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So, guys, today's episode is all about who is standing on business and who is not. And one of the people that is not standing on business is my new baby cow, and I want to tell you all about him. So I feel like this episode is literally going to have something for everyone, because I often see comments where it's like, Brett, like, I would just listen to an hour of you talking about farm stories, and then I'll see something on Reddit, and it's like, we only want you to talk about politics. And then I'll get tagged in something, and it's like, oh, my God, when she talks about pop culture, it's my favorite. So today you're getting all three. You are literally getting everything you want. So if you don't want to hear about politics, you can skip ahead. If you don't want to hear about the cows, you can skip the first part. Whatever it is, there's something for everyone. But we are filming this on a Sunday. You guys are watching it probably on Monday when it comes out. I just got back from Tampa. I was there for the last four days. I did two speeches with tposa. They had their big Student Action Summit this weekend where like, 7,000 students come from around the country to hear from speakers. So. So I did that speech yesterday. And then on Thursday morning, I helped open their Chapter Leadership Summit. So that's like, where all the students who are the presidents of all of the TPUSA chapters come. Anyway, so I did two speeches. The first one, if you guys want to watch it, I think they publish all of these online, was about Gen Z mental health and how I actually think that Gen Z is really changing the narrative in terms of, like, taking control of our loneliness and our mental health problems. And then the second one was my personal favorite. This might have been actually my favorite speech that I have ever given. And the entire idea was just like, don't waste your youth. Like, I feel like I am able to do what I do today and have the career that I have because I literally did not waste any time. And I was, like, so hungry and so driven for so many years when there were so many people around me who were just, like, wanting to go party or do whatever else or just focus on, I don't know, having fun, I guess, Which I feel really fortunate because I love what I do. So this is, like, really fun for me. But I was always super hungry and always super driven. So that speech really meant a lot to me because I got to kind of, like, share that message with that whole group of students. Anyway, so that is what I was doing over the last couple of days. But at home, chaos was ensuing. And if you were following along on my Instagram, I was posting about this. But Alex and I literally, we got to the airport on Wednesday evening after like a super long day. We're like, okay, here we go. Like, our flight was not delayed. It was gonna be great. I got like pre boarding because now I'm in my third trimester. So like, Southwest was like rolling out the red carpet. Like, you can board before everyone else. Everything was great. And then out of the blue, with no context, my mother sends me a text of a newborn baby cow. And I'm looking at this picture and I'm like, oh, that's cute. And I'm like, I don't think that's one of ours. Like, I haven't seen that before. But she was just texting me earlier in the day about a guy who has a belted Galloway. That's the kind of cow we have. I thought maybe she went and like, visited him. I have no idea. She, like, makes best friends no matter where she goes. I was like, I don't really know. I was like, hahaha, what's that? And she goes, it's your new baby. So we out of nowhere, this cow just drops this baby in the middle of the field, which is really how they do it. We had like, guys, we. We had no idea that this specific heifer now cow was pregnant. We have two cows that are bred right now. Two just delivered this spring. This one I did not even think was in the realm of possibility. She is so young. I think that, like, when we first got our bull this fall, it was just like it was such a big learning curve of how to fence him in properly. And we had this like four panel fencing and he was just breaking through every single day. So we had like three weeks where Alex and I basically every single evening were like, oh my God. Okay, the bull is next door. Okay, the bull is in with these. There very well could have been some magic that happened, but this cow was so young that she was not even weaned at that time. Like, we weaned her in the middle of that. So somehow she got pregnant. And she did not look pregnant like tmi, but her udders weren't full. Like they didn't descend. Like nothing was happening. Like, she out of nowhere drops this baby cow. And my mom is out there because we're leaving town. So she's out, you know, moseying around with Our cows. And it's like, oh, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. There is another cow. And this is a tiny, tiny baby. And so there Alex and I are just sitting in bna. I am no longer relaxed. I am now very stressed. I feel so awful because I had no idea that this tiny, tiny little heifer now cow was pregnant. And I'm not there and I can't do anything about it. Thankfully, my mom is way more experienced than both Alex and I are, so I felt like she was totally in control, which was great. But we went on, we did the whole thing in Tampa. It was a good time. There were protesters, of course. They were literally walking around with like a big toilet paper on their head, like, protesting TP usa. They had Palestinian flags, they had Charlie Kirk as a Nazi flags. Like, they were doing all of these different things. But we got through it. We did the speeches, we got on the flight. Everything was fine. We get home and I wake up to a text from my mom. And apparently she didn't want to stress me out yesterday, but she was like, hey, I really don't think this little baby, he's a bull. We haven't named him yet. At this point, I don't think he's getting any milk because this mom is obviously very new. I don't think she's producing a ton of milk. We need to move them, get her some dairy ration. We need to start bottle feeding this bull, like, today because he is so tiny and he's so premature. And apparently last night she had, like, spotted him just like, laying in the field. Sadly, while the mom, who obviously has no idea what she's doing because she's basically a teenager, she cares more about, like, going and standing by the fence where her mom is. But my mom saw this little baby just like, laying there and had to, like, swim scoop him up and bring him over and be like, hey, remember, you have a child. Please go nurse. So this is at like 6am and I know that I'm gonna be filming at like, 9:30 in the morning. She's like, we need to go do this now. So I'm like, shaking out. So I'm like, we have to go move this cow. We have to go move this cow. So we wake up, we drive all the way down to the pasture. We are traipsing around. This is like our biggest pasture where all of these cows are. We do not see the baby anywhere. And my stomach drops. I'm like, I swear to God, if we were gone for three Days, if literally overnight, while I was just, like, trying to get a good night's sleep, I was, like, gonna be beating myself. Even though I knew that there was, like, nothing I could have done, I was like, if this bab, like, perished in the middle of the night, I will feel so guilty. But finally, Alex spots him. He's literally just like, sleeping under a tree away from all of the other cows. But he's alive and we find him. And so my mom says, okay, Alex, you need to scoop him up and we're gonna move him to where all of her dairy cows are, because she gives them a specific kind of grain that helps them produce their milk. And that is what this little baby mama, for lack of a better word, needs right now. So she's like, we're gonna move the baby, and then the mom will follow. So Alex, who is just a saint at this point, like women out there, if you dream of ever moving to a farm one day and having cows and having chickens, and your husband is like, no, I'm more of a city slicker. Just know my husband, who used to live in New York City and drive a Beamer and had no interest or even, like, concept, like, idea that he would ever live on a farm, is now doing this and doing this happily. But he went over and he picks up this tiny little, like, four day old bull, and the bull just starts peeing all over him. Like, Alex is holding him like this, and he just looks down and literally, I'm telling you, this pasture is huge. It is our biggest pasture. It is acres and acres. He's having to walk up this entire hill, and it is like, this cow has not peed since the day he was born. It is just like a constant flow. And if you know Alex, you know that he is like, he's a bit of a germaphobe. Like, just like, things kind of gross him out. And we're really trying to give him, like, exposure therapy before this baby arrives. And so I'm like, we're about to have a boy. Like, he's about to be, like, peeing all over the place. And so this was good exposure. And. But literally the entire walk up the thing, and you can see him, he's walking, like, so awkwardly, and he's like, trying to hold this bull out to the side. We'll put a video in here to, like, keep him away. And it's just like a constant flow, like, all down. Alex, my mom is like, ha, ha, ha ha. This is so funny. And I know that he is just like, Losing his mind. Meanwhile, I'm behind him, trying to get this tiny baby cow to follow her even tinier baby cow. And she is, like, not really interested. And then finally, the other cows realize that I have a bucket of grain. So. So then they all start pushing this mom up the hill. So everybody's following Alex and the trail of pee coming from this bull. He's now named him Pee Pants. So that is we have. Now we have a cow named Pee Pants. But we take him all the way up the hill, and lo and behold, we get up to the gate, everything's fine, and we turn around, and my mom's little baby dairy heifer, her jersey, is standing just in the middle of the road in the middle of our driveway. Somehow she's gotten out of the pen over there. I think my mom might have, like, turned off the fence somehow so that we could, like, easily get these two new cows in there. That cow immediately was like, freedom. This is amazing. I swear to God. This cow, whose name is Fanny, she was running around like she had never been outside of a fence ever before, like, frolicking. She was jumping so much that she literally, like, landed on her side and was like, oh, my God, how do I get up? Like, it was pure chaos. So we are now dragging Pee Pants. We are dragging this other one. We are dragging the mama, whose name is Sofia, dragging her across. Meanwhile, Fanny is frozen, frolicking all around us. My mom was like, oh, my God. Oh, my God. Alex is, like, in the zone at this point. He is covered in pee. He's like, all I need to do, I just need to get to this pasture, which is like 100ft away. We are getting them in there. We are now shoving all of these cows in. We do it. But now once we're inside, we have to show Sophia where the dairy ration is because she's just wandering around like, where am I? All my friends are over here. So now we're pushing her even more, even more to finally get up to the ration. Everything is fine. She's eating her grain. I, like, go up and I check her teats. Sorry again, tmi. She actually is producing milk. It's just like, barely at all. And because her udders didn't drop, it's like, really hard for this little baby to be able to go and drink. So that's why we're bottle feed him. But everything's fine. And my producer is arriving in literally, like, 30 minutes. I'm like, okay, I can go eat breakfast. I can go, like, put on My makeup, everything is fine. Everything is great. My mom drives back over to her house. She's meeting her handyman. She's literally still staying with us, trying to get moved in. And we get a text and they're already out of the pen because this baby, guys, he's so tiny. He literally like fully slipped underneath the hot wire and, and the mom followed. And they are just standing out in the middle of our property, not fenced. 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And he was like, please God, please don't make me do it. So we're pushing this cow again and it takes like another 20 minutes. We put them into A new pasture where it is tighter, where they can't slip out probably. Hopefully. I don't even know. I'm probably gonna like leave the studio after filming this, guys, and they're gonna be like everywhere. But we have a solution. We just needed to like get them contained for now and then we have to move some pigs into another pasture and then that pasture is more secure. That is where baby mama and little pea pants are going to go. For the time being. It is an easy place for us to bottle feed him. My mom just pulled out all of her freeze dried raw milk. Then we're gonna start giving him in a bottle. Anyway, that was my morning and it is only 10am so now that you guys have heard that whole story, we can go into the most important story of today, which is the fact that Justin Bieber released a surprise new album just two days ago. And I have a lot of thoughts. But before we get into that, make sure that you're following our podcast page and please rate the show if you're enjoying it. And for all of my friends that live in Nashville or nearby like me, I am doing two shows over the next couple of weeks at at Zany's. I felt bad because we didn't do anything in Nashville over the last few months and so I'm popping up. This is gonna be like, really informal. It'll probably just be a live version of the show. It's a really intimate, fun venue. We have all of those tickets on BrettCooper.com, so if you wanna come, make sure to go check that out. All right, guys, so back to Bieber. I am so excited about this. Like, this feels like the perfect ending to this entire saga that we have been going through over the last couple of months. The insider information, the breakdown between him and Scooter, all of this information, everything came to a head on Friday afternoon. Well, really, it came to a head on Thursday, which is when he announced it. But then Justin released his first album in four years on Friday morning at midnight. So basically like Thursday night, but it came out on Friday. And that album is called Swag. And guys, I don't know how you feel about it. I freaking love it. And I love it because he sounds amazing, he sounds like him, but I love it for a much bigger reason than that. And because this is the first album that Justin has ever produced, has ever had full, complete control over, like, moving forward. Justin owns 100% of his masters of his music. He has complete control over the writing, the producing, how it is released Everything about it. And this is the first time that has ever happened in his entire career. And that in and of itself is reason to stream the album. It is reason to celebrate because it was not easy to get here. And if you guys have not been following the story, go back and watch my original episodes on Justin and what was going on with him because it took so much to get here. Now, this album was not the only thing that came out on Friday because a lot of stuff happened last week. So, first of all, Justin was able to fully launch his new clothing brand, Skylark. That happened on Friday as well. He released the new album and all of the news came out that he had officially settled with Scooter Braun. Now, Justin is not able to come out and say, hey, the only reason that I am able to now sell this clothing and start my brand and release this album is because of the settlement. But I think we can kind of put the pieces together now. One thing I do want to say is that in all of the media about the settlement, they're talking about the financial things going back and forth with what Justin owes Scooter, what was going on there. There is so much else that is going on. Like, it wasn't just about the money. It was about Justin trying to be free, trying to get out of the contract that he had been in since he was, God, what was it, 14, 15 years old? Because again, this was the first time that he was ever able to release something independently. He had been waiting for this. He had been saying, sitting on this music, just desperately wanting to release something, and he had not been able to. The moment that deal was signed, he said, okay, I'm done. We are launching Skylark and we are dropping this album. And that is exactly what he did. Now, I saw a bunch of tweets online on Thursday afternoon right as he was like announcing that this album was coming. And they were just cracking me up. Like, there was this one girl and she was like, wow, this is like so embarrassing. Like, what a fall off for Justin Bieber. Like, he has no CDs and no vinyls, no hype. He's just like randomly dropping this. It's sloppy. He obviously has no team. Gosh, this is like so sad. Like, to see this incredible icon spiraling. Okay, yeah, that's literally the whole point. The whole point is that it's literally just him now. It's him, it's Haley. It is the very close, tight knit team that they have built around them and their family that has helped them through this entire legal war. Over the past year and a half, it's just them. It's him and his music and the people that he chose to collaborate with. And for the first time in over 15 years, he's doing it on his terms. And I'm sorry, Justin Bieber does not need hype. Justin Bieber does not need to do a special release with press and have vinyls and release singles. He doesn't need to do any of that. He's freaking Justin Bieber. And I was so happy because Friday was the biggest streaming day in Justin Bieber's career. I think it was over 200 million streams in one day. And he gets to take home all of those profits. He owns all of it. Like, what an F you. To everyone who doubted him, to everyone who was trying to control him for years, who was manipulating him, his family who was allegedly misusing funds, the people that he hired that he put his trust in, who then stabbed him in the back, all of that, it's like, I don't need you, because I am freaking Justin Bieber. And that is the real story here. Now, of course, I'm sure this will be unsurprising to a lot of you guys because now I think we know a lot about this man and his personality. But Scooter Braun could not wait to insert himself into this narrative and into Justin's success, which obviously we have seen. After all of his clients would leave him, they would release new albums, he would make posts being like, I always supported them. I'm here for them. They would never respond. They would never say, thank you, Scooter. That's really nice. Had a great time working with you. It was radio silence. It was like his own side, his PR team, trying to be like, hey, I'm the good guy. I'm supporting you here. I get all of this flack for no reason. Nobody. You get flack for reasons. A lot of alleged reasons. And that's why nobody responds to this. Like, just a couple of weeks ago, when Taylor Swift was finally able to buy back all of her masters, he came out and was like, yes, I helped with that and I was encouraging it. And this is so incredible. Her team literally came out and was like, yeah, you played no role. You played no role at all. You were actually a hindrance. I don't know why you're doing that. Like, she didn't just go radio silent, she actually went on the offense. But anyway, all of that aside, Scooter made another post, and this time it was about Justin. He said, I've been having A beautiful start to the weekend and be getting a lot of texts about how I feel about Justin's new album, so I will just leave this here. God. Okay. This is, like, so nauseating. This is, without a doubt, the most authentically Justin Bieber album to date. It is beautiful, raw, and truly him, and that matters. That's right. That's true. But the only reason he's able to do that is because he settled with you and he is now free. I had the privilege of witnessing his growth for almost 22 decades. Along every journey, there comes a time when an artist fully steps into their own, and that is what he has done here. He poured his soul into this project, and you can feel it in every single run. Again, all of that is true. We're all saying that online. The way he chose to release it is just as intentional as the music itself, and I'm happy to see him do it in his way. I have played no role in this one, but as someone who has always believed in him, I'm incredibly proud and impressed and genuinely enjoying the music. Justin has a special tone that I have witnessed for almost two decades. It is the best in the world. And because of that special tone, I have to say that Daisies is probably my favorite record on the album. Strained swag and some an authentic voice. And that last line there is the one that just really started grinding my gears because you're pretending to be so generous and, oh, yeah, go support authentic and genuine and independent artists. This is so wonderful when we all know what has been going on behind the scenes. This is so narcissistic. Like, this man had to fight to be able to do this. You didn't help at all. You literally said you played no role. You actually allegedly were a deterrent to all of this. And there are so many other things that I have been told and that I have heard that I literally can't even say on air. That makes me even angrier about this, because I know what you were saying to Justin. I know what you were doing behind the scenes to allegedly stop this from happening and then to make this post and go, oh, go support. Go stream. It's so wonderful. And then he ends it by being like, I'm off to take my kids to watch Superman. Have a great weekend. I'm just a normal. I'm a nice guy. Dude, like, the jig is up. Like, you've tried to preserve your reputation. Like, he went on that podcast Diary of CEO recently, and he was trying to, like, rebrand himself and set the record Straight. It was hysterical because nobody believed him in the slightest. They were like, yeah, bs, we have seen enough of you. Like, you can't fix this. Then all the stuff with Hybe happened. He had to step down with that very interesting PR statement that basically said nothing about his future. All the stuff with Hybe in Korea where they are being investigated by the feds. All of his controversies, all of his artists leaving him like, dude, just like, let it go. Take some time offline. Really, like, genuinely, my PR advice for all of these people, for the Meghan Markles, for the Blake Lively's, for the Scooter broads, is stop posting. Literally every time you post, it just makes it worse. But I know you'll never stop because this is narcissistic behavior and you literally can't help yourself. But I'm like, genuinely saying this, human to human. Your life would be a lot better if you would just like, zip it and actually focus on your kids. Like, leave Hybe behind. Leave Justin behind. Like, seriously, like, leave him alone. You've settled. We can all move on. Let him do what he wants and just stop posting about it. Now, I obviously have a lot of feelings about this. And Justin's wife Hailey did as well, because immediately after Scooter posted that, she posted this on her story. So it's her making a funny face. And then she just posted the Mariah Carey song obsessed. Basically being like, why are you so obsessed with us? And Hailey has also been out there on the front lines defending Justin. I mean, she has throughout this entire ordeal, for the entirety of their marriage, she has been supporting him and defending him and standing by him as he has been in the battle for his freedom. But she posted this when he announced the album and she said, like, is it finally clocking to you effing losers? And what she's saying. There is a callback to Justin's now viral paparazzi video from a couple of weeks ago when he was at the beach and he was like, leave me alone. I'm a dad. I don't know who is sending you after me and who is making up all of these rumors. It is not clocking to you that I am standing on effing business. Like, that's what he kept saying. Like, it's not clocking to you. Which I told my team. I think that needs be to. To be my Halloween costume this year because I'm gonna be like, freshly postpartum. I, like, will not care about dressing up. All I need to do is, like, wear a Justin Bieber, blue hoodie. And just walk around and be like, it's not clocking to you that I'm standing on business. Anyway, so that was what Haley was referencing there. Guys, I am on cloud nine for them because I know how long this process takes. Like, the news first broke about Justin splitting from Scooter over a year and a half ago. Like, you don't just get to walk away after that. There were so much residual things that they had to deal with. All of these settlements, dealing with the financial stuff, how to unwind the contract, everything he has been dealing with that day in and day out. These settlements, they take a long freaking time. Like, when you think you're finally there, it just keeps going. And he finally, finally freaking made it. He had everything teed up and ready to go. And this genuinely was, like, the best thing that Justin could have ever done. Like, he could have just, like, gone on vacation, taken a break. Like, okay, I'm finally done with all of this. Haley just sold her company for a billion dollars. Like, let's just go relax and hide away. But he came out swinging. He was like, no, I'm going to show you what I have been up against. I'm going to show you what I have been wanting to bring you my fans, what I have been wanting to create. And obviously, there was a lot here. It was so soulful. If you listen to the album, I feel like there's so many, like, hidden messages in there. He's talking about his marriage to Haley. There's this one song called Walking Away where he's like, I'm not walking away from you. I made these promises to you. And I know that I've been struggling. I know that I haven't been perfect. And you've dealt with a lot by being married to me. And I'm not walking away. I'm here for you. He had an entire song about dad love, and so that was, like, dedicated to his son Jack. And then on top of those songs that he wrote about his family, he also had a bunch of songs where they were kind of like nuggets in there about things that he's been going through. I think, like, this is the most obvious to me is an interlude that he had in the album. It's called Therapy Session, and it's basically a conversation with him and his friend and mentor, Drew Ski, who is a comedian. But I think the most important part of this interlude is where he says, it's been a tough thing for me recently. It's feeling like, you know, I'VE had to go through a lot of my struggles as a human, as all of us do, really, publicly. And so people are always asking if I'm okay. And that really starts to weigh on me, you know, because I'm like, well, when somebody keeps saying, why are you crying? Why are you crying? It's like, bitch, I'm not. But now I am. You know what I'm saying? It starts to make me feel like I'm the one with issues and that everyone else is perfect. That is what we know he's been going through, especially when he has been literally harassed by the paparazzi, which, as you guys know, I feel like I've talked about this a million times now. That's not normal. In 2025. Like, it is not normal to have Britney Spears, Michael Jackson level paparazzi outside of your home chasing you, being everywhere you are. No matter if you're at the beach in the middle of the night with your friends or at a smoothie shop, you know, outside of Coachella, it is not normal to have these people hounding you, screaming at you about your financial problems, about your legal problems, about your marriage and about your child. That is not normal. He knows the people were sending the paparazzi after him, trying to make up these stories. No wonder we started to see him crumble under that pressure. And I think it's so amazing that he was able to express this in one of the other songs, Butterflies. I think this might be my favorite song on the entire album. He starts off the song with the audio from another paparazzi video where he was like, money, money, money. All you care about is money. Like, he is so obviously speaking to us, being the paparazzi, being like, I know, like, this is what I've been going through, and I haven't been able to share myself publicly. I haven't been able to, like, communicate in the way that I want to, which is through song and through music. And in the first verse of Butterflies, I feel like he just really sets the tone for his life right now because he says when the money comes and the money goes. Because we know he's been dealing with financial stuff. The only thing that's left is the love that we hold Mix of pain and pleasure Never black and white because the sun keeps shining When I close my eyes he's saying, like, I know I've gone through so much, but I have this incredible love of my wife who I am dedicating all of these songs to. I have an amazing family. He has an amazing pastor that has stood by him through everything. He has an amazing team that has worked on his personal business, that has helped him through all of these legal troubles. They are what is keeping him grounded, keeping him saying that love is so important to him. And he's like, you can say all this stuff about the money, you can say all this stuff about my legal battles and everything else and who I'm dealing with and what I'm posting, but I am grounded because I have the love of these people. And that is what he is trying to communicate through this album. Like, this is a man who is saying, I will not be silenced any longer. He's basically as silent as my guns. Thanks to Silencer Shop. Now, if you guys are responsible gun owners, you want to be in control of your accuracy, your recoil, your hearing, all of it. And that is where Silencer Shop comes in. They make it ridiculously easy to get a suppressor. The one upgrade that instantly makes your guns perform better. 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And I could not be more excited about that. And all of this has just been a great distraction for me from everything happening on X with the freaking episode Epstein Files and yes, Trump, we are still talking about it because surprisingly, I guess this was news to you. Your base really does care about this and for anybody who was wondering, like, why is Epstein such a big deal? Well, number one, it's a big deal because this is something that Trump ran on. And it wasn't just about Epstein specifically. It wasn't just like, we need to know what happened with Epstein. It was about ending the corruption of the deep state. It was about transparency and finally having answers that so many Americans have wanted on so many issues, whether It's Diddy or JFK or January 6th or Epstein. Like, we want answers because we feel like we've been gaslit and lied to for decades at this point. Like, our government has been so far away from us and the media has been compromised. Like, we have basically just been in the dark and people are done. And Trump represented the antithesis of this, and he ran on this idea that he was going to have radical transparency. I mean, yes, he also ran on fixing the economy and strengthening. Strengthening our border and, you know, peace through strength and ending wars and making sure that America stays out of them, which even though we had the 12 day war, and that was a bit scary there, I think that he navigated that well. Like, all of those things are good. He ran on all of those things. But I think the broader message of his campaign, like, what he represented was something that is so refreshing, goes against all corruption, goes up against the government that we have become so used to. And Epstein embodies all of that. And I think what people are most upset about isn't the fact that we aren't seeing the files, but it's the way that this entire thing has been handled. The fact that it was like this bait and switch of, like, they're on my desk, we have the binders, it's all coming out, we're all doing it. And then they release this memo literally in the middle of the night, in the middle of the week. They leak it to Axios. There's no press conference. There's no statement from Trump. There's no statement from Caroline Levitt until, like, two days later when she finally answers that question from Peter Doocyte. There isn't anything from Pam Bondi until she finally answers that question next to Trump. And when Trump is finally asked about it, he's like, you guys are still talking about that. Like, get over it. It's like, no, we deserve answers because this is something that you ran on. And again, it embodies something that is much bigger about what you represent and what we all hoped for. And the way that this has been handled now feels like, was there anything there to begin with like, are you covering up for someone or something? Like, we just don't know who to trust. And that is why there is so much whiplash online. Now the updates since we spoke last is that there seemed to be trouble in paradise because Kash Patel and Dan Bongino, there were sources that came out and said that they were furious with Pam Bondi and everybody was trying to pin everything on Pam Bondi and they were saying, it's her, she did the rollout, she approved all of this, she's the one hiding everything. And Cash and Bongino, they are allegedly saying it is her or us. Like, apparently Bongino had this whole like blow up with her and like walked out of the office and left D.C. and he was gonna quit if Pam Bondi did not get fired or step down. But then after all of that started coming out on X, everybody started getting all riled up like, oh, we gotta get rid of this woman. Then the deputy Attorney general came out and literally posted this. He said, no. I worked closely with Cash, Patel and Bongino on the joint FBI and DOJ memo regarding the Epstein files. All of us signed off on the contents of the memo and the conclusion stated in the memo. The suggestion by anyone that there was any daylight between the FBI or DOJ leadership on this memo's composition in the release is patently false. So this guy came out and said, okay, I don't know who these sources are or what they're saying, but no, this was not some blow up fight. You can't release this. I don't agree with this. Everybody was in agreement. We all signed off on it. And then of course that then sent everyone into a tizzy because it's like, okay, I don't know who we can trust, whose sources we can trust. Can we trust Casper tell? Can we trust Dan Bongino? And then the next day the Wall Street Journal had this report they said breaking. Dan Bongino had no issue with the Epstein memo or video rollout until he started receiving backlash online, which caused him to become extremely upset and leave dc. So based on this report, they're now telling us that actually, okay, I know we said all these other things, but actually Bongino and Cash were okay with it. They were only upset when they started getting backlash. And then that is when everybody started started pinning everything on Pam Bondi and she kind of became the scapegoat. Now I, like most people online, have no idea what is real here. And that is why this is so frustrating, because there was no transparency. Again, this memo was leaked to Axios, basically in the middle of the night, in the middle of the Texas Camp mystic tragedy and the flooding. That's why Trump was saying, like, we need to focus on other things. It almost feels nefarious. Like, this was just, like, slipped out in the middle of it, hoping that people would not notice. Obviously, we did. Now the back and forth of, like, who actually signed off on it, who didn't. Now there's even more additions to this story because Charlie Kirk posted yesterday and said, okay, guys, sorry, I did see the emails. And Kash Patel and Dan Bongino signed off on it. House inhabit. Also saw the email. She posted it on her substack. She has all the timestamps. She has the actual words that were written by Dan Bongino and Cash Patel saying, yep, signed off. This is fine. Go ahead. Everything is good. So literally, it's like, what the heck is going on? Like, I literally am going whiplash. Whiplash. I'm just, like, listening to, like, Justin Bieber's new album, like, trying to, like, find peace, because I'm like, I literally have, like, no idea what is going on. And then last night, right after my speech, Trump posts on Truth Social. And, guys, I think this is the first time Trump has ever been ratioed on his first platform. And he makes this entire post about how ridiculous this entire situation is. And honestly, it's just him doubling down on that awful statement that he made to the reporter where he was like, why does everybody care? The best part about his post was the way that he started it. And this is just like an iconic line now. But he said, what's going on with my boys and in some cases, gals? That's, like, how he's talking about his supporters. I have no idea why he wrote it that way, but it cracked me up. But, guys, look how long this post is. He's basically rambling and he's saying, why do we care about Epstein? Move on. He defends Pam Bondi, which I'm not surprised about, because he values loyalty, and Pam has been very loyal to him. So he's saying, she's not the problem. She's not going anywhere. But the thing that was so insane about this post that caught everybody off guard was that he wasn't finally saying, like, guys, I'm telling you, there's nothing there. I empathize with you. We should have done this differently, like, get over and move on. He wasn't saying, there are more things we need to deal with. We just can't release them. Right now there are things going on behind the scenes. Instead he pins the entire thing on the Democrats. So literally within the span of a week we went from there are Epstein files. They will shock you. They are on my desk to actually, there's no client list. There really isn't anything in the files. We're closing the case. There's nothing going on to now. There are actually files and they were created by the Democrats. That is literally what he writes in this post. He says, why are we giving publicity to files written by Obama, crooked Hillary, Comey Brennan and the losers and criminals of the Biden administration who conned the world with the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax, 51 intelligence agents, the laptop from hell and more. They created the Epstein files just like they created the fake Hillary Clinton Christopher Steele dossier that they used on me. And now my so called friends, the boys and gals are playing right into their hands. Why didn't any of these radical left lunatics release the Epstein files? If there was anything in there that could have hurt the MAGA movement, why didn't they use it? But this also was a major red flag to people because it couldn't have just been the Democrats behind the Epstein files because yes, Epstein was first arrested in 2006. I think he served like 13 months. He had some kind of like slap on the wrist. But it was in 2019, during the Trump administration that Epstein was arrested by federal agents and then he committed suicide. And there were still seven months left of the Trump administration in his first term that we didn't learn anything. So we don't actually know when these files were created. There could have been files that were created in 2006. There could have been files that were created under Biden, but there certainly was a lot going on under Trump's first term. So you can't just blame shift and put it all on them. And even if that is true, even if they created all of this and it's all a weird conspiracy and very odd, we don't trust anything now. Like we're genuinely, it is whiplash. We're confused. We don't even know who in the DOJ and the FBI to trust. We have no idea if it actually is Pam Body. We have no idea if it's coming from Trump, which in my opinion it is because we know how Trump operates and he controls everything. Like everything comes directly from him. This is not Biden where he was on the beach for the majority of his presidency, half asleep, stumbling up and down stairs like we know Trump is on it. That's why I voted for him, because he's so alert, because he literally looks like younger than he ever has in years, because he runs on McDonald's and Diet Coke in a dream, basically. And he is aware of everything going on around him. So you're not really gonna convince me that he didn't know that this was happening and that it's all on Pam Bondi and the Dan Bongino didn't know. And, like, it just doesn't make sense. And it all has just now spiraled completely out of control that this post from Trump, even if there's stuff in here that might be accurate, and it is not going to help at all. In fact, this just fueled more conspiracies. There's another line in here where he says, epstein, the man who can't be killed. So everybody then started running with that and being like, oh, my God, is he alive? Is he hiding somewhere in a different part of the world? Like, it just didn't help at all. And I understand that Trump just wants to move on from this because this was a major miscalculation by him and his team. He wants to brush this under the rug. He wants to get back to the fact that his administration is winning and objectively is doing great stuff, like, prices are down, the border is more secure, people are not flooding in. He's cracking down and staying committed to all of the social issues that we care about. Like, there is a lot of good stuff here. He had an amazing month. And so obviously he's upset that we're all focusing on this, but again, like I said at the beginning of this little, like, segment, this is a big freaking deal. It's not just about Epstein. And that is what he needs to understand. That's what his team needs to understand. It's not about just this one man. Like, why do you care about Epstein? It's because of the transparency. It's because of the commitment to getting rid of the deep state and exposing everything. And this seems to go against what we all believed and what we put our trust in you for. Like, this doesn't make me hate Trump. I'm so glad that he is our president. I think that our country is moving in the right direction. But I think, again, it's just a major miscalculation from him and his team that they don't really seem to understand what this means to his base. And I think that is why we are seeing him flail online. And I'm sure when he logged onto Truth Social last night with his daughter, Diet Coke before he went to bed at like 3am he was horrified by the fact that he was literally ratioed on his own platform. Now I'm going to be releasing this episode in, like, 24 hours. Again, I'm filming this on a Sunday. I am sure that there will be more information. Like, already his administration had said that the footage that they released of Jeffrey Epstein's cell, that, that was totally raw, but then Wired came out and looked at the metadata and actually it wasn't raw. And they had, like, stitched it together and they had exported it multiple times. And there's still that minute missing. Like, there's so much going on, there's no answers. Every single source seems to have a different story. I'm sure that there will be more updates, but we can talk about that on Thursday. So to go back to the point of this episode, my husband and his cow chasing and carrying and getting peed upon self is standing on business. Justin Bieber is standing on business. But Scooter Braun and the Trump administration. Sorry, I'm clocking it right now. You're not standing on too much business.
The Brett Cooper Show: Episode 48 Summary
Title: Bieber’s Big F-You To Hollywood & Trump Gets Ratio’d Over Epstein
Release Date: July 14, 2025
Timestamp: [00:00] – [10:30]
Brett Cooper opens the episode with a heartfelt and humorous story about an unexpected addition to his family farm—a newborn bull named Pee Pants. He describes the chaos that ensued when a tiny, premature calf was born under unforeseen circumstances. Despite being in his third trimester and preparing for his own family changes, Brett narrates how his mother discovered the newborn bull in the field, leading to a frantic but ultimately successful effort to care for the fragile calf.
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Brett emphasizes the importance of family and teamwork in managing unexpected challenges, showcasing his ability to balance personal responsibilities with his professional commitments.
Timestamp: [10:30] – [35:00]
Transitioning from personal stories, Brett delves into the major music industry news: Justin Bieber's surprise release of his new album, "Swag." He highlights the significance of this album as Bieber's first independent project where he owns 100% of his masters, granting him complete creative and financial control.
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Brett discusses the settlement with Scooter Braun, emphasizing that it wasn't solely about financial terms but also about Bieber's desire for creative freedom after being in the industry since his early teens. He applauds Bieber's resilience and ability to stay true to himself amidst industry challenges.
Timestamp: [35:00] – [45:00]
Brett shifts focus to Scooter Braun's response to Bieber's new album. Braun publicly congratulates Bieber but also subtly undermines his independence by highlighting the partnership's previous benefits.
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Brett underscores the significance of Bieber's autonomy and celebrates his friend's triumph over long-standing industry constraints.
Timestamp: [45:00] – [1:20:00]
In the second major segment, Brett tackles the controversial handling of the Epstein files by former President Donald Trump and the subsequent public fallout. He provides a comprehensive analysis of the events, internal conflicts, and the impact on Trump's reputation.
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Brett criticizes Trump's inability to provide clear answers and his attempts to deflect responsibility, which only exacerbate public distrust. He highlights the importance of transparency and accountability, especially when dealing with high-profile legal matters that have significant political implications.
Timestamp: [1:20:00] – End
Brett wraps up the episode by juxtaposing his personal farming challenges with the high-stakes political drama, emphasizing the importance of standing on business regardless of the scale of the issue. He reiterates his support for Bieber’s independence and critiques the Trump administration's handling of sensitive information.
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Brett encourages listeners to focus on authenticity and integrity in both personal and public life, advocating for genuine leadership and accountability.
Episode 48 of The Brett Cooper Show masterfully balances personal storytelling with in-depth analysis of significant cultural and political events. Brett Cooper provides insightful commentary on Justin Bieber's emancipation from industry constraints and the tumultuous handling of the Epstein files by the Trump administration. Through engaging narratives and critical perspectives, he underscores the importance of authenticity, resilience, and transparency in navigating both personal and societal challenges.
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