AMELIA DIMOLDENBERG Talks Chicken, Flirting, and UK Rap

Summary

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Podcast Summary: The Adam Friedland Show

Episode: AMELIA DIMOLDENBERG Talks Chicken, Flirting, and UK Rap

Date: November 5, 2025

Guest: Amelia Dimoldenberg

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Overview

In this lively and playful episode, Adam Friedland is joined by Amelia Dimoldenberg—best known for hosting the cult-favorite YouTube series Chicken Shop Date. The conversation is a blend of sharp banter, mutual teasing, and genuine curiosity, covering Amelia's unique career, her influence on chicken culture, her approach to flirtation and dates, as well as insights on fame, UK rap, show format, and the line between persona and reality.

The tone is irreverent and quick-witted throughout, with Adam and Amelia frequently poking fun at themselves and each other. Listeners are treated to stories about awkward youth, dating celebrities, parasocial relationships with fans, UK vs. US pop culture, and the strange reality of being internet-famous. The episode also features an impromptu “who would you date” segment, a deep dive into parasocial dynamics, and plenty of playful sidebars.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Origins and Evolution of Chicken Shop Date

• Starting as a Column: Amelia reveals the show began as a magazine column in a youth club when she was 17 (09:16), before transitioning to video to better capture the awkward humor and persona she’d developed.
  • "I feel like when I was doing it, it felt, like, funny and awkward, and I was already playing this, like, persona, and I thought that it would be cool if it was actually filmed so people could see it." (12:45 – Amelia)
• Journalism Roots: Adam notes her background in journalism (10:07), and both discuss the creative decision to combine dating, awkwardness, and celebrity interviews.

2. The Chicken Phenomenon and Cultural Impact

• Putting “Chicken on the Map”: Adam jokingly asks if Amelia put chicken on the map, citing the massive rise in chicken consumption since her show began (19:10).
  • "Do you feel like you put chicken on the map with your show? ... 93 billion [chickens]." (20:09 – Adam)
  • "And it's all because of me." (20:42 – Amelia)
• Vegans & Dietary Restrictions: Amelia explains how vegans and people who keep kosher negotiate the chicken format (28:21).
  • "They eat chips." (28:22 – Amelia)
• Chicken Jerky Pitch: Amelia shares the strangest brand offer she's received.
  • "Be the face of chicken jerky." (50:21 – Amelia)

3. Flirtation, Innuendo, and Dating Show Dynamics

• Blurring Format and Reality: The pair deconstruct the blurred lines between Amelia’s on-camera persona and real romanticism (13:00), with Adam pressing on whether the chemistry is ever truly real or just innuendo.
  • "I always thought that I would meet the love of my life on the show on YouTube. I'm realizing now I don't think that's gonna happen." (13:40 – Amelia)
• Impact on Personal Life: Amelia admits that hosting a dating show has complicated her actual dating life (14:00), and wonders if it’s contributed to her being single.
  • "I feel like the reason I've been single for, what, now, like, nearly six years is because I have a dating show." (14:05 – Amelia)

4. The Realities of Being “Internet Famous”

• Parasocial Relationships: They unpack how viewers develop fantasies or emotional attachments, wanting Amelia to “get with” her guests. Adam finds himself, as a viewer, rooting for post-date romance (17:17, 29:15).
  • "I found myself being like, I hope they just fuck after this." (17:17 – Adam)
• Audience Demographics: The show’s male/female audience split has evened out to “about 50/50” over the years (30:10).
• Fame’s Surreal Anatomy: Adam and Amelia bond over the weirdness of suddenly having a public persona and drawing boundaries between the personal and the performative (14:26–14:59).

5. UK Rap and Guest Chemistry

• Platforming UK Talent: They recall Amelia’s earliest “dates” with UK rappers like Ghetts, Fuse ODG, Jammer, JME, and AJ Tracey (10:23–10:42).
• Top MCs Discussion: When asked for her top 5 MCs, Amelia lists Skepta and Blazing Squad, among others, revealing how her show is both genuine fandom and satirical (43:58).
• Chemistry on Set: They joke about dating guests like Central Cee, Jack Harlow, and Andrew Garfield, and the fan speculation that follows viral episodes (34:29–34:56, 47:02).
  • “Someone came up to me at a party the other day and was, like, convinced that I was dating someone from the show.” (17:41 – Amelia)

6. Branding, Offers, and Pitch Meetings

• Maintaining Integrity: Amelia discusses odd or “evil” sponsorship offers, such as representing chicken jerky (50:21).
• Crushing Pitches: Exchange about storytelling and presentation in pitch meetings (51:04–51:08).

7. Comedy, Bit Segments, and Memorable Moments

"Would You Date...?" Segment (36:39–38:00)

• Adam presents photos of infamous or random historical figures (e.g., Benjamin Netanyahu, the BTK Killer, Jimmy Savile), asking if Amelia would go on a “Chicken Shop Date” with them; her reactions range from amused to horrified.

Playful, Meta Moments

• On Flirtation: Adam bluntly asks, “Have you ever gotten your back blown out after the [show]?” (30:47)
  • “No one text me afterwards.” (30:54 – Amelia)
• On Persona: They riff on whether her on-screen self is “brand neutral,” “authentic,” or simply there to put famous dudes in their place (29:44–29:54, 49:28).
• Chicken Feet: A gag about launching a spin-off show called Chicken Feet (46:18), riffing on obscure animal products and their friendship.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Exchanges

• On Dating Show Reality:

  • “I feel like the reason I've been single for, what, now, like, nearly six years is because I have a dating show.”
    — Amelia Dimoldenberg (14:05)
  • “I always thought that I would meet the love of my life on the show on YouTube. I'm realizing now I don't think that's gonna happen.”
    — Amelia Dimoldenberg (13:40)

• On Chicken’s International Appeal:

  • “Do you feel like you put chicken on the map with your show? ... 93 billion [chickens].”
    — Adam Friedland (20:09)
  • "And it's all because of me."
    — Amelia Dimoldenberg (20:42)

• On Fame and Boundaries:

  • "You have to, like, draw a distinction ... between my personal life and then racist podcasting or whatever the fuck I did."
    — Adam Friedland (15:01)

• On Audience Fantasies:

  • “I hope after he tortures these people for money, he has sex with them.”
    — Adam Friedland, comparing her show to MrBeast (17:35)
  • "You never got your back blown out after the... I'm sorry, that was rude of me to say. You have, though. You should. Why not?"
    — Adam Friedland (30:47)

• On UK Versus US Culture:

  • "Do you know we also have hip hop in America?”
    — Adam Friedland (15:56)
  • "We don't eat jerky, okay? And you guys love your jerky. And apparently there's a gap in the market for chicken jerky.”
    — Amelia Dimoldenberg (50:38)

• On Pitch Meetings and “Storytelling”:

  • "Oh, I love that word. I'm a storyteller."
    — Amelia Dimoldenberg (51:04)
  • "I'm a storyteller. You're a storyteller."
    — Adam Friedland (51:08)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Timestamp | Segment/Topic | |------------|-------------------------------------------------| | 01:41–05:34| Opening, introductions, and member shout-outs | | 07:11 | Interview begins: Amelia’s media ‘Infinity Stones’ | | 09:06–13:00| Chicken Shop Date origins and format | | 13:00–14:26| Blurring line between persona and reality | | 14:00–15:09| Dating complications from being a public dater | | 17:17–18:02| Audience fantasy, chemistry, and MrBeast analogy | | 19:10–20:46| Chicken consumption stats and impact | | 28:21–29:08| Accommodating vegan and kosher guests | | 29:14–30:47| The audience, authenticity, and post-show romance| | 36:39–38:31| “Who Would You Date?” (photos of public figures) | | 43:44–44:39| UK rap, Skepta, and Blazing Squad | | 46:09–46:44| Gag about a show called “Chicken Feet” | | 50:01–50:43| Most “evil” brand offer—chicken jerky | | 51:04–51:08| Storytelling and pitch meetings | | 52:53–53:06| Show as sexual awakening—quick fire questions/ending|

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Closing Thoughts

Adam and Amelia’s exchange is packed with comedic moments, awkward vulnerability, and sharp commentary about internet fame, dating politics, and the art of making entertaining content out of the mundane. Both show off their mettle as interviewers and entertainers—“two heavyweights doing what they do best for the love of the sport” (04:00). Amelia’s wit and Adam’s self-deprecation make for a conversation that’s as revealing as it is ridiculous.

Whether or not you care about the politics of poultry, you’ll walk away with fresh insights on flirting, media personas, and the strange loop of fame in the influencer era.

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Transcript

[Adam Friedland]

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Let'S talk about chicken.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Yes.

[Adam Friedland]

So what is a chicken? What would you say is chicken okay to me? Pretend I'm an alien and I'm like, what do you do? You say, I'm a chicken dater.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Would you know what a bird is?

[Adam Friedland]

Oh, yeah, bird. Yeah, I know bird. Bird.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

You know what bird is?

[Adam Friedland]

I know a bird. Yeah.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Okay.

[Adam Friedland]

I know bird.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Okay, it's a bird.

[Adam Friedland]

Does it fly? It flies around.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

No, it actually can't fly.

[Adam Friedland]

Really?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I know.

[Adam Friedland]

Really?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I know. It's really tragic.

[Adam Friedland]

That's pathetic for them. Hello and welcome back to the Adam Friedland Show. I'm Adam Friedland. First off, as always, I'd like to thank our members for supporting us. Here on YouTube.com you make the show possible. Members get access to all of our episodes early. And if you join, you took a flash photography. Did not think that my flash is coming. This is my best. Say hi, Phil. Hi. Okay, another flash. Another flash. Phil. This is my serious job where I do make believe, play, play pretend. Members get access to all of our episodes early and if you join at the second or third tiers, you get your name in the credits of this fine Prince program. If you'd like to join the Friedland Family foundation, you could do so by clicking the join button here on YouTube.com or by clicking the link in the description below. You can also support us on Patreon if you'd prefer. The link for that is in our description as well. And also merch, new merch. We got hoodies. Very popular Adam Friedland show hats are. More are available now. Thomas, Phil, you want one? I never gave you one. You don't wear hats though. You've never been a hat guy. So cute. He's here. I love it. It's. I want, I love this. Freshman year I met this guy. The very popular Adam Friedland show hats are back in stock now. And guess what? We got fucking hoodies. We have this one, the squiggle. And now the lav is fucked up. And guess what? Modeled after United States army hoodie. We got this one. This is gonna be the fucking hoodie of the winter and fall. My guest this week is British presenter and YouTube star Amelia Demoldenberg, known for hosting the very popular Chicken Shop Date. The program has been host to countless stars over the years. Of course, Paul Mescal and the rapper Big Zoo, Zoo. The fuck is that? Everyone knows, of course, that Emelia and I are both natural competitors. We share a tremendous amount of respect for the other's work. Mine intellectual, hers more of a poultry based promotional tool for celebrity culture. We're equals. Our conversation reminded me a lot of the famous LeBron James tweet. There's nothing like two heavyweights doing what they do best for the love off of the sport. Round after round we traded blows. And in the end, any reasonable viewer would call it a stalemate, a draw. But shortly after we wrapped and she left the studio and it was a mess, by the way, it dawned on me that my kill shot, my silver bullet was still in the chamber. It's embarrassing to admit this, but I want to take accountability for our audience. So this morning I called her up and delivered my final blow. Hi, how are you?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Hi, Adam.

[Adam Friedland]

Where are you?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Sorry, I'm in la. Fancy hearing from you again.

[Adam Friedland]

Hi. Okay, so I forgot. There was one question I forgot to ask. So you're obviously like a trailblazer in your space.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Yeah.

[Adam Friedland]

So, like, have you ever noticed any, like, imitators of like, what you do?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I would probably just. I probably say I'm one of one.

[Adam Friedland]

Well, I saw a show there's like another British lady that does, like, a dating. Kind of a dating show as well. Did you see that?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

No. Wait, tell me, who is this?

[Adam Friedland]

Would you ever consider, like, breaking her record of 100 dates in one day?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Okay, I know.

[Adam Friedland]

Yes.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I know who you're talking about now. Good one, Adam.

[Adam Friedland]

All right. That. That's all I had. Yeah.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Is that it?

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Well, great. I hope you feel good about that.

[Adam Friedland]

Okay. Okay. All right, take care. Bye. How do we. I don't know. Okay. Dude, that sucked. I don't think it sucked. What do you think, Zach? And with that, the interview is officially complete. Job done. Game blouses. Another win for me. I've been having a good run recently. Some say generational. So, please, without further ado, enjoy my conversation with Amelia Dimoldenburg. Our next guest is one of the most popular creators on the Internet. Everyone, please welcome Amelia Demoldenberg. Let's give it up. Make some noise. Hi.

Hi.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Hi.

[Adam Friedland]

You brought. Hi. Welcome. Hi. Are you. You're like collecting infinity stones.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Go on. What do you mean?

[Adam Friedland]

You did. Caleb, you did hot ones.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Oh, my God. Yeah.

[Adam Friedland]

And now you're, like, scraping the bottom of the barrel. Yeah. You're very famous.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

You're famous.

[Adam Friedland]

No shit.

That's the. Come on.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

You're famous.

[Adam Friedland]

Don't condescend me.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

You're famous.

[Adam Friedland]

What do you mean?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

You know, like, you're famous to me.

[Adam Friedland]

You know? Thank you. She's very nice, guys.

Yeah.

Wait, you brought, like, a. Like an army.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I know. I did bring quite a few people.

[Adam Friedland]

We've had rappers here that have brought less people.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I know.

[Adam Friedland]

And they were. And they're better behaved and bigger.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Bigger bags.

[Adam Friedland]

You. I. I feel. You brought hair and makeup. Can I. I feel like.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Do you want. Do you want hair and makeup? Do you want to use my hair and makeup?

[Adam Friedland]

I kind of asked them. They ignored me. But. Yeah. Yeah. You guys would. Would it be cool?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Absolutely.

[Adam Friedland]

Thanks, guys. Wait, really?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

How much time do we have? I don't know how much.

[Adam Friedland]

I don't know how much time we have. So you grew up in Marylebone? It's one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in London.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Well, I actually grew up in. I would actually say I did grow up in the dodgy end of Marylebone.

[Adam Friedland]

What's dodgy about it?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Just, like, there's one part that's just less dodgy than the other.

[Adam Friedland]

Really. Thank you, guys.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Thanks.

[Adam Friedland]

Wow.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I think you.

[Adam Friedland]

They're so gentle, too. That brush. Very soft. It's very soft. Very comforting. I want that to be an aspect of my life. Yeah, yeah. Just like. Thank you so much. Thank you. Wow. I feel. I felt, like, comforted.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I think you look.

[Adam Friedland]

Do I take.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I think you look worse now.

[Adam Friedland]

Do I look worse? I asked for the natural look. All right. I feel like it's very benevolent of you to do all the other shows.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I get so excited when I get to meet other hosts, as you would say.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah. For me, it's like, what am I doing making something that's one hour long in an era where people can only pay attention for 10 seconds.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I agree.

[Adam Friedland]

I've been researching, and one thing that, like, impressed me is, like, you were kind of after college or, like, during college. It was a column. The. The date.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Yeah.

[Adam Friedland]

Is it true that you hadn't been on a date prior to.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Yeah.

[Adam Friedland]

Doing the column?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Yeah, but I started it when I was 17, so I feel like maybe it's not too crazy.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah. 17.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

When was your first date? Like, how old were you?

[Adam Friedland]

I think 32.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Yeah.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah. Was it. Did she know it was a date?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Did she know.

[Adam Friedland]

Does the other one have to know it's a date? Because that would be 36.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

How old are you?

[Adam Friedland]

I'm 38.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

You're 38?

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah. Yeah. I was born during the Reagan administration.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Oh, my God.

[Adam Friedland]

I'm 38 years old. Yeah. I've done really nothing with my.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Actually look younger than 38.

[Adam Friedland]

I know.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Would you say, I know, I know, or did you say, I don't know?

[Adam Friedland]

I know? Yeah. Yeah. So, like. Like, you've. Obviously, what's impressive is you had a vision early on that you wanted to, like, adopt a video format for. You studied journalism, of course. Right?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Yeah. So is this a. You're serious? This is a serious. Is a serious interview.

[Adam Friedland]

No, it's like.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I'm sure.

[Adam Friedland]

I don't know. It's. There's substance. You want it to be jokes?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

No, no, I don't.

[Adam Friedland]

So, you know, I actually don't get. Who's that?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Say, can you tell me who? Tell me the question. Getz is the first episode. Chicken Shop Date.

[Adam Friedland]

Who is that?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

He is a UK rapper.

[Adam Friedland]

Rapper. And then you also had Fuse. Odg.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Yep. He's an Afrobeats artist.

[Adam Friedland]

Okay. And Jammer, who's that?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

He's in boy, Better know, which is Skepta's Skeptics.

[Adam Friedland]

Also a rapper?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Yep, with JME and AJ Tracy. AJ Tracy. He's another rapper.

[Adam Friedland]

My sister's calling me right now.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Oh. Can I say hello?

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah, you want to say hi, Zoe? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Hi, Zoe. It's Amelia.

[Adam Friedland]

Oh, Hi, Amelia.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Hello. You know. Yeah, we're recording. But you know what's really funny?

[Adam Friedland]

She has a sister.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I have a sister called Zoe.

[Adam Friedland]

A to Z.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

So it's. We're both A to Z. Because I'm Amelia and she's Zoe, and you're Zoe, and.

[Adam Friedland]

How crazy is that? We got excited on the phone, the pregnant interview, and we said. I said that.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

That's. I know. She's saying that Zoe is superior as a sibling.

[Adam Friedland]

Is. Zoe is superior. Shut up. Zoe.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I'm sorry to interrupt your.

[Adam Friedland]

Why are you cheating on me in the middle of the show?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Zoe, it's okay. Oh, my God. And you have the umlau on your E as well.

[Adam Friedland]

I do.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Oh, God. It's all making sense. Yes, she is.

[Adam Friedland]

She's Z, O, E, dot, dot.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Yeah. And she gets her. When there's no dot, dot.

[Adam Friedland]

You're literally tween.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

We're twins.

[Adam Friedland]

We're tween.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

All right, I'm gonna pause you back to Adam now.

[Adam Friedland]

All right? I gotta go back to this. Zoe, we're on the show right now. Okay. Can I leave? You knew that. Okay.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

No, I did not.

[Adam Friedland]

What are you calling about? Some fucking Taylor Swift kind of thing or something? Fuck you, Bizo. Okay. So annoying.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Dude, that was cute.

[Adam Friedland]

So.

So, yeah, what was it that, like, kind of made you want to, like, transition from dating in a column to, like, doing a video series? Like.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Well. Cause when it was. When I was doing the column in the magazine. Because it started off in a youth club.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah. And what is a youth club like?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Oh, yeah. Cause I feel like in America, they don't really have them. It's, like, somewhere you would go after school and meet people that you didn't actually go to school with in, like, a space, and you would do, like, extracurricular activities. But the one that I went to, we specifically made a magazine.

[Adam Friedland]

You know, that photo series of, like, kids at a club? Like, English kids at a club. And there's, like, DJ and stuff. No, I'll show you. There's really funny picture, but keep going.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Yeah, I went to this youth club, and we made a magazine. And, yeah, sort of was the column, but when I was doing it, it felt, like, funny and awkward, and I was already playing this, like, Persona, and I thought that it would be cool if it was actually filmed so people could see it.

[Adam Friedland]

So, like. So since you hadn't been on a day at 17 and you've been doing this since then, is this. Is there some notion of, like, a sexual awakening that you've had in the process. Because the cool thing about the show is that there is a blurring of a line between, like, the format of a date and then it does feel real.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

And, yes, it is real.

[Adam Friedland]

It. You can see of it as real.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

No, like, I feel like the chemistry is real. Can be real.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I feel like I.

[Adam Friedland]

The most successful episodes have been the ones where it's, like, palpable sexual.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Sexual chemistry. I actually feel like it's actually not quite. I feel like it's not sexual chemistry. Do you think it's sexual chemistry? I feel like it's more just, like, innuendo chemistry.

[Adam Friedland]

Those in you and.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Yeah. I always thought that I would meet the love of my life on the show on YouTube. I'm realizing now I don't think that's gonna happen.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah. Has it. Has it complicated your actual life? Because it does feel like it's not purely performance. I mean, it is a type of performance, but it does. There is a aspect of reality in it.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

So, yeah, I actually feel like sometimes I get in my head about it, and I feel like the reason I've been single for, what, now, like, nearly six years is because I have a dating show.

[Adam Friedland]

Really? What do you think that stresses me out so much? What do you think that really stresses me out? What do I think?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Yeah. Do you think that could be true?

[Adam Friedland]

I mean, I won. I don't know. I mean, like, if that's true, I.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Think about it a lot.

[Adam Friedland]

Stresses me out.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

It stresses me out. It keeps me up at night.

[Adam Friedland]

Well, it kind of, like, makes yourself as a person kind of available to an audience. Right. Like, there's, like, the love is like. You know, like, I kind of have learned since I've been online. Because you're never prepared to be known, Right?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Yeah.

[Adam Friedland]

Right. Like, suddenly you're anonymous, and then suddenly you realize people know who you are.

Right.

And it's weird to transition into that. Like, and I found that it was weird. And then I realized, you know, a couple years into it, that I have to, like, draw a distinction.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Distinct. Distinct line.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah. Demarcate, like, kind of my personal life and then racist podcasting or whatever the fuck I did.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

But that is what I do as well. Like, I feel like my private life is very private.

[Adam Friedland]

Have you had, like, a boyfriend watch it and be like, what?

No.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

No. They've never been annoyed, really, about it. Well, not to me, anyway. But maybe they are secretly, like, insecure about it.

[Adam Friedland]

I think Robba's gonna fuck my girlfriend.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Like, do you think maybe. I feel like maybe they could be insecure about it and never tell me. But it's also not real.

[Adam Friedland]

So. I mean, you just said it's real though.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

No, but it's real and it's not real. Do you know what I mean?

[Adam Friedland]

I stressed you out.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Just though this is real and not like it's real in a sense that, like, why couldn't I meet someone via the show?

[Adam Friedland]

Well, you dated someone from the show, right?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Who?

[Adam Friedland]

A rapper.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Who? H h h. We didn't. Where was like, we didn't really know.

[Adam Friedland]

It's crazy to hear so many names of rappers. I'm like, what the fuck?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I know.

[Adam Friedland]

Do you know we also have hip hop in America?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Really?

[Adam Friedland]

And it sounds good.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Really?

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah. It's all like, you're kidding me. And I went to the road and I sold the food.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

That sounds really good.

[Adam Friedland]

And I get Made the peas.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Made the peas.

[Adam Friedland]

I made.

I made peas and I sold the food. That's how it's. It's like Jack, it's. Can you. Do you go bar for bar ever with any of them?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I go band for band.

[Adam Friedland]

You go band for band. You're probably. You're probably richer than a lot of Yay.

For sure.

Richer than me. For sure. For sure.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

For sure.

[Adam Friedland]

For sure.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

For sure.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah, for sure.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

For sure.

[Adam Friedland]

Have you ever considered going on a chicken date with a poor person? No. Yeah.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

It's not worth it. Don't you think?

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah, I guess so. So do you think that people might conceive of you as a gold digger then?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

A gold digger?

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah. Yeah. Because you're only going with these fancy pants on your chicken date.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Well, I don't think so. I feel like if you get the tone right, you don't really come across as a gold digger.

[Adam Friedland]

Well, I read the comments. She's like, everyone's. She's after Andrew Garfield's money. Bank account. Yeah. You know, it's funny because, like, it's like the first time I watched Mr. Beast, like, the first 30 seconds, I'm like, what the fuck is this? And then 30 seconds in your. I'm like, I'm trying to see what this is about. Right. There's like a hypnotizing aspect to it. And I'd seen clips of your show, but like now I've obviously been watching full episodes and I found myself being like, I hope they just fuck after this.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Is it similar to Mr. Beast, do you think?

[Adam Friedland]

Much like MrBeast?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Yeah.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah.

I hope after he tortures these people for money, he has sex with them.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Yeah. Someone came up to me at a party the other day and was, like, convinced that I was dating someone from the show.

[Adam Friedland]

Who?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

H. No. Like, I think they were convinced that I was dating. I can't remember who it was. It was either Andrew Garfield or Harris Dickinson. And I was like, no.

[Adam Friedland]

So embarrassing.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I know. It's so embarrassing.

[Adam Friedland]

So embarrassing.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I was like, they're both in relationships with other people.

[Adam Friedland]

Okay, let's talk about chicken.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Yes.

[Adam Friedland]

So what is a chicken? What would you say is chicken?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

A chicken? To me?

[Adam Friedland]

What the hell even is it to me?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Yeah. Okay. To me, it is.

[Adam Friedland]

A. Pretend I'm an alien or I come from a country that doesn't have chicken. And I'm like, what do you do you say, I'm a chicken dater. Okay. And then I'm like, what the hell even is chicken?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Would you know what a bird is at this point?

[Adam Friedland]

Oh, yeah. Bird. Yeah.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

You know what is.

[Adam Friedland]

I know bird.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Okay.

[Adam Friedland]

I know bird.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Okay. It's a bird.

[Adam Friedland]

Does it fly? It flies around.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

No, it's actually. Crazy story. So basically it's a bird and it looks like a bird and it has wings, but it actually can't fly.

[Adam Friedland]

Really?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I know.

[Adam Friedland]

Really?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I know. It's really tragic.

[Adam Friedland]

That's pathetic of them. It's kind of laughable.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

It's actually weird.

[Adam Friedland]

They should, like, literally. What the hell? This. Fucking idiot. Yeah, they have wings that they don't use.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

No. And that's.

[Adam Friedland]

Why do they use the wings?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

And that's why they get killed.

[Adam Friedland]

Really? They get killed.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

They get killed.

[Adam Friedland]

Do you feel like you put chicken on the map with your show? 10 years, 11 years now?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I think chicken was on the map before.

[Adam Friedland]

I feel like I wasn't hearing much about chicken.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Yeah, we weren't hearing about it. Okay.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah. 11 years ago. It was kind of. It was more exotic.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

It was like beef.

[Adam Friedland]

It was like venison.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Venison.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah. Yeah. It was like you had, you know, you. You're like, I've heard of that.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Yeah. Is that the one where they put the. The little cow in a box and they don't let it.

[Adam Friedland]

No, that's veal.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Oh.

[Adam Friedland]

Do you know how many chickens have been eaten since you started your show? I did. We did the math here. We crunched the numbers.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Really?

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

But then you'd have to know how.

[Adam Friedland]

Many in the world Chicken.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Since I've started? Oh, in the world.

[Adam Friedland]

Pop quiz.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Honestly, I'm gonna say, like, a billion.

[Adam Friedland]

Not even close.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Not even close. More than a billion?

[Adam Friedland]

Yes.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

More than a billion.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

10 billion.

[Adam Friedland]

Not even close.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Go on.

[Adam Friedland]

93 billion.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

93 billion.

[Adam Friedland]

Do you feel like.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Are you a vegetarian?

[Adam Friedland]

No.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Okay.

[Adam Friedland]

No, we have a chart here, actually. Well, sorry. We have a chart of. These are the chickens eaten per year 2014 to 2025. So this is two years into your show. In 2016, there were zero chickens eaten in the world. What?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Zero?

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah. And now? Yeah, now at this point, the last 11 years have been 90, 93 billion.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Wow. And it's all because of me.

[Adam Friedland]

I think maybe.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I think so.

[Adam Friedland]

You are kind of a chicken influencer.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I am.

[Adam Friedland]

I thought I saw a really cool video though.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Okay.

[Adam Friedland]

I was thinking of. I think that maybe you could for your show. I think it kind of relates to like, what you do and I just want to. You know, I'm new to like YouTube and stuff, so people do reaction.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Oh, I'm reacting to this.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah. So you could. I just like you to react to this video.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Is it gonna. Is it chickens being killed?

[Adam Friedland]

I don't know. It is.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

It's baby chickens being murdered. That's not how they make chicken nuggets.

[Adam Friedland]

I thought it reminded me of your. No, no. You know, the end is good. Oh, all right.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

That was the end.

[Adam Friedland]

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So you think would you show Billie Eilish that next time she comes along, she's vegan. What happens when someone's vegan?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

They eat chips.

[Adam Friedland]

They eat chips?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Yeah, they eat chips.

[Adam Friedland]

You don't say, like, fucking stop, man up. Stop being a freaking loser. No, snob.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Okay.

[Adam Friedland]

I would say no.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

They can eat chips.

[Adam Friedland]

They could eat chips?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Yeah.

[Adam Friedland]

Really? What if someone's kosher?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

They can eat chips.

[Adam Friedland]

Have you had a kosher person?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I think they can actually eat. Is kosher the same as halal?

[Adam Friedland]

I think I would hope that one day.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Isn't that beautiful? That is actually so beautiful. I would just hope that's really nice.

[Adam Friedland]

One day they could just have it be the same.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I agree. So, yes, I think yes is the answer.

[Adam Friedland]

What is it about in your estimation, what makes the show so popular? What do people like about it?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Maine.

[Adam Friedland]

You?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Me?

[Adam Friedland]

They want to see you get laid. Yeah.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I think they never do. I feel like people like watching the interaction. I don't even necessarily think it's like to do with the actual person themselves. They don't have to be like the most famous person in the world or they don't. They can be a complete unknown or whatever. It's like you're watching the interaction between me and the guest, like the chemistry. I think people like that. It's a date.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

And I feel like you often get aside to someone you haven't seen before through sexy side format. Well, not a sexy side.

[Adam Friedland]

Like just do you think that like you're like a people, like an avatar? Like what percentage of your audience is male versus female?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

So it used to be way more male and now. Yeah, because I think.

[Adam Friedland]

Because the Internet.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

The Internet, yes.

[Adam Friedland]

And they can't even figure out computers.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Who? The men?

[Adam Friedland]

Girls.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Oh, girls.

[Adam Friedland]

I'm just kidding. Okay.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

And now it's more kind of 50. 50. Did you say I'm not in the camera.

[Adam Friedland]

They don't know buttons.

Yeah.

Because what I would imagine is that a girl is like you're like an avatar for them. Like they're on a date with like a hunk.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Yeah.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah. I feel like they're like, I hope she gets it. And then it's like it's like they're getting it.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

But you even said you felt like that.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah, I was like, it's just like, I want to see what happens next.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Same.

[Adam Friedland]

Has something happened next? No, no. Be real. People like authenticity.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I'm being authentic.

[Adam Friedland]

No, you're being brand neutral.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I'm being authentic.

[Adam Friedland]

You've never.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I'm being more authentic.

[Adam Friedland]

You've Never gotten your back blown out after the. I'm sorry. That was rude of me to say. You have, though. You should. Why not?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

No one text me afterwards.

[Adam Friedland]

Spider man wanted you. No, Jack Harlow was like.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

He's like your own Jack Harlow. Have you ever interviewed him? You should.

[Adam Friedland]

I would love to interview him. We're kind of the same guy. A little bit. Yeah.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Okay. Relax.

[Adam Friedland]

What do you mean, relax? Me and Jack Harlow a little bit. We have the same vibe. We're like.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Maybe you have the same.

[Adam Friedland]

Like, we're swagged out white boys.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Yeah.

[Adam Friedland]

What? So tell me more about the Jack Harlow date. Why? You fumbled the bag on that one.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Well, I felt like I didn't. Oh, I didn't. He told. He said he likes brunettes.

[Adam Friedland]

That doesn't mean anything. That's a neg.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

It does.

[Adam Friedland]

Come on. Can I give you some? Can I just be on set and just be like. Just be like. That's an opening. That's not a. That's a neg. That's a soft neg, too. He's not even like, you stink. He's like, I. I prefer brunettes. And it.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I don't know why. I don't know why they. No one text me back.

[Adam Friedland]

He was licking his lips. He was mad.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Maybe they. Maybe they think it's just a show and it's not a date.

[Adam Friedland]

Maybe they think it's. No, but they're like, actually buy. Sorry.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Oh, my God.

[Adam Friedland]

17. IPhone 17.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

It's quite long. Is it longer?

[Adam Friedland]

I didn't measure it or anything.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Is it. Doesn't it, though?

[Adam Friedland]

Oh, boys. They got your invoices. You got paid. Congratulations. Whatever, dude. Uh, what's up? What? Hello?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Hello.

[Adam Friedland]

Hey. What?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Is that your sister? Was that. No, that was your sister. Was it your sister?

[Adam Friedland]

Oh, Give me a second.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Okay?

[Adam Friedland]

I'm sorry. What time is it right now? Two. So we have 30 minutes. Yeah. All right, give me two.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Okay. Bye.

[Adam Friedland]

I'm sorry. It's nothing. Don't worry about it. What.

The.

It's not. It's. I'm not doing a date, though. I know. What the.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I saw. What are you talking about?

[Adam Friedland]

I'm at work right now. That's the. That's the chicken. Angelica chicken. I know. No, Amelia Bedelia. Whatever. Yeah, but please, I'm, like, working right now, you know? You have, like, no respect for. I don't care. You don't have respect for me. What the. No. This is, like, really embarrassing. Isn't this Nervously.

You brought.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Let me smell your breath.

[Adam Friedland]

Let me smell it. Smell chicken. It Smell. Stop it.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Chicken. You were eating her out in front.

[Adam Friedland]

Of all those people. Her doesn't taste like a chicken. It's ridiculous. You're being funny. You're being. That's funny, though. Can I have the. You brought cupcakes? How the. Would you deserve one of these? I told you I didn't.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

What are you arguing about? That's disgusting.

[Adam Friedland]

Oh, my God. I'm going to start hitting myself. It's really embarrassing. She's. I'm hitting myself. Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

This guy's down there, isn't it?

[Adam Friedland]

Baby, baby, baby. Do you want to talk to me now? No, no, I can't right now. We have a 30 minute series.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

What could she possibly be talking about? Idris Elba.

[Adam Friedland]

Can I have the cupcakes? No, you fucking can't. For the crew. No, just please. Just please. I have to go back to work. I literally am successful and you have no respect. You don't realize it at all.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Where do you. I pay for everything. I pay for these.

[Adam Friedland]

I'll call you in like 29. Okay, bye. She brought cupcakes for everyone. She didn't know we were doing an interview. Hey, do you want to.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

What is that?

[Adam Friedland]

It's a baked by Melissa. I guess it's small cupcakes.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Okay.

[Adam Friedland]

They're Caleb's favorite. You want some?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Yeah.

[Adam Friedland]

Okay, let's just. Can we keep going?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Yeah, we got 30 minutes.

[Adam Friedland]

30 minutes. Okay. So you had a viral episode with.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Central Cee, is everything okay?

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah, everything's fine.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

You sure?

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Do you want to take a bit longer? Do you want to take.

[Adam Friedland]

No, we have 30 minutes. Then you have to go to freaking Seth Meyers. You're more interested in other guys.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

No, I'm not. I actually am not.

[Adam Friedland]

So you had Central Sea on the show that went viral.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

What just happened out there?

[Adam Friedland]

We have a picture of your episode with Central Cee.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

That's Billy Einish.

[Adam Friedland]

Okay. All right. So. Yeah, well, let's just keep going. I mean. Okay.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Are you sure?

[Adam Friedland]

I'm sure. Yeah. Okay. It's just crazy. Like, love is crazy.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Oh, so that wasn't. That was your sister? Or is it your fiance?

[Adam Friedland]

So when was the first time you realized you're famous? I'm sorry, are you freaked out right now?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

No, no, I'm trying to think of when I was. When I. Because I especially, I guess the same.

[Adam Friedland]

Thing as you because you're on this fucking show and you know if someone sees what's happening, if your partner sees you on a fucking show, they're Good. Sometimes they just.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Adam.

[Adam Friedland]

She doesn't like it when girls come on because they all fall in love with me.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

And your sister doesn't like it when girls come on because they fall in love with you.

[Adam Friedland]

Exactly.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

And because she's actually in love with you.

[Adam Friedland]

So you had a controversial episode with radical punk rocker Matty Healy. Do you want to talk about that a little bit?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Should we both talk about our controversial episodes of Matty Healy?

[Adam Friedland]

What do you say? I don't know.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

What?

[Adam Friedland]

Huh? You. What are you talking about?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Adam. Adam. I actually feel like we should, like, hug or something.

[Adam Friedland]

It's just, you know, they're your people.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I just feel like there's this energy. There's an energy.

[Adam Friedland]

Family is just like they're your people no matter what, you know? And family is, to me, the most important thing ever. Unless I'm doing an interview.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Yes.

[Adam Friedland]

And then family is just the least important thing ever. Yeah. So you dated Elmo from Sesame Street. Did you know he was three and a half years old at the time?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I did.

[Adam Friedland]

Do you think that's a problematic age gap?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

No, I think it's just the problem is the fur, to be honest, just gets everywhere.

[Adam Friedland]

Okay, we're gonna play. We're gonna do a segment. This is gonna be a refresher. Yes. Yes. Everyone make. This is gonna. I think this is gonna really bring the show back.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Okay, great.

[Adam Friedland]

I'm sorry. This is really. That was really embarrassing. Okay, so I'm gonna show you a picture of someone, and it's, like, just a person you don't know. And I want to know, like, your type. Or, like, would you go on a chicken date with this person?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Chicken shop date.

[Adam Friedland]

Okay, so first person is this. This guy. So kind of a hunk, kind of a hottie.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Is he. Is he, like, an evil man?

[Adam Friedland]

I'm not.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Are you gonna be like. And it's actually Fidel Castro.

[Adam Friedland]

Fidel Castro is cool.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Oh, yeah, he is cool.

[Adam Friedland]

He was good at baseball, and he was. Yeah. And he invented the Euro stone, to be fair. He's so hot. This guy.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

This guy is hot.

[Adam Friedland]

He's very hot.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

This guy is hot.

[Adam Friedland]

That is Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I knew it. I knew you would do something like this to me.

[Adam Friedland]

Would you go on a chicken date with this guy?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Who's that now?

[Adam Friedland]

It's. I go on.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Who is it?

[Adam Friedland]

It's a picture of a guy.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Who is it? Stalin?

[Adam Friedland]

Do you just look at it?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

You're getting another call on your iPad.

[Adam Friedland]

No, it's a.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

On your iPad.

[Adam Friedland]

Telemarketer.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Take the call on your iPad because I want to see the visual of you on. On the iPad.

[Adam Friedland]

Would you go on a date with this guy?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

No.

[Adam Friedland]

Do you think he's unattractive or attractive?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I think he's really ugly. Who is it?

[Adam Friedland]

It's the BTK killer. What?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Who's that?

[Adam Friedland]

Would you go on a date with this guy?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Someone's calling you again.

[Adam Friedland]

Stop it.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Who is calling you on the iPad?

[Adam Friedland]

Okay, sorry.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I didn't even know iPads could take calls.

[Adam Friedland]

Would you. Well, it's. I don't know. Would you go on a. Okay.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Is that a giant iPad?

[Adam Friedland]

Let's just get this show back on the road. Would you go on a date with this guy?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Jimmy Savile.

[Adam Friedland]

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[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Oh, I can't wait. Are you gonna play songs and I'm gonna have to guess what song it is?

[Adam Friedland]

No.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Okay.

[Adam Friedland]

I just want to know what your top 5 MCs are of all time.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Skepta.

[Adam Friedland]

He won't even notice you.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I know. And he won't even have me on.

[Adam Friedland]

He's a fan of this, I think. Good.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I'm gonna say. Do you. Have you rapped ever?

[Adam Friedland]

Number one for me.

Blazing Squad.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Blazing Squad. Yeah, go on, do. What's their song that they do?

[Adam Friedland]

Every exception in the poor in rain. No more trouble, mate. When I was 18, I found out about a British boy band of 17 children who did a cover of the.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Is it a cover?

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah, it's Bone Thugs in Harmony. I thought you have a hip hop chicken show.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Oh, my God, I did not know this.

[Adam Friedland]

It's 17, like teenage children that do a cover of Crossroads by Bone Thugs.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Oh my God, that's a cover.

[Adam Friedland]

And then my friends were like, yeah, like real quick, Amelia, can you move your hair?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Oh, sorry. Yeah.

[Adam Friedland]

Can you move your hair? Thomas texted me about it. She went into our all male workplace and now you're talking that way.

I'm sorry.

Okay, well.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Okay.

[Adam Friedland]

It's just family is okay. All right. Can I just. I want to know. Go on. Have you ever been hurt on a chicken date?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Well, like physically or emotionally?

[Adam Friedland]

Emotionally, I guess.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Not really.

[Adam Friedland]

Really? Well, I've been around the block, you know.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I know you have. I know you've been around block.

[Adam Friedland]

I've been hurt. A lot of people I went on dates with, I found out they were later trying to promote some sort of British rap thing.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Really?

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

In what way?

[Adam Friedland]

I don't know. Does that ever happen to you?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Yeah, it's almost like every time I go on a date, someone's trying to like sell their movie or like their song or something and it's like, I wish they were just there for me.

[Adam Friedland]

You were on a date with Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman. A two men?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Yeah.

[Adam Friedland]

Are you aware in the States we call that the Devil's Three way?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Yeah.

[Adam Friedland]

I just hate her. Why'd she do that?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Why? Because you keep. Make. You keep like making all these.

[Adam Friedland]

She said I was busy.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

You keep making all of these. Like, why don't you show.

[Adam Friedland]

Why don't you show your feet? Why don't you show your feet in the episode.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

What is this? Can you.

[Adam Friedland]

Why do we See what's happening under the table.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I want to be friends with you.

[Adam Friedland]

Why don't we make a show called Chicken Feet? And it's just the same interview.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Have you ever had a chicken foot? Because my friend ate one recently and it came in a little. Little plastic packet.

[Adam Friedland]

Was there.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

It was a little plastic packet and it had a chicken foot.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I think it's a delicacy.

[Adam Friedland]

I don't know. Delicacy sounds disgusting. Sounds like.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Wait, so are we friends now?

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah, we are friends. I think we're friends. Okay, but you're also friends with every other one of the interview.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Yeah. Because I think it's nice to have some kind of. We should start a union. Would you be down to start a union?

[Adam Friedland]

No.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Me. You.

[Adam Friedland]

Zawei.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Zway Z Way. Sean.

[Adam Friedland]

Sean.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Sean Evans. And Caleb.

[Adam Friedland]

Oh, Captain America.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Yes.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah. Shannon Sharpe. Should we.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Who else could we have?

[Adam Friedland]

Club?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Kelly Clarkson.

[Adam Friedland]

She has a YouTube talk show.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

No, but she does have a talk show.

[Adam Friedland]

Would you let Bill Maher.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I don't know who that is. You mentioned him earlier. I don't know who that is.

[Adam Friedland]

I gotta show you. You don't know who Bill Maher is?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

No. Bill Murray. I know Bill Murray.

[Adam Friedland]

Bill Maher. This guy?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Not really.

[Adam Friedland]

Apparently. Biggest dick in Hollywood.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Really?

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah, like to the knee, apparently. Oh, that's why he talks.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Oh, I thought you meant just like a bad person.

[Adam Friedland]

Oh, both. Yeah, both. In fact. Both. Yeah.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

It would be a disability, really. You'd get. You could get benefits.

[Adam Friedland]

Huge penis.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Yeah, like, it would be a disability.

[Adam Friedland]

I have a huge penis friend and he told me that, like, he walks a lonely road.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Yeah.

[Adam Friedland]

He said, like, sometimes they have to.

Go to the hospital.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

It's not good.

[Adam Friedland]

And I'm like, I'm. That's. Wow.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Medium size is best.

[Adam Friedland]

Poor guy. He's like, I. I'll never find out.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Trust me, Adam, if you had a massive dick, you would hate it.

[Adam Friedland]

What do you mean, if? What do you mean, if? So you're saying it. It's true. Girls like it when it's not.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Yeah.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah, I've heard that.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Exactly. So you have nothing to worry about. Unless it's really tiny.

[Adam Friedland]

What?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Unless it's really tiny.

[Adam Friedland]

No, no. What are we talking about? I thought we were talking about chicken.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

We are.

[Adam Friedland]

I thought we were talking about chicken. Do you ever worry that your addiction to fried foods will cause you to die or.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Yes.

[Adam Friedland]

Fans obviously have a parasocial relationship to people that get famous online. Right? Yeah, there have. There have to be people that are just like. That is My dream girl.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Yeah. There has to be.

[Adam Friedland]

Have you met any?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

There has to be. Yeah, well, apart from right now.

[Adam Friedland]

I just started watching Chicken.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Chicken.

[Adam Friedland]

Well, and also, you have your thing with central C. I don't want to get in the middle of it, okay? And also, I. I'm not interested. And also, my sister is mad at me right now. Oh, I'm not interested either. Yeah, I know you're a gimmick on your show. I'm on a date. I love you, and then they say, I love you.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

You're not available.

[Adam Friedland]

They say, you know, you say, I love you, and then the guy says, I love you, and then you say, hey, slow down, buster. And then he sits there and he's like, I'm. I'm such a. I'm toxic. But it is cool that you convince famous people, like, oh, I'm a loser.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I don't think they think I'm a loser. Do you think?

[Adam Friedland]

No. The guy always think, no, you. You. You like, you sun. Famous guys, son. Dunk, dunk.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Come on, Come on. Help me.

[Adam Friedland]

You pocket.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Pocket. Put them in my pocket.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah, like a Polly Pocket. I don't. You. You do you like a. I don't know what is. Can you Google English? Goal.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

You goal them.

[Adam Friedland]

You go them.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I own them.

[Adam Friedland]

You hit a worldy master class. Tears in my eyes. What's the. What's the most evil offer you've ever gotten?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Evil offer?

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah, I'm sure, like, brands come to you or, like, terrible celebrities or politicians or something. Like, what stands out as just the worst crap you've ever seen, and you're like, I would rather kill myself to.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Be the face of chicken jerky.

[Adam Friedland]

Really?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Did you even know chicken jerky was a thing?

[Adam Friedland]

No, but now that you said it, I'm trying to. I'm trying to have it. Just hearing you say the words chicken jerky influence.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Because apparently, like, beef jerky or something is really popular in America.

[Adam Friedland]

Why are you looking with that face?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Because I just don't. Yeah, we don't. Like, we don't eat jerky. Jerky?

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah. You eat freaking turtles.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

We don't eat jerky, okay? And you guys love your jerky. And apparently there's a gap in the market for chicken jerky. Wait, how long has it been?

[Adam Friedland]

Now there's one.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Like, come on. Like, how long has it been from what? Like, people aren't gonna watch this.

[Adam Friedland]

You have eight more. We edit the show. Have you ever been in a pitch meeting where you tell, like, executives storytelling.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Oh, I love that word. I'm a storyteller.

[Adam Friedland]

I love that word.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I'm a storyteller.

[Adam Friedland]

You're a storyteller. I'm a storyteller. Oh, you crush pitches. Yeah, they're like, will you move your hair very loud. Yeah, I know. Thomas.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Oh, no. Guys.

[Adam Friedland]

Um. I guess. Have you ever shown up for a date and the pics were different?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Yes.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah, you're like. You looked good in the pics, but in real life, I feel like my.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Hair has gone onto your head.

[Adam Friedland]

What was even going on?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Sorry.

[Adam Friedland]

So rank, these people. Z way. Charlie Rose.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Who's Charlie Rose?

[Adam Friedland]

He's great. Caleb Presley. Hot ones Guy Unk. Shannon Sharp.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

You sound like you're depleted, Adam Friedland.

[Adam Friedland]

Because it's just we've had a lot. We've gone through a lot.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Well, that's what I'm saying. I'm saying we should end this soon, because it's been going on for ages now. You're just rambling on with these new things.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah, I'm on this. I'm doing the show right now, dude. Oh, I'm so. I'm just returning your call. Oh, I got to show you this short story that I found.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

We're doing the show. Can you hang up? Hang up the iPad. Hang up the iPad.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah. What are you up to, dude? I'm just. I'm hanging out right now.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

I got to go into a. Adam. Adam, we're recording the show.

[Adam Friedland]

You got a call back. Can you just please. It's a big day for him. All right. I love you, dog. Yeah, love you, too. I'll talk to you soon. All right, my guy.

Bye.

That's my friend Stephen.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Cool.

[Adam Friedland]

So, do you consider the show to be a type of sexual awakening?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Yeah.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah. Have you ever slid off the damn chair?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Yeah.

[Adam Friedland]

Did you have any questions for me?

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

No. We need to wrap it up now. We need to stop. Don't.

[Adam Friedland]

I know. We're out of town.

[Amelia Dimoldenberg]

Okay.

[Adam Friedland]

Time. Sam, it.