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Worst of all time, British food.
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Worst of all time, British food.
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I'd say bubbles and squeak.
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I love bubbles.
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Is that actually a thing?
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It is actually a thing.
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I love a thing, it's something.
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Where's my camera? Where?
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Ah!
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I'm Steve Carell.
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And I'm David Beckham.
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And this is Goat Talk with Complex.
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Okay, first card.
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Greatest of all time karaoke song.
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Oh, the first thing that comes to my mind is you light up my life.
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Okay.
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Right?
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Yeah.
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I don't know if I'm if I would double down on that.
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Yeah, I would personally go for Say You'll Be There by the Spice Girls.
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I can't imagine.
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It's an easy, it's an easy, safe.
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Let me throw a few more.
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Hey Ya.
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Wow.
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That's...
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Hey Ya.
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Islands in the stream.
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I like that.
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It's a good one.
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May I hear a little?
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Save.
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Islands in the stream, that is what you are.
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Do you notice our necks are doing the same thing?
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That's all I've got.
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I need words.
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When was the last time you did karaoke?
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I very rarely do karaoke.
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I would love...
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Next time you do...
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We should do it together.
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I would love to do karaoke with you.
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We should do that.
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I don't do it either.
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We should do that.
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And you should do the Hey Yaar song.
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I'll do it.
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Please.
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No. I think I might do a little Spice Girls.
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You should.
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They would love that.
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Goat dish that you can cook.
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I'm actually not a bad cook.
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I love to barbecue.
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I love to make Italian food.
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What is your specialty?
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I lived in Italy.
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I played in Italy.
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Here we go.
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There's a story within the story.
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So when I was playing for AC Milan in Italy,
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I had so much time on my hands,
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so I ended up taking a culinary course.
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So I learned to make the best ragu.
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As I do a bolognese too,
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I'm sure it's not as good as yours.
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What are your components?
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What are your ingredients?
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Did you keep it simple?
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Okay.
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Is it very intricate?
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No, it's simple.
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It's basic.
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But I do add a cup of milk at the end of it.
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Whole milk.
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That's...
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I've never...
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Now, are you a sugar adder or no?
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No. No sugar.
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No sugar.
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Worcestershire sauce.
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Oh, that's new.
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Which is very hard for a lot of people to say.
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Worcestershire, they say Worcestershire, they're Worcestershire, whatever it is.
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Worcestershire.
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Worcestershire.
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It's not difficult.
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Yeah goat sports movie Wow,
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that's a tough one escaped a victory.
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What is that Sylvester Stallone?
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Michael Caine Bobby Moore and Pele.
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It was a Soccer I Saw that yes.
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Yes.
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Yes.
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That's great amazing.
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So that's my one now for talking soccer football Bend it like Beckham is it's a great movie fantastic.
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It's a great movie and I'm not just saying that I love it Have you ever seen a movie called Breaking Away?
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It's about these kids living in Indiana,
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like hometown kids, and they enter a bike race,
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sort of against the college kids.
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It's sort of the townies against the college kids.
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And there's something very, very simple, heartwarming about it.
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I love it.
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I'll watch that.
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It's a minor, it's a little sports movie.
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I'll watch that.
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It's good.
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We only have 80 to go.
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Goat goal ever scored.
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I scored a goal against Greece for England.
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It was in the last two minutes of the game.
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We needed to either draw the game or win the game.
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We were losing 2-1 and this was to go through to the World Cup.
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So we were playing at Old Trafford,
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Manchester United's ground, the team that I was playing for.
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I was captain of England
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and I got a free kick on the edge of the box
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and I'd taken about eight free kicks before it and not scored one.
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And this was the last two minutes of a game of a game.
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I scored it and that was the goal that took us to the World Cup.
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How does it feel in that moment?
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You kind of don't feel the significance of it when you're stood there taking that last minute free kick.
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You understand the significance of it after it,
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but at the time I was just trying to score a goal.
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And the funny thing is the day before where we were training,
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I always take free kicks at the end of the training,
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just a little bit of practice before the game and I took 11,
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missed 11, and then scored the 12th.
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Goat athlete turned actor.
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You.
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Yeah, I'm not sure you can bring me into this category.
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I think you could bring yourself into this.
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No, I'm not so sure.
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To watch you on a set,
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you're very comfortable, you're very poised.
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It's always interesting when you watch a non,
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you know, like someone who didn't study acting professionally,
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it kind of doesn't even matter.
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No. Like, if you know how to do it, you're just a natural.
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Well, thank you.
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That's the big compliment coming from you.
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Well, it is a complete lie.
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And I'm just saying it for the purposes of this interview.
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Well, you know, that's okay. But thank you.
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Have you heard of Vinnie Jones?
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No. So Vinnie Jones was quite a crazy footballer,
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quite an aggressive footballer when he played.
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That was kind of part of his game.
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And I despised, well, I wouldn't say I despised him,
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but I didn't like playing against him because he was so tough.
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He went into acting, and I think he's probably the best,
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like, sportsman that I've seen go into acting.
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Does he play a heavy mostly?
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Always.
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Always, because he looked like that.
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He's got that look.
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Have you ever done SNL?
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I haven't.
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We should do that together.
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Because I think you would be a great host.
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I'm just putting it out there.
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I don't know, there's a lot of pressure in that.
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I think you have to spend a week in New York.
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You do.
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Another one.
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That took off somebody's ear.
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I know, sorry.
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All right.
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Goat TV show.
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You know what?
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My wife and I were late to watching it,
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but about a year ago,
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we watched Breaking Bad from the beginning to the end.
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And it's one of the best TV shows I've ever seen.
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I couldn't believe how it was so consistent,
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and it grew and these characters developed over time.
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They clearly had an endgame at the very beginning.
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It was kind of a perfect show.
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Also, The Americans is a show that I loved.
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What about you?
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The Office?
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No, I've never heard of it.
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Never.
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Not because you're here.
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The English Office?
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Not because he's here, just to be clear.
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No, the US.
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Because The English Office is,
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I only watched a little bit of it,
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because I didn't want to do a copy of it.
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But, I mean, that one,
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you have to give really all the credit to that.
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Absolutely this world.
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Absolutely.
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But the US office for me,
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I watch it most nights with my son.
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I've told you this before,
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which is not a lie.
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And even when we're going over episodes, it's still hilarious.
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Okay.
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Goat relationship advice.
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Goat relationship advice.
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Because I need it, man.
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What you got?
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How long have you been married?
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30 years.
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30 years.
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How about you?
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28. I think supporting your partner through family stuff,
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through work stuff, always being there,
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always being present and making the time to pay attention.
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I think that's great advice.
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I think that's exactly right.
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Yeah.
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You know you grow with somebody.
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You do.
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And they change and you change and there's an enormous amount of give and take,
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I think, in any healthy relationship.
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Yeah.
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I'm quite stubborn, which my wife always says is a problem.
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Even after 20 years.
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Well, clearly, 28 years, it's not working.
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It's obviously not.
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No, whatever you're doing.
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Well, I'm trying.
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Oh my goodness.
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Goat David Beckham hairstyle.
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And there's been a few.
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Oh, okay.
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There was a few there, yeah.
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Ah, there's some you're definitely not doing again.
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There's been a few.
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The Mohawk is, how long did that last?
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Not long, because my coach at the time,
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I took my beanie off as I'm walking out to a game.
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And he said, go and shave it.
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He made me go back in the locker room,
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and I had to shave it off.
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It wasn't in keeping with the...
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And I had it for a photo shoot, funnily enough.
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I think that's the one.
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I like that.
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That's not my wife's favorite, that one.
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Really?
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That's sort of your boy band era.
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That's ridiculous.
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Okay.
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Goat Steve Carell role.
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What's a question I always ask people,
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especially people I meet on the street.
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Like, excuse me, I'm Steve Carell.
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What's your favorite thing I've ever done?
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Well, what's the, what's Michael Scott, in my opinion.
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Well, I appreciate that.
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But then you look at everything else,
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you know, 40-year-old virgin, you look at Despicable Me,
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you know, you look at everything.
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Do you want to hear my answer to that question?
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I'd love to hear your answer,
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which we should have gone with first.
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My favourite Steve Carell role, husband and father.
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Okay.
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I like that a lot.
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What year was that out?
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It's never ending.
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Not to change the subject,
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but as soon as you have kids,
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I'm sure you have this experience,
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as soon as you have kids,
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you start worrying about your kids,
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and then you never stop worrying about your kids.
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You never stop worrying about them.
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Ever.
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Goat snack.
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Lay's potato chips.
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Absolutely.
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Salt and vinegar, Lay's potato chips.
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What are you going to say?
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Okay, within the Lay's realm.
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I would have to say salt and vinegar, walkers.
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That's a good one.
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Salt and vinegar, the barbecue is great,
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the salt and vinegar is great.
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My favorite, the cheddar cheese baked lays.
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Really?
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Fantastic.
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I love them.
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Goat FIFA World Cup moment.
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Oh my goodness.
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I wasn't alive, but 1966 when England won the World Cup,
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that was an incredible moment.
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I would say the last World Cup final was incredible.
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You know, for two players like Kylian Mbappe and Messi to perform the way they did,
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it was unfair that there had to be a winner.
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I don't think you'll have a game in a World Cup that will be as good as that.
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I have to say my favorite FIFA World Cup experience is the one that I am presently in right now.
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With you and Alexia and Thierry and.. can I call him Leo?
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You can call him whatever you want.
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Leo would be appropriate appropriate.
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Okay, just to be a part of this experience with you guys and of course supporting Lay's,
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which is the chip of choice,
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you know you can't have a party without Lay's.
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It's a pretty remarkable experience for me because not of my world
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and I'm such a huge fan of all of you and it's it's a little bit
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intimidating and inspiring to see your commitment to the fans,
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to see the legendary.. to see people reacting to you. And you.
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Well...
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There was a lot of shocked people out there.
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I appreciate that.
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But there was...
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I mean, to see the adoration and also how you inspire these people,
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like all of you, it's just been a pleasure and a joy.
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Me too.
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Me too.
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Great.
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Goat athlete style icon.
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I've got two, actually.
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Michael Jordan, because of obviously what he did outside of the game.
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You know, every time he stepped on the court in his own shoes,
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every kid wanted them.
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And then I would have to say Andre Agassi.
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You know, a tennis player to walk on the court wearing a pair of jean shorts.
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It says it all.
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I would say Federer.
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Elegant.
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Elegant.
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He, one of the last players to actually wear a collared shirt.
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I, yeah, loved his style.
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Yeah, I agree.
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Goat soccer goal celebration.
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Oh my God.
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Let's just say anytime somebody slides on their knees for 30 or 40 yards.
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Yep.
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Because whenever in hockey, and this was uncharacteristic of most hockey goalies,
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you know in soccer when you take your jersey off.
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I used to do that when I would save the goal.
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You get a yellow card for that now.
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You do?
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Yeah.
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I didn't know that.
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Yeah, you take your shirt off,
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you get a yellow coat and you can't take your shirt off anymore.
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Can you believe that?
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I used to take off my.. well,
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I'd have to take off because goals were a lot of equipment.
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So I had to take the jersey off,
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then I'd have to take my shoulder pads off,
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then I had a chest protector.
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By then, it's the game starting again.
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By the end, it was boring.
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I never really had a signature celebration because I always had more assists than I had goals.
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But when I did celebrate,
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I used to slide on my knees.
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I used to jump up in the air and, you know, fist pump.
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That was it.
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That's cool.
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Victoria turned around to me.
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She was like, does it hurt when you slide on your knees?
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And you're like, no, it really doesn't,
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unless it gets caught in.
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I scored a goal against Barcelona once,
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and I went to celebrate, slide on my knees.
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And as I went to slide, my knee got...
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It wasn't very elegant.
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Goat soccer player.
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Easy.
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Messi.
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Yeah?
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Easy.
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The best on the field and off the field.
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You know, a player of his level to still be
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Wanting to win wanting to lead wanting to teach the young kids without doubt.
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He's the best when I was growing up like Pele was The man he was like he was
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and Kyle wrote junior were like the two most famous Soccer players,
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you know
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when I was a kid how different is his game than
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a game that's being played today Would he in modern days would he still be Pele?
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Without a doubt.
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Without a doubt.
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You know you look at players like Pele and you look at Maradona,
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you know those two players they were special players.
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You know the combination of obviously Leo and Ronaldo now,
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you know to have stayed at that level for the amount of years that they did, they're unbelievable.
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GOAT actor.
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You know, Julianne Moore is a fantastic actor.
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Amy Adams is a fantastic actor.
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You know, I look at people like DiCaprio,
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who's just good in everything.
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Timothee Chalamet, same thing.
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He's like, I remember he came in to audition for Beautiful Boy,
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and he walked out the door,
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and we all looked at each other and said,
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that's, everybody else can kind of go home right now,
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because that was just off the charts.
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So I've been really fortunate to work with a lot of people that I admire.
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But I don't know if there's one.
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There are different aspects.
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Like, Will Ferrell is amazing.
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Like, is an amazing actor and incredibly funny and makes it look easy, what he does.
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I'm gonna say Steve Carell.
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Yeah.
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Well, I was also gonna say that.
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Yeah, you should have done.
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He's special.
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Very.
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Worse of all time, sports fashion trend.
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Well, I suppose I wore a sarong once and people questioned me why I would wear a skirt,
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which happened 20 years ago. So I...
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You were ahead of the game.
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I was ahead of the game.
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I thought it looked great.
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My dad thought it looked great.
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Well...
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If my dad thinks it looks great, then it's okay.
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Yeah.
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I don't like the current trend of quarterbacks in football with tiny little mustaches.
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No. And especially with that big helmet and your face mask,
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and then you see like little pencil.
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It's, and basically it's saying, I can't grow this.
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Yeah, because it used to be like.
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It's, yeah, you want a big beefy something if you're gonna grow it,
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not like, ah, I'm trying.
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Try it.
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They pencil it in.
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Yeah, that's not good.
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That's not a good look.
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Worst of all time, British food.
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Why does it have to be British food?
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I'd say bubbles and squeak.
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I love, I love bubble squeak.
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I love bubbles and sugar.
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Is that actually a thing?
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It is actually a thing.
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And you know what it is?
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You always have it on the day after Christmas because it's all the leftover potatoes and greens.
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Then I like that.
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And then you put it in a pan and you fry it.
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Any sort of organ meat in a pie,
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I don't want kidney pie.
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Okay.
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You know.
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If you were to ask me my last meal,
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it would be a pie and mash.
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Yeah.
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Because in the East End of London we grew up in pie and mash shops,
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like eating in pie and mash shops.
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And it's literally a mince pie,
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mashed potato, and then it's this gravy and it's called liquor.
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And it's, I'm not selling it,
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but it's, the liquor is stewed eels and parsley sauce.
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Stewed eels.
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What?
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It's amazing.
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Next time you come to London,
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I'm going to take you.
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Take your word for it.
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I promise you.
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We'll do karaoke.
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And then you have chili vinegar on the top.
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If we do that before karaoke,
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that's going to be a night.
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It would be a night,
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but I think you'd enjoy it.
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You would enjoy it, I promise you.
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Pie and mash.
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WOT, FIFA World Cup heartbreak.
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Unfortunately, in the World Cup there's always heartbreak.
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There always has to be a winner and a loser.
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And, you know, I've played in three World Cups,
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and the heartbreak is when you don't go all the way and you win it.
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because I always go into any big competition like that thinking we're going to win it.
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And when you get knocked out,
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which unfortunately happened in all three World Cups, that's the heartbreak.
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I've never competed.
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You've never competed yet.
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Thanks.
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Great.
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