Isn't it so weird, to like, to be talking to a camera?
Well it feels normal, but, yeah its weird.
Cuz - Are you even going to post this? No
(laughs)
Ah good day everyone and welcome to a video I'm sure most of you have been dying for
I don't think so.. JOEY: (sarcastically) no, no one has!
um, so if you haven't picked it up through the past year and a half uh
17 years
some you little private investigators out there DANIEL: you know who you are (sigh)
well, this is crazy - I never thought that I was going to be doing this on youtube, but, um
it's official - Daniel and I are boyfriends
DANIEL: we are? JOEY: shut up pig (laughs)
uh, that's so great! so there it is! woo hoo! wow (wow)
How does it feel? to be my boyfriend...
Daniel: I don't know (laughs)
It feels like (like what?) carrying a cinder block on my shoulder JOEY: that's sweet...
um so, Daniel and I have been dating for a year and a half almost two years
so it'll be two years in July
umm
which is so crazy because we've kept it under wraps for so long(kind of)
"under wraps"
We've had a few slips ups from like our friends and...
DANIEL: not me
No not from us
I mean, you kind of in the beginning
when?
because you would post pictures of Wolf
Uhh, I'm sorry I found I
By the way I was that friend
That friend(he was that friend)
Hey, there's one of my friends callin' me.
I was that friend. I was actually...(Joey: First of all, I didn't sound like....)
Whatever you were like always makin' me do that.
No I wasn't- (Yeah) Okay, maybe I was.
Um, so yeah. There's a lot that has been behind the scenes,
uh, that is so crazy to now just be openly talking about our relationship.
Daniel: It's nice.
Joey: Um, Daniel is my first boyfriend I've ever had.
I've dated in the past, which is the dating stories,
but I've never officially had a boyfriend until this dork over here.
Daniel: Shut up.
Joey: No.
Daniel: Pig.
Joey: So, it's crazy because I've never shared any of my relationships
online, and Daniel's been in, like, a lot of my videos recently
and you guys have probably already picked up the fact that-
Daniel: We've just been collab-ing for a while-
Joey: Just collab-ing. You just, like, show up here
like everyday and you're still here during the nights.
Daniel: *in Miranda Sings voice* I never leave.
Joey: No, he's like the male version of Miranda.
So, we thought it would be cool if we talked a bit about
how we met, and a little bit of our story- our love story, you could say.
Daniel: Don't call it that.
Joey: Isn't it so weird to, like, be talking to a camera?
Daniel: Well, it feels normal, but yeah it's weird.
Joey: 'Cause, we've- (Are you even going to post this?) No.
We thought it'd be cute on Valentine's Day to post this.
But, I don't know, it is very strange. But-
Daniel: (indistinct) right, I think, you know, you can't- just like you can't
force anybody to do anything, you can't force people to be comfortable
coming out in a relationship.
Joey: Right.
Daniel: You know, and also, like, I'm a super private person with my
love life, so I didn't introduce anybody to my parents unless they were (aww) ready.
And you met my mom.
Joey: I did. Uh, while we were on my book tour.
Anyways, I guess let's start at the beginning of how we met.
Okay, so I was thirsty A.F..
Daniel: I was busy. I was working three jobs (Oh, busy.) I had just moved to LA.
Joey: Oh, busy. Twerking. Um, so I was on Instagram, and you know
the popular page, not the popular page, I think it's like the explore page. Sorry,
you weren't popular enough.
Daniel: Don't worry, you never showed up on mine anyways.
Joey: Oh, please. Um, somehow a picture of Daniel showed up,
and I was like, "Oh my god, he's cute." So, I-
Daniel: Which one was it?
Joey: It was the picture of you...in front of- there was, like, a few
that I saw, that I can still remember. You and Hope were in one of the pictures,
and I was like, "Who the hell does that blonde girl think she is?"
Daniel: That's my squirrel friend!
Joey: Um, (Wigsworth!) There was one where you were, like,
all so dramatic- I'll post the picture here- you were, like, sitting,
and you had, like, your long hair in front of your face (Oh, yes.)
You were sitting up against that red car, and I was like, "Ooh, he's sexy."
Daniel: By the way, that was so creepy. It was, like, an abandoned car
in an abandoned parking lot, and I had some random person take the picture of me.
Joey: Oh, it wasn't Hope?
Daniel: No, no it was just on my phone.
Joey: So you were just like oh let me have like a moment.
Daniel: I was on break, from the surf shop, I was working. (Joey laughs)
Joey: Um, so anyways, so I followed him and then I realized like oh, there's no way to communicate
like on Instagram that's just too difficult
Daniel: He's too famous you can't
Joey: No! Like, it's you, unless you send a picture which is super awkward
Daniel: Yeah, even back then I don't think direct messaging was a thing
Joey: No it was but you had to send a picture with it and I was like I'm not gonna send a picture to a stranger.
Daniel: Yeah. A nude. Joey: (laughs)
Joey: So then I followed him on Twitter, I found his twitter.
So basically, he DMed me and he was like "Oh hi I'm like new to LA, uh we should meet up for coffee, I work at this place and that place."
Daniel: Uh, no no no, I'm like "I work at NBC, like I'd love to meet up for coffee, for business ... business coffee."
Joey: Oh, business purposes, okay.
Daniel: I didn't know who you were. I didn't know like if you were, if you liked boys.
Joey: What did you think when I first followed you?
Daniel: I thought... you were spam. I thought you were like one of those verified accounts that
Both: (tongue clicks) Joey: (laughs)
Daniel: That like buys followers, cuz that happens you know?
Joey: Okay, no no no, that makes sense. But I was cute spam.
Daniel: but I thought you were, you were very cute. Joey: That's right.
So anyways, I was like oh yes. This is the first step of going on a date.
So I was like ya of course. And then he wanted to meet up at 8am and I was like sweety please. I don't get up for
Daniel: Sweetie doesn't do mornings. I've learned that. Joey: I don't. (laughs)
Daniel: Nothing before 10:30 am.
Joey: So, eventually we exchanged numbers and then he realized from my number that I was from Massachusetts. So he...
Daniel: I called you Boston Boy. Joey: Yes, he's like "oo another Boston boy."
And then we like figured out that we were both from kinda the same area back home where we grew up.
Daniel: I was from a very classy place. Joey: And I was from a trashy place.
Daniel: No, no no. Both from outside of Boston.
Joey: So we're trying to figure out a time that we could actually meet.
Because I was just about to leave for...(Daniel: Portugal.) Portugal?
So, I was about to leave. So, it was like I need to meet up this boy before I actually had to leave
Because I don't want... (Daniel: Because he is so hot.) he picked someone else.
Exactly.