

[Don Saladino]

Do we have anything else?

[Podcast Producer]

Last question. And this is from Mike Sausen, and he wants to know who, if you have any great fitness celebrity impressions. I mean, there's Arnold, there's Body by Jake.

[Don Saladino]

Can you do Arnold?

[Matt Friend]

I mean, you. You do it first.

[Don Saladino]

I can't do Arnold. I mean, it sounds like this a little bit.

[Matt Friend]

It's not great. Yeah, it's good.

[Don Saladino]

It's better. It's better.

[Matt Friend]

I do. Like, I was just watching the French Open yesterday. A lot of tennis players like Novak Djokovic.

[Don Saladino]

Oh, that's. Give me that.

[Matt Friend]

Yes. Well, it's great to be here today with Don Saladino. He's takes holistic approach to health. And as I make my smoothie.

[Don Saladino]

In the smoothie.

[Matt Friend]

As I make my. As I make my morning smoothies, I eat a plant and I rip cactus out of the ground, and I.

[Don Saladino]

Now you gotta go. I eat plant.

[Matt Friend]

I eat plant in my smoothie. And then Nadal's like, well, he's very great not to be here with Don Saladino. He's a very tough guy, of course. Very nice bicep. Very, very smart, very tough. No more for me to be competing at the highest level. And that's why I talked to Don. And Federer is more like. Yeah. I mean, Don is great. He's a sexy guy, really. You know, with Mirka and the kids, I tried to be in great physical shape now that I'm no longer on the tour. But here with Don, he keeps me great. In great shape. And, you know, I love him a lot. He's great. Honestly. He's as tasty as a Lindt chocolate. I don't know. That's tennis. What other athletes I was working on my, like, Patrick Mahomes.

[Don Saladino]

Oh, give me that.

[Matt Friend]

He is tough. I mean, he's like, has like a kermity. He's like, he's like. He's like.

[Don Saladino]

Did you just sit in front of a mirror and do it? Yeah.

[Matt Friend]

Oh, Don Saladino, man. I mean, he's great. Yeah, that's kind of.

[Don Saladino]

Yeah. It needs a little work. But it's. But it's. But it's. But it's good.

[Matt Friend]

It needs work.

[Don Saladino]

Yeah, I can hear it a little bit.

[Matt Friend]

Yeah. I can't do more of it.

[Don Saladino]

What's your favorite impersonation? I'll do.

[Matt Friend]

I mean, actors are. I mean, politicians are fun. Obscure business. CEOs are fun. I did Paul Giamatti with Paul Giamatti.

[Don Saladino]

Oh, my God, I love that.

[Matt Friend]

That was very fun indeed, Paul. Very motherfucking fun. Oh, yes. Because he fluctuates. He goes, oh, this push up is so good. And he pulls it back in. Yeah. And then I'll do. I was doing Bill Gates because Bill sounds like Kermit the Frog. And Bill, he was promoting his new book and I thought he was going to break it into Rainbow Connection. He was like, well, it's great to be here with Don Saladino talking about educating kids and getting them more involved with our philanthropic work in Africa. And reading and researching and reading. And why are there so many people without vaccines? What's on the other side? That's what I thought he was gonna. In terms of health gurus. I mean, of course I can talk about our. You know, the president of health in America today, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Thrilling to be here today with Don Saladino. My diet consists of chopping off a bear's head and then mixing that with whey protein, doing 45 push ups. And you had me on Don this is your invitation. Who else? Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple's fund. He's in great shape, too. Good morning, Cupertino. It's great to be here with Don Saladino. Salad. Yes. Hello. You know, 50 no's, 50 saladinos. And a yes means yes. Who else can I do? I'm thinking like a puppet. I don't know.

[Don Saladino]

But which one do you get asked? Last question. Which one do you get asked to do the most? Is it Trump?

[Matt Friend]

Well, that one now, I mean, but it depends on where I am. Like, if it's a. I was doing the Golden Globes carpet. I've been doing that the past few years. Comedy interviews. And I was doing the cast of Succession. I was doing Austin Butler, who? And Austin still sounds like Elvis. That's the weird thing. He's like, hey, I love Don. He's got great biceps, great pecs. If only Elvis had you back in the day, he would have been alive. I'm like, dude, you're from Anaheim. I'm not sure why you're still talking like that. Some physical ones that we're like, rami Malek is in.

[Don Saladino]

Yes.

[Matt Friend]

He looks like he's holding in my deepest sexual fantasy. And he's gonna tell everybody.

[Don Saladino]

He's like, oh, my God, that's funny. Yeah.

[Matt Friend]

So Don's a great guy. He's awesome, man. I love his little planks that he's got me do. He's really creepy. Yeah. I don't know. I'm thinking. Let me just conclude by saying Don is fantastic. You'd be so lucky to get to meet him and keep listening to his show. He knows what he's doing. I think this is going to change my life. I'm very, very excited. And we're going to get ripped. We are going to get happening. I love this guy.

[Don Saladino]

Stay on the path.

[Matt Friend]

I'm staying on the path.

[Don Saladino]

I appreciate you coming in. And Chris, I want to thank the Post, Christian Ponder, the whole team over here for having us in.

[Matt Friend]

Absolutely incredible city.

[Don Saladino]

What'd you think of the place? It's amazing.

[Matt Friend]

Thought it was incredible.

[Don Saladino]

Yeah. Do some shots of. They have a whole bar up there.

[Matt Friend]

I would love to. Let's do a. Let's do a whey protein shot right now. None.

[Don Saladino]

We are currently concluding with that. Everyone, thank you so much for being here.

[Matt Friend]

Peace.

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[Matt Friend]

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