From A Shy Kid To TikTok Sensation: Landon Bridges

Summary

Podcast Summary: "From A Shy Kid To TikTok Sensation: Landon Bridges"

Podcast: We're Out of Time
Host: Richard Taite
Guest: Landon Bridges
Date: August 19, 2025

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Overview

This episode of "We're Out of Time" features Landon Bridges, a rising internet personality best known for his comedic food videos, viral TikToks, and entrepreneurial ventures. Bridges discusses his journey from a shy Cincinnati kid to viral sensation, touching on the realities behind influencer culture, personal health struggles, monetizing social media, and navigating a world where instant fame comes with unforeseen pressures. With candor and humor, Landon sheds light on the ups and downs of internet stardom, the importance of substance use awareness, and the pursuit of genuine happiness and longevity.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Landon's Origin Story & Social Media Rise

• Inspiration to Start (01:13–02:30)

  • Landon grew up in Cincinnati, spending time in Nashville and Florida before dropping out of school to pursue content creation on TikTok.
  • His cousin's viral video (“worst video I’ve ever seen in my life”) made him realize he could try it too.
    "If she could do that, I could do that." [00:06, 02:07]
  • Early videos were hit or miss, but one DJ Khaled spoof netted over 3.5M views and 20,000 followers overnight.
    • "I was making fun of DJ Khaled... He ended up retweeting it and stuff. And I was like, oh, yeah, we are on the way up." [03:10]

• Going Viral, The Business Side & Scams (03:45–05:38)

  • Gained massive followers through staged pranks and viral trends.
  • First experience monetizing: promoted "free" AirPods (really a shipping scam), made significant sales but got scammed by others.
    • "I got scammed by scammers." [05:41]
  • His drive: making money, building presence, and leveraging viral trends for business.

The Downside & Reality of Influencer Lifestyle

• Fake Glamour and Financial Realities (09:40–13:00)

  • Describes influencer hot spots like LA’s “10,000” building: environment full of pseudo-wealth, crypto scammers, and OnlyFans content creators.
    • "Everybody in your genre, they're all full of shit." – Richard Taite [10:07]
  • Social media success is fickle—emphasizes the need for more sustainable, long-term thinking.

• Physical & Mental Toll (09:13–14:06)

  • Intensive food and drink content led Landon to weigh over 300 pounds at his peak.
  • Weight fluctuated drastically due to lifestyle and pandemic.
  • Struggle to maintain healthy routines amid constant travel and partying.
  • "I was 300, got down to 170, looked great, then COVID happens." [09:17–09:29]

Balancing Health, Indulgence & Sobriety

• Attempts at Health (12:21–14:34)

  • Uses a Whoop tracker to monitor health; notes his biological age is notably higher due to stress and lifestyle.
    • "I'm 29. It says I'm 37. So I'm like, ah, we should probably fix that, dude." [12:41]
  • Recent efforts: stricter diet (keto), exercising more, focusing on business stability, and less partying.

• On Alcohol & Escaping Shyness (19:37–21:09)

  • Alcohol was a social lubricant, helping him out of his shell and boosting his social life/career.
    • "I was always like a shy kid… drinking kind of gave me that, like, ah, ok, let's do this. I started having fun when I would drink." [19:47]
  • Now finds more satisfaction in progress and success than partying.
    • "What's really getting me off is making progress on things… that's kind of its own high." [20:41]

• Drug & Substance Awareness (22:22–23:19)

  • Acknowledges loss of acquaintances to fentanyl-laced pills.
    • "It was from press, Xanax, pills... you just start doing – everyone does. And then accidentally went down from it." [22:39]

• Honesty About Monetization & Stability (14:43–15:02)

  • Earns about $25k/month (varies), highlighting that even “successful” creators aren’t always as wealthy as they appear.
    • "Honestly, we're only at like probably like 25 grand a month right now… some months lower, some months are higher." [14:43]

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On LA & Safety:

  • Bridges: "There's a lot of good places to be dropped off in front of." [07:10]
  • Taite: "That's so good. Because it's not safe." [07:12]

• On Health:

  • Bridges: "At 300, I was pissing out of my belly button." [09:33]
  • Taite: "800-dollar dinner. You’ve got a little tray of some stuff, they give you some raw fish…” [15:11]

• On Reality of Influencer Wealth:

  • Taite: "They're living month to month. They have no idea how to make that car payment or pay their rent in this building. None. Zero." [11:09]

• On Content Longevity:

  • Bridges: "It seems like I'm not exactly going to be famous for 48 hours like most Tiktokers. So it's more of a longevity thing." [14:28]

• On Lessons & Regrets:

  • Taite: "I donkeyed off 25 years on drug addiction, okay? I wasn't even sober until I was 37, man." [26:32]

Candid Talk on Habits and Routines

• Routine Challenges: (23:52–25:14)
  • Constant demands of social/work life upend any fitness/food routine—"I need three months in Montana."
  • Taite coaches him on time management and simple fitness hacks like push-ups and dips in hotel rooms.

Vulnerability & Growth

• Bridges admits to struggling with the lure of partying, breaking routines, and the need to slowly transition toward healthier, more stable behaviors as his career matures, striving for balance and authenticity.

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Important Timestamps

• 00:06 – Landon's TikTok origin story, inspiration
• 03:10 – Viral video details and DJ Khaled
• 05:41 – First scam experience in influencer business
• 09:13–09:40 – Weight journey and health battles
• 12:41 – Health tracking and biological age concerns
• 14:43 – Transparent talk on earnings
• 19:47–21:09 – On alcohol as a social catalyst
• 22:39 – Fentanyl loss story
• 26:32 – Taite on overcoming past addiction

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Tone & Final Impressions

Richard Taite and Landon Bridges’ conversation is unscripted, honest, and irreverent—a mix of sharp wit, tough love, and real-life lessons. The dialogue exposes both the glossy and gritty sides of internet fame, punctuated by self-deprecating humor and a sincere emphasis on resilience and health. Landon's narrative provides a cautionary, yet hopeful, roadmap for the new generation navigating social media as both a platform and a minefield.

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For those who haven’t listened:
This episode deftly mixes laughter and introspection, making it essential listening for anyone curious about social media stardom’s hidden costs and the lifelong challenge of staying healthy—physically, mentally, and morally—in a world obsessed with instant success.

Transcript

[A]

Internet personality Landon Bridges joins the we're out of Time podcast. My cousin, she did a video and it got like 20,000 views on TikTok. How'd I get 20,000 views? It's the worst video I've ever seen in my life. If she could do that, I could do that. I was always like a shy kid. I didn't talk much, I didn't do much. I just kind of sat back and just observed. I'm going on a couple reality shows soon for like cooking. I can't say which ones, and then just cookbook in the works in like the next year or so. Hot sauce company is doing well.

[B]

You have a hot sauce?

[A]

Yeah, I think it's number 27 on Amazon right now.

[B]

Nothing.

[A]

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[B]

You know, if someone has a problem with substance use disorder, please call one call placement, that's 888-831-1581. And if we can, will make a referral to someone who can. Please. We're out of Time. Landon Bridges, thanks for coming, man. I appreciate it.

[A]

Absolutely.

[B]

Good. So before I get into any of these questions, why don't you tell me where you grew up?

[A]

I grew up in Cincinnati. Ohio. Yep. And then I was there till I was about 17, jumped ship, got out of there, and I really haven't been back since.

[B]

Came right here.

[A]

No, no, no. We spent some time in Nashville, spent some time in Florida, and then finally decided to drop out of school to pursue Tick Tock. And then that's when we ended up here.

[B]

Yeah. How you deal with that?

[A]

I mean, it's doing really well now. I'm good with it now. There was definitely a few years where you're like, what the is happening? Why did I do this? But now, now everything makes sense. So it's. It's good.

[B]

Tell me about that. Beginning through today, your journey on your social media.

[A]

I mean, I started making videos. My cousin got like a. She did a video and it got like 20,000 views on TikTok. And I was like, what? How'd I get 20,000 views? Ass. This is terrible. Worst video I've Ever seen in my life. And then I was like, if she could do that, I could do that. And then of course, I saw like all the Viners and the youtubers and they're like. They were like. It was like the original TikTok, I guess from like 2012 or some.

[B]

Got it.

[A]

But so I saw how rich they were and I was like, damn, this is. This is much better than like staying in school and. And doing whatever bullshit job that you got to do. So I started like making videos. Three videos and one hit, like 3.5 million views. And I was like, I'm famous as hell. Let's go. Let's keep going.

[B]

That's so funny. Yeah, famous as hell. I remember when people were famous for actually doing.

[A]

Yep, right.

[B]

Like singing or acting or playing sports. What was that video that got 3.2 million?

[A]

I think I was. I was making fun of DJ Khaled. So I had like my stomach out and on a jet ski and I was just like. It flipped to a picture of him and then flipped to a picture of me. And we were like perfectly in synchronized with it. Great video. It was like a trend at the time. And then he ended up retweeting it and stuff. And I was like, oh, yeah, we are on the way up.

[B]

Can we put it on the podcast? Sure, we'll insert it right there. That's bitching.

[A]

You can find it? Yeah, go ahead and throw it in.

[B]

There if I can find it.

[A]

She see money all around me. I look like I'm the man.

[B]

Do you get something better than 3.2 million?

[A]

We've had a lot of. A lot of videos that did really well at the time. It was one of those things. I. I think I got like 20, 000 followers overnight or something like that. And I was like, yeah, on Tick Tock. Yeah, this was. This is the original days of Tick Tock. Your follower count just skyrocketed. And then I just started doing like comedy stuff. It was hit or miss. Found myself out at a bar one day and this. This guy came or I was like, go up to this guy. I'm like, hey, you're that Tick Tock kid, right? And then he had 3 million followers. We ended up getting hammered. And then he's like, dude, you got to do these video gonna work. And they were the worst videos you've ever seen. It's like stage pranks and I'm popping water balloons on people and stuff. Like the. Just the dumbest you've ever seen, right? Gained a million followers in a Month doing those videos. And I was like, all right, now we're selling fake AirPods and making like. We did, like, I think, like, 30,000 in sales off one video on just fake AirPods back in the day.

[B]

You sold people fake?

[A]

Well, it wasn't. It was like, free AirPods quote, unquote. And then it paid for, like, shipping and stuff. I don't know. All it was is, first time making money, someone texts me, they go, I got something to sell.

[B]

Dude, dude, let me tell you what happened, okay? You. So you gave away free earpods and charged 20 bucks for the shipping, which costs less than five.

[A]

Yep.

[B]

And so you were making over 15 bucks. How many did you sell? 30,000 of them?

[A]

No, we did like, 30,000 in sales day one. And then. But of course, it was one of those things. Someone's like, hey, I'll give you 20%, just promote this link and blah, blah, blah. And. And then. Yeah, got scammed. I was my first run in with, like.

[B]

You got scammed by people who were.

[A]

Exactly. I got scammed by scammers.

[B]

If only you saw that coming.

[A]

I know, right? Wasn't too bright. Okay. We were broke. We were in college, we were in Florida. We were like, I'll do this. I was expecting to make 500 bucks turning and making, like, a few grand. I was like, hell, yeah. And then eventually, at the time, I was staying at my mom's vacation house. She started seeing the videos, and she's like, you gotta get out. You go to. You either, like, you drop these videos, go back to school, or you get out. And of course, I had my fake AirPod money, so I was like, I'm going to. Laughs.

[B]

That'S a great story and. And very good decision, by the way. I mean, it's kind of turned into a hole.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

But I remember it when it was pristine and, you know, there was no crime and people weren't running into your local. Wherever the hell. And knocking down old ladies and, you know, mothers with newborns. Yeah, just, like, traumatizing everybody. I remember the days where that didn't happen.

[A]

Oh, yeah, It's a great place to get. There's a lot of good spots to get dropped off right in front of. For sure. You definitely not a walking city. Not a walking city.

[B]

Dude, you're hysterical. If you want to know the moment I fell in love with you, it was just now.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah, it's a great place. What do you say? It's a great place to be dropped off. What the did you just say?

[A]

There's a Lot of good places to be dropped off in front of.

[B]

God, that's so good. Because it's. Because it's not safe.

[A]

Yeah, it's not safe. You're gonna trip over all kinds of people. Like, it's like, might as well be a campground at this point. So it is what it is. You know, one block over, you're like, holy. And then the next block over, you're like grabbing your pockets and running as fast as possible.

[B]

How fast do you run?

[A]

Not quick. Not quick.

[B]

Do you know what, though, dude? You just have to outrun one person. The bear. The bear gets the slowest one.

[A]

That's usually me. Unfortunately, unless the girl's got, like, high heels on or something, I'm counting on it to hit a crack and fall or something.

[B]

Grab an old lady and thrower behind you.

[A]

Yep.

[B]

Right?

[A]

Then I'll be that person throwing the old woman around. You know, I'll be part of the problem.

[B]

Well, at least you won't be the guy selling fake to everybody. Yeah, because, you know, that 11 year old was so happy, he took all his money that he got for that last two months of mowing people's lawns and washing people's cars and bought that. And then, you know, he just. It didn't work. And then when he called you guys, I don't know, 50,000 times, you know, he got some Pakistani in a cave somewhere. Okay. Totally offering to help him out over and over and over again and never helping you.

[A]

You know, it's. It's not my proudest moment. Looking back, it was. It was my first time, first deal, first anything that came through, I had to. Look, we learn and we move on. We don't.

[B]

It's cool.

[A]

We got legit products now. Things are good. We got hot sauces on Amazon like that. We're good, dude. Yeah.

[B]

You weren't selling crack to children. Relax. Yeah, Everything's good. All right. You're constantly surrounded by food and drinks. Has that lifestyle taken a toll on your health or energy levels in any way?

[A]

Absolutely. So I was £300 at one point in time.

[B]

What are you. What are you clocking in at now?

[A]

I'm at like 2:40.

[B]

Dude, you're.

[A]

Yeah, as a rail, so. But I was 300. Got down to 170, looked great then. Covid. Happens. Yeah.

[B]

When you hit 170, do you see your.

[A]

Absolutely.

[B]

Good man.

[A]

Yeah, I was pissing out of my belly button at 300.

[B]

All right, go on. I interrupted you, but I apologize.

[A]

No, you're good. We, we. We just I lost a bunch of. Then I started drinking, started having fun, started making videos. Hot girls came over, realized I don't have to look great if I got views, they still show up. And then the best part is you're with nines and tens with like hella credit card debt, barely paying rent. All this other. You're out partying, I'm at a table I didn't pay for, and I'm just like, this is the biggest facade I've ever seen.

[B]

Dude, welcome to the club. Everybody in your genre, they're all full of shit.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

All of them. Have you ever been to a building called 10,000?

[A]

Absolutely.

[B]

Okay. Every influencer is there with their. It only has a couple of things. Influencers? Newly divorced guys with nowhere to go.

[A]

Drug dealers and guys.

[B]

Drug dealers?

[A]

Yeah. They're the only building that takes cash. You can pay rent in cash at 10,000.

[B]

Oh, really?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

That doesn't have anything to do with being drugs. They're. They're. They're orthodox Jews.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

They're used to cash.

[A]

Gotcha. Okay, So I would know crypto scammers. There's a lot of that.

[B]

Or a rich guy with his sugar baby.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Okay. Other than that, there's nothing there. And these kids, I'm there with my son because we were getting this house redone for a year. And so I'm there in the building and he's like, dad, look at all these kids. They're so rich. All these Lambos. And I'm like, hey, dude, they're living month to month. They have no idea how to make that car payment or. Or pay their rent in this building. None. Zero.

[A]

Except. The only fans, Girls, they can pay it. They can pay five years in an upfront.

[B]

Yeah, but they're special.

[A]

Yeah, they're. They're an anomaly. They're this generation's lottery ticket winners. For sure.

[B]

They are. First of all, I've never been on only Fans.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Ever. Okay.

[A]

I've been on it. I'm not like, I haven't made content.

[B]

But you know how to get on. I couldn't get on if I was. If you gave me a year to get on that without Dylan or my chief of staff, I'd have nothing. Yeah. I mean, I wouldn't be able to get on anything.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Right. So it's different. Wow, that's upsetting.

[A]

No, the next Shark Tank host is going to be an Only Fans girl. Be like, how'd you make your money? Took the phone in the shower with me. That's literally what's going to happen. I'm not kidding you, dude.

[B]

I want you on every day. I'm not kidding.

[A]

There we go.

[B]

Hysterical.

[A]

Thanks, man. Appreciate it.

[B]

Okay, how do you balance indulgence with staying sharp and healthy day to day?

[A]

I don't. So we're working on that now. Yeah, I got this thing, one of these whoop things.

[B]

Let me see the whoop thing.

[A]

It like, tracks your heart rate, your sleep. You're like, it tells you how stressed you are or whatever.

[B]

Dude, you don't look stressed at all.

[A]

Oh, I'm not. But my body is stressed, obviously. So it like, tells you your age or like by biological age. I'm 29. It says I'm 37. So I'm like, ah, we should probably fix that, dude.

[B]

I was told I was gonna live to be 57, and I just turned 59. Don't. Don't.

[A]

Yeah, so that.

[B]

But let me ask you a question. You want to get healthy?

[A]

I'm working on it. You know, life has been stressful for the past five years, so now we're finding some stability. I'm not exactly, like, freaking out about rent every month. I'm like, I have like a. My views are pretty stable. My, like, career trajectory is going up, so I'm much more calm now. I partied really hard when I was like, about to lose everything every month. I was. It. I don't know what to do. Let's just go out, right? And then now I'm slowing down. We're getting a little healthier. We actually, like, I can see a future, so it makes more sense to see just being able to do this longer. I mean, I'm going on a couple of reality shows soon for, like, cooking. I can't say which ones. So we're doing that. We've got like, you know, hot sauce companies doing well. Like, we have a hot sauce company.

[B]

It's just exactly what it sounds like.

[A]

Yeah, it's. I have a hot sauce. And it's like, you have a hot sauce? Yeah, it's like. I think it's number 27 on Amazon right now. So.

[B]

Number 27 out of all. Out of all hot sauces.

[A]

Yep. So that's.

[B]

You got the 27th rated hot sauce.

[A]

Mm.

[B]

That ain't nothing.

[A]

So we're working on that. And then just cookbook in the works and like the next year or so. So it's just. There's just more things, like, coming along and it's. It seems like I'm not exactly going to be famous for 48 hours. Like most Tiktokers. So it's more of a longevity thing. So now I can stop acting like a idiot and going out and getting hammered six nights a week and waking up feeling like death every day and can start to focus on, like, being around for a while.

[B]

Good for you, man. Do you mind if I ask you what kind of income you make a year on this? Your last 12 months?

[A]

Nothing crazy. Honestly, we're only at like probably like 25 grand a month right now. Some months are lower, some months are higher.

[B]

You're making 300 grand a year?

[A]

Yeah, but it went last year. It was. I was also like, like my manager.

[B]

Is this guy gonna get right now.

[A]

Dude, from 300 grand a year, nothing? No, no.

[B]

Are you sure?

[A]

Pretty sure. 90. Sure. One dinner is 800 bucks in LA. You can't even do that every night with my income.

[B]

No, no, you can't. Yeah, well, $800 every night, you'd be 1700 pounds. You have to.

[A]

Oh, no, no, no, no, no. When you do an $800 dinner, that mother. They're not feeding you. You're an $800 dinner. You've got a little tray of some stuff they're giving and give you some raw fish and cook it. They're going to put. Oh, this has some whatever kind of juice, lemon juice. Congratulations. I'm like, all right, how much is this one singular little mini taco? Oh, $27. Yeah. Let.

[B]

They're called tasting menus.

[A]

Yeah, I know. Oh, yeah. No, actually. Actually, you know that you know which.

[B]

Ones I love food until you throw up in your mouth. You know that, right? There's little bites of each thing.

[A]

Oh, yeah. But well, it works out because like after, like, what is it? You're full 20 minutes after eating. So like they just space it out. I do like the, the.

[B]

Have you ever been. Have you ever gone to in and out afterwards?

[A]

Absolutely.

[B]

Right? Exactly.

[A]

Yeah. I'm in there in the Uber, like ordering food. I'm like, Taco Bell is going to be there when I get home. Thank God. Left just drop girl off now. I ate like a 2,500 bucks for.

[B]

Dinner and you've got Taco Bell waiting for you.

[A]

Yeah, that's what I was excited about. I don't give a about caviar. I don't like this. Tastes like jello made out of ocean water. I don't like it. It's not good. It ain't worth 200 bucks added. And then you go with like a rich to dinner. She starts getting a five editions and caviar editions. And you're like, damn it, now I'm paying for this.

[B]

Good. That was nice. Okay. You know, I do have Ozempic in the fridge.

[A]

You know, I've tried it and.

[B]

Really?

[A]

Yeah. It, it worked. Well, I just drink and it's a. When you drink, dude, you throw up all the time. I also got it from some like shady doctor and was, I was just, I was just wild, wild west injecting.

[B]

You know, I'm like, it helps with some addiction issues.

[A]

I've noticed that. Yeah. When I, when I first started like one injection on the. I was like, I don't even need a drink this week either.

[B]

Right.

[A]

And then ask you a question. Yeah.

[B]

If you are going ahead and you are slimming up. Not for looks.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Talking about for health.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Okay. Because it's not so much what you eat, it's how much you eat. Right. Because you think about our bodies as like a car, a machine. And the more food you put in, the harder the machine has to work. Right. So the less you eat, the better. Also for me, dude, I was 232 pounds.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Okay. And then about buck 80 now. Okay. And the way I did it was I stopped sugar.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Okay. Because now after seven days, you don't crave sugar anymore. None. Okay. And the only way you ever pick up is if you decide to pick up. Right. And horse yourself into believing that it's going to be different this time.

[A]

Oh, yeah. No. Food has definitely been my addiction for sure. Like right now I'm keto. I've been keto for like two months. We're down like 25 pounds, something like that. Nothing on the crazy. 25 pounds on me. That don't mean it looks like I like took a piss.

[B]

No, dude, but it's great. It's a, it's a, it's a good start. You're winning. You're doing. Yeah, it's, it's just about health because, dude, you're 29. You know, you can't do this for too long because.

[A]

Oh, I'm. I'm aware. I. Yeah, I've done a lot of things to hurt my heart. Started getting meaningful all of a sudden. Got scary.

[B]

Well, I mean, look, dude, I, I just want. When people come here, I can't stop running my mouth. But it only, but it, but it comes from a genuine heart centered place. Right?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

You're funny.

[A]

Thank you.

[B]

You're a good time. Okay. I don't want anything bad to happen to you because you're stressing your heart Out. That's silly.

[A]

I agree. Yeah, no, I completely agree. We're working on it. Slowly but surely.

[B]

You're doing great.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So let me ask you a question about the booze. Why are you drinking the booze so much?

[A]

You know, I. I mean, I know you're sponsored by.

[B]

What is it?

[A]

Happy dad.

[B]

Yeah, right. Beer, Tequila.

[A]

It's like a seltzer. You know, like a seltzer type thing.

[B]

Oh, okay.

[A]

But, yeah, no, it's not. So the booze thing for me, I was always like. I was always like a shy kid. I never. I didn't talk much, I didn't do much. I just kind of sat back and just observed that's. That's who I was. And then like, the drinking kind of gave me that, like, ah, ok, let's do this. I started having fun when I would drink.

[B]

Right.

[A]

So I was. I would come out of my shell, like most people would say. And then I noticed all of a sudden now, as soon as I started drinking, now I have so many more friends, I'm having so many more opportunities. I'm doing so much more. I'm enjoying myself. I'm like that, like, I guess the fear thing just went out the door. And the next thing you know, my life just got better, better, better, better, better, better. And then it got me out here. It's like, it got me to go. Go out all the time, do all kinds of. So it was kind of like that was my main stimulant of just getting out and talking and figuring out my personality.

[B]

That's right. And it starts off that way.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

What? And then it. You start off all fun and then you typically graduate to fun with problems, and then you graduate to all problems. Where are you in that arc?

[A]

You know, for me, I've. I still have like the image online of drinking all the time. And of course, I still go out and I still drink. I don't enjoy it as much anymore. I feel like I'm. Right now, it's. What's really getting me off is making progress on things. So, like videos, doing better, like just stuff overall, doing better, trying to make more money. That's kind of its own high in itself. So I'm more focused on that. And I've just found that I don't enjoy going out and drinking as much as I used to.

[B]

You're growing out of it.

[A]

Yeah. So it's, it's an enjoyment thing. And don't get me wrong, I enjoy it. I've also. I got to do so much that I Didn't earn. So it's like now when I go out and do that. So I want to earn it now. Like I'm all for going to Miami and getting up for three days straight, but if I don't pay for it, I don't enjoy it the same. So, like I've, I've done the tables, the private jets, the. All that kind of stuff and I got like the fake experience. I experienced the real, but I just never earned it. So there's like a lack of perfect guest.

[B]

Yeah, you're a guest, it ain't yours. You feel fraudulent.

[A]

Yeah, exactly. So now I'm to a point to where, like I'm still down to do that. It's just I don't really enjoy it unless I'm. I'm. I'm paying for it or I want to do.

[B]

Okay, well, 300 grand a year.

[A]

Just know we're a long way away.

[B]

That it's a hundred grand round trip to get your ass to Hawaii.

[A]

I'm aware.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Yeah, we've got a lot of work to do. We're just getting started. I vote. My, like, career has really only been happening for a year now. I've done a lot of. For five years, made a lot of videos with the cooking stuff is when everything changed. And then that's when I actually started making more money and more sustainability, gained like a larger fan base. And then that's when people started playing with me, you know?

[B]

I want to ask you another question.

[A]

Hit me.

[B]

You know anybody died of Fentanyl?

[A]

I think now at this point, two, I believe, over the past five years for me.

[B]

Can you tell me about it? Do they have. Can you tell me the story on how, how they. Pat. No names.

[A]

Yeah, you know, just acquaintances for most of them or the two that I know of. It was from press, Xanax, pills. I mean, it just hit that LA story, you know, you get here, you just start doing. Everyone does. And then accidentally went down from it, you know?

[B]

Yeah. When I was a kid, you could do all the cocaine and heroin you wanted, so long as you didn't overshoot the mark. Right. Today the kids don't know what they're getting. So you're not getting what you bargained for.

[A]

Absolutely not.

[B]

Too scary, man.

[A]

It is, yeah.

[B]

As long as you live, okay, and you take care of yourself and you're not sick or you're not dead from doing street drugs, okay, then you're going to be able to be anything you want because you actually have talent. Like, you actually have talent.

[A]

Appreciate it.

[B]

Okay, are there any habits, routines, or rules you stick to in order to stay healthy while consistently eating and drinking on camera?

[A]

You know, we're finding it now. For the longest time there was like, I'd form a habit. And then next thing you know, there's a party on Thursday you got to go to to meet so and so or do something, or there's this event you want to go to. So it's like, as you're like developing a routine, it quickly gets derailed because all of a sudden now you've got to go to the. You've got to go to Texas for something. Or it's like, okay, we're locked in for two weeks. We're working out, we're eating perfect, blah, blah, blah. Next thing you're on, and next thing you know, you're on a flight to New York. You're at a food festival or you're out clubbing. It's four in the morning and you're. Your, Your whole sense of routine is gone. So it's like, like I've always joked, I'm like, what I really need is. I need three months in Montana.

[B]

No, what you need is time management. And I'll do that with you afterwards and your whole thing and don't laugh. I've done this with people at the podcast, people you probably know, and they called me and they're like, dude, you're so good. Thank you so much. Yeah, right? I mean, I check in on them every month to make certain they're tight. Okay. It's really that simple, bro. Because in New York there are gyms. Now, I don't expect you to go to a gym in New York.

[A]

Yeah, okay, but we gotta, I gotta eat right for two months before I even start working out. We're walking though. I do that. I do run you like twice, three times a week.

[B]

You don't need to do that. You could do, you know what you can do right now? Honestly, you do what I do whether I work out or not. I. In the morning, I do as many push ups as I can. Three sets, sit ups. Okay. And then dips.

[A]

Oh, yeah, dips again.

[B]

But we do it all. We do it all on the floor and the dips in the, In a chair. So that's in a hotel or a motel room.

[A]

Yeah, well, the other problem is we're waking up in that hotel room feeling like absolute. We. We partied tonight. Oh, that's for sure. That's. That's why my routine gets interrupted. It's like we'll go out and heavy drink. Next day, I'm. The next day, I'm. I'm down all day. The following day, we're, like, recovering. We're, like, doing our laundry, figuring out what's happening. And then by day three, our ambition is back. And then by day four, it's Friday again, when you go ahead and you.

[B]

Wake up in the morning and you feel like you work out anyway. Okay. Because what that'll do is, sooner or later, you'd be like, I better take it a little bit easier. Yeah, okay. Right? Dude, I swear to God, I've made every mistake. I donkeyed off 25 years on drug addiction, okay? I wasn't even sober until I was 37, man.

[A]

There you go.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

How'd you get your start? That's my question. What got you started?

[B]

I lost 25 years, and then the minute I got sober, I got clear, and I was like, whoa, I just donkeyed off my entire life. I better hustle up here and get started. And so what I did was I started practicing law without a law license, and I did that for 13 years, right? Then I started a rehab, never having gone to rehab, Right? And, well, now I'm doing a podcast, having never listened to a podcast. So I was never a lawyer, I never went to rehab, and I never watched a podcast. So the next thing I do is probably going to be underwater basket weaving, because I've never done that either.

[A]

So you did it backwards. You made it, then faked it?

[B]

That's right.

[A]

Yeah, I like that.

[B]

Yeah, I made it, then faked it.

[A]

But how'd you know? How do you afford the cocaine and hookers? Because that's expensive.

[B]

I was practicing law without a law license.

[A]

That's what you did for the 25 years?

[B]

Well, not for 25, but from 91 to 03, and then I had my rehab.

[A]

Gotcha.

[B]

Yeah, Therehere we go. 13 years. All right, babe. Where can people reach you?

[A]

Type in Landon. I'll be in there. I think Landon Barker is more famous than me right now. So the one right under him, that should be me.

[B]

Or should we give you a last name?

[A]

Landon Bridges. If you find. If you feel like typing that far ahead.

[B]

Kids are that.

[A]

Oh, if. Yeah, they make it to lan. And then if you're. If you don't pop up, you're cooked. You're done. Yeah, they're like. Can't find them. I try.

[B]

And this, people, is why education is so important. Important. These kids are so stupid. It's painful. Yeah, it's painful. All right, man. Well, I really appreciate you being here, man.

[A]

Absolutely.

[B]

It's a great time.

[A]

Thank you for having me. See you next Tuesday.

[B]

That's right. All right, let me tell you how this works. You got five balls. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. And then you'd have to move over here. Yeah. 7, 8, 9. Okay? So if you get it in there, it's one point and so on. Okay? You get five to run up the score. When you go against me, I only get one? Oh, yeah, don't worry about it. I stayed here. Yeah.

[A]

Two. Yeah.

[B]

You're awesome. Don't worry.

[A]

No, no, no, no, no.

[B]

Yep, there it is. Yep. Two. Oh, yeah.

[A]

Damn.

[B]

One, two, three, four, five. Five and two is seven. Last ball. That was awesome, dude. See how much better you're getting?

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

Okay. Nine.

[A]

I'm out. I'm out. That's my five. That's right. Okay. We had. We had to lock it in at first.

[B]

So I only get one ball, and because you had eight, the only way I can win is getting that ball into that lower back three. The back three.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

You win. Well, wait a minute. Did we tie?

[A]

What's it. What's the.

[B]

That's eight. We just tied.

[A]

There we go. There it is.

[B]

I lose.