- (sighing) So I need to apologize to you.
Hit the music.
I don't normally do this,
I don't know often do this,
so I really do hope you understand how real
and genuine this is.
Punch in.
I, yesterday was very mean and rude
to anti-vaxxers,
and I stand completely by that.
But then shortly after I told all of you
that I'm not your daddy.
And I just saw the outrage, the backlash, the genuine hurt
that stemmed from the audience.
And so, I'd like to say I'm sorry.
I said what I said and I can't take that back,
but I need you to know that it was a momentary thing.
I see you, I hear you,
I will be better, except I won't
(record scratching) at all,
because I'm really just doing this
as a way to preserve my business
and maintain my sponsorships.
Also, because for some reason,
when I asked you not to call me daddy
and then you did call me daddy,
I started liking it.
And now that's raised a lot of questions in me.
Also, I'm sorry if this is the first video
that you're showing to a friend or a family member
when you're like, "Hey, I get the news from this guy."
(laughing)
Anyway, hey, welcome back to the Philip DeFranco show,
your daily dose of internet news poison.
My name's Phillip DeFranco.
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otherwise I'm gonna punch you in the throat
and let's just jump into it.
First up, today, we're gonna start, you know,
with good news, news that makes you kinda go
maybe things are gonna be okay.
And so I wanna highlight a beacon of his community,
a leader, Edward Cagney Matthews.
But actually, misdirection,
what do you think of happy news?
This is the Philip DeFranco show.
By bright beacon, I mean, maybe burning cross and leader,
maybe of an organization that wears hoods.
And the reason for legal reasons,
I'll say I'm jokingly saying that
is because this Mount Laurel, New Jersey man
went viral after he video caught him harassing
and launching racist remarks at a neighbor last Friday.
- This isn't your property, you dumb (beep)!
- [Neighbor] You dumb (beep)!
- Oh no, this is common ground, you dumb, ignorant (beep).
This is called common property.
- [Neighbor] I don't care.
- Okay well if you don't care, learn your laws.
- [Neighbor] Walk away. - It's not Africa.
And you wanna know where I was when all this happened?
- [Neighbor] I don't care.
- [Edward] At work, monkey.
- [Neighbor] I don't care where you were.
- At work.
Just like I don't the Mount Laurel police.
Get these (beep) monkey (beep) out of here
and you can't do (beep).
- With Edward then deciding to save the internet
a lot of time and he just doxxed himself to the camera.
- (beep)
That's where I live, come see me.
So you're real comfortable, so you get me on video
so you know who you see?
Bring whoever.
- And as it turns out, if you say some horrendous stuff
and then you say yeah, roll through
and you drop your address,
dozens of people actually will.
And by Monday, dozens of protestors were chanting
outside of his door.
That's because in addition to the video,
people in the community claimed that he's harassed
and launched racist attacks
on several non-white residents for years.
This, even including a woman who said
that Matthews kicked down her door
and vandalized her vehicle among other things.
And so by the evening, there was over about 100 people
at one point.
Matthews briefly emerged, trying to apologize.
Police even eventually escorted him away
with his hands behind his back
as demonstrators cheered and launched objects at them.
Also, as far as if anything's gonna happen legally,
Matthews reportedly was already charged
with harassment and bias intimidation on Friday.
But also repeatedly after reviewing additional footage
of him, the authorities have new charges, including assault.
And finally, as far as Matthews, right, for his part,
he has apologized in a statement to reporters
saying that he was drunk and that his tirade stemmed
from a long running dispute involving
the Homeowners Association
but also, just brace, just brace for it,
saying that the slurs were not meant to be racist
and that he used the same language against white people.
(chuckling)
Oh god.
Of course, Edward would think that
that makes everything okay.
"I'm just sayin' brother, if I call that guy the N word
and this guy the N word, and they're different colors,
how am I a racist?
Check mate."
Also, in a separate interview, he said,
"I've never been a racist.
I've made mistakes, said racial slurs
out of anger or being drunk."
And Edward, I'm just gonna stop you right there.
Whether it be racism or just really anything else,
you being angry or being drunk,
that doesn't negate what you did.
Some may argue that you being drunk, all that does
is take the mask off that you wear every day.
If you even wear a mask at this point,
you seem pretty comfortable.
Like you said that stuff with your chest.
And of course, with a story like anything else
I talk about today,
I would love to know your thoughts though.
With this story, specifically,
I feel like most all of you
are gonna land on one side of screw that guy.
So what I wanna do is follow that story up
with a story I really would love
to know your thoughts on,
and that is this Coconut Kitty situation,
though it involves more people.
So this increasingly has been a topic of conversation
over on TikTok and now we're seeing reports coming out.
Most recently today, we had Vox reporting that TikTok's
catfish problem is worse than you think.
And there, noting that influencer, Diana Deets,
who also goes by CoconutKitty has come under fire
for posting suggestive and even nude photos of herself
while editing her face to look like a teenager
with many of the people that are angry here
believing not only is she making herself younger,
but she's making herself appear underage.
And most notably kind of leading the charge
of this conversation, you know, a TikTokker
Bekah Day, explaining in a now viral post
that I can't play here because of copyright reasons.
That she's taken it past the point
of smoothing over her skin texture to take a few years off,
to completely changing her facial structure,
to look like a young teenager.
Saying that it reminds her of the baby filter
on Snapchat.
Bekah also going on to talk about this being
kind of a continuing trend,
also criticizing Bel Delphine for making similar edits.
Bekah asks the question,
who do you think they're editing it for?
They're going on to say plainly
that it is P word baiting and it is not acceptable.
The article also noting at a certain point
the line between typical influencer face tune magic
and actively impersonating a minor appears to be crossed,
which for many,
is even more concerning given that Deets has 3 million
Instagram followers.
While Coconutkitty is the focus of the article,
it also mentions that people do things like Asian fishing
where you have people perpetuating east Asian stereotypes,
particularly those that accentuate youth or submissiveness
and so you know, with this situation,
there are two key debates that are happening.
One, do you see this situation as a woman
that's just using something that makes her appear younger
and smoother,
or do you see it as something more nefarious
that she's actively trying to make herself look underage?
Right, not only growing an Instagram following,
but also an OnlyFans following,
according to the report she had
over 12,000 paying subscribers.
Is that okay?
What do you think should or should not happen?
So you have that.
And then separately, you have some people saying
that what's happening here is close to fraud
right, because it appears that you may actually be
drastically changing her face.
Somewhat argue to a point where she looks a completely
different person and she's charging for a product,
which is essentially access and photos and videos of her.
But on the other hand, regarding that specific situation,
it's not because at the end of the day,
it's just as real as anything else
that's just on the internet.
Right you, if you're paying like for an OnlyFans
or something like that,
you're paying for the final product,
which are her images and or videos.
Whatever the raw product was like before any of the filters
or anything like that, that doesn't matter
because that was never part of the equation
because you're not meeting this person in real life
or anything like that.
Like if I was, but I'm definitely not, unless I am,
but I'm probably not,
like a CGI rendering of a human being,
at the end of the day that you're getting the same product.
But if I then have like a live show
and then you showed up and there was just someone
that was dressed like me and cosplaying like me,
that would be, that would be fraud.
Ultimately, that is where we are
with this story and the debates right now.
And of course I'd love to know your thoughts,
especially regarding the first topic.
Where do you see your way of what's happening as wrong?
That it's reprehensible,
that it is what some people referred to as P word baiting?
Yes? No? Why? Why not?
I'd love to hear from you in those comments down below.
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Then in news, and maybe you try to get
in front of your boss,
especially at a time where employers are having a hard time
keeping employees and a record number of people
are thinking about leaving their job.
Between 2015 and 2021, Iceland ran trials
of a four day work week
and now researchers with the
Association for Sustainable Democracy and Autonomy
have found that they were a major success.
The details: they had 2,500 workers,
1.3% of the country's working population.
And they were paid the exact same amount of money
to work between 35 and 36 hours instead of 40.
And in the end, their researchers found
that the productivity remained the same
or even improved in the vast majority
of Icelandic workplaces.
And it doesn't appear that this is a random outlier.
Those findings are backed up by other
four day workweek trials,
such as the one in Microsoft Japan offices in 2019.
There, they actually found that the same pay,
but fewer hours resulted in productivity,
sharply raising 40%.
And actually Iceland's trials
led unions to renegotiate with employers.
And now 86% of Iceland's working population
are working fewer hours or having the right to do so
if they want.
And so, you know, if you really think about it,
the main point of this story is I'm not lazy for not doing
Friday shows, I'm progressive.
Then in easily, some of the scummiest news I've seen today,
let's look to India.
And that is because at least 2,500 Indians
near the financial hub of Mumbai
and the Eastern Bengali province
have fallen victim between wide ranging scam,
that saw them pay for coronavirus vaccines
only to then be injected with saltwater.
According to the Mumbai police department,
there were at least 12 fake vaccination sites.
The organizers made upwards of $28,000
and to make this even more disgusting,
this wasn't just run by anyone.
Reportedly doctors and hospitals were also included
with an official at the department saying,
"We have arrested doctors.
They are using a hospital which was producing the fake
certificates, vials, syringes,"
Or that the looking like the scammers involved this private
Mumbai hospital.
And so they were able to procure legit empty vials
of the coronavirus vaccine.
Hopefully with this situation,
we do see some accountability.
Right now, 14 people have been arrested so far.
There are a number of charges,
but ultimately we're gonna have to wait and see,
but also maybe once we do that, we throw them into the fire.
I'm joking, my lawyer said.
I mean, these are just,
there's special kind of scumbags, but I'll move on.
The last thing that we're going to talk about today
is I want to wish you a happy six month anniversary.
It's been six months since we all online or TV watched the
storming of the U.S. Capitol, a violent insurrection,
or as some key Republican lawmakers have kind of equated it
to an unorthodox unsanctioned Capitol Hill walkthrough.
Like a tour group, unless we do acknowledge the violence
in which case it was definitely Antifa and the FBI,
which would make you think that we would want
to get to the bottom of it, but also, well,
we don't need to investigate it.
You know, on this six month-aversary,
I want to do two things here.
One, I cannot recommend this enough.
The New York Times put out a 40 minute documentary
on the insurrection.
It is incredibly well done.
They synchronized and mapped thousands of videos
of the Capitol riot.
100% should be required viewing as people continue to
downplay what happened that day or create
crazy conspiracy theories that the take away
from what actually transpired.
And two, because time, yes, it does soften everything right?
When you experienced that moment,
you experienced it as intensely as you ever would.
Over time, it, you know, it feels maybe less impactful.
It feels less scary.
But remember, democracy, yes was on the ballot in 2020,
but that isn't where the fight ends.
The fight continued on January 6th,
where you had people like officer Goodman,
putting his life on the line to herd insurrectionists away
from sitting lawmakers.
And the fight continues again,
as we go into the 2022 elections,
especially as just a shocking number of state legislatures
have expressed support for the big line.
While at the same time,
a number of key Republicans are restricting voting rights.
Also gerrymandering was already an issue,
but the redistricting looks even worse this year.
I say this because I don't want you to forget
that the fight is not over and yes,
enjoy calm times now, just remember,
just because we're not in it right now.
And we're getting to enjoy our summers,
whether it be a hot girl summer, fat daddy summer,
or whatever summer, there is a fight around the corner.
But ultimately that brings us to the end of today's show.
And of course our final note,
thank you as always to you beautiful bastards,
a part of the DeFranco nation.
Thanks for watching the video, liking it,
subscribing and joining the family.
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But with that said, of course, as always,
my name is Philip DeFranco.
You've just been Philled in.
I love yo faces and I'll see you tomorrow.