- What up, though?
My name is Jalen Rose,
and guess what I'm doing today?
Going undercover on the vicious internet.
And guess what?
It's actually me. [upbeat music]
First up, Wikipedia.
In 2018, Rose stated he does not believe
that Apollo 11 ever landed on the moon.
Don't take what I say literally, okay?
I'm actually educated, you know that?
I actually made the honor roll in High School.
I actually have a college degree.
I wasn't serious.
I just joked about the fact that people walked on the moon.
If they did walk on the moon, they couldn't call an uber.
That's what makes me comfortable.
Reddit.
Can someone explain what the Jalen Rose
Reggie Miller beef is/was?
No no na-na-na-no.
You have that incorrect.
Reggie Miller, I consider him like an older brother,
a mentor, a friend.
He had a great work ethic.
He was terrific teammate.
We do not have any beef in any way, shape or form.
So whoever told you this was mislead, ran amok,
led astray, hood-winked, and bamboozled.
Next, Instagram.
When's the last time you been to Fairlane?
I went soon as I got paid.
I remember that time for sure.
I was double parked in my Benz,
buying out the mall with the homies and myself.
Hopefully it still exists, I don't know.
How were you bald and old back then,
but now, still old but have full hair now?
What in the Benjamin Button is this?
So let me tell you a secret.
The reason why I have hair now is
because while I was in college, and sometimes in high school
I wore a bald head.
So now, I get a chance to allow it to grow and to flourish
and I wish I would have got a first cut today, but you know.
How about this classic picture
that I have with my Karl Kani gear,
with my cellphone handle hanging out of my pocket,
the fake Cubic Zirconian earrings in my ears,
but the fab bald head.
I'm pretty sure that day I was listening to "Onyx",
♪ It's time to get live, live, live, ♪
♪ live like a wire ♪
But also don't underestimate
who I am in the picture with.
This is April 1993, and I'm standing next
to Earvin Magic Johnson.
For those that don't know,
that's not only my childhood idol,
but the reason why he wasn't playing in the playoffs
that year and was standing next to me
doing a Pepsi Challenge at my High School
was... he just had an important announcement
that changed the landscape of not only sports,
but for our society.
And how about the fact that he's found a way
to overcome having his HIV virus,
and living his best life.
Follow him on IG.
Quora.
Why isn't Bill Simmons having podcasts
with Jalen, I know, feel like "Pac",
suffer through the years and shed so many tears.
It's coming though, it's coming soon.
Were going to do more job interviews with draft prospects.
We're gonna do more podcasts,
and for those that don't really know,
Jalen and Jacoby has been going on almost nine years.
Founded by Bill Simmons, the Pod Father, my brother.
We will be doing more content, so stay tuned.
YouTube, follow me JalenTV.
I would bet I'm one of the only national media members
that has a YouTube page.
I had it since 2007, when I was
calling myself Inspector Gadget.
And the question is can you still be friends
with someone who drooped 81 on you?
No!
You can't be friends.
There's no such thing.
It's called a competitive jealousy.
How can I be cool with people that want my job?
How can I be cool with people that copy my style?
Or try to assassinate my character?
Nah, but in all honesty, yeah, Kobe is my brother,
that's my homie, as a matter a fact,
he turned me on to his travel agent,
and she's the best, I just went on an amazing trip
to Italy, an amazing.
Amalfi Coast, all of that.
Even ran into Denzel Washington.
Amazing.
Hate me, be jealous, please.
Who would win between Paul and Jalen?
I learned this along time ago.
Always pick the other guy.
You could have said Pee-Wee Herman.
You could have said whoever.
Keep expectations really low, never stick out your chest
and act like you got it like that over anybody else.
So, I'm going to pick my brother, the truth, Paul Pierce.
We're going to Twitter.
Why does Jalen Rose have to get the last word
when ESPN Halftime cuts to commercial break?
What do you mean why?
Why not?
Because I'm an amazing television personality
that's really talented and well dressed.
And have all of my teeth in my mouth, that's why.
And I noticed something.
People pay attention.
So much so that Torrelle Howard tweeted about it.
Thank you for the love, appreciate the support.
All right, Brian McCormick, PhD,
We're bigger than the score of the game.
Yeah, I said it.
Can we trace problems in the U.S.
hoops culture today directly to the Fab 5?
Yes.
I do remember times,
Brian, when I looked at the landscape of culture
and was like, our goal was to wear huge shorts
but not see your underwear.
I did, I did, to the point where I had to teach people
what saggin, s-a-g-g-i-n,
is, spelled backwards.
Just think about it.
Who is my favorite all time boxer?
Easily, my favorite boxer of all time
is the greatest of all time, Muhammad Ali, Cassius Clay.
He sacrificed his career, he sacrificed his freedom.
He made sure that he was socially and politically conscious.
He's like a legend to me.
A childhood idol.
I mean damn, how many music videos was Jalen Rose in?
Well, damn, I was video vixen!
Okay?
There was a period of time where I had so many friends
that I was spitting flames, so it was more of just,
my friends in the industry that were really successful,
and uh, I look good.
What financial advice is not well known,
but very beneficial?
Don't outspend your means.
And if you're fortune enough,
say a professional athlete or an entertainer
or you hit the lottery, or you get a large sum of money
or you have the discipline, intestinal fortitude
to try to save money, in my dynamic, my goal
was to always try to say, I want to put one million dollars,
two half million dollars, five million dollars
or ten million dollars in the bank.
And then just live off that interest.
So, that's the best advice I can give you.
Try to make your recurrent bills represent
your interest, not your principal,
because at some point that'll come back to bite you.
Why does Jalen Rose keep...
I love the fact that y'all have
all of these questions clowning me.
I love this so much.
When can I come back?
This is great.
Why does Jalen Rose keep talking about the Fab 5
which never beat Duke?
In fact, what did they win?
We won you, fool!
Don't you know all these kids out here named Jalen?
Have you been paying attention?
It's a common name, that's a win.
Jalen, what up?
If you had a piece of advice
to give aspiring athletes, what would it be?
Nowadays, and I know a lot of players,
former players my age and older, are not gonna like me
giving this advice but it's so true.
We worked out, these guys trained,
so you must stay in shape, you must train,
you must hone your craft every day.
No days off.
Also, with the exposure of medicine,
and nutrition, you have to be conscious of
what you eat, and getting rest,
and recovery and things
that you're putting in your body, and then the other thing
would be what comes with social media.
Use it to your benefit, not your detriment.
Because once you press send, there no coming back.
And also be a good teammate.
That, I think, is a trait that can help drive you
in life beyond wins and losses.
How do you commit yourself every day to taking on the world?
Don't you feel stress, anxiety?
This is a great question.
I don't act like I'm taking on the entire world.
I just focus on being the best version
of myself that I can be.
When all of your bills are in your name,
that can just give you in anxiety in itself,
like man, I'm an adult, oh my God, I got light bill,
gas bill, phone bill, cell phone bill,
I need insurance for my car, I need insurance
for my apartment, oh my God.
What I do?
I find ways throughout the day to decompress.
You can't do it when the TV's on.
You can't do it when you're staring at your cell phone,
and obviously yo can't do it when you're on social media.
So I take, at least once, if not twice during the day,
sometimes even in a steam shower, to just be
without all electronics and to have all positive
thoughts, positive energy, to plan, to pray,
to think, to put myself in a mental space
that I can still be productive
and not allow so many things
that I'm trying to juggle to become overwhelming.
Red wine helps, too.
I enjoyed you questions, taking time and energy
to interact with all of you.
I'm Jalen Rose.
See you all soon on Actually Me.
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