>> Everyone, we have a big announcement to make. The announcement has already been made,
but not inside of TDR, and that's really what I care about. So Emma, you have been on the show
many times. You serviced as cohost many times, you've been working for TYT for a number of years.
What's going on? >> Today's my last day,
I am moving on to join the majority report and Sam Sedar as cohost and a producer.
I am super excited about this opportunity but I don't want to.
I don't wanna cry actually. TYT has meant so much to me, I wouldn't be in this industry.
It's you, I didn't take a chance on me. I'm the luckiest person in the world to have worked with
wonderful people like John and Jane and Anna and Jr and Brett, and everybody behind the scenes too.
John, start talking, yeah. >> Okay, I will, it's been sad because I've
known about this for two weeks now I think, and it's so bittersweet, right into the heart lobes.
Because you obviously could not be more excited for Emma
being a cohost of majority part, is gonna be amazing. You are gonna make majority report 300%
better by you transitioning there, so that's awesome. Just you having more screen time,
a bigger platform is not only great, but it's as deserved as anything has ever been deserved.
So obviously very glad. But I'm not going to pretend
that this isn't kind of devastating for me personally, for TDR, for TYT,
we love having Emma on. I've made that very clear in the past. I'm gonna probably reiterate
a lot of those reasons spontaneously in a minute or two, but so it is bittersweet.
Is both bitter and sweet. That's what you've given us, Emma.
>> Yeah, no. >> I mean,
I know it's sad but it's okay, it's okay you know what? If there's some residual tears later on
during the news, people are just going to think, hey, it's 2020 so don't even worry about that.
Let me just say brief. No continue. >> These people at TYT are authentic,
they're great. They are in LA, I'm in New York. It was just a perfect marriage for
me to join Majority Report so I could build something here where I'm from.
But when I do visit LA, these are my friends for life.
They're the best and John is the best. And I'm so grateful to have had the opportunity
to work alongside you guys for as long as I have. So that's how I feel and you
successfully got me to cry. Congratulations John. >> Thank you. That's all I was hoping for. No,
the honor is ours. Obviously you being all the way in New York is difficult.
There's really no situation at TYT, we have people who work in other areas,
but not generally talent that work in other areas. And so that obviously has been hard. So it makes
perfect sense in that way. But let me just really fast say obviously I've gone on at
length a bunch of times about why I have so much respect for Emma and how much she is
grown and evolved and become so amazing over, literally just like four years or so.
But really fast, you mentioned there that TYT is authentic. I think you said that
your friends at TRT authentic? But see, that's the thing about Emma is that I think authenticity
is one of the most important values at TYT and I would argue that she has capped out on that.
Emma's not only smart and hard working and all of that, but she's brave in a way that a lot of
people aren't in media, and she's braver than me, by the way. Let me just clearly say that.
>> That's not true. >> No, it is. It is Emma literally
she is telling people things that are true and that will not necessarily make her more popular.
I think that I do it somewhat. I don't do it as much as you, Emma. You do it more like all
of us in 2016 who gave our honest appraisal of what needed to happen in that election.
We were attacked for literally years. A lot of people did the easy thing and
told people what they wanted to hear. But you have just done that more and more.
You are willing to take on cults of personality and grift cults and all of that. And you have a
lot of great qualities. But your bravery and willingness to do that when it could
potentially hurt your audience in the future, I think, is one of your greatest qualities.
I really do admire that. >> Thank you. I mean there is not a smarter
person, a nicer guy not a better friend than John. And there's no one more deserving of success,
so I am going to constantly plug TDR until the end of time. And not too much is gonna change, we're
still gonna be in contact and texting and talking about stupid pop culture things and movies.
And I'm gonna visit, I just have to because I love you guys too much.
>> Awesome, we're gonna be doing even some of that pop culture stuff a little bit later on.
Maybe we'll be lucky enough. I don't know what your contract is like,
but maybe you can come and do a game night with us or common room or something like that.
But really fast. In addition to all that I said, Emma's been here for
than four years now, and Emma has been a ridiculously important part
of this period of TYT. She's grown a ton. She's turned rebel HQ into this massive thing
that I at TDR are always have to be watching and worried about because it could be coming for me.
And by the way Adrian Lawrence is gonna taking over that, we're gonna have run the show and
talk about that in all of that, about the future of the channel. But it's really important to
me that people know that while a lot of people have transitioned from TYT to other things, they
have not always done so on the best of terms, but Emma is leaving on literally the best terms ever.
I can't speak for you. I don't know, it's important to me though that people know
what you were for TYT and how important you were and all of that. And so I decided to reassure
you to make sure that nobody forgets that you were here. I wanted to reassure you, and I'm
gonna do it in the language of your people, because Emma is a jock through and through.
So I asked for a little bit of
advice from Brett and we came up with an idea. >> You didn't tell me you were going to do this.
>> This is not in the rundown. >> Well, I'm adding it. It's the last
minute addition, so we're going to be retiring your Jersey here and just no one in the future
of TYT, as long as I'm here at least, is gonna be able to have the name Vigeland or the number 12.
You got to choose a different name, a different number,
deal with it, and I think I'm actually gonna put this back here for the show today.
It's not breaking a few things. But she's gonna be a part of this thing.
So people are going to remember damn it.
>> What is wrong with you? >> Anyway, Emma, we're also gonna
Jersey sent to you, because what you don't get to hold is no real present, but this is for us. We're
keeping this one. We're gonna send you one as well, and Emma, you're gonna be missed. I already
miss you, and I'm literally talking to you right now, so hopefully we'll still be able to talk.
>> So nice, and I don't even know what to say. Thank you.
>> Okay, well, thank you. Thank you, and you're one of the best.