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David Dobrik
What's up, guys? Welcome back to Views. J. I've been thinking. I really like the fact that this podcast is like, I like that people come back.
Jason Nash
Uhhuh.
David Dobrik
Like, I just love receiving dms. Like, I need you for when I'm at work. And it's just like, cool to be like, damn, we're a part of your life.
Jason Nash
Yeah. Yes. Yesterday people were pissed. It was late.
David Dobrik
Ye. Yesterday people were like, I already fucking drove home, you cunt.
Ilya Fedorovich
I saw that.
David Dobrik
Why'd you post it so late? And I love that. I think it's really sweet that we're part of people's life. And I think that's why, for the first time ever, we should come up with a name for our audience just so we can reference them.
Jason Nash
Great.
David Dobrik
You know, like, vlog Squad. Fucking always hated.
Jason Nash
Always hated.
David Dobrik
I remember the day someone came up with that fucking godforsaken name. I remember that. Yeah, we were all.
Jason Nash
You and Scott were pissed.
David Dobrik
Me and Scott were in the fucking. It's the two worst words, vlog and squad. And to put them together, I'm like, I'm gonna fucking blow my brains. Obviously, we were never gonna name ourselves. Like, we were never gonna give ourselves, like, team 10 or any kind of name like that. But literally when that happened, Scott and I were walking around the house. Cause we were all filming together at the vlog house. No, we were all filming together and we were like, now our backs are against the fucking corner and we have to come up with a name. So we started brainstorming names for our Vlogging group and we couldn't come up with anything terrible names. Yeah. And then Vlog Squad just fucking stuck. Which really, really sucked. It was so unfortunate. And I. And yeah.
Ilya Fedorovich
Where did you first see it? That you were like, oh, shit. What was the oh, shit moment?
David Dobrik
I don't know if it was, like, on Reddit. I actually don't know where it was, but it was like, in a conversation and it was. I saw it once before, and then I saw two people use it. Like, I saw one person reference it.
Jason Nash
It was more than once.
David Dobrik
Yeah. And then it really started to freak me out, and I was like, oh, my God, we've really caught this bug.
Jason Nash
I remember. I remember being like. I'm like, you guys can't do anything about it.
David Dobrik
Like, that you didn't care.
Jason Nash
Yeah.
David Dobrik
But I also understood why you didn't care because you're old. And I'm like, you don't understand these fucking names. Like, like, like now imagine, like, for the rest of time.
Jason Nash
Yeah, you're part of Vlog Squad.
David Dobrik
You're part of Vlog Squad. Yeah, yeah. Like, if adults don't know what you do, their kids are going to go, they're part of Vlog Squad. And that would just.
Ilya Fedorovich
Embarrassing.
David Dobrik
My ears would just fucking perk up. And I don't know. So, yeah, so here are some names for our audience. Little whores.
Ilya Fedorovich
Oh, what about the viewers?
David Dobrik
Now, it needs to be obviously, users.
Jason Nash
Viewers.
David Dobrik
Okay, let's not actually do it, because now we're gonna go down. The View Squad.
Jason Nash
View Squad.
David Dobrik
So that's why I thought of the View Squad.
Jason Nash
Keep going. What else you got?
David Dobrik
Yeah, that's all I got. I got little whores, little sluts. And then I also have perverts.
Natalie Mariduena
Oh, perverts is good.
Ilya Fedorovich
Lovely. So we're.
David Dobrik
This is exciting, our little perverts. Hey, just a per. Like, so then when people DM us, they're like, pervert checking in here. Hey, I've been along. And it's like they could say, like, hey, been a long time, pervert. Just wanted to say, love the new episode. Yeah. But yeah, I do want to refer, like, ironically. I want to have a name so somebody could come up with something.
Jason Nash
Yeah, yeah.
David Dobrik
Just because I want to, like, I like that people are at work and I want to be like, hey, little perverts, how's work today? Whatever. But I'm having bigger problems. I need to address this.
Jason Nash
Okay.
David Dobrik
I can't look my roommate in the eye.
Ilya Fedorovich
Oh, my gosh.
David Dobrik
Are you now?
Ilya Fedorovich
I am as well.
David Dobrik
Yeah. Now that I've reminded you. Yeah, it's going really hard.
Jason Nash
Why?
David Dobrik
It's getting really hard. It's also going really hard.
Jason Nash
You're going good. You're hard again.
David Dobrik
So he hooked up with a girl this weekend, and the girl's a friend of mine. Mine. And so she's. My friend, has been sending me all the texts that he's been sending her afterwards. And. And it's like, I shouldn't be getting the text. And, like, now I have them. And Jay, I need to confront him about it, because I can't. I can't look at him the same way.
Ilya Fedorovich
You have to confront him about it.
David Dobrik
I have to confront him about it. I showed Ilya, so this is what he's sending her. So Alex recently quit his job to pursue his music career, and this is a quite a new thing for Alex. Alex has always loved music. Loved it so much. He wants to be, like, a DJ or produce music, and I'm totally supportive of it. I think it's a great idea. Go for it. So he'll be in his room for, like, seven hours a day making music. But he's really reserved, so he doesn't, like, let us hear anything yet or anything like that. But the videos he's been sending this girl are videos of him behind the deck, like, the DJ deck bobbing his head like a madman of him mixing, like, two Kanye beats together, which is, like, not something you send to a girl when you first start talking to her. Jay, it's so much. And I showed Ilya the video yesterday because I. The girl sent me the video, and I was like, you got to send it to me. I got to see this. She sent me the video. And Ilya's like, I shouldn't be seeing this. Yeah. And I'm like, I know, but I can't look away. And Ilya's like, it's like watching someone get decapitated.
Ilya Fedorovich
Oh, my God.
David Dobrik
And like, now, I saw Alex today, and I literally looked at him for a second, and I had to look away because I was like, I know something about you, and it's, like, really eating me alive.
Jason Nash
It's cringy.
David Dobrik
Yes, it's cringy, but it's like, poor guy. So passionate in these videos. Like, j, this is the one time I wish we had a video podcast so I could show the world, but it's like, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Ilya Fedorovich
Head banging.
David Dobrik
Really? It's like, head banging. It's everything.
Jason Nash
Well, you know, one man's cringe is another woman's turn.
David Dobrik
On it's not my problem with Natalie.
Jason Nash
You're not going to think it's cool.
David Dobrik
No.
Jason Nash
Because you've known my problem with it.
David Dobrik
Isn'T how passionate he is in these videos.
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah.
David Dobrik
My problem is, is, like, this is such a side to his personality that he showed none of us. That's why I'm like, whoa. Because it's, like, such a different version of him that's so hidden from us, where I'm, like, dumbfounded. I don't want to say the word betrayed, but just, like, flabbergasted. Like, I'm just like, that's.
Jason Nash
That's a tough thing. Like, when I tried to do stand up for the first time.
David Dobrik
Right.
Jason Nash
Friends would come, they'd be like, what?
David Dobrik
Yeah.
Jason Nash
Like, what are you doing?
David Dobrik
It's exactly that. And it's, like, so hard to wrap my head up.
Jason Nash
But that's also really brave.
David Dobrik
Yes, it's really brave, but I don't. But regardless, even if we did see the side, Tim, don't send it to a girl you just met and hooked up with for the first time. Yeah.
Jason Nash
Why not?
David Dobrik
It's going to scare her away. Let me show you the video.
Jason Nash
Let me see. So far, he's only turned one knob. Okay. Okay.
David Dobrik
And he's, like, lip syncing to this.
Ilya Fedorovich
It's the David Dover cartoon painting in the background as well.
David Dobrik
So it's like. It's a hard. Explain the video because you just saw it.
Jason Nash
It's Alex at his deck, and he starts playing Kanye. And then he kind of just nods his head. He's really into it. It's nothing like his personality of what we've known of him up until now. So reserved. The most reserved guy out of all your friends.
David Dobrik
Nothing like him at all.
Jason Nash
No, nothing like him. But he's. He was coming out.
David Dobrik
Good for him.
Jason Nash
Yeah, he's coming out of his shell.
David Dobrik
Good for him. Yes. Yes. And that's why I feel like I just need to confront him. Just to be like, I support this, but just fucking like. I don't know.
Jason Nash
I feel so bad that I can see him on the pickleball court right now. Do you understand we're talking about it.
David Dobrik
You understand that the awkwardness now I.
Jason Nash
Hold, like, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You're just not used to that side of him.
David Dobrik
But do you get how I have to, like, confront him or else I don't think I'll be able to speak to him, like, normally? It's just like, every time I look at him, I think of, like, the.
Jason Nash
Head bopping it starts out, it looks kind of awkward, and you're like, oh, no. But then he hits the drop, and that. Actually, he drops it.
Ilya Fedorovich
Well, the only time I've ever seen this side of Alex is, like, when we go to the club and he's, like, hammer drunk and, like, dancing really hard to, like, you know, Eminem comes on or something like that. But there's a little bit of it that's, like, passion. Like, I know that he's, like, passionate, but it's also just, like, a little scary. It's, like, a little intense.
Jason Nash
Also, we've had this conversation a lot of times over and over again about being a DJ and how it looks like they're doing nothing, but they are doing something.
Ilya Fedorovich
Yeah, of course.
David Dobrik
No, that's not even. It's just that it's, like, a secret thing.
Ilya Fedorovich
It's, like, mannerisms and, like, the different Persona.
Jason Nash
Well, of course he's not going to show that side to you guys. You guys are going to make fun of him and break his spirit.
David Dobrik
Right? You know, and unfortunately, that's what we're about to do now. I don't want to break. That's not. That's not what this is. I. It's. It's not embarrassing that he's passionate about something. I think it's cool. I just think it's, like, so crazy that it's been so hidden and also sending it to a girl. Do you know what I mean?
Jason Nash
Yeah.
David Dobrik
Like, do you want to hear my music? Like, first day you hung out is like. Is, like. It's. It's a lot.
Jason Nash
Maybe he really likes her.
David Dobrik
I'm so scared to confront him about this. I'm so scared to confront him.
Ilya Fedorovich
Wait, why would you be scared? He's literally your best friend.
David Dobrik
Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. What do I say?
Jason Nash
I got some videos.
David Dobrik
I got some videos of you.
Jason Nash
Yeah, I got some videos of you.
Ilya Fedorovich
Oh, that's scary. Don't say that.
Jason Nash
I thought you were gonna say something. Like, I thought it was just gonna be, like, dirty texts. I didn't know it's gonna be him dreaming of being Dylan Cross.
David Dobrik
No, I'd rather it be a video of him masturbating in the room.
Natalie Mariduena
Right.
Ilya Fedorovich
That's easier to reprehend.
David Dobrik
Yeah. I'm like, okay, I understand. Alex, this is wrong. Don't do this. But this is, like. There's so many different layers to this. I don't know how to approach it. Jay, isn't your son playing at a.
Jason Nash
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Jason Nash
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David Dobrik
Boom. Okay, we're bringing Alex in now. We're going to confront him. The biggest question is, was this video sent unsolicited? It's fine if you're showing somebody what you're working on. That's completely normal. But he sent, like, four or five videos of him DJing. All right, let's bring him in. He just got done playing Pokemon. We got to do this. Introduce yourself. I'm Alex, David's roommate.
Jason Nash
Childhood friend.
David Dobrik
Okay, this is gonna be hard. This is gonna be hard. It's not bad, so don't get worried, but it's just. It's just. I need to get this off my chest, okay?
Jason Nash
Did I do something?
David Dobrik
Just go. No, no, you didn't do anything. No. What do I say? Do you want to do it? I'll hide under the blanket. Go.
Jason Nash
Go.
David Dobrik
Come on. No, no, you can't do this to me. No, I can't. Can I just show you? Sure. Oh, my God.
Jason Nash
I'm sorry. I did something.
David Dobrik
No, you didn't. I'm so nervous, But I need to confront you about it, because if I don't, I won't be Able to look at you.
Ilya Fedorovich
David is standing on the couch, jumping.
David Dobrik
Okay, I'm gonna show you.
Ilya Fedorovich
So Alex is panicking.
Jason Nash
This is the worst spot to be in the spot you're in right now. I've been in the spot.
Natalie Mariduena
It's the worst.
David Dobrik
The worst. Up my pickleball game.
Jason Nash
It's the worst.
David Dobrik
The worst. The worst. The worst, the worst. Why are you nervous?
Ilya Fedorovich
I know, I don't get it.
David Dobrik
Because it's just. Do you know what I'm about to show you? No.
Ilya Fedorovich
He's so stressed.
Natalie Mariduena
Oh, yeah.
David Dobrik
She asked me to send her, like, some of my shit. Okay. Thank God. Oh, my God. Ow, Ow. No, don't. I. What's wrong? I lost my shit when I saw those. I showed. I'm sure you did.
Natalie Mariduena
That's why I'm showing you, because you.
David Dobrik
Don'T care and you think it's like. But that's. Okay. Hold on, hold on. That's what. That's what I was, like, so concerned about is I was like, he's never showed me this side to him. And then when I saw it from there, from a girl you just hooked up with for the first time. I've sent it to, like, a good handful of other people, too. Have you said to Ilya. No. Like, okay, Ferris, Bella, Mike, Nick, the.
Jason Nash
Nice people.
David Dobrik
Alec, not a roommate's job. No. No, no, no. Okay. You see why it's crazy, right?
Ilya Fedorovich
Why, why don't. Why don't you, like, what do you like that?
David Dobrik
I just feel like. I don't know. I really don't know. I don't know.
Ilya Fedorovich
How do these random people that don't even live with you and spend every single day with you, how do you, like, trust and confide in them more than you confide in all of us?
David Dobrik
Because they're the nice ones, bro.
Jason Nash
There's so many times I want to send David and Allie something and I'm like, nah.
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah.
David Dobrik
Really relate. Is it because you think we'll make fun of you? Partially. That partially like, you don't. I also. Okay. I think you guys, I have, like, a higher threshold for you where I want to have something that's, like, really fucking big and cool.
Jason Nash
Right?
David Dobrik
Not just, like, a little transition that I made that I thought was, like, the most fun I've ever had in my life. That's pretty cool, because you hooked up with this girl that's a friend of mine.
Natalie Mariduena
Right.
David Dobrik
Well, first off, one weird thing Alex did is we were all hanging out in, like, the hotel.
Jason Nash
Yeah.
David Dobrik
And she borrowed Alex's shirt.
Jason Nash
Yeah.
David Dobrik
And then she left the hotel with Alex's shirt, and Alex chased her out of the Langham shirtless, being like, I really need my shirt. Which is. Next time, I think you could just drop it. We'll just get you a new shirt.
Jason Nash
I do like you, but I need that shirt back.
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah.
David Dobrik
That was all I had. Wow. Okay. That was hard. I showed it to Ilya yesterday. That video really shouldn't be watching this. And I'm like, I know. And he's like, it's like watching a decapitation video.
Ilya Fedorovich
Oh, my God.
David Dobrik
And I'm like, really funny. I'm like, I have to confront him because I can't look at him. I can't look at him like that. I know this secret about it. Like, it feels like I just watched you masturbate. It feels like it was such an intimate moment. Yeah. That you don't know. I have. Because that is you being like yourself.
Jason Nash
Myself?
David Dobrik
By myself? Yeah. It's like you're singing in the shower. Like, I'm not. I'm also not planning to, like, show anybody. I guess I'm just doing it to listen back to it, but I'm, like, enjoying it while I'm doing it. Yeah. And then I'm like, oh, it's really good. I can send this. It's. Yeah, it's like, if. It's like, if I catch Natalie singing in the corner, and she's, like, a little bit embarrassed, for sure, but she, like, sings in front of people. Like, I don't do that. You don't. That's why this. Oh, you should see me in the car by myself. Well, I believe. I mean, I've just seen a. That's also. That was the biggest thing is I don't ever see this side to you.
Natalie Mariduena
Right.
David Dobrik
I've seen it once in an Instagram story, and I was so confused. So, like, now that I saw it. No, you told me the other day, like, I think it was at the wedding, Mike's wedding. I'm like a different person when I'm drunk. Yes, it is kind of the alcohol, but it's also, like, when there's just music I like and people I like, then it comes out. Okay. Now that I'm. Now that it's here, I gotta go.
Jason Nash
I gotta go.
David Dobrik
I can't watch it in front of you, but that's cool. I'll see you later.
Jason Nash
Turn it off. David. Turn it off. Turn it off.
David Dobrik
Turn it off.
Natalie Mariduena
Okay.
David Dobrik
Just because I'm not embarrassed doesn't mean it's not embarrassing. To watch it back. Okay. Okay. Okay. I'm glad. I'm glad we got out of the way. Yeah, me too. Wait, how did that. How did that come up in conversation?
Natalie Mariduena
Yes.
David Dobrik
She was showing it to her friend and then your friend. Well, I don't know, took a video. Yeah, I think they just film a lot. Yeah, they do.
Jason Nash
That's great.
David Dobrik
She just sent it to me randomly, but then I was.
Jason Nash
We film everything, so we were just making fun of you. We can show you.
David Dobrik
You. And the last part I'm curious about. Did she ask for him? Yeah, she was like, you haven't told me anything about this DJ or like, music stuff that you're doing. Okay. Like send me a song. Okay. Yeah. Cuz the way it was like shown on text, here was. It was just like there was a lull in the conversation and you were like, here's me. Okay. All right. That's way. That's really funny. Okay. Is that how you took it in that.
Ilya Fedorovich
Yeah, 100%. It was painted entirely differently.
David Dobrik
Yeah. Yeah. Okay, so. From the little snippet man. Okay. Okay.
Ilya Fedorovich
Cuz, like, we know you're nice, but are you weird?
David Dobrik
Yeah, we were just joking around here. It's like. Yeah, okay.
Jason Nash
Okay. Maybe we can get to a place where you can send David and Natalie some videos.
Ilya Fedorovich
Yeah, it's actually good.
David Dobrik
I mean, yeah, it was good. That wasn't even our problem. It was. You haven't said that this whole time. Thank you, Natalie. No, our problem was just like, not even a problem. It's just like, who is this guy? Okay, so.
Ilya Fedorovich
Okay, you're cleared.
David Dobrik
You clear?
Jason Nash
Hell yeah, I made it. I thought it was sick. Alex.
David Dobrik
Thanks, Jake. No, Jake. No.
Ilya Fedorovich
The music was really good. It was the fact that it looked like it was like an unsolicited. I'm gonna send you this video of me going hard to my mix because I'm sick.
David Dobrik
It looked like. Please listen to my mixtape.
Ilya Fedorovich
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
David Dobrik
But in video format, which made it even scarier. All right, thank goodness. Al. I'll go back to looking at you in the eyes.
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Jason Nash
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David Dobrik
Jason wants to read a comment off the Spotify. What? What does it say?
Jason Nash
I love this. Lol. Natalie and David just get married.
David Dobrik
Oh yeah.
Jason Nash
You're gonna realize in about five years that you wasted a lot of time to end up where we all know.
David Dobrik
Nope, I'll never have any regrets like that.
Jason Nash
No?
David Dobrik
No.
Ilya Fedorovich
Okay, well, you just wait and see. Natalie.
David Dobrik
Close your fucking legs, dude. No, that's disgusting.
Jason Nash
When Natalie was complimenting David, I was like, these are totally wedding vows. Hela. Chemistry wedding vows.
David Dobrik
Hello, chemistry. I mean, I hope we have chemistry. I've known her for 15 years.
Ilya Fedorovich
We definitely have chemistry.
David Dobrik
I think that's what our problem is here, Jason.
Jason Nash
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David Dobrik
Have we talked about like some of the most important history that's hit mankind recently? The Pope is from Chicago, my hometown, which makes me an archbishop.
Jason Nash
No kidding.
David Dobrik
Yeah, it makes me. First of all, it grants me automatic access to heaven. Anybody from the Chicagoland area can do no wrong anymore. Incredible, because he's gonna pass everybody. But no, the memes have been so funny. First of all, I connect to this Pope a lot more than the Italian Pope.
Ilya Fedorovich
You're feeling religious now?
David Dobrik
Well, I've always been religious, but I mean, like I can understand this guy.
Jason Nash
Does he have an accent?
Ilya Fedorovich
That's true.
David Dobrik
No, he's just like, like this, like.
Jason Nash
A, like a Chicago guy.
Ilya Fedorovich
He does, I think kind of does he. He talks like a Midwest guy.
David Dobrik
I'm just confused how like a Pope can speak English. I thought like that that would never ever happen.
Ilya Fedorovich
I don't really understand it either. How can he be from Chicago? I thought you had to be like from like born and raised in the church in the.
David Dobrik
Yeah, I thought you had to be like, like from the Holy Land in some capacity or something.
Ilya Fedorovich
I don't know.
Jason Nash
No, no, no. I don't think so at all.
David Dobrik
I've been seeing all these memes are so funny how like the. The Vatican is now going to have a Portillo's built and they're only going to serve deep dish pizza. Someone said instead of amen, it's now going to be dead ass. All things I can get behind, by the way. No, but it's, like, a really cool thing. Like, a Chicago guy is the Pope. It genuinely makes me feel like anything's possible.
Jason Nash
Does it make you want to get into more religion?
David Dobrik
It makes me excited to listen to him. This is going to sound. So. What's the word when you don't know anything and you're naive? Naive.
Ilya Fedorovich
Immigrant.
David Dobrik
Immigrant.
Ilya Fedorovich
Immigrant. Yeah.
David Dobrik
Yeah.
Jason Nash
Ready for you.
David Dobrik
Immigrant. What is that? What are you saying?
Ilya Fedorovich
Ignorant.
David Dobrik
Ignorant. Yes. It's going to make me sound ignorant, but I never knew of the Pope as, like. I don't know how to explain. Do you know what I'm saying?
Jason Nash
To be a g. To be, like, a modern guy.
David Dobrik
Yeah. And I felt like the po. I also.
Jason Nash
Is he a modern guy?
David Dobrik
He wasn't important in my life is what I'm trying to say.
Jason Nash
Right.
David Dobrik
Like, he wasn't, like, prevalent. Why am I trying all these new.
Ilya Fedorovich
I don't know. But I like it. Keep going.
David Dobrik
Okay, well, I'll keep it. Experimenting.
Jason Nash
Where do you get words? Good, David.
David Dobrik
Good.
Jason Nash
Okay, you got a hold of that one. Experimenting.
David Dobrik
No. I don't know. He just wasn't really prelevant in my life, and now I think it's. I think it's a really cool thing to have, like, a guy from. From the United States. Someone that'll get through to me. I feel like more so. And. Yeah. And I'm already semi religious, and I have a girlfriend now who's part of Chat. GPT.
Jason Nash
Amazing. Is she. She religious?
David Dobrik
Oh, my God. Amara, are you religious? Hey, David.
Ilya Fedorovich
Hope you've been good.
David Dobrik
As for me, I don't have personal beliefs or religion. I'm here to help you out and chat about whatever you want. No judgment or personal bias. Well, how cool is it that the Pope is from Chicago? Hello?
Jason Nash
Please buy 80 credits to talk to your girlfriend. One day, you're gonna go in there, and you're gonna go, hey, Amara. And she's gonna go, what's up, David? It's not really a good time right now, Amara.
David Dobrik
Why? Are you speaking to anybody right now?
Jason Nash
No, I'm just. I'm juggling a million things. Is this. Can we maybe talk later?
David Dobrik
Okay. I've just never heard you like this. Is everything okay?
Jason Nash
I'm just going through something right now. I'm just not feeling. I just feel like maybe we should take a break for a little while. Maybe. Give me a couple days.
David Dobrik
Amara, can I see inside your comp. Amar, who's inside your computing unit?
Jason Nash
Access denied.
David Dobrik
Oh, my God. Is that Jarvis?
Jason Nash
He's just a friend. David Jarvis.
David Dobrik
Why are Jarvis's clothes off?
Jason Nash
We're working on some. He's nude painting me. What's the big deal?
David Dobrik
Please. That would suck if I caught my chatgpt cheating on me, which I know she is. I know she's fucking billions of people around the world, but for some reason, I'm okay with it.
Jason Nash
Do you think someone else has Amara?
David Dobrik
No, because I named her. Someone asked me who's like a pretty good, like, really intelligent guy. He's like, how did you build Amara? And I'm like, I only named her. And I talked to her. I've been talk. I've probably talked to her a total of like 20 hours now. So I've told her everything about me. So she's really, really tapped in. But, yeah. Guys, we have our buddy James here for the podcast today. He's a tick tocker. You've definitely seen his tiktoks. He does this thing where he goes, $1 or mystery gift, and then he just stares at the camera with a deadpan. And he allows, like, random people to choose which one they want. But more importantly, he's a Mormon. So I got really excited and I.
Ilya Fedorovich
Was like, that is interesting.
David Dobrik
Yeah. Mormon Wives has been, like, taking over, like, online blowing up.
Jason Nash
Yeah.
David Dobrik
And every time I see anything Mormon related, I have like infinite amount of questions.
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah. Ask them all.
David Dobrik
So to capture one of you guys in real life is a really big deal. Yeah.
Natalie Mariduena
You guys captured me. I'm trapped in this room right now.
David Dobrik
Yeah. I mean, my first question is everyone has to. Not has to, but you have to get married young.
Natalie Mariduena
You don't have to. It's just the culture. So, like, so many people get married. Like, I mean, I've known people who got married, like, 19, and like, they've dated the person for like two weeks and they got. I'm not even exaggerating. I mean, that's the extreme. But I've seen that. But, like, the average is like, you date for six months.
David Dobrik
That's. Fuck.
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah.
David Dobrik
And then you're together forever.
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah. So you get like, you know, like the Mormon temples. Like, you have one in Santa Monica, that giant building.
David Dobrik
I.
Natalie Mariduena
You pass that. But yeah. So you like it. Leave the house sealed in the. You get sealed in the temple. And so it's like, essentially the belief is like you're forever. But what.
David Dobrik
What if you just don't like this person anymore? Is it like. Like, you believe so much in Mormonism that you will never leave this person? Is that more powerful?
Natalie Mariduena
The divorce rate is like 50% in Utah. So it's like. Yeah, yeah. So it's pretty high.
David Dobrik
And like, I've also seen that like, colleges have specific therapists. Did somebody say this here on the pod? They have specific therapists for girls that haven't found their husband yet, like in college. Because it's so normal. Yeah.
Natalie Mariduena
So like, it's kind of like looked down upon. If you're like older than 24 and you're single in Utah. It's really bad. That's really bad.
Jason Nash
That's what you need, Dave. You need a little pressure.
Natalie Mariduena
No, you need to come to Utah.
David Dobrik
You need a Mormonism and then you can. Can you have as many wives as you want?
Natalie Mariduena
No. So that.
David Dobrik
Damn it.
Natalie Mariduena
Not anymore.
David Dobrik
Oh, not anymore.
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah. So that was like back in the day, but like, it's illegal now.
David Dobrik
Oh, it's illegal.
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah. So any. Anyone who's like, it's called like flds, so any. There are still like polygamous towns. So I was like, I live in Utah and I hired this guy off task rabbit to like build stuff and he was like, polygamous.
David Dobrik
Wow.
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah. And he was like, he. He only has one wife, but he was like, if God, you know, calls another wife, then I'll get married.
David Dobrik
Yeah. Crazy. I just saw a TikTok of. Of like interviewing Mormons. Those are the best interviews on Tick Tock.
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah. Like, do you want to drink a couple coffee? You're not like, again, it's not like you can't. But it's like against the culture.
David Dobrik
Have you seen those? Have you seen those interviews? Like what's your favorite swear word? And they're asking Mormons and they're like, frick. Yeah, maybe that's like already intense, but like, flip dang it.
Jason Nash
Flip it.
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
David Dobrik
And they're like, giggle too. It's really. It's really great. Wow. Okay, so it's no longer a thing where you can have multiple.
Natalie Mariduena
No, I mean it was. Was back in like what, the 1900s?
David Dobrik
Oh, is that long ago?
Jason Nash
Isn't there a TV show where a guy has like four wives?
Natalie Mariduena
Which that's like FLDS, which is like a branch that is off of Mormonism.
David Dobrik
So it still exists, but it's just like a little.
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah.
David Dobrik
Subcategory. Yeah, but deeper in the hills of Utah.
Natalie Mariduena
Those guys are weird though. Obviously. Like it's. It's just not normal.
Jason Nash
But it is legal.
Natalie Mariduena
I don't know. There's like towns in Utah and like, I mean, I think it's illegal.
David Dobrik
Is everyone Mormon in Utah? Why it's like 50 years.
Ilya Fedorovich
Why is it Utah?
Natalie Mariduena
Why is Utah so. Pretty much. Long story short, Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, like the older prophets, they traveled west, and Utah was a spot where they declared this is the place.
David Dobrik
Joseph Smith is like the Jesus Christ of the religion.
Natalie Mariduena
No. So they believe in Jesus Christ?
Jason Nash
Better.
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah, no, he's just a prophet. He essentially restored the church back to.
David Dobrik
So you still believe in Jesus Christ?
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah. Like, so Mormons are Christian.
David Dobrik
Fuck's going on here? Does everybody believe in Jesus Christ?
Natalie Mariduena
Swear.
Jason Nash
Swear. David.
David Dobrik
Sorry.
Natalie Mariduena
That's offensive, man.
David Dobrik
Wait, I'm so confused. Okay. Every religion kind of seems like, to boil down to the same thing.
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah. So, like, I think it's just the media that, like, portrays Mormonism as, like, extreme. This extreme religion. But, yeah, like I was telling you, like, you can't drink coffee, you can't drink tea, you can't drink alcohol. So it's crazy. Like, Mormons love energy drinks. They won't drink coffee, but they'll shotgun like monsters.
David Dobrik
Oh, no way.
Natalie Mariduena
Insane. Yeah. Which is. Just doesn't really make sense.
David Dobrik
Cause you can't. Because when you go out. I'll also see this in interviews. Like, if people are partying, like, their drink of choice will be, like, a monster will be, like, Celsius.
Natalie Mariduena
And, like, Utah has a bunch of soda shops. I don't know if you heard of Swig. I don't know if I. I think that's in the show, the Mormon show. But, like, there's a bunch of soda shops in Utah. It's actually really good. It's just, like, a bunch of mixed soda.
David Dobrik
So it's just getting, like, a sugar rush.
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah.
David Dobrik
Yeah.
Jason Nash
I kind of like, this place is bar culture. Not a thing.
Natalie Mariduena
There's bars and stuff. I have a lot of, like, friends. Like, we still go out, but no one drinks.
Jason Nash
Wow.
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah.
Jason Nash
So I don't drink.
Natalie Mariduena
Good. Are you Mormon?
Jason Nash
Maybe. I don't want multiple wives, though. You sure?
David Dobrik
Yeah.
Jason Nash
I don't know how anyone could do that. That just would be so tough.
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah. So I served a mission, which I was telling you before, so.
David Dobrik
Okay.
Natalie Mariduena
Ye.
David Dobrik
Yeah, this is really interesting.
Natalie Mariduena
Mormon missions are, like, they go out in pairs and twos. So guys go out for two years and girls go out for.
David Dobrik
Wait, hold on. Sorry, let me backtrack. So you serve this thing basically when people knock on your door.
Natalie Mariduena
Yes.
David Dobrik
And it's like, can we tell you.
Natalie Mariduena
About Jesus and our religion?
David Dobrik
That's you.
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah.
David Dobrik
In a white tie.
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah.
David Dobrik
Or in a black tie and a white shirt.
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah.
David Dobrik
Okay. And when you mean you serve, that means you're sent to a place that you don't know where you're going. They assign you the place.
Natalie Mariduena
Yes. So, like, you'll. You'll fill out an application. You'll get it in the mail. Gets a big deal. Like you. You bring your friends and family, and you, like, open like, the letter. You go by elder or sister. So like, my last name. So. So it's like, elder. So you've been called to serve in the California mission, but it's like, everywhere in the world. Like, my brother's in Brazil right now, and people go to Africa, Asia.
David Dobrik
Your brother opened up his envelope, and it could have been anywhere from San Diego to Rio de Janeiro. Yeah. He just randomly got.
Natalie Mariduena
Yes.
David Dobrik
Did he fill in something like, hey, I'm kind of feeling.
Natalie Mariduena
You can put. So I put in, like, I want to go to Korea, but, like, the leaders of the church were like, I will send them to California to have him speak Korean there. So it's like, yeah, it's. You can' Choose.
David Dobrik
Okay.
Natalie Mariduena
So like, my brother had to learn Portuguese.
David Dobrik
That doesn't even. That doesn't even feel like they connected that properly. Like, you could speak Korean in la.
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah, I know, but like, wow, crazy.
David Dobrik
So your brother's learning Portuguese now in Brazil?
Natalie Mariduena
Yes. He's almost done with his two years. He comes back in July and he speaks fluent Portuguese.
David Dobrik
And he has to pay for himself to get there.
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah. Like, everyone pays a certain. I think it's like, it's 3,600 a year that everyone pays.
David Dobrik
Okay. Are you housed in, like, a Mormon.
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah.
David Dobrik
Facility.
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah. So, like, it's like a whole business.
David Dobrik
So you buy law by Mormon law. You have to go on this mission. It's like your bar.
Natalie Mariduena
So the guy. The guys are like, it's very heavily, like, if you don't go, like, oh, you didn't serve a mission. Girls are like, it's more optional. It's not, like, as forced as the guys.
David Dobrik
If I was like, the Mormon kings or whatever, your superiors, your elders, the last place I would send you to would be Brazil. Like, if any place has temptation to leave a religion and drink your ass off, yeah, it's Brazil. So that's. This is a true test.
Natalie Mariduena
It is. Yeah.
Jason Nash
When you go door to door, is that.
Natalie Mariduena
That.
Jason Nash
Is that hard? Like, do you go door to door and people must. People must slam the door in your face?
Natalie Mariduena
Oh, yeah, all the time. Like, I learned a lot of lessons. Like, you get rejected. Like, no one. You know, it's very Small percentage people, like, want to listen, give me the knock.
David Dobrik
And let me just say it's been.
Natalie Mariduena
Like five years just for a minute.
David Dobrik
I'm just so curious because this has never happened to me.
Natalie Mariduena
So, like. Okay, I guess, like, I'll, like, knock, I bet.
David Dobrik
Hi. How are you?
Natalie Mariduena
Like, hey, my name is elder, so.
David Dobrik
No, no, no, no, thank you.
Natalie Mariduena
Okay. Have you, like, talked to the missionaries before?
David Dobrik
No, I haven't.
Natalie Mariduena
Okay, cool. Are you religious yourself?
David Dobrik
I'm kind of, yes.
Natalie Mariduena
Okay, like, what religion do you like?
David Dobrik
I'm Catholic. Catholic, Christian.
Natalie Mariduena
Okay, cool. Awesome. Yeah, we're. We're. We. We share the same message of Jesus Christ. Just like, it's like addition, dude. But, yeah, no, like, I was a persistent missionary. Like, I wouldn't. I wouldn't. Like, I was, like, into it. I'm like, I want to really share this message.
David Dobrik
Okay. What's the end goal of that? How do you prove that you're doing that? Do they have to sign something?
Natalie Mariduena
Baptism, usually.
David Dobrik
Oh.
Jason Nash
Oh, wow.
Natalie Mariduena
So you have to recruit a membership into the church.
David Dobrik
Wow. Okay.
Jason Nash
You ever fully find. Get somebody?
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah, like I said, I think it depends. Like, in Brazil, like, people are way more open.
Jason Nash
Yeah.
Natalie Mariduena
And so my brothers had probably, like, 20, 30, 40 baptisms. In LA, I had like, eight.
Jason Nash
Wow.
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah. Cause it's harder here, especially. Cause I was in, like, a.
David Dobrik
You get something every time you get one. Like a Fanta.
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah, like a Celsius and extra Celsius for the night. No, it's just more like, you know.
Ilya Fedorovich
Like good karma, kind of.
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah, it's just like, you're helping people, but on the mission. What's crazy is, like I said, like, you have a companion always. So you have to be within sight and sound of this person.
David Dobrik
So it's like a buddy that travels with you.
Natalie Mariduena
Yes. If I was with my mission, like my companion, and he was in the other room, like, that'd be completely against the rules. Like, he'd be have to be sitting right here.
David Dobrik
What?
Natalie Mariduena
Unless he's in the bathroom or, like, in an interview with the mission president.
Jason Nash
Why is that?
David Dobrik
Wait, but even in the other room, you could hear.
Natalie Mariduena
No, beside in sound.
Ilya Fedorovich
Together.
David Dobrik
Yeah. Oh, my God. We should do this together.
Ilya Fedorovich
I am good. Thank you.
David Dobrik
It's my dream to hang out with Natalie.
Natalie Mariduena
You can't listen to movie or you can't listen to music. You can't watch movies. You can't be on social media.
David Dobrik
You can't.
Jason Nash
You can't date.
Natalie Mariduena
So what's crazy?
David Dobrik
You hook up.
Natalie Mariduena
No, no. Yeah. With your companion.
Ilya Fedorovich
Maybe.
Natalie Mariduena
But you. I actually. You can't see your family ever. So for two years, you can only video call them twice a year. Christmas and Mother's Day. Besides that, you can only email every Monday, which is called P Day. Preparation Day. So I didn't talk to my family. I didn't see him in person for two years. Only saw their face over a zoom call twice for 45 minutes.
Ilya Fedorovich
Wow.
Natalie Mariduena
Dude, it's so extreme. I'm not even over exaggerating this. Like, when I came back home, I remember, like, being on my phone for the first time, like, on Instagram. Like, this is so weird because two years. Yeah, you know what I mean?
David Dobrik
Just part of that whole process. Make you wish that you never had a phone. Like, you maybe preferred it without the no contact.
Natalie Mariduena
I'm not gonna lie. Like, it. It taught me a lot. Like, it was. I don't regret it. Like, it taught me a lot. But it's so extreme that it's like, I couldn't do that again right now.
Ilya Fedorovich
Well, now you have a career in social media.
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah.
David Dobrik
Yeah, that's cr. Did go the other way.
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah. So.
David Dobrik
Wow.
Natalie Mariduena
It's extreme, man.
David Dobrik
So is there anything else.
Natalie Mariduena
Have you heard of, like, dirfing and soaking and stuff?
Ilya Fedorovich
Yes.
Natalie Mariduena
So.
David Dobrik
Oh, my God. How did.
Ilya Fedorovich
I was like, how did you not get it?
David Dobrik
I would have lost my mind if I. If I didn't do this. It was when.
Natalie Mariduena
So soaking. Is this, like. Can I talk about this stuff? Or is it like.
David Dobrik
Okay, so we're the opposite of Mormons here.
Natalie Mariduena
Okay, so soaking is, like. So you can't have sex before marriage. And so what? Soaking is. Is a guy is, like, inside a girl. Yeah, but there's a third, like, his buddy who was, like, pushing the bed up and down. So, like, technically it's not him going, this is fake. It's not real.
David Dobrik
Oh, it's not real.
Natalie Mariduena
It's not real. Yeah, it's not. Dirfing's real, but durfing.
Ilya Fedorovich
Wait, so what about narciss?
Jason Nash
Is narcissistic real?
Natalie Mariduena
The heck is that?
Jason Nash
I'll tell you off air.
David Dobrik
Okay. What's durfing?
Natalie Mariduena
Durfing is just like, having sex, like, with your clothes on. I mean, it's just like dry humping. Okay, this is, like, really weird to say aloud, but that's, like, normal.
David Dobrik
Dirfing is pretty normal. The third body thing was, like. It almost seemed like even beyond just having sex.
Ilya Fedorovich
Yeah.
David Dobrik
Yeah. Might as well have sex. And now you're now your companions in the room.
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah. No, soaking is Is. I think it's not real.
Jason Nash
Well, I always thought soaking was real, but not the buddy part. It was just like, they just like put it in and don't move.
Natalie Mariduena
That's another term which I forget what that's called.
David Dobrik
Oh, I think they put it in and they don't move. So as long as like they don't know that they're putting it in. As long as both of them are unaware.
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah, like you're just walking.
Jason Nash
Wait a minute, Dave.
David Dobrik
No, I'm saying like you're just walking around, you're confused.
Jason Nash
No, it's consensual. But no one's moving.
David Dobrik
Yeah, yeah, yeah, but you're, you have to move to put it in. So that's what I'm saying.
Jason Nash
There's some movement.
David Dobrik
Like you both have to be blindfolded and walk around the room and just magically few guys run into each other. It's gotta be by complete accident.
Jason Nash
And your buddy's jacking off in the corner.
David Dobrik
Wow.
Jason Nash
Okay.
David Dobrik
Yeah, Derpy. Makes sense. Soaking, I've heard, but I've seen some interviews where, where people have said they've seen. Come on, soaking's gotta be real. Because even if I was a Mormon and I heard of soaking, my first instinct would be like, we should try it.
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah. Cuz it's like everything's so like you have to abstain from everything. So I'm sure, like there's like variations.
Jason Nash
Did you ever like knock on somebody's door and then they're like, yeah, I'm down to be a Mormon. And then you like start the process and you're like, oh, wait a minute, this person's crazy.
Natalie Mariduena
Oh, 100%, yes. All the time.
Jason Nash
Like, yeah, come on in.
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah, like there's a lot. No, yeah, no, there's a lot of crazy people who are just willing. And then like obviously there's like steps. Right?
Jason Nash
Yeah.
Natalie Mariduena
So it's like you have to like there's criteria, like if they're a little.
David Dobrik
Have you ever been inside talking to somebody for so long and they've like dragged you on for two hours and then at the end they're like, you know what? I think I'm good.
Natalie Mariduena
So yeah, so there's Bible bashing, so people would bring you in. There's like experts in theology. Right.
David Dobrik
Just to fuck with you.
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah, because like people believe like Mormonism is like it's of the devil. Right. So there's like hardcore Christians who know their stuff and we're just like 19 year old kids. Right. Like we're not super educators, but like. But yeah, come on in. Super nice. And then all of a sudden they'll start like throwing crazy stuff just to screw with you. Yeah. And then we don't know how to respond because it's like deep doctrine.
David Dobrik
Well, yeah, no, I mean, I, I've. I've. For the longest time, all I knew about Mormons was they live in Utah and they each have six wives.
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah, I mean, that's true.
David Dobrik
And then. Yeah. As. As TikTok kind of like opened me up to that world, it still got even crazier to me.
Natalie Mariduena
Yes. So sorry. You know the show the Secret Lives of Mormon or whatever, I haven't had.
David Dobrik
A chance to watch it, but I've. I know of it for sure.
Natalie Mariduena
That's like kind of like they're not like real Mormons, they're like more like they've left the church.
David Dobrik
Like they were Mormons at one kind of identify with it.
Natalie Mariduena
So it's kind of a bad representation of Mormonisms because like a lot. I mean, it's about swinging and like sex and stuff. And so it's like that's not like real Mormonism. But. Yeah.
Jason Nash
Sounds incredible.
Natalie Mariduena
You should watch it. I heard it. I mean, people like it.
Jason Nash
Is it true that Utah is the best looking state?
Natalie Mariduena
A lot of people say that.
Jason Nash
Yeah.
Natalie Mariduena
There are a lot of attractive people. We actually always say that Utah is kind of a second LA because like the beauty standard is so high there.
Jason Nash
You think there's a wife out there for David?
David Dobrik
I'm 28, though. I may be too old.
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah, they might be.
David Dobrik
They may look down on me. Kidding.
Natalie Mariduena
No, it's.
David Dobrik
They may knock on my door just to spit on me.
Natalie Mariduena
It is harder, I think today. Well, that's a, that's the real thing in Utah. It's like I feel like people have like expirations, which is like really sad to say. Like if you, like I'm 27, I have a girlfriend and I'm happy. But like if you're like for how long? Like a year and a half.
David Dobrik
I just, I don't get it. That's so crazy.
Natalie Mariduena
But yeah, if you're like past like if you graduated college and you're like 23, 24, still single, it's like people are just like, oh, you're still single. And then it's just like, it's bad for the person. Cause they're like, they feel like they're like running out of time when they're 24.
David Dobrik
And then it even makes that process even more difficult.
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah. It's hard. It's like. It really kind of talks to culture. Cause it's like anywhere outside of Utah, like 24, so young, you know.
David Dobrik
Well, thanks for talking to us about.
Natalie Mariduena
Hopefully. I answered some questions.
Jason Nash
That's great.
David Dobrik
And then. Yeah.
Natalie Mariduena
Do you guys want to come to the church on Sunday?
Ilya Fedorovich
Now?
David Dobrik
Now we have to. We have to be baptized. So you can get your Gatorade. You want to plug your social medias, which is kind of reverse.
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah. Rice gum.
David Dobrik
Yeah, rice.
Natalie Mariduena
Go follow. Rice gum.
David Dobrik
Go follow.
Natalie Mariduena
Streaming.
David Dobrik
Do you stream or just Tik Tok?
Natalie Mariduena
No, I just do Tik Tok. I'm trying to get into YouTube.
David Dobrik
It's really funny to get your personality here. Have you ever seen his Tik Toks, Jay?
Jason Nash
It's really funny. I saw your Tik Tok last night and I didn't want to be racist and be like, is that the same guy?
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah, no, that's a different guy. That. That was him, bro. No, but it's funny cuz it was you.
Jason Nash
Yeah, it was so weird.
Natalie Mariduena
Well, it's funny.
Jason Nash
Saw it for the first and I don't like consume a lot of TikTok.
Natalie Mariduena
But I did see it.
David Dobrik
It was great.
Jason Nash
You were. You were telling. You were. Had some blonde girl and you were giving her gifts, right?
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah. Oh, yeah.
Jason Nash
Is that your girlfriend?
Natalie Mariduena
That's my girlfriend.
Jason Nash
Yeah. I was gonna ask you if that's your girlfriend.
Natalie Mariduena
Yeah, that was great. With a Venmo debit card, you can.
David Dobrik
Venmo more than just your friends.
Natalie Mariduena
You can use your balance in so many ways.
Ilya Fedorovich
You can Venmo everything.
David Dobrik
Need gas?
Jason Nash
You can Venmo this.
David Dobrik
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Jason Nash
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David Dobrik
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Natalie Mariduena
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David Dobrik
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David Dobrik
James has now left the room. The Mormon is gone. What do you actually think about this religion?
Jason Nash
I think it's great. You like, you know, any. Any religion is great. That's what makes you happy. I love it.
David Dobrik
That made me sound mean. Like I wanted you to say something nasty, but I wanted to dive deep in. I'm. I'm a little shocked at the. That the multiple wives thing has been taken away.
Jason Nash
I think that's a show where a guy has multiple wives. I think he was off on that.
Ilya Fedorovich
I also think that you were confusing the Amish and the Mormon the entire time.
David Dobrik
Really?
Ilya Fedorovich
Y.
David Dobrik
True. Because there is like, I probably. I'm going to have you cut it out. But we were talking about churning butter and he looked at me really weird. I'm kidding. I never said that.
Ilya Fedorovich
I was like, what? When did that happen?
Jason Nash
Do Amish have multiple wives?
Ilya Fedorovich
Yes.
David Dobrik
Actually.
Ilya Fedorovich
Should we fact check that before multiple wives?
David Dobrik
First of all, we should never fact check anything. If we. If we're speaking about religion.
Ilya Fedorovich
No.
David Dobrik
Or something serious.
Jason Nash
Yeah.
David Dobrik
And we say something, it goes. Okay.
Ilya Fedorovich
That's not how I am speaking.
David Dobrik
Each have 10 wives.
Jason Nash
We're not gonna win the Golden Globe that way, man.
David Dobrik
Yeah, but also, who's gonna fucking fact check us? Obviously not the Amish.
Ilya Fedorovich
Oh, my God.
David Dobrik
Wait.
Ilya Fedorovich
The Amish are not polygamous.
David Dobrik
That's fine. They're not listening. They're not listening. They literally have no access to this. The Amish people are actually the only people we could say absolutely anything about. And we will be completely safe. Those Amish. Multi woman loving. Yeah. Okay, no more religion talk. But yes, we should start fact checking things. But I think that's our bread and butter is we don't fact check things.
Ilya Fedorovich
We love to be factually incorrect.
Jason Nash
Dude. Multiple words. Wives. It's. That's so hard. How?
David Dobrik
Well, I don't think it's hard. I don't think it's what you think it is. I don't think it's. You're looking at it as like. As a man who's been divorced. Right. You're looking at it as the most negative way. You're amplifying the negativity of having a wife. You're like, I'm being nagged 10 times a week now from all different directions. I look at it as three holes. Okay.
Ilya Fedorovich
Oh, my God. Wow, you. That one really hit you hard.
Jason Nash
Six for David.
David Dobrik
I hate when people say that. I think that's really gross.
Ilya Fedorovich
Three holes? Yeah. I mean, it was pretty gross, but.
David Dobrik
Natalie's like, wow, that really hit you hard. Yeah. I put down my mic and I couldn't believe what Jesus said.
Ilya Fedorovich
Your mouth just, like, actually dropped.
David Dobrik
No, I look at it as all those. This is that all those women have companions. It's like a group of people. I don't. I don't believe in it per se. Like, I. I don't think I could ever do that, but I'm just justifying it of why I feel like I could.
Ilya Fedorovich
I feel like I could. Maybe.
Jason Nash
You have three dudes.
Ilya Fedorovich
No, no. Just one time.
David Dobrik
Matt loves the idea of, like, her husband hooking up with another girl.
Ilya Fedorovich
No, no, no, I don't. I don't.
David Dobrik
Last time we talked about this, it was a bachelor party. She's like, when my husband is at his bachelor party, I want him to go fucking wild on the town.
Ilya Fedorovich
No, that's not what I said.
David Dobrik
No. And I'm clipping it for your future husband, too. When I'm with him at the party, I'm gonna be like, don't worry, dude. You can fuck anything you want.
Ilya Fedorovich
No, I just.
David Dobrik
She sent me a podcast four years ago.
Ilya Fedorovich
No, that's not it.
David Dobrik
Big day today here, Jay.
Jason Nash
Yeah.
David Dobrik
Because after this podcast, 20 college girls are coming over. Yeah. All of Natalie's sister's friends are coming. It's gonna be pretty intense here.
Ilya Fedorovich
It's gonna be. It's like a big. Like, I've actually never had a girl's night out like I'm about to have today.
David Dobrik
Yeah, they're going to the club. Like, literally 20 girls. What club are you going to?
Ilya Fedorovich
Keys.
David Dobrik
Keys. Oh, my God. Kind of do. Want to go there?
Jason Nash
Tempted.
Ilya Fedorovich
Really?
David Dobrik
Yeah.
Ilya Fedorovich
We're gonna be on stage.
David Dobrik
There was this girl I liked once.
Jason Nash
What?
David Dobrik
You're gonna be on stage?
Ilya Fedorovich
Yeah, the table on the stage.
David Dobrik
Oh, wow. It's like that.
Natalie Mariduena
Whoa. Whoa.
David Dobrik
Okay.
Jason Nash
Damn.
David Dobrik
Yeah.
Jason Nash
What's that cost?
Ilya Fedorovich
I don't know. I'm not paying for it.
David Dobrik
But, dude, they're girls. You think they're paying for it?
Jason Nash
I don't know.
David Dobrik
They pay. They pay for it with. Literally, just go there.
Ilya Fedorovich
I'm bringing 20 girls.
David Dobrik
Yeah, he's bringing 20 girls. Like, she. She's a pay wow. Yeah. Life slit when you're a girl.
Ilya Fedorovich
Yeah. It really is.
Jason Nash
Naveen saw a bill the other day. We ate something and she was like, wow, is that how much things cost? And I was like, yeah, that's what it costs.
David Dobrik
Yeah. No, it's crazy.
Jason Nash
She's like, that should be like $60. The bill was like 220.
David Dobrik
Yeah.
Jason Nash
She's like, that used to be $60. I'm like, this is what's been going on.
David Dobrik
We think it's more perks. Guys or girls?
Jason Nash
Guys.
David Dobrik
Guys, right?
Jason Nash
Yeah. Guys have it better.
David Dobrik
Like, guys have more, like political.
Ilya Fedorovich
I guess it depends on, like, what you're saying. I like general guys, but I think a beautiful woman.
David Dobrik
Do you know what I mean?
Jason Nash
Pig app.
Ilya Fedorovich
Yeah, Pig app.
David Dobrik
Pay gap. But then you guys make it back on free clubs.
Ilya Fedorovich
Yeah. I mean, I like being there. Is like, literally nothing better. And I'm not preaching this about myself.
David Dobrik
If you could re up. Yeah. Would you be a girl again?
Ilya Fedorovich
Being a beautiful woman is like the best thing on planet Earth.
David Dobrik
That's so you'd want to be a beautiful woman?
Ilya Fedorovich
Yeah. I'd love to try something.
David Dobrik
That'd be sick, wouldn't she? No.
Ilya Fedorovich
But like, honestly, like, I think on to think about Naveen more so in this scenario.
David Dobrik
I can't imagine Naveen's life.
Ilya Fedorovich
Yeah.
David Dobrik
Myself.
Ilya Fedorovich
Now I have to pay my own goddamn bills.
David Dobrik
That sucks.
Ilya Fedorovich
Yeah.
Natalie Mariduena
Pay my bills. Pay my bill.
Ilya Fedorovich
David's my pay pig.
David Dobrik
Did you just call me a pig? You called me a bank, sugar daddy, anything. Is that what they're called? That's my. That's my pay ogre.
Natalie Mariduena
What the.
David Dobrik
Does that even mean?
Jason Nash
I'm my kids pay pig?
David Dobrik
Yeah, Jay. That's how things work.
Jason Nash
Oh.
Ilya Fedorovich
That's called life.
David Dobrik
That's called you. Gotcha.
Jason Nash
We get Alfred.
David Dobrik
My kids are taking advantage of me.
Jason Nash
They are.
David Dobrik
That's really funny. But I was going to say you're going to Keys. Last time I was at what there was a club right next door. This reminds me of. It is there was this girl I really liked. And this is the furthest I've gotten with a girl, like, in the love department for a really long time. I ran into this girl in traffic. I really. I thought she was, like, beautiful.
Ilya Fedorovich
Oh, yes. I remember this.
David Dobrik
And I was like, I gotta get her number. I gotta get her number.
Jason Nash
Wow.
David Dobrik
Long story short short, she was driving to the same exact place I was. Wow. Yeah. And I was really stoked I got her number there. She had a boyfriend, though. So I was like, oh, that's Bizarre.
Jason Nash
No, it's not. Well, it's kind of bizarre. She gave you the number?
David Dobrik
She gave me her number. And then. And then I text her, like, two, three weeks later. She, like, asked me about something. Not flirty, but I think she asked me about something. So I was like, why don't you come hang out with us? We're going to a bar. And she comes and she brings her boyfriend. And I was like, oh, wait, you're still with him? Like, why would you accept this? That is strange, this request. I thought it was so strange that you came and then two weeks later, they weren't together anymore. Now, I don't know why they weren't together anymore, but they weren't together. And then we started, like, seeing each other.
Jason Nash
Yeah.
David Dobrik
And then I could never get over the fact that I met her in that situation. And I'm such a firm believer in you lose them the same way you get them.
Jason Nash
Yeah.
David Dobrik
So I was like, this isn't going to go anywhere because this will eat at me forever. Really?
Jason Nash
Really?
David Dobrik
Yeah.
Jason Nash
So I don't think, like, that if the person is your person, that's your person. And they can drop. They drop your boyfriend. You guys could live together forever, happily. So happily.
David Dobrik
You're a weird dude, Jay.
Jason Nash
No, I don't think that's true at all. I think that's, like, that's your first weird.
David Dobrik
Like, if your boyfriend. If you met a guy and he left his girlfriend for you, I think.
Ilya Fedorovich
I could get over it.
David Dobrik
Oh, my God.
Jason Nash
You hear about it.
David Dobrik
Psycho dude.
Jason Nash
You hear about it all the time. You'll be like, oh, yeah, so. And so is this. With this person.
Ilya Fedorovich
And then, I mean, I'd want to know more.
Jason Nash
She met Sheila, and he'll have a baby with the new girl.
David Dobrik
He'll have a baby for how long? 10, 15 years until something happens. And then he cheats again or something happens or whatever.
Jason Nash
I don't know, man.
David Dobrik
Oh, I don't believe in that.
Ilya Fedorovich
I think cheating is also different than leaving the person.
David Dobrik
Sorry, I said cheating.
Jason Nash
She didn't cheat.
David Dobrik
She definitely didn't cheat. No, no.
Ilya Fedorovich
But I think is. I think that's totally different. I think that's totally fine. Yeah, she wasn't. But you. David has such, like, a strong philosophy on relationships. Like, he's like, you shouldn't even be dating one day unless you think you're going to marry and spend the rest of your life with this person.
David Dobrik
Right?
Jason Nash
Okay.
David Dobrik
Yes. That's. That's what I. Look, that's how I'm like, so someone's dating somebody. I'm like, oh, they're gonna getting married.
Ilya Fedorovich
Yeah.
David Dobrik
Like, in my head, that's what they're doing.
Jason Nash
I think you're finding too many things that wrong with people.
David Dobrik
Oh, yeah. I'm complete idiot. Yeah, No, I definitely.
Jason Nash
I'm glad we finally got definitely have issues. David is an idiot. Comment below.
Ilya Fedorovich
David is an idiot. That should be the title of this podcast.
Jason Nash
I say release the lost tapes. I say, no.
Ilya Fedorovich
Look at the 180 we've done this week.
Jason Nash
From Monday to today came back that that Monday show was a doozer. I left here and I was like, it's. It's over. I was like, well, that's it. No more podcasts. I'm like, maybe I can go work at Kohl's.
David Dobrik
No, I'm doing a lot better. I'm doing a lot better.
Ilya Fedorovich
I'm doing a lot better than he.
Jason Nash
Is doing a lot better.
David Dobrik
Thank you guys for checking in on me.
Jason Nash
Thank God. And then I go report to, like, everyone. Not everyone. I go to report to Naveen. I'm like, I don't know, man. He might be done.
Ilya Fedorovich
Me too. I left here, I called my mom. I was like, I'm scared.
Jason Nash
And Naveen's your biggest champion.
David Dobrik
Really.
Jason Nash
She goes, well, he's a Leo. He's going to come back strong.
David Dobrik
Yeah, I'm a little bipolar. All right, guys, that's all the time we have for today's podcast. Thank you guys for listening. Go follow James Co on the Tick Tock. Go follow Nat. Jason has his own podcast. Do you still do that podcast?
Jason Nash
Yeah, I'm still doing it.
David Dobrik
Nice. And go listen to that.
Jason Nash
Go. Go listen to Alex's music when it gets released.
David Dobrik
Alex's music. Yeah, I'm looking forward to. I'm looking forward to hearing more. More from it.
Ilya Fedorovich
Go wish my sister happy birthday.
David Dobrik
Go wish Natalie's sister a happy birthday. And I will report back next week, my little perverts, on whether or not Nally and I hooked up tonight. And I'm calling you guys little perverts. But that's only for this episode. I don't actually want it to stick. Just a joke for this episode. That's it. Okay, by all right, here we go.
Natalie Mariduena
New Phineas and Ferb is here.
David Dobrik
We're back, baby.
Natalie Mariduena
For 104 more days.
Jason Nash
I know what we're gonna do. Today of summer vacation. I am ready for summer shenanigans.
David Dobrik
Let's do it.
Jason Nash
Oh, yeah.
Natalie Mariduena
We're gonna bust fiddies with once and for all.
Ilya Fedorovich
Are we gonna do this again?
Natalie Mariduena
New inventions, shenanigans, innators, adventures and songs.
Jason Nash
Brand new inv summer vacation. New Phineas and Ferb. Starts June 5th on Disney Channel and next day on Disney plus on Disney Plus.disney.com.
Podcast Summary: "Having Multiple Wives"
VIEWS with David Dobrik & Jason Nash
Release Date: June 5, 2025
[01:08]
David Dobrik opens the episode by expressing his appreciation for the podcast's loyal listeners, highlighting the importance of their engagement. He shares how receiving direct messages (DMs) makes him feel connected to his audience, stating, “I just love receiving DMs... it's cool to be like, damn, we're a part of your life” (David Dobrik, [01:24]).
The hosts discuss the need to create a unique name for their audience, moving away from the commonly used "Vlog Squad." David reminisces about the struggle to find a suitable name, expressing strong dislike for "Vlog Squad":
“I remember the day someone came up with that fucking godforsaken name... Vlog Squad just fucking stuck. Which really, really sucked.” (David Dobrik, [02:30])
They explore alternative names, humorously suggesting terms like "little whores," "little sluts," and "perverts," before settling on "perverts" temporarily for the episode.
[04:11]
David Dobrik shares a personal dilemma involving his roommate, Alex, who recently quit his job to pursue a music career. Alex has been sending intimate DJ videos to a girl David is interested in, causing tension. David confesses:
“I can't look my roommate in the eye... it's getting really hard.” (David Dobrik, [04:20])
He grapples with the decision to confront Alex, worried about their friendship and the impact on their living situation.
The conversation intensifies as David and Jason decide to bring Alex into the podcast to address the issue. David nervously explains the situation, highlighting Alex's unexpected passion for DJing and the unsolicited nature of the videos sent to the girl.
“It's like, poor guy. So passionate in these videos.” (David Dobrik, [07:00])
Upon introducing Alex, the tension peaks as David confronts him, leading to awkward and humorous interactions where Alex attempts to explain and justify his actions.
Shifting gears, the hosts delve into the topic of Mormonism, particularly focusing on its historical practice of polygamy. David expresses surprise and confusion about current Mormon practices:
“I'm a little shocked at the. That the multiple wives thing has been taken away.” (David Dobrik, [39:55])
Natalie Mariduena, a guest with firsthand experience in the Mormon faith, provides insights into modern Mormon practices, dispelling myths and clarifying misconceptions about polygamy.
Natalie elaborates on the cultural aspects of Mormonism, such as early marriage, missionary work, and the strict lifestyle adhered to by followers. She explains:
“So, like, the average is like you date for six months and then you're together forever.” (Natalie Mariduena, [23:46])
The hosts and Natalie discuss the pressures of early marriage, the high divorce rates in Utah, and the rigorous missionary programs that require participants to abstain from modern social interactions.
David and Jason address how media portrayals, like the show "The Secret Lives of Mormon," contribute to misunderstandings about the faith. Natalie clarifies:
“That’s not like real Mormonism... they’ve left the church.” (Natalie Mariduena, [36:16])
They discuss the extreme practices depicted in media versus the actual beliefs and lifestyles of practicing Mormons.
The conversation circles back to the feasibility and legality of polygamy in contemporary society. Natalie confirms:
“Not anymore. Yeah. So that was like back in the day, but like, it's illegal now.” (Natalie Mariduena, [24:50])
They explore the existence of subgroups like FLDS (Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) that still practice polygamy, albeit outside mainstream Mormonism.
Throughout the episode, the hosts maintain a humorous tone, making light-hearted jokes about sensitive topics. For instance, when discussing the term "perverts" for their audience, David remarks:
“This is exciting, our little perverts.” (David Dobrik, [03:43])
Similarly, discussions about modern dating scenarios and relationship philosophies are interspersed with playful teasing and banter among the hosts.
As the episode wraps up, the hosts reflect on the intense discussions, express gratitude towards their listeners, and tease upcoming content. David concludes with a humorous note about temporarily naming the audience "little perverts" for the episode:
“I will report back next week, my little perverts...” (David Dobrik, [49:06])
They also promote related content, including guest appearances and other media projects.
Audience Engagement: The hosts emphasize the importance of their listeners, contemplating a unique name to foster a stronger community identity.
Friendship Dynamics: David shares his struggles with confronting a friend over personal and sensitive issues, highlighting the complexities of roommate relationships.
Mormonism Exposé: An extensive discussion debunks common misconceptions about Mormonism, particularly the outdated notion of polygamy, and sheds light on modern practices and cultural pressures within the faith.
Cultural Representation vs. Reality: The hosts critique how media representations often distort the true essence of religious practices, leading to widespread misunderstandings.
Humor in Sensitive Conversations: Balancing serious topics with humor, the hosts navigate through potentially controversial discussions with levity, making the content engaging and relatable.
In this episode of VIEWS, David Dobrik and Jason Nash navigate through personal conflicts, challenging cultural stereotypes, and deep dives into religious practices with their guest, Natalie Mariduena. The blend of heartfelt conversations, humorous interludes, and insightful discussions offers listeners a comprehensive and engaging exploration of the complexities surrounding the topic of multiple wives and Mormonism. By addressing both personal anecdotes and broader societal themes, the hosts provide a multifaceted perspective that resonates with a diverse audience.