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Andrew Callaghan

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“Listening. It's the only option we have. No forced education, no forced meetings or mediations between political opponents. Just listen to more people and really listen. Try to get rid of whatever preconceived notions you might have about how you should feel about someone you are supposed to disagree with and just keep your ears and your heart open to people that you don't know. And your life will change.”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I think human beings are inherently selfish as well. I don't think that you selfish is inherently bad. I think humans are primarily motivated by self-interest. But generally, have positive intentions.”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I don't know if people are courageous as a whole, but I think generally good. But the energy to stand up for what's right, not sure about that.”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Okay, I'll put it like this most people think they're doing the best thing for the world. I don't think anyone except for maybe a small fraction of sociopaths wakes up every day and says, I'm going to fuck somebody's life up today. I think the far majority of people are fighting for what they think is right and do want to see America succeed and want us to be in a happy place where no one is subjugated. I just think people have drastically different ideas of what means will get us there. And unfortunately, that's leading to a lot of misunderstandings between cultures. And yeah, I think that... People are good. I've been through some things that lead me to believe that a lot of people, though, are primarily motivated by self-interest and that in a fight or flight situation, most people will choose flights.”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“When Hawaii got annexed, the ASL community tried to make it so the deaf native Hawaiians wouldn't be able to speak their native sign language. And so they would do it under the desks at schools for the deaf and blind. And they would get their mouth watched out, washed out with soap and stuff if they so much as did the Hawaiian hand signs. Also, the Golagichi language and the South Carolina Sea Islands, Hilton Head Island and stuff, that's like almost a Creole language that's been in the US for hundreds of years existing in isolation. That's being threatened by golf course developments. I don't know how into language you are, but I've been getting super nerded out about it.”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Language is really interesting too. I have this series that I'm going to announce for the first time on here, but I'm really interested in endangered languages in the US. There's like 150 languages in the US with less than a thousand speakers. And I want to help spearhead efforts to preserve some of these. For example, Hawaiian Sign Language. 15 of those people left”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Thing I think about with aliens is scale. So we have this idea that an alien would be a gray alien or almost humanoid lookalike that would visit us in human form, arms, legs, head. But who's to say that they're not able to shrink down to microscopic size with the same neural capacity?”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I really want to know what you think about that. That's the one question that I want to reverse on you because you've talked to so many people. Do you think that aliens have actually visited Earth?”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I mean, well, for one, like, I don't know. It was just to be in a place like that, and I probably sound like such a wimp right now because I know someone's watching this who's done some hard time. But we thought we were going to do at least six months in jail because the guards freaked us out and we're like, you're being charged with a federal crime. You know what you boys did is serious. We're waiting on word from San Antonio about whether or not we're going to extradite you. So we're just sitting in these cells alone most of the time in solitary with no pillows just a small.”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, well, you know, I didn't know that I couldn't hop my own border as an American. I'm thinking, this is my country. I can get in any way that I want. Wrong. You can only enter the U.S. through an official port of entry, which I learned the hard way because I got arrested by Border Patrol and held as a detainee at a migrant center for a few days.”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, I think so. He gets into a lot of fights in jail, though. And from what I've heard, he wins like. About half of them, so it's good”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I'm just saying that he's a classic case of somebody without a father figure who found camaraderie and sense of belonging and purpose in a street gang, which in LA is like a rule of law in most of the city.”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Well, his name's Trevor. He grew up in Ontario, California, in the inland empire, moved to Texas with his mom after his dad left. His mom started dating a cop from Houston named Mr. Gary. His mom found Mr. Gary getting anally penetrated by a co-worker. And so she booked Krip Mac, a one-way Greyhound ticket to LA, where he joined the Crips.”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I think there's something happening on a deeper cosmic spiritual level. That lets the mind of rappers know that they have a safe place in front of our camera crew.”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“There, all the way back in 2011 when Chief Keefe was coming up, and so he basically ensured my safe protection. But he didn't even need to. They're all very friendly and they know exactly what's up with YouTube stuff.”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“VR rap music, probably. Okay, I know you don't know about drill, but Lil Dirk was associated with a rapper name King Vaughn. And King Vaughn perhaps paid for the assassination of a rapper named FBG Duck who got killed in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood. It's possible. The Oblox VI drill associated, not rappers, but just shooters, and they perhaps operating on King Vaughn's behalf, went and killed FBG Duck. King Vaughn was Lil Dirk's artist. King Vaughn's now dead. So there's definitely a concern that some of the Fed charges will fall on Dirk. Not sure if that's true, but it's rumors in the hip-hop community. So Oblock right now, and when I filmed the video, is trying to go through a major image rehab. If you go on any Instagram of anyone in Oblock, they've all converted to Islam, and so they post pictures of themselves praying in the morning and have captions like put the guns down. Let's pray. So I think when I went there, they saw it as a good opportunity to do a positive rebrand. And so I interviewed a rapper named Boss Top, who was...”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Rapper Lil Dirk is affiliated with Oblock. A lot of people have been murdered and retribution for killings that Lil Dirk may or may not have influenced the ordering of”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“No, I mean, I think that Oblock. Has calmed down a lot. For one, it has security, so you can't even really get in and out, but two, I think that Oblox trying to rebrand itself a lot because it could be because Lil Dirk's avoiding a reco charge could be for a variety of reasons. I know you don't know exactly what that means, but.”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Oblock is a housing project in South Chicago, in the Englewood area, where Michelle Obama grew up. It's also where Chief Keefe was born and raised. I don't know if he was born there, but he was raised there. And he is the forefather of modern drill music as we know it. So these are the projects where drill began. It's also the first place where you have that intersection of drill music and true crime because Oblock has a lot of rappers and then nearby is an area called St. Lawrence. Which has a lot of rappers as well. Rival drill gangs, basically. Have a lot of history and it connects to music at large.”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“And not just white kids, but just anyone who's not in the hood. It's not necessarily a race thing. There's white drill rappers too. Slim Jesus was a big one. He's out of the picture now. But there's white drill rappers.”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yes, and the fans are typically not in the communities that are affected by poverty. So they're kind of like superheroes to white kids.”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“The Bronx and Brooklyn specifically and spread from New York to the rest of the country. So now there's probably a drill wrapper every 10 square miles.”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Evolving situation. Drill began in 2010. Some people say it was Chief Kief in Chicago. I think it was King Louis in Chicago, but I think all of it was very influenced by Waka Flocka Flame, who dropped an album called Flocka Velli in 2010 that was like hyperviolent, adrenaline boosting. Rap music made by people who are actually in the streets. So in the 90s, like if you had 50 cent, you had rappers rapping about like whatever gangster shit, selling crack and beating people up, but they weren't actually doing it. Drill has a true crime component to where drill fans want to know that the person rapping about catching bodies does in fact kill people. Drill is pretty horrifying. It sounds great, but it started in Chicago, then it spread to England and now it's bounced back to New York”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Number one is always humanization. That's the primary goal to take people in circumstances where they're often news items and remind the public that these are people with lives and concerns and dreams just like you. But secondly, we also want to start introducing more solution oriented journalism. So not just, oh my God, I'm becoming aware of how horrible this is, but what can you actually do to help? And as you can see with the Vegas Tunnels video, people are responding pretty positively to it. Like here's how you can maybe help a homeless neighbor, help get them an ID, help them qualify for housing or get a job at the scrapyard. There's always ways to help, but so much of the YouTube world is oversaturated by just like endless videos of people suffering. And the comments are always like, wow, so horrible, but what does that really do for somebody?”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I think the first time I really did that was in the San Francisco Streets video because there's so much content about San Francisco homelessness, Tenderloin shoplifting, but there's not that much context in those videos about the history of San Francisco, the housing crisis, nimbyism, random zoning stuff that sounds boring but has a major role in the current situation on the streets there. As to why the tenderloin is neglected by police and by the city council and the other neighborhoods like Knob Hill and North Beach are so nice. So I added that purposely to the San Francisco video and then also to the Philadelphia Streets video to accentuate the reporting and add some historical analysis.”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Crash Zoom is when it's artificial zoom that you might add in Adobe Premiere where the camera zooms in on someone's face.”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I still do most of it, but Susan helps a lot too. It's my associate. Yeah, the editing style, like I said, we pioneered this editing style that honestly was inspired a bit by Vick Berger, but we took it to real life. Crash Zooms, kind of chopping up vocals a bit to add comedic timing where it didn't necessarily exist. Like you might add two seconds of awkward silence that are built with room tone, or you might make everything really fast by cutting silence and switching frames. I mean switching camera angles. But now we try to be pretty straightforward because we want to be taken more seriously.”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Guess before, especially it used to be like Deadpan. Now I would describe it as more directed, but still relatively affable, agreeable, deadpan interview style.”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“There's only about five places in the US where people yell about eating ass all the time. Bourbon South Beach, Miami, 6th Street in Austin, Broadway in Nashville. And I'm just going to go ahead and say Times Square. You might not think it, but.”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“This kid came up drinking liquor, trying to yell about whatever they yell about in Miami Beach, like titties or whatever. And we're like, bro, this is channel five. Be careful what you say. He was like, for real? And he just walked off. And I said to my friend at the time, I was like, that sounded pretty good, right? Channel 5, and he goes, That does sound pretty good. He's like, That's got to be trademark, though. No. It's crazy, right? There's a channel five in every city, channel five, KTLA, channel five, Seattle, Como News. Dude, Channel 5 itself, we own it. Because no one's thought of something that simple because you'd think you'd have to specify we own channel5.com, channel five.nere. Dude, we own it. It's awesome.”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, I mean, channel five, during the Augas no breaks days, we used to tell people that we were called Channel 5 if we wanted them to stop antagonizing us while we were filming. Every town has a channel five. So when people were like, What's this for if they were being super rude and trying to get in the camera and be hella obnoxious? We would just say, oh, we're channel five and they would be like, oh, my grandma's going to see that. And they would leave us alone. So channel five was a diversion tactic during all gas snowbreaks. And it just so happened that we were in Miami.”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I think that that's not always how it has to be, and that extra caution needs to be placed if you're taking the initiatory role in an interaction, especially if someone has a traumatic background. They might agree to do something with you because they're scared and you might not realize that's what's going on, but because you don't see yourself as a predatory person. You don't see yourself as someone who would ever consciously make someone uncomfortable or cross a boundary, but people have histories that you might not understand. And for me, as someone who doesn't have much Honestly like childhood trauma or anything like that, it's been an interesting year for me working in therapy and elsewhere understanding how that affects the mind. And also I understand it hurt people, hurt people, and that someone with a traumatic background isn't going to have sympathy for applying that traumatic pain to someone else, even if that person isn't the cause of what put them in that spot.”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, and also, like, as men were trained to believe that it's our duty to be the initiatory party in any type of sexual encounter. Like, oh, like man chases woman. You know what I mean? Like, you know, you have to be the one to make the move. And or like, she's playing hard to get if, you know, she's resistant to your first compliment or something.”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Whatever they're comfortable, you know, to share, obviously. But, you know, I would advise against one nightstands. I would advise against hooking up with someone that you're meeting for the first time. Have those conversations prior because even though it might sound like a vibe killer, it's not. And if you think that that conversation is a vibe killer, you probably shouldn't be in that situation in the first place. Especially now, how hyper-sexualized things are and how common that type of violence is. You need to be able to have those conversations and stop and say, hey, tell me a little bit about your past. Is there any triggers to make you uncomfortable? Let me know how I can be the best partner to you. And I'm sure that college age people are not having those conversations, but I'm sure that it would go a long way.”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“You have any kind of platform, you know, whether it doesn't have to be famous on Instagram, it could be like if you're a pillar of your community in the culinary world or whatever it is. Just be hyper aware of that and remember that you are inheriting a power dynamic that can create situations where there might be some pressure that you don't even realize is there, but it's definitely there. And you just have to be aware of that. And two, When meeting new partners, having hookups and stuff like that, just try to have a trauma informed conversation about their past. Really Experiences and the backstory of what a new partner has gone through in that world of intimacy.”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“And I also thought if I could write down what I just told you on a piece of paper. And I was to do it, and then they found the note, they would take it more seriously because they would know that I wasn't lying. Then you know if you do it, it reduces the lifespan of your parents by 15 years. So I looked at it like I was taking time away from them.”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“And so now when I walk around and I see people, I think to myself, you have no idea what that person is going through, you know. Like, it's crazy that... So many people are suffering in like complete. Silence, and you can't, they don't wear it on them.”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“So I tried to think of what's the way I can do it to get the least amount of anger. Behalf of the people who would grieve. The hanging someone will discover you. So I figured drinking myself to death would be the way to do it. And I wasn't able to. Yeah, that was just a dark place. I remember hating the people who loved me because. I knew they would grieve, and that made me mad. That makes sense. Like, I was ready to go. I had no will to live. But their grief was like, I didn't want to cause that because I didn't want to hurt them. So I was like Hated the people who loved me because they were stopping me from taking my own life. Weird to think that when I was going through that. You walk by me in the street, I look like a normal guy.”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Well Right after this happened, I entered like a recovery program. Started with AA, but then I found a more specialized program that dealt with the issues that I was dealing with. The hardest point was. Logically deducing that. The lives of my loved ones will be better off if I was gone. You know what I mean? Thinking that my mom and my friends, that their life would be better if I took myself out of the picture. And for one, I just figured their friends canceled. Her son is a disgrace. My family's going to think they raised me wrong. My friends, I'm a social pariah now. I'm a burden. I'm better off dead The hard part was I would read stories and books written by parents who lost their kids to suicide. They reported feeling a lot of anger after the suicide.”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“What are you supposed to do? Thankfully, somehow two weeks after, I met an amazing partner who I'm still with to this day. And I was able to conquer my two biggest fears, which is monogamy and dogs. Was terrified of dogs and terrified of having a girlfriend. Now I have a girlfriend who I love and two dogs.”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“And it was just hard to separate the initial situation that I knew was more or less a setup and the possibly genuine other accounts. And so it was like, all right, you know what at this point in my life, I want to be on the right side of history. I don't want to be the anti-cancel culture mouthpiece. I don't have the mental strength to fight this, especially because I was envisioning the HBO drop to be this like the world opens up to me moment and it was just the reverse. It wasn't so much the media reporting on it that hurt me, it was just little stuff like a childhood friend. You love seeing they unfollowed you on Instagram. Or just like seeing someone on the street that you grew up with and like waving at them and they don't do anything back. And you're just like, oh my God, man, like, this is my new life.”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“And the main reason I talk about that is because it wasn't just that person, there were multiple people who made videos reporting similar behavior. And so it's obvious that that was a pattern of behavior of mine. And so I made the apology video to announce that I was taking some time away because I just needed time away. I mean, my entire support system collapsed. My friends at the time disappeared. I was getting like obituaries texted to my phone that were like, hey, it's been nice knowing you. It was great to see you grow. Good luck. You know, like I was dead. And yeah, it got dropped from my agency. No one gave me tough love. No one called me to ask me if I was all right. It was just only, everyone disappeared in a week.”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Well, I wish I could say the lawyer, but I just can't that was involved in this. But I will tell you that I try to lean away from resentment and toward accountability completely. What was my role in the situation? How can I never make someone feel like that again? What can I do? What changes can I make to make sure that, one, I never treat someone this way? And two, to never be in that position again.”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Just a picture of me on NBC that said Andrew Callahan devastated by allegations that that was their plan, I guess, to show that I was remorseful or something”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Help you again. I apologize. And she said, apology, accepted. I'm sorry, my friend asked if she could post on my behalf. And I'm sorry I was going through a lot mentally and I saw your fame increasing. And so I agreed to let her speak on my behalf. And we made amends in private. You know, I said, okay, I'm here for you. Let me know. And she said, apologies enough. Thank you for taking the time to speak with me. And that was two years prior to this text message being sent to my phone eight minutes before the movie. So naturally, I wanted to go on my platforms and talk about what was happening. But I also didn't want to mess up the rollout of the movie, you know. And so the PR firm was like, we got this. We'll handle this for you. And that was, I guess, by way of a TMZ thing that said, Andrew Callahan is devastated. I'm not sure why they thought that that was going to make.”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Person was coming from Florida, and I knew who it was, and so thankfully I reached out to the original person who I had the communication with. And I said, hey, I think this might have been you. This might have been your friend who posted this. Are we good? I'm sorry. I apologized again. I was like, listen, I feel bad that you feel this way. I want to do anything that I can.”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“And it said, I remember this specifically because I just couldn't believe it. It said the ugly loser who hosts all gas nobreaks is a piece of shit. He knowingly abused my friend and got away with it. If you follow him, I'm going to message you and ask you why. So this person who I don't know, I didn't even know who the accusation was coming from. They text, they emailed every production company that I was working with, DM'd hundreds, if not thousands of people like just saying that like I was this piece of shit. And I didn't even know. Who this person was. So I was frantically calling and texting every person that I'd seen intimately for the past year and being like, hey, are we on good terms? Is everything okay? Then I figured out that.”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, I was the initiatory party and an interaction with a fan who felt it. She had to say yes because of, I'm not sure why. I don't know why. But like I said, this person also disclosed to me they had a history of childhood trauma and were actively being treated for PTSD and that they felt things move too fast for them given their situation. And so I told her, I said, hey, if you want to reach out, if you want to talk on the phone, I'm always here for you. I'm sorry to hear that. Let me know if we can talk further. About six months after that, I was at Sturgis Bike Week, and I remember this day. This was the hardest day. I was just chilling and I got a text from my friend and it said, hey man, you're getting canceled right now. And I was like, what do you mean? Like, did someone find an old tweet or something? What are you talking about? And I opened my phone and it was this Instagram story of me. It was like the ugliest picture of me you can find. It was like my face open that was like screenshot.”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I gave in, and it was that language made me feel horrible mainly because if this person had told me, hey, I don't want to hook up, I would have said, yeah, of course not. I don't want to hook up with someone who doesn't want to hook up with me. And I think that as fame increased during that time, I think I was just kind of oblivious to how people were seeing me, especially those who had a digital relationship with me prior to me knowing them. And I don't think that I handled that the right way.”
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“Girls and stuff. And so that's kind of how this situation was. I didn't have sex with this person. Had a consensual encounter that they reached out to me about two weeks after saying, hey, I don't want you to take this the wrong way. But looking back, I felt a lot more pressure to agree than I realized in the moment. I don't think this is any fault of yours. I just think that you came on a bit too strong and I didn't want to let you down.”
2024-04-13 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source