Bless Your 'Hardt - Our First F1 Race

Summary

The Dale Jr. Download: Bless Your Heart – Our First F1 Race

Release Date: May 8, 2025

Overview

In this episode of Bless Your Heart, hosted by Amy and Dale Earnhardt Jr., the duo dives into their experiences attending their first Formula 1 (F1) race. They share personal anecdotes, discuss the contrasts between NASCAR and F1, engage in a humorous segment on Gen Z slang, and answer listener questions. The episode is enriched with candid conversations, insightful reflections, and lighthearted moments that provide listeners with an engaging glimpse into Dale Jr.'s life beyond racing.

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Introduction and Personal Updates

The episode kicks off with Amy and Dale touching on recent personal events, including Isla's birthday party and how they've been managing family life amidst their busy schedules.

Notable Quote:

• Amy [00:00]: "We're super excited for our show today. We've talked about a lot of funny things."

Isla's Birthday Party

Amy recounts the elaborate preparations for Isla's girly birthday party, highlighting the challenges of organizing a pool party outdoors and the creative alternatives they implemented indoors. Dale admires Amy's dedication to making the event special, emphasizing the importance of family traditions.

Notable Quotes:

• Amy [06:02]: "We avoided a pool party just because you never know when it's gonna rain."
• Dale Jr. [09:58]: "Amy's a big orchid fan."

First F1 Race Experience

The core of the episode revolves around Amy and Dale’s first F1 race in Miami. They discuss their impressions of the event, the atmosphere, and the differences between NASCAR and F1.

Key Points:

• Atmosphere and Hospitality: Dale praises the hospitality and amenities at the F1 event, comparing the vibrant, party-like environment to a beach club. Amy echoes this sentiment, noting the continuous techno music and the energized crowd.

  Notable Quotes:

  • Amy [13:03]: "The environment was just full of energy and everyone was excited."
  • Dale Jr. [12:33]: "I'm loving their back in NASCAR and because I want them to succeed."

• Race Dynamics: Dale shares his observations on the racing style, particularly the strategic use of DRS (Drag Reduction System) in F1, which allows for thrilling overtakes. He contrasts this with NASCAR’s more steady-paced races.

  Notable Quotes:

  • Dale Jr. [19:26]: "I'm a Max Verstappen fan and got to meet him, which was awesome."
  • Amy [20:36]: "The process of the whole thing is neat."

• Cultural Differences: They delve into the global appeal of F1 versus the more localized excitement of NASCAR, contemplating a future trip to a European race like Monaco for a more traditional F1 experience.

  Notable Quotes:

  • Dale Jr. [16:01]: "It's like a merging of parties and racing."
  • Amy [17:20]: "I don't know. Let's go to Monaco. That would be fun."

Anecdotes from the F1 Event

Name Mix-Up with Jim/David: Amy and Dale recount a humorous incident where they mistakenly called their pit walk guide "Jim" when his name was actually David. Their repeated name confusion led to an awkward yet amusing interaction.

Notable Quotes:

• Dale Jr. [33:50]: "He took it like a champ, though. It was hilarious."
• Amy [35:34]: "He took it like a champ, though. It was hilarious."

Gen Z Slang Game

In a playful segment, Amy and Dale engage in a game called "Guess that Gen Z Slang," where they attempt to decipher modern slang terms. This segment adds a humorous and interactive element to the episode, showcasing their chemistry and willingness to engage with younger audiences.

Key Points:

• Slang Terms Discussed: "Put the fries in the bag, bro," "giving," "Ohio," "busing," "snatched," and "crash out."
• Humorous Attempts: Both hosts struggle to accurately define the slang, leading to entertaining guesses and laughter.

Notable Quotes:

• Amy [53:59]: "Put the fries in the bag."
• Dale Jr. [57:04]: "He ate and left no crumbs."

Listener Questions: Ask Amy

Amy and Dale address several listener-submitted questions, providing thoughtful and relatable advice.

1. Claire's Met Gala Inquiry:

   • Question: Did Amy and Dale watch the Met Gala, and what were their favorite outfits?
   • Response: Amy shares her experience of missing the live event but enjoying red carpet photos on Instagram, highlighting Diana Ross's stunning gown.

   Notable Quotes:

   • Amy [62:21]: "Diana Ross kind of blew me away just because I haven't seen her in so long."

2. Erica's Long-Distance Relationship Concerns:

   • Question: Advice for Erica about handling her first long-distance relationship.
   • Response: They emphasize the importance of regular in-person visits, communication, and maintaining trust. Dale underscores the need for commitment and grace when dealing with the challenges of distance.

   Notable Quotes:

   • Dale Jr. [65:06]: "Once you stop or once you take that one weekend off, it's kind of like committing to working out or whatever things that you want to commit to."

3. Derek's First Mother's Day Gift:

   • Question: What to get his wife for her first Mother's Day.
   • Response: Amy recommends keeping it simple with flowers and pampering gifts, while Dale shares his approach of providing time off and relaxation for his wife.

   Notable Quotes:

   • Amy [71:20]: "I would say to keep it simple. If he knows what kind of flowers she likes, get her all the things that make her feel pampered."

Personal Stories and Reflections

Dale Jr.'s Dental Adventure: Dale narrates a personal story about a chipped tooth on a plane ride back from the F1 race, leading to an impromptu visit to his trusted dentist who swiftly resolved the issue. This tale underscores the importance of having reliable professionals in one's life.

Notable Quotes:

• Dale Jr. [47:44]: "I chipped my tooth on the plane ride home and had to call my dentist immediately."
• Amy [49:31]: "He is your doctor, your dentist, your therapist. Yeah, it was kind of a funny thing."

Feeding the Swans: The couple shares their routine of feeding swans near their property, highlighting their efforts to instill responsibility in their child, Isla. They discuss the challenges and triumphs of maintaining this chore, emphasizing family bonding.

Notable Quotes:

• Dale Jr. [70:25]: "We go down there and feed them every day. And I've been telling Isla, you gotta remember to do this."
• Amy [71:02]: "The swans are doing great."

Closing Remarks

As the episode wraps up, Amy and Dale express gratitude to their listeners, encourage them to subscribe to their YouTube channel, and promote their merchandise. They also briefly touch on upcoming episodes and tease future content, maintaining an engaging and community-focused atmosphere.

Notable Quotes:

• Amy [78:53]: "We have a great show, so please check it out."
• Dale Jr. [79:24]: "Check out Dirty Mo Media on Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram."

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Conclusion

This episode of Bless Your Heart offers a blend of personal stories, insightful comparisons between NASCAR and F1, interactive segments, and meaningful listener engagement. Amy and Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s authentic and relatable conversations provide listeners with both entertainment and valuable perspectives, reinforcing Dale Jr.'s reputation as a beloved figure both on and off the racetrack.

Transcript

[Amy]

Hi guys. It's Amy and Dale. We're in the Dirty Mo Media Studios for another episode of Bless yous Heart. We're super excited for our show today. We've talked about a lot of funny things. We're gonna talk about the F1 race, Isla's birthday party, the candy thief, men's sports bras, and a fun gamer too. So let's get started.

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[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

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[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

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[Amy]

Bless your heart. Oh, yeah. This is what it's going to be, girl. We're going to hang out.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Oh, you look amazing.

[Amy]

I could stare at you today. Are you kidding? I couldn't believe it. What's going on? The world is not your trash can.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I slept till 2, smoking cigarettes and drinking amp energy.

[Amy]

Lord have mercy. All right, Dale, what's our drink of the week?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

All right. Today's drink of the week. Pretty simple. It's. It's my screwdriver. It says right here, Dale Junior's screwdriver. One and a half ounce of High Rock vodka. Two ounces of fresh squeezed orange juice. If you're pouring it out of a jug, nobody's gonna know. Half ounce of soda.

[Amy]

Soda water.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Soda water?

[Amy]

Like club soda?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah. And. And you. You don't. If you don't have soda water, don't. Don't worry about it. Forget about it. It's still a screwdriver. You combine all those things in a glass with ice. If you don't have ice, no problem. And you can garnish it with a slice of orange. But I don't do that.

[Amy]

Why don't you do that?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Amy did. Amy likes.

[Amy]

I like to decorate my glass. Yeah, Amy likes her garnish festive and nice.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I'm not a garnish guy. Like, if, you know, when I'm ordering water, I don't want the lime or lemon.

[Amy]

Why is that?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

If I'm drinking a beer, Something like that. Yeah. I might definitely get the lime.

[Amy]

You might definitely.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

It's an exception.

[Amy]

It's delicious. Drink light and refreshing. You can visit highrockvodka.com to find a bottle of High Rock near you. And please also remember to drink responsibly. You must be 21 or over.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

That's right.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

All right, so let's get. Let's get going.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

We got a lot to talk about, man. We've been doing some stuff.

[Amy]

We have been busy. It's been a busy week.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

What's on the table here?

[Amy]

I don't know.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

It looks like a card. So why don't we just.

[Amy]

You want me to open.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I don't know what it is. This isn't a surprise.

[Amy]

This isn't from you?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

No. I don't know. It says Amy.

[Amy]

Yeah, I figured it was.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Just check it out.

[Amy]

Maybe considering it's Mother's Day coming up.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

It is. We're going to talk about that, too.

[Amy]

There's also some beautiful orchids sitting here, which are.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Amy's a big orchid fan.

[Amy]

Yes, I like orchids.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

She's orchids. Let me put that in my Amy note.

[Amy]

Yeah, you should have that in there already.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

It should be in there, but it's probably not.

[Amy]

It does say happy Mother's Day. Oh, it's from Kelly. See, even she remembers what I like.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Amy likes orchids.

[Amy]

You're such a punk. Oh, that's so sweet. Thank you, Kelly. Yes. Mother's Day is coming up, guys. It's important to make sure to honor your mom.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

That's right.

[Amy]

And your wife.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Here's a life hack. Life hack. For all the boyfriends and the husbands out there. Start a note about all the things your wife likes. The size of her shoes, the clothes that she wears, the color of her eyes. All those things.

[Amy]

The color of her eyes should not have to be in your birthday.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Put her birthday in there. All the things that are very important to remember. Make a note. And that way, bam.

[Amy]

Do you put the things in there. You're not supposed to do it.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

You could even categorize it in like specific moments like Mother's Day birthday. And think about. Okay, here's a list of things that.

[Amy]

Here are her expectations on her birthday.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Here's her expectations.

[Amy]

Yeah, it's a good idea. If you can't remember. You should damn sure have a note. You might want to start it before your eight year anniversary, though.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

You might want to start it before.

[Amy]

Your might want to just start it right when you get married.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

You might want to start it before your seventh anniversary.

[Amy]

We've been married eight years.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Eight.

[Amy]

Yeah. Eight wonderful years.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

We're coming up on our eighth.

[Amy]

No, we just had eight.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Man, it's hard to math, isn't it? Yeah. Because don't take this the wrong way, but getting married on New Year's Eve comes with its own set of challenges.

[Amy]

It ruins your ability to really to math. It define what the year is. It's hard to go backwards.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yep. I have to go. All right. It was a.

[Amy]

It was a 16.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

16. Yeah. We're not good at it.

[Amy]

It's not New Year's Day, it's New Year's Eve. So, yes, we have had a lot going on. We had Isla's birthday party. It was a whole lot of fun. We had a ton of kids at the house, a bunch of little girls. She wanted to have a very girly birthday party. But considering the she wanted a pool party, we avoided that just because you never know when it's gonna rain.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Danger.

[Amy]

Yes.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

You gotta have a lifeguard.

[Amy]

Gotta have a lifeguard. Which we can do.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

We know a couple lifeguards and they take it super serious.

[Amy]

Yes. But it, you know, it might rain, so it's just not a good idea to plan a pool party. So we ended up doing it down at the saloon, which she was very against. She's like, mom, it's just so brown in there. Like. Yeah, I know it's brown, but trust me, I can make it way less brown. And so I worked on it for like a week. And I hung pink bows like it was draped to the nines and like, girly everything. And so the girls had a lot of fun. They had face gems and they made hats. Kelly had sent Kennedy to do Hat presses. So they made hats and they had a bouncy house and had a big old time.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I get thrown off guard by how elaborate the party is.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yep.

[Amy]

Do I take it too far?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

No.

[Amy]

I made a promise to a little seven year old girl that it would not be brown. So I kind of like it snowballed. Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I don't know. So this is reminding me a bit about. This reminds me exactly, like when I found out how much a gown cost and I was. You were like, hey. I was like, hey, going to this thing. You're like, I'm gonna buy a gown. I'm like, great. This was our first time. This is the first time that I'm in this process with Amy. It's not the first time we ever went to an event together where she had to wear something nice, but it was the first time I remember us jointly like, okay, you're gonna buy the gown, we're gonna go do this thing.

[Amy]

Is this for the banquet?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Might have been. I remember it was that orange gown.

[Amy]

Oh, that one was expensive. I let you pick that out. I let you pick it out. It was an Oscar de la Renta dress. And he bought.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Choked when it came. When I learned the price, I was like, oh my God, what? And then. And I was like, you know, and she's as. She's like, I'll never, you know, and I learned, you know, most likely never going to wear that gown again. And I'm like, oh my God, can you sell it? She's like, hell no, I'm keeping this thing. You crazy. I'm like, oh, it just sits in the back of the closet.

[Amy]

It's not depreciating. And one of our children might be able to wear it.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I know I freaked out. Out and. But I got some advice that. That's like, hey, dude, that's what they cost.

[Amy]

You know, just what it is.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

That's just what it is. And I was like, oh, my God. And then I learned how much couches cost and all kinds of things. And it's just like he didn't pay.

[Amy]

A damn bit of attention before I came along is basically what he's saying.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

No, it was. Ignorance was bliss.

[Amy]

I was like, exactly.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Hey, we're going to remodel this room or you're going to have. We're going to remodel your house or we're going to put all new, you know, all the things that ever have ever happened to me. I'm like, I don't care. Don't tell me nothing about it. Just do it. And then when I had to start.

[Amy]

He had to start trusting me to have the same. So this awareness.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

So now, like the birthday parties, the Easters, the holidays, all of Amy's family, and I've said it before, Amy's family celebrates beautifully all these moments. They, they. Everybody feels appreciated. All the kids get all the things together, nobody's left out. And they. These, they're a blue collar, hardworking family and they go to the fullest to deliver great Easters and holiday experiences for all of the kids in the family. And I've. And so it's not just, just us, you know, it's not like I look at it and I go, man, is this spoiling Isla? Is this spoiling Nicole or. But this is Amy's tradition. Like, that's her Texas heritage.

[Amy]

Here's how I think about that, though, too. Last year we had a birthday party at the bounce, the jump place. And it was the most simple thing. Very strict, very easy.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

It was.

[Amy]

And so we don't do this every year.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

No, we don't.

[Amy]

But also she's going to get to a point in an age where she doesn't even want to have a big birthday party like this. This is for, like, little kids.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Well, I'll say. I love when we use the western town because we built that thing to raise hell and party in, and we did. And then it sort of fell in disuse or, you know, we just weren't needing it and didn't have a purpose for it. And I felt so foolish. Well, it's been rejuvenated, having even built it and spent all that money on it. And now we're like using it for really all these. We're using it for our foundation birthday parties, family day for Junior Motorsports and stuff like that.

[Amy]

Just family reunions for us.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Partners and companies are coming over and bringing 150 employees and having events.

[Amy]

Weddings. We've had some friends weddings.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah. So, I mean, it's this awesome space now, but yeah, you did. You did a good job. If she, she had nothing to complain about. That party was. Was awesome. You had a hat station that Kennedy and Amy's. Amy's. I mean, Kelly's kids come by and had a hat station making hats with patches and stuff. They had that little press and so all the girls were crowded around picking out their patches and their hats and getting their stuff made. And we had food. You had this thing outside on the stage where these ladies came to paint their hair and do all kinds of makeup and all kinds of I mean, it was cake and cupcakes and.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

All the dads hanging out, drinking bull. I had a little bull session with some of the dudes, so there's a little bit something for everybody. It's good. You did a great job.

[Amy]

Thank you, honey. I appreciate that. Isla said she had a blast.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yep. I want to get to the F1 race.

[Amy]

Me and you went to the birthday party on Saturday, and Sunday morning we woke up and flew to Miami for the F1 race, which was out of control. So good.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

We partnered up, become friends with folks at Hard Rock, and we've been down to the hotel in Florida in around Hollywood or Fort Lauderdale, wherever that is. You fly right by this thing when you come into the airport and you see this big, giant guitar. It's amazing, man. It's really cool. And the hotel's really nice. Really nice. They're building one in Vegas as well that I can't wait to. To see. But they, they. We've gotten some pretty. We've got some merch with them that they're. They're. They're selling. We've got some. We're doing some high rock vodka stuff with them on the menu. And so we're having a lot of fun with that. And so they invited us out. We have some friends at Red Bull as well because of our relationship now with Connor Zillich, who's in svg, who will have Red Bull as a sponsor in some of the stuff they're doing in the NASCAR world. So we had a couple different places to kind of hang out, and. And everybody's been asking me about my opinion on the F1 thing.

[Amy]

Well, what is it?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I was. I'll say this, man. I was. I was excited to go because Amy was going. It's this cool experience that I've never. It's something I've never done that I'm going to do with Amy for the first time. Those are very.

[Amy]

Those moments are actually kind of rare.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Rare. And so, yeah, so that was going to be cool. The food is really good. The hospitality's awesome. All the things that fans will touch and engage with is really, really good.

[Amy]

Very thoughtful. Everything's beautiful. The grounds are nice. Everyone's dressed. It doesn't matter where you're sitting, what you're doing. Like, everyone is dressed and it's Miami, so, like, even the scantily clad are well put together, if you know what I mean. So the environment is just exhilarating.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah, it's good. It's fun. I mean, I wasn't As I wasn't. The racing was pretty good up until Max got passed. So Max was kind of holding up the McLarens and that was exciting to see how they were trying to put the passes together. And once he fell to third, it, you know, the race was pretty much over. Even though they're still halfway half. Half of the race to go now, there were some things going on for the Die Hards that they could see happening and Hamilton and some different things going on in the back of the field in the middle of the pack that were interesting to the Die Hard fans. But it was easy to like clue zone out, you know, from the race itself and, and get more, you know, get more food and drink and hang around and BS with the people.

[Amy]

Yeah, we kept trying to spot celebrities from. We were watching the whole start of the race from right up right above.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah, the, the amenities are awesome. They had this big swimming pool, bungalow, all the hospitality.

[Amy]

Swimming pool had mermaids in it.

[Unknown]

Really?

[Amy]

Yes, it was like a scene. It was really cool.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

But I'll say this, and I'm being completely honest. I know I'm a, I'm a NASCAR fanboy. NASCAR to me is the greatest thing in the whole wide world. Always will be. Of course it is. I grew up around it. But like I, I'm more in. I'm more entertained by the NASCAR product by a bit now. I was a bit surprised how entertained I was by the F1 product, especially when Max was trying to defend. So that was really any. If it had been anyone trying to defend for that lead. I'm a Max Verstappen fan and got to meet him, which was awesome. So that was cool to meet him, then watch him race and watch him have to try to hold off these faster cars and be so determined to do it, even though it was a futile effort. They were going to get there. Right. But. So that was fun to watch. But I am more entertained by the NASCAR product and.

[Amy]

Well, we knew going into it that it was like an event. It wasn't just about the racing. There are so many different pockets of things to do. I mean parties, there's. There's like techno club music playing at all times, even up to the point of race starting. The fans are like fist pumping and on their feet. Everybody, it feels like everybody's at a beach club. You know what I mean? Part of that's probably because it's Miami, of course, but the environment was just like full of energy and everyone was excited. It was really cool.

[Unknown]

I've heard there's also like, all weekend. There's a lot of concerts.

[Amy]

Oh, yeah, there's concerts and things going on.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

It's like a. Kinds of parties at some point, especially in a city like Miami. So not only is F1 themselves organizing concerts and so forth, but, like, the hotel had things going on. This hotel had things going on. This. This event space had something happening that they were trying to draw Right. People to that was. That wasn't even total. You know, the F1 had nothing to do with. Right. So there was tons of opportunities for things to. If you want to. You know, if you want to have a hell of a weekend, you go get you a hotel room and you just do all the things, and then you go see the race and. And I'm sure. And I would do that again. What I did feel like I was seeing, like, the Americanized version of F1. F1 is global. F1 is more obviously more European. I want to experience that. I want to go to Spa or one of those racetracks in Europe and see a race and see how it feels different or maybe feel more traditional. And it's. I would say it's like, I love sushi. But, you know, when you really get down to the hardcore sushi fans, they're like, oh, you gotta go to Japan to get real sushi. I'm like, that's kind of way. I probably like, you gotta go to Europe to get real F1. So maybe me and Amy need to do that.

[Amy]

I don't know. Let's go to Monaco. That would be fun.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Monaco. I've been to the city and so that wouldn't. I would rather go somewhere I've never seen, But I know the best way.

[Amy]

To watch them race in Monaco.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I will. I will try to get you to Monaco at some point. And you might want to do it when there's not a race because the city's kind of small and the track literally takes over the entire town. And so you'd be limited to be able to kind of move and move about, you know, to get to certain spaces. So you might want to go there when the race ain't happening because it's just such an amazing place.

[Amy]

I kind of feel like the F1 environment in Miami, it reminded me of going to the Derby, because the same thing. There's stuff going on all over town. Everyone's dressed. Everyone's, like, minding their manners. But, you know, it's like just one big old party. You might not even see a horse race, especially if you're in the infield, because the Hedge is so tall, like, you might not see a thing, but everyone's having an awesome time.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

That's true. That's a good point. It did have that vibe. You know, everybody was there. Just have fun. The other thing that I thought was really interesting. So in nascar, if there's. You know, you pick any race, Texas, this past weekend, there's cars in relatively close proximity, each other all over the racetrack at all times, and there's passes for position in the. In the middle of the field and toward the front or toward the back, there's passes happening, right? And we. We celebrate some of those passes or get excited about some of them, but, you know, we don't really. The crowd doesn't just start. The whole crowd doesn't stand up and start to cheer at the mere potential of a pass in NASCAR, but that's exactly what happens in F1. So they have the DRS, which means within. When a. When a car gets within a second of another car, the rear spoiler opens up and allows. Takes off all the drag. And that following car can make this massive run really down the straightaway. So if you're watching the race as Max is trying to defend the McLarens, the McLaren's wings would open up and the drag would go away, and that car would get this really badass advantage on that long straightaway. There were a couple different long straightaways. The front stretch where we were at, and then over where we were with the Red Bull folks at the. That. That was the end of that straightaway. That's how that was. The. That was the point where he was most vulnerable, because they had this advantage, and the crowd knew if the car was within a second. As they're watching those cars snake through a couple corners before the long straight, the crowd was like, he's going to be in the zone. They start cheering before they ever even throttle up to go into that long straightaway. The crowd's going, yeah, here it comes. Here comes. And the cars are running down the straightaway, and maybe Max blocks him at the last minute, and no pass even happens. And then they calm down. And then. Then as they're starting to approach the next long straightaway, if that car's in that zone, they start cheering again, and it's like, what is going on? They're getting excited about the idea that this pass could be happening at the end of this next straightaway, which is. So.

[Amy]

The process of the whole thing is neat.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

It's neat, but they. The way they enjoy the event is so, so different.

[Amy]

They're not mad at their drivers. They're not. Like, I didn't get that energy vibe from anybody.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

At the end of the race, there was a little back and forth between Norris and Max. Really didn't say, but Norris had a few words for how Max was driving. And so at the end of the race, there was a little, you know.

[Amy]

Saltiness between the drivers.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah. But I'm sure the fans share that, because I. You go on social media and look at the responses to the clips of the. What Norris was saying and stuff, and there's. The fans are, like, one side or the other.

[Amy]

Yeah. So you just don't feel that, though, in the environment, like, nobody's getting massively booed, like, how much. You know what I mean? There was none of that. It was just pure joy. It was pretty neat.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

It was really. They said, hey, time for the pit walk. And I'm like, we're. Let's do the pit walk. Don't know. Don't know what we're doing, but we're gonna do it. And we start hustling down toward. Toward the pit row, and everybody's going, like, the whole. Everybody is, like, herding cattle. Yeah. It was like.

[Amy]

There's tiny little spaces, like, shoulder to shoulder together.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Oh, yeah.

[Amy]

Just trying to get through this to this opening.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Everybody's stepping on everybody's feet, and we get out to pit road, and it's just a sea of people just kind of sh. Shuffling down pit road from car to car. And you could take pictures. They were pit practicing. The teams were, like, changing the tires and doing some practice stops and stuff. And.

[Amy]

And that's loud. That is so loud. I don't expect that. Oh, yeah, because they do all four tires at once.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

The other thing that was interesting to me was the footprint of the actual car is massive. So I look at a. I look at the wheelbase or. Or the size of a stock car, a cup car or an Xfinity car, and then I look at an Indy car. The wheelbase and the width and all that stuff is relatively in this sort of same ballpark, give or take, and. But the F1 car is massive. Super wide, super long. The tires are just bigger. Everything about this car is just larger than you think it is. Watching it because we've been around Indy cars and stock cars all our life, and we may have been next to them and stood next to them, and we can see this car here and cars out in the garage. If you rolled an Indy car through here, it would be almost like 25% larger than anything in this and sort. In terms of the width, footprint, it's. They're large cars and they. We watched the start of the race right from the front straightaway, and I was like, Amy, we're gonna stand here and watch them come by at full speed. It's gonna be like the time we were standing down on the tree at the drag race. Man, that's the car. It's gonna, it's gonna. It's going to scare out of you. They're going to come by here so fast. Just going to be like.

[Amy]

It was not quite as dynamic, was it?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

They came by and it's like.

[Amy]

But they. It's like you don't blink.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

They're going. They're going like 200 mile an hour.

[Amy]

Watching them start from a dead stop. But to take off was the coolest part because they're going from zero to. I don't even know how fast when.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

They'Re going down the front straight away.

[Amy]

As soon as they take off, they're.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Going, you know, they're going freaking fast. But it didn't look as fast, really.

[Amy]

Yeah, well, because they're not next to each other either. Like, there's no action happening. They're just smaller cars.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I don't know. Like if the smaller they get, the, the faster they would look.

[Amy]

I don't know.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I guess that's how RC cars are. You get a quarter scale RC car versus like a 12, I guess. Yeah, the tent scale looks like a missile. Like, don't get hit by that thing. The quarter scale is going the same speed and you could jump over it, no problem if it came at you. Hey, it's Dale Jr. Did you know that we've got brand new merch from our star stripes and beers collection available now? We've got tanks, teas, beach towels and more. Just in time for summer. Check it all [e-mail] getting caught in.

[Unknown]

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[Amy]

Speaking of missiles, where's this going? Isn't that term for. For jugs? There's been some, there's been some men on the Internet, specifically athletes wearing what looks to be like a sports bra.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

What does that do with missiles?

[Amy]

I don't know. Usually bras hold missiles. Like what are we doing here? Why is a man wearing a freaking bra?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Bras hold missiles. Okay, so I was watching, I was watching this soccer match and the, the team wins. And when the team wins, some of the guys pull their jerseys off, I guess maybe to hand it to a fan or whatever. And this guy pulls his jersey off and he's wearing sports bra.

[Amy]

I mean Shocking.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

And I was like, what is that? And then I saw Jaden Daniels, my quarterback.

[Amy]

Yes.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Washington Commanders. He had one on outside of his hoodie.

[Unknown]

Really?

[Amy]

Yes, at gray hoodie, black sports bra.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

At a voluntary practice or whatever. Mini camp or whatever's going on right now. And I said, we were on the plane going to. To the F1 race. And I said, amy, what is that? Like, what's it. What's he wearing? What? I mean, it looks like a sports bra. It's shaped like a sports bra. Do you know what that is? And she goes, oh, I don't.

[Amy]

It does. It looks like a weird fashion choice, which I, you know, could totally, finally, totally admit to not understanding.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Well, it turns out it's like a GPS tracker.

[Amy]

Connor told us it was like a for. Utilitarian device.

[Unknown]

Yeah, for what? What possibly could that benefit it?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Like, it helps you track your workout, your heart rate, all things.

[Amy]

I'm like, well, what's it doing on the outside? It's not touching your skin. Also, there's so many other options, like heart rate tracking, like watches, bands, whatever. That don't look like a woman's bra. Yeah, it's a two strap, scoop neck situation. It's odd.

[Unknown]

I wouldn't choose that.

[Amy]

It seems like an odd choice, but.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

It seems like they're all choosing it.

[Unknown]

Somebody.

[Amy]

Somebody's getting paid to choose it.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah, maybe.

[Unknown]

Yeah, somebody.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

It's kind of like. What were those golden things that, like, Jerry Rice was pitching?

[Amy]

The copper bracelet.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Copperware. Like the sleeves, copper fit. This is the new trend. Right.

[Unknown]

That's why I see people with compression socks. I don't know, they're up to, like, their knees.

[Amy]

Those compression socks.

[Unknown]

Yeah. I don't get that. Don't understand why. What that is.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I don't know.

[Amy]

It feels like a lot. Yeah. I don't know.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Sometimes when I drink a lot, I need some compression socks.

[Amy]

Yeah, totally. We should wear compression socks around the keys.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Yeah. So we're in the plane and Connor's trying to explain this whole thing to us. And none of us are really figuring out, like, how to buy into it. But Connor. Connor had a. Yeah, he had another fun tidbit about the Red Bull hat. And Dale, it's like the elusive ungettable get now because you have to be a Red Bull driver.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Athlete.

[Amy]

Athlete, period. You have to be a Red Bull athlete. Sorry, not driver. To receive a hat with a Red Bull logo on it. And you're like, crowned with your hat. So we get up to the Red Bull suite at the track and there's a guy, a streamer gamer. Yeah. So he's not. He doesn't speak English very well, but he is, like, mega excited. And we just like stumbled upon him getting crowned with his hat. And they gave him a jacket and the whole thing. So we got to watch him get super excited about him. We're like, connor, what is happening here? He's like, oh, well, he's, you know, a Red Bull athlete. So they just gave him his hat. And Dale and Connor has a Red Bull hat.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

And it's. That's the hat he wears. It's already starting to get a little dirty on the brim. That's his Red Bull athlete hat.

[Amy]

And that's how you can tell too, when you're in an environment like that, who they all are. So it's very cool. It's such a simple thing, but it really rubs Dale's, well, ego because I've heard about this.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

This is something, I mean, I've heard about the athletes getting the hats, but they, they were like, hey, man, you and Connor Zillich are going to do a little content about the Red Bull soapbox race. So I host with Mike Bagley on Discovery this Red Bull soapbox race. And it's out now. You can go stream it on Discovery. And basically it's, it's hilarious and a lot of fun to watch if you want to check it out. But so I've been doing a little bit of work. Red Bull's been fun. They're a great iconic brand. I'm loving, I love, I'm loving their back in NASCAR and because I want them to succeed. But we had this little content grab on my property in my gas station that I have on my property where we shoot a lot of stuff. And we're sitting there and I walk in and I'm like, I had some other hat on like this. And I was like, do y' all need me to change hats? I'll put on a Red Bull hat. I don't care. Connor goes, oh, you can't wear a Red Bull hat. You're not a Red Bull athlete. And I was like, who the are.

[Amy]

You, you know, telling me what I can.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Tell me what I'm aware my own property. I was like an 18 year old kid going snap back at me about where, what I'm wearing.

[Amy]

And sweet kid is like trying to tell him what the rules are. Like, oh, no, don't break the rules, you know, because it's important to him.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I'm like, I should have snatched Dale's Feathers. I so mad. But he. I was like, all right, yeah, I get it, man. You know, I kind of knew about this phenomenon. I'm like, yeah, no problem. And.

[Amy]

But all the while, he's like, every Red Bull he sees, he's like, I see him.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I know they. But it was cool, you know, to. It is a big deal to those athletes. It is a big deal to those guys that become part of that brand and part of that team. And to watch this guy sort of get his crown.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

And he got it from Max.

[Amy]

Yes, he got it from Max.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Like, Max Verstappen.

[Unknown]

Big deal.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Top of the chain in terms of Red Bull athletes. Right. When you say and. And this guy, this gamer, I guess he has, like, millions of followers on his Stream, on his 150 million followers. Crazy.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

It was cool to see. He was like, his. There were some of his friends with him, and they were so happy for him. Like, it was this really big moment.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

In this guy's life.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

But.

[Amy]

All right, well, here's a story that will keep you from zoning out. Tuesday morning, I am. I wake up with toothache. I am clenching my teeth super hard at night for whatever reason. So I made the time to go by. Wait, the drugstore.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Wait, wait, wait. There was one thing that happened at the race that we forgot to talk about.

[Amy]

What?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Jim.

[Amy]

That was Jim.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Dude, this is hilarious. Everybody tune in.

[Amy]

All right, so we're walking. We're going to do our grid walk, and there's this sweet gentleman that's in our suite that's gonna, like, kind of guide us down there. Just make sure we don't get lost. We know what we're doing.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Really tall guy. His name is Jim.

[Amy]

We think his name is Jim. We didn't pay attention. The handshake and. And when he introduced himself. So mind you, there are four of us and one of him. So all four of us are calling this man Jim. And we're chirping, jim, Jim.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Where we going, Jim? As we're after you, Jim, we're going all the way. We do the whole pit walk with him.

[Amy]

We're trying to get his attention, though, at one point, because he's, like, hung up looking at something, and we're like, jim, Jim, Jim, over here.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

We're over here, Jim.

[Amy]

We're like, you know, we're saying it quietly because we're not 100% sure.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I was 100% sure, because I'm listening to them and I'm like, guy's name's Jim. They're calling Me, Jim, at one point.

[Amy]

He'S walking right close to him. We're going back upstairs. We're going back towards the exit. And he's like, right behind you, Jim. And I see Jim chuckle. Well, Jim's name is not Jim. It's David.

[Unknown]

Oh, my God. It's not even close.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

And I'm like, at this point, it. I'm calling Jim, it's Jim the rest of the day.

[Amy]

He took it like a champ, though. It was hilarious.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I looked at Amy and the rest of our group and I said, all right, are y' all going to change to David? Are you staying with Jim? I'm staying with Jim.

[Amy]

I just said, excuse me. Or I just. Just avoided name calling at all at that point. Oh, my gosh. It was embarrassing. Then we went from he didn't care.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

At all calling him the wrong name to like, overcompensating, like, calling David for no reason. Like, oh, look at that. Look at that spot on the ground. Dave, watch out. Don't step in that.

[Amy]

Right behind you, David. Thanks for taking us.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

David, watch your step.

[Amy]

Had a great time today, David.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Escalator. David, watch your step.

[Amy]

You're the best, David. See you next time, David.

[Unknown]

That's hilarious. So funny. You probably made him think. Did I say Jim when I was introducing myself?

[Amy]

Yeah, we just did, like the whole mind flip on him.

[Unknown]

Absolutely.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

We were around this guy for an hour, or if we were with him an hour. We called in Jim for 60% of that. Yes. Oh, man. We felt stupid.

[Amy]

He was the only person we knew, so we had to kind of be tethered and chit chat with him.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

He was our guy on the pit walk.

[Amy]

Yeah. So we chirped Jim at him quite a bit.

[Unknown]

I'm never gonna forget you guys.

[Amy]

No, he's not.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I'm sorry, Jim. He's Jim.

[Amy]

All right, all right. So Tuesday, I'm taking Nicole to school, but I have a toothache, so I've got to stop by the drugstore and get some Oragel. Well, I was gritting my teeth super hard at night. Sometimes I do that if I don't wear my Invisalign or my trays to keep my big old teeth straight. I grit my teeth. My jaw was hurting so bad, I had a headache up through my eyeball. So I go by the drugstore, I'm getting some more gel. We find a bluey and a bingo toy. We've got those. I'm not trying to make a scene. I'm really in a weakened state, so I'm at The register, self checkout, Everything is fine. We're about to leave. I turn around, she's right behind me, ready to go. We get out the door and she turns, I turn to, like, grab her hand to get into the parking lot, and she goes, ah. And she's got a lollipop the size of Texas that's got a lightsaber on the bottom of it. And I'm like, where did you get that? Mommy didn't pay for that. We got to go back inside. And she's like, I don't want to go back inside. I want it. I'm like, no, you're not gonna have that. And we're doing this in the parking lot. No. And I take her arm. You know how I do. She's got a death grip on this lollipop. And we take her back and she has to show me where she got it. And it is a very, very low bucket of candy right there next to the self checkout. So of course she grabbed it, but she stole that damn thing. Oh, damn, I was so sad.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Did you tell the lady?

[Amy]

No, but they were watching me make her put it back in there, so. Course they knew that we walked out with it. I mean, there's cameras everywhere in there. There's a camera on you as you're doing the self checkout. There's probably footage of her taking.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Oh, my gosh, I want to see that. Yeah, we need to have that for the shows.

[Unknown]

We need to get that.

[Amy]

But I'm like, nicole, you surely.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Circle K, send that to us.

[Amy]

No, it wasn't Circle K. It was cvs.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Cvs, send it. We need it for the show.

[Amy]

I was like, I remember doing that as a kid a couple times, you know, in the grocery store back in the 80s. Like Brock's had this giant display at the grocery store and like all the little buckles and you could fill. You could fill your little bag up and then weigh it at the checkout. And they had like those strawberry candies and the butterscotch and all the really good old ones. So I'm pretty sure I lifted a couple pieces of candy.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

But dang, I might have talked about it on here. Forgive me, but I'm sure, I know I've said it on, on one of our shows, but when I went to military school, I was there for two weeks. You had to stay there for any new kid couldn't go home. They had to. They had a two week in, get used to it, period. And so the first off weekend, they're like, hey, there's, a 15 pasture van. We'll take you to the mall, whoever wants to go. And, man, like, we don't have. We're scrounging. Like, we have 20 bucks. Like, every kid's got, like, 5, 10, 20 bucks in their pocket. We weren't ready for this. Nobody knew about it. Our parents didn't, like, leave us with a bunch of money, right? We're. We're seventh, eighth, ninth graders at this military school that you lived at. You lived at the school. And so it's like an hour and a half up the road. And so we. I've got a roommate that I just met a week ago. Don't know this freaking guy, right? And he. He's in here for some reason. I don't know what that reason is. I know I'm in here for being a bad kid. Yeah, all of us. All of. It's like an assumed thing. Like, you're in there because you're a troublemaker. And so we go to the mall, and me and him get into the first store you go into. Right inside the entrance is the. Is the drugstore, right? Usually there's the drugstore right on the first. Right inside, we're in this drugstore, walking around, and I'm, like, thinking in my mind, all right, I got $15. Okay, this costs five. This costs four. This cost. I'm gonna get this, this, this. So I'm, like, piecing it out, and.

[Amy]

You'Re gonna spend everything you've got.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Well, I'm gonna buy what I can buy because I need. I want to take snacks back to my. I got nothing in my room, right? We had a bed, a desk, and the military clothes we weren't allowed to wear, like, civilian clothes, right? So we had, like, our three shirts and three pairs of pants and a couple pairs of socks. Like, your room was bare and it was a brick. It was freaky. So I'm walking down this aisle, and I come up to. I see my roommate, and I walk up to him, and he's eating. You know those little pretzel sticks you dip in chocolate?

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

He's eating one of those in the store. In the store. And I'm like, wake up. I was like, oh, hey, what are you doing? Nothing. And he sits it on the shelf. And I was like, you're not gonna eat the rest of that? And he goes, no. I was like, you ain't gonna pay for that. He goes, no. And I was like, holy.

[Amy]

This is why you're here.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

You are so brazen. Wow. And, like, I I love. I want to do that, but I don't have the balls to do that. And. And then there was a. I lived on the street with mom before our house burnt down. I lived on the street. And these. The kids that lived across the street from us, there was a gro. There's a gas station at the end of the. End of the road, man. And they would walk in there and take stuff all the time.

[Amy]

Really?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

They would just put in their pockets and walk out. I could not bring myself.

[Amy]

Well, that's good. I'm glad to hear that. I'm glad to hear that. Military school is just like a. Let's just straighten you up a little bit and not like, holy smokes, I'm stealing candy every day.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah. One day I saw one of them boys across the street wearing my shoes.

[Amy]

I was like, oh, what'd you do about that?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I don't remember. I was like, five.

[Amy]

Five?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

And you stole your shoes?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I lived with my mom till I was six or.

[Amy]

Yeah, that's right. You're little.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

So I'm like five years old, and I'm like, those are my shoes. I went to, man. I went when I was in military school. Had my watch stole. I had a. Some Timex, nothing crazy, and a pair of running shoes.

[Amy]

It seems like that would be a very hard place to get away with stealing anything. Like, it's obvious whose is whose. Right?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I know so. Well, I never. I mean, the stuff that I lost, I never ever saw again. I thought for sure, like, okay, there's, you know, 90 kids here. Somebody stole my shoes. I'll see them somewhere.

[Amy]

Well, the watch, like, on outing day, probably went to the pawn shop.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah, well, I. The. The thing about my shoes was there wasn't a whole lot in the military. There wasn't a whole lot of things in military school that you could turn into fun. Everything was pretty gray, black and white. You know, it was very, very drab and. And chore driven and so. But there were some things you could make fun. And we had PE Class, and the PE Teacher made us run around this big, giant field. That was my chance to turn it into a race. Right Now, I was little. I was short. Shortest guy at the school by far. And so I had short legs, and I had to take twice as many steps as anybody else. If we're gonna run this, run these laps. So I don't know how, but Teresa took us shopping one time, and I ended up buying these running shoes that had these metal spikes that you screwed in.

[Amy]

Oh, damn. Oh, wow.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Oh, yeah.

[Amy]

Real track shoes.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Because we would go running, and it would be in the morning. It's due on the ground, you'd slip. And I'm like, man, I'm gonna get me some shoes with some cleats. And those are the. I found. I was like, well, damn, those are precisely what I need. And somehow or another, I got trice. Somehow I got Teresa to buy them for me. And I'm probably seventh grade at this point. I take them shoes out there and I hauled ass and I got so much traction, and I ran. I mean, I'm like, I'm a seventh or eighth grader running against, you know, 11th and 12th graders. All my buddies that are my age are way back, and I'm up in the top five with the. With the older kids. And the coach or the PE Teacher even said, man, man, you. You do pretty good having to take twice as many steps as everybody else. Next day, shoes were gone. Oh, man. Somebody took my shoes locker in. In the.

[Amy]

Do you think it was the coach? No, the coach wouldn't have made you.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Why would you Shoes?

[Amy]

I don't know. Because that's true.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Why would he just not say, don't bring these back?

[Amy]

I don't know.

[Unknown]

He didn't want to make.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

We weren't competing. It wasn't a real competition. It was just PE Class race.

[Amy]

It was just in your mind that you were having a race.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Guys, in my mind, I made it a race.

[Amy]

I don't know.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

My freaking shoes got stole. Who? And I never saw them again. What are you gonna do with those? There's, like, a specialty, unique thing that you would never. You can't wear them walking around. They got spikes on them.

[Unknown]

Yeah, I'm surprised you didn't see them.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I know. And I never saw him again.

[Unknown]

Oh, man. Those things got sold.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

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[Unknown]

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[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

We got a question for, for you, Alex.

[Unknown]

Okay.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

On the way home from the F1 race, I was eating an orange flavored lifesaver cert.

[Amy]

Lifesavers.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Lifesavers, you know the arms. Orange flavored ones that are like creamsicle.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Oh man, they're, they're awesome. And so I have a bunch of Those in the plane. I've got a tooth on the bottom here that I chipped a long time ago. And that chip, that repair broke off on the, in the plane ride home. And I'm like, ah, darn it, you know, now I gotta call my dentist and go. And so we get home and I get up in the morning and I call him. 7:30 on the way, taken out of school. And he answers and I'm like, hey, man, I got a little thing. I'm gonna come in whenever I can. I'm wide open today. Wide open. Wednesday. He goes, 11 o' clock today. Good. All right, see you then. Come in there, sit down the chair. I take Nicole with me when Nicole sits in there, sits in the room and they get in there. Didn't even numb it up or anything, just fixed it. And I'm like, I appreciate it, man. Thank you. And so he's got a very good.

[Amy]

Relationship with his dentist because he gets into a pickle quite a bit.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah. And so I call him and be like, hey, man, I got this thing. Or, you know, I've. My dad had a lot of crowns. I think I took. I took some of his DNA in terms of the teeth. And I've got a few crowns myself. I didn't take very good care of my teeth when I was young. And so when we were making our list for our wedding, obviously we were like all the family, all the friends to check, check, check. Everybody. Okay, we got everybody. And then there were two people that we invited that were not in the traditional circle. And it was our therapist who we both, I think, would equally credit for the success of our, you know, union.

[Amy]

Absolutely.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

And my dentist or our dentist.

[Amy]

Our dentist. Yes. We realize as you get older, like, there's certain people that are really important in your life. Your dentist is in the top five of that list. He is your doctor, your dentist, your therapist. Yeah, it was kind of a. Just a funny thing. And we've all made friends. The kids go to this dentist now too. So, like, it's just a. He's a family friend.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Awesome. His name's Brad. We talked about him on Del junior Download. Joking with Mike. You're gonna get married. You're not, but you're gonna get married. You're planning a wedding, you're gonna get married. What person not in the circle. What's the non traditional person you're inviting to your wedding?

[Unknown]

Oh, easy, barber. I was. I've been going to for like 20 years back home. I go to him every time I go back home. To New York. Go to him. Known for like 20 years. He saw me grow up, basically.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Amy]

He's basically kind of the same. Yeah, it's in the same vein.

[Unknown]

Talk to him more than some family members. I mean, that's.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

That's a perfect answer.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Amy]

My baba.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

So, yeah, there's these people in your life. You're like, yeah, you're not blood, you're not family. We didn't hang out. I don't go to the bar and drink with you. You're not a pal for. From school.

[Amy]

There's nothing extracurricular happening.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I see you at your work where you. Where you do your profession, and that's our relationship.

[Unknown]

It's maybe a 30 minute to 45 minute interaction and that's it.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

But they are very, very so important you value them.

[Unknown]

Yes. 100.

[Amy]

He's literally come in on like a Friday or Saturday to help one of us if we've cracked a crown or something. Wow. Yeah, he's. He goes above and beyond. And he's got little. He's got kids too, so he understands.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I had a root canal a long time ago and it was great. And I was like, awesome. That wasn't. That wasn't a problem at all. Fast forward like 20 years later. That tooth is like giving me some problems. It's bothering me and. And I go to my guy and I'm like, man, feeling a little something here. I don't know what's going on. We get in there and did some X rays. They take these little, like little tiny miniature saws and they go down there and they drills. Yeah, well, they drill, but they also.

[Amy]

Medieval tiny bits.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

But they also have these saws that they go down there to the. In the root. And they saw in the tooth to get the. To get all of the root.

[Amy]

I think we've lost. You've lost everybody.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Sorry.

[Amy]

Everybody is laying on the floor now.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Twenty years ago, this guy broke one off in there. What? A little tiny end of that bit was in my tooth.

[Amy]

How about that?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

He just left it. He left it. And. Wow. And so my guy's like, oh, yeah, I see what's going on. And I was freaking out. I'm like, I'm gonna lose this tooth entirely. I'm gonna have a fake tooth. I've got to get a stub put in there. And all this weird, you know, Dale Jr. Spiraled. Spiraled out of control. And he's like.

[Amy]

Fixed, cleaned it out.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I'm like, whoa. Things. I've been carrying around that thing for 20 years.

[Unknown]

That drill bit in your mouth for.

[Amy]

20 years, at least.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

That's crazy.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

How did we get to talking about this?

[Amy]

You just start talking. You know how that goes. All right, let's play a game.

[Unknown]

Let's do it.

[Amy]

Do you want to tee us up, Tim?

[Unknown]

Tee it up.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

This is called Guess that. Gen Z slang.

[Amy]

We're gonna be really terrible at this.

[Unknown]

This is, like, going around on social media. There's all these weird sayings that, you know, Millennials, Gen Z, everyone's got their own little pocket. I think the new one is Gen Alpha. People born 2010 and after.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Wait, what?

[Amy]

Oh, there's a new.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

There's already a new gen. Yeah, because.

[Unknown]

They'Re at 15 now.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

How do they get to freaking Gen Alpha?

[Unknown]

I don't know.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Because Alpha is like, the top is like top two.

[Unknown]

They gotta start over. They went Gen Z, now they gotta go back to A, I guess.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Well, they could have been like, jin, any word with an A.

[Unknown]

Well, they just stop. I'm millennial.

[Amy]

I'm technically a millennial, too, believe it or not.

[Unknown]

Really? I think we talked about this for.

[Amy]

Each time, like, one year there in the cusp.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Alpha, man. They're gonna take advantage of that.

[Unknown]

Yeah. So here's how it works. I'll give you guys a.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Use that again against us.

[Unknown]

I'll give you guys a slang term, and you guys will take turns guessing what it means, and I'll reveal the real definition after. So our first one is. Put the fries in the bag, bro.

[Amy]

Put the fries in the bag.

[Unknown]

Put the fries in the bag, bro.

[Amy]

Fries in the bag. Put the fries in the bag.

[Unknown]

What do you think that means?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

What do you think?

[Amy]

Is that. Is that, like, the same as Give me the tea and with some gossip?

[Unknown]

Not really.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I think it means finish. Get. Get to the point.

[Unknown]

Yeah, kind of. That's closer than that one. It's. When a person is addressing something, they're talking for too long. It is kind of get to the point.

[Amy]

Put the fries in the bag. I'm so gonna say that.

[Unknown]

It's insulting. Yeah.

[Amy]

Oops.

[Unknown]

The next one. It's giving.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Huh?

[Unknown]

It's giving.

[Amy]

It's given.

[Unknown]

It's giving.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Giving.

[Unknown]

It's giving.

[Amy]

It's giving like it's giving something.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Why are you laughing? Really? Oh, something that's entertaining me. It's. It's.

[Amy]

It's giving. Ing.

[Unknown]

Yes.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

This is cool. I like this.

[Amy]

Oh, I feel like it's. It means, like, you have to follow it up with something. Right? Like it's giving.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Race like it's giving nascar. Like it's giving you a vibe.

[Unknown]

Yes, exactly. That's that guy. Use it. It's like a compliment. Giving praise.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

This is. I'm enjoying what I'm. Yeah, I'm enjoying this. It's giving.

[Unknown]

It's giving happiness.

[Amy]

Yes, yes.

[Unknown]

Something like that. So then this one kind of coincides with it. Ohio.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

That's the next fagian.

[Unknown]

Ohio.

[Amy]

Is that a fat girl?

[Unknown]

No, it's not a fat.

[Amy]

I know there's one slang term that's refers to a chubby girl.

[Unknown]

There is two.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I just Ohio.

[Unknown]

Ohio.

Like the state off.

[Amy]

Kinda like go kick rocks in Ohio.

[Unknown]

It's described something.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Use it in a sentence.

[Unknown]

I don't even know. I don't even know how to use it in a sentence.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Tim's is being Ohio.

[Amy]

Tims is a millennial. Give him a break.

[Unknown]

That could be it. It's something to describe something weird or cringe or awkward.

[Amy]

Ohio.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Ohio. Bamboo.

[Amy]

How do we land on that?

[Unknown]

Opposite of it's giving. It's like you're giving Ohio.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Ohio is catching some strays.

[Unknown]

I don't know why it's Ohio.

[Amy]

Huh?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

That's not fair to Ohio.

[Unknown]

It's not.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Shout out. Kashocton.

[Amy]

Okay. What's the next one?

[Unknown]

Next one's busing.

[Amy]

Busin.

[Unknown]

Busing or busted Bus in.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Busin is like we're busin. Awesome. That's cool.

[Unknown]

Yeah. When you like something.

[Amy]

Is that like busing with the boys?

[Unknown]

Kind of. Yeah.

[Amy]

Yeah, that's. You didn't had an unfair advantage there.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Blessing.

[Unknown]

This one I've actually seen around. Snatched.

[Amy]

Yeah, I know. Snatched. It's like she's got her just tight. She's in shape.

[Unknown]

Yeah. She's looking good.

[Amy]

Stylish.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I thought that girls.

[Amy]

Girls. Snatched.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Married.

[Unknown]

Snatched.

[Amy]

No, they got snatched up.

[Unknown]

I've been snatched. This ain't it, chief.

[Amy]

This ain't it, chief.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Oh, this is. Yeah. That. You're wrong. Stop it. You're. Stop doing what you're doing. Saying what you're saying.

[Unknown]

Disapproved.

[Amy]

That feels like old slang.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

That's old.

[Amy]

They tried to claim back.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

That ain't it, chief.

[Unknown]

They're coming back with that.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yep. I like. Good. They need to come back with some stuff that I can say or used to say.

[Unknown]

Ate and left no crumbs.

[Amy]

Ate and left no crumbs.

[Unknown]

Ate and left no crumbs.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Finished the job.

[Amy]

Ate and left no crumbs. Like they did it all.

[Unknown]

Did something incredibly well.

[Amy]

You did something incredibly well.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Amy]

You ate and you left Nothing.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I think I was correct.

[Amy]

Like, you left nothing on the table.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Finish the job exceptionally.

[Amy]

Yeah, I can't wait to hear Dale say that to someone. Left no crumbs.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Well, I mean, we do say, but we just don't use those words.

[Amy]

I know. That's the whole point.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

We'll be like, he did a really good job.

[Amy]

You killed it.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

He did a really good job and did not make mistakes. Well, hey, you know, I got one for you.

[Unknown]

Go ahead.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

No comebacks. So that if you said he. He finished. He. He finished the job with no comebacks would be this. That. That could be a kind of a cool new slang. Maybe you could change the front end of that. But the no comebacks would be a nod to dealership service mechanics. And anytime they do a job and it ends up returning because it's not fixed, that's a comeback. And a mechanic wants no comebacks.

[Unknown]

I think it's too close to no Take. Take backs.

[Amy]

Take backs. Yeah, so we used to say that as kids. Well, take backs.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

No comebacks means if. If somebody said, you know what? Tim. Tim's. Tim's a buddy of mine working over there. Dirty Mo Media man. He doing all right. I'll be like, no comebacks. And that would be me saying, tim's does a good job.

[Unknown]

Okay, I get that.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

He ate and left no crumbs.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yes. No comebacks.

[Unknown]

No comebacks. Okay, a couple more for you here. This one Mike Davis did not understand. Crash out.

[Amy]

Crash out.

[Unknown]

Crash out.

[Amy]

Oh, Carson was just trying to explain this to me. Let me think if I can pull it from the back of my mind. Nope, not coming.

[Unknown]

Like, they're crashing out right now over there.

[Amy]

I mean, crashing out to us was like going to sleep.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Crashing out to me means that they failed miserably.

[Amy]

Well, that too.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Like, are they.

[Amy]

That's. Those are the obvious ones.

[Unknown]

Not really. It's when you're mad or angry at someone, so you're like, yelling.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

That makes zero sense.

[Unknown]

They're crashing out right now.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

That makes zero sense.

[Amy]

But you're mad at them. But they're crashing out.

[Unknown]

They're mad at you.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

So you're crashing out on that. I'm mad at you right now. I'm crashing out. That don't make any sense.

[Unknown]

Yeah. So if you guys were in a fight, he could be like, you're crashing out right now because you're getting mad and angry.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Don't get it.

[Amy]

You're spiraling. You're about to crash out. I don't know.

[Unknown]

How about a Bop, bop, a bop.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

A bop, a bop. I'm gonna say a good time.

[Amy]

The way you walk.

[Unknown]

It's more for music.

[Amy]

Oh, I think a music.

[Unknown]

Yeah. Good song. It's a good listen.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

It's a bop. It's a bop.

[Amy]

Have you heard of the song Bop by Dan Seals?

[Unknown]

Not by Dan Seals.

[Amy]

Oh, my God.

[Unknown]

There's one by Dababy that I've heard.

[Amy]

It's so good. You have to listen to that. I won't sing it.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I think as a baseball player. It's wearing this from the 70s. It's kind of a famous photo of this guy wearing this T shirt. And he's a. He's a very popular at the time. Baseball player. And it says, don't mind me. And the boys were just bopping. Yeah, it says something along those lines.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

And so it made me think that maybe it was.

[Amy]

It's another old term.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

They're just having a good time. Bopping is like we're just hanging out. We're having fun.

[Unknown]

Bopping around.

[Amy]

Beboping.

[Unknown]

Yep, I've heard that last one. I think you guys would know this one. Riz.

[Amy]

Yeah, I know Riz. Charisma.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Amy]

And the only reason I know this one is because of TJ Majors. Because he always calls himself the Riz to make his daughter mad.

[Unknown]

Oh, no.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Like the wrestler.

[Amy]

Oh, yeah, that's fine. Yeah.

[Unknown]

All right. That's all I got for you.

[Amy]

I really got one. Right.

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[Amy]

Hello everyone. It is Amy and Dale. And we're in the dirtymomedia studios for another episode of Bless yous Heart. And we are excited about your questions for Ask Amy. If you haven't already, please hit the subscribe button. And don't forget to check out our [e-mail] all right, Tims, what you got?

[Unknown]

Our first question's from Claire. She wants to know if you saw the Met Gala this past weekend and if you liked any of the outfits. What was your favorite?

[Amy]

I didn't watch the Met Gala. I was at a bunko party with some girlfriends and so I didn't watch it live, but I did see all the red carpet pictures on my Instagram. There are quite a few really good ones. Diana Ross kind of blew me away just because I haven't seen her in so long and she had like an 18 foot train. So that one was amazing. They all were really cool. It wasn't like, so avant garde and out there this year that, like, you didn't understand it. They just had a lot of really fun outfits.

[Unknown]

Yeah, well, I didn't feel like I didn't see any really outlandish ones.

[Amy]

No. Nothing was like, what in the hell's happening there?

[Unknown]

But yeah, Pamela Anderson got a lot of, like, pub. Because she's now all natural, no makeup or whatever.

[Amy]

I know. I kind of miss her having, like, her Pam look, but she's really rocking what she's got going on. She has a bob cut too, and like, some pixie bangs. So totally different vibe than our old Pam.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

What's the Met Gala?

[Amy]

The Met is an art gallery and there's a.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

The Met is a physical building.

[Amy]

It's a physical building and you don't get to see what goes on inside. So it's not like an award show or anything. There is a big party that happens in support of the Met, but Met Gala.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

So it's like a. It's just a gathering to. To raise money for the Met, I think so.

[Amy]

I think it's a charitable event. But they. Every year there's a. A theme and a very artistic theme. And so the red carpet is what you see. And all the outfits are, like, extravagant.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Why do all the people want to go?

[Amy]

It's a big honor. You have to be invited to go.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Really wonder how that got started.

[Amy]

The Kardashians got kicked out a couple years ago because you're not supposed to have your phones out at all. And they took a bathroom selfie and so they didn't get to come for.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

A While I wonder when it's how it started.

[Amy]

I don't know how it started.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

It was the original.

[Amy]

We'll have to Google that.

[Unknown]

I don't know if you ever been to the Met like that.

[Amy]

I've never been. It's really, really cool. Have you been in.

[Unknown]

Yeah, I've been in.

[Amy]

What's in there?

[Unknown]

Just art.

[Amy]

Just art art?

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Anything specific framed stuff? No. Paintings.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I don't remember anything. But I mean like art. Like physical art or framed art?

[Unknown]

Yeah, like framed art.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah, It's.

[Unknown]

It's just big and it's like just cool. Look at history.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Like a museum.

[Unknown]

Yeah, like a museum, yeah. Our next one, a little shifting gears. Erica wants to know she is starting a long distance relationship. She's super nervous. Do you guys have any advice for her on how to handle that?

[Amy]

What's her name?

[Unknown]

Erica.

[Amy]

Erica, how long of distance is this? And be careful of the catfish situation. Would you be scared of that at this point in life? We had a long distance relationship for a year. It's doable, but it's hard. You have to make sure to physically see each other often. You can't just, you know, have a relationship virtually. I don't know. It's always scary to be in a long distance relationship. I have so many questions, though. This is like one of those things. We need to go back and forth on. Erica, I know.

[Unknown]

If she's in the chat, please comment.

[Amy]

What do you have for advice? Because your perspective is probably way different than mine.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I think those are good things indeed. If you're physically able to see the person, do that as often as you possibly can. Sometimes the travel or the effort to do that might become tough. But once you stop or once you take that one weekend off, it's kind of like committing to working out or whatever the things that you want to commit to. Once you take that one day off and you're like, I just don't feel like it today. That's, you know, it becomes a bad habit where you're not putting as much into it as it needs to and it's just not going to work.

[Amy]

Yeah, well, also, you know, don't pay attention to that because if you kind of lose interest, it's just the universe trying to tell you something.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

You know, I think it works. It can absolutely work. Like, it can work just fine if both people like it and want to do it.

[Amy]

Especially if you know too, that there's an end point to it.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

You also have to have a lot of grace because that person's however Many miles away, living their life, doing what they need to do, used to. What their life is. Right. You have. You have a. You have a pattern, and they have a pattern, and maybe, you know, maybe that day they're a little busy, and you're just not feeling like they're giving you enough attention or whatever. You got to have a lot of grace and just understand that, you know, you're both in two different parts of the country with a lot. Two different things going on.

[Amy]

He wants grace. I want a tracking device.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

You can't. But you can't be like, you have.

[Amy]

To communicate consistently, or the other person's going to.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Saying that you don't communicate. I'm just saying, like, feelings, you know, to be specific. All right. What I'm talking about is, like, there'd be times where, like, Amy's going to go out with her friends. You know, Raymond's gonna do something else, and I don't. You know, I'll call her, but she's gonna go, you know what? I love talking to you, but I'm gonna go in here with my friends for a minute, and I'm gonna do this tonight. You got to be able to go. All right. I feel good about that.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

You know, because, you know, when you're in the same space, you do things together, you're physically there. Right. You can go where they go, but when you're not, they have their friends, they have the routine, and you got to respect that. And so, you know, just have some great or, you know, be able to be able to.

[Amy]

Confidence.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Sort of have some confidence to go have some fun with your friends. Go out. I'm 150 or 500 miles away. I've got no idea what's going on there, and I'm comfortable with that.

[Unknown]

Yeah. Do you think there's a certain amount of time that it. Then you're like, okay, maybe we should have to kind of get closer to each other?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

It's. For us, it was the. It was a year.

[Amy]

Yeah. For us, it was a year.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I think, you know, that's a. That's a long period of time, and there's. There's. You know, if it goes beyond that, there better be some damn good reason for that. I think you need to maybe think.

[Amy]

About fishing in your pond, doing something else.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah, yeah.

[Amy]

Closer pond.

[Unknown]

Yeah. That's good advice.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

There's a really good reason. Right?

[Amy]

Yeah. Like you said, the military. You know what I mean?

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Obviously, that changes everything.

[Unknown]

Yeah, I agree.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I agree.

[Unknown]

That's good advice. Everyone in the Chat wants to have a swan update. Any update with the swans? How are they doing?

[Amy]

The swans are doing great.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

They're awesome.

[Amy]

We. We go down there and visit them every single day. And we've had some geese. What you want to tell it?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Oh, awesome, man. I don't. I don't know how this will. Mike Davis, cover your ears. This. Our pond is a quarter mile from the house, and it's on the property. It's inside a quarter mile, but it's. It's a distance. And we go down there and feed them every day. And I've been telling Isla, you know, subtly, this is kind of your chore. This is your thing. You gotta remember to do this. And. But the. Yesterday, or was it two days ago? I was like, hey, man, it's time to feed the swans. I was like, why don't you go down there and do it? She's like, okay. And that was totally the opposite of what I thought she would say. Okay, I'll do it. So we got the swan food, put it in her backpack. She got on her back. She put her backpack on and got on her little scooter. She's been riding a scooter a lot lately, which she just learned how to ride her bike yesterday. Hello. Hell, yeah. I got a little video of her riding a bike. It's a massive awesome time when your child just takes off riding on a bike for the first time. It's really cooler than you'd imagine. But she's been riding this school scooter, which was a great segue to the bike, by the way. And I watched her. She rode the scooter all the way down out of sight. Then she comes back, comes back up and fed the. Fed them all by herself. Right. They have two little bowls out there, and when they. When you get near them, they come to you. They come to you. But they're also a little. Little aggressive. You know, the boy especially.

[Amy]

Yeah. So we have two bowls now because George wasn't really letting Cleo eat. And so to, like, keep that. Keep from. Keep from. Keeps you, George. Sorry. To keep George from thinking he wasn't going to get enough food, we just gave him two bowls so that they kind of get used to it.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I was proud of her. But, yeah, because she did it, she's. I want her to, like, chore, be chore oriented and be willing to help.

[Amy]

He doesn't want her to be spoiled, so he's giving her more chores.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah, I want her. I'm like, hey, I'm gonna feed the Dogs. I want her to go, let me help. Let me help you do that. You know? And so, you know, it's cool to have her go down there and do that. And it's intimidating because when you walk up to the man, he comes at you, he's like. He's like, what are you doing down here? Get away from my bull.

[Amy]

You know, he's just excited you're there to put it in the water.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

He's not. He's. He has this aggressive posture. And they hiss.

[Amy]

Yeah, they hiss a little bit. If I go down there, I usually have the dogs with me. So Gus will get in the pond.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I thought she would get up to the moment of putting the food in the bowl and checking out. Yeah.

[Amy]

No, she's not scared.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Go for her.

[Amy]

He's not scared. They're great.

[Unknown]

That's good. Next question is from Derek. This is his wife's first Mother's Day. So he's wondering what he should get her for her first Mother's Day.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Mother's Day.

[Amy]

I would say to keep it simple. If he knows what kind of flowers she likes, get her all the things that, like, make her feel pampered. And then give her some time to herself, like, make sure you take that baby and give her some time to just do nothing. Go lay by the pool, read a book, send her to the spa for a massage, all those things so she doesn't feel like she has to, like, be the mom on Mother's Day. That's for me. What I like. Dale's sending me this spa on Saturday because he's got to work on Sunday. So I'm going to get to go away and, like, have my time, which is really important.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah, she.

[Unknown]

It's.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

She gets up in the morning whenever she feels like it goes to this spa deal. There's a couple things she'll do there, and she'll hang out there as long as I hang out there as long as she wants. So she's ready to come back.

[Amy]

Yeah. As a mom, you don't really get a whole lot of time to yourself, so that's really, like, the best gift.

[Unknown]

Yeah. Early on, too. I think that's a really.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

That was something. You know, Guys. Guys maybe not understand that. So I thought that it was, like, either gifts or acts of service or taking them somewhere or doing something as a group, but it's the exact opposite. They, like, want the day off. And that was some. That. So that's, like. That's not obvious.

[Amy]

Well, everyone's a little different. It just depends like, if the grandmothers and everybody were around, we'd still be brunching on Sunday and doing all those traditional things.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I'm pretty sure most women are similar.

[Amy]

We just want some time.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Give us the day off.

[Unknown]

Makes sense now that you say it.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I'm like, damn, that's easy.

[Unknown]

Yeah. You can do that.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I can handle it.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

Everybody. Everybody wants to know. We've got this question, like, 10 times. The chat's got it. Amy. They want to know what bad habits Dale has that make you cringe.

[Amy]

Bad habits.

[Unknown]

Bad habits. Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Go for was popular this week.

[Unknown]

I don't know why.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Go for it.

[Amy]

The biggest one, and I feel like I've said this before, is he's just messy with food on my plate. Oh, like, you're just a messy eater.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Jerky on the couch.

[Amy]

If he eats at the table, there's spots of. There's always a sauce bottle. So there's. There's spots. If he's making food in the kitchen, there's pickle juice and spots and stuff all over the countertop, and he doesn't clean that up. If he's sipping orange cream out of the freezer, there's spots on the floor. If I come down in the morning, pretty much every morning, there's grape stems or beef jerky pepper, or, like, I can tell what he snacked on. Orange peels. Like, how the. Did you not see that? Clean it up. So, like, I. He leaves a trail of food everywhere he goes.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I eat in the dark a lot.

[Amy]

He doesn't have to be in the dark. And honestly, he's got a giant iPad and a TV that's on. There's no darkness. He can see. He's just, you know, messy with food. The only other thing that he does that really annoys me is instead of brushing his teeth because he stays up so late in our bathroom and making his toothpaste mess in his sink, he does it in the powder room right next to the kitchen. So there's freaking toothpaste all in that sink, and his toothbrush is sitting out. You know how I feel about it.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I'm trying not to make any noise, so I do it downstairs. So when I come up, I go right into the bed.

[Amy]

I know. But when I wake up and come down, I still wake up when he gets in the bed. But when I wake up and come down, now I've got toothpaste to clean up and food on the couch. There's just, like, Dale's been here. I know exactly what he was doing all Night and what he ate.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

She lying.

[Amy]

So that's pretty much it.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

There you go. Come on. There's more. I know those. I need a new one. I want a new one. Unknown.

[Amy]

No, I don't really have anymore. You're like. You like clutter. He likes to collect things.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Are you kidding me?

[Amy]

Cringy.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I'm the clutter.

[Amy]

I have.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Holy moly, Dale.

[Amy]

If you have a space, you feel like you have to clutter it up. There is knickknacks, pictures, things just lean in here. And sitting there, there's a velvet Elvis hanging in his corner of the garage. Like there's stuff everywhere. Yeah, I have a hard time keeping my part of the closet clean. That is not, not a lie. The clothes are clean, but they ain't put away.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

God almighty.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Closets are wild. And there her makeup place. If you look at the two count the his and hers counters in the bathroom. No.

[Amy]

Yeah. Well, I have a lot of potions to take care of all this.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Legit. Like 50 different bottles of things. You use every single one of them.

[Amy]

How do you know?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I mean, it's impossible.

[Amy]

I have phases. Some of that stuff you can't use in the summer and some of you can't use in the winter. Like, I've got different creams for this. And you can't use all the stuff in the summertime because you, you know, bad peels your skin, blah, blah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I'm like. I walk in there and I'm like, just show me the bottle that says shampoo. Pour it on my head. I don't care what it's for. I don't care what, like, you know, the shampoos are like, for this type of hair. This type of hair. This type of hair. And I walk in there to the shower and I'm just like, yeah, because.

[Amy]

He can't see shampoo.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Is it really?

[Unknown]

That's how it works. I just buy the regular shampoo I've had for years.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I don't buy my shampoo. I just use whatever's in there.

[Amy]

She doesn't even have to shop.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

If you stand in our shower there, I promise our 25 bottles of stuff.

[Amy]

Well, sometimes in the shower I don't buy all of it either. I get gifted boxes of things like that, girlies products to try. And so Dale gets to also try them out. That's how that happens.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

So I go, Isla uses our shower and she. She takes our shampoo and she's like.

[Amy]

She does make potions with it.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Making potions.

[Amy]

She has these little bottles in there. And. Yeah, she's.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

And I'll go in there to get my. I'll go in there to get my shampoo, and it's empty. The tower of bottles. I'm like, okay, this one. This is for your face. This is for your. You know, this is. This. And this. This shampoo. Okay. You know, and I can't see without my glasses, so I got to, like, read out of the bottom.

[Amy]

Bless him.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

M. Bless him.

[Unknown]

All right, well, I got one more question for you. Eric wants to know if you guys name your house plants.

[Amy]

Name our houseplants.

[Unknown]

Yeah, houseplants.

[Amy]

No, I haven't named my house plants. I do have a lot of plants. It's the other thing I have a lot of collection. That's the only thing I really have a collection of is plants. No, I have a fiddle fig that I've had for a while, and I talked to him. That big tree, the bigger tree in the sunroom. They're fickle. I've had a few of them, and he's in a good, happy place now. So it's just. It's a boy, it's not a girl. But I haven't named him.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Do you have any, like.

[Unknown]

You name your cars or anything like that? What is it used to.

[Amy]

No. Have you named your cars?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Oh, yeah.

[Amy]

You've named all of them?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

No, but I have. I say I name 8 out of 10 vehicles.

[Unknown]

Any fun ones?

[Amy]

Well, the Nova here is the only one I'm aware of. We were gonna call it the Champagne Supernova because it's like a champagne color.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I just put a new picture of the. The paint process of that. It's a Nova station wagon, 66 model. I just put a new picture on this morning on my Instagram story of the roof getting painted. But what are we calling that one?

[Amy]

The Champagne Super.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Champagne Supernova.

[Amy]

After the song.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah. So the color on it's like a milk chocolate metallic. It's really cool.

[Unknown]

Nice. That fits perfect, though.

[Amy]

Yeah, it looks a little lighter than chocolate, though.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

Yeah. You guys have ever heard of people naming their pets, like, regular human names?

[Amy]

Yes, and I love that.

[Unknown]

Yeah. Like o' Brien.

[Amy]

My best friend Jamie has a doodle named Franklin. I love that.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

I mean, we have a swan named George.

[Unknown]

Yeah, that's true. That fits it.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

Yeah. All right, well, that's all we got for Ask Amy today.

[Amy]

All right, thank you guys for your questions. We have a great show, so please check it out. And if you haven't already, subscribe to our Bless yous Heart YouTube channel. And please check out the merch at shop.dirtymomedia.com we'll see you next week.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

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