0:00 And I'm asking, are would you go to get pooped on? >> quest. Wait, for extra credit. WHAT IF YOU GET EXTRA CREDIT? LIKE $10 MILLION, YEAH, I'll get pooped on. I don't care. Okay, let's say that you were offered a gig, right? In whatever respective field of expertise you have. Piano. Pays well. >> [laughter] >> Yeah. You're a good pianist? Great penis. There's nothing There's nothing bad about the pay. It's awesome. Uh there's no conflicts in schedule or anything. All that lines up. What is some type of moral conflict that would keep you from accepting the job? Like what are some things that like you know some people are like like at one point when when Redfoo turned vegan, he wouldn't play in any gig that was serving meat. Wow. >> Like things things like that. Like do you have any kind of stipulation or
0:50 moral conflict where you're like, I can't do that job? >> An- anything anything that is lying and marketing-wise. So, obviously came up in the fitness industry. I didn't take I think I you can count on less than one hand how many sponsorships I took. And I I probably I probably missed out on multiple six figures. >> critical when someone is offering a sponsorship. You look up everything they're about. >> with Bart. They signed me. I worked with Reebok. I grew up an Allen Iverson fan. Like even if I wouldn't wear Reebok and Reebok wanted to get me, I wouldn't have worked with them. But I grew up an Allen Iverson fan, a Shaq fan. ████ sick, right? But if like Skechers reached out to me, I'm a sneakerhead, bro. I'm not ████ wearing Skechers. >> If you have to >> Skechers Shape-ups. So, if you have to lie like you're into something you're not, you won't Even supplements. I did one small supplement one recently, but in the beginning most of the supplement companies were so sketchy and they all had like fat burners and stuff that just
1:41 didn't work. Yeah, I would say no. >> Skechers Shape-ups could never afford to get you. Now I'm older and my morals have gone If [laughter] if Shape-ups comes if Shape-ups comes with like seven figures Yeah, but they want you to say they want you to say that that's how you lost your weight and that's how everyone else should. >> Deadlift 600 lbs in some Skechers for seven figures. Yeah, seven figures for sure. But now I'm older. >> [laughter] >> Hey, it kind of like ████ me in the past. Probably too tight some senses, but Okay. We we had hard rules early on. And the the reason why it changed is because when we first started, we realized how much of our fan base were teenagers. Like in 2007. So, we made it a rule even though I was a smoker, a ████ chain-smoker, I said, "Let's not promote any alcohol or tobacco or any or any
2:32 drugs." We'll talk about it, right? And whatever, but it's kind of like the resolve after that is don't do it. So, then you know, hopefully we didn't push anyone toward that substance abuse ████ No, they know that you were doing it. So, I doubt they'd do it. >> And then they look at me and they go, "I don't want to end up like THAT ████ RIGHT?" [laughter] BUT THEN in our late 30s, I think we opened up the door and we're like, "Okay, at this point our fan base is like the youngest is probably late 20s." Yeah. So, I'm like, "They could drink responsibly. They could ████ chew. They could smoke. It's like at this point most of our fans are adults. So, let's just let's just ████ >> Probably already quit. Yeah. [laughter] They quit already. Yeah, they probably did it and quit, right? Yeah, so now I don't have a problem with um you know, substances. I'll probably promote cigars or whatever if I really,
3:22 you know, get a sponsorship from them. And I don't have a moral feeling toward it, but I did when people were teenagers because I didn't want them to go in abusive way that I did. Like I just see myself in them. >> Okay. Do you have any like inhibitions as far as like uh political items? Like where if they're like, "Oh, you you can get this gig, but we need you to like, you know, say that ████ But Hillary Clinton's got to come on this show. Oh, no. Politics? Well, first off, I'd be I'd be honored if they want to associate me. But like I would have I wouldn't shill for a political group because they're paying me. That's crazy. Like that $7,000 is real thingy? I wouldn't take it. There's a lot of talk of that happening over this last election. Guys just just getting a check just to talk positively about one party or not. And then
4:12 it should be illegal cuz it's not like, you know, all the SEC stuff where you have to say it's an ad or whatever. A lot of people would either have a guest on or speak on a topic positively and supposedly we're getting paid. I don't know if that's true or not, but there's a lot of talk. >> Would you do a gig that was asking you to like, "Hey, we're going to pay you this much money." And it's a lot. And but they were like "But we are a pro-China like Taiwan is not a country organization." So, I'm Mike spoke or I'm older now. >> [laughter] >> Yeah, we'll take that check, brother. And I realized people have their decisions made before I spoke and after I spoke and I can't affect anything. So, I'll say whatever the hell you want me to say. All right. I got a question for you guys. Okay. >> [laughter] >> So, real These are real life examples, right? So, right now what's that one city in China that
5:02 everyone's been going to? Guangzhou. I think it's that. But Well, really? Should be making noise. Guangzhou is an actual city. Ching- Ching-jing. >> [laughter] >> Also another city, yeah? So there's been a what's his name? >> Is that the Vegas? What's the Vegas of? No, that's Macau. Well, anyways, IShowSpeed went to China, right? And then like there was a big thing and then a lot of YouTubers also went to this specific city. Finds out later that it was the CCP trying to get good publicity for China. But it was under the guise of the tourism board saying, "Come to China." And this is common. A lot of countries, they pay influencers to come to their country and they give them a sponsorship, right? For good PR. I mean, we do dumb version of that here. You see like a commercial on
5:52 a football game be like, "Denver, the best place to ski. Visit Denver in the spring." So, if you guys found out that it was like a Chinese propaganda tool or whatever, would you guys actually do it? Yeah, I think so because I don't see like a negative repercussion. For someone like telling even a kid or whoever like, "Yeah, visit China." Well, like the next guy's not going to go, "I want to go to China because of Sound of Mike." And then he just gets kidnapped. Yeah. Yeah. I wouldn't do that with like I don't know, like Myanmar or something. I wouldn't >> [laughter] >> What's wrong with that? Isn't that Burma? Yeah. That's That's the high I think it's the highest Bitcoin per capita country in the world. >> The the government is not doing too well where they can't protect everybody. I wouldn't want to send someone there. >> [laughter] >> No, man. If they're paying in Bitcoin jail there for a little bit. >> Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. Uh you know what something popped in my head is the timeline also where Joe was
6:44 talking about what we used to do versus now. Um Earlier it feels like in social media, a lot of it was so tied to you. So, I was really representing a brand. I was really saying like, "I'm Mike. I drink this." And that's why we could sell a lot more. Um versus like I call it like the Jordan effect or the Kobe effect. Like you see Kobe Bryant on there and he's drinking Sprite, you're like, "I know Kobe don't drink Sprite. He's getting paid to drink Sprite." Where nowadays social media, I think everyone already just takes into account um that oh, Bart's just getting paid to drink Sprite. That's cool. And if I'm a fan of Bart, I'm like, "Yeah, man, get your bag." Where I I know I work with social media guys still and um and the newer age content, it's literally like that. I remember promoting like normal ass ████ and they would hate on me. Yeah. Like hey, sell out sell out and everything, bro. In the beginning everyone's calling you a sellout. And I was scared to get a sponsorship because of that also. Like yeah, my morals and I'm like, "Dude, I don't want to sell
7:34 out. I don't want to just fire at this." But then now like if they ████ with you, they're like, "Dude, get your bag, Bart. I don't care. I don't care that you're promoting Skechers. Like they suck, but you're cool. Go ahead." >> it changed around 20 It It got normalized, yeah. 2016 to 2017. >> Yeah, I was going to say 2017, 2018 in my head. Then then they just they just knew it. Okay. Is there a difference for like let's say a company that you've loved for a long time? Let's say that Lionheart Jiu Jitsu gets super huge. Like they become the biggest name in Jiu Jitsu. And they want to sign you uh to some kind of an endorsement deal where you also have to say that Lionheart invented Jiu Jitsu. Just flat out lie. That's ████ dope. That's so that's so like blatant though. That's like It's like if I were to just go out there and really say that and everyone knows that Louie didn't create Jiu Jitsu. Lionheart created Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
8:24 >> [laughter] >> Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And Brazilian barbecue. We created the picanha. I kind of makes it trickier where it's like a a brand new respect and love corrupted and then now wants to corrupt you along with it. I think I think that's too big of a lie that you know me, dude. I can't lie like I can't >> But what if they're lying, but they think it's funny? So, like but they're actually really lying. You know what I mean? But they're not like they don't believe it. They're just like we know we're lying. Honestly, like my if I'm looking outside of my own self, I'll find any way to still do the job, but not say that. Yeah, I mean like if I'm looking at like like how I am, it's like I'll try to find the middle ground and be like, "Oh ████ I forgot to say that. My bad, dude." Does it bother you enough that they're representing themselves that way? You don't have to say it. People will just know that you work with the company that's mistakenly like saying that they started it. >> Definitely look at our guys and be like,
9:14 "What's the purpose of this? Like why do I have to say this? Are you sure we have to do this?" Like, you know, uh But at the same time it's like, yeah, I would probably not say something like Well, you know, like >> far. What if they didn't say that they invented it, but they came out with Jiu Jitsu 2? The new version, the hybrid. Yeah, I'd rock it, dude. I'd be like, "Jiu Jitsu 2 is way sicker than ████ the Brazilian one." >> [laughter] >> Jiu Jitsu 2 is way sicker. It's It's made on this home soil. >> life example. Um everyone did the whole Saudi Arabia one, right? Was it Saudi Arabia? >> What do you get pooped on or do you get to go do other stuff? >> The Riyadh Comedy Festival. >> It was a comedy festival. I heard people get paid to get pooped on over there. Yeah, I heard that, too. In Saudi Arabia? Yeah, cuz they got freaky stuff in the >> but that's that's not the that's the example is all these comedians went out and hell of people got ████ for it. Would you guys, if you were paid to do a
10:05 Saudi Arabian performance, would you guys do it? >> Yeah, hell yeah, everyone's doing that. Ronaldo, Cristiano Ronaldo was signed the biggest soccer check in the history of the sport >> Okay, so they live live or not live golf, never mind. >> Yeah, but same idea. Yeah, same idea. To cuz they started a new league. They started um the World Series of eSports over there. And so every eSport obviously has their own championship or whatever, but they put them all into one and have the biggest thing ever. Are you familiar with the whole controversy behind that country? Yeah, a little bit. Yeah, a little bit. But you're okay with Because I'm not like I can't >> Turn your back on America just a little bit. Yeah, I just because they're our homies now. Yeah, no, they been. You know what I mean? Like they're heavily invested in us. >> Yeah, and like shh there's racism everywhere. Like I can't You can't vet out everything. You I'm sure there was a ████ at Reebok that I worked with them, too, you know, like I can't choose I can't I can't filter top to bottom every employee has to be moral, every
10:56 move they've ever made to be moral, but if the general's good and what I'm doing is good, like I don't have to lie. I'm going there to to podcast or something. If they're paying me to do that and I I control my words, then I'm good. Yeah, one of the things I think going with the whole older thing is uh I realized people's mindsets change, their political views and stances change, and even people's memories change. One one day they might love you, then they might hate you, they might hate you, they might love you. So all of those things are they go back and forth, they fluctuate. But how well I'm able to support and provide for my family will never change. So to me I'm like I'll just take the check if it doesn't Are you going for the pooped on one? No, no, no, he's talking about the comedy festival. >> Yeah, I'm asking. Are you Would you go to get pooped on? >> quest. Oh. Wait, for extra credit. WHAT IF YOU GET EXTRA CREDIT? >> LIKE 10 MILLION DOLLARS? YEAH, I'll get pooped on, I don't care. You're doing
11:46 the pooping? I don't know who what the fetish was, but I'm I'm pretty sure that's like a thing. >> on a glass table. Yeah. >> Yeah. Jack Ma pooping on you, though. How much? 60,000. >> Yeah, but Jack Ma probably s████ like a chihuahua. Dude, 60,000? He doesn't ████ that much. That's 60,000? You can get another truck with that. We'll never know, though. 500,000. 500,000 Jack Ma s████ on my face. No, well, okay. I have 100,000. No, 150. Okay, how about this? The economy's not as fast growing anymore. 150, but on your chest. Not on your face. 150, but on your chest, not on your face. See, that's good, that's reasonable. That's reasonable. People's memories change and their political stances change. 80,000. 80,000 he sh- he s████ in both your pockets. You got to keep them in your pants for 2 weeks. 2 weeks? For how much? 80,000. And you got to sleep with it. But you don't have to touch it. It's just It's in the It's in the side pockets of your jeans. If you try to take it out, alarm goes off. >> [laughter] >> You know what? I'll do it cuz I'll count it as I'm getting one
12:37 Bitcoin for this. >> Hell yeah, hell yeah, that's right. And Bitcoin will be more later. Put it in a Bitcoin. >> [laughter]
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