- If Ned Fulmer dies in the next year,
just based off of the body language,
I think there is a 79% chance Eugene did it.
Holy shit, if looks could kill.
That is not a guy I would try.
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And let's just jump into it.
So the Try Guys just posted their first video
after removing Ned Fulmer from the group.
If you don't remember,
ooh, it was a doozy last week, massive scandal.
Ned, turned out, was cheating on his wife
with one of his employees,
or, as Ned put it,
he was having a "consensual workplace relationship".
His description, of course completely disregarding
the massive difference in power
an employer an employee might have,
as well as just the legal fuckery
he put his company and his partners into.
Prior to this new video,
the Try Guys released a statement
saying Ned would no longer be moving forward with them.
And since then, there's been no shortage of fan speculation
and social media chatter,
which I think is why they also released this video.
Yes, they took their time,
but also I think this is earlier
than they were initially planning on releasing it
with the remaining members of the group,
Eugene, Zach and Keith,
posting a video explaining what led to the removal of Ned
as well as their feelings.
- On Labor Day weekend,
multiple fans alerted us
that they had seen Ned and an employee
engaging in public romantic behavior.
We reached out to check on that employee.
Ned confirmed the reports and since confirmed
that this had been going on for some time,
which was obviously very shocking to us.
And we just want you to know
that we had no idea this was going on.
- Then saying they started talking
to employment and corporate lawyers
as well as HR professionals
to make sure that they handled this correctly.
- This is something we took very seriously.
We refused to sweep things under the rug.
That is not who we are and is not what we stand for.
- And so they immediately remove Ned from work activities,
had an HR rep conduct a review,
and remove Ned from releases
pending the results of that review.
And very interestingly,
that also meant removing his section from videos,
digitally removing him from content,
not just for future episodes,
but stuff that's already been posted
and also not including him in merch drops and more.
- Honestly, I want to give major props to our editing staff
for how deftly they've handled that.
There are several videos
that we've deemed as fully unreleasable.
You will never see them,
and that is due to his involvement.
And that's a decision that has cost us lots of money.
We will not be able to recoup that money,
but it's a decision we stand by proudly.
- Also, regarding the review,
they said they couldn't share details,
but they found Ned engaged in conduct
unbecoming of the team.
And on September 16th,
they signed written consent to approve the removal of Ned
as a manager and employee of the Try Guys company.
And as far as why it took till now to release a statement,
and I think this very much makes sense,
these are real people, there's a family involved,
there's more people that are affected by this
other than Ned.
And this is an interesting video to watch
for a number of reasons,
but also because it felt like each individual person
they kind of exemplified
the feelings they were going through.
- We're losing a friend,
we're losing someone we built a company with,
we have countless memories with.
We just made a TV show together.
I'm sure many of you feel the same way.
- They also warn fans to be careful
when it comes to online speculation
to respect the families and employees impacted by this,
and Eugene adding...
- We also wanna remind you
that the internet has a tendency to be a lot harsher
towards women than men.
So please, we ask that you exercise kindness.
- And while I've seen people online
kind of selectively taking this clip and saying,
"Hey, what about the female employee's fiance?"
I think that's a valid thing to point out.
But I also think that it kind of takes away
from the the main thing Eugene seems to be hitting on here
and that is, there's a section of the internet
that seemingly was blaming the woman involved here
more than Ned.
But the main thing here is that after they posted this video
the response to it was insanely positive.
With that said, I'd love to know your thoughts
on the update to this situation
and specifically your reaction to that video.
And then, the LAPD is covering shit up again.
Allegedly. Allegedly.
I'll do the "Desus and Mero" allegedly.
RIP, a great show.
But, some of you may know the name
of Officer Houston Tipping.
Officer Tipping of the LAPD died in May of this year
after he sustained serious injury in a training exercise.
But here's the thing,
his family's lawyer held a press conference yesterday
about the suspicious circumstances around his death.
Right, so what most people knew is that back in May
Tipping suffered an injury
including a break in his spine during training,
resulting in his death three days later.
The LAPD releasing a statement
claiming that his injuries came from a fall
during a segment of training
involving grappling another officer.
However, in June,
Tipping's mother Shirley Huffman filed a complaint
and later a lawsuit against the city of LA,
saying that her son was, quote,
"'repeatedly struck in the head
severely enough that he bled',
and that the beating resulted
in injuries requiring stitches".
With Tipping's attorney claiming in the press conference
that these injuries could not have been sustained
the way that the LAPD claims.
- There is no way
grappling would have caused those kinds of injuries
the way the LAPD portrays it.
What would cause those injuries
is if somebody picked a person up,
slams them down onto their head and their neck
onto a hard surface.
- Okay, but why would someone pick this guy up
and slam him back down breaking his neck?
Well, according to his attorney,
an officer that Tipping had reported last year
for an alleged sexual assault
was also present at this training exercise.
- The allegation is that the July of 2021
4 police officers were involved
in a sexual assault of a woman in the Los Angeles area.
A report was taken by Officer Tipping.
And the female victim claimed
that she was raped by four different people,
all LAPD officers.
She knew the names of some of those officers
because they were in uniform
and they had their name tags on.
Name one of those officers with the name tag
seems to correlate with one of the officers
that was at the bicycle training.
- [Reporter] And you're alleging that that officer
is the one who hurt Houston Tipping.
- Correct.
- He goes on later in the video to say
that the police department
is likely trying to cover up these incidents.
- [Reporter] So are you saying
that it's just being covered up by people who were there?
- Well, I'm sure these actions are being covered up.
The thought of a code of silence
or a cover up by a police department
should not be shocking or surprising to anyone.
There was a case number.
There was a case. There is a report.
What the LAPD did with it afterwards?
I don't know.
LAPD claims in Public Records Act requests
that there was no incident report at all.
But it had one.
- And saying that there's been no criminal investigation
from the authorities into these events as of yet,
despite his wishes.
Right, so the original lawsuit filed by the Tipping family
covers the wrongful death of the officer
and other civil rights violations,
but in light of this new information,
the attorney has filed a supplemental to the case
including whistleblower retaliation,
destruction of evidence,
and the initial wrongdoing of the rape case.
So this is gonna be a massively important story
and case to follow and, depending on how things go,
possibly massively consequential.
But, for now, we have to wait to see how things unfold.
And then Kanye wants you to know that white lives matter,
which I think is actually very helpful.
I always forget that.
I'm like, "Where are my keys? Do white lives matter?"
But luckily he reminded all of us
at the Yeezy Fashion Show in Paris yesterday
where he wore a shirt that said that.
Also, Candace Owens rocking the fit,
which I will say look great on her.
It's not often you see someone
coordinate an outfit so well
that goes with the worms in their brain.
Well, we saw a number of Kanye's fans excusing this,
saying, "Hey, he always does these stunts. He's trolling."
You also had the likes of Jemele Hill writing,
"So many folks are trying to excuse Kanye
wearing a white lives matter T-shirt
as just a troll move or marketing.
Maybe it is.
But it's a dangerously dumb message to send
for someone with this massive platform."
"Hollywood Unlocked's" Jason Lee adding,
"I love Ye as a person and I support free speech.
But this is gaslighting Black people
and empowering white supremacy."
Also, people at the show reportedly leaving.
You have Jayden Smith tweeting
"I had to dip. Lol," "Black Lives Matter".
Though we also saw Kanye doubling down on this,
posting on his Instagram story,
"Everyone knows that Black Lives Matter was a scam.
Now it's over. You're welcome."
Then, continuing to go on and on
and slamming those who have called him out,
namely, Vogue contributing editor Gabriela Karefa-Johnson,
with him posting pictures of her,
making fun of her clothes and style
to the point where even Gigi Hadid shot back
in a now deleted comment saying,
"You wish you had a percentage of her intellect.
If there's actually a point to any of your shit,
she might be the only person that could save you.
You're a bully and a joke."
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And then Herschel Walker's campaign
is imploding with a speed
and in a way I don't know if I've ever seen before.
So the main thing
that Herschel wants you to know about him is this.
- I stand for life,
and I don't make any excuses about it.
I believe in life. I'm a Christian.
I believe in life.
I'm a Christian. I believe in life.
I believe from the womb to the tomb.
That's the way I've always have believed.
- And maybe you've seen the reports
where he says he wants to completely ban abortion
and that there should be no exception for rape, incest,
or even the life of the pregnant person.
But I don't think people have been fair to Herschel Walker
because it came out yesterday
that he actually does believe
that there should be an exception
when he gets someone pregnant out of wedlock.
With The Daily Beast reporting that a woman told the outlet
she got pregnant with Walker's baby
when they were dating in 2009
and he urged her to get an abortion.
According to the outlet,
Walker was not married at the time
but told her it would be more convenient
to terminate the pregnancy,
saying it was not the right time for him to have a child.
The report then going on to say
that while she shared that feeling,
"what she didn't know
was that Walker had an out-of-wedlock child
with another woman earlier that same year".
But also reportedly,
not only did this woman say
that Walker encouraged her to get an abortion,
she also claimed that he reimbursed her for the procedure
and she brought receipts,
providing them with a $575 receipt from the abortion clinic,
a bank deposit that included an image
of a signed personal check from Walker for $700,
and a "Get Well" card Walker gave her
with an "H" that matches Walker's autograph,
and explaining the $125 difference
by saying that she "ball-parked" the price of an abortion
after researching the procedure and added costs
like travel and recovery.
Also, if the receipts weren't enough,
the outlet also said
it "independently corroborated details of the woman's claims
with a close friend she told at the time
and who, according to the woman and the friend,
took care of her in the days after the procedure".
This is absolutely massive if true,
not only because of his anti-abortion remarks,
but, I mean, he's been asked a number of times recently
whether he had an abortion with past partners
and he has denied it.
- [Interviewer] You've never, like,
funded an abortion or--
- [Herschel] No!
- [Interviewer] caused somebody
to have an abortion because...
- Now Walker, for his part, has denied the latest claims,
issuing a statement saying this was a "flat-out lie"
and saying that he was going "to sue
the Daily Beast for defamation".
Walker also going on "Sean Hannity Show" last night,
claiming that all this is an attempt by Democrats
to distract from inflation and crime.
But, one of my favorite parts is that when he was asked
about the reported $700 check, Walker responded...
- I send money to a lot of people.
And that's what's so funny.
And let's go back to my part.
You know, I do scholarship for kids.
I give money to people all the time
'cause I'm always helping people
because I believe in being generous.
- Oh, he tried to turn it into a positive.
Yeah, you know how, like, we all send money
to women that we've come across
that suspiciously is close to the amount of money it costs
to have an abortion.
But I said "one of my favorite parts"
because things got fucking crazy last night.
We saw Herschel Walker's adult son
and right wing TikToker Christian Walker
popping the fuck off on Twitter,
writing, "Every family member of Herschel Walker
asked him not to run for office,
because we all knew some of his past.
Every single one.
He decided to give us the middle finger
and air out all of his dirty laundry in public
while simultaneously lying about it.
I'm done."
And then adding,
"I know my mom and I would really appreciate
if my father Herschel Walker stopped lying
and making a mockery of us.
You're not a 'family man'
when you left us to bang a bunch of women,
threatened to kill us,
and had us move over six times in six months
running from your violence.
I don't care about someone who had a bad past
and takes accountability,
but how dare you lie and act
as though you're some 'moral, Christian, upright man'.
You've lived a life of destroying other people's lives.
How dare you?"
With Christian then continuing
with a series of videos this morning.
- I stayed silent as the atrocities committed against my mom
were downplayed.
I stayed silent when it came out
that my father Herschel Walker
have all these random kids across the country,
none of whom he raised.
And you know, my favorite issue to talk about
is father absence --Surprise!-- 'cause it affected me.
That's why I talk about about it all the time,
'cause it affected me.
Family values people,
he has four kids, four different women,
wasn't in the house raising one of them.
He was out having sex with other women.
Do you care about family values?
I was silent lie after lie after lie.
The abortion card drops yesterday.
It's literally his handwriting in the card.
They say they have receipts, whatever.
He gets on Twitter, he lies about it.
Okay, I'm done. Done!
Everything has been a lie!
Don't lie on me.
Don't lie on the lives you've destroyed
and act like you're some moral family man.
Y'all should care about that, conservatives.
We were told at the beginning of this
he was gonna get ahead of his past,
hold himself accountable,
all of these different things,
and that would've been fine.
Go ahead.
He didn't do any of that.
Everything's been a lie. Everything's been downplayed.
Everything's been cutting corners.
The whole thing!
- But I'm also also posting another video
where he condemned people on the right
who have said that his actions here are suspicious,
especially because he did a campaign event
with his dad last year.
Also, claiming hypocrisy because it's the same people
who told him that he should be doing more for the campaign.
And to that point of him supporting his father
for a little bit,
I would say I don't think that's weird.
Like, I think, psychologically, it could make sense
for a kid who felt abandoned or mistreated
to later in life want to have a connection to their father.
Especially if it is true that his understanding
was that Herschel was gonna take accountability
for his past.
So this could be like a new way forward for them.
And hey, that's where we are.
And what's funny--
and it's not funny, it's fucking ridiculous--
is that Herschel Walker still has a good chance to win.
He is a lying, insane hypocrite
and it's been very fucking transparent from the beginning.
And he's in one of the most important
and close races in the country
with him currently challenging
incumbent Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock.
Also, if your new to this
and you're like, "How is he insane?"
his ex-wife previously told reporters
that he once held a gun to her temple
and said he was going to blow her brains out.
Beyond that, he's face accusations
of stalking and violent threats.
And it often feels like he has a hard time
keeping the lies from slipping out of his face
whether it'd be about really important things,
academic achievements, financial success, whatever.
But hey, ultimately we'll have to wait
to see if everything about him
that screams that he shouldn't be in a position of power
is enough to make him lose.
And then...
(students chanting)
"Death to the dictator"
that's what school girls in Iran are chanting
while stomping on pictures of the rulers,
of course, with their hair free of all hijabs.
We've seen schools all around the country
becoming the latest front
and the still explosive protest tipped off
by the killing of Mahsa Amini.
She, of course, the 22-year-old Kurdish woman
who the so-called morality police reportedly beat last month
for violating the dress code,
put her in a coma and then she died.
And since then,
Iranian women have been burning their head scarves
and even cutting their hair in defiance of the regime
with plenty of men joining their struggle,
which we've seen the government responding
with brutal repression, firing metal pellets,
tear gas, water cannons,
and, according to some reports,
live ammunition at protestors,
with all that amounting to a death toll
so far between 41 and 133,
depending on whether you believe state media
or different rights groups.
So that's been happening,
but with a new academic year beginning this week,
students are jumping into the fray as well,
with one viral video showing girls at a high school
ripping off their hijabs
and shouting their pro-regime principal out of the building,
saying he is without honor.
We also saw students in Tehran's elite Sharif University
organizing a walkout on the first day of school,
which actually ended with Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps
trapping hundreds of them in a parking lot,
with the men reportedly attacking the students with tear gas
and less than lethal rounds, carting off some on motorbikes.
One student describing it as "a war zone,
there was blood everywhere".
With them adding that the three main dormitories
were also shot out,
and so now the university has made learning remote.
But the Students Islamic Association
has urged all "professors and students not to attend classes
until all arrested students are released".
They also called on other schools across Iran
to pause classes in solidarity.
And that's exactly what happened
with youth, primary, secondary,
and higher education schools across the country,
shouting anti-regime chants
and staring down security forces,
including one university
where girls torched their hijabs and yelled,
"Don't call it a protest, it's a revolution now."
So naturally, you have the government
very anxious about this,
which is also probably why you're now finally
seeing Iran's Supreme Leader breaking his silence
to say that his heart is pained
by the bitter incident of Amini's death.
But then he immediately added
that it does not justify protest,
which he says are not natural, but rather planned.
"And, who planned them?" you may ask.
Who else, but of course the United States
and the, quote, "Zionist Regime", aka Israel.
Because obviously the smartest thing to do
to calm down all the people that are protesting
and saying, "You're fucking insane, you're horrible,"
is to accuse them of just being Jewish puppets
with no legitimate grievance.
Yeah, that's gonna go over well, I imagine.
But that is where that story and today's show ends.
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