REShow: Lil Rel Howery - Hour 3

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I can't even wrap my head. Earlier on the show NFL Network insider Tom Pellicero, editorial director of no laying up Kevin Van Valkenburg coming up actor and comedian Lil Rel Howery. And now it's rich eyes.

Our number three of the rich eyes and show is on the air. If you missed the first two hours of this program, you missed a great conversation with Tom Pellicero, my colleague from NFL Network sitting shotgun in a car driven by fellow NFL Network information man Mike Garafolo on the way to visit fellow information man Ian Rappaport to play golf, and I got some information out of both gentlemen as they drove. Oh, I thought you had information on the round right now.

No, no, I have no idea. Feel free. You've got Pellicero's number just as much as I do. So feel free to update us on that.

And then in our number two, Kevin Van Valkenburg of no laying up gave us a whole soup to nuts. Description of what the document that we saw finally in print over the last 24 hours between the live tour and PIF, the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia and the PGA tour, what it actually says, what it actually means, what it actually spells out. If you missed that, we re air right here on the Roku channel as soon as we're done on Channel 210. There's also our podcast. Please, everyone, just go to wherever you get your podcasts and hit a subscription button for the Rich Eyes and Show podcast. We would appreciate it. There's our YouTube page, youtube.com slash Rich Eyes and Show. There's the collection page, Rich Eyes and Show collection page, part of the Roku relationship between this show and Roku.

It's a video on demand service. So joining us in about 20 minutes time, Lil Rel Howery will be here in studio. We'll have some laughs.

Good times. So a few things that we haven't hit yet today here on the show. The Buffalo Bills, Josh Allen and Stephan Diggs relationship.

We've talked about it a lot. Any information individual, any NFL individual that's come on this program, RG3, Jeremy Fowler, Tom Pelosaro, Albert Breer, Mike Florio, we've asked all of them what happened when Diggs left the facility during mandatory minicamp and the head coach of the Bills, Sean McDermott, who has since signed a contract extension through 2027, said he was very concerned about the relationship between the team and him. And then and then Diggs came back and Josh Allen and everybody says everything's fine. And what did happen? And RG3 said it was something personal between Allen and Diggs that had been left festering.

That's my word, not his. Had left been left alone, not discussed to, I guess, satisfaction until the minicamp in June that had been lingering since the playoff loss against Cincinnati in the western New York snow mid January. So and I have said, you know what, I'm not trying to stir anything up. I'm just talking about something that I think will roost potentially.

Anything that happens in the nonplaying season that can roost potentially during the playing season, affecting a win, affecting a loss, affecting a team. I'll talk about it, certainly if it hasn't been answered to my satisfaction. Now, all that matters is that it's been answered to the Bills' satisfaction, to the coach's satisfaction, but most importantly to Diggs' satisfaction and the quarterback's satisfaction. And I hope it has, because the reason why I'm bringing it up again now is that if it hasn't been handled to anyone's satisfaction, to put it to bed where it won't matter anymore. Won't matter.

Won't matter even if Diggs doesn't get the targets he maybe wants or gets the say that maybe he wants or Allen doesn't get the peace and quiet that he thinks he should have. Again, I'm reading into the situation, I am putting words into people's mouths 100% right now. I'm just reading it from afar and saying how I've seen these things before in my now 20 seasons, 20 years at the NFL network celebrating this November, that doesn't get put to bed to satisfaction, can crop up. And now is one of those times where it could crop up. Really.

Why? This quote that was in an ESPN story, or I guess it's on a, you know how ESPN on their NFL page has a whole host of reports from all 32 teams, from all reporters involved with all 32 teams. The Buffalo Bills, one paragraph on this day, written by Elena Getzenberg, quotes Josh Allen talking about former Dolphins receiver Trent Sherfield being in camp and how he's kind of enjoying what he's seeing out of this guy. Sounds normal, right? Quarterback talking up his wide receiver.

Sounds normal. You tell me how, and this is the quote that is clanking around everywhere, because a lot of people do not believe that this has been put to bed, and if it hasn't, it may be an issue. You tell me. Maybe I'm off.

Feel free to tell me I'm off. Okay, quote from Josh Allen. I've loved what I've seen from Trent so far. The dude works extremely hard. He's one of the hardest working guys in the team, doesn't complain about anything.

He's rolling right now. Yep. A totally innocuous quote. Totally.

It's innocuous. Just, if this was said last year, would you have said anything? Right? If this is said about one quarterback, about a new receiver on any team, it's like, okay, it's June, we're talking to everyone. Everyone looks great now. Right.

No defense, no pads. Do you see what I'm saying? Well, there's one particular line in there that stands out. Doesn't complain about anything. Which is, again, normally a very innocuous thing to say about any player on your team. If you're a quarterback, doesn't complain about anything. Which is what you want out of a teammate. But in this case, you're wondering, is he in fact being passive aggressive about anybody?

And my two cents to Josh Allen would be, don't measure your words. You just be you. You just be you. Keep being you because you have been insanely successful doing that. But understand people like me and shows like this and media will parse these words.

They will parse these words. So I don't want him sitting there thinking a hitch in his giddy up. Should I never say don't complain about anything because he could have been saying about that and not even thinking about Stefan Diggs at all. Total benefit of the doubt. Probably most likely. Exactly the case. But that's why I'm saying this better be put to bed, because if it's not, if it hasn't been to the satisfaction, Stefan Diggs is getting this quote texted to him 1000 percent today by somebody.

That's why I'm saying I hope it got buttoned up in the manner in which they're saying it was. Because folks like us talked about it today. Again, it's it's the Tuesday before July. Yeah. Right. We're looking for something.

Honestly, honestly, like if this was said. During I don't know, during May, during April, would it get picked up? Probably not. I don't know. I'm just throwing it out there. You know, I'm just throwing it out there. We've seen people, you know, on television talking about that awful called strike three that gave the Mariners the win over Washington last night. You know what I mean? Like that's never getting talked about.

Unless it's right now. So. That's funny. Gene in Florida. You're here in the Rich Eisen Show. What's up, Gene? Hey, Richard, just wanted to give my opinion on what's going on with the PGA.

Sure. I just really believe that there's no way they're ever going to get a deal done. But what the test has gotten out of this deal is PGA kind of threw all their players under the bus with this whole deal. So when Liv starts recruiting again, I think they're going to have a lot more players interested and have less hesitation about taking that money.

And that's just my opinion. That's an interesting point there, Gene, is that if this doesn't go through, then there'll be a lot of players that will be like, sure, I'll take your money now. You think Cammy, Chausley, Rahm, they're all going to say, hmm, probably the only one left holding the bag that won't get invited is Rory. Yeah, he's kind of he's kind of put his cards on the table. Oh, he hates Liv.

Thanks for the call, Gene. That's an interesting opinion right there. But the Saudis got more than than that.

I mean, the Saudis got out of being deposed. A. B, they got a seat at the table.

I'm still I'm still stunned. Like, that's fine. They got a seat at the table and that's what they wanted.

No deposition, seat at the table. They were fine losing two billion dollars on Liv. Didn't turn to profit.

They were literally just writing checks. I think they can. They kind of have more where that came from. We're right.

That's the point. They just wanted it. They were willing to spend whatever on Liv to get this merger done, to get a seat at the table, because that's ultimately what they wanted in the first place.

Which makes you wonder why they went through the whole charade of Liv in the first place. Well, I think you heard Kevin Van Valkenburg say they went to the PGA Tour and said, hey, we want to, you know, drop 2B on you. And they were like, pound sand. There's a lot of sand where you live.

You should pound it. And they didn't like that. And Greg Norman was in their ear saying, let's do this.

There's a lot of axes grinding with a lot of people grinding them. And I guess Norman found a very willing partner at a very willing time to say, you want to get their attention? I know how to do it. And boy did he do it. I know. Right. Like, hey, I kind of have this idea for a world golf tour once upon a time.

And they told me, forget it and then did it. So that is probably why they said, OK, we've got a lot of money. Let's go get Phil. Let's go get Tiger.

Let's go get Jack. Like they went after the most hurtful people for the PGA Tour. Dustin, Koepcke. They just needed a couple to say yes to kind of. And they got more than a couple to Shambo them. Yeah.

And then Cam Smith. That's why, again, it's very difficult to wrap your arms around like that. That cut throat.

I shouldn't. You know, that that very hardball way of going about it. Makes you think now they just pivot because there wasn't much pivot there. No, they were.

But they put it in. They expanded, lived this year. There were you know, there was talk about putting together the 2024 schedule. Greg Norman having Zoom meetings with employees and kind of get everything set. And they had no idea that Jimmy Moore and Ed Herlihy, two people who are very Jimmy Dunn. Jimmy Dunn, pardon me. Jimmy, Jimmy Dunn and Ed Herlihy were working behind the scenes. And today, Jay, there's a lot of common ground that we have found here.

How does that call go with Jay Monahan, do you think? I'm sure he's probably like, OK, because we're bleeding money and our investors and our sponsors are basically saying we're out. If you need more money from us, we're out. The math doesn't work for us. Man, oh, man. The math ain't math.

The math did not math for the PGA Tour. So before Lil Rel Howery comes out, what is you said Windhorse was doing the pointing thing involving the Cleveland Cavaliers again? Yes. So Windhorse was on. This is from ESPN Cleveland.

Yes. He had some quotes about the Cavs. I quote, I have some speculation. There's a couple of outlandish stuff that I'm not going to say right now because I'd get in trouble. I wish I could tell you more, but I know I shouldn't tease you. Windhorst on the Cavs and what moves they might make in free agency.

Well, what would that be? Darius Garland getting traded or how about this one? LeBron going back home? No.

What's the closest thing? Kyrie going back home? The team with Donovan Mitchell or Donovan Mitchell's going somewhere. I don't know why they would break that. I don't know. It's while we're already. I mean, this is wildly speculating now. Well, that's what we're doing.

That's what I mean. What would be so earth shattering like that involving the Cleveland Cavaliers? You'd think they'd be in the acquisition business because they're a top five team in the East. Weren't they interested in Tobias Harris and the Sixers asked for literally everything, including the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

Didn't I read that a couple over the weekend? Yeah. They wanted Jared Allen and Garland, I think.

And I think Craig Elo and maybe Brad Jordan. Nice. Craig Elo reference. You know. Wow. So you can't say. Wendy can't say it because we don't want to tease us. Well, you're teasing us, Wendy. Well, he's doing that.

He's doing that. One last thing, I looked it up. Do you know who the last person to wear number one for the San Antonio Spurs was?

You won't know. Is it Steve Kerr? No, it's very recent.

Oh, OK. And I'll give you a hint. Guy had a huge night in the playoffs. Second round of the playoffs. Recently?

Yes. Western Conference playoffs. Second round, huge, huge night. For his new team. Last player to wear number one before Victor Wambunyama, and one will assume since he's already in the Hall of Fame.

He will be the last person to wear number one before it's retired by Victor Wambunyama. First overall, second overall in our fantasy league. I'm not second over. You're out of your mind. You're not getting the first. I don't know.

I don't either. Lonnie Walker, the fourth. Oh, Lonnie Walker IV.

That is right. He did wear one. He wore number one for the Spurs.

Making it available for Victor Wambunyama to choose. Now that he's with the Lakers, Lonnie Walker, the fourth, who had a night for the ages, right? Yeah, he had a couple of good games.

He helped. That was against the Warriors, was it not? Wasn't it?

He just took over the fourth quarter of a game. Remember that? What, the Lakers? Yeah.

Russell Westbrook likely to stay with the Clippers, DJ. Oh boy, what do you think of that one? Yeah, let's do it. That's per Howard Beck.

What do you think of that one? Let's do it. I'm with it. Now that Chris Paul's not coming.

He's not coming. That's not a bad option, option B. Get a triple-double here and there. You've just got to stay healthy. A maddening offensive set here and there. Also, according to Howard Beck, the Blazers briefly discuss a scoot for Paul George swap. Yeah, there's a lot of... That would help Dame. Yeah, it would really help Dame.

It wouldn't help us. What if scoot? What if scoot's going to be awesome? Yeah, but scoot is... How much have you gone out of Paul George? A lot. Have you? Well, I mean, you know.

How many playoff series? Look, you're better with Paul George than you are without him. So come on. I don't know. Wow. Except what you're thinking.

The Knicks were talking about Paul George. The, you know. We're opening up a new building. We need to...

I say we. I don't even know if I'm still hanging around. Oh, come on. Like I said, man, I'm still hurt.

Just go to Vic. I mean, he's right there. He's asking you. Yeah, man. He's going to upgrade Lonnie Walker IV's number one wearing.

That's the whole point of this conversation. I guess I just... My god-brother played for the Spurs, you know. It's already been added to the... You're officially a Spurs fan. Your banner's been added.

Oh, the banner's been added. That's an old one. That's like a month old. I know.

I just like seeing it. That was right after the lottery. Two years ago, I jumped on the Crown Vic bandwagon and I said that was my guy. Okay. You're in.

You're a Spurs fan now. Are you gents ready for Lil Rel Howery? Let's do it, man. We're going to laugh. Okay, here we go. Let's roll when we come back.

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They detain you and get people on the phone and then they finally let you go to your modeling job. How many times did it happen? Once or twice. It just seems like it wouldn't happen. It happens.

Yeah. Inside of you with Michael Rosenbaum, wherever you listen. Back here on The Rich Eisen Show, we talked about The Outlaws with Adam Devine on Friday, and it's now time to do it again with Lil Rel Howery here in studio. Good to see you, sir.

What's going on? Congrats on the movie. Thanks, man.

Congrats. Such a funny movie. It is a funny movie. And Adam Adam was here. It's funny. I mean, what a cast, too. Yes.

So yesterday we had our premiere last night. Oh. You know, it's funny. It's hard not to like stare at Pierce.

It's like it's kind of uncomfortable. Like, you want to speak to him? You're like, no, I want to bother him. And you look at all the pictures, he's just standing there randomly, like looking cool.

And all he has to do is just stand randomly. And he is cool. He is cool. I don't I don't even remember when he left yesterday.

We all were still partying. I think he just like cool people sneak out of parties. He ghosted. No, I see him eat a burger.

I want to speak to him. We both was eating the burgers, the little sliders. Pierce Brosnan eats sliders? Wow. What the hell? He looks like that?

What are you writing down? Pierce Brosnan slider for a fantasy name? Yeah, fantasy name.

I don't even know what the avatar for that would be. Oh, my gosh. I've got Lil Rel Howery here on The Rich Eisen Show. We're back on The Rich Eisen Show radio network, sitting at The Rich Eisen Show desk, furnished by Grainger.

With supplies and solutions for every industry, Grainger has the right product for you. Call clickgrainger.com or just stop by. Ellen Barkin, Pierce Brosnan, Nina Dolrev, Adam Devine and you, Lil Rel. How late night, how late did the night go? It went late. We had fun. It was like a, I guess a lot of the premieres just started back again.

It's my first premiere for one of my own projects in a long time. So with Adam and Nina, all of us are friends. So, you know, it was shot o'clock last night. So are you playing hurt today? Are you, are you playing a little hurt today?

You know what's funny? Like when, you know, we've been on strike, so I really ain't been doing anything. So I'm chilling. I think whatever happened last night, I woke up on time, got the kids up, got the boys dressed. Fantastic. And you were here, which I'm thrilled. By the way, I'm, I'm absolutely thrilled to have you back here on the show. So you are from Chicago.

All day. Okay. And so you are Bulls, Cubs, Bears, Cubs, Bears. What do you think of Justin Fields being the quarterback of the Chicago Bulls? I was dreaming the day we draft or have an athletic quarterback. Yeah. Like I've been looking for, like we've had defenses for years, right? Cutler wasn't as athletic enough for you?

No. Justin Fields is one of my favorite players right now. I don't blame you. And so I like what we've done in the off season.

So I'm excited about this season. Okay. Yeah. I think Justin Fields is the man to the point where, you know, we were talking the other day of whether Atlanta is going to rue the day that they didn't draft him two years ago.

A hundred percent. But who cares? Well, I'm just bringing that up just to say how much we appreciate Justin Fields and bring that up, too, because they could have they could have drafted, you know, like Bryce Young and traded him. That was part of conversation for a hot minute back in January. I was so I was actually like that day was a part of some type of NFL draft thing.

Some like with like Deion Sanders. And I forgot who was all on this little weird zoom thing we was on. And I yelled when we drafted. I was so happy. I think that was two years ago. I don't know if I was on that yet. Were you hosting that? That was that was that was the pandemic year.

Justin Fields was drafted the year after and they did that zoom one more time. And you were on that with Prime. Have you met Prime? You ever met Deion?

Not not in person, but I want to meet like we message each other because he's he's like a big fan of comedy. Yeah, he is. Like I think I'm going to take a trip to Colorado. Yep. And just do all the cool stuff. Everybody keeps seeing people doing all these cool stuff. Right. But I ain't never been really invited.

So I want to go. Well, Deion's one of the funniest people I've ever met, by the way. Like if he wanted to do if he ever wanted to do comedy, he could do it. He should do a one man show, actually. He's doing he's doing it just as the coach of Colorado Buffalo football right now. It seems like, you know, for real, though, like if he got a theater set there and just told those two because one of the thirty four thirties he did kind of felt like a one man show. Right.

When he was nobody else was interviewed. Correct. It was just him talking about playing both those games the same day.

Right. Where he he's told so many stories that are laugh out loud, funny, but just him also being himself. I've got Lil Rel Howery here on the Rich Eisen Show where and then you also forget that he was an outstanding baseball player, too. In his time, where years ago we were in Green Bay and we were waiting for our flight to go after Thursday night. And we were I guess I'll tell this tale out of school.

We probably were so early on the NFL Network. Didn't know we shouldn't have done this, but we were at a blackjack table waiting to get to our flight because there's, you know, a casino in Green Bay. And we were sitting there playing blackjack and I was at the end of the table in the third base position. And he was so happy with my play. He nicknamed me Terry Pendleton because that was his favorite third baseman of all time. And I honestly it took me like two minutes to figure out why is he calling me Terry Pendleton?

And then he proceeded to tell me, you know, third base, outstanding position. That's so right. But that's like this is so funny, right? Because Prime I feel like has two different lives. He's the dad Prime now. Yes.

But then he was like Jerry Curl. Yeah. 15 Mr. T Chainz on.

Post and SNL. Never wore a shirt. Yeah. Oh, he was like the first jacket, no shirt guy consistently.

You know what I mean? Like he really was like he was the first one to do that. Like Bo Jackson wouldn't even do that. Right. Deion Sanders was the first no jacket, Jerry Curl consistency. Yeah.

Of that. No matter what the weather was. Well, see, he was a he would not wear a shirt. He'd have a fur coat on with no shirt on. I know. In Green Bay.

In December. He would never consider that football weather either. He's from Florida. He always says the football weather is 75, 80 degrees.

He and Michael Irvin are lockstep on that. Like football weather is not 20 degrees. Football weather is winter weather.

Now, that's a Chicago Bear fan talking right there. Yeah. But it's like why would you want to be hotter with all that equipment on?

Interesting choice. Absolutely. That's a good point. That's a good point. The only time it's cool is when they went to crop tops at practice.

Like, not in the game. Did you ever go to Soldier Field as a kid? Did you ever do that?

I didn't get to Soldier Field till I became an adult. Okay. Which is like I guess it's a lot of the stuff now because that's I'm literally reliving everything again. I bet.

You know what I mean? And like like I was telling you earlier, I threw out the first pitch last weekend at the Cubs game. Like I went to that was the first time I put my foot on Wrigley Field. So me and my brother was there like touching the grass.

Oh my gosh. We looked like little kids. So who was your Cub growing up? Who was the guy that you... Andre Dawson.

There's no question. I have a I have a signed Andre Dawson jersey in my house. It's my favorite thing. My manager bought me one of those things for my birthday a couple years ago, but huge Andre Dawson. I loved him too. He was so great. He was so great.

And he wasn't a big guy, but just had power. He was a power hitter. He was out there in the outfield, Ron Sandberg in the infield. That's one of my favorite Cubs teams is that team. It was Rick Sutcliffe was pitching. You had Mark Grace came along at some point. You had Sean Dunstan. Yeah, Dunstan at short. Such a great day. Yeah.

And Andre Dawson. How was your first pitch? Oh, it was great. Come on now. I played baseball, so.

OK. It was weird because I brought a glove. Nobody usually brings a glove to a first pitch.

I didn't realize people didn't do that. So you brought a glove. Yes. To throw out a first pitch. Yes. OK. What, you think you're getting the ball back from the catcher?

I don't know. We got to lead with your glove. It was crazy. I was like doing all my ball because he was like, were you practicing? I'm like, no, I love baseball. Yeah. I'm gonna come to Wrigley Field and throw the first pitch and I don't bring a glove. Come on.

I got it. So but you threw a strike? I threw a strike.

OK. Because you've seen some of these first pitches lately. Oh, it's terrible. I'm really good at it.

They're gonna bring me back. OK. Very good.

They'll never show the good pitches, which is weird. Yeah. Isn't that right?

They're the only ones that get bounced. Oh, there you are. Oh, you weren't on the top of the mound, though. OK, here we go.

This is the truth. OK. I thought the lady told me I couldn't stand up there.

I think she was giving me an option, but I think I thought she told me I couldn't go up there, so I didn't do it. OK. A hundred percent. But look at that. You see that form? That's a nice form.

That's a nice form. First of all, I threw heat because the mascot called. You heard it. Boggled him down.

You know what I mean? And how was the take me out to the ballgame? Because you got to see you could go faster than the actual organ.

The organ plays real slow. You got to be careful about that. It was perfect. It was weird because it was trying to give me all this guidance. I'm like, do you understand? I've been singing this since I was six years old.

So, yes, let's go. And so I say I try to do in a Harry Caray voice, but it came off like DMX. How does that sound?

How does that sound to me? It's like I was doing The Simpsons version of it and I was at most thinking out drunk is is the is the way I killed it. I gave my whole I came out. Let me hear you.

I did all that. It was it was crazy. Everybody thought it was dope. I met Harry Caray once at eleven in the morning because they had had I was a student reporter for Northwestern. And I believe Tom Treblehorn was just about to be announced as the new Cubs manager in 1994. I think that's who it was. Wow. And it was a press conference at eleven in the morning at Wrigley Field. I got there at 10 a.m. to be early because, you know, I was a student and who was already sitting there at the bar with a Bloody Mary.

But Harry Caray. Oh, that's a great story. And this is way before, you know, phones or whatever. I didn't have a I would have taken a picture just to see him. I don't think it was a Virgin Mary at all.

I don't think it was. Which picture would you take? Like the one like the stalking picture where you don't ask to take a picture with somebody? Well, at the time at the time, I would have taken the stalking picture, you know, because I was crazy because we think about cell phones. But could you imagine somebody with a full blown camera just walking around, just like, hey, man, what you doing? Technically, you know, it's so funny because now you can sneakily do it and people can do that to you. But it's very like a full blown. Yes, the full blown camera.

It would be really odd to if you use the full blown camera as a selfie. It's so funny, like Wrigleyville is so off the chain. That was my first time to actually I stayed like across the street from Wrigley Field this time. In one of the apartments that is across the street from Wrigley Field? I did not stay in an apartment, no. It's a hotel.

I didn't know they had a hotel there across from Wrigley Field. I'm not suggesting you're crashing on someone's couch. Well, I know that you're big time.

I understand that. But I just didn't know there was a studio Airbnb. No, I was at the hotel and I hung out. Like it is every single day there's a game. It's like a big it looks like Mardi Gras.

Yes. It was so I had so much fun at Wrigley Field. Like I was like, you know, I didn't know. And it's so weird.

I lived on the west side of Chicago, but I never experienced it. Yeah. But it was crazy. I had so much fun.

It is great there. Lil Row, how are you here on The Rich Eisen Show, Friday, July 7th, streaming on Netflix, The Outlaws, which is available right here on Roku because Netflix is right here. How did you get involved in Get Out? How did that come about for your career, Lil Row?

I mean, it's a pretty simple audition. OK. No, before I did, like Jordan Peele told me about it at a party first. And I remember kind of like being like, you did what? You wrote a horror film? OK, sir. Because, you know, you know, for comedy, it's like, yeah, I hear you. But the way he started describing it, I'm like, oh, you really into horror. OK.

Yes. And then by the time the script came to me and I went to read for it when I was reading it, it just felt like it was me. Like it literally sounded like how I talk, my cadences and everything. And I was like, if I don't book this, I'm a terrible actor because this sounds like me. And so did he tell you this is the role that I think you should play when he told you about the movie?

By the time the movie came out is when I saw him do an interview and he said when he was writing it, he had me in mind. And that's why it sounded like me. I'm not crazy. Right. This sound like me. If I don't book this, I'm a terrible actor.

I can't even book me. Right. But yeah, it was it ended up being one of the greatest.

It's such a great story. Like just to see what everybody has done since Get Out, like all of us. Yes. It kind of just implemented all of us in Hollywood. Like it made me like basically like a movie star is what that. He told me that actually called me while he was editing the movie and he told me to get ready.

I just know what your price is. Get your money because you're about to be working. That's what Jordan Peele told you. Yep. And I don't blame you for saying, wait a minute, because, you know, Key and Peele was one of the funniest shows on television. It's so many dark sketches. Like it's a sketch they do is like a workout. They like the guys working out and it's like a guy with this sign, like your family just got murdered.

They still got to keep working out. It's so dark. Oh yeah. There's definitely some subversive humor on that show. No question about it.

But Get Out is way out there. And when you read the script, did you read it like from start to finish or start to finish? Were you like, OK, wow, that's.

I thought two things. Either we was going to be kicked out of Hollywood. Right. OK. Yeah.

Can't kill all these white people when we drive off. Like that's that's going to end it. OK. Yeah. So it was like it was people like this movie. But when the trailer came out and we went to do reshoots. I remember all of us sitting in at a bar and we saw all these millions of hits for all the trailers that was like on YouTube.

We like, yo, is this about to be a thing? Oh, yeah. Yeah, right. So like even the moment the premiere, I'll never forget, is one of my favorite moments is when I showed up at the premiere. No press was really talking to me. You know, they had to interview me. OK, you're in the movie. Nice. When we walked out the theater was me, my manager, my date at the time and my publicist.

And I was like, yo, that was crazy. Right. Like talking to them.

And you know how like they have like usually like the cast at the bottom and like the people they invited. By the time they came down there, everybody literally bun brushed me. And I was like, what the hell is happening?

Right. And the security had to walk me to my car. I remember all of us getting to the car. I'm like, yo, this is different.

Is my life about to change a little bit? Jordan was right. He was he was he was right.

He's so. And I mean, I went to see. No, I love I love whatever Jordan does. Jordan pitched me a TV show idea, which I I feel bad at the time I did my show. And so I turned down the show. He pitched me. But it was such a great idea.

Sometimes I want to call him. Hey, man, you want to. Yeah, let's revisit. What is it? I'm sorry I picked the other show. Do you want to say what it is?

No, I can't. It's his idea. It's a great show idea, though.

OK, so why don't you revisit when all this craziness on which strikes gets over with? I think so. It was him and J.J. Abrams approached me about something. I know, man, I get it. At the time, I was like, I want my own show and with my friends. And that's why I did that. And that was fun. It's like, you know, LeBron is inviting to play pickup, you know, and I got my own game. I'm going to play with Conan O'Brien and Pete Davidson.

I'm not playing with LeBron. Oh, my gosh. Well, that's a great story, man.

And that, you know, that movie still, you know, obviously will forever stand the test of time. It is. It is.

You know, I look at like in the show, I do a lot of reflect because this year is such a it's going to be such a fun year. Like Outlaws is the first thing coming out. But I got a movie coming out every month until the year is over with. Is that right?

Yeah. So that means you'll show up every month here? If you want me to, I'll come and promote every last one.

What's it doing? I'm happy to do that. Deal. It's going to keep Vacation Friends 2 in August. It's going to be it's so much funnier.

OK. It's called Honeymoon Friends. It's nothing like the I love a good sequel. I was scared to do a sequel, but I'm like, oh, this is a perfect sequel. So it's a great sequel.

Very good. Same cast? Same cast. We added Steve Buscemi. It's Steve Buscemi.

Yeah. And he's so funny. You got a good Steve Buscemi story for me? You know, it's funny.

I don't even know if I have a good story. I just know we all became friends. And that was enough for me. We was all we shot most of the stuff in this resort.

So in Hawaii. So like after like that's the first one, that's the best way to shoot. Like you say cut and like, no, I'm just here. Like I stayed on the beach after I've never done. No, I'm just here. I'm gonna take a nap.

See you tomorrow. Watching the crew put stuff up. I'm just sitting on the beach chilling.

That's what you do in Hawaii. Vacation Friends 2, Paw Patrol 2. I'm in that. Oh, OK.

Very fun. All right. How old are your kids? Oh, I'm old now.

Fourteen, thirteen and six. OK. So they've aged out of Paw Patrol?

No, they don't. I'm in it. They gonna have to watch it.

I don't care if they thirty two. A movie called The Mill that I'm excited about. It's a sci fi thriller. Ninety seven percent. Just me. OK.

In the movie. I'm so proud of it. I just saw another cut of it yesterday. I'm producing it and also starring in it. Fantastic.

And it's going to be on Hulu also where Vacation Friends 2 is. But I'm proud of this. Like this is I don't think I'm not saying I should win awards, but if I was to win awards, it better be for the mill. OK. And then I play Santa Claus for Dashing Through the Snow, which comes out. Yeah. Christmas. Christmas. OK, so here's what we got. You can come on and promote. Which ones in August?

We got Honeymoon Friends 2, which is August 25th. So I'll come back. You come back. That's when we'll talk about the Cubs making a playoff run and the Bears about to start the season. And the Cubs is hot. The Cubs is hot.

It's so weird, too. I'm like, who is on this team now? Like, I went to see the Dodgers and I didn't know anybody. But they're good. But I'm in. I'm in. I love a good rebuilding team that play hard.

You know, David Ross, you know, the you know, the manager, you know, he's cool. OK. All right. So you got and then you come back in October or November. I'll come in back this maybe September for Paw Patrol, too. OK, that's when the Bears will be 4-0. Oh, that'd be great.

Yeah. And then I'll come back for Halloween time for the mill. Cubs World Series. Oh, that'll make me so happy.

And then I'll come back for Dashing Through the Snow, where I play full blown Santa Claus. We'll talk about the Bulls starting 14-0. I wish I, nah, you see how excited I was about everybody. You can blink an eye with the Cubs winning the World Series and, you know, the Bears starting 4-0, but the Bulls. Baseball has been so much fun this year. OK.

The Cincinnati Reds look fun, too. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know if you've seen this kid, Ellie Dela Cruz, play that kid who just tripled for the cycle the other day, who runs like 10 seconds from home to third. He's unbelievable. That kid was unbelievable. It's so interesting. I want to do like the new rules, make baseball fun again, because it's faster now. No question. Lil Rel Howery, it's better.

It's faster. That shift is the worst thing that ever, ever was. Left handed hitters lining out to right field and it's caught by a third baseman. Like, what the hell are we doing? You know what I mean? Like, I do love the new rules. I think it's great. And, you know, I'm with you. I'm with you on that front. Man, it's so much faster. It was weird. The game was like two and a half hours.

I'm like, that's it? I know. Drive home safely.

Drive home safely. The Outlaw is available for streaming on Netflix on Friday, July 7th. And again, Netflix is available right here on Roku at Lil Rel for on Twitter at Comedian Lil Rel on Instagram. Thank you for the time. As always, appreciate it. I always love hanging out here. Right back at you. Yeah, right back at you.

And so many projects coming up. I look forward to having you back here. We wrap up the show in a moment, your phone calls and so much more.

I also love the story that you've told. And if you wouldn't mind telling the audience here as well at the combine, when you would be pulled into rooms and you didn't know which room you were being pulled into by which. Yeah, yeah, I was I was I was, you know, it come back and back in that day, everybody was reaching for ages in the hotel. Everybody was there, but it wasn't scheduled. It was scheduled structure. You can't be in a hotel. You can't be on the premises. Then it was everything as well.

So I'm backing away from crowds and people trying to grab me. I backed into this room and the Giants was there and it was the Giants room and they had people sitting down taking these tests. What do they call these things? Oh, yeah, like a psychology. That's right.

I mean, the thing was that thick, man. And I sat down and they gave me this thing. What is this? This is this test. And, you know, we need you to take it. I said, oh, what do you have?

It's like the 10th. I'd be I'd be going for it. I'd be gone.

I'd be way gone. And then let's just get into it here. I mean, Belichick said he watched you run the 40th. And that you ran it and then ran into the tunnel. And is it true? That's not true. OK. You did not run into a waiting car and being taken. No, because I had more interviews than all of that. No, that story just grows and grows. It is. It is.

That's not true. I did everything that I was asked to do now. I didn't lift. I didn't do none of that because Jerry Rice to this day had laid across my arms. Bitch pressing. You know, I don't know where that comes from. You say that when you're watching the defensive backs.

I hate the weight reps of 225. What have you ever said, man? Well, if that guy would have got one more rep, you'd have been there on that play. Never out of three cone drill like this has nothing to do with nothing. So I didn't do any of that stuff. Right. Yeah. Well, it all worked out.

Yeah. Sending all my best to Deon Sanders as he recovers from surgery in the great state of Colorado. And I love that man. Love you, Prime.

Be well. Back here on the Rich Eisen Show. Funny chat with Lil Rel Howery right there. I hope he does come back.

I'm sure he will. I mean, we'll invite him. I got a question for you.

OK, TJ. So you were talking about, you know, the Harry Caray thing when you walked into the bar. Of course, it was pretty cell phone day. So it just kind of made me think for you guys, like, what is like the one photo op that you could have gotten, but you didn't.

You mean other than him? I mean, Lady Gaga, the Super Bowl after going to the Super Bowl. I'm used to saying I'm going to get one having an opportunity than saying 15 million reasons why not.

Is that OK? Something like that is what you're referring to. So I mean, I'm sure. So what are you saying? Like been in positions where it's like, man, I got another one.

I mean, I'm sure you have many regrets about not getting James Earl Jones at L.A.X. Wow. That's a good one.

Right next to me. What do you mean? Talking to him.

I was chatting with him and I was like, didn't pull. I didn't think about when was this was probably when you'd still have like a regular foot. Like a Blackberry or Blackberry. Yeah. You know, I years ago just to once again using a halftime musical act. Thanks, Rich. As an as a reference, you know, in Indianapolis, I interviewed Madonna live on NFL Network. Oh, so it's around 11, 12.

Yeah, it's 2011. The the Giants and their photos. So I'm interviewing Madonna and live in Radio Row. Could you imagine how many people were there?

Five, six, seven, 10 rows deep. They brought Madonna from the press conference live to the NFL Network set in Radio Row. And she was, I could tell, nervous because she's kind of like wondering, this is NFL Network. You know, like celebrities sometimes are afraid.

I'm going to ask them, what about you know, how's Ahmad Bradshaw's game going to affect the Super Bowl? Madonna. So Madonna, you know, but of course, I'm not going to do that.

But I was also a little bit, you know, nervous, too. It's Madonna. You know, I mean, my gosh, this is the person who and I like the Rich Eisen from high school was now still bubbling deep inside me. Like, are you kidding me? This is Madonna.

I'm interviewing. I get it. So but I wanted it documented in some way, shape or form. So I took out my Blackberry. And looked for anybody on the set who would be willing to take photographs of me interviewing Madonna live using my Blackberry, which is the only thing I had at my disposal. Now, you, TJ, you don't know this story yet, right?

This is the first time you're in this story. So Bachman knows this story. And Mike Del Tufo definitely knows this story because the person I handed my Blackberry to who took the blurriest worst pictures of all time. Literally, it was as if it was taken by the Hubble telescope. Me and Madonna on the ground. It was Mike Del Tufo. I handed Mike the Blackberry. They were the worst photographs.

Ever. They weren't zoomed in. They were like wide shotted. They were blurry. I have a better photo. I just sent Hoskins that you didn't get, but I was taking two cameras. I was using the Blackberry and a regular camera. So there was a hidden camera, an unknown camera. You're about to reveal to me a dozen years later. I didn't see the picture. I just sent it to Mike. Are you really serious?

This is not a photograph from like the NFL Network official photographer who thankfully was also there on the scene to take these photographs. Amazing you bring this up. Yes. And it would lead to this.

Because I was just thinking like, who would be mine? But this is interesting. So you're saying you had a second camera, like a second spitter?

Yes. I'm going to show it to you right now. This has been 12 years in the making. Twelve football seasons in the making. I believe this was the 2012 calendar year where Madonna did halftime and Indianapolis between the Giants and the Patriots for a second time.

And I took another phenomenal picture of Madonna too that's going to come up. Watch Hoskins. I mean, I don't know. I can't. Yes.

There you go. You didn't take that photo. That's the NFL Network's photo. You did not take that photo Mike. I have a whole photo roll from that that I took. I took like 12, 13 pictures and I had other pictures. You got the Blackberry.

I was taking double duty with it. I'm almost sure that's an NFL Network official photograph. I'm going to send another picture. It's a Getty image. That's the Getty image.

No, this is a Getty image. No, that's my picture of my life. That's my picture.

Excuse me, Mike Del Tufo. This is your picture. This is your picture, Rich. That's my picture too. I get it.

Keep going. That's my picture. I have the whole role, but Mike was my camera.

Mike, first of all, thanks for waiting 12 years to tell me. That's my picture. Secondly, we have a relationship, the Rich Eisen show with Getty images, which is why we have all of these phenomenal stuff.

Why would I hold Getty images on my phone? Dude, I'm explaining to you, Hoskins also pulled a Getty image. That's the Getty image. Yes, that's a different camera. By the way, this one is an outstanding photo.

I like yours better. You know why, Mike? Because that one, it's just Madonna smiling. It could just be pleasant. This is me making her laugh. And I put Madonna at ease with my charm and also questioning skills.

This was Formula E at work a dozen years ago. I did take crappy photos with the Blackberry. Thank you, Mike. You were terrible.

They were horrible. I had never used a Blackberry to take a picture. So why didn't you send me these afterwards? Why don't you say, I've got my own camera. I'll do it for you instead of grabbing my Blackberry and making me for a dozen years think I don't have a picture. By the way, I put these in the phone at February 2012 in the Facebook.

Madonna on set. Beautiful. I believe you. I totally believe you.

May I have them now? Yes, I will. Unbelievable.

Can you believe it? Years later. I'm scrolling Getty seeing if there's anything else from that. That's all right. That's okay.

I've got one and it's Mike's best photo of me having Madonna at ease laughing. You know what I mean? Years later. That's it. I come back to the Gaga photo.

Strike a pose. There's nothing to it. Unbelievable. And then you'll find out 12 years later the photos exist.

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