Engaged in 2.5 months, having kids, and meeting on a blind date with Preston and Briana

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby

Episode: Engaged in 2.5 months, having kids, and meeting on a blind date with Preston and Briana
Date: November 12, 2025
Guests: Preston and Brianna Arsement
Theme: Real-life relationships, whirlwind romance, family planning, behind the scenes of YouTube stardom, and the extreme adventures of a content-creating couple.

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Episode Overview

This lively and intimate episode explores the whirlwind romance and unfiltered journey of top YouTubers Preston and Brianna Arsement. Matt and Abby dive deep into their blind date beginnings, rapid engagement, navigating fame, and how content creation has pushed their boundaries. From wild YouTube stunts to honest discussions about starting a family, this episode is packed with humor, candid advice, and genuine moments.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Blind Date Beginnings & Fast Engagement

[01:34 – 07:21]

• Meeting Story:

  • Preston and Brianna were set up on a blind date by Preston’s aunt.
    • “At the beginning I was like, I don't know, Mom. I think God's just calling me to be a male nun...Then Mom's like, look, she bakes cookies.” — Preston [02:30]
  • Their first date was an 8-hour coffee marathon (Preston’s mom even called the police, thinking something went wrong).
    • “I was gone so, so long and didn’t respond...So she called the police. She thought I was missing.” — Preston [02:53]
  • Both were 23 and talked about serious topics right away: family, faith, politics, and kids.
    • “We talked about all the things you’re not supposed to on the first date.” — Preston [03:37]

• Quick Engagement:

  • Engagement happened about 2.5 to 3 months after they met.
  • Brianna’s dad, a psychiatrist, gave a memorable blessing:
    • “Only if you’ll call me dad.” — Brianna’s father, recounted by Preston [05:35]
  • Friends thought the swift timeline was unusual, but they felt aligned in purpose and values.
    • “It's really not about how long you date—it’s about how you date and like your values and morals.” — Abby [06:48]

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2. Intentional Dating, Marriage, and Family Values

[06:56 – 07:57]

• Dating with intent helped them move fast.
• Emphasis on marriage being hard work but rewarding—like a muscle that needs exercise.
• Preston likens having a wife to a “permanent buff” in video game terms (“It’s a positive thing, like drinking caffeine gives you the buff of extra energy.” — Preston [08:12]).

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3. Becoming YouTubers: Origins, Struggles, and Success

[08:23 – 16:43]

• Preston’s Start:
  • Began YouTube at age 12; motivated by passion for gaming and “The Best Never Rest” motto.
  • “At the beginning it was just raising $100 a month to upgrade my Internet at my parents’ house.” — Preston [11:02]
  • Humble upbringing—lived in a mobile home and accidentally burned down the family RV at age 4.
• Brianna’s Introduction:
  • Trained as an ER nurse and performed in theater; her mom was an opera singer.
  • Didn’t know Preston’s fame at the start; thought YouTubing wasn’t a ‘real job.’
  • “I’m just so happy I didn’t know any of that when we first met.” — Brianna [08:41]
  • Became a natural in content, stepping in even when Preston was sick.
  • “I’m not letting you go dark on your channel. I’ve got this.” — Brianna [15:07]

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4. YouTube as a Family Business & Extreme Content Adventures

[29:43 – 55:19, 45:36 – 46:27]

• Evolving Content:

  • Large-scale stunts: e.g., hide and seek at AT&T Stadium with 50 YouTubers.
    • Logistics included flights, hotels, and multiple production teams, costing about $200-250K and taking six months to plan. [33:00]
  • Wildest content included being buried alive and building elaborate sets (e.g., nailing furniture to the ceiling, filling tubs with ketchup).
    • “There’s no rule book on this, you know what I mean?” — Preston [46:33]

• Collaboration & Challenges:

  • The couple works together with their families (Preston’s brother helps engineer stunts).
  • Discussed challenges in working together:
    • Preston is direct and business-focused; Brianna is more empathetic and heart-led.
    • They see their differences as complementary strengths.
    • “Sometimes I can come off a lot more abrasive.” — Preston [34:09]

• Pushing Personal Limits:

  • Brianna overcame fears through content, e.g., driving a submarine in Mexico and hanging from a crane in a box.
  • Preston walked on a plane mid-flight (in Washington State) for a video.
  • “Content has made me do things I never thought I would do.” — Brianna [48:19]

Notable Quote:

“The experiences that you're like, well, I wouldn't do this normally, but because I want to do it for other people...I’m gonna get to do something totally unique.” — Preston [48:27]

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5. The Road to Starting a Family

[40:36 – 42:27; 63:34 – 63:41]

• Fans frequently ask about kids; their answers have evolved.
  • “I don't think there's any change on wanting to have kids. Maybe the amount.” — Preston [40:59]
  • “Personally, I don't want six. I feel like two.” — Brianna [41:15]
  • They’ve been focused on their career and plan to start a family in the near future (“Lord willing, I would love to be able to have a few kids in the next couple of years.” — Preston [41:07])
• They discuss the emotional responsibility and privilege of parenting.
  • “It's the biggest and most important job in the entire world.” — Brianna [59:19]

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6. Advice for Aspiring YouTubers & Lessons Learned

[36:16 – 39:28; 60:45 – 61:56]

• Resilience is key:

  • “You’re going to fail and you’re going to be really bad. I had 300 videos that I deleted, probably more than that at the beginning.” — Preston [36:24]

• Authenticity and passion are essential for sustainability.

  • “If you’re going to go all in, if you really dislike what you’re making, that’s gonna drag you down.” — Brianna [38:28]

• Serving the audience:

  • “If you’re getting into entertainment, like you’re looking to serve your viewers... It’s not about you.” — Preston [38:59]

• Dealing with Online Hate & Burnout:

  • Preston recounts almost quitting due to bullying early on; his mom insisted he keep going.
    • “You get back up right now. You're not giving up. This is your calling.” — Preston’s mom, recounted by Preston [61:02]
  • They both want to be lights for those who may be struggling.
    • “Say you have a kid who got bullied at school...they turn on the channel and...they feel like they're included in your family.” — Brianna [61:56]

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7. Personal Tidbits and Fun Moments

[15:41 – 23:24; 46:33 – 55:56]

• Preston’s listening habits: prefers Japanese pop, not familiar with The Beatles (“Who are the Beatles?” — Preston [20:41])
• Brianna worked as a Disney princess at kids’ parties—her main characters were Elsa, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty [26:10].
• Preston’s favorite stunts: Hide and seek with YouTubers, limo cross-country challenge [49:19].
• Hilarious moments include Preston missing his mouth drinking coffee on the first date [03:25], face painting fails as a princess [27:01], and stories of being buried alive or walking on a plane wing for content [46:50].
• Content philosophy: “There’s no rule book on this, you know.” — Preston [46:33]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On getting engaged after 2.5 months:

  “From the first date to engagement in two and a half months, like, that's pretty quick.” — Matt [05:56]

• On intentional dating:

  “It's about the intent... I want to find my wife, my forever person. So I need to have questions that I need to ask here.” — Preston [06:57]

• On content creation:

  “Content has made me do things I never thought I would do.” — Brianna [48:19]
  "You’re going to fail and you’re going to be really bad. I had 300 videos that I deleted..." — Preston [36:24]
  “There’s no rule book on this, you know what I mean?” — Preston [46:33]

• On family:

  "It's the biggest and most important job in the entire world." — Brianna [59:19]
  “Lord willing, I would love to be able to have a few kids in the next couple of years.” — Preston [41:07]

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Noteworthy Timestamps

• Blind date and police call: [02:53]
• First date conversation: [03:37]
• Engagement permission and dad’s response: [05:35]
• YouTube origins and burning RV: [11:02]
• Cost and logistics of giant Hide and Seek video: [30:37], [33:00]
• Content stunts and safety stories: [46:00], [46:50]
• Advice for creators: [36:16]
• Bullying and support: [61:02]
• Family planning discussions: [40:36], [63:34]
• Summary reflections and upcoming plans: [63:34–64:04]

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Where to Find Preston & Brianna

• Instagram — Most active and best for updates [64:19]
• YouTube & TikTok — Extensive content libraries

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Conclusion

A fast-paced, good-natured, and honest look at the world behind huge YouTube personalities, this episode is a blend of wisdom, laughter, and authenticity. Whether you’re here for love stories, wild content ideas, or lessons on marriage and family, Preston and Brianna’s story is proof that sometimes the best things in life are... unplanned.

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For more, follow Preston and Brianna on Instagram, or check their YouTube channels for a behind-the-scenes peek at their “no rule book” approach to life and content.

Transcript

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[B]

We just got set up on a blind date. After that date, I just knew Bri was the one.

[C]

And how long did it take you guys to get engaged?

[B]

It was about two and a half or three months afterwards.

[A]

Three months? Whoa.

[C]

You've walked on a plane while it's flying.

[B]

It's like a biplane and they're doing hammer curls and barrel rolls.

[A]

When he was doing that, I was like, so nervous. Content has made me do things I never thought I would do.

[B]

We did the hide and seek once where I buried myself alive.

[A]

We put, like a prison inside of the pool. Putting chains around my waist so I would sink.

[B]

There's no rule book on this. You know what I mean?

[D]

You say you want six kids and then I heard you say, maybe no K kids. Like, what's going on here?

[B]

I don't think there's any change on wanting to have kids.

[A]

Just not six.

[C]

Preston and Brianna are two of the most subscribed to people on YouTube in the United States, with nearly 100 million subscribers across their channels. But most people just want to know when they plan on starting a family. Today on Unplanned, we talk about how they met, what it costs to film a large scale YouTube video, as well as the extreme lengths they've gone to for content. This conversation was hilarious and I know you guys are going to love it. Enjoy. I kind of just want to know about your love story. Welcome to Unplanned. By the way, how did you guys meet?

[B]

That's a really good question. Brie, would you like to take the lead on this one?

[A]

This is such a fun question to answer because it's like a full circle moment. Because I was an ER nurse. Didn't think I'd ever want to work in the er, by the way. Like, I wanted to be a nurse.

[D]

That was so scary.

[A]

It was intense. But if I hadn't have done that, I wouldn't have met him. Yeah.

[B]

Cause I was obviously like, I was a gunshot victim.

[A]

No, he wasn't.

[B]

So much cooler. If I, like, went to the ER and then, like, she saved me. And then saved me, you know, like.

[C]

Like, you were like, not, like you were going to die and then she saved your life.

[D]

Or something. Okay, you're not allowed to date your patients.

[B]

No, that was not. It wasn't as cool as that, but was a big blessing. Is my aunt, who I hadn't spoke to in quite some time, was like, honestly, you need to meet my nephew.

[D]

That's the best.

[A]

You have to meet my nephew.

[B]

She's so Southern. She has such a big.

[A]

I love it.

[D]

I love that.

[B]

And so we just got set up on a blind date. And at the beginning I was like, I don't know, Mom. I think God's just calling me to be a male nun. I dated two girls. I dated two girls that didn't work out. It's too much energy. I'm going to go dive back into work. And then Mom's like, look, she bakes cookies. Show me like a Facebook photo that could be your wife. And I'm like, okay, whatever, I'll go have coffee. And then we had like an 8 hour coffee date and I was gone so, so long and didn't respond to any text messages from my mom. So she called the police. She thought I was missing.

[C]

She actually called the police?

[B]

Yep. She thought I was missing.

[A]

Did she think I looked, like, dangerous or something?

[D]

When she knew you were on the date and she still.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

She's like, did she think.

[B]

She thought maybe something happened. It was raining, so maybe there was like a car accident.

[C]

What did she tell the police?

[B]

I don't know. She was just like, I just called them and said to see if they could find your license plate. And I was like, well, I'm at the coffee shop.

[A]

We haven't moved.

[D]

We.

[C]

Did the police show up at this coffee shop?

[A]

No, thankfully not. That would have mortified me.

[B]

Hilarious. I just remember going for a sip of coffee, talking to Brie, and then I totally just missed my mouth. And it's just a giant cup of black coffee.

[A]

Sweet. I thought it was cute.

[B]

Went all over me.

[A]

It was like, oh, he's nervous.

[B]

And we talked about all the things you're not supposed to on the first date. Because I was ready. I was locked in. I was like, all right, let's talk about who you voted for. Are your parents still together? What's your faith like? Do you want kids?

[D]

Oh, no, I think that's how you do it, honestly.

[B]

Oh, it's so much better. Yeah.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

You're like, let's just. Just dive right in here. And I think when you, like, date intentionally like, that is when things move fast, which y' all did move pretty fast.

[A]

Yes, we did move quick.

[C]

How old were you guys on the first date?

[B]

23.

[A]

Yeah, 23.

[C]

23. Okay.

[B]

Yeah, but he's older than me. Okay.

[A]

By a few months. You make it sound like a crazy thing.

[D]

That's not me. Look at Abby.

[C]

Yeah. My brother dated, married an older woman. They're six months apart.

[D]

Six months.

[C]

Six months apart. Yep. And I'm six months older than Abby, so.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

I don't know how that really relates to anything.

[D]

What matters is who's tall.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

It was honestly so much fun. It was so much fun. After that date, I just knew Bri was the one.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

On that first date.

[B]

On that first date.

[C]

And how long did it take you guys to, like, get engaged from that first date?

[B]

It was about two and a half or three months afterwards.

[C]

Wow.

[A]

And my parents dated for over eight years, so he asked my dad for, like, if, you know, he could propose. And my dad, I think, was overwhelmed for a hot second.

[B]

Her dad's also a very successful psychiatrist. That's a little intimidating at the beginning. It's like, are we gonna be playing some mind games, you know?

[D]

Yeah. Cause maybe there's like some statistics like you should wait X amount of time at least.

[B]

But my parents got married after meeting after three weeks.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

When you asked for permission to marry Brianna, was he like, let me evaluate you for any mental illness.

[B]

Can you imagine? I remember it vividly. He was just across almost exactly where sitting Abby. And he's just in this rocking chair. And then obviously his wife is just to the left. And I ask for permission. And there's like a 10 second silence. And then Connie, Brianna's mom, goes. I think he's looking for a response from you, Benny. Oh, my mom is making him sweat.

[D]

Say something.

[B]

I'm cooking. I'm like, I'm getting literally cooked in the crock pot, Benny.

[D]

Oh, my God.

[B]

And then he stands up and he's like, only if you'll call me dad. It was like, so sweet and so sweet.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

I think they had an idea because also Connie is a fantastic cook and had a huge meal prepar. I was hoping that I was going to get a favorable response. Otherwise I was like, is this enough dinner for me too? Or is this just them too after I get rejected?

[C]

Like, but wait, like from the first date to engagement in two and a half months, like, that's pretty quick. So was there anybody that was telling you guys not to get married or not to get engaged?

[A]

I didn't have that. But I feel like most of my friends were more traditional in the sense of they dated longer. But, I mean, I called my mom after our first date and was like, I think he's marriage material. I remember verbatim saying that. So I feel like my friends were like, like, you. Do you. But it is a bit rare to be that fast.

[B]

Yes, it was awesome. I got friends from all over the place because growing up and making YouTube videos, especially gaming, you have a lot of people recording with from Australia, uk, You know, lots of different types of values and backgrounds. And so they were like, okay, this is a little crazy, Preston. And I was like, I know, right? It's.

[D]

No, I feel like a lot of people we have on our show didn't date super long before they were engaged. And I think that it's a very.

[C]

Common theme on our show.

[D]

The only thing that I can deduce from that is that it's really not about how long you date. I think it's about how you date and, like, your values and morals around.

[B]

It, and it's about the intent.

[D]

Right.

[B]

So if you understand, like, I'm looking for a successful outcome here of I want to find my wife, my forever person. So I need to have questions that I need to ask here. Because if not, you know, be a great little coffee, enjoy the coffee, maybe we can be friends. If not, no hard feelings, and then we'll just go to the next one. Nothing wrong with that. It's just like, you're looking for that person that you want to build the rest of your life with, and you want to find them as fast as you can while still being precise. Of course.

[C]

Yeah. I think part of it, too, is, you know, marriage, like, it takes work, and so you're not, like, if you're going into it thinking that you're going to have this perfect person that just, like, perfectly completes, like, every part of you. And it's just everything's all butterflies and rainbows, and it's easy. It's not like you. It's a relationship. Right. And it's like a muscle. So if you're not working out that muscle, it's. It's going to weaken. It's not going to be as strong. So I think, like, when people have this perspective of, oh, I need to date a ton to find the right perfect, and it's like, well, maybe you're approaching it from the wrong angle, you know?

[D]

Yeah. Like, one person's not gonna meet all those needs for you.

[C]

Yeah, yeah.

[B]

Like, I want somebody to challenge me, you know, I was like, having A wife in terms of video game, like, video games terms. Like, it's a permanent buff. All right, like, this is crazy.

[A]

Thank you for calling me.

[B]

I need that permanent buff.

[D]

Wait, can you translate that for me? I'm not permanent buff.

[C]

Yeah. What does that mean?

[B]

A buff is, like, something that you just get by being around somebody. Maybe it's their energy, the way they. You. It's a positive thing. All right? It's like, when you drink caffeine, you have the buff of having additional energy or less fatigue.

[C]

I love your energy. I can so tell that you blew up as a streamer. Brianna, how did you. Like, how did you respond to finding out that Preston was a famous YouTuber gamer? Streamer. Like, what was that conversation like?

[B]

You got to tell the story.

[A]

I'm just so happy I didn't know any of that when we first met.

[C]

Oh, you didn't?

[A]

Not really. I didn't understand this world of, like, content creation and all of that, so.

[B]

I was still a little early. It was 2017.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I remember your mom, like, spitting out the facts of, like, how many views you're getting and, like, all this fun stuff.

[B]

My aunt did mention it, and Brie said specifically, okay, cool. What's his real job?

[A]

I wasn't gonna say that, but you're right. I did say that.

[B]

Yep. Well, I was like, I'm fair. You know, it's kind of new.

[A]

It was really cool, though. I remember my first, like, meme I saw of you on the Internet, like, making this, like, weird face. It was hilarious. But you'd been doing it for so long, and I don't know, it made me jazzed. I was excited.

[B]

Bri was a natural. Just a natural. We had this awesome Q and A we did. It was like, the fiance Q and A. And we just curated a bunch of questions and then sat in, like, high chairs. It was actually really similar to the setup you guys have right here. And it was just so much fun because getting to introduce Brie to these people that are, like, your family, your viewers that you've just grown with, you know, I'm old. I'm 31. I've been doing YouTube since before they were acquired by Google. My first YouTube video was when I was 12, 19 years ago, and I uploaded it, and I always wanted. I was like, man, I just, like, I really want to go and do some video games. I love video games so much.

[C]

Did you know that there was, like, actual money to be made in YouTube when you started, or was it more so just for the passion of making a video and, and gaming for people.

[B]

Well, it's definitely much more passion focused because I grew up and I was a very competitive video game player on PC, specifically Call of Duty. That was my jam. I was extremely, extremely sweaty. My first ever YouTube channel is TBNR Frags. TBNR stands for the best never rest.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

And my, my older brother had a tattooed on his arm and so I'm like 14 and I'm like, what does that mean? And he's like, the best never rest. And I was like, I love that. Let's just keep drinking energy drinks and stay up all night, play video games.

[C]

It's funny though, because when I was a kid, my mom was like, you know, like, she's like, do you make any money from playing those video games? And I feel like your response to that could have been like, actually I do, mom. Like I'm making.

[B]

At the beginning, she was like, I graduate high school pretty. I was like 16. So they're like, all right, figure out how to make money very quickly here. Otherwise like, you know, got to go to school, find a day job or something. So I was just like, all right, how can I make money doing this? Like, I love it, but it's not, it's not that big. You know what I mean? Like at least not yet. So at the beginning it was just raising $100 a month to upgrade my Internet at my parents house.

[C]

And you had a pretty humble upbringing, right? Like you grew up in, in a mobile home, right? And you lived in an rv. You burned down the RV when you were four years old right.

[D]

Here.

[B]

I was trying to make French toast. My dad and I lit, I lit a match because that's how you had to light the stove or whatever. And then I threw the match while I was lit in the trash can.

[C]

That's.

[B]

So he still got his French toast though.

[C]

Was anybody, was anybody inside the house when it burned down?

[B]

No, it was an RV that we had parked at our grandparents ranch. Okay, so they had a ranch and we all worked on it. They, we helped rehabilitate like kids with special needs with horse riding. And so anyway, so then here I am just burning down an RV that we're living in on the range.

[A]

You didn't mean to.

[B]

No, I did not.

[D]

Oh my.

[C]

Were you able to file a claim for that? Like could you. Did your parents have RV insurance?

[B]

I don't know what happened. I don't know what happened afterwards. I just know that half that RV was just absolutely toasted.

[C]

That's so sad. That's a fun story though. You can.

[B]

Yeah, they'll never let me forget that. After that I was like, okay, I definitely need to be a good son growing up.

[D]

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[C]

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[D]

Really? You like vanilla?

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

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[D]

Chai, actually. Which I didn't think was going to be nearly as tasty.

[C]

I knew you tried.

[B]

I did. Did you?

[C]

I thought I had vanilla.

[B]

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[C]

I like the chai one.

[B]

I'm sorry.

[C]

Okay.

[D]

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[C]

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[B]

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[D]

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[C]

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[A]

Very different because I'm an only child.

[D]

That probably made the conversation asking to marry her so much more intimidating too.

[A]

It's like this is their.

[D]

Their baby.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Well, after dating for a month, their second child. Yeah. She was coming over for July 4th to meet the family for the first time and there was. She's like, there's a lot of people here, you know what I mean?

[A]

But I always wanted to marry into a big family. Cause my family skews like, older and it's small. So having, like, nephews that are running around and all that is so, so nice. But, yeah, my dad is a physician, and then my mom was an opera singer. So I grew up, like, always performing. And I don't know that I think that jazzed me up to do YouTube. Cause I grew up in theater, so.

[B]

You gotta marry up. You know what I mean? That's dope. Brie is so talented. I. At the beginning, Bri was actually going to school to be a nurse practitioner. And I was like, okay, well, like, you can definitely do this, but I think you would love YouTube. So I was like, just being a couple of my videos, you know, at the beginning. The girlfriend Clickbait in Minecraft is fantastic. It's just so much fun. Yeah. It's just like getting to play Minecraft with your girlfriend for the first time. Like, all these, like, fun and cute videos, and Bri was just an absolute natural and crushed. I remember one time I was sick and she filmed an entire video for me on my gaming channel where I think she, like, hacked my Roblox account and just. Just messed with me while I was sick in bed.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Because I was like, we gotta get an upload.

[A]

I felt so bad. He was so sick. And I'm like, I'm not letting you go dark on your channel. I've got this. And I really didn't know what I was doing, but it was fun.

[C]

You mentioned Minecraft, YouTube. And I got a nerd out for a bit because my brother was the. Was the guy that got me into, like, watching YouTube as a kid. And there were four channels back in the day that he was a huge fan of. There was Casey Neistat. Classic Roman Atwood. And then there was the Vsauce guy who did all the Mind Blow videos. And then the fourth one was yogscast. He loved to watch the Minds. Like, did you ever do any collabs with yogscast?

[B]

I didn't get to do anything with the Oxcast, but, I mean, they're legends in the space.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

Legends.

[C]

Because my. My brother's kind of like a closeted nerd. Like, he loves. He loves. Like, we. We would play Minecraft together growing up, even though we were kind of like the generation, I would say that wasn't, like. It wasn't as big when we were, like, you know, 14, 15, but it was a blast, man. Like, I used to stay up late playing on service with my buddies, and. And it's just. Minecraft's a good. It's a good one.

[B]

It's really cool because it just spans a really wide age gap. Yeah, anybody can have fun playing it. When it first came out, there was a platform back then for gamers for instant messaging called xpire. This is, like, a little bit before, like, Steam messaging kind of took over. You could just see what other games your friends were playing. And I saw somebody load up Minecraft. I was like, minecraft, Minecraft.

[C]

What is this?

[B]

I was like, this game looks so lame. Anyways, back to Call of Duty, and this was, like, really early stages. And then, of course, later down the road, just became such a big fan of it.

[C]

Okay, so you guys started dating, got engaged in two and a half months. Your dad says yes. And then how long after that was the wedding?

[B]

Seven months.

[A]

Okay. This man. You're a wonderful human. He was like, let's get married, like, in a month or something. He was like, I want to get married now.

[B]

I was ready.

[A]

And I wanted, like, my princess fairytale moment. And I was like, babe, we have to plan it.

[D]

Because you're a Disney fan, too.

[A]

Yes. I wanted the, like, Cinderella moment. And so, yeah, it was like seven or eight months, so it was pretty fast.

[B]

It was a big wedding.

[D]

Yeah, it was big. How big?

[A]

300 something.

[B]

275 or 300 people.

[C]

That's gnarly. That's.

[B]

It was gnarly.

[A]

It was fun.

[B]

God bless her, dad. Thank you, Benny.

[A]

Yeah, thank you, dad.

[C]

What? Did he pull the bill for the wedding?

[D]

Let's go.

[C]

That was Abby's parents. They paid for it, too. So that was a huge blessing for us as well.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

I feel like by the time our kids grow up, it's gonna be switching. Cause I feel like it's getting a little dated, you know?

[C]

Yeah, totally. Totally. And I think with, like, how much money people spend on weddings these days, you know, I think it's. It's going to change to where maybe people are telling their kids, hey, maybe, you know, at least cover part of this or something.

[B]

I don't know.

[A]

Also, there was just me versus, like, y'. All, you know, I feel like that makes it easier. He had one daughter.

[C]

True.

[A]

That's all.

[B]

Yeah. I mean, if you got, like, five daughters. Oh, my God.

[A]

That's.

[C]

Yeah. I mean, you're one of six kids. I mean, that. But only one sister, though.

[B]

Only one.

[C]

Okay. Yeah. So that's at least good for your parents if that was expectation for them.

[D]

That's funny. So you're a big Disney fan. I know Disney played a role in the proposal like, you were playing Disney music.

[B]

We had a string quartet. I'm gonna be honest, my mom helped me a lot with the engagement because I was like, mom, like, here's a lot of things that she likes. But, like, do you have any ideas? You know, I'm kind of nervous.

[C]

I'm kind of panicking.

[B]

And so she was like, okay. We used to have this lake house that we had as an Airbnb. They lived there, my parents, for a little bit. They would always live, fix up the property, and then we'd Airbnb it out. My mom and dad are just absolute legends like that. And they're working with the business last, like, almost 10 years. And so we had this beautiful property, lakefront, get there for the engagement, string quartet got this private dinner planned, and then the surprise boat ride that will take us out on the lake and then end up at a restaurant on the lake with all of Bree's friends, family, and some of my friends and family. Like, an engagement party. Power goes out.

[A]

Amazing. No, no, I didn't know. I thought it was like the, like, dim lighting.

[B]

You know, it went out in the entire neighborhood. And so then you got like, the chef who's like, all right, I'm switching to, like, back burners I brought, or, like, gas stoves. And like, he's just trying to hustle and make it work. And I'm like, is it gonna be ruined? It wasn't ruined. It was still amazing. But the string quartet played some of.

[A]

Bri's favorite Disney songs, Frank Sinatra included.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

He's my fave.

[C]

Is there a certain Frank Sinatra song that you. You like more than the others? That.

[B]

That's.

[A]

I can't pick. I feel like fly me to the moon popped in my head just now. Maybe that one.

[C]

That's. It's funny that you said, cuz that was literally the first one that popped in my head too. I feel like that's an iconic one.

[D]

It is.

[A]

It is.

[D]

Wait, is he the one who sings just the way you look tonight? Yeah, that's the one I danced to with my dad and my grandpa at our wedding.

[A]

That's so sweet. Yeah.

[D]

I don't know who sang it.

[B]

I'm so bad.

[D]

Someone will let me know in the comments.

[C]

Why are you bad with English music?

[B]

I don't really hear lyrics very well at all, so. Especially with musicals, I just can't. I can't hear it. I can't understand what they're saying. So I've been listening to Japanese pop for like, 15 years. That's it exclusively.

[C]

Explain that, because I saw you mentioned that one of your YouTube video videos, and I had never. To be honest, it was the first time I'd ever heard of Japanese pop.

[B]

I've been a nerd for a long time, openly. Not just in the closet, you know what I mean? Like, I grew up watching, like, Naruto and all the anime when I was 10.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And then at a certain point in time, I was like, oh, I really like these openings. They're like the opening songs for the anime. You know, you got a favorite TV show, they got an intro, intro song. And then you're like, wait, this music's really cool. And I don't understand the lyrics, but I really like the melody or the tune so I can use it to focus while I'm working. So I just got in the habit of only listening to that because I can't really understand the English lyrics a whole lot. So I just stuck with that. So Breeze Family being big into the music, there's like, what's your favorite song by the Beatles? And I was like, who are the Beatles?

[C]

Who's the Beatles?

[A]

He didn't know who John Lennon was.

[B]

No John Lennon.

[D]

That was crazy Lennon.

[B]

I don't know who this guy is.

[C]

Who's your favorite J Pop star?

[B]

There's some really good bands out there. All right. Probably one of my favorites is. Oh, I gotta remember their name exactly. If only I had my phone on me. They all have some complicated names, but I really like Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. It's like a mixture of, like, Screamo and they go between English and Japanese.

[C]

And are you also into K Pop or is it just J Pop?

[B]

Really? It's just like I listen to some K Pop stuff, but people always say that they're very different, obviously different languages, so they sound very different. But I like. I like the Japanese language in the form of music more interesting.

[A]

I could be so wrong, but I listened to both. Now he introduced me to it. I feel like a lot of the J Pop I listened to is more like rock and roll, screamo vibe. And K pop is more rock pop, alternative radio bops.

[C]

We were at the. The New Year's Eve like, thing in New York City in Times Square a couple years ago, and one of the guys from BTS was there. J Hope. Was that his name that performed. Anyway, I didn't know who he was, and everyone was roasting me in the comments. I made a video and I'm like, I have no idea who this guy is. Like, you don't know J like, he's.

[B]

The biggest pop star in the world.

[C]

I'm like, I'm sorry, I don't listen to K Pop. I had no idea.

[A]

That's cool.

[B]

Do you guys watch any anime?

[C]

No. My brother does. It's funny you mentioned Naruto and I know who that is because my little brother.

[B]

Why is your brother so cool?

[C]

So I have two brothers, actually. I have an older brother and a younger brother. My older brother is the one that would watch Yogscast growing up and then my younger brother is the one that would watch like the anime he still does now. I feel bad sometimes. I would out tease my like, josh, why are you watching Naruto? What is this Naruto, dude? But like, I, I clearly there must be, you know, with you liking it too. I. I can understand that. There's probably some I've never actually watched.

[B]

It's just so creative and so imaginative.

[D]

Watched movies that were anime.

[B]

There's a lot. Yeah.

[D]

Showed me one and it was like a main one because I like looked it up afterwards.

[B]

What was it called? Howl's Moving Castle. Kimi Noa. Spirited Away.

[D]

Spirited Away?

[B]

Yeah. Studio Ghibli. Really popular.

[C]

You knew all the names right away.

[B]

That's such a good movie. I'm telling you. Like, we'll give you guys a couple and then you watch it. Breeze to make fun of me for years.

[A]

So bad. I was like, this is weird. Why are you watching this stuff now? I love it. It's like you just find one you like and then you get hooked.

[B]

You find like something that you love watching on linear, traditional tv. So if it's like suspense or thriller and then you just find an anime that also matches that same genre. And it's a lot easier to get into it because you're already familiar with it. And now it's just a bit more novel because it's anime instead of, you know, real life TV shows. But you're like, oh, but I'm familiar with it. So it's easier to start understanding it and kind of get into it. At least that's how it worked with Bri. Yeah, she's big into thrillers. So I was like, all right, well, I got one for you.

[D]

Thrillers. Really? I would not have pegged you as a thriller lover. I know.

[A]

I also like true crime a lot.

[D]

Me too.

[A]

It's so fascinating.

[D]

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[B]

What's up with all the pretty ladies lacking the true crime?

[A]

It's fascinating for some reason.

[D]

Yeah, it's like, it's curiosity. Like, how could someone do something like that?

[C]

Have you seen the trend? That's like, her legs were cut off, her tongue was cut off, her eyes were.

[D]

As you're walking in, me doing my makeup, and I'm like, yep, I'm walking.

[B]

In the morning breeze is in her closet getting ready. And I'm like, all right, I'm gonna go the other direction, dude.

[C]

And it's Dateline too. Like, now they have like, a Dateline podcast where they have the audio version of the episod. And so my mom always watched that growing up and not.

[D]

It's not new, Matt. It's been around whatever number one podcast.

[C]

Women have been into this for years.

[D]

I think it's just curiosity. Like, you're just like, how could someone do something like that?

[A]

Yeah, we got to be ready. Like, I also think it's a female.

[D]

Urge to, like, protect yourself.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

Like this. It's scary. Okay? It's out there. It's scary.

[A]

It's true.

[B]

It is very scary.

[A]

You guys don't get it.

[D]

You don't get it.

[B]

Apparently we don't. There's just something. Something Wrong with us, obviously.

[D]

I think. Yeah. Also maybe it's a short person thing. Everyone's a predator.

[C]

You guys are both five two.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

You guys are the same height.

[B]

Yes. Short queen.

[D]

I'm only wearing heels, though.

[C]

You're wearing heels to get yourself some extra height.

[D]

I want to talk to you about working as a Disney princess. Yes. Are you allowed to even say which princess you were?

[A]

I feel like I can.

[D]

Okay.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

We did Elsa, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty. No way. My first one, though, y', all was Anna or Anna.

[D]

Yes.

[A]

From Frozen. And I looked horrible. That's why I only did that once. Putting me in a bun that was red. That is not my style. But, oh, it was so much fun.

[B]

We loved it.

[A]

Fun. Yes. Like getting to surprise the little ones, especially when the parents didn't tell them that there was going to be, you know, a visitor. That was my favorite. When you got to surprise them.

[D]

Oh, wait, was that like birthday parties and stuff?

[A]

Yeah, birthday parties, events. They didn't tell me, though, I would be face painting, and I do not have that ability. So I remember I painted this beautiful little three year old's face. Like, I tried to make a butterfly hand her the mirror. And at three years old, she goes, oh, no.

[D]

They're the most honest it gets.

[B]

It's true.

[A]

Which is good. It's a good thing.

[D]

You're like, I'm just gonna wing it.

[A]

Yeah. Literally.

[B]

Liter.

[D]

That's so cute. Oh, my gosh.

[C]

Did the princess thing end when you started being a YouTuber or did you keep doing birthday parties and stuff for kids after. After creating content?

[A]

I mainly did it during college.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

And then once I became a nurse, I was working graveyard shift, so I didn't really do the princess thing anymore, but I missed it. It was really fun. Yeah.

[D]

That's crazy.

[C]

Was that any of that during COVID at all or was that pre Covid?

[A]

Pre Covid. I want to say it was like a year before COVID I switched over to full time YouTube.

[B]

Wow.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

She's being very modest. She absolutely crushed it when we launched her first channel. It was 32 million long form views in the first month.

[C]

Holy crap. That's amazing.

[B]

There's actually one point in time when Bri wanted to do a specific video, and myself and our creative director at the time, like, it's a terrible idea. And she's like, I'll take the camera and go film it myself. Then I remember that and I was like, ooh, spicy. I was like, that was kind of attractive. Go ahead, do it.

[D]

And did it work?

[B]

It did. It did, yeah. I was like, okay, so fresh perspective, actually really helpful here. Yeah.

[C]

And at that point, you know, you guys starting to do content together. You were. You were a seasoned veteran at that point, Right? Like, wasn't there a time in your career where you were essentially coaching up Jimmy, Mr. Beast teach, like, showing him the ropes? Back in the day, when he was.

[B]

There was. There was a point in time when he came in, you know, he was already so, so far ahead of his time. Even when he came in and we met him for the first time, our moms used to do some Bible studies together. And then at one point in time, I think I got looped into PR training with him. Some stunt. I can't remember what it was. And I was like, it's like when your dad gets a speeding ticket and then he takes you to be a part of it, so it lowers the insurance bill.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

It was like that. And I was like, I don't understand. Why do I have to do this? And it's like, because you have to, because Jimmy's doing it. And I was like, okay. So he came all the way to our office just to do that. It was hilarious. He's such a good guy, though. Such a good guy. But this was like, maybe when he was at, like 20 million views a month, maybe, if that. It was a while back when he was doing a lot more of the experiment type content before he really blew up. And he was like, like, here's all the different ideas we have. Aren't these crazy? And I was like, yeah, why are you spending so much money on your video? You know? I was like, I don't understand this. Anyways, let's go film a Roblox video. I'll make you a Roblox account. He's like, I think you should spend more money on your videos. And I was like, I couldn't compute at that time. He's just so far ahead, super, super intelligent. I remember him even looking at some of our videos at that time. And he's like, your intros are like a minute long. And he's like, dude, you gotta trim these. He's like, just get to the good stuff more quickly. And I was like, really? But what about, like, you know, like, the personal connection and getting to chat with the audience? He's like, yeah, save that for later. And I was like, okay. Anyways, the guy's brilliant.

[C]

That's so interesting. Yeah, I mean, it's clear. I mean, yeah, given, like, Beast Games, you know, the success that he's had. It's clear that he was ahead of his time. It must have been, like, pretty surreal to, like, watch that happen from. From the beginning, essentially, you know. That's cool.

[B]

It was really cool.

[C]

It was really cool.

[B]

We actually got to see Jimmy's mom last week. Whenever I went to. We did this awesome make a Wish event with Disney and YouTube at Disneyland. Such a big blessing. And I got to see Jimmy's mom first time in, like, five years. And she goes, brenton, you look so old now. And gives me a hug. And I was like, thanks too.

[C]

With like, the. I'm going to call it for what it is. It's a media empire that you guys have built on YouTube, which is. Which is insane. Like, what do the logistics look like for that? If you're filming, like, some big hide and seek video in the stadium where the Dallas Cowboys play, like, how does all that work? That must be a logistic nightmare to deal with all of that.

[B]

That was a really, really big video. And all the credit goes back to the team because they spent so much time working on that project. We had not only our internal team, but we even hired an external production team to help facilitate and assist with that. We just always had this idea of, like, how cool to be to get 50 YouTubers into, like, one of the biggest stadiums and get to play hide and seek.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

And they were actually still giving tours that day. So some of the kids that were in the tours were like, Preston, over there.

[C]

Over there.

[B]

And I was like, I love you so much. Thank you for helping me out. But it was a process. I think it was like six months planning and getting to go through it just because, you know, you got people sometimes are not able to make the flights anymore. To be honest, like, I wasn't really involved in the logistics side of it, really. I was much more involved on the creative and understanding the structure and how we wanted to pace things. The team absolutely nailed that. It was such a spectacular experience. I almost accidentally broke the world record for the most indoor steps.

[C]

Really?

[B]

Yep. Just because of how much distance we traveled. Because it was like a good 16 hours or 18 hours of just walking around and looking.

[D]

Oh, my gosh.

[B]

It was quite. It was quite exhausting. At the very end, I remember just being like, oh, sitting down at the end of the day, I was like, this feels so good.

[C]

How do you find a partner to come alongside you in filming a hide and seek video with YouTubers? Like, where do you go? Like, there's not. There's not, like, companies that Are like, oh yeah, hire us to do your hide and seek video inside a NFL stadium. Like that doesn't exist. So how does that logistically work?

[B]

Well, we had a VP of production at that time who had worked at Fine Bros. And a lot of other amazing YouTube companies. And so I just had pitched the idea and I was like, what does this look like? I understand like what the outcome is and I would love to get to have a really big successful video where we get to actually invite so many different creators rather than just like one or two creators at a time for a collab, which is amazing. But you know, what would it look like to put us on the radar by doing a really big video with this many youtubers at a stadium like this? And then he was like, okay, I'll map it out. You know, get back to you. So honestly, like you just spearheaded the entire thing. And he was like, finding the extra production team that would help us facilitate this and make it into a reality. But you have people like that that really want to upgrade the capacity of the team internally because they're like, if we can accomplish this successfully, everybody's capacity, the amount of energy they spend, they either just get more efficient, better, or both. And it was a huge level up moment. You know, it's like in the video game, you defeat the raid boss and you're like, sick. You know, I just got 20% extra XP level up, baby. Maybe that's what it was like.

[C]

If you don't mind me asking, what does a video like that cost to make?

[B]

I want to say it was about 200 to $250,000.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

Somewhere along those lines. Most of it just being the flights, the camera equipment, a lot of the post production, I mean it took six editors. Honestly it took about four to six editors, maybe around a month if I recall correctly. It's just a lot of footage, a lot of logistics for the hotels and the flights. I mean those are the majority of the expenses. Because hide and seek, thankfully you're just having fun playing hide and seek. There's not really other expenses once the video starts filming outside of just getting the talent.

[D]

Well, each of them had a camera too, right? So I remember how many hours.

[B]

Yeah, it was so much hours of footage. I don't remember exactly how large the project was, but it was absolutely gnarly in the size.

[D]

Wow, that's impressive. Just even like wanting to take on something like that, but then let alone executing like that, it's very impressive. I know you always wanted to work with your spouse and I want to talk about it because we work together, obviously. Yes, there's a lot of fun and games involved, but I know that also it can get hard sometimes. I imagine where. Where are the parts that you. You're like, this is where it gets difficult for you guys.

[A]

That's a good question. Do you want to answer first?

[B]

Absolutely.

[A]

You had something.

[D]

He's been thinking about this for a minute.

[B]

A lot more. Just up front. I always mean what I say, so you can always take me at face value. There isn't hidden motive or a hidden agenda behind it. So if Bri and I are having a conversation, we'll be talking about, you know, actions that we want to take or actions that I think Bree should be taking or looking into a little bit more. Sometimes there can be some friction between those because Bri is a lot more sweethearted and more. She's more kind hearted and more tender. And so sometimes I can come off to be a lot more abrasive.

[A]

It's a good balance, though. But sometimes in business, I think too much with my heart versus, you know, getting really down to the business side. So that's kind of a hard thing. Like, we kind of help each other in that, I feel.

[D]

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[C]

What advice would you give to somebody that's like wanting to be Maybe a Minecraft YouTuber gamer streamer? Like what would you say to somebody like that who's just getting into it?

[B]

You're going to fail and you're going to be really bad. I had 300 videos that I deleted, probably more than that at the beginning.

[C]

300?

[B]

Oh yeah, you'll never see the light of day of those videos, but it's all about getting the reps in. I think a lot of people are just very quick to want to have the instant gratification of a successful video. But in reality, a lot of times when you're talking about your successes or the things you've been blessed with, you don't realize that there was a lot of struggle that goes in there. So really it's finding the content you love making and then content that viewers also love watching and then you get to marry them together. This is the Goldilocks zone.

[C]

You clearly have more patience and persistence than I do. Because I was about to throw in the towel after doing 50 videos on YouTube. I was like so burnt out. I was like a full time job making no money. I was hoping to like maybe make a couple dollars on Adsense and I. And I couldn't even get that Covid hits and I'm like, I think I'm gonna give this up. But somehow we ended up doing TikTok dances and that got us discovered, I don't know. And that blew up our YouTube channel like the cross pollination. How about that?

[B]

You feel at that point in time were you like happy and slightly upset? You're like, I grinded so hard in these videos and I should have just been dancing.

[C]

I was stoked though because I was like, I didn't think TikTok was going to like last like it did. So I just, at first it was just, we just did TikTok to get people to our YouTube channel. And that's how like the first year we actually made money on social media was just getting people over to YouTube so we can make money off of AdSense. And that's how we were able to like fully, you know, go full time.

[B]

And that's how you do it. That's when I was streaming on Twitch, same thing. I was like, I was trying to get as many people to my YouTube channel as possible.

[C]

Yeah. But it's just like hearing you make 300 videos, I'm like whole. Like that's six times the amount of videos.

[B]

Not the exact same about your quality of videos. Much higher gaming videos at least.

[C]

Okay, okay, that does make feel better. But still, it's like you have to put in a lot of work not knowing if it's going to succeed. And that's scary.

[B]

You know, it's the plateau of latent potential. A lot of times results lag behind the efforts.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

So it's easy to give up more quickly.

[C]

Good for you, man. Good for you. And good for you. Marrying someone that already had this content empire and you could just, you know, cohesively go together and build your own thing within that.

[A]

Yeah, I got to learn a lot. I was gonna say every time I'm asked to give somebody advice, if you're starting like a YouTube channel or whatever, make sure you're passionate about what it is. Because if you're gonna go all in, if you like really dislike what you're making, that's gonna drag you down and you wanna be able to be yourself. I feel like in my content, maybe I'll be like a little extra, like loud or something. But I'm just myself. Cause otherwise I'd get more drained. So I think important to be authentic.

[B]

And if you're going for the sustainability. Absolutely.

[C]

Yeah, yeah.

[B]

Plus also, you're looking to serve people. And I always tell people, like, if you're getting into entertainment, like you're looking to serve your viewers. So you have to enter with that heart posture. It's not about you. You might not always have the most fun making your videos, or it might be very grueling, it might be demanding. But remember why you got into this. Because you love seeing people that watch your content and you're making it for them. You know, did you open a coffee shop to make coffee just for yourself? Maybe Most likely you're trying to serve customers with some amazing copy.

[D]

No. That's a great way to look at it. And you can tell that you guys are one genuine, but also just like truly care about your audience and want to cater them and see what they want to be reflected in what you're creating.

[B]

Well, none of us would be here without the beautiful people that watch behind the camera. We just wouldn't exist. So this platform and this opportunity, this gift that we've been allowed to Steward is only because they actually get to.

[C]

Watch because of you guys. Thank you for being here.

[A]

Yes.

[C]

And while we're at it, go ahead and hit that like button.

[B]

Yes. We need a higher engagement rate. I want 10% on this video minimum.

[C]

My dad, my. Every time we put my dad on camera, he'll be like, did you hit the like button? Like, my dad always tries to plug us. It's so funny. He's like, did you subscribe?

[B]

Like, I love that you got a good dad. Just defaults to 10 year old. Like his 10 year old self.

[C]

Oh, really? When you put the camera on him?

[B]

Yeah. He'd be like, did you subscribe? Did you subscribe?

[A]

Yeah, yeah.

[B]

And he'll just say just like ridiculous things like. Is that how you say it? Subscribe. Papa Frag's here. He'll just, like, go off the deep end and just be absolutely hilarious. He loves it.

[D]

That's cute.

[C]

Okay, speaking of family, speaking of, you know, parents, we got so many questions in this question box and put out on Instagram for you guys about, you know, starting a family, kids.

[D]

And I get why there's confusion, actually. Cause as I was watching some of your videos, I've seen you say you want six kids, and then I heard you say, maybe no kids. Like, I'm confused as well. What's going on here.

[B]

Things have evolved, but I don't think there's any change on wanting to have kids. Maybe the amount, because Brie and I are both, you know, 31 now, so.

[A]

Thank you.

[B]

Lord willing, I would love to be able to have a few kids in the next couple of years.

[A]

Just not six.

[B]

Six. We probably.

[A]

Personally, I don't want six. I feel like two.

[B]

I have to do all the hard work.

[A]

No, definitely. I feel like we were in this period of time when I first got married and wasn't really in the YouTube space. I only was thinking about kids. And then I feel like I've been putting efforts just into the content creation side. And now that I'm, like, a little older, it's starting to lean more where, like, we're thinking about it more, you.

[B]

Know, submit your plans to the Lord so we can change. So I was like, cool. Like, I thought I would have a lot of kids at 25, you know, or even 23, I'd start having kids. And then it was like, okay. I really feel this calling for what I'm doing right now, and I really love it. And I feel like it's a purpose. I get to bring joy to people. And I only Want to continue to multiply that joy and do I want to, you know, split that time right now or do I want to wait until I know for certain that I can make the time to have a child and to be a really good father and to be more present.

[C]

Do you guys have any, any like, preference on, on like boy, girl, maybe one of each?

[B]

I want a boy first.

[A]

I don't really have a preference as long as they're healthy. But I will say only child, girl, sorority girl. I don't know how to raise a boy necessarily. I don't know. I guess you figure it out. Yeah.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

You would be great.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

It's funny you say that because I'm one of three boys and so like my older brother just had a daughter and we were talking and he's like, dude, I have no. This is actually while we were playing Rocket League the other day, he was like, he was like, dude, I. I'm so like, this is weird. Like, I have a girl, I don't know what to do. And I'm like, I guess like, you just figure it out. Like, I feel like the ball was like, no girl dad. Like, just knows how to be a girl dad. You kind of just figure it out. Thank you to ZocDoc for sponsoring this portion of today's episode. I recently realized I was due for a routine physical and I used ZocDoc because it's so convenient. You can do it from the comfort of your own home and you don't have to like, like wait in line somewhere or drive somewhere to do a doctor's appointment. It's easy to do right on your phone.

[D]

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[C]

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[A]

Never something I ever thought I would do. Do, to be honest. Like, I'm not saying it was a.

[B]

Hard sell for Brie.

[A]

I was actually really sad when Preston was like, my heart is set on moving. Like, we were a bit outside of Dallas. We had this house. I thought I was going to like, have kids and like die in. I don't know. My parents have lived in the same house for 31 years.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

So that's how I grew up. It's like.

[B]

And I grew up moving around a ton.

[A]

Right.

[B]

All the time, every couple of years.

[A]

Right now. I love it. I feel super safe and like, you have like a pool you don't have to take care of.

[B]

Really the big reason is like, we found these offices that we're in right now and they're a lot closer to the city. And so we didn't want to make a 25 minute commute every day.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

And then also I was like, you know, it's kind of nice that I have to cut the grass or like, you know, take care of the yard or, you know, do any of those things. And we had such a big, A big home. It was a huge blessing. It was like 6,000 square feet and we just barely use any of it.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Actually we were able to sell it and the family, their kids, kids watch our videos and so they were like over the moon. And I was like, this is awesome.

[A]

Like, so cool. Couldn't have asked for, like, best kids.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

They just tell all their friends that they live in Preston.

[A]

Don't watch the video where we filled the bathtub up with ketchup, please. It has been cleaned.

[C]

Wait, you filled your bath?

[D]

What does that do to your pipes?

[A]

I don't know. I.

[B]

Unspeakable things. You know, at one point in time, we definitely ended up nailing the furniture to the ceiling just to make it look like the room was upside down.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

All the furniture. So I don't even know if there's holes in the ceiling.

[A]

We put like a prison inside of the pool. What crazy things. So fun.

[B]

Ball, pit balls, you name it. It was a content house.

[D]

How do you go about nailing furniture to the ceiling?

[B]

My older brother Deka is a wizard. He was an engineer in the Navy. And then he graciously moved down here to help us make all the content content dreams we had come to life. And so anytime I was like, I kind of want this done, I don't know how to do it. All right, Daca, we need this maze made out of Legos. But I want it in the pool.

[A]

Yeah, he's like, okay with the water out of it.

[B]

No, no.

[A]

I remember we were putting chains around my waist so I would sink to like place the Legos down and they would like rise up.

[B]

There's no rule book on this, you know.

[C]

That's terrifying though. How did you like, if you were like chained to a weight in a pool, how did you get out?

[A]

So you couldn't too deep of a pool, so it was okay. But it was crazy. We even did like scuba tanks at one point to like stay down there, like in the house.

[B]

Oh, yeah, same thing. We did the hide and seek once where I buried myself alive in the backyard of my parents. So he brought in a backhoe, Brie took my siblings out who were the seekers. And then I got in there and I was like, wait, I don't have any oxygen or anything like that. And I was like, and it's like 100 degrees in Texas and I'm like.

[A]

2 or 3 in dirt, like underground.

[B]

And Dag is like, thank God I missed the pipe. I was digging with the backhoe. That could have been bad. Anyways, your box is ready.

[C]

What was that like, being buried alive?

[B]

So much fun. It was so cool.

[C]

You weren't even scared a little bit.

[B]

You seek some thrill and some novelty. Yeah. Have you ever done the plane walking? You can do it in Washington state.

[C]

Plane? What is that?

[B]

You can walk on a plane while you're in the air.

[A]

That's flying.

[B]

And yeah, it's so fun.

[A]

And he had like.

[C]

You walked on a plane while it's.

[B]

Flying, you get to go from. It's only a two seater plane. It's like a biplane and they're doing hammer curls and barrel rolls. But you get out and then you walk on top, strap yourself in, then you get back down and then you go out into the wing and you hold on to this javelin. You kind of look like you're Harry Potter water filming around.

[C]

I'm thinking about the Tom Cruise video of him like holding onto the plane while it's taking off, which is like, you Know, that's like a real shot. Yeah. They actually, like, hooked him, strapped him into the plane.

[B]

Guys.

[C]

I couldn't believe it. I thought they would have CGI'd that stuff.

[B]

No, dude. Tom does all this stunt.

[C]

That's insane.

[D]

Are you a thrill seeker like this?

[A]

I did hang from a crane in a box 100ft in the air or something. That was cool. But overall, no. Like, when he was doing that, I ate ice cream and was watching Bob's burgers. Like, just freaking out.

[D]

I was freaking out.

[A]

So nervous.

[D]

That was your comfort.

[A]

Yeah, it was like. Content has made me do things I never thought I would do. I like to confront my fears because normally I'm not a thrill seeker at all, to be honest.

[B]

That's obviously one of the coolest things about content. If you guys feel that same way, but the experiences that you're like, well, I wouldn't do this normally, but because I want to do it for other people. Yeah, I'm gonna get to do something totally unique that I would never be able to experience and share with the world.

[C]

Oh, it's so much fun. I love that about. I've just never walked on a plane that's flying in the air.

[B]

We'll do it together. It'd be so fun.

[C]

I would be down. If that was a legit possibility. I actually probably.

[B]

That was a legit possibility.

[C]

I would do that.

[D]

It was legit.

[C]

As long as there's a high likelihood of me not dying because I have two boys, I got a kid, and I got a wife, family. I would love to have more lightsaber battles with those kids in the future.

[B]

I would like that to keep happening to.

[C]

What has been the coolest experience you've ever gotten to document on YouTube?

[B]

What a phenomenal question. Do you want me to go first? Bre?

[D]

Sure.

[B]

Gosh, it feels like it's a bit of a cop out answer, but, man, I loved. I just. I love the YouTuber hide and seek. But if I have to answer a different one, the limo video we did was so much fun. That video where we had this old 2008 limo, God bless it, it tried its hardest. We drove almost from the east coast to the west coast, and we were not allowed to leave touch the ground. So we had to pump gas by getting on top of the roof. We had to, like, harass people at gas stations. We were trying to get a souvenir from every state that we crossed through. We ended up trying to do it in 50 hours, and it took us 66.

[C]

Oh, my gosh.

[B]

So we were not successful, unfortunately. But the limo broke down once. Brother in law driving it got pulled over. The whiskey decanters were not full of whiskey.

[C]

How did you go to the bathroom?

[B]

The whiskey decanters were not full of whiskey.

[C]

Oh, my gosh. But like, but like, did anybody have to go number two?

[B]

Oh, yes. And it was while we were broken.

[C]

Down number two, bro.

[D]

I would.

[B]

While we're busting down. That's just like. Those experiences are so fun. Cause you get to bond with your friends and you're just sharing this experience of you all just going kind of insane. Wow. And then. But you have this goal and you're like, we have to do this. No matter what, we have to do this goal. We have to achieve this. We can do this. Those types of leaders here, all a little bit. A little bit. But I love those types of videos because it's things, again, you wouldn't get to do if you weren't making content and sharing it with the world. And so it's just. Just like, okay, did I just design, like a really hard, impossible video game? Yes. And I can't wait to go and experience it.

[C]

I know this concept's like five years old, but I still want to do it. I recently got full self driving on our Tesla Model Y. I want to do like a west coast to east coast road trip, like with my boys, but then like on full self drive the whole time. Like, I think that'd be so much fun, but I know that's like, not even close to the fun.

[B]

That was actually our first video that inspired the road trip video.

[C]

Really?

[B]

Yeah. I saw Ryan Trahan Stokes Wins. They did 24 hours in Tesla auto part. And I was like, oh, okay, what if we could do 50? And then can we go to this YouTuber's house and then make it all the way back in autopilot? And can we get Elon Musk to notice us on Twitter? Any social media platform within that time limit before we make it back?

[C]

Did he notice you guys?

[B]

He did not. And we were stalking him. I mean, we were stalking him. We were just trying to get a like or a tweet because we really want to do a Fallout video in the plaid. At that time, the plaid was going to be the brand new Tesla. Yeah. Yeah. We were unsuccessful.

[C]

Surely Elon knows you are now, though, with. With like the 80 million subscribers across platforms. Like, there has to be a way Elon has to have seen Preston video. Please, Elon, if you're watching this, please say hi to Preston don't get over it.

[B]

Brie, did you have a favorite video?

[A]

I have two. I can't decide between. So one, I confronted my fear of being alone when I was little. My worst punishment was sitting on the stairs awake from my family, because I cannot stop talking. I love to talk. And so I stayed in this building for 24 hours alone with nothing. I was just filming and, like, slowly going insane and just like, talking to myself and just trying to, like, entertain. So it was, like, cool to confront something I never would have done otherwise. And then selfishly, I loved when I got to be at a zoo. And they, like, it's where Harambe was born. Born. And they let me do everything.

[C]

That.

[A]

That one, it was on, like the.

[B]

Is it in Harlogen, right?

[A]

Harlogen, Texas.

[C]

Oh, okay.

[A]

So that's where he was born. And they let me feed, like, all the animals, like, go back into places you never get to go, like where all the dangerous snakes are. And like, it was just such a fun time.

[B]

He loves animals. I do.

[C]

Can we keep talking about the crazy stuff you guys have done for videos? Because this is just such, like, our content is so, like, okay. Day in the life of a parent. I'm changing diapers. I'm doing, like, our stuff is just so boring and lame. Yours is like. But yours is like, I walked on top of a flying aircraft. Like, I want to know more. Like, tell me more about the cool stuff you've done. I find it so interesting. I feel like your followers too, because, like, from my understanding, your content is so fast paced and, like, high energy. Like, very entertaining. So I'm sure in this format there's like, so much more were to say behind the scenes of, like, what it was like to make these videos that people would have never heard if it weren't for you talking about it on a podcast.

[B]

That's true. Some of our favorites that we. There's this guy named Roberto Burst. He was one of the world's strongest men. We started partnering with him on some content back in 2020, 2021. So one of our really popular videos, it's like 40 million views was world's strongest man versus bulletproof glass. So we built different types of bulletproof glass. Progressive, like a video game where it's like level 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ending with bulletproof glasses glass. But throughout it, you'd have, like, glass, like sugar glass. You'd have silly glass that you use in movies. At one point in time, there was bank teller glass. Like, literally what the tellers are behind and the guy was like, who sold it to us? So I don't care if he's the world's strongest man. He's not getting in. One spear throw and he cracked the glass.

[C]

You're kidding.

[B]

Yeah, it was just like, oh, my gosh. And like, I just would never get to do something like that if I did do YouTube. It was so fun.

[D]

The fact that you have to, like, access bank teller glass. Glass.

[C]

How did you even access that, my bro?

[B]

I had no idea where my brother got it. Like, he literally is the goat because he just brings all these crazy creative ideas and just engineers them into the real world.

[C]

You should do, like, world's strongest man fist versus, like, cyber truck. See if he can, like, punch through the wind. Because I know there's. They're supposed to be, like, bulletproof now you'd probably be bleeding like a cheap butt out of. I would watch that video we did.

[B]

We had him actually go up against bedrock. We had, like a two ton piece. I don't even know how heavy this rock was. But, you know, bedrock in Minecraft is unbreakable unless you have creative mode. And so. So we were, like, curious if he could go through different types of stones or materials from Minecraft that lead up to bedrock and if he'd be able to get through it. Man, we were dropping this thing off a forklift and then eventually we got feather wedges. We had seen it on a TikTok. I forgot. Some random guy to mine was using feather wedges to crack a rock and I was like, we should save that for the end. Maybe he can get through with this. Have you seen those? It's like where you take these little wedges and then you hammer them with a sledgehammer and then it just creates enough pressure that the whole rock cracks. And half.

[C]

No, I haven't.

[B]

I haven't seen that again, like, just stuff you'd only get to do in content. It's so fun.

[A]

You just made me think of a video I did. So I went to Mexico and I don't know how to swim very well. So my fear I was confronting in this video was I was gonna go in a submarine thousands of feet under the ocean, and this terrifying, beautiful, lovely man was like, go ahead, you can drive it. And I was like, really? So I'm just like, under the sea kind of freaking out. And then this very sweet man is like, go for it. Sit in the chair. So I was like, this is terrifying.

[C]

Did you not hear about what happened to the people that were looking at.

[A]

Titanic I did, but we did not go down that far. I will say I feel like that had something maybe to do with that. They were, like, real deep. I, like, was near the sand already.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

Could you have imagined?

[A]

No.

[D]

That sounds terrifying to me. I don't even want to do the Nemo ride at Disneyland.

[B]

Yeah. No.

[C]

Abby's afraid of the water a little bit.

[D]

It's claustrophobia.

[C]

We used to live in Hawaii, and I tried to get her to surf with me, but maybe one day. Maybe one day I'll be so much fun with you.

[B]

Did you ride the wave, or did the wave ride you?

[C]

I guess in Waikiki. You got up on Waikiki? Yeah.

[D]

On Waikiki.

[C]

Yeah. That was great.

[D]

The easiest surf spot.

[B]

Hey, hey.

[A]

But you tried it. That's what matters.

[B]

It's hard to get up on a surfboard.

[D]

Yeah, it's very hard.

[B]

Tell me. I get the Loco Mocos are in Hawaii. Hawaiians. Y' all know your food.

[C]

It's wild, though. Like, in Hawaii, we, like, met a lot of people that were in the military people, because, like, there's a lot of military people in Hawaii. And we knew a guy that was under, like, underwater for a submarine for.

[D]

Months at a time.

[C]

Was it three months? They don't come up. They're underground in, like, a nuclear submarine. Right. And someone died while they were down there. He got, like, crushed from some big piece of equipment, and they didn't even come up. They just had to put his body in the freezer and just leave him there.

[B]

Because you just. You have to. Yeah.

[C]

For, like. For security reasons.

[A]

Call the family. Like, no, no, no.

[C]

You can't even. And. And his wife told us that he came back. So weird because, like, when you there for that long, and it's just a bunch of dudes.

[D]

That's happened.

[A]

Right? Yeah.

[C]

They have no. They're not on TikTok or. Or, you know, YouTube shorts. They have no idea what's going on in the world. So they come up and they're just like. They're a little weird because they've been under.

[B]

Well, they're, like, literally been, like, buried under a water rock for three months.

[C]

It could be. I lived in a submarine for three months and didn't come up. That would be an epic challenge to, like, commit three months of your life.

[B]

That would be so sick. Yeah.

[D]

Oh, my gosh, Matt, we could not be apart. We were apart for 24 hours last week, and we were just like, come back home.

[B]

Oh, no.

[C]

I hate being away from Abby. I don't want to. Even being away from Abby for 24 hours sucks. And even right now, like, we're away from our kids now for 24 hours and I hate it. Like, I did not want to leave yesterday, but.

[B]

Yeah, that's because you guys are awesome parents, though.

[A]

Oh, sweet.

[C]

Thank you. We try our best, you know.

[B]

You guys up for some lessons? Yes.

[A]

For real? No.

[D]

No, no. Well, that's exciting that you guys are even thinking about that chapter of life. It's like my favorite thing I was telling you before we filmed, like, it's literally the most fulfilling thing ever. We talk about it all the time. I don't need to be the one to tell you. You already probably know from everyone in your family and your life.

[B]

Wasn't it such a blessing when you have amazing parents? Like, you really have this almost just edge on life.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

That is so unfair because of all of the people and your parents that have just blessed so much of their time and refinement with you. It's really just such a gift.

[C]

We feel very blessed that we have. Yeah, like the, just, just the business that we have on social media, it's been, it's been a huge blessing to us and our family. We don't have a ton of family members working with us like, like you guys have, but we have, we have a couple and it's really cool to like, see it provide for us, provide for them. Even though Abby and I don't come from wealth or money, like, we both come from having loving, caring parents. And I feel like that's undervalued in today's age. Like, to have two parents that really care about you and want the best for you. I feel like that just made us feel secure in ourselves and grow up knowing who we are, you know? So I think that was a huge blessing.

[B]

It's the biggest.

[A]

It's the biggest and most important job in the entire world too.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Nothing is more important than that.

[D]

Yeah. And more than that, just like having parents that are proud of you and parents that enjoy you, that is like. Because also the flip side of that is like bad parents can also do.

[C]

Lifelong drama and damage.

[D]

Damage, like to you as an adult. And like even, like I was telling Madness, I was like, think about how we're like establishing our kids inner dialogue essentially. Like what they believe about themselves, what they believe about the world. Like, a lot of that is like, comes so early on in Life, before you're 18 for sure. I think about the things that I believe in myself because of what my parents said. To me and instilled in me. And, yeah, that's just such a. That is such a responsibility. But then we always talk about they're our legacy. Like, this is, like, this is forever, like, even past our own lifestyle. So it's such a rewarding thing, fulfilling thing. And we're also, like, lucky. Cause we have just, like, really fun kids. They're just really easy to be. It's really easy to be your parent. Like, they're really fun and enjoyable.

[B]

I'm sure that helps a lot.

[D]

Yeah, yeah, we got lucky. Cause we, like, genuinely, of course, love you, but we also just really, really like you. And so this is really working out. Well.

[A]

That is a big blessing.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Doing social media for as long as you have and not quitting, not. Not like falling into burnout, which I feel like every creator experiences at. At some point. Have you been able to stay positive?

[B]

Well, there's a couple of things. I mean, Bri is obviously such an amazing support. We get to support one another. But even before I was able to meet Bri, my mom just like a rock star, you know, there's definitely a point in time where YouTube was much more edgy than it is now. And I was getting very, very bullied. And I was like, all right, mom, it's over. It's done. And she's like, no, it's not.

[C]

Wait, what do you mean? Like, you were, like, bully bullied?

[B]

Like, people were just getting. I was getting super bullied for. For a big part of it was because of my faith. When I was, like, streaming and just starting out, I had, like, 20 live viewers, you know, so for me, it was, like, a really big deal. Yeah. And then I was like, I just think I'm done. You know, everybody hates me. And she's like, no, you're not. You get back up right now. You're not giving up. This is your calling. This is your purpose. You get back up there and you just go. You ignored them. And then it started to really re. Injure the way they think about it. And it's like, well, if people didn't get to have such a blessed upbringing, how much, you know, potential draw are they carrying right now in their life? And so I think about it a lot more of, like, how sympathetic can I be towards somebody? Because what causes somebody to act in that type of way? You know? Because I think we've all kind of experienced that maybe a little bit being trolls growing up a little bit. Maybe not to that extent, but then you can start to relate and just think about it from their perspective and understand, like, okay, well, they might not have had the same upbringing.

[A]

It's also motivating because we're both wanting to be lights to people. And I feel like that gives me a lot of motivation. Like, say you have a kid, Kid who got bullied at school, and then they turn on the channel and they're able to laugh and not think about it, and they feel like they're included in, like, your family.

[D]

That's.

[A]

Even if I'm having a rough day, that's motivation to not give up. Or even if you have a hard day, it's like, here's my purpose. And it's so motivating that it makes me excited.

[C]

Has there ever been, like, a situation like that, Bri, where you've felt bullied or felt. Felt like somebody was just like, out to get you and you've had to overcome that as well.

[A]

So it's been a while. I will say, when I first met Preston, people were actually pretty mean to me. I don't know why. I don't. I think it's because, like, Preston was so established and he was so fast with proposing. So a lot of people are probably like, who is this chick?

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And they might have not understood that I just, like, loved him for him and didn't know, like, anything about this industry.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But I feel like that lasted for some such a small period of time, and people have been so gracious and kind overall. Like, I really have no complaints, to be honest.

[C]

That's awesome.

[B]

Plus, how can you hate Bri? You know, she's so much prettier than me.

[A]

Well, you're handsomer than me, if that's a word.

[B]

Thank you, Bri. I appreciate that.

[C]

Well, you guys, this has been such a fun time getting to chat with you. I feel like we really bonded in this, like, hour and 15 minutes or whatever it's been that we got into chat. What's. What's. What's next for you? Is there an exciting project that you're working on that you want to share about or. I don't know, maybe that's all top secret.

[B]

I see. Even more importantly, we're really excited to hopefully be able to get to start our family here soon.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

Okay. That's really, really on. Been on our heart recently.

[C]

Okay. Wait, that's so cool. I'm stoked for you guys. That's awesome.

[B]

I know. People always want, like, a big, like, five year plan, like, tell me it all, and it's like sometimes you just take it day by day. And you're evolving as the new information comes in.

[D]

Well, I feel like the best things in life are unplanned.

[A]

Yes, I really do think so.

[C]

The best things in life are unplanned.

[D]

And I think as soon as you try to come up with a plan is when life just reminds you that you don't have that control.

[A]

Yeah, so true.

[C]

100%. Where's the best place for people to stay in touch with you? Is it YouTube? Instagram? TikTok?

[B]

Like, I would say Instagram's really good.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

Instagram is definitely where Bri and I are the most active. Yeah.

[C]

Okay. So guys, go check out Preston and Brianna on Instagram. Will link their Instagrams below as well as their other socials. Thank you guys so much.

[B]

Thank you guys so much for having us. It was such a blessing.

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