- He's free!
Oh, cool!
(Gebilet laughing)
Okay.
(fast piano music)
- [Lu] Be gentlemanly, here.
- [Gebilet] Thank you, oh wow.
- [Lu] You're welcome.
- [Interviewer] What are you here to do today?
- I'm here to go on a date that's gonna last 12 hours.
- Oh, wow.
- [Interviewer] Are you looking for partnership?
- I'm a more of a go with the flow kinda guy,
so, if it happens,
if the energies intertwine and we're good,
ya, maybe.
I'll go like this.
Is that fine?
- [Interviewer] Just do that at first.
- Get consent, here.
(Sophia laughing)
- [Gebilet] I thought about it,
and if a date lasts,
if a normal date is four hours,
then this is, like, three dates in one day.
(bell ringing)
- So, let's start, on here, on this side.
What is your name?
- Hey. - I forget.
- My name is Gebilet.
- G-
- Gebilet.
Yeah. - What do you go by?
Do you ever get Gibby? - You can call me whatever.
Oh, I get that a lot.
- For the next 12 hours I'm gonna call you Gibby.
Okay, is that fine? - Do you mind?
- I?
- Like, honestly, like, actually.
- [Gebilet] Oh, my god, okay.
I prefer Gebilet.
I'm so sorry.
- No, it's pretty!
It's pretty. - Thank you so much.
You gave me confidence to say that.
Thank you.
- Gebilet. It's pretty.
- Okay.
Um, Lu.
Just, it's two letters. - Thank you so much,
thank you. - L-U. Lu.
- Lu.
- Two letters, yeah.
- Yeah, nice to meet you.
- Sophie. - It's real easy.
Sophie. - Yeah.
(fast piano music)
(clock ticking)
- [Interviewer] Can we explore sexual orientation?
- We can.
I'll go first, if you want me to.
I'm just basically, straight.
- Well, I'm bi.
I'm pretty bi.
- [Gebilet] Nice, nice.
That's awesome.
Well, like, my sexual orientation,
I consider myself really fluid.
- It's more of, like, the vibe and the energy, kinda.
- Definitely. - Am I right?
- Yeah, definitely.
I'm a big personality girl.
(group laughing)
- No, I got that.
- You did?
(fast piano music)
(clock ticking)
- I sing. - [Gebilet] I'm sorry.
I'm so nervous. You sing?
- What?
(Gebilet laughing)
- That's awesome.
- For my senior recital in college,
I did this set of songs with,
it sounds like opera,
but the text is taken from
the most insane Craig's List post you've ever heard.
- Craig's List?
- [Sophie] Yeah.
- Wow.
- It was, like, nice, it was fun
to be, like, a character. - I gotta hear this singing.
- I would love to hear it, too, sometime.
Like, don't feel pressured at all.
♪ You looked sexy ♪
♪ Even though ♪
♪ You were having a seizure ♪
♪ Let's get together ♪
♪ When you're feeling ♪
♪ A little less woozy ♪
(group clapping)
- Yeah.
(Sophie laughing)
I felt like I was in a Disney movie.
(fast piano music)
- Guess what, guys?
I might be the first one to go on a bathroom break,
I'm so nervous.
(Sophie laughing)
- Gotta go you gotta go.
- I'll be right back, I'll be right back.
- [Interviewer] Now that she's gone, right now,
let's talk about her.
How do you two feel about her?
- She's so pretty.
- I don't know.
I'm just kidding.
No, I'm just kidding, that was a joke.
- [Interviewer] You're attracted to her?
- Yeah.
- [Interviewer] How 'bout you?
- Yes.
(fast piano music)
It's gonna be really hard to have stuff to say for 12 hours.
- Once we get tired, yeah.
Once we get tired,
we might have to all agree to just, like,
we need, like, five minutes of silence.
- [Interviewer] Well, let's try it right now.
I'll time it, five minutes of silence.
Okay, ready,
starting,
now.
(fast piano music)
(clock ticking)
(clothes rustling)
(fast piano music)
All right, it's been five minutes.
- All right. - Dang.
(Gebilet laughing)
- Sorry. - Too short, huh?
- I tried. (fast piano music)
- Have either of you ever been with three people at once?
(clock ticking)
- For me, it was never two guys,
it was always a girl,
like, it was always one of my friends,
and then, like, a guy.
- Yeah.
(clock ticking)
- I was at this club,
and this guy came up to me,
he was like, "Um, so, hey man,
my wife thinks you're cute, and."
(Gebilet laughing)
All right, thank you.
And I was like, "Cool."
And he was like, "You wanna join us, like, in a bed?"
- Wow.
- Turns out, he was just, like, really into watching,
I think it's couple cucking?
Yeah.
He was really into that,
and that happened, and um,
he didn't touch me, but he kinda was,
like, really aroused by me.
(fast piano music)
I was gonna ask how you guys have sex with other women,
like, do you just kind of, like, use straps,
or just kinda scissor up?
(fast piano music)
(clock ticking)
- [Interviewer] Ask each other if you find
each other attractive.
(Gebilet laughing)
- Do you two think I'm attractive?
- Mmhm.
- Definitely, yeah.
- [Lu] Are you lying, or are you-
- [Sophie] No. - No, course not.
- They won't assume anything.
Okay, you two, well, okay.
- You're beautiful.
And, when I saw you, like,
I was like, "Oh, she's gorgeous."
(Gebilet laughing)
- I had that same thought.
- Thank you.
(fast piano music)
(clock ticking)
- I kinda do have to use the restroom now.
- [Interviewer] Oh, yeah, yeah.
- Oh, go ahead.
- Okay.
And then, we'll get a different-
- We're taking your spot.
- [Interviewer] If you need, you can stretch right now.
- Oh yeah, yeah, we can stretch.
- I think he's cute.
- Hell, yeah, he's cute.
He's-
He seems like a nice guy,
I mean, feels like we still just met.
I'm still trying to get a feel for him.
- [Interviewer] Do you think there's more of a connection
between you two or with him?
- For me, it's a little too early, to be honest.
- [Interviewer] That's totally fair.
- It's too early. - [Interviewer] 100%
(fast piano music)
- Here, if someone sits in front of me.
- Oh, yeah, let me.
Ooh.
Oh, yeah!
(fast piano music)
(clock ticking)
- I've been meaning to ask you,
what are you, kinda like, mixed with, and stuff like that?
- Actually, guess what, I'm not mixed with anything.
I'm African.
I'm Eritrean.
- Eritrean, where is that? - [Gebilet] I'm black,
I'm black, I'm black.
Oh, you know what?
It's in the horn of Africa.
It's like, a fairly new country, believe it or not.
- Ah, I was gonna try to guess,
but I didn't want to offend or anything.
- Oh, no it's okay!
What are your families like?
- My mom is American,
and my dad is from Jordan.
- Oh, cool! - [Sophie] Yeah.
- Anybody speak any other languages?
- I speak Arabic.
- Oh, you do?
Arabic is such
a beautiful language. - You're just full
of surprises, huh?
(Gebilet laughing)
- [Gebilet] I wondered, I wondered it actually.
- I've been called a wild card.
(fast piano music)
(clock ticking)
- Oh.
(Sophie laughing)
Yes, get my opera glasses on.
- Opera glasses?
(Sophie and Gebilet laughing)
- Yes.
He's free!
Oh, cool.
I can see your tattoos, okay.
- [Interviewer] So, what's happening?
Why are you changing your shirt?
- I'm changing my shirt 'cause it's really hot in the box.
(fast piano music)
(clock ticking)
- [Interviewer] Was there a drink request?
- Tequila. - Wait, are we doing-
- Oh, wait, are we?
- Yes.
I'm kinda light.
- You're a lightweight? - A little bit.
- Cool. - [Sophie] Yeah.
- I say I'm not, but, we'll see, we'll see.
- Yeah, toast to trying new things and being in a box.
Not the normal box,
whoa, that was a bad joke, okay.
- Inside of the box, and outside of the box.
- [Gebilet] Hey, I love it!
Love both of those, y'all.
Woo!
(glasses clinking)
(fast piano music)
(clock ticking)
- I'm slightly a chiropractor,
so if you need, like, to get popped or cracked or anything,
I'm your guy. - O-M-G,
maybe both of us.
- I'm very crackly.
- Oh, you are? That's cool.
- I'm a crackly person.
- Who wants to go first?
- Yeah.
You go first, you go first, I think, yeah.
- All right.
Breathe in, and out.
(back cracking)
(Gebilet gasps)
Ah.
(back cracking)
(Gebilet laughs)
Ah.
- Oh, my god, thank you.
- You are welcome.
(fast piano music)
(clock ticking)
- I would take a nap, not gonna lie.
- Do you think you could fall asleep right now?
- I know I could.
- You could? Okay.
- [Sophie] Okay.
- [Lu] I talk and attack in my sleep.
- [Gebilet] Oh, you do?
Oh no! - [Sophie] Oh no.
- [Lu] No, I'm kidding.
I'm kidding out there.
(fast piano music)
(clock ticking)
(Lu snoring)
- Oh, my god, you two both slept like a baby.
(fast piano music)
- One, two, three, four, I declare a thumb war.
Your thumb actually is longer than mine.
- But yours is so much bigger,
oh, my god.
(group cheering)
- Damn! - Yeah.
- The sneak attack of the year.
(Gebilet laughing)
No, but you, you held your own.
- I was, no, I just lost.
- Try it, I wanna see you two thumb war.
- I'm scared.
Okay.
- One, two, three, four, I declare a thumb war.
- Five six, seven, eight-
(Gebilet and Sophie screaming)
(fast piano music)
(clock ticking)
- [Interviewer] Want to make a bathroom break out of it?
- Oh, sure, yeah, yeah, let's do that.
- [Interviewer] How are you two feeling right now?
- Okay, here's my thing.
Being at ease, like, in a box,
I guess the dynamic's a little bit different,
but I would definitely be more than happy
to go and have a drink and hang out.
- Yeah.
- [Lu] Again, outside of the box, okay, yeah.
- [Interviewer] Wow, you just asked her out.
- Did I? Oh.
- We could go on a regular date.
Could be fun. - [Lu] What's the worst
that could happen, "Maybe I like him.
Maybe he's cool enough for me."
- [Gebilet] Can I sit on the inside,
like, facing the same way that-
- [Interviewer] What did you two talk about doing?
- We said that we wouldn't be against meeting up
and going on another date after this,
outside of the box. - [Gebilet] Yay.
- A regular, degular date.
- I think that'd be so much fun.
And, we would even, like, with our, like,
we would have, like-
- [Interviewer] Wait, who's going on the date?
- Well, at least us.
At least us. - I see.
- But, if you would like to come on a date with us,
I would love to buy you a drink.
- That does sound like fun, that does sound like fun.
- [Lu] I'll buy both of you drinks.
- Oh.
- I think a good idea,
let's do a three date,
I was gonna say a three way date,
but that sounds weird.
- A thruple date? Is that weird?
- I wish that would be legal.
- [Interviewer] Sophie, do you want a bathroom break?
- Yeah, I haven't done that in a while.
- [Interviewer] What happened between you and Sophie?
- We spoke, yes,
and I did tell her that
I would like to take her out on a date.
- That's awesome, that's awesome.
- Yeah.
- [Interviewer] What about her?
- Yeah. Let's go on a date, too.
- I'm good.
No, no thank you. Sorry.
- Okay, that's fine.
- [Interviewer] What, you don't want to?
- No, because that was so,
no, no, I deserve better.
- [Sophie] Okay, so what did I miss?
- [Gebilet] Hey.
- She was mean to me, but,
I'm gonna use the bathroom. - [Gebilet] No, I was not.
I'll tell you exactly what happened.
- Okay. - Okay, well.
So, he told me that you guys,
or he asked you, or something like that on a date.
I'm glad they told me.
- [Sophie] Yeah.
- That's awesome.
I think that's great, and then,
he was like, it was a long, long pause.
It was a long pause.
And then, he was like, "Let's do it, let's do a date."
And I was like, "No."
No, like.
Oh, my god.
Oh, my god, I'm gonna stand up for just a second.
- Yeah.
- [Gebilet] For what I want to say,
I don't really want to say it on camera, I'm sorry.
(Lu grunts)
- What do you think that's about?
- You know, I couldn't tell ya.
(fast piano music)
- [Interviewer] Okay, so.
She has left.
- Okay.
- [Interviewer] She felt rejected,
and it really got to her emotionally.
- Hm.
- [Interviewer] And she was very apologetic about it, but-
- I didn't try to make her feel that way, I'm sorry.
(fast piano music)
(clock ticking)
I think that she thought that I liked you more than her,
which may be true,
but I never made it blatant.
- [Interviewer] How do you feel hearing that?
- A little surprised.
I thought you liked her more.
(fast piano music)
(clock ticking)
- I'm not a big spice guy, to be honest.
- Oh, really?
- But, I do have some prank hot sauce that's so hot,
and I just like to put it on people's food sometimes.
- Oh, my god.
- [Lu] And they hate me for it.
- If you did that to me, I would break up with you.
(fast piano music)
Maybe this is a con, but,
I just generally trust women more.
- I think that's okay.
- And, it's harder for me to, like,
pay attention and value things a man says.
- All right.
I'm gonna go use the bathroom.
- Okay. Have fun.
- [Interviewer] Is it different just being the two of you?
- Yeah.
- [Interviewer] Is it because you're not feeling it?
Or you're just like-
- I might not be.
Maybe, I don't know.
- [Interviewer] Do you miss your other date?
- A little bit. A little bit.
(fast piano music)
- Do you like alphas, alpha males?
- Oh, god, I hate that term.
- Okay, so, maybe I should reword it, manly mans.
I'm just poking at you and figuring out your types,
right now. - I don't think so.
Do you listen to podcasts?
- Joe Rogan,
that's about it. - Oh no!
- Yeah, I mean he has really interesting guests on there.
It be like, three or four hours of just,
he's got thousands of people,
a bunch of random people ranting for, like, two hours, and-
- And that makes you happy?
That makes you happy
to listen to somebody complain for two hours?
- No, no, no, no.
(fast piano music)
- [Interviewer] Bathroom break?
- Do you have to go?
- I could just.
- Okay, yeah.
You have to go, 'cause I don't really have to go, so.
- [Interviewer] Okay.
There's been a lot of surprises today.
I was like, everything is going so well.
- Yeah, and I thought it would, right?
It was,
and I actually did maybe kind of like her,
but, the fact that she said the Joe Rogan podcast
was a deal-breaker,
that's kind of odd.
It's almost childlike.
Maybe the vibe just ain't right, maybe, I don't know.
(fast piano music)
(clock ticking)
- Can I ask who you voted for?
- I actually didn't vote, I'll be honest.
- Really.
- [Lu] Yeah.
- On purpose?
- No, I just never really made the time to go do it.
I'm not oblivious of what's going on in the world, right?
But. - Yeah.
- I think there's a lot of hatred and nastiness in politics.
And, I think what you consume media-wise
will affect your being,
so I try to just kinda keep positive media outlets
and learning or stuff like that.
- Politics are pretty important to me.
- Okay.
- [Sophie] I feel a personal responsibility
to do what I can, like, within the system, at least,
even though, like, I know the system's not really
built to work for me, but, I have to try,
you know. - Yeah, and obviously,
I don't have to say obviously,
'cause, like I said, I'm a black guy with dreds.
But, I can say,
and this may be selfish to say,
I've never really experienced racism like that.
Maybe it's because I'm in a very liberal state,
but I've never experienced racism like that.
But, I can say that
in, you know, things like inflation
and really high gas prices
is affecting my day-to-day life.
Racism never really affected me like that.
(fast piano music)
(clock ticking)
I'll tell you,
I actually have a go bag,
so, if zombies happen,
I can just grab that, and-
- Okay.
Well, I'm not runnin'.
I'm not runnin' ever.
If a zombie's comin' for me, I'm layin' down.
I'm ready to go.
- Yeah, okay.
(fast piano music)
(clock ticking)
Which is why I don't think I would ever judge anybody
over their views.
If I like you, I like you.
I'm not gonna judge you
because your views are different than mine.
- There are some things that I would disagree with,
but, that it wouldn't be a deal-breaker for me,
but there are some things that would be deal-breakers.
Like, being all right would be a deal-breaker.
- Yeah.
(fast piano music)
(clock ticking)
- [Interviewer] Way earlier you said, "Let's go on a date."
Where are you at now with that?
- I wouldn't say a date, maybe, a hangout.
- Yeah, we could hang out.
(fast piano music)
- [Interviewer] You made it 12 hours!
- We made it 12 hours, yeah.
(group clapping)
Yeah.
- You're cool, I like you.
- [Interviewer] How was this experience?
- Definitely different.
- I got mansplained, so much.
I didn't wanna say that to him,
because he would've argued with me.
- [Interviewer] Would you have done anything different?
- No.
- [Interviewer] If you could go back,
you wouldn't have done anything different?
- I would've done nothing different.
(fast piano music)