Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe - S8 EP10: Jason Bell
Episode Date: February 9, 2024Joining us this episode to discuss the highs and lows of parenting (and life) is the former NFL player Jason Bell. Jason now presents the NFL coverage for Sky, he also appeared on Series 18 of Stric...tly Come Dancing, and has one daughter with Girls Aloud singer Nadine Coyle. Parenting Hell is a Spotify Podcast, available everywhere every Tuesday and Friday. Please leave a rating and review you filthy street dogs... xx If you want to get in touch with the show here's how: EMAIL: Hello@lockdownparenting.co.uk INSTAGRAM: @parentinghell MAILING LIST: parentinghellpodcast.mailchimpsites.com A 'Keep It Light Media' Production Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: hello@keepitlightmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Hello, I'm Rob Beckett. Welcome to Parents in Hill, the show in which Josh and I discuss what it's really like to
be a parent, which I would say can be a little tricky.
So to make ourselves and hopefully you feel better about the trials and tribulations of
modern-day parenting, each week we're chatting to a famous parent about how they're coping.
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Hello, you're listening to Parenting Hell with...
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This is my very nearly eight-year-old Iris and asking my very nearly six-year-old Henry.
Henry will be six on the seventh of February, on the Valentine's Day.
So the same ages as Rob's daughters so can very much relate to him. Love the
podcast, work days are always more manageable on a Tuesday and Friday. Thanks for
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How are you, Josh? You got a good.
You teased us with a Jason Bell story last time he spoke.
Yeah, I've begun Project Girls Aloud, Rob.
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realize mine are. Ah, there you go. I mentioned, because I was like, oh, you know, I spoke
to the guy who went out with Nadine from Girls Aloud. Do you like Girls Aloud? They're like,
yeah, play sound of the underground, play Love Machine. So they're quite into it. So you're trying to get your daughter into it so so. So, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, the, the show, the show, their, their, their, I's, I's, I's, their, their, their, I's, I'm, their, their, their, their, their, their, I's, I's, their, I's, I I's, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, I I I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, their, their, their, their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their, their, their, their, their, Ito the show. Yeah, she's up for it. I'm taking that it's going to be a first ever gig
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I think gladiators inspired this of like well why don't we just go and do something
we both enjoy? Because who likes girls like they've had some bangers as well you know Rob I was listening to the hits on the way to the Kent Coast to the towards Dungdununununununununununun's to to to to to the to to the the the to the the to the to the to the to the the to the to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the C. the to to to to to to to the to the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the C. the C. the C. the C. the C. the C. the C C. the C. the C C. the C. the C. the Cant c. the Cante coast coast coast coast coast coast coast coast coast coast coast coast coast coast coast coast coast coast coast coast coast coasts towards Dundundundonon don't just just just just just just just just just. towards towards towards towards towards towards towards toldlde cunctonnnn. told c. told c. tothink beyond the Beatles and Blur and possibly the Smiths
they've got more good songs than any British band in history. How close were you to the Power Station?
Fucking hell their songs are good. It's hit after hit. Yeah, but I would say to the fifth
British band all time. They are so the show. Might be one of my Desert Island discs. What show? The song the show is one of, might be one of my Desert Island discs.
What show?
The song, the show.
Right, okay, I don't know if I know that one.
How's that go?
Nobody sees the show until the one works.
Oh, yeah, that's a good song.
It's just got so many different bits.
It's got, which is the chorus, which is the people that write those songs are called Xenomania who are based in Kent.
Zenomania? That sounds like a problematic kid's entertainers.
I'd like to make a complaint about what happened to my kids at Zenomania. You said it was a ballpull.
Oh so they helped write the songs or did they write all the songs? Well they're the writing team that girls allowed work with and they do the sugar babes and they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they're they're they're they're they're they're they they they they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're to they're to they're to to they're to to they're.. they're. they're. I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I they're. I I they're. I they're. I they're. I they're th. I th. I th. I've th. I've toled. I've tole. I've tole. I've tole. I've th. I'm tho. I'm tho. I'm tho. I've they're the writing team that Girls Aloud worked with,
and they do the Sugar Babes and they did Believe by Share.
I think, I think they're up there is Lenin McCartney Rob.
Really? Who is it, who is Zenomania then?
Who's in Zenoanamani?
It's a bry a comedian called Brian Higgins and a woman called Marina or something like that.
And I just think girls are loud or incredible.
I just think the songs are unbelievable.
Well yeah, well I do feel a bit mean though we're just literally talking about Jason
Bell's ex his music before he's intervie.
So sorry, okay let's move on. Project NFL.
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I tell you what, that volley that Croci did.
Yeah, okay, let's move on Project NFL, Rob.
Talk to you about Jason Bell,
your favorite Jason Bell NFL play.
Project NFL's hit the skids of it, was it?
Yeah, so what's going a huge NFL head, Rob.
You love the Bengals, isn't it?
I love the big, I love gridiron.
I tried it, Rob, I tried my best.
It's on too late, it's too long.
It is good sport, but fucking hell mate.
Have I got time for good sport? I think I'm just dapping out of good sport until...
Well, I do think if you're into football and I'm into football and boxing,
it does limit opportunity to watch more of... I love basketball, but it's on too late.
MMA, I watch MMA boxing and football on my main ones, but that's football on every night this week. Yeah, well, I don't I I I I I I I that I that I that that that that that that that that that that's I that's I that's I that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's th. It's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's th. that's thi. thi. that's thi. thi. thi. that's thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thee. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. thea. that's that's that's that's that's that but that is football on every night this week. Yeah well I didn't even do that I just I I just haven't got a life Rob.
Well yes you have I think what do you do you go what do you do when you get a
bit of tongue you went yoga this night we went to watch we watched the end of the
Pamela Anderson documentary have you watched that? No but I wouldn't use as an example of the life life you've got. I the I but I but I but I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I that I that I that I that I that I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I wouldn't th. I wouldn't th. I wouldn't th. I wouldn't th. I that I that I wouldn't th. I th. I that I that I that I that I that I that I that I that I that I have I have I have I have I have I have I have I have I have I have I have I that I that I that I that I that I that I that I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th the th th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I just just th. I th. I th. I th. I the life you've got. It's a good dog. I know but I'm trying to think
like what's your hobbies? I just don't have any. What sport do you do? Do you do Peloton on
your own? No? No, okay you stop doing that. Yoga? I do a bit of yoga. Anything else? I play
five-side football. Yeah, I go to the gym. My children go to school. Yeah, well done, yep. You've only got a five and a half hour gap in between.
It's meant, it's not long enough.
No, but when, but then I do mind sort of in the evenings when they're in bed or
Lou puts them to bed then I-
At one p.m.
I play football at 8 p.m.
On Sundays.
Yeah, I think, see, I've got to go there and back. Also, it's a hobby. You've got to put yourself first. I find contact sports stressful.
Going goal then? I tell you what that's a grop. I broke my wrist once when I went in goal in
five-side football because someone hit a hard shot and it bent my fingers back.
And that broke your wrist?
Yeah.
Right, so you don't like contact sport, right?
So what?
It's taken me about.
Go for dog.
I'm 40.
It's taken me about 38 years to realize I don't like playing football.
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Are you looking for companionship?
Like, uh...
No, I've got rows.
No, not like that, but like,
are you looking for like to hang out with people as well as do a sport?
So like.
the walking's boring and I think everyone gets
a slight PTSD from lockdown walks. Yeah, I do think. So, especially if you haven't moved.
I've got back into walking since I moved, but when I lived in my old house, I was so bored of
that anywhere within a five mile radius of that area I had covered. That postman by the end of it.
So in conclusion, I've got nothing going on.
You've got nothing, you watch the end of a documentary.
We're watching a good series.
Which we watch over three separate nights.
Because... well, Rose is only at home twice a week, and she?
We barely together.
Is she at home now?
Yeah, that's nice.
We've got the evening together. No, I've got gigs. Fuck here now.
You're giggings your hobby. Oh, because it come to that. That's what used to be your hobby.
I know. That's the problem. You turn your hobby into a job and then suddenly I've got a hobby. Exactly because there's too much on the line, mate. That's why I won't go pro as a boxer or footballer.
I don't want to lose it.
That's why Morrissey never played instruments.
He still wanted to love music.
Oh my god, I was in a taxi the other day talking to Morris.
Okay.
And the guy went, actually did the Smiths. Yeah. And I was like, fucking out, that's cool.
What was he like, yeah?
And he went, oh, he's the weirdest thing.
Dropped him off, went around the corner, guess who I picked up?
Neil Morrissey. But he didn't put two and two together.
Oh he just thought it was weird it was someone who's famous people.
I just thought it was weird that there was two famous people.
I was saying they going, mate, you're telling an anecdote here, you've got an open goal here.
Did you say that to him?
No, because I couldn't believe it. I was like like I didn't want a trampilin's punchline. Also you're trying to
pick chat to a minimum really aren't you? Yeah exactly I didn't want to go I tell you
what I tell you what I tell you what is a topic for you mate do you do I had
so and I had so and so and I'll say like Billy like like like like like like like like like like like like like Billy like Billy like Billy like Billy like Billy like Billy like Billy like Billy like Billy like Billy like Billy like Billy like Billy like Billy like Billy like Billy like Billy like Billy like Billy like Billy like Billy like Billy like Billy like Billy like Billy like Billy like Billy like Billy like Billy like Billy like Billy like Billy like Billy like they like they go, and they go, oh they were so funny. So, you know, well, now I feel I've got to put a fucking shift in him.
Yeah.
And I feel like I've got like, start doing a little bit of new in the back of the cab to win him over.
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Yeah.
Classic question.
And he went, well no disrespect but I think everyone's as exciting as each other.
I don't think famous people.
I'm like, come on, mate, I wasn't.
Oh, so now I'm like, oh yeah, I'm special.
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Now tell me your anecdote about yeah Tony Maher and Neil Morrissey and we can enjoy ourselves.
Well completely been oblivious to the punchline. Yeah about the time you met
fucking Ian Brown and Martin Clunes on the same night right yes.
I mean...
I mean... Because the delivery there needs to be, I dropped Jerry Murrow, you'll never guess what I picked
up around the corner, Morrissey, and you go, no, I go, yeah, no, it was Neil Morrissey.
And then he turns on the man behaving band in music.
Teed up.
But right, well should we get Bell on? Yeah, legend. Let's get a
wonderful man. Incredible bloke. Jason Bell. Please welcome to the podcast
Mr. Jason, there's a lot on your resume here. Your ex-NFL strictly come dancing.
Now a presenter and pundit for NFL in the UK and I
think in the US as well. And on top of that you went into Wall Street or
something but I don't understand money so you're some sort of big city player
as well and you've got a kid which really helps this episode anyway.
That helps at all. So what would you how would you describe yourself to a newcomer
to the world of Jason Bell? What's your number one thing?
Oh, right now it's definitely the NFL.
It's definitely presenting in football.
It's everything's seasonal to me, and I've lived by this schedule my entire life,
you know, from August until mid-February, it's all NFL.
So I kind of like in, and in the off-season, I start diving back into my other business in the US
Which is finance private wealth management for athletes entertainers
So I went to that when I retired had a passion for that so helping people like myself and I enjoyed it all kind of works together and intertwines all the same lessons and tools
Oh, you're so fucking positive Jason. I love it. I love Americans.
Oh, I feel like you're like a drip of like vitamins.
You know, when people go on an IV dream?
Just to get pumped up.
I feel like I could take on the world after that, just hearing about you.
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you know, on third down. It was come on, bring it energy, make sure everybody feels it.
You got a position as well, though, didn't you? You didn't just share. Yeah, yeah. I was out there
balling now. Don't get twisted. I was making plays, but you know, it's just what do you bring in practice? When nobody's up for it, you know,
when it's a hard day to work out
and you got a run in the summertime.
I was always that guy, just come out there
at the beginning and the morning just start yelling
and just, hey, let's go out and do this.
And you know, it's natural to me, so yeah,
thank you for saying that to parenting Jason? I do and that's why my daughter looks at me like I'm crazy half the time
So how old you've got one child how old your daughter? She's nice. She'll be 10 tomorrow
Oh, lovely. What are you doing for it tomorrow? What's the same? Yeah, we had a big birthday party on the weekend, so she did tea with her friends. It was really cool. Yeah, we're gonna. What kind of sushi? the the the the the the the the the the the the you. Yeah, the the the the you. Yeah, you. Yeah, you. you. the you. you. you. you. you. You, you've you've you've you've you've you've you've you've you've you. You've you've you've you've you've you've you've you've you've you've you've you've you've you've you've you've you've you've you've you've you've you've you. You you you you. You you. You you. You you. You you. You you. You you. You you. You you. You the the the the the the the the the the th. You've th. You've th. You've th. You've got th. You've got th. You've got th. You've got th. You've got th. You've got th. You've got th. You've got th. You've got th. You've got th. You've got th. You've got th. You've did tea with her friends it was really cool but she wants sushi on after school yeah yeah well what kind of sushi is she because my
kids like sushi but it's strictly just the bottom squashed down bit of rice
and I have to take the salmon off the top to eat what your children like
what your children like is rice Rob that's what your children like
hey my she likes the sushi man she likes salmon Shashimi she's into that she'll try yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they the the, mom, she likes the sushi, man. She likes salmon, sashimi.
She's into that.
She'll try, she'll try it all, but yeah.
She got into it early when we were living back and forth
to New York and she just started getting into it then.
And yeah, she's got a great pal and like her mom, not her dad. Do you spend your time, so are you between both countries? No, I'm here.
Once she started school, you have to kind of lock in and make a decision. So I've been here
once school started and yeah, this is home to me. Yeah, because you're separated from her
mom, but I read so you were like in LA for a bit, is that right? And then you, so you're here now, now she's at school, but you moved in together together together together as together as together as well, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to me, to me, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the they., they. they. they. the the they. the the the the the the the they.a, too, too, to, to, to, they. to're here now, she's at school, but you moved in together as well over COVID as well.
Is that correct?
Yeah, we were all, you know, COVID,
everybody's figuring it out.
Yeah, we've always been close, tight knit, so yeah.
Yeah, it's an amazing though to be able to,
even though you're not together anymore,
to still have that connection where it's really impressive and quite special. She's, you know, I always look and I tell the night and my daughter all the time, man,
you just got the best mom in the world, you know, you're so lucky.
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It's a weird thing to say, but if I ever split up with Rose, I hope it's as good as
that.
That's what...
Because obviously, your career in the NFL and her mom was a pop star and stuff like that.
Is your daughter heading to one of those directions or somewhere else?
Is it music, sport, or business?
She's definitely got the music side.
Her writing is unbelievable.
Her understanding of music is just, she's inherited it. You can see it.
So I think she'll definitely be on the art side. I can see her writing music. I could see her going that direction for sure. I try to to music. to music. to music, to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, their music, their music, s music, s music, s music, s music, s music, s music, their music, their music, their music, sport their music, sport their music, sport their music, s music, s music, s music, s music, s music, s music, s music, s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s sport, s s s s s s s sport, s s s s sport, s s sport, s sport, s sport, s sport, s sport, their their their their their their music, sports, sports, sports, sports, sports, sports, sports, sports, sports, sport, sport, sport, sport, sport, sport, sport, sport, sports, sports, their music, their music, their music, their music, she'll definitely be on the art side.
I could see her writing music.
I could see her going that direction for sure.
I try to push her into sports, but she always goes,
I don't have to like it because you do dad.
And I was like, that's true.
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I was like, where are the sports for all the young girls?
Because in America, I got tons of sports.
So, but it's starting to happen and they're pushing it and the opportunities are there.
So yeah, just trying to get her involved with everything.
That's the key. And when you're working with the NFL Academy, what the NFL, what the NFL, what the NFL, what the NFL, what the NFL, what the NFL, what, what the NFL, what, the NFL, through their children there?
You don't see that at the academy because it's different. They're away from home.
They're at the university of the Lafayette so they're just chilling up there doing all that.
So it's just the kids locking into school. A lot of them are, it's just fascinating to
how determined they are and how focused they are because all of them want to go to a university and continue to play a sport they love. So they're just so driven with that.
I mean, their schedule is demanding, but they love it.
They meet the challenge.
And you're seeing all the stories of all these kids going on to college, to colleges,
especially in the US playing football.
And it's the opportunities.
I mean, it's my life. If I planned the sport I love, going to school at UCLA, opened up everything for me.
Everything changed then because of what I, what and who I was exposed to.
And what kind of parent are you on the sideline? In the UK, soccer football, you know, here is the biggest,
biggest thing, but the dads especially get embarrassingly loud and aggressive,
you know, I can...
They're horrible, Jason, they're horrible.
Every, like, every sort of dad I know around this area has got a story about the time.
They've been on the touch line when a dad's gone, like walked on, it's insane.
Does that happen in America? that's the time.
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You know, I'm loud and aggressive
when it comes down to school plays and performances.
I'm jumping up, clapping, yelling.
I know, I know everybody in there is like,
that's that American dad right there.
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Like I'm never going to,
and I will never be that kind of parent
because I've seen it before.
I didn't have pressure when I was playing.
My parents were always there,
but they weren't overly involved unless I needed them to be. And I think it helped me because I had to figure it out myself.
Kobe Bryant, the late Kobe Bryant, I read somewhere where he was talking about coaching his daughter
and how he had this hands-off approach because he was like, she needs to figure it out in there.
I can't tell her the answer.
And I think sports, as for kids, it teaches you a lot of things, a lot of lessons that you
will have to learn in life.
And if you learn them there and you figure out how to handle them in those situations, it
helps you when you're an adult.
So you can't give them the answers.
They just got to figure it out them.
But in the moment, it's on them. And I believe that you kind of just need to relax with the parent and let them do that.
You said sports day there.
Did you do that, was there a father's race?
Yeah, it's father's race.
And did you win?
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I'm like, I'm not gonna, I want you guys to enjoy yourself.
I can enjoy yourself.
Go enjoy yourself.
Either way, that's more of a power play than winning.
Yeah. I'm like, go enjoy it.
All I can do, Like if I win, everybody's like, you won, cool, show off.
If I lose, it's like, oh man, he lost.
But when you're not racing, for them, for those dads,
whoever wins, there's the asterisk there, isn't there going?
It's basically like winning a medal at the Moscow Olympics when USA run that.
Like it's that doesn't really count because it's been boycotted by the big guy. Also as well those other that's if they're up against you they've got a chance
of beating the NFL guy they are gonna put everything on the line they don't
care about hamstrings they don't care about injury they're gonna be
going at it like animals. Man the physical therapist I go to is like oh I always
know when sports days around all the dads start coming in again.
I was like, see, they're out, they're blowing out hammies, ACL's getting torn, Achilles popping,
nah, I don't got time for that. None.
You're super sort of positive and confident, and I think that's an American trait as well as yourself, you know. their daughter, obviously, European, you, th and, th and, th like from you? Because she sees how you act with people and things like that. And also her
mom is super confident as well, but is it, do you think it's a British thing or it's sort of
a parent thing of like instilling that self-confidence that American seemed to have, but British people
can be quite awkward and over polite and thi. thi like that. Have you seen that much or? I love the difference in cultures. I appreciate it and I
think the more you're exposed to it, the more you're able to understand how the world works.
So me being over here, I look at British culture and I enjoy it. I enjoy how different
cultures behave and how they handle certain situations, how they look at certain things.
And I think with my daughter, you know, she spends a ton of time in Ireland, I think being
exposed to all of that, it just helps her be more dynamic of a person. You know, being over here is
open my eyes to a lot of things in the world and change my perspective on how I would see things.
So I appreciate the
difference in how the cultures deal with things. I mean it's fascinating. Even
you know when I first came here and I wasn't doing the media stuff I was you
know heavily in finance even how people talked about their finances in this
country. I was like, oh that's different you know it's a different approach
and I was like okay and I started to dive into the behavioral side of that and it was fascinating.
How are Britsen? How are they approaching it compared to Americans differently? A bit more
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And yeah, just it's just that stiff upper lip. We don't have these
conversations, but yet we're all having the same problem. And if we all
talked about it, we'd all probably find the best solution because all of our shared experiences together would give us, you know, some kind of core understanding.
But yeah, so that was the thing. It's changing, but when I first got here, I witnessed that.
And if your daughter was, if there was, it's the World Cup semifinals and three of the teams are England, Ireland, Ireland, and three of in that situation? Ireland. Ireland.
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Yeah, she's Irish, man.
She's Irish.
I love that she spends so much time there.
I am so happy.
When I first started going over there, I was like, man, these people are so nice.
I loved it.
I was so, I remember the first time my mom went over there.
I was like, you're gonna love it, mom, it's gonna be great.
Just like my mom loves coming over here.
She's here as much as, I mean, she's here like every three, two, three months.
And she loves it over here in the UK, especially being in London. So yeah, I mean, but my daughter's th, th, I, th, th, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thath, th. th. th. th. th. the the the the th. th. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. th. that, that, that, that, that, thee, tooooooooooooo to to. to. today, I th. th. th. th. th. I, but my daughter, yeah, it's she'd be, she'd, Ireland for sure.
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And what about, because you seem to love Ireland, if it was Ireland versus America in the World Cup final, who would you be supporting?
America. Laughing in your daughter's face. Yeah, I got to hold, I got to hold the door's face. Yeah, so I gotta hold the fort down, you know?
No, it would be.
I mean, at that point, that's what it's about, right?
I remember being in New York in the World Cup and all my friends from all over the world
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So you know.
So she's 10 now, so she's still at primary school, but secondary school is sort of looming.
Yeah. How different is the schooling here to America? Like have you noticed those differences when you're dropping her off compared to like your experience is growing up? Definitely my experience is growing up a little different,
but you know, I went to private school
when I was younger, so I remember that.
I think the biggest thing for me is understanding,
you know, how they have to change schools.
So that secondary school thing,
just trying to understand that and catching up with that.
So I'm always asking a bunch of questions because that whole process is just new to me and and how
intense it is for parents. You know, they're just losing it right now. I mean, I'm staying as calm
as possible and I mean, maybe that's, maybe I should be losing it and starting to panic a little more,
but you know, they're serious. Like I didn't think it wasn't like this until I was choosing what university I was going to go to.
Not like this. You know, I'm like, it's like, man, it's like it's going to change their whole life.
So what secondary school they go to.
But it's just a part of how it is out here.
So I'm catching up and I got a lot of people educate me on it and try to learn more every day because it's right around the corner. I do think it's got a bit over the top. I think people didn't really care about education that much a
few years ago. Now everyone is going mad and like they've got to do this so that
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So much pressure.
And we don't even know who they are
as far as what they want to do.
Like let them figure out their path.
The best thing is if they identify what they want to do
and then you support them.
Like, isn't that, I'm going for this, this is what I could be an American
footballer, well not an American footballer you just said it would be really weird.
When I was young, I loved the sport and I loved playing with the sport with my friends,
and all I wanted to do is continue to do that. So because I had so much joy playing this game I wanted to do it and
continue so I had to had to do it in high school and then I wanted to keep
going. I had to go to college and in college I wanted to go pro because I
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think that's what gave me an advantage because I knew what work it took that
day to get to tomorrow and tomorrow I could see. It wasn't like this futuristic
thing. And I think a lot of people they had had this end goal, so they got caught up and consumed
with that, which I was like, I don't know what the end is going to be, but I know if I do
these things, I can play tomorrow.
And that was the whole thing.
I remember, I just want to go to college because I want to continue my education, I wanted to be free, but take that pressure off, the pressure, the pressure, to the pressure, to that pressure off my parents and I want to you know and I want to play
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I just wanted to keep playing. It wasn't even about the money or anything like that.
I just wanted to play the game. That was always my approach. It's everything I do to this point is do I want to do it?
And then I put all my effort towards that and then the monetary gain usually just comes because I've worked really hard. That's the thing isn't it? It's doing it for the sake of wanting to do it.
And then you're enjoying it and you're passionate about it and you're that there's such a good
lesson across everything you do as a kind of in life that you'll get so much more out of it.
It's like you know when you see parents pushing their kids into something, if that kid's not passionate about it, they're just going to resent
it. You've got to be doing the thing you want to be doing, otherwise it's pointless.
I like watching like football when you see like players look sad and I feel like they've had too much pressure from their parents as kids and they don't enjoy playing and their......elish who plays so like just loves it, smile on his face. How does the
education work in America then if you're really talented at football and
you're like 13-14 in the UK if you're super-talented at football,
when you're at a club at Arsenal or Chelsea whatever they don't even
bother going to school really you just just think, fuck this, I'm just going to play football, get my pro contract. And when they turn
pro at like 1718, they just, they've got any qualifications and don't care.
Where in America, they don't turn pro, that's the thing.
No, of course, the pick up is so small. So like college university before you get picked for the NFL.
But what if you're not very academic and you get shit grades?
Do they just ignore it and let you play because you're a good player?
How does it work? There must be a bit of a conflict?
Oh, you got to go to school and get the grades because the way the system is set up.
They don't have a feeder system the same way football does in this country, right? Like baseball kind of has that in America, but they don't have a system like that.
So to kind of be involved to where you can be picked up, you have to be in the
college system or something like that.
And obviously the game of football in the NFL is such a physical game.
Like from a skill set, you can't look at a 13 year old and and really know if they got it but they don't. I mean there's certain
things because you know football in this country it's such a skill sport
let's be honest it's a skill sport but when you talk about American football
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You know, you can see that, but then they gotta grow, right?
And then that happens later on in life and things like that.
So yeah, most guys have to be good in school and have to focus on it. And it says a lot about you, period, because it's such a cerebral game that in the NFL, the guys that last are smart, in all honesty.
And it's because we're playing chess on grass, right?
At any moment we have to adjust.
Like, I'm eliminating things you can do.
When I'm on the field, I've studied so much that I can look at the situation where we are on the field, what's on the clock, down and distance,
what your formation is, and all of this is happening in 20, 30 seconds.
I can now say these are the three things you can do to me.
Right.
And I've seen really athletic people that can't do that.
Well, now you're playing everything.
You're playing every odd.
When I've just eliminated half of it. And yeah, so it doesn't matter how physically talented you are if you can't narrow down what they can do.
I got you.
I got you.
So like a friend of mine just got the head coaching job for the Las Vegas Raiders.
He's a tough player. The name is Antonio Pierce. We grew up together.
Smart guy I've ever seen on the field. We'd be in the game and he just tell you tel tel tel tel tel th got th got th got th got th got the game th got th got the field. We be in the game and he just tell you it's going this way. Do this. Stop.
look at that. Just amazing. And that's how he was in the classroom. Same guy. So yeah. I mean,
you know, smart players last. Right. So they sort of need that, you know, it's almost an equate, a physical equation,
that you're working out mid game. Yeah, always. So yep, the smartest player. Who's your team, Josh, you've got a team at you?
Who's your NFL team?
I like Cincinnati too.
I like, I like a quarterback. I like Joe Burr, I'm a big fan of his.
Well, I came back to NFL this year, because I've become a bit disillusioned with the
Premier League, I was like, I'm going to start watching NFL again and Cincinnati went down the fucking pan. Well your quarterback got hurt early you know and he got
hurt he got hurt but he'll be back you're in good hands next year next year
no but surely if you're British you can you're allowed to glory hunt and
their to be the best team it's not like I liked the helmets when I was a kid Rob and then when I came back everyone was like you've got a good team in the to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the to the to the the to the to the the the their I their I their I their I their I their I their I their I their I was their I was their their I was their I their I their I their I their I was their I their I was their I was their I was their I was their I was their I was their I was their I was their I was their I was their I was their I was their I was their I was their their their their their their their their their their their their their their the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the they. the their they their you've got a good team here, mate. Yeah, yeah. You deserve. Y'all deserve to pick whoever you want because, you know, you are born
into your, you know, to your English clubs, man. Oh my gosh. I know it's tribal, isn't it?
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young and she, a friend of mine who's American, loves Arsenal season ticket holder and we had her
drawn stuff, we had her having all the food. She got the full experience. Then I took her to a totanam game and she was the mascot. Oh wow. She walked out and I'm like, so I know Harry Kane because he's a big football fan and I'm
like Harry this is my daughter you know and he's like okay I might get her and he walked
out with her and she comes back she was like I hope my partner does well I was like,
you don't even know.
You don't even know.
Little do you know.
That's a mad, it's mad though, isn't it?
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and then her mom who's a world famous pop star,
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Her mom is just relaxed and normal and, you know, she's the star,
but she operates just low-key and that's why. And are you, are you going to go and take her to watch
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It's a good show, man.
It's a good, back in the day, I took like four of my teammates.
They are, and they were like, this is amazing, man.
This is cool.
I was like, I told you all.
Anaya is going to be the mom, trying to get a ticket too. So me and you both.
I think Josh has already got the tickets. He just needs to convince his daughter that she likes it.
Otherwise he looks like a nutter. Hey call me, I'll go with you. Let me know man.
I can't ask you two walking into the O2 together and just people going, are those two mates? We'll have a good time, man. We'll have a good time.
I know all the songs.
Yeah, we all know all the songs.
Oh, that great.
Oh, man.
Rob, you should come.
Your daughter's going to get into girls allowed.
They like girls allowed.
Well, yeah, well, yeah, I want normally wait for your child to say, I want to go and see this band rather than you convincing they're like girls and that.
I mean, we're having a conversation about letting them be themselves and look at us.
Yeah, exactly.
Just constantly times as long as they go to the right gigs, that's what I say.
So, um, because you're, you work with the, uh, with the NFLF, the NFL, the NFL, the NFL, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the, uh, with the NFL Academy at, um, Loughborough.
And so what is like, if, if I had a kid here, who's really good, uh, showing a real interest
in American football, like, what would be the route for them?
I'll be honest, it's hypothetical. My daughter's not even into girls allowed, let alone
NFL.
Yeah. But, what's the time we're going this helmet on and listen to the sound of the underground We've got a busy weekend.
Why are we on the trains at love for a daddy? Shut up.
Just be yourself.
Oh, that's good.
What's the kind of route for a British child if they're really into American football then?
Well, luckily they have tryouts, which don't really exist anywhere else
where you can just go try out.
And they go try out, you know,
how fast can you run, high can you jump?
And we understand that most kids aren't trained to do it.
So they can look at the core skill sets and say,
there's something there. And that's a lot of them them them them them them them them them them them them them them them been discovered like that. They play different sports, so you can look at the cross-pollination.
You know, if you are rugby player, you know,
a lot of guys that play football have great footwork,
you know, short area quickness, which is all NFL stuff.
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I should just say that's creepy than me going to go as a louder-
I know.
I'm not, I didn younger ones. They're serious. That's a good move.
That's a good move. Just get an 18, 19 year olds. I don't, they don't. Also, I think
most of the people that are that big that be suitable to NFL are criminals
because they used to fear to enforce bailiffs, stuff like that. I was thinking of it because I don't go to nightclubs anymore but this could be my excuse.
I was looking for the big guys.
I tell you this is what we're doing.
Me, Josh Jason.
I wasn't even trying to go to the club. Let's go to a nightclub after girls. We'll go
to the venue in New Cross and we'll go scouting for NFL players. We're trying to help the kids.
Exactly.
That's beyond it.
We're trying not.
The kid who's gone, the Welsh kid,
it was a rugby player, rugby union,
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That sort of, you know, there's the World Cup,
Six Nations is mega.
Now, he's gone to NFL on like a development program.
And that's not necessarily the thing you're involved with in Lufbra.
But like, the money back to rugby? Is that
something you could achieve or do you have to wait to get to the top before the
money comes in NFL? I mean obviously at the top the real money is there and I'll
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So I could say something that is wrong. But I could say something that is wrong.
But it's quite high and it goes up every, every year.
I think it maxed out around year for the minimum. But if you last that long you're getting you probably signed a significant deal so yeah it's it's it's some crazy money out there it
really is and goes up everything but you've got a ballpark figure for that or
should I try and look it up you try to look it up yeah I don't want to just
say something minimum salary yeah yeah because it's just so huge in a it was like, in 2022 it was $705,000 a year.
That's the minimum you can get paid if you get drafted.
Exactly.
Blamey.
You know, so, you know, I mean, quarterbacks,
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Jesus.
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And then everything works out.
And usually the guys on the outside get paid more than the guys on the the you're on the outside you're kind of in one-on-one situations right you don't have health
so that's kind of how the game works besides the quarterback and yeah so yeah
so you got you got injured it sort of cut your career slightly sure how old were
you when you you had to retire I retired at 30 yeah yeah so you were younger than it should have been and how did that affect you how do you how do you how the how the how you how you how the you how you how the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the to the to the the the to the to to the to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the they. they. they. they. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the they. thooooo. the the the the the the the was younger than it should have been. And how did that affect you? How would you know, Jason? Sorry. I'm 45. But I would retire probably. I had maybe a year or two
left. I mean 30 in the NFLers. You made it to 30. I was getting called the old guy, you know.
Oh really? Yeah, yeah. Well, you're like 27, give it out of a the job. No, I'm 38. I'm 38, I thought I had a chance. It's a young man's game. I'm quite brawled. I thought I might have a go at the one in the middle jobs.
It's a young man's game.
It's the recovery from the, you know, from week to week, it's just, it's tough.
You can still run, jump and all that, but it's just bouncing back.
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I'll play five-a-side football, I know it's different, Jason, but like I'm 38.
But when a 29-year-old turns up and even that's old, I'm like, this fuck is too quick.
That shouldn't be allowed. Imagine you have to play five-a-side every single day. I didn't play for a little while Jason, right?
About six months I had a bit of an injury and then I just fell out the loop of it and
I'm being a bit unhealthy, drinking and going out and partying.
My mate went, do you want to come and play father side?
I went to play father side, right?
Loved it, didn't stretch obviously.
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You see it's the recovery. It feels like you've exposed yourself to a
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What did your daughter make of you going strictly?
She loved it, she enjoyed it.
She was a fan of the show.
Yeah, that's part of the reason I did it.
I knew how much of a fan she was. Yeah, we'd watched it a lot. It was one of the first shows I watched when I came to this country. I was like, oh, this is cool. And I was that that was a part of it
that I was really nervous about, but yet I knew I had to do it because I'm telling her every day
when she goes to school, be resilient, try new things, you know, it doesn't matter if you win or lose, you know, successes in
taking on the challenge.
And then I have this thing I'm really scared of that I'm intimidated by and I'm like, oh, I'm
not going to do this.
And then I'm thinking, well, I'm not doing it because I'm scared.
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out, you know, I didn't do something because I was scared.
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it in the game I love and you're like is that just something that I'm comfortable
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Yeah, that's why I'm struggling with it on this podcast.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I wouldn't consider, I follow leaders.
Yeah. I'm a leader myself, but I follow like real leaders.
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frustrates you so you said Josh should do it as an example to his children
I'm not doing I'm not doing it because I'm not doing it if he keeps saying to his
kids now you've got to sometimes when it's tou they give them. Dancing's embarrassing. No it's not. I'm joking. You know, you know. Hey, go out there and do it. Have a good time, you
know. That's it, Josh. I'll go and watch her. Yeah, that'd be the worst bit, Rob. I'd be struggling
around the dance from. We'd catch eyes and I think I wish I wish I was dead. You'd be like, look at me, you see these feet? Look at these little. Yeah.
I think Josh, I think Josh should be quite good at though,
because Josh got you're pretty good at music.
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You got rhythm, you love music.
You love rhythm, you love it.
I have to listen.
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baby and you were up at night and all kinds of stuff what was you what were
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Luckily, her mom was brilliant and all that, but yeah, just you're in it and it flew by.
And I look back at it and I just, I enjoyed it. I loved it.
It was, it's a challenge for everybody in their own unique way.
But I'm just so happy that I was able to partake in it all, right? It just is, it's like an honor to be a parent.
It really is.
It's, it's just an honor like.
And you know, you look at all those things and you just go, wow, I survived it.
We made it through, you know, kind of.
Because if it was playing football, it's supposed to be so hard to have a family and keep that schedule because it is non-stop when the season's on.
Yeah, I was retired luckily, you know, yeah, so and so I was able to be there and be locked in
but yeah, I've seen some of my teammates during the season and they've come in the locker room and you just looked at him like,
oh no, this this is going to be a hard day for you buddy. You know? You didn't sleep, did you?
And they're like, oh man, no, man.
I think that's quite key.
If you just accept that you will probably get about six hours sleep a night and you're up from
6 a.m. if you're lucky, and that's the rest of your life.
Yeah.
It's one of those things where I feel like the res comes from it's not all it's not I'm not by myself I'm not the only one like people have done this and they survived and they made it and having those conversations with people
that have and them reminding you it's going to be okay when you're in it what do you tell yourself
it's going to be okay I know I feel like this but it's going to be okay tomorrow.
Tomorrow is going to be all right and I think reminding yourself those things, it's key. So that's why I always
said team no sleep. I would say it in my head, team no sleep, this is just what it is. All of
my friends that have been through it, everything's okay. So it's going to work out.
Because I'd say there was bits when I think you and Jason are a very different mindset.
It doesn't mean I don't question myself like that.
It's just at what point do I say there's a solution to this or it's just going to be a problem?
And I go, I got to, I know it sucks, but I got to see that there's the other side of midnight and there's a solution. Yeah. Are you going to the Super board??? the super? to to to the super? to to the super? to to to to the super? to to the super? No to to to to the super? No the super? No to the super? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? I the super? I the super? No? No? No. I that that that that that that that that that that that that that that the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the super? I the super? I the super? I the super? I the super? I the super? I the super? I the super? I the super but I got to see that there's the other side of
midnight and there's a solution.
Yeah.
Are you going to the Super Bowl, Jason?
I am going to Super Bowl.
Yes.
Oh, in Vegas with your mate who now runs a team that's going to get me.
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And then just, you know, lock in.
To be honest, every Super Bowl, I'm sleep by like seven because I'm so jet-lagged.
You know, I mean, I got all these plans.
I got dinner set up with my old teammates.
I make none of them.
Yeah. I'm so disappointed in myself every year and the daytime I'm full of life and then
all of a sudden I go back, get ready to go to dinner, passed out every night, every single night.
But I travel to America a lot of filming and stuff and about the times I wake up like 7 a
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shaking at dinner. You see, you understand exactly what I'm talking about. In the morning, you got
everything. You got all the life. I think this should be like a jet lag support group where you could just
message other people and go, let's hang out and never get inside. You see what we just figured out here? You see what we just figured out here? You see. You th. You th. You just. You just. You just. You just. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the th. th. the th. the th. th. th. the th. th. the th. You're just the th. You're to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their. You're their th. You're th. You're th. You're th. You're the. You're te. You're toda. today. today. today today today to to to to to to to like that. That's the true. We'll get that little WhatsApp go. Yeah. Can we get a
prediction because this is hopefully going to go out before the Super Bowl.
Can we get a prediction of your of the final? Oh man, this is tough because
you want to go against you, mate. I haven't I haven't thought about it,
but you'll be the first the first the first the first the first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first first be the first to know. I'm going with Kansas City to win because I love Patrick Mahomes. I think
He's destined for greatness and if you're going to chase Tom Brady the greatest of all time You got to win back-to-back Super Bowls and you got to get another trophy if that happens we can continue to have that conversation until he retires, and I know people are tired of this. I know people are upset about this. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. to to the to to to to to to to to to to to to the to to to to to to to to to to to to to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to to to to to to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their their their their their the. their the. their thro. toe. toe. to to to thro. to to thro. thro. the. their that conversation until he retires. And I know people are tired of this.
I know people are upset about this.
But Taylor Swift Mania, I'm here for it.
I'm all for it.
Oh, I love it.
It's just cool eyes.
I'm all.
I tell people, we, as NFL players, we fought for this.
We've had helmets on our whole life. Nobody knew what our faces look like. But you know, social media, it took the helmet off. And now we got guys for your pop stars,
the biggest pop star in America, one of her, Beyonce, to the game Jay-Z is already bringing
Beyonce. There we are. We're locked in. And in Vegas as well, it's sort of perfect, really. We got Usher at half-time. I'm going to be partying. to-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s. the-s. the-s-s. the-s-s-a-s. the-s. the-s. the-s-s-s-s. the-s. the-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-s. Wea-s. Wea-s. Wea-s. t-s. tode-s. t-s. to-s-s. to-sa-sa-sa-sa-sa-sa-sa-sa-sa-sa-sa-sa-sa-sa-sa-sa-s. to be partying at half time. You can count on that. I'm really excited about that.
Full time you'd be a kip in the cab. Oh man, let me go. I'll be done. Done. But it'll be fun.
I mean that's Super Bowl. It's it's it's it's like no other event. My mom finally begged me. She's like I'm coming to get you these tickets. But yeah. th. the. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the. th. th. th. th. to. to. th. the to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. th. th. the. the. the. the. tip. tip. tip. tip. tipe. tipe. tipe. tipe. tipe. tipe. tipe. tipe. tipe. tipe. tipe. yeah no I got to get you these tickets but yeah she's ready we went to I went to it last year and it is insane and we went to the
they had that that sort of like corporate VIP event before and there was like
the Black Keys were on doing a gig then Jason Darulo what I couldn't get my head
round was it was free beer and free but it was all, but when I turned around to the bar, there weren't a queue.
I was like, we're definitely not in England.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
That's because everybody's just rolling through.
It's just cranking out.
Yeah, I've never seen anything like it.
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to do it? I want that. I want that. I want that. Very, very good sitting on the fence. It's not
your first time giving a prediction. No, it is. I want to go with my emotions right here. My
emotions say I want to continue to have this conversation about Patrick Mahomes and his greatness. But he's got to win this one. And do. And do. And do. And do. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. that's, th. that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, I'm, I'm, I's, I's, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I want, I want, I want, I want, I want, I want that, I want that. that. that, I that. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their, I their, I their, I their, I their, I their, I their, I'm, I'm, I'm, very their, very their, very their, I want their, very th. th. tho. tho. the. the. theat the. this one. And do you think Usher would do a better or worse
Super Bowl show than Girls Aloud if they were doing it?
Oh, girls allowed would be, it would be amazing.
Yeah, well, you're insane, Josh.
Imagine if you went, no, actually it would be ushaw.
It would be, even if it, man, those shows, I mean, I've been to a lot in the past. It is, you're locked in. It is entertaining.
It is something else.
The songs, I mean, they really, you, I see why they are what they are.
I mean, it's just amazing.
It's great.
And I've been to a lot of shows, so it's a good time.
And they're not paying me anything by the way. This is personal experience. This is great. I'm just telling you. I loved it.
If you got anything more you want to promote from people who are paying you and then we'll
finish the interview. No, man, I'm just hanging out with y'all. This is good.
I'm promoting your podcast. I like it. Any products you like, go for it.
We got you, we got a free sandwich maker the
other day did we? A Brevill challenge maker. Do you know what happened earlier? Did
you see this Rob? When you did a thumbs up a thumbs up came on your screen?
Who me? No, Jason? No, Jason? Really? Really? Do it again? Do it again? No look there? Oh, look? there? the same question Jason. to thur. the the the the the the the th. the th. Do it? Do it? Do it? Do it? Do it? Do it? Do it? Do it? Do it? Do it? Do it? Do it? Do it? Do it? Do it? Do it? Do it? Do it? Do it? Do it? Do it? Do it? Do it? Do it? Do it? Do? Do? Do? Do it? Do it? Do it? Do it? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Yes? Yes? Yes? Yes? Yes? Yes? Yes? Yes? Yes? Yes? Yes? Yes? Yes? Yes? Yes? Yes. Yes? Yes? Yes? Yes? Yes? Yes? Yes? Yes? Yes. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the finished with the same question, Jason.
Also, how did that thumbs up work? Is that something set up on this?
I definitely didn't put that on here.
Whose studio is this you're working in?
This is our studio at the NFL office, actually.
Nice.
The last question, basically, was the one thing that your daughter's mother does parenting
wise? We go, this blows me away. She's such an amazing mom.
She's unbelievable.
And what one thing does she do that you go,
hmm, not really a big fan of that.
And if she listened back, she'd go,
hmm, we've probably got a point.
Well, the one thing she does really well,
and I try to copy and emulate is understanding how to become intense situations with her with my daughter.
It's like, it's, you know, because in those, you're teaching them something,
this this core skill on how to manage stress. And she does such a good job at that.
Like if it's too, you know, we don't need to rush here. We don't need to panic here. You know, why teach them that. Like, if it's too, you know, we don't need to rush here. We don't need to panic here.
You know, why teach them that? And I have learned by watching to copy that.
Right. You know, because that's not how I am. I operate from this standpoint and the NFL does
that where it's like, we're rushing to do this or I got to be on time or this has happened and or whatever like you know everything's tense
and no she doesn't she doesn't allow that and it's really it's very smart I'm
so glad that she does that as far as things she doesn't she does that
that I don't like nothing of course why don't I put that are you serious are you guys the thumbs to give th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th the th th th th th th the th th th th the th I th I the th I the the thum the thum the the the the thus the the thus thus the thus that th th th th thi thi th thi thi thi thi the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th th th is th is th is th is th is th is th is th is th is thus thus thumbs thumbs thumbs thumbs to to thumbs to thumbs to thumbs thumbs thumbs to thumbs thumbs thumbs thumbs thumbs th's that you're going to get me to say that?
Come on.
Give her the thumbs up, Jason.
Give her the thumbs up.
There's it is.
There's it is.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Thanks so much for doing this.
Thanks for giving us your time.
Hey, man. time keep it going great conversations man y'all doing a good thing cheers Jason I'm appreciate it
Jason Bill I love to I love to I've run through a brick wall for that man
I'd have kids of him you you see that wall behind you I'd be through that
you'd run through that you'd run through that any single if Lou leaves me I want
Jason Bell he's not he's probably not he single actually I know he's not with his daughter's mom no he can't be single not for long do you
not with a smile and a thumbs up like that big question Rob big question Rob
do you reckon you and Lou could have a relationship like that if you
split up depends the reason for splitting up doesn't it?
The reason she splits up is she just can't stand you anymore. Oh God, my biggest fear unlocked.
Well no, but yeah, every relationship is different.
I'm so respectful of that, but yeah, it's all...
Yeah, because also, really, the reality is, I think, it's easy to say when you're still in a relationship
than not being in one, but ultimately the focus is the child. So whatever makes it easier for the child, I sort of feel like, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, the, the, the, the, the, the, thi, thi, thi, thi, the the thi, thi, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th, the th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi thi thi thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii, thi, the the the the thi, still in a relationship than not being in one, but ultimately the focus is the child.
Yeah.
So whatever makes it easier for the child, I sort of feel like you need to leave that any
sort of problems or arguments at the door.
But you know, but yeah, that's amazing that you can talk, you know, he moved back in
with him in COVID and they get on so well. But we'll have to have to have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have a to have a to have a the the the to have to have to have the the their their their to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the to have the to have the the the toda.a. the the the the the the the to the ttalk anymore. I'm like, oh, okay, have you told Jake, you might want to talk to him for
a bit to tell him that because he seems to think you are. Yeah, he's coming to watch
you at the O2 and if you don't want him there, that way, you find that he's not allowed in. Right, I'll see you on Tuesday, Josh.
Oh yeah, I'll see on Tuesday.
All right, bye.
Bye.
Bye.
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