Episode 12: BroTox
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Find out more at BlueRidgeHospice.org. Hello, everybody. Happy Tuesday. This is Craig and Austin with Pillows and Beer, Episode 12. We are excited that we are still alive and that our podcast is still alive. How's everybody doing? What's up, Austin? Unfortunately, Austin also has to be here with me, but that's fine because I guess this is how it works now. Wow.

We get annoyed with each other. I'm annoyed at Austin just because for no good reason. Are you annoyed at me today? I don't know. Not today. Just in literally the last two minutes. Oh, you're annoyed at me. I don't know why I got us all of these snacks. I've stuffed peppers and olives and cheese.

And marinated mozzarella balls. Jerry is recording from a hallway. So it's all echoey. And then Austin just showed me a scene from the hangover, which would be canceled today and cancel culture pisses me off. And so I don't know.

All right. Ornery Craig today. I'm going to be fine in like a minute. You know what I should do? Should I just shotgun this beer? Let's fucking lean into it. Should I shotgun the beer? Yeah. Shotgun the beer and let's fight. I'm going to shotgun the beer. Shotgun the beer and let's fight. And Jerry, you...

And Craig is going to shotgun a beer, but Jerry is sitting there watching. He's probably like, Jesus, we just started recording this. I'm going to shotgun for being a brat because I sometimes get in these moods where I'm not sure why I'm annoyed. And Austin's always like something to have you down, buddy. And it does. So I'm going to shotgun a beer to punish myself and I will be right back. In three minutes, he won't know what's going on and he'll forget.

Craig, punish yourself. I'm punishing myself. Craig, this is the sound of Craig punishing himself, I suppose. And if any women out there wanted to know what it sounds like when Craig punishes himself. Also, I'm not great at shotgunning, but. All right. It's going down well. How many seconds is this, y'all? It's so cold. Oh, my God. I've got here. You can feel it.

See, I'm good with Bolling. Craig has a solid 30, 40% left in this can. No. Yeah. Okay. I'm going to finish it. I'm good at Bolling beers and chugging beers. You understand that if you stop, that defeats the purpose of shotgun. I know. Well, I'm giving it my best shot. Well, you did give it your best shot. It just wasn't good enough, was it? Jerry's eyebrows just raised. What do you think about that, Jerry? It's so cold. It's like... He gave it a good college try.

That was a good college try. But basically, I mean, come on. Everyone out there knows the whole point of shotgun in a beer is that it's science, right? It's science. Jerry, it's science. It's physics, which is a type of science. Now you're pissing me off, Craig. No, it's... What's another example of giving it a college try? If you really want to know what we were talking about, it was about something that happened with Barstool, but it's fine. It's great. All good. Go shotgun another beer. Yeah.

Because what you do, it's got to be a warm chop up. Is that you, is that you, you flip open that top lid so that the air comes through and it forces it down your throat. Yes. Shotgunning beers can sound very sexual. So you can't like take a break in the middle of it. I don't, it takes me to, all right, whatever. I'm back. Almost. I'm not back yet. Should I eat some cheese? I'm going to eat some cheese.

All right. We have... Eat some olives, man. We have sharp provolone cheese in front of us. I laid out this entire spread for you. For me? Yes. You're a snacker. I'm a snacker. We just had some Old Bay chips. Everybody, welcome to the main event. Alston is just now returning...

from his trip with the boys so we'll be talking about that next week i bailed on the trip because i'm just too busy here with the law firm and the store and we have guests coming this weekend and um yeah so we'll be talking about that next week um what else do we have coming up austin austin's golf cart broke so he feels less like a man

I do, especially since I just saw your golf cart. Yeah. Wild surprise from Jerry. The one like Jerry, all of a sudden there, let me just say this. Okay. Jerry, all of a sudden, normally Jerry, the one who was riding my shoulders last week that I hope that picture haunts your ever loving dreams. Cause it's so sickening, very creepy and very, very creepy.

Jerry's always the one who's like, no, no, no, no, no. Jerry's made to tell us no. And he says no. And then all of a sudden. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Why am I like a Debbie down? This is BS. No, absolutely. I did just say no. He makes sure that we make money.

Hold on, hold on. Hold on, Jerry. Say it again. Say it again. Let you say your piece because you're in your little hallway. It's all dark and it looks kind of sad. I'm turning my hat around backwards. Maybe that'll help me. No, that... Look, I am the realistic person who looks at things where, you know, you actually have to make money and spend it accordingly and not spend too much of that money. Otherwise, you're in debt. You guys... Oh my God, Jerry. Thank you for describing...

what being responsible with a bank account means. So it's just funny that you always go on. Yeah. Thank you. You saved me the responsible one yet. You got, you haven't figured that out. Well, you let me spend as much dinner at dinner. You let me spend as much money at dinner as.

as I want, which is really nice. But yes, you are the responsible one of the group. And what Austin's saying is that it's funny that all of a sudden Craig's like, I want a driver and we should get a limo. Boom. Right. In the same breath, Jerry gets minimum. That golf cart was minimum $7,500. I mean, that thing is like,

highway legal, right? There are seatbelts, there are blinkers, there are rear view mirrors. You probably have a license plate. It's got like a two foot lift on it. It's got like a two foot lift on it. It's badass. It's pretty sweet. It's list, list. It's retail is 10 grand. Of course. Jerry lied to me today. Oh my God. Well, we didn't lie to you.

Actually, now you're going to piss him off. Because I was at the store at like fucking two and then I went and got a facial. It was literally like what? It was like 220. I mean, you could have told me. This kind of seems very secretive. No, it was right after you left the store today, Craig. Right after that, then Austin swooped in. He must be watching you. He didn't want to eat with you today. I texted Jerry and made sure that you weren't there and then we went to lunch.

I mean, yes. I understand that happened. Where did you go? We went to 167 and we had all the best things in the entire world. It was a magical lunch. If I had access to our credit card statements, I would look to see if it was a Sowing Down South lunch. No, a

Apparently, as Jerry called it, it was a pillows and beer lunch. Which brings me back to the thought is that Jerry now is like, oh, man, these things are working. And let's buy a golf cart. Let's buy a limo. Lunch is on me. I'm kidding. Jerry and I went to Verde, a salad place. And it was just a very random thing. As much as God, as much as I just want to be like, you know what? Jerry and I just need some time away from you. No, it's pretty awesome. It was a random thing.

I was like, you know what? Let's see if Jerry's at sewing down South. And so I called him and he was, he's like, I'm actually looking for a place to eat right now. I was like, cool. Let's just go get a salad.

a chopped salad. But look, we've been, we've been spending some money, which is awesome. The golf cart. Fortunately, I liked because it was a surprise, which obviously surprises are fun, but it matches my golf cart at home. I'm pumped. You can see us on King street. I didn't want to get decals on the side, but Jerry, what we're going to do is we're going to get custom seats that have our logo in the back of the seats. So that's going to be cool. Is there something you're paying for?

Oh, now all of a sudden Jerry's tight with the wallet. Oh, right. No, no, I'm fine with it. You got to handle it, though. Does Amanda even know you bought us a $10,000 golf cart? Anyway, that'll be fun to have down on camera. It wasn't $10,000, but I literally paid for it. So I don't care what anybody says.

I had something really funny to say where it was. Well, Austin and I are talking about doing a charity event, not charity event, a charity giveaway where we auction off the golf cart tour that we're famous for here in Charleston to some lucky listeners.

Hold on. When you say you're famous for who, who declared that you guys have a famous, anyone that we ever give golf cart tours to, you can call up Kristen and Justin right now, or any of the Vanderpump people right now, the summer house people. And they will tell you that our golf cart tour in Charleston is something to live for.

We take them to the old jail, Jerry. There's something that, you know, there's something. That is cool. Yeah, it's cool. Yeah, the haunted jail is pretty. The haunted jail. It's a winner. You can take them down to the Battery. The oldest liquor store in the country is here with a tunnel that goes out to the docks where they used to take Blackbeard, all of his alcohol. See, I don't, we're going to give away everything. A tunnel out to the docks, Jerry. Yeah. Who else takes you into a tunnel to the docks? Well, we don't get to go into the tunnel, but anyway. Not yet. Not yet.

What else happened this week? I'm... Okay, just keep talking. I had... Shep's not too happy with me right now because I had to bail on the trip this weekend. But him, Austin, Pringle...

Luke and Carl from somewhere else are all going. Yeah, Kyle's coming out too. Dude, I just couldn't swing it. Hey, if it's not about who is going, I would love to be there with you guys. I know, but the second I said Kyle, your face dropped a little bit. So they're all going to Pittsburgh or outside of Pittsburgh. Someone told me it's called the Nemo colon. Nemo colon. No, it's not like Nemo like.

Like he touched the butt. It's like Nima. And some of the girls from summer house are coming down. So I'm going to show them around. And Austin comes back Sunday to join us. But Charleston's popping me hanging out with the whole cast of summer house in a span of, you know, three days. Yes. And Charleston's popping. I was just on top of the Bennett at the pool. I had not realized that they had a pool visiting friends from Delaware and yeah, Charleston is alive and well folks.

Maybe it's too well, to be honest. Pretty sure most people here have been vaccinated at this point. And I... Yeah, yeah, but...

you know, we're a destination town. Oh yeah. And we're already, and like we're full. Yes, that's true. We're full up. So like, if you're planning on coming to town, you better get that reservation like a month in advance because we full. I, I actually, I'm a last minute person, which is no shock to anyone. Or maybe you guys are shocked that I don't really plan stuff. And, uh, I'm actually considering getting reservations for this weekend. That's how busy places are. Oh,

Oh, I only say that because I've been here a long time and I know a lot of people, but usually we don't have to. We'll definitely do that. So that when I come home on Sunday, we have something, we have a resi. And then when this podcast comes out, we'll, we'll have some funny, you know, pics and, and, and things that have been taken and people will be like, okay, explain yourself. I feel like we're always asked to explain ourselves. Okay. Craig, let's take a quick commercial break.

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Craig, first up is the white truffle infused hot sauce. Okay, so right off the bat, the truffle smell is very present. It's very present. It's got a nice little kick to it at the end there. It's got some good heat, actually.

it but but but not a lot of heat um the truffle is very present and i like that i feel like for this i would want to put it on i mean i don't want to say the same thing for every single one but i feel like on this like i'd put the white truffle on like you know popcorn even though it might be a little messy oh that sounds good so good really good and maybe on my pizza and it's kind of

It's not thick, but it's a thicker hot sauce. Okay, now try the black truffle infused hot sauce from Truffle. I'm going to try this one with you, too. Put a little dab on your finger. A little dab will do you. Ooh!

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and use promo code pillows and a beer. All right. We are back at pillows and beer here. Oh, update on our store. Speaking of it, I think Jerry's starting to get optimistic on our store. I think it's going to be great. I can't wait to see all of you there. Come down to Charleston, drink a little trop hop and we'll,

meet us and hang out. And you know, if you want to do pictures, we'll do pictures. If you want us to sign stuff, we'll sign stuff. But if you just want to have a drink with us at the little service bar inside the store, we are down with that too. The floors go in tomorrow. I feel like since I've gotten involved, the budgets have gone up a couple tens of thousands of dollars, but Jerry, how are we looking? And I'm not sure why you're not there working right now, but yeah,

Cause I literally just left and I have my other wife. It sounded like you did a boozy brunch with Austin and didn't tell me. Yeah. Boozy brunches. And we drank a Tupa Chico or a Topa Tupa, however the hell you want to say it. And a salad at a salad place. But, um, we didn't drink one. We actually didn't drink a sip of alcohol. It's going good, man. We, you're going to be there tomorrow and help put the floors in. Right. Yeah. That's one of the reasons I'm staying. Yes. So, uh, we're going to try to have it open by, um,

By May 15th, I think. Yeah, May 15th. Which is pretty rad. Let me just say, so you don't have to talk about it yourself. It's a very impressive space. Let's say it's right on King. I don't know. We've said this before, but the fact that y'all kind of walked into the building on like...

March 30th. And now you're literally going to try to open it on May 1st is, is impressive. It's a hell of a turnaround because it's not a small space. Say that. And then May 1st, he means May 15th, but I literally wasn't the original goal. I mean, look at when we first walked in there, I've always dreamt about having a

a little boutique place on King Street where a little hole in the wall that people visiting or locals could come in and buy something that I had made. Now, this store is a lot different than that. It's a massive storefront and it's going to be a very interactive experience, which we're pumped about. And so since we're doing it, we were like, you know what, we might as well do this right. And so now we're really redoing the entire inside. And so it pushed us back a couple of weeks, but we're

We're going to get our hands dirty tomorrow, install the floors, and have a fridge delivered so we can have beer there all the time and come by and see us. So, Austin. I think, well, Craig, I think what's cool is, too, like, there will just be certain things you can buy there that you can't buy on the website, special releases. You know, obviously, hopefully Austin comes by. We'll be serving the beer there, too, and a little nook in the back. But overall, yeah.

Yeah, you can pour the beer. You guys can interact with Craig and Austin there. And we have the two embroidery machines. You know, you can customize whatever you get there. It's going to be fun. Terry, how do you feel about having the locals corner, local artist corner, having someone...

We feature every month. Like I've got a company called blend or no shade. I don't always do that. He actually has a good friend too. His company's called shade. And I was like, it'd be cool to have a little, Hey Jerry, merchant corner for him. Can you do me a favor? Can, can you look at your phone and go to my Instagram and see if this, like if this, my latest post is up. You did at lunch. Not, not yet.

Yeah. Also, while they do that, if you want to feel connected to me. No, it's not. No, that's the last one. Whoa, that's weird. Okay. Let me refresh it. Do they take it down for some reason? No. Well, that's interesting. Because, uh-oh. But it also says pillows and beer in your thing, too. My hard post.

I saw it earlier. I know I did too. It shows on mine. This is weird. Yeah. Craig, to answer your question, I think it's, I think what's cool about the store is that, you know, it's all of our stuff, but you know, we've used all local vendors from, you know, obviously the golf cart to the painters, to the flooring, to the shiplap wall we're putting up. It's all Charleston local companies. And we're supporting them as much as we can. But I think having an,

Whether it's that corner where the bar is going to be, selling local female-owned businesses, minority-owned businesses, whatever it is you want, but not taking their sales, just giving them an outlet to sell and hopefully that turns something into a big business for them. I don't...

Yeah, dude. It's not up a month. You're censoring on? Do you have limited comments on? Hold on. I looked at it from pillows and beer. Let me look at it from. No, no. I set an age. Like I had to send it. Sorry. I had to set an age restriction on it to like, you know, 21 plus. But, you know, obviously you're 21. But I mean, I don't know. Let's look. The mystery. Because it's showing up on Craig's, but it's not showing up on yours. And it's not showing up on my beer Instagram.

But that was Pillows and Beer, so let me look at it from my own personal one. Hold on. I'll sit. Interesting. You know, it's on my personal one. Oh, yeah. Pillows and Beer probably doesn't have an age on it.

That's weird. It's all up on my other one. Definitely have an age on it. I mean, no, it's not a facial. It's what I did today. His face was all red at lunch. Yeah, my face was all red because he took off like the dark sunspots. Let's talk about this. This is actually interesting. I think, you know, you have a big female listener base and it's probably 70-30 female male. Yeah.

but I think there's a lot of guys out there who probably get stuff done and, and dude, I have, I mean, I don't care. I'll tell people stuff all day long, but like, I mean, having stuff done is different than having like, I have like maintenance as in I get facials and hydro facials and it's basically to refresh my skin. Cause after being in Vermont for so long and just,

Using hotel soap and not moisturizing, my skin's entirely dried out. So I just had like a refresher where it basically moisturized my face and we used some age-defying stuff. But-

Austin does different treatments, which is fine too. So let me tell you what I did today. So today I did what's called an IPL photo facial with my buddy Zach at Access Aesthetics. Now, this is not an advertisement for him, but he is a friend. And so he was like, look, can you repost this? And what it does is it removes reds, browns, and unwanted pigmentation.

pigmentation so basically what it does is it removes um sunspots and what it in you know what it is is it's like like like you know burns off your skin is kind of you know what it does so you got other stuff right or no i i at one time one time i got uh on underneath the right side of my eye like you know my crease from like you know my eye went down

far and, and I got filler on the right side of my, underneath my eye, but like it fades after like a year, you know, and that was, and that was two years ago. Yeah. I don't have anything. I mean, look, I, something or fades after like, you know, eight months. And, and I did it because, you know, my ex and, and him, she was like, I'm going to do this and be with me and let's do this, this and that. And so, you know, I did that and I was like, this is terrifying.

So I did it one time. My only fear with injections and I'm probably wrong. And you guys write in and tell me I'm wrong. Is that once you start, you have to keep up with them. And I don't think necessarily I'm at a place yet that I need to start. But I could definitely take better care of my skin. Savvy Derm is a great company. It's a girl that I grew up with in Delaware that now lives here in Charleston. And she gave me a customized skin product.

uh skin routine uh which i don't i i just need to get better at everything i do anyway um yeah none of these are ads it's just what we do here in charleston and i like doing i mean i used to go to tanning beds so my skin yeah is you know i'm prone i also grew up in the sun but you know in college i would go to tanning beds and um before we'd film the show i would go to tanning beds it's funny because i used to hide it i used to go way out in mount pleasant now i don't give a shit obviously but um

Yeah, I think you do you, but there is a way you do you. I mean, look, I just think... Have you ever done Botox? That's what... I haven't, but Austin got filler, but I haven't done that. Why have you?

Yeah, I mean, I can't believe I'm about to say this on a podcast, but yeah, I mean, I've had Botox. I got it done right before we got married last... What was it? Like in January... What was that? 2020? Honestly, I just did it just to see what it would feel like and for pictures, and it's awesome. I loved it. If I was... I mean, any guy actually, like, why not? You can look better at any point. Why wouldn't you? Well, because you have to keep doing it. That's the thing. No, I mean, you...

Not that much. Let's get Botox, Craig. I have bad crow's feet and smile lines. People in my comments will be like, Craig, that's what I hear. We can fix you right up. We can take care of your smile lines or your crow's feet. Some women find crow's feet very attractive. Distinguished.

Yeah, I don't know. We'll see. Look, I can tell you one thing. If I got anything done, I would tell people. And I love that you're being honest, Jerry. I mean, that's the whole point of this podcast. And the whole reason that we get mad at the girls on our show, because if we weren't transparent, this thing would go nowhere. I love being pampered, though. And so...

And what I mean by that is I love being, oh no, I love being groomed, not pampered. So I love being groomed. I don't know if this is weird or not, but I love being groomed. So I love getting my hair cut. I love getting my nails done. I love like,

Before we went to Vermont, I had a back facial where they did extractions on my back and I could have laid there all day while she like poked and pried at my back. I feel like I would love acupuncture, but I've never tried it. The greatest thing in the world. A massage and acupuncture. And it's funny because I hate being touched usually. What about cupping? I would love to do it. I see. I would love it.

Do you like being groomed? Yeah. Maybe not as aggressively as you do.

Um, I just like being touched, I guess, but I hate being touched. That's what's funny. And maybe we should, uh, we should like, you know, go with Whitney, you know, when, when he secretly goes into the Mayo clinic every year and he, uh, and he gets all of his touch-ups. Maybe we should go do it with him one time. That, and I think before that happens, I think we go do acupuncture and get cupped and have Jerry come interview us while we're doing it. Cause I think it, I think it would be great.

We should do what we, yeah, we'll do that. And we'll do like short videos and put them out on Instagram. I've never understood the waxing of like a chest. Like I just trim men. Yeah. Like waxing seems, but it's, yeah, I love getting my eyebrows waxed. I love doing stuff like that. I don't know. Maybe I like a little bit of pain.

um i've never had to get my eyebrows i mean yours are bushy yours are bushy for sure yeah you say that you don't fuck with your eyebrows and i just find that i don't know if that's like normal that yours just grow out perfectly you don't have a unibrow no never i'd never have touched them you don't pluck your unibrow no see i like plucking hairs i like a little bit of pain i guess it's not painful but makes me remember like remind me i'm alive

No, but like my facial today was great. It was to get the blackheads out of my nose and just to moisturize my face. Craig does not wake up like this. Okay. Like some time and effort goes in. The only thing I do is my hair. The hair is the only thing. If I mess, if my hair starts to fall at night, you know, I'm, I'm

I'm not in a good place. Oh my God. I wish so bad that we were like on video. We were at, I wish so bad that this podcast was, you know, recorded, man. You remember the other night we were just sitting there laughing our ass off. Someone, a fan came up to us at, and I took a picture with the girl in Craig over my shoulder. He kind of wasn't in the picture. And like, he was kind of poking out a little bit and he was looking like, what the fuck are y'all doing? And, and,

he sent me the picture and i was like is craig well and i was like is craig okay i was like what do you mean and jerry if you could see this picture which let me see i'm pretty sure oh yeah here it is jerry watch i took a screenshot of it and then i zoomed in where was this

Tell me if you can see it. Oh my God. It looks like an absolute creature. Craig photobombed your own thing. It didn't need to though. Yeah, but when you talked to like Austin and Jerry and my like closest friends. Oh my God. Even Catherine knows like when you know the lights are starting to dim when my hair starts to fall on my face.

Especially when I had the undercut. So fortunately that's not a thing anymore. Update on the limo. By the time this comes out, we should have it where you're going to record obviously from the limo when we get it. And we hope everyone out there is doing well. Maybe we'll get some limo rides out. I mean, our next picture to promote this podcast is 1000% going to be us in front of the limo.

We should have like a cigar and like a top hat or something. Not a top hat, but like a fedora. I don't know, but something to be like, I think props are allowed when you buy a limo. We bought a limo.

My mom just texted me because her and my dad are driving back from Kewa to Charlotte. And that's when they listened to the podcast. And my mom just texted me. And she said, I am howling with laughter. You and Craig are buying a limo. This is hysterical. Me and your father just finished it. And we both loved it.

Keegan seems so good. He's fascinating to hear. He seems like a standup guy. It's like, okay, mom, thank you. Thank you for the feedback. Now go to Apple and leave a five-star review. Exactly. Him and his wife were great. I wish. So what we didn't realize is Keegan. And it was so sweet. And I realized that later, uh,

He didn't have his AirPods in at first. He's like, should I wear these? And I was like, yes, because it helps with audio. What I didn't realize is that his wife was sitting next to him the entire time and wanted to hear, but he did give her one. And so if we knew she was sitting next to him, we'd have been like, come on. Like we love inclusivity and meeting everyone. So I'm glad she got to say hi at the end, but they were great people. Can't wait to hang out with them. And for him to kick our butt and golf. No, man, listen to this. I texted him.

I was texting with him later that night. So the three of us, me, Jerry and Craig, wait, Jerry, Craig and I. Yes. Jerry, Craig and I. Well, if you start the sentence like that, then yeah. Jerry, Craig and I, because if I take out Jerry and Craig and it says, I went to dinner. Right. Okay. So the three of us went, went to dinner, which by the way, my mother kind of gave me an earful about that. When I was at Easter, I told the story.

I said like, you know, me and Craig, she was like Austin. And then later she was like, you sound ignorant. I was like, Oh my, you are my sixth grade English teacher. So it was Orndorff was mine. Do you remember all your teachers? No. Sixth grade English was Orndorff. I don't remember. I don't remember. So,

We're at dinner. What the hell? Where was I going with this? Talking about grammar or Keegan. Keegan. We're at dinner and I'm texting with Keegan. Where are we going to dinner? Oku.

Oh, yeah, yeah, that's right. We sat at a table for eight, the three of us, and just spaced out. That's true. Because Jerry, it just happens so often that, you know, because Jerry doesn't live here, and so when he comes to town, Craig's like, let's all go to dinner. And it's always the same places that we recommend. And Jerry was like, you realize you live in a foodie town. There's so many options. Let's go somewhere else. So I went to Oku. It has great sushi and sashimi and the Kimball special and the hot and spicy, the hot pepper. Yeah.

So the hot – no, you're saying – that's what Hall's calls it. Sugar and Spice is my favorite drink in Charleston. On the rocks. On the rocks in Charleston with a sugar rim. What do they call their Boom Boom Shrimp though? Firecracker. They call it something. Firecracker Shrimp. Yeah, they're a version of – Or Bang Bang or Boom Boom or –

Whatever that mayonnaise-based sauce that they put on shrimp is, definitely give that one a go. Yeah. So we're sitting there. I'm texting Keegan, thanking him. And he's like, oh, my God, I had so much fun. I can't wait until we come to Charleston or y'all come to Jupiter. And I was like, hot take. Talk about this foursome. I don't know if on the last podcast it was talked about, but DJ Air Buds.

And he was like, you know, this foursome, like you meet him and DJ. And I was like, let's go. Awesome. Three strokes a hole. No, you, you would play with DJ and I'd play. That would be sweet. Yeah, man. One of us gets a pro. Give me a break. Talking shit the entire time. Three strokes. Like, like, you know, 12 strokes aside for sure. It would definitely come down to, you know, a short game shot. Yeah. Or something that we hit. Like,

One of our, like what, what shot would be, you know, used from us. That's like, yes, that's basically what happens when, when you play with lower, you know, handicap players, it's like,

Like what happens in a, come on, man. All you gotta do is captain decent drive on this hole. We can use your drive. I happen to go in the woods. Come on. And then I'm like, I got you shank. And I'm like, no, no. Yeah. Until you actually like do come through and you hit that putt and you're like, okay, everyone loves me. It's fine. Yeah. So a lot of people don't realize this. I played a golf tournament, John Daly.

And it was the, it went exactly how you think playing a golf tournament or playing golf with John Daly would go. It was amazing. Bullshit. Let me tell you exactly how I think that golf round would go with John Daly. I think that at the end of the round, uh, Daly's barefoot, he's untucked. His shirt is down as far as it can go. And in the back, there's an empty carton of marble reds.

and there's an empty case of Bud Heavies. That's how I think that a kid – and he's like, I shot a 70-to-1. And then you're like, this guy. And then I'd be like, sign this –

empty carton of Marlboro Reds and I'm going to frame it. Oh, that would be cool. So you're kind of right. He, when I played with him, he wasn't drinking while he played golf and he uses a vape now, like a vape to smoke and he just drinks Diet Cokes on the course. He doesn't take practice shots though, which is awesome. So he's in the bunker, just walks up, hits the bunker. Not that you can take practice shots in the bunker, but any shot on the course drive, he just, his caddy who's South African, these men hands him his driver, goes, crushes it. I had the most fun that day that I've had.

in a really, really long time. So he vapes and doesn't drink. No, no, no. Until you... No, I can't tell you everything. It was just a fun... Craig, it's just you and me here, man. Yeah, I know. No one's ever going to find out. No one's going to find out. It's just you and I talking. Hey, Austin, I can give you the aftermath of this. Yeah, tell them how I ended up, though. Anna Hayward. This is hilarious. I was supposed to be there, I think. Yeah, you were.

Craig shares his location with me. I don't know if he still knows that, but I can always look up on Find My Friends where Craig is, which is a huge tool for me with him. Yeah, you and Anna Hayward have to have it. Jerry, people are going to come into the store and be like, are you Jerry? Do you have Craig's location turned on? Tell me where it is. You're going to be like, I don't know where he is. They're like, liar.

That happened yesterday. This lady ran across from El Jefe twice yesterday while the door was open and we were painting and comes running in like, can you call Craig and Austin right now to come over here? I was like, we just missed him. Sorry. So it happens anyways. But look, this is great. We have probably one of the biggest meetings of the young company at this point is going down south the day after Craig played with Daly. It's in Richmond, I think, is where he played. And

We have to go to High Point to meet Thomasville for the world furniture market, biggest furniture market in the world. This is pre-COVID, obviously. High Point. Yeah. This meeting was the day after playing with John Daly.

Yeah. So you don't want to fly in. Also, John doesn't drink Wally golfs, but the first thing that they handed them when we put it on 18 was a double vodka knee. You think that you're good enough friends with him to call him John like that? I am. Wow. He's one of the nicer people I've ever met. I love JD.

So he, look, he goes off the grid, typical Craig. And I'm like about to leave in the next morning. Still haven't heard from him. His, his phone, I think is dead trying to track him. I wind up, we're driving to high point. Cause I live in DC. So I drove like two hours to Richmond. Then we had to drive five more hours to after I got him. I don't even, I don't remember where I picked you up, but I picked you up. Yeah.

it wasn't your hotel and you didn't have shoes like you literally walked out shoeless and hop in the car completely shoeless completely disheveled hair all over the place we had to roll back to his hotel i don't know if you showered we drive like another three hours he drinks three monster rehab energy drinks to get back then we have to pull over in cvs so craig can go inside and buy a self-tanning kit comes outside and self-tans himself in the parking lot of cvs

He did a good job. Remember I had my big suitcase opened in the parking lot and was using the windows to tan. In the middle of North Carolina. And then we closed the deal with Thomasville.

If my eyes, someone was like, again, you know, I'm going to describe five of your, you tell me who's who I would have said, Craig, and I'm opening two sentences of your story. We couldn't find this. Yeah. We couldn't find him. He, he, he went dark as he tends to do. And then you're like, yeah, yeah. Craig went dark and he just, you know,

Yeah. So what happened that night? Oh, I mean, what Anna Hayward told me is I called her at like midnight and she answered fortunately, like the lifesaver she is. And I was like, I don't know which hotel I'm supposed to be at, but I'm at this hotel and I need you to call them and make a reservation now. So I have somewhere to sleep. And she's like, Craig, what are you talking about? I was like, just do it. And so I checked into the hotel shoeless and,

and slept at a hotel that wasn't mine because I couldn't find my hotel. Why didn't you have shoes and where were you? I have a feeling that I ended up running away from whatever late night I was at.

Cause sometimes I do that where I'm just like, I gotta go. I don't know. Cause you're wearing flops and you left them. Well, I was in golf shoes. So I probably just didn't put my golf shoes back because we were playing a golf simulator that night. And so I don't think you could wear shoes in the golf simulator. Were you still hanging out with quote unquote, John at that point? Uh, so his wife, uh, had come and gotten him, uh,

Because his RV was in the driveway because he doesn't fly. And she was like, you have to make us money in the morning because the real tournament's tomorrow. And so she pulled him, and that's when I left. Which is why JD is always posted up with his RV at the Hooters in Augusta because he doesn't fly. Yeah. Ah.

And I think that he makes us like a bunch of money off of, you know, selling like, you know, sign, you know, master's flags and this and that. Dude, he sends, he sells a ton of merch. So I, I walked up and then we'll Craig, if you're friends with JD, man, get his ass on here. Oh, that's a good idea. What are you? Yeah.

Sorry, we forget sometimes the people we know. So, yes, actually, that is my goal now. So we'll stop with the golf talk, but I will tell you, I walked up. Golfers? But to his credit, he was great. So I walked up. Everyone that had paid to play that day is all shaking hands with him. I had no idea I was playing with him until that morning. And I walked up on T-Box and I was like, I'd also never been filmed playing golf. I was a nervous wreck.

And I was like, hey, Mr. Daly, I'm Craig. He's like, I know who the fuck you are. He's like, get over here, Craig. He's like, what the hell is Shep and Austin doing? Yeah. He's like, dude, your show needs me. And like his guy, he was like, you guys need us to come wake that show up. And I was like, you have a mullet?

I mean, yeah, just normal haircut. Yeah. Yeah. So I was like this. If there was ever someone that I needed to watch the show and actually be like a fan, it was perfect because I was like, this guy's going to be like, fuck this reality TV kid. He's like, I fucking love your show, man. He's like, what's up? And I was like, oh, my God, because he probably walked up like a little flat. Right. You're like, all right, I need a little something like a little jolt. And then and then old J.D. comes on up.

And I played horribly for the first few holes. And finally we found the beer and his caddy. He was amazing. He goes, go chug two of those. And so I chugged one and the next hole, he pulled another one out of his caddy bib for me. And he's like, don't worry. I got you on me. It's not my first radio. And I hit an eight foot putt that, and I was the last one to putt. And everyone was like, welcome to the team. And I was like, all right, cool.

So anyway, that's our golf stories. I'm going to try to get daily on here. I know he's sick right now, but prayers out to him and he's going to kick his ass because he invited us to his tournament in Arkansas, which apparently kid rock and everyone goes to. So we need to go to that. He owns a course in Arkansas. I never told you that. I forgot white trash heaven. I love it. Woo pig silly for John Daly. He's a big Razorback fan.

All right. Well, that was fun. And Craig, let's take a quick commercial break. Austin, I got to tell our listeners about the new mattresses we just got. I mean, it's changed my life. I received it about two weeks ago. I got the Helix Sunset Mattress. And I really don't want to get out of bed for healthy reasons now in the morning. But it's just that I'm so comfortable when I wake up and I'm so comfortable when I go to bed. Did you get the king or the queen, Craig? I got the king.

So I have the queen and I do agree, Craig. I wake up sometimes and I'm like, do I really want to go to the gym this morning or do I just want to sit here and watch this rom-com on this beautiful bed? And it's true. I'm not the only one who thinks so. I know what you're saying there.

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All right. We are back and that's enough golf talk for now. I know last week we had a lot of golf talk, which we love that you guys stuck with us through. Hopefully maybe your boyfriend's husbands or you are a golf fan and you got something out of it. And maybe you make some money off our predictions this week or next week. So now we're going to do a little bit of questions from listeners. We haven't done it in a while. It's one of my favorite segments. And I think Austin is going to lead us in this.

God, we just find ourselves talking about golf a lot, don't we, Jared? Yeah, but that's not bad. I mean, actually, we got a lot of messages, people saying, like, I liked it. I like Keegan. Like, it's just different. It's cool. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, I think that's good. We're only talking about golf again because, you know, Keegan was our guest last week. So we began to talk about that, and then that naturally just took a turn into –

All right. Jerry has the questions from our listeners and he's going to shoot off a few to us. Remember to submit your questions to, what is it? The boys at pillows and beer.com. The boys. Oh, no, no, no, no. It's the D H E.

Okay, so remember, submit your questions to theboys, T-H-E-B-O-Y-S, at pillowsandbeer.com. Not to be confused with what our vanity play on our limo will say eventually, which will be the, like T-H-A, T-H-A, T-H-A, T-H-A, at...

No, the T-H-A, our vanity play on the limo. I got confused. I got confused between the email and the limo, but the limo should definitely, Jerry, should be the boys. The boys. With a Z or an S. I think we're going to do, why don't we do like a special question. Whatever's available. Call Paige and we're like, Paige, ask us any question you get. And then people will be like, hey, you should have her on next week.

I don't think you answered this one before, but it's kind of good. I'm not going to say her name, but...

She messaged in, she said, I'm recovering from surgery and your podcast was great to listen to your recovery. I plan on going back in the dating world this summer. I had my second heart surgery, so I have a front chest scar. I'm very proud of my scars. I'm here today because of it, but would love to know from you guys who are not my friends and family, do I need to address it or be concerned with entering the dating world? Meaning will guys care or not? No, not at all. And if they do fuck them.

My dad has the same scar. He's had two open hearts and really, yeah. And obviously I've seen, you know, even him be self-conscious in the very beginning or maybe he was, but he taught us very quickly to, you know, that he was proud of it. It's part of his story. And I think I know that I would not be turned off by a scar at all. And I, I am,

kind of not turned off by hiding things, but I think there's nothing sexier and more appealing to me than someone that's just, you know, honestly themselves, like 100%. So anyway, to me, having the scar would be a great conversation starter. I would probably ask you about it after we got to know each other for a little while, but you have a story to tell. And I think

It's part of you and you should never have to hide anything. And if anyone ever says anything negative, then, you know, spit on them. Wow. Craig, I have to agree with you here because, you know, what are you supposed to do? Are you supposed to sit there and, and put in like a dating profile or this and that? I mean,

I'm not sure how, how, or what you mean when you say that you're going to reenter the dating pool, but she's like, if she's on the beat, like, or like, should she like, like, what if she has a low cut shirt on or like, should, you know, what if she has her scar in her pictures? Well, I think that any person should be smart enough to know like, okay, this person just, just had, you know, some sort of, you know, surgery.

probably a life-changing surgery if you're opening up your, you know, your chest cavity. So there is nothing to do other than, other than to have a conversation and be like, well, you want to know about me? This is what's going on. And you know, this just like, this just happened and I'm a survivor and life is wonderful. Next question. I will give you some friendly, maybe,

Maybe not deserved advice, or maybe I'm not worthy of giving this advice, but it's true and you should hear it from us. Don't hyper-focus on the scar though. So what sometimes people master insecurity of a situation by trying too hard to like hide it or joke about it or basically what I mean is

it's completely fine to be self-conscious of it, but we're telling you, you shouldn't be. But then, you know, once it's discussed and everything, don't feel like the need to be like, to be self-deprecating, I guess. Like, don't be self-deprecating about your scar. You know, it's just like a, someone, if someone had a burn on their arm or something, like you don't have to constantly make fun of yourself. Like I will tell you, people accept you for who you are. I know my pinky isn't anything like your scar, but I have a deformed pinky now and I'm very self-conscious of it. But yeah,

You know, it just is part of me and people either accept me for that or not. And so, yeah, I wouldn't obsess about it. I mean, it's going to take a while to get comfortable with it and used to it, but it is a part of you now and it's nothing to be ashamed of. And it's nothing for you to make fun of yourself for. Do you kind of agree with that Austin? Like if she always were like, Oh yeah, well, if I didn't have this scar, I could do this. You're like, okay, like you have the scar we've accepted. We've accepted you with the scar, but we don't need to hear about it all the time. Or is that true?

No, I think. What do you mean? I think it's kind of a cool topic to talk about because it's so much of everything everybody sees is BS on Instagram, right? Everybody's filtering this shit out. Like no one's based on Instagrams are actually who they are and what they are most. And the one family's real picture just got out and they sued the internet to take it down.

it's nuts i think a lot of it has to do with i mean i don't know if we've talked about craig in his book deal but i mean that's the whole point of that right it's like be happy with who you are live your life like stop worrying about other people like shit doesn't matter you gotta be happy right so i think you're totally right it's easy to say when you're the hundred percent when it's easy to say when you're the two-year runner-up hottest guy on bravo craig look off pinky with that

But, Austin, how do you feel about self-deprecating humor, though? Like, there's a time and a place, but...

Okay. I'm on board with self-deprecating humor. Like I, I think that making fun of yourself is fantastic. Now, now, now if, if you're making some of some like, you know, specific thing on your body, you know, always, then, then, you know, then like, that's, you know, almost like, you know, masking something. Right. But self-deprecating humor doesn't have to be about like one, you know, physical action. Like it can be like, like, you know, I, I,

I mean, it can be anything. I mean, talk about like, you know, dicks, like, you know, too much, but if there's ever an opportunity to make fun of, you know, myself for like, Oh, well that was fast. I'm like, that's what she said. Like, that is like a self-deprecating. No, it's fine. I think that's what she said, but I think masking is the good. No, you're basically like, if there's ever anything to make fun of, it's my dick is what you said. Yeah.

He's like, you know, if I'm going to be self-deprecating, it's about my dick. I'm just saying that most men are so sensitive about their dicks, right? And it's like a thing, right? Like in the 80s or, you know, in the 60s, my dad was like, you know, shower, shower, you know, like locker room stuff. But we don't do that anymore. Like in this day and age, like in high school, after gym class, people don't just like go and get naked and shower because that's a thing. Like everyone's so conservative.

And it's so funny. I just think that there's one funny part of it's like, I don't know. Well, I think so much what I, I love that you said this term was masking. And so, yes, if you want to make an Ironman joke, like before you jump in the ocean, that's hilarious. If you're like, hold on, let me take my core out or replace my like processing core or something like, I'm just saying like, that's funny. Like drawing attention to it all fine. But if it got to a point where you were masking it, which I don't think you're going to be because you're asking us for,

like you don't care about your scar. You're just wondering what other people do. I think you should lean into your pinky more. Well, I'm so yeah, my pinky, I hide from everyone. I know. And you shouldn't, you should just,

full on I'm very self conscious about like you know someone's like you know well I can't compare myself to Iron Man with my piggy I can compare myself to the special like the strong hand on scary movie totally yeah but that's not someone I want to fucking compare myself always be like take my strong hand that's not funny to me why not though it's so funny

But yeah, I think you will be completely fine. And honestly, from what I've heard from my dad and other heart surgery survivors, it is a entirely life changing experience. And I think it's really interesting. And I, I, I would like to hope that humanity is,

It's good. And if you're dating one of us, we don't give a fuck. So if you're dating someone that cares and you're dating under you and you need to date higher lasting thing on this is that, um, I forgot where I was going with this, but lasting the last words on this is that it's part of who you are. And I think it's always funny to make a joke, but

The original question was, how do I reenter the dating pool and should I be telling men about it? And it's like, look, if anyone's going to get even remotely close to you, it's going to come out sooner than later. And you just make sure that you control that narrative to how you want it to come out and how you want to tell the person that you're dating or going to date or whatever.

And yeah, it's not like you sit down like a dinner and it's like, hey, by the way. I don't know if she had to hide it, like with her tops that she's wearing. Oh my God, no. Okay, so great answer. Paige is with Amanda and Kyle right now. So we're going to give Paige a call to it and see what their questions for us are. Oh, because they're in New York. Yeah. Yeah.

Craigie? Paigeie. I'm with the kids. That's amazing. You don't ever call her Paigeie. No, I don't know, but she said Craigie and I said Paigeie. I don't know. Whatever. Go with it, Allison. So wait, are you with Kyle and Amanda? Yeah, you're right. What's up, dudes? Where are you?

where are you yeah you know funny sequence of events apparently we apparently i've two friends is played at the local club here twice and my buddy that owns the club is like yeah because i was like hey would you ever have two friends complain he's like yes craig they've played twice and you were there both times and i was like oh okay can they come again he said they're not playing inside concerts right now because of covid but as soon as they start playing again they will

Can they come to my wedding? Can you imagine? That would be so awesome. Will they come and play this one song at my wedding? Will they come and play I Miss You and then leave for my band to play? Yeah, find out from that bar what their going rate was back in the day. Yeah, I will. I mean, this is only two years ago. What do you think, Kyle? Kyle, man, what's your guess? For a DJ just to show up and press play? Like, fucking...

I don't know. I'd probably do it for five grand if I were them. Nah, man. Probably 15. 10? 15. It depends on the venue. They'll change their rate based on the venue. All right. Well, it's Kyle and Amanda's wedding. I mean, shit. It's a backyard. It's the Batula's backyard. It's the Batula's backyard.

Okay, Batula. Okay, Batula. That sounds like a sick bar that I would absolutely rip it at. Oh, the Batulas? Wait, so you guys are doing some pillows and beer right now? Yeah, because Austin's going to hang out with you guys up in Pittsburgh, and I'm not going to be there. Yeah, I was...

My schedule is still a little in flux, but I'm hoping to make it at least for some of it. Wait, I'm coming to Charleston on Saturday. I know. Well, we have these special visitors coming this weekend, and so I figured it was better to stay and give them the full Charleston experience than go hang out with you guys in Pittsburgh. Yeah, Kyle. Kyle, so basically –

I'm on the Nimacolon or yeah, the Nimacolon officially because someone told me and I'm going there on Thursday. I'm going to leave on Sunday morning so I can come back and see you, Paige. And I'll be back on Sunday. So I'm going to hang out with you and the boys on Saturday, Kyle. And then I'll be back on Sunday to see Paige. Cool, guys. I'll just be here in New York with my seven dogs.

Amanda, why don't you come? I miss you a lot. We're eating pepperoni while we film and Austin was like, you know who likes pepperoni a lot? Amanda. I did say that. I know. I'm just like a more responsible adult now. I have seven babies. Wait, why don't you come to Charleston and just foster me and Craig? Perfect. What are you guys doing right now? Taking applications. Our reunion is on Friday so we all got spray cans to

Love that. Just to my face, she said it would look too weird. Listen, listen for... I got naked and got spray tans. Yeah. Number one, too.

Okay. Sounds like Vermont. Yeah, let's listen to them naked getting spray tans. So at ours, let's see, Craig and I did our face, and then I literally, because it's a thing in the South that we don't wear socks and people don't get it, and so our ankles are always showing, I literally spray tan my ankles. Oh, wow. Shit, dude. Kyle, shit, dude. Go to CVS right now and get some self-tanner and tan your ankles. My ankles are

Dude. That's true. All right. Hey, so you guys all ask us a question real quick because we were doing questions from listeners and we figured it would be fun to call you guys. And I know that y'all are avid listeners. Excited to see you a lot. All of you guys. I can't either. Go for it.

All right. How often when you go out in Charleston, given that it's a small town, how often do you bump into people you've banged? Ooh, how often? Wait, so you said how often do you bump into people you've banged? Yeah. Yeah. Every night. Yeah, Kyle. Kyle, I'm going to give that a hard –

Every night. Cause they, you know, and that's not to say like, Oh, cause there's thousands of them, bro. But everyone has banged everyone's ex here. Let's put it that way too. It's a very incestuous town. Yeah. Like there's never going to be, there's never going to be one person you've hooked up with in the bar. There's multiple, like there's going to be one sitting at the bar. There's going to be one with her boyfriend or fiance at the other, you know, table. Like it's a very incestuous city. Yeah.

I would never survive. Sounds incredibly often at times. I love it. Amanda, what does that mean? Why wouldn't you survive here? Are you saying that you're like a one-horse kind of gal, or are you saying that – Because I'm the most sensitive person ever, and I would just cry all the time. You cry? Oh, like if you see other guys with their new girls and stuff? Yeah. No, no, no. I keep crying.

Or if like you walked in. I love being someone's ex and walking into a bar and seeing him with his new girl. God damn it. Paige, I could have answered that for you. I like that. I mean the opposite way. You downgraded. Right, right. That's what Paige would say. She'd be like. Last time I saw him, my ex was in the same girl from the picture.

I just feel like Amanda would go in with your current boyfriend. Let's just call him Kyle. And you'd walk in somewhere and be like, you fucked her in 2015, didn't you? And then he was like, babe, babe. That's what I did. I kicked my ex-boyfriend's new girlfriend. I was like, just say that.

Yeah, no, it's, um, that's a good question, but it's definitely like everyone, but no one's like Amanda here. Everyone is, is like, has a very tough skin because that's just the way it is here. And so that's just, you find yourself like at dinner a lot of times with your exes and like your new people. Like, it's just, it's a, yeah, it's a small town. So that's what it means.

Good question, Kyle. Like for someone like Paige will love it because she'll come down and be like, oh, that's who you used to be. Like, you know, she'll just like. Cool sweater. Yeah. Idiot. You absolute idiot. All right, Amanda. Well, that also goes to like how often you meet new people here. Not very often. It's a small town. When you do, you lock them down. Okay. If you could go back to before you were on reality.

Would you still do it? Would we still do reality TV or should we go back to college? Because if I could go back to college, I would do it in a heartbeat. Would you still do reality TV? It's so obvious what Craig was thinking about. He's like, I want to go back to college. I would go back to College of Charleston in a heartbeat. Next question. Yes, I wouldn't change a thing. I would go back and do it all the same. You would do it all the same, Craig. I'm not saying all the same, but you don't get to nitpick and change shit. If I went back to that day that I signed, would I still sign? 100%, yes. Yes.

See, I think it's funny that Craig says that. And before I answer this question, I want to talk about this because do y'all also was a great question. Yeah, it was a great question. So, so it's so funny because I've asked, you know, this question to Craig before, you know, where I'm like, ah, you know, don't you finish, you know, doing something and you live at a party and then you leave and then you're like, ah.

This comeback would have been so good. And Craig was like, no, never. And I was like, what? I was like, I do it every single time. I am on point at all times. No, that's not what it is. But I am very stoked for you that you don't have this sort of buyer's remorse. Do y'all have that sort of? It's like you leave and then you're like, wait, the jerk store is running out of you. And you're like, damn it, I should have said that.

I don't really have any regrets. I look back at it and honestly, it makes me laugh. Even the mistakes, even the embarrassing moments, I think they're all learning lessons. Well, because you wouldn't be here if you didn't go through that, and I kind of like where I'm at. Exactly. Yeah, so...

Yeah, exactly. You have to answer the question often. So the simple answer is yes. And I guess that I've thought about this before too, right? Where I'm like, oh, like, you know, things would have been easier had this happened or this had not have happened. But it like kind of all gets you to exactly where you are. Isn't that weird? The question wasn't, would you change it? Hold on, you turn it off.

The question wasn't, would you change anything? Paige is saying if you could go back in time to the day that you started, would you still do the show? Yes. Yes. Would y'all? Would you, Paige? Yes, I would. Okay. Kyle? Yeah. Amanda? Oh, man. I just wish I was, you know, more prepared. I love Amanda's heart. Yeah, I do too. It's so pure.

Oh man. Oh geez. Do you know that Amanda's first scene was basically a sex scene? I did not know that. Love that. Oh my God, man. So was mine guys, guys, man. When I came on, uh,

I like fell for the trick and showed his butt because they tell everyone that everyone gets naked on our show and they don't at all. Only two people ever have. And that was awesome. Yeah. My my first ever thing. Right. It's like they come over to meet me. And then and then I launch into that. There was a girl in his bed. My name's Austin. And I was walking out of one night stand.

All right, well, watch season one of Summer House. It's like, what, maybe like the second or third episode in, and I just get completely naked and jump in the pool, and then... Why have I not seen this scene yet? It's amazing. Okay, show up. What's your question, Amanda? My follow-up is... Just ask it. Can it change how you reacted or acted in one moment?

of Southern charm that we've all seen, how would you act differently? And what, what would that be? Jeez. If you only had one shot, one opportunity, huh? One moment that you were like, you know, like, that's right. Like this, or I wish I said that. I'm going to let Austin answer for me. Um, man, there's vomit on my sweater already. Uh,

I'm going to – I will tell you. Answer mine and I'll answer yours. Okay. That was an excellent question. Are you sweating over there? I know. No, because I said I wouldn't. I don't have one. I don't. And that's how –

Okay, answer mine. Go. No, I understand the question, Amanda. I'm telling you that like – Craig is really smart. He understands the question. Yeah, Paige, what did I tell you about smart people telling people they're smart? Yeah, no, but of course.

They tell people that they're smart. Okay, hold on. I'm thinking. Are you doing yours or are you going to do mine? No, I will do mine and then yours. I will tell you that, yeah, the thing that I would change is just not be such a fuck-up second season. But one situation, no, because I was always myself, which I'm happy. Yeah, so I used to protect people a little bit. But, yeah, I'm not trying to take the cheap way out. You are.

No, because there's nothing. Okay, then tell me a moment that you would change for me. Okay, so. Oh, or if you wore something. I've had outfits.

I've had outfit regrets before. That's so funny to the Summer House crew. So do you wish that you would have sent it harder in this one scene? Or do you wish that you would have worn the brunette-colored mullet this night or the blonde-colored mullet this night? If I was going to change anything, I guess I would go back. But it made for good TV, though. Or Patricia's house. Or the airport. The contaminated fucking...

Oh, yes. When I – well, when I fucked up at Patricia's house with my pillows, but look where I am now. I also got in a fight with Chelsea in the Colorado airport, but it was funny. So if I was Austin's, I would have stuck up for himself more. In what moment? A lot of them. Yeah.

But I can't pick anyone particularly. I think you learned and you got better as you went on. So what would you say?

And just because you protect them doesn't mean that they're protecting you when they're filming. I'll tell you that much. And, you know, and then it and then it kind of like, you know, turns out to be this thing where it's like, wow, like, you know, Craig or Shep or, you know, whoever was saying this about you. And I sat there. I was like, come on, man, don't you know. But then when they're filming, they're like, fuck you, you know, and you're like, wow, that's what happens when you try to protect someone. So filming with someone is so, so tough.

Fuck you, Craig. Fuck you, Craig. Well, three excellent questions from three terrible people. So we, Paige, are we going to have the most fun this weekend? The most. I can't wait. I'm going to go home and pick out all my outfits right now.

I don't know if it's like in the eighties this weekend. So get your buns ready for some sun. Also, I give you guys credit for answering that last one. Cause like, I don't, I wouldn't have a response. Yeah. Yeah. I have a couple for sure. See, I don't, I really can't think of it. Shut the fuck up. I also didn't watch several of our seasons, so I didn't either. All right. Well, we love you guys. Thanks for playing ball and page. I'll yeah.

I miss you. Okay. I'll see you guys later. Kyle, I'll see you Saturday. I'll see you Saturday, buddy. So that was a fun surprise from our friends from up north and maybe something we can do a couple more times. Awesome. What do you think? I think maybe a regular surprise guest caller every week. Listen, that was so fun that we called and that all three of them were kind of together. It couldn't have been more perfect and they're all wild and so much fun. So great.

Great friends. Everyone that we know, Craig, has now put on notice. If your phone rings on like a Wednesday night, it could potentially be because Craig and I want to talk to you on our podcast. I'm into that. I'm into putting them on notice through this podcast right now. We already ordered the appropriate equipment so that the phone call will be nice, crisp, and clear next time. This is our first time doing it.

And I can't wait to see who we end up randomly calling. It'll take us back to our lives where we got drunk and just went live with people. And we just called everybody. Maybe we can have listeners call in. Yeah. We're like, Hey, let's add them in. Let's let's add them in. Well, that does it for this week's episode of pillows and beer until next time, folks. I'm Craig. And I'm Austin.

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