Jay Shetty PodcastBENNY BLANCO, LIL DICKY, KRISTIN Reveal This Fact About Their Weddings (Nobody Knows This)
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105 min read · 20,578 words- 0:00 – 1:45
Intro
- JSJay Shetty
Friends on Purpose on three.
- BBBenny Blanco
One, two, three. Friends on Purpose! [laughs]
- JSJay Shetty
I thought you thought that was being loser-ish.
- LDLil Dicky
I do.
- JSJay Shetty
Yeah, right.
- LDLil Dicky
[laughs] We just are born to be best friends. Me and Benny met at this Mexican restaurant and-
- BBBenny Blanco
He said, "What can you bring to the table?"
- LDLil Dicky
Yeah.
- BBBenny Blanco
And I was like, "What?" [laughs]
- LDLil Dicky
[laughs]
- KBKristin Batalucco
I thought, he's so sweet and he's so himself. And he told me a story that lasted 40 minutes.
- LDLil Dicky
The story was about me pooping my pants.
- KBKristin Batalucco
Yeah.
- JSJay Shetty
And you chose that because?
- LDLil Dicky
It's my funniest, best story.
- JSJay Shetty
[laughs] What was your favorite thing about Benny and Selena's wedding?
- KBKristin Batalucco
Dave officiated.
- LDLil Dicky
To see Benny break. When Selena, when the curtain got revealed and she, his face was like ...
- JSJay Shetty
[laughs] Benny, Dave, Kristin, welcome to On Purpose.
- LDLil Dicky
Hey, Jay.
- BBBenny Blanco
Hi. [laughs]
- KBKristin Batalucco
[laughs]
- JSJay Shetty
Benny, come on. Come on.
- LDLil Dicky
Hey.
- JSJay Shetty
[laughs] Did, you know what? This is the first time we've had three people on the show together.
- LDLil Dicky
Yeah.
- JSJay Shetty
First ever time.
- LDLil Dicky
Did you know that?
- JSJay Shetty
This is the first time-
- BBBenny Blanco
I did now
- 1:45 – 7:40
How Their Friendship Began
- JSJay Shetty
three of you in the room. I, I actually wanna know how you all three met, 'cause I have no idea. I don't think I've ever asked you that before.
- LDLil Dicky
Well, I, I guess I'm the glue between the two of the three. You know, I met Benny, he basically, from the day I put any music out, he ... Actually, the first day I released anything, he tweeted, like, something, uh, positive about me.
- JSJay Shetty
Wow.
- LDLil Dicky
Yeah, so he, like, it was, you know, what a first day to have a guy like him reach out.
- BBBenny Blanco
Yeah, it was.
- LDLil Dicky
And then I, yeah, I, like, said something. We, like, kind of communicated back and forth a little bit and then we almost saw each other at one of my concerts, so we didn't really hang out. And then I don't ... The first time we met-
- BBBenny Blanco
No, we don't know
- LDLil Dicky
... we don't know for sure when the very fir- We can't place it. My memory of, like, the first, uh, real memory I have is we met at this, uh, Mexican restaurant, and I think he was maybe trying to sign me or maybe just trying to explain the value that he could add to my life and my career, and I really didn't see any value-added potential.
- BBBenny Blanco
[laughs] That's what he said.
- KBKristin Batalucco
It was like a date?
- JSJay Shetty
Did he, did you say that to him on the-
- LDLil Dicky
No, he s-
- BBBenny Blanco
He s- yeah, he said, he said, "Well, w- w- what, what can you bring to the table?"
- LDLil Dicky
Yeah.
- BBBenny Blanco
And I was like, "What?"
- LDLil Dicky
[laughs]
- BBBenny Blanco
That was, like, his first thing he said to me.
- LDLil Dicky
Now in hindsight, I was totally wrong.
- JSJay Shetty
Yeah. [laughs]
- BBBenny Blanco
"What can I bring to the table?"
- LDLil Dicky
He brings everything.
- BBBenny Blanco
Best friend.
- LDLil Dicky
[laughs]
- BBBenny Blanco
All of your-
- LDLil Dicky
He brings everything
- BBBenny Blanco
... nightlife, everything, music.
- JSJay Shetty
Wait, so how did you win him over? How did you win him over?
- LDLil Dicky
Just proof in the pudding I think.
- BBBenny Blanco
Yeah. I think it was instant.
- LDLil Dicky
Also, independent of our respective talents merging and being able to add to each other's talent careers, we would be best friends if we were, like, in Arkansas and we both were plumbers, you know what I mean?
- 7:40 – 12:19
Dave and Kristin’s Love Story
- KBKristin Batalucco
the best... You weren't the, you weren't, like, exhibiting the best behavior.
- LDLil Dicky
No, I was lashing out. Do you wanna hear what happened, Jay? [laughs]
- BBBenny Blanco
Please. I do wanna hear what happened. Thank you.
- LDLil Dicky
We, it was r- we met in, like, January 31st. We had our birthday party, like, six weeks later. We have joint birthday parties every year, and look, what I'm about to say is pathetic, but they really were, like, the Super Bowl of, like, being a single man.
- BBBenny Blanco
Right.
- LDLil Dicky
Like, i- i- I never would even have a bir- I never would even throw myself a birthday party if it weren't for Benny. So now all of a sudden every year I'm having, like, the most upscale birthday parties planned by him completely where all these people and women come-
- KBKristin Batalucco
Lots of women
- LDLil Dicky
... and they know it's, like-
- KBKristin Batalucco
[laughs]
- LDLil Dicky
... my party, and, like, so there's just this built-in icebreaker where, like, people wanna come up to me and talk to me. And I just had this feeling that we were gonna start dating, and I, you know, if you know me, you know that I have trouble, like, wrapping my head around, uh, not necessarily commitment, but just, like, I'm a turn over every stone kind of guy-
- BBBenny Blanco
Mm-hmm, mm-hmm
- LDLil Dicky
... in everything I do. And it really f-
- KBKristin Batalucco
The stone was here
- LDLil Dicky
... stone was right there.
- KBKristin Batalucco
There was nothing else to turn over. [laughs]
- LDLil Dicky
Now, as I continue to tell this story, I want you to know that I'm ashamed of my behavior.
- BBBenny Blanco
Go ahead.
- LDLil Dicky
This is not something that I'm proud of. But I think I just knew that we were going to end up dating and... But it was too early to be... Like, I didn't have to commit yet, to be quite honest, which is a really misogynistic thing to say. And I knew that I didn't have to commit, and I also knew my days were numbered of, of having romantic freedom because I felt like I was about to be totally in a committed relationship. And I think, I don't know, I just kind of, like, overreacted and, but for whatever reason I went into the night being like, "I'm not committed to Kristin tonight. We're not, I'm not necessarily going home with Kristin tonight. I'm gonna do my own thing."
- KBKristin Batalucco
But can I... 'Cause I, 'cause I didn't do a- You're making it seem like I went in there being like-
- LDLil Dicky
No
- KBKristin Batalucco
... we have to be, we're married.
- LDLil Dicky
No, she didn't do any of that.
- BBBenny Blanco
I'd like to hear Kristin.
- LDLil Dicky
Yes. Yeah, please.
- KBKristin Batalucco
I went in there with, like, I think there was, like, seven of girlfriends of mine, and I played it so... Like, I don't like to play it cool. It's very hard for me to play it cool.
- LDLil Dicky
Yeah.
- KBKristin Batalucco
I'm glad that Benny thought I was cool when he first met me, but that's not me.
- BBBenny Blanco
[laughs]
- KBKristin Batalucco
Um, and so I was like, "Okay. Well, this is fun. I like a party. I'm just gonna be, like, free and not expect anything from him." So I didn't all night, and then as the night came to an end, it was kind of like, well, we all know the expectation that we're gonna, like, hang out if we haven't hung out yet. And he just had such a, like, um, you had such a-
- LDLil Dicky
Of winning
- 12:19 – 19:21
From Dating to Marriage
- JSJay Shetty
What, what was it for you that went, "This is it. No more stones to be turned over"?
- LDLil Dicky
Like, I'm not the kind of guy that did what I said I just did at the thing. So I just felt a little bit bad about, I'm just not that guy, and I don't... It's like what, what am I looking for someone else when I have such a great person who wants to hang out with me? Now, at that point, I don't think either one of us necessarily knew-
- KBKristin Batalucco
I know
- LDLil Dicky
... we were going to get married. I don't think you knew-
- KBKristin Batalucco
I know
- LDLil Dicky
... we were gonna get married six weeks in.
- KBKristin Batalucco
I know. Remember, I think the first thing I said, like, on our second date, I was like, "Is this a dead end?" Like-
- LDLil Dicky
Well, yeah, so-
- KBKristin Batalucco
I was, I was angling for marriage.
- LDLil Dicky
Mm-hmm. So our second date she said, "Is this a..."
- JSJay Shetty
[laughs]
- LDLil Dicky
She said, "Is this a dead end?" It was the second date.
- JSJay Shetty
[laughs]
- LDLil Dicky
If us, if us not getting married is a dead end, it's totally possible that this is a dead end. But if you're saying it's a dead end if we aren't actually married, I can't answer that question right-
- JSJay Shetty
Because it's a second date.
- LDLil Dicky
Exactly.
- KBKristin Batalucco
Yeah.
- JSJay Shetty
But Kristin, from your side, like, you're angling for marriage on the second date. Like, you're really clear about what you want.
- KBKristin Batalucco
Yeah, yeah.
- JSJay Shetty
A, what's making it clear that this is the guy you wanna be with, and B, what's making you confident to be so clear about what you want? Because I think so many people who listen to this show, I know they actually feel quite scared-
- KBKristin Batalucco
Yeah
- JSJay Shetty
... on their second date to actually be honest about what they're looking for.
- KBKristin Batalucco
Well, I went into it being like, I was 30, and I'd come out of a long relationship, and I felt like, like I had this whole narrative in my head, which I think the narrative is true, that it's like why should women have to kind of play, like, this game of let them chase you or, like... I feel like there, so often, even with my friends, like, even with Dave, they'd be like, "Don't be too aggressive. Like, don't..." Because I very much always just said what I wanted, which was like, "I like hanging out with you. Let's hang out again." And I felt like I didn't wanna waste time, like, letting him drive the relationship. So I just thought I- it's better off that I figure out if we're a bad fit than, like, let it go too long. Also, I'm only getting older, and...
- LDLil Dicky
It is remarkable how infrequently... I went on a lot of dates. I dated a lot of people over a 10 year... N- not really any seriously, but I went on a lot of dates, and it's very rare that I was held accountable and, like, you know, where... I, I feel like oftentimes there are games that are played that, that are totally predisposed to advantage the man.
- JSJay Shetty
Mm-hmm.
- LDLil Dicky
And I was very much down to lean into that because it advantaged me.
- JSJay Shetty
Mm-hmm.
- KBKristin Batalucco
I was ready to debate. Like, I was w- I was, like, waiting for him to be like-
- JSJay Shetty
You were up for the challenge, yeah, immediately
- KBKristin Batalucco
... yeah, like, "Here are all the reasons why-
- 19:21 – 21:01
When Friendship Grows With Marriage
- JSJay Shetty
amazing, though, is that you guys are living the dream because you guys are best friends, and then your wife and your best friend are really great friends.
- BBBenny Blanco
Yeah. Yeah.
- JSJay Shetty
And that's so special, and the fact that you guys used to do your birthdays together.
- BBBenny Blanco
Mm-hmm.
- JSJay Shetty
The fact that you also all got married in the same year.
- BBBenny Blanco
Yeah.
- LDLil Dicky
Yeah, same, like, month pretty much.
- BBBenny Blanco
Months apart.
- JSJay Shetty
Same month.
- LDLil Dicky
Yeah.
- BBBenny Blanco
And, and she's so close with Selena, too.
- LDLil Dicky
Yeah.
- JSJay Shetty
Yeah.
- BBBenny Blanco
It's like-
- LDLil Dicky
It's been, it's perfect
- BBBenny Blanco
... I'm so happy it wor- Like, you know when, you know when s- one of your friends dates someone that you're like, "Oh," and, like-
- LDLil Dicky
[laughs]
- BBBenny Blanco
... and you never... No, it's crazy.
- JSJay Shetty
What would you have done? What would you have done?
- BBBenny Blanco
Oh, my God, I've been that guy. I've dated someone where my fr- I've dated multiple people where... I mean, one time I, I broke up with a person I was with, and my friends, uh, wanted to throw me a party. Like, and I said-
- JSJay Shetty
[laughs]
- BBBenny Blanco
I said, "Well, why didn't anyone tell me when I was in it?" And they said-
- LDLil Dicky
You can't
- BBBenny Blanco
... "Well, what are we supposed to tell you?"
- JSJay Shetty
Yeah, it's tough.
- BBBenny Blanco
They said, "We made, we made gestures and, and, and-"
- LDLil Dicky
Yeah.
- BBBenny Blanco
Yeah.
- JSJay Shetty
Dave, have you ever made gestures to Benny in that way?
- LDLil Dicky
No, I wouldn't, I, I-
- 21:01 – 28:41
Getting Married a Month Apart
- JSJay Shetty
Yeah, yeah. [laughs]
- BBBenny Blanco
Yeah.
- JSJay Shetty
What, what was it like, though, going from those parties to actually getting married a month apart? Like, to be-
- BBBenny Blanco
It was stressful
- JSJay Shetty
... at each other's weddings.
- LDLil Dicky
High-level partying. High-level parties. No, stressful. We were so tired. I feel like we were all really tired. I was really tired. It was- I liked it. I mean, I really enjoyed it. To me, I was like, our wedding was the best night of our lives, and it was so great, and I just remember being so happy that I had his wedding. Like, I was like, "And the fun isn't done." And I remember telling, I said to her, I said, "We should really try to have as much fun as possible," because nights don't always have this upside potential of how fun a night can be the way, and, like, we just had the most, like, very rarely do you go into a night where it has the potential to be the most fun night of your life, and our wedding, of course, had that potential. It felt so good when it actually was. Like, s- you know, I would've called a fact a fact if it was in any way-
- BBBenny Blanco
Mm-hmm
- LDLil Dicky
... shorter than I would've wa- especially 'cause we're paying all this goddamn money.
- JSJay Shetty
[laughs]
- LDLil Dicky
But it really was- Yeah, it was the best night ... it was so perfect. It was perfect.
- BBBenny Blanco
Yeah.
- LDLil Dicky
And then I just remember being so excited for his, and his was perfect, and- And we had The Bachelorette in between.
- JSJay Shetty
What, what was... Oh, go on. Sorry, Kristin. Go ahead.
- LDLil Dicky
No, we had, like, we had, it was like- Oh, yeah, bachelor party, Bachelorette ... we kept saying that we're, like, kicking off, like it was our wedding, and then we had, in between our wedding and their wedding, we each separately went on, like, you know, I went to, like, Selena's, and Dave went to Benny's, and then we had-
- JSJay Shetty
Oh, that's epic. That's, yeah.
- LDLil Dicky
Then we had the wedding.
- BBBenny Blanco
Yeah.
- LDLil Dicky
So it was, like, a fun two months.
- JSJay Shetty
Kristin, what was your favorite thing about Ben- uh, Benny and Selena's wedding?
- LDLil Dicky
Probably the vows. It's so, like, watching your close friends get married and, like, hearing the... What?
- BBBenny Blanco
No, no, I was thinking of-
- JSJay Shetty
Nice.
- LDLil Dicky
Remembering how his, his face moved when he would cry. I mean, I couldn't see anything 'cause I was behind a pole, but I heard the vows.
- JSJay Shetty
Oh, you didn't get, like, preferred seating or anything like that?
- LDLil Dicky
I did get the front row seat, but I s-
- JSJay Shetty
Yeah
- LDLil Dicky
... I didn't know if people were gonna sit-
- BBBenny Blanco
I was right there
- LDLil Dicky
... between me and Benny's family, so I, like, sat all the way to the side.
- BBBenny Blanco
She just had, she had, she had an architectural issue.
- 28:41 – 31:18
Loving Every Version of Each Other
- JSJay Shetty
Congrats.
- BBBenny Blanco
Oh, actually I don't care about your wedding. I wanna know, I wanna know this. This is my real question.
- LDLil Dicky
[laughs]
- BBBenny Blanco
My real-
- LDLil Dicky
This is not your podcast.
- BBBenny Blanco
Well, yeah, yeah. I have a question for you.
- LDLil Dicky
Yeah.
- BBBenny Blanco
I have a question.
- LDLil Dicky
Benny, I have, I have many more que- go on.
- BBBenny Blanco
I got one question.
- LDLil Dicky
I'll let you ask one question.
- BBBenny Blanco
I have one question.
- LDLil Dicky
You get one question.
- JSJay Shetty
He's gotta think of the question first. [laughs]
- BBBenny Blanco
No, no, no, no. No, no. It's such a good question. I just wanna word it the right way. Okay. You're 10 years in.
- LDLil Dicky
Mm-hmm. Tooney by Jay. [laughs]
- JSJay Shetty
[laughs]
- BBBenny Blanco
Okay.
- LDLil Dicky
I and my wife.
- BBBenny Blanco
You're 10 years in. What have you learned in this time that you, that you thought you knew when it was 10 years before, and what do you want like-
- LDLil Dicky
Yeah
- BBBenny Blanco
... the next 10 years to be like? Yeah.
- LDLil Dicky
Yeah. Good question.
- JSJay Shetty
Good question. Good question.
- BBBenny Blanco
Sorry, what? Only answer one.
- JSJay Shetty
It's similar to the way you're even talking about each other. I feel like you think you love your partner the most you could love them on your wedding day and then you realize you had no idea how much you could love them.
- LDLil Dicky
Hmm.
- JSJay Shetty
Like 10 years on it's just like I thought I loved my wife like the most I could ever love her and then you actually go through life, you go through challenges, you go through ups and downs. We, we got married, changed jobs, moved country, and moved home all in the same year.
- BBBenny Blanco
Wow.
- JSJay Shetty
And so like we went through so much and I feel like that could either break you or make you closer and for us it just brought us closer. Then the pandemic, we were stuck together every day and it brought us closer and I think that could've been a ... So I feel like when you've been through so much life together you just have so much proof.
- 31:18 – 35:52
Launching a Show Together
- KBKristin Batalucco
Yeah. [laughs]
- JSJay Shetty
But did you guys ever think, like, we're here to talk about Friends Keep Secrets.
- LDLil Dicky
Mm-hmm.
- JSJay Shetty
The show, not a podcast, not a live stream. Did you ever believe that you guys would be doing a show together?
- KBKristin Batalucco
I think it makes sense.
- LDLil Dicky
Ever, yes, 'cause we... I, I wi- I, I don't think we saw... I didn't necessarily see it coming, but it really kind of was this perfect storm of things happening at the right time. And, like, Kristen was very... She was always, even as I was making Dave, in my... Just always on TikTok and always being like, there's something that's so rewarding about real human behavior. And she was always kind of on the forefront of knowing that consumption patterns are really changing, and that was something that I, I, I, I really respect her opinion-
- JSJay Shetty
Mm
- LDLil Dicky
... about a lot of things. And that was something that was in my head. And separately, me and Benny had kind of just flirted with the idea of a podcast for years, but I never really saw it as a thing that I wanted to do. And-
- JSJay Shetty
What changed?
- KBKristin Batalucco
I think one day I was like, but what if, like, we, like, rigged our house? And what if you take the same, like, creativity that the two of you have and you try to change what this is versus trying to, like, fit the mold of what everything else is? And I feel like that's when you were... And I think Benny, like, separately had the same idea 'cause we all got on the phone, and he was like, "Yeah, we can literally..." Like, he was like, I was... So I, I just think it was the perfect storm for you to be like, "Oh, this is exciting."
- LDLil Dicky
Once I started thinking about the potential to reinvent things and make things different, then I got really excited about it. And then only when we started doing it did I, did I really, like, fall in love with everything because I say this to them all the time, m- my, me even going for it as a comedic presence only happened because I was trying to entertain my friends and be, like, the funny guy to my friends. And that is my, when I am the happiest, when I'm around my best friends and I'm, like, seeking the joke and trying to make them laugh. And then I went for it. I try, you know, I became a comedian, made my show Dave. And, like, a show like Dave, it requires so much, like, hard work.
- JSJay Shetty
I believe it.
- LDLil Dicky
And-
- JSJay Shetty
It's a great show
- LDLil Dicky
... and, like, everything that seems like it's all so fun and light and, like, the amount of brain power that goes into executing it is so next level that actually making the show Dave can be torturous.
- JSJay Shetty
Mm.
- LDLil Dicky
Whereas as soon as we started doing this, I've never had more f- it's just like I was, the inner child in me was, like, now having fun with my best friends again. And then even seeing the footage of it and understanding how it all was working, to me, I think back to Kristen's original thesis, there's nothing more compelling. I think COVID actually caused this because, like, shows stopped being made, and people were just at home, and then TikTok was blowing up. And we were just seeing over and over again human beings being themselves and being really entertaining and fun to watch. And so I think at the end of the day, things are only as good as the, the characters that, that are there.
- JSJay Shetty
Mm-hmm.
- LDLil Dicky
And we're just being ourselves, and there really is nothing purer than, like, having a great time with your best friends. And it's all, everything that's happening is so real and organic and, like, they're, like, the amount of hard laughs that are happening with all three of us as we're filming it is... I've been talking for a long time.
- KBKristin Batalucco
[laughs]
- LDLil Dicky
I'm realizing that.
- JSJay Shetty
You know, it was making a lot-
- KBKristin Batalucco
Yeah.
- JSJay Shetty
It was resonating.
- LDLil Dicky
I realize how long I've been talking.
- JSJay Shetty
It was resonating. No, I-
- KBKristin Batalucco
No, I like it
- JSJay Shetty
... I allow for that space-
- LDLil Dicky
Okay. Okay
- JSJay Shetty
... on the show because it was resonant.
- 35:52 – 39:51
The Loneliness Epidemic
- JSJay Shetty
about it on a, on a more thoughtful level is one of the things I'm trying to do with the work I'm, that we're putting out there in the world is trying to make people feel less alone.
- LDLil Dicky
Mm-hmm.
- KBKristin Batalucco
Yeah.
- JSJay Shetty
And, and I feel like this show makes people feel less alone.
- LDLil Dicky
She always says there's a loneliness, uh, epidemic.
- KBKristin Batalucco
Epidemic. Well, 'cause there is. But I felt like I realized, I do think after COVID, like, all of our social lives have... slowed down or if they haven't, there was like, there was definitely like a period where socializing beyond the anxiety of like COVID kind of cre- th- th- there was like a learning curve to kind of get back into it and putting yourself out there. And I really resonate with like TikTok, and it's not... Like, I love watching people in like Michigan or like random sta- you know, like home videos essentially of like people hanging out. And I feel like one cool thing about us is, I mean, especially Benny, not... Dave is cool, but like, I feel like when we met, Benny, you are such a good host. You always like have us over, and like we have so much fun, and we meet new people. And I think we now have the opportunity to like bring people into that experience, which is what I like on TikTok. [laughs]
- BBBenny Blanco
I'll, I'll, I'll tell you something. I was, I was with my friend the other day, and we were hanging out, and he w- he like just went through a breakup. You know, I don't ever watch myself back. I'm not like a guy that does that. I don't... Like, once it's there, it's there. I... Like, I'll ask my manager, I'll say, "Hey, did I say something stupid?" And he'll be like, "Yeah, this was stupid." And I'll say, "Okay, take it out." Like, I'm not like a, I don't wanna... I, I can't do that. I, in any... Like, I don't wanna look at a magazine. I don't wanna do any of that. But my friend wasn't feeling great, and I said, "Let me put on an episode of, uh, of, of our new show." And I put it on, and at first he's like staring at it. And he's laughing uncontrollably, and he's like, eh, just like following along to everything. And it got to the point where we start having our normal conversation, and it's just playing in the background. And it's just like, it just... We were like in it, but then we'd go do our own thing, and then we'd come back to it. And we were like, it, it was so cool to have... It's like a constant friend in the corner. And it was like whenever there was like a lull in the conversation, we would just start watching-
- JSJay Shetty
Yeah, that's nice
- BBBenny Blanco
... the, the thing again.
- KBKristin Batalucco
Cool.
- BBBenny Blanco
And it was, and it, and, and we were laughing, and we would like pause it and then talk about like our own stories. We were like, "Oh my God, that reminds me of..." And it, to me, I feel like we live in a world where there's constantly so much static and noise of like not great things. And I feel like there's a way to put something good into the earth without like pushing, like, uh, pushing it down people's throats-
- JSJay Shetty
Yeah
- BBBenny Blanco
... like trying to do like some educational... Like, it, it, it's, it's like when we did Earth. Like, we made Earth, and it had a really good sentiment behind it, but it was talking about like your penis and a baboon's butt. Like, it's like, uh, like I think there's a way to do something good for the world-
- JSJay Shetty
Yeah
- BBBenny Blanco
... and not take yourself so seriously.
- JSJay Shetty
Totally.
- BBBenny Blanco
And, and we talk about real-life shit on this podcast. It's not a podcast.
- JSJay Shetty
Yeah.
- BBBenny Blanco
But, um, it-
- JSJay Shetty
I was waiting for that, Dave
- BBBenny Blanco
... he, he's thinking it.
- JSJay Shetty
You missed your cue. It's not only.
- BBBenny Blanco
Yeah, it's multimedia.
- KBKristin Batalucco
Oh. Yeah, he wants to change the name to multimedia.
- JSJay Shetty
Multimedia.
- KBKristin Batalucco
No one liked it but me.
- BBBenny Blanco
Yeah.
- JSJay Shetty
Yeah, right.
- KBKristin Batalucco
So.
- JSJay Shetty
I, it seems a bit like '90s.
- 39:51 – 42:57
Working With Family and Friends
- JSJay Shetty
working with your wife and your best friend-
- BBBenny Blanco
Yeah
- JSJay Shetty
... in the same space.
- BBBenny Blanco
Yeah.
- JSJay Shetty
I feel like you have the hardest job.
- BBBenny Blanco
Huh, well-
- JSJay Shetty
Because that sounds-
- BBBenny Blanco
I'm happy to hear you say that, Jack
- JSJay Shetty
... you know? Yeah. I'm, I just wanted to empathize.
- BBBenny Blanco
Yeah.
- JSJay Shetty
I was like-
- BBBenny Blanco
Yeah
- JSJay Shetty
... take a moment to acknowledge that-
- BBBenny Blanco
It is true
- JSJay Shetty
... you're, you're in the middle. Like, how does, how does... Working with friends, loved ones is hard anyway.
- BBBenny Blanco
Yeah, Jack.
- JSJay Shetty
How are you, uh-
- KBKristin Batalucco
Yeah, Chuck
- JSJay Shetty
... how are you managing it?
- BBBenny Blanco
Uh, look, I really had no fear going into it because I just know both of them so well, and I've, I just feel like I, I wouldn't become this close with anyone if they, if the person couldn't analyze whatever facts at hand that are and talk about them fairly, logically, whatever. So I'm, we get in little spats and arguments all the time.
- JSJay Shetty
What's the roles usually? Who starts the fight?
- BBBenny Blanco
Oh.
- JSJay Shetty
Who continues it?
- BBBenny Blanco
All three-
- JSJay Shetty
Who ends it?
- BBBenny Blanco
... of us are equally annoying to auth- like-
- KBKristin Batalucco
Yeah.
- BBBenny Blanco
It really varies, and all of us do different things. I love, but I love all of them.
- KBKristin Batalucco
Yeah.
- BBBenny Blanco
They're so fun.
- 42:57 – 45:33
How They Make Big Decisions
- KBKristin Batalucco
Like a group conversation?
- BBBenny Blanco
Group conversations.
- KBKristin Batalucco
There's a vote? No? Well, we, I like to bring the vote in, but she, she'll never insert her opinion. I like the vote. He likes the v- We, we [laughs] ... So it's a two out of three like the vote. Yeah
- BBBenny Blanco
... we're seeing like every, like, nook and cranny. Like she like-
- KBKristin Batalucco
Yeah
- BBBenny Blanco
... she'll like, uh-
- KBKristin Batalucco
I'm sweating
- BBBenny Blanco
... she'll burp or be like sweat- Yeah, and she's so honest, and it's so rare that you see ... It's funny, I, I like her and Selena, I see why they're such good friends, 'cause it's like there's so many similarities where, like, I feel like sometimes, like you and Selena have this thing where you're both, like, so brutally honest about how you're feeling. And it's like, it's so comedic too. It's, like, funny. It's like har-
- KBKristin Batalucco
Yeah
- BBBenny Blanco
... I, I, like, can't explain it. Yeah, like you just saying, like, you're sweating. Like, I feel like mo- like most, like ... Well, especially 'cause you guys are, like, so well put together.
- KBKristin Batalucco
I would-
- BBBenny Blanco
And like you're-
- KBKristin Batalucco
Not, I'm nothing like-
- BBBenny Blanco
No, no. But like Selena-
- KBKristin Batalucco
I'm not put together
- BBBenny Blanco
... will say the same thing. She'll be like, "I'm sweating and I'm having, like, an anxiety attack right now."
- KBKristin Batalucco
Really?
- BBBenny Blanco
Like, and I, I love that about you guys. And I do feel like there's also a lot of yous out there.
- KBKristin Batalucco
Oh, yeah.
- BBBenny Blanco
That, and I think, like, you're gonna inspire people so much because you-
- KBKristin Batalucco
I wouldn't go that far, but [laughs]
- BBBenny Blanco
... no, but you wear your insecurities on your sleeve in a cool way.
- KBKristin Batalucco
Yeah.
- JSJay Shetty
Yeah.
- BBBenny Blanco
And I like it. I, I love it. I love it how she-
- KBKristin Batalucco
I like that it's cool.
- BBBenny Blanco
I like how you are.
- JSJay Shetty
How does it feel
- 45:33 – 49:29
Pre-Show Nerves and Bathroom Confessions
- JSJay Shetty
for you, Kristin? Like, obviously this is a big deal. It is the first time you're gonna be-
- KBKristin Batalucco
Yeah
- JSJay Shetty
... this is the first interview you're doing, right?
- KBKristin Batalucco
This is the first interv-
- JSJay Shetty
So-
- KBKristin Batalucco
I almost didn't come. I was gonna say that I had the stomach flu. I was like-
- JSJay Shetty
No.
- KBKristin Batalucco
I was, like, thinking of all-
- JSJay Shetty
I would've been so upset
- KBKristin Batalucco
... I know.
- JSJay Shetty
I would've taken that so personally.
- KBKristin Batalucco
And you would've known. Well, I wouldn't have ... Well, you shouldn't have. [laughs]
- BBBenny Blanco
We would've had more room.
- KBKristin Batalucco
I wouldn't have known about you.
- BBBenny Blanco
We would've had more room.
- KBKristin Batalucco
No, but I, but I knew that, um ... No, I actually like this interview. I'm doing f- fine.
- JSJay Shetty
Yeah, yeah.
- KBKristin Batalucco
There is, like, a spit bubble that keeps coming from my teeth.
- BBBenny Blanco
Here, let me see you smile.
- JSJay Shetty
Right.
- KBKristin Batalucco
That's a little bit hard.
- JSJay Shetty
No one else is seeing that.
- BBBenny Blanco
Can't see anything.
- JSJay Shetty
Yeah.
- KBKristin Batalucco
Oh, yeah.
- JSJay Shetty
Can't see anything. Yeah.
- BBBenny Blanco
Right before we did this, she had a full thing of lip sick across her whole mouth.
- KBKristin Batalucco
I-
- BBBenny Blanco
And I told her right before.
- KBKristin Batalucco
Yeah. Got it off.
- 49:29 – 51:55
Do They Believe in Astrology?
- JSJay Shetty
makes sense now.
- LDLil Dicky
Why, are you a Pisces?
- JSJay Shetty
No. All my, all my closest male friends are Pisces.
- LDLil Dicky
Really? What are you?
- JSJay Shetty
I'm a, I'm a Virgo.
- LDLil Dicky
Oh, that's-
- KBKristin Batalucco
I'm a Virgo
- LDLil Dicky
... my mom is Virgo.
- JSJay Shetty
Yeah.
- KBKristin Batalucco
I'm a Virgo, but I don't really identify.
- LDLil Dicky
Okay.
- KBKristin Batalucco
I'm on the cusp.
- LDLil Dicky
You are-
- JSJay Shetty
I'm pretty-
- LDLil Dicky
Yeah, you're-
- JSJay Shetty
I'm pretty quite Virgo
- LDLil Dicky
... you're like my mo- you do have similar-
- JSJay Shetty
Yeah, I'm very Virgo. My, uh-
- KBKristin Batalucco
When, when's your birthday?
- JSJay Shetty
6 September.
- KBKristin Batalucco
Oh.
- LDLil Dicky
Have you ever had, like, a person on here that's an expert at all that type of stuff?
- JSJay Shetty
Astrology?
- LDLil Dicky
Yeah.
- JSJay Shetty
Yes, I had an astrology expert-
- LDLil Dicky
And-
- JSJay Shetty
... Chani Nicholas, a couple of weeks ago. A couple months ago
- LDLil Dicky
... and did that, did that person make you feel like it's actual kind of scientific fact? Like, 'cause I'm al- you know, whenever anyone brings up sign or anything, I wanna be like, "What the [censored] are we talk-"
- JSJay Shetty
[laughs]
- LDLil Dicky
Like, that stuff's so inconsequential. But then there are so many times where it seems spot on.
- 51:55 – 1:13:09
Friends Don’t Keep Secrets
- JSJay Shetty
game that we created for you.
- LDLil Dicky
Ooh.
- JSJay Shetty
So your show is called Friends Keep Secrets.
- LDLil Dicky
Yeah.
- JSJay Shetty
We came up with Friends Don't Keep Secrets.
- KBKristin Batalucco
Oh. [laughs]
- JSJay Shetty
Really creative. It was like, you know. But we played a couples game with Benny, so we thought we'd play a throuples game with, with you guys.
- KBKristin Batalucco
Fun, I love games.
- JSJay Shetty
So-
- LDLil Dicky
Throuple
- JSJay Shetty
... I'm gonna give you one of these each.
- LDLil Dicky
Oh, I love this.
- JSJay Shetty
We did this.
- LDLil Dicky
Tech.
- JSJay Shetty
For Benny and Selena, there we go.
- LDLil Dicky
Yeah.
- JSJay Shetty
This is all about Kristin first.
- KBKristin Batalucco
[gasps] Cool.
- JSJay Shetty
So the way this work is the players will write down their partner's potential answers to questions before comparing answers. So this is all about Kristin. We're both gonna guess, we're all gonna guess what hopefully Kristin writes down.
- LDLil Dicky
Okay.
- JSJay Shetty
And then we're gonna see.
- KBKristin Batalucco
And I-
- JSJay Shetty
And then we're gonna do each of you. And you write down your answers.
- KBKristin Batalucco
Okay.
- LDLil Dicky
So we're writing down what we think Kristin is writing down.
- JSJay Shetty
Correct.
- LDLil Dicky
Yeah.
- JSJay Shetty
Correct. If Kristin could change one thing about Dave, what would it be?
- LDLil Dicky
I always had a fear of playing this type of game.
- KBKristin Batalucco
Can I-
- 1:13:09 – 1:19:11
Separating Work From Your Relationship
- JSJay Shetty
is: how do you separate work from your relationship? If you're disagreeing in work, does it spill over into personal and vice versa?
- KBKristin Batalucco
I would say that we... Well, I think you've been a part of it. I- Dave and I are real- This is, like, the one thing that's great about our relationship, and now I feel similarly with Benny, is that we can, we can, like, have arguments, and we can get upset with each other, and then, like, instantly kind of once we feel like we've turned over the stones in the argument or, like, gotten to a place, it's never carried over. Like, we've never been... Have we ever been mad more than a day? If even if a day
- JSJay Shetty
A day
- KBKristin Batalucco
I don't even think we've ever been mad for a full day
- LDLil Dicky
I've never been mad for-
- JSJay Shetty
No
- LDLil Dicky
Oh, oh, you guys. You two
- KBKristin Batalucco
Yeah
- JSJay Shetty
Yeah
- KBKristin Batalucco
Are you asking about us two?
- JSJay Shetty
Yeah, yeah, yeah
- LDLil Dicky
Yeah, I was
- KBKristin Batalucco
Yeah
- LDLil Dicky
But then you said something about me
- KBKristin Batalucco
Yeah, sorry
- JSJay Shetty
Yeah. Let's go on, Dave
- LDLil Dicky
Kicking my foot
- JSJay Shetty
Take it away
- LDLil Dicky
Uh, I think he asked the question because we work so- we- like, beyond even just, uh, our multimedia-
- KBKristin Batalucco
[laughs]
- LDLil Dicky
... uh, creation, um-
- JSJay Shetty
[laughs]
- LDLil Dicky
... you know, any script she writes, I'm, I'm a part of that with her. Any script I write, she's a part of that with me. So it's really... I mean, she's not a part of my musical process, though. That's my... I, I get separation there, um, because she likes more poppy stuff that I- I'm just like-
- KBKristin Batalucco
No, that's not true
- LDLil Dicky
No, she doesn't like pop music
- JSJay Shetty
No, she's the opposite. She likes less poppy
- KBKristin Batalucco
Well, d- one time I gave you a bunch of bops
- LDLil Dicky
Separation. She doesn't, you know-
- KBKristin Batalucco
He doesn't like to show me his music
- LDLil Dicky
I hate showing her my music
- 1:19:11 – 1:22:49
Do You Talk About Me When I Leave the Room?
- LDLil Dicky
So this was Kristin's question for Benny and Dave. [laughs] "Do you guys talk about me when I leave the room?"
- KBKristin Batalucco
[laughs] You have to answer honestly.
- LDLil Dicky
Not really.
- SPSpeaker
Not, not really, no.
- KBKristin Batalucco
Cool.
- SPSpeaker
Not, not really. Uh-
- KBKristin Batalucco
This was a hard thing to- hard question. I couldn't even think of a-
- LDLil Dicky
The only- It's a good question. I like it
- SPSpeaker
... the only time I remember, uh, that is at New Year's when I was like, "What are you guys talking about?" And then you, you- Dave said, "I'm not at liberty to tell you." And then he said-
- KBKristin Batalucco
Oh
- SPSpeaker
... he said, and he was just, and then I was like, "All right." And then we just started talking about something else. And then when you came over, you were like, "Are you talking about me?" And we weren't talking about you at that time.
- KBKristin Batalucco
It's a question I ask a lot.
- LDLil Dicky
Mm.
- KBKristin Batalucco
This paranoia that as soon as I leave the room. But I know that I'm, it's mostly more of a joke. I know you guys aren't-
- SPSpeaker
Yeah
- LDLil Dicky
No, we never really talk crap about her
- KBKristin Batalucco
... like, shit-talking me.
- SPSpeaker
No.
- LDLil Dicky
No, we- Or, no, we're positive [laughs] We're positive.
- KBKristin Batalucco
Ooh, do you guys say positive things behind my back?
- LDLil Dicky
She's pretty impeccable to both of us. No.
- SPSpeaker
[laughs]
- KBKristin Batalucco
Do you say positive things behind my back? Like, wow.
- LDLil Dicky
I said no to you. He said no. He just said no.
- KBKristin Batalucco
Ugh.
- LDLil Dicky
No.
- SPSpeaker
Yeah, I've said, like-
- LDLil Dicky
We do
- SPSpeaker
... I've said, like, I was so blown away by how well, uh, Kristin's done. Like, I remember we talked about that before.
- KBKristin Batalucco
So you guys see me in the room?
- 1:22:49 – 1:26:46
If I Died, Would You Still Hang Out?
- SPSpeaker
This was Dave's question. I saved what I believed to be the best for last.
- LDLil Dicky
Thank you, Jay.
- SPSpeaker
This is Dave's question.
- KBKristin Batalucco
[laughs]
- SPSpeaker
So Dave's question to Kristin and Benny is, "If I died, how often would you guys hang out or see each other?"
- KBKristin Batalucco
Wow. I, I feel like if you die, that'd be so heartbreaking and we'd be sharing, we'd be, like, experiencing similar pain. Well, me more, but I can't speak on behalf of B- Benny, but yeah, I don't know. Frequently? I don't know. Like, as much as we could. But-
- SPSpeaker
Jack, first I'd-
- KBKristin Batalucco
[laughs]
- SPSpeaker
... obviously I would edit all the things to I know how you would like them, and I'd find a way-
- LDLil Dicky
You'd get the right features?
- SPSpeaker
... to make ... Yeah, I'd find ... I, first I was talking about the show.
- LDLil Dicky
Oh.
- KBKristin Batalucco
[laughs]
- SPSpeaker
Then for, then I'd edit. I'd, yeah, I'd make sure to get the right features. We've spoken enough about-
- KBKristin Batalucco
Yeah
- SPSpeaker
... I'd, I'd be able to at least, there's, like, 15 songs I could cobble together to something great, and I would, and I would do that, and I would make sure not-
- KBKristin Batalucco
But would you hang out with me?
- SPSpeaker
... cobble together.
- LDLil Dicky
15 songs I could cobble together.
- SPSpeaker
No, no, no, no, no. To make something, like, truly, like-
- LDLil Dicky
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- KBKristin Batalucco
But would you do it hanging out with me? Isn't that the que-
- SPSpeaker
That's the question.
- LDLil Dicky
No, no, no. This was a side.
- SPSpeaker
This is what, yeah. Would she, would she, would she be involved?
- LDLil Dicky
This is a side note.
- SPSpeaker
Would you involve her in the album process?
- KBKristin Batalucco
No, clearly he's not. [laughs]
- SPSpeaker
In that? No, no, no, no. But I would involve her in-
- LDLil Dicky
Like, the rollout.
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