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'Above the Influence' Joins us for an Update

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0:00 Uh, I'm going to fix this real quick cuz they're both turning this way to talk to us anyways. >> What a sick ass boyfriend. Am I right? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. What a genius. >> A good dude. >> I I don't know how to work this. [laughter] >> He gave up immediately. >> Welcome back to Care for Boys. Today we got Above the Influence back. >> Yay. >> Welcome [applause and cheering] back. >> We look slightly different. We have two new members, but uh but yeah, >> explain. So, you know, series of events, some unfortunate, some fortunate, and um two of our members left. We're still very close with them. Three of our members left, actually. But yeah, and then Vic came back full-time. Ian is actually my assistant, and he joined. And then uh >> is that how you introduce him everywhere? This is my assistant. >> Well, no, no. You want to know something funny? I go, "This is Ian." And then he comes up, "Hi, I'm Mutak's assistant." Like without fail every single time. He

0:51 loved >> Kim Kardashian was Pariselton's assistant. And look how look how crazy she went. And both of them got famous for the same thing. >> Had to suck Ray's dick. >> I'm ready for it. >> Wait, is Paris holding? [laughter] >> Bring it. You're like, bring it on. >> The same thing. >> No, not Ray J's, but >> sex tapes. >> Sucking the dick. >> You never saw the Paris holding sex tape? >> Oh, well, it's not worth it. [laughter] >> She was the original Kim Kardashian. Like, she came up off of a sex tape. Well, she's always been rich, right? But >> she looks like she's afraid of it. >> Yeah. Yeah. [laughter] It's >> hot for some people. Yeah. Hot for some people. It's not my vibe. Not my vibe. Um, and then who else is new? >> And then this is Tiff. Who is Vince girlfriend? >> My girlfriend. >> You your girl. Your boyfriend. Girlfriend. >> Oh, no. Tiff. >> Your boyfriend. Girlfriend. Word. >> How long have you guys been dating now? Like a year? >> No. I mean,

1:42 >> officially dating since May. So, almost half a year. >> Damn. >> ████ since a year. [laughter] That that that means like the last time we hung out you were talking about I want a girlfriend now. I think I'm ready to settle down and we're like dang. >> Yeah. Last time you you were like ████ like those 17 other ████ at the same time though. [laughter] >> That's not true. Please. Okay. She dead ass will beat my ass. Don't >> I will beat him. >> Don't make those jokes. Please. >> I did not say those. [laughter] >> I thought she was peaceful cuz she has purple hair. >> No, >> they were all dudes. They were all dudes. >> Does that mean I'm peaceful if I put purple hair? I hear that like girls with color colored hair are crazy though. >> Oh yeah. No, the blue hair ones. Yeah. >> Yeah. Not the purple. >> It's not your hair that throws me off. It's the band-aids on your hand. >> That's from beating him. >> It's from [laughter] beating him. >> Backfisting him.

2:32 >> All right. All right. >> All right. So, you guys are gearing up for your next apology video then. [laughter] >> More like the twit longer. >> It also looks like it takes you three hours to tie your shoes. >> Yeah. You start from the the part here and then you tie it all the way up. >> No, no, no. They they're just like up here and I just tie them all in one knot and hope for the best. >> Sometimes I just like shove it in my shoe. It's a lot. >> You ever pull out your shoelace just to see how long it really is? >> I don't want to cuz I know I'm not going to put it back in. >> Yeah, I would never put that back in. >> You could probably jump rope with that ████ with your whole crew, dude. [laughter] >> Crazy. How are you doing? >> I'm doing good, man. Yeah, busy as hell. Super Bonsai is keeping me very busy. um ATRI as well and Yeah. >> So, so the additions explain >> like them too. >> Yeah. Yeah. Well, also also >> origin story, the synergy. >> Most of us who've been watching you

3:23 guys, >> if you're JK and you haven't watched you guys outside of here, >> they want to know. >> It's been such an update. So, basically, we used to be I guess Vit wasn't even like a full-time host last time we were on here. We had Kira, we had Jordan, and we had Esther. >> I always thought Vid was fulltime. you know, >> Vit was like around, but he wasn't full-time at the time. Yeah. Yeah. So, he's definitely full-time now. Like, he's like pretty much >> Yeah. I was I was traveling. I was doing my own ████ for a little bit. >> Yeah. And then so Kira was like a new friend that like, you know, was very interested in joining. He joined. >> Wonder how >> feel very bad about how that went down, but you know, we went through some controversy. >> Give us the details. Give us the details. >> Yeah. So, basically, we >> tell me the detail. without giving too many details, we basically were speaking about a a topic that's popular, but um

4:14 and then in doing so, I'm like, "Ah, this is a little dicey. We're going to put it on the payw wall only, right?" >> So, we put it behind the payw wall. Doesn't matter cuz somebody went in there, clipped it, put it on TikTok. And then when they put it on TikTok >> Oh, Anthony. Uh oh. >> Can we let him finish the story? And then when when we put it on TikTok, they like maliciously clipped it of like the stories that Kira told and what I told, right, to like make it look like we were like bashing when in reality they were we were just like telling stories we heard that was in defense of like it's kind of ████ up that these things happened like kind of like just discussing it as a topic >> like genuinely trying to raise awareness. >> Yeah. We were like that's ████ disgusting like blah blah blah. And they were trying to whistleblow Weinstein and everyone's like you ████ support Weinstein. >> Not even you support. It's like almost like >> how dare you talk about Weinstein. You victim blame his. >> Yeah. You're like you're like talking ████ on like the victim. Yeah. Like that type of ████ Yeah. So like I'm like what? This is so out of and then it was going viral in like Southeast Asia where

5:05 like obviously English is not the first language. >> I don't understand what you're saying but [laughter] >> so yeah. So so you know that was her first kind of experience with content in general. So she was already being like oh like you know the podcast takes up a lot of time. I want to try my own content and taking some time off. But like that experience was definitely just like, "Hey guys, I don't know if this is for me." >> Yeah, >> I I understand that that was a series of unfortunate. What about Esther? >> So that Esther just decided like she's been getting uh I don't know, closer with God, like going to church more. Um and just was like, you know, like I don't know if if I want to do this pod anymore. And so we just had like a amicable leaving. She did a goodbye episode and she's been off since. That was like what, like four, three months ago? It's been a while. Is your pot away from God? Would you say >> away from God? >> I wouldn't I don't want to say that cuz

5:55 both Vit and I are are Christian, >> right? Not bad, actually. >> But um I mean, yeah, some of our actions don't align, I'd say. Yeah, >> that's fair. >> Yeah, I don't blame her. But um but yeah, she left and since she left, we were just planning to do it just us two. But Tiff had been on a couple episodes and they're they have like What's the issue? You guys have separation anxiety or like >> No, no, no. I'm fine. She has separation anxiety. So, >> are you Yokoono in this thing? >> Wait, wait. They're like, "What's that old ass?" >> They don't even know what that ████ is, huh? >> Do you know who Yokoono's >> wife and Yokoono >> kind of buted into the band a lot and the boys are kind of like, "Come on, dude. She's got to be >> No, no, we ████ with Tim." >> Well, you just said separation anxiety. I got the undertones. >> Wuk was like, "Please, we need a woman." >> Please. [laughter] I was like, "Yes." >> Okay, solid. >> Yeah. >> Uh, I'm going to fix this real quick cuz they're both turning this way to talk to

6:45 us anyways. What a sick ass boyfriend. Am I right? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. What a genius. >> A good dude. >> I don't know how to work this. [laughter] >> He gave up immediately. >> The thought was there. That should work. >> Pull it your way if you're if you're talking. >> No, that should work. >> Okay, >> dude. That was so romantic. I know, right? >> That was cool of you. >> That's why he has a girlfriend. >> How did you two meet? >> Um, >> we we we had been friends, like only strictly friends, for about four years. >> We were not friends. [laughter] I like the way this is going. Keep going. They knew each other. >> He thought I was a ████ I thought he was a ████ And we both thought each other were annoying, so we never >> ah love story. >> He was right. >> Both. [laughter] >> Nice. >> No, no, no, no, no. I was never a ████ I was very outspoken about how much of a not ████ I was. But regard >> that's sometimes what ████ say.

7:35 >> No, no, but I stood I never say anything I don't mean. >> Very whoreike of you, bro. >> That's what Anthony says. >> Behind the pay wall. [laughter] after after everything that happened in past November, I was traveling around a little bit. I was in Texas, got a random call from her uh and she was crying about something and I was comforting her through that and then while I had her on the phone, I was like, "You know what? I'm about to travel to LA. Can I stay at your crib?" [laughter] >> Um, >> and I like barely knew this guy. >> Gangster line. >> Why'd you call him if you need help? like while she's down on her luck is when you like go for the kill. >> That's what he did. That's what [laughter] he did. >> It was over something that I knew that he also went through. So I was like, "Okay, this guy can relate." I also get really manic sometimes, I think. And I uh do things impulsively. So I called

8:26 him and then looked for comfort. And then he was like, "Let me stay at your place." And I was vulnerable and crying. [laughter] So I was like, >> "Wait, I had no other intentions other than, "Hey, I need a place to stay. I don't want to get a hotel." >> She's vulnerable. >> Yeah, >> totally. But also, >> this is like when Will Frell was uh crashing uh funerals because he was like, "This is way better than wedding." [laughter] >> Yeah. >> But no, so I I I travel to LA. I stayed with her for like a month. Um >> Wait, I never asked you this. When when he shows up, did you know he was going to stay for a month? >> No. So [laughter] I thought he was going to stay for a week. So I'm I left to go to Virginia to go back home for Christmas. I was like, "Okay, you're leaving, right? All right, cool." I leave. My roommate say, "Vit's still in your room." [laughter] >> All right. Technically, I stayed for two weeks and then I left and then I came back. So, let's get that straight.

9:16 >> Technically, still sounds weird as ████ [laughter] >> But, um, yeah, we just started hanging out every day. Um, >> you're just staying at our place. [laughter] >> Yeah, cuz you're literally won't leave. Cuz you won't leave. THIS IS LIKE THE GUY he's like at a homeless guy outside of a subway and we just hang out a lot, you know? Me and Subway, we like each other. The first night he came in, I thought when he was going to stay at my place that he would stay on the couch, but he just slapped himself right on my bed. [laughter] >> Bro, she was like a homie. She was the bro. So, I was like, >> the homie? Really? >> No. Dead ass. She was >> Get the ████ out of here. >> How quick do you ████ your bros? >> When did you take a test with you, please? >> I would. >> When did you start hooking up [laughter] then? Within this 5 days? >> 3 weeks later? >> Yeah. Three. >> Three weeks. Oh, wow. I thought it would happen like the first couple days. No, I held myself back. I I consider it homie

10:06 ████ I didn't want to mess up the friendship. >> Takes you 3 weeks to ████ the homies, huh? [laughter] >> Dude, I known this guy for like 2 years. I'm still waiting. >> Uh yeah. I One night we were out and we were drinking and he was like, "Tiffany, like I think you're hot. I know you think I'm hot. Let's make it." [laughter] >> That's just homie talk. That's how homies talk. Is that the first week? >> Was that week one? >> That was the third. That was >> third week. Wait, didn't Wait, actually, before he ever stayed there, I remember we were driving home from the club and like I was DD and I had a packed car. There was like four people in my back seat and they were just viciously making out and [laughter] >> this is months. >> This was like >> 3 years prior like years before they started dating. >> So, they already had like chemistry from >> That's what I was like I knew that they were like into each other. At least >> that was a one time thing. >> That's what I do. I make out with my dogs. [laughter]

10:56 Wait, so you're saying you're saying in the third week is when you made your move, >> but they already made out four years ago. >> True. True. But but the whole time you guys sleeping on the bed so comfortable. >> Look at this guy, dude. Guilty as >> sleeping on the bed together the whole time. >> Yeah. >> And technically I never She likes to say I made the first move. She came into the room and or texted me one time while I was out and she was like, "Can you come home and we platonically cuddle?" >> Platonically cuddle. >> All right, bro. Because every time I share a bed with someone, I swear I will end up on them. I cuz I move around a lot. >> Aren't you a woman about town? >> NO, NO, NO, NO. Like when my I have girlfriends that sleep over. I had a recent girl named Eugen. She stayed over at my place a couple months ago and I ended up spooning her. >> So if I ask him to platonically cuddle, it won't be that awkward. >> ████ get cold. I will say they get cold.

11:46 >> I like how they both were resisting. They had to create [laughter] this new just just love each other like stone it. >> It's the most roundabout ass like we we met and started dating. >> We were friends, >> dude. Your guys wedding your guys wedding the speeches are going to be like 4 hours. It's going to be like Jesus Christ. >> Yeah. [laughter] >> But now it was strictly supposed to be friends at first and then ████ happens. >> Yeah. Don't ████ your friends. >> Don't ████ the homies. Good tip. Good tip >> if you didn't already know

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