Israel Adesanya Interview: Master Your Emotions, Control Your Feelings
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00:00:00 Israel Adesanya interview introduction
00:00:35 Adesanya's come-up in fighting
00:02:05 “Stay broke, stay woke baby!”
00:02:47 Money management and trusting your team
00:05:23 How therapy took him to the next level
00:06:40 Depression has his UFC debut
00:07:59 Friendships and the importance of alone time
00:08:30 Importance of visualization and planning
00:09:29 Mental preparation for UFC 253 Adesanya vs Costa fight
00:11:05 On not taking things personally and being patient
00:11:33 Activating “God Mode” when he’s fighting
00:12:13 How we all have different sides to ourselves
00:15:17 Stepping into your role when it’s time to fight
00:15:28 Avatar and tapping into your “Avatar State”
00:15:50 Adesanya vs Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 236
00:16:30 Importance of detaching from outcomes
00:17:07 Humility and how anyone can lose at anytime
00:17:45 Navigating the challenging moments in fighting
00:18:50 Self-preservation and taking control of your mind
00:20:15 Leveraging your emotions to your advantage
00:20:52 Controlling happiness, sadness, fear, excitement
00:21:58 Why he doesn’t attach himself to belts and status
00:22:47 Plans and ambitions beyond the octagon
00:23:21 Creating change and not seeking validation
00:23:59 Starting a family and goals as an entrepreneur
00:24:55 Love of creating, video games, voice over work
00:25:35 Creativity, fighter stereotypes and living freely
00:26:29 Being comfortable with yourself, living your truth
00:26:44 Fighters being actors, getting stuck in character
00:27:58 Kids and maintaining your childhood imagination
00:28:41 September 4th 2013: the day he quit his job
00:29:07 His learning style, books, audiobooks, “look-see-do”
00:29:55 Why we need to normalizing logging off Instagram
00:31:13 Why nobody is “normal” and being honest with yourself
00:31:55 A powerful story he’s never told anyone before…
00:33:43 Being honest with yourself and accepting flaws
00:34:49 Failing to quit his job but still not giving up
00:35:50 Keeping a “Vision Folder” or catalog of goals
00:37:00 How Adesanya lives a balanced life and keeps it together
00:39:01 Israel Adesanya interview conclusion
And yes, this is the official Jones tweet interview.
seen this as an ad. the only ad ive ever clicked on
Given what those ads cost, your comment means the world to me haha subscribe and stick around if you enjoyed the interview!
I love to watch all about israel every videoclip and i all watch
Honestly
@@BrianJRoberts Subscribed!! Keep 'em coming! ty
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Best interview with Izzy hands down, there's much to learn from this master. Thanks for sharing his great advice & life experience!
Smoke some weed and take notes from the Hokage.
He said he would give his dawg meat 🥩 & he would eat soup to survive.. this guy is a man of honor I love it 🥺
A man of honor and principle right here ✊
The African Bruce Lee. This Izzy dude is already a legend to me and over 200 million Nigerians. Champion mentality.
A true champion, in and outside the Octagon 💯
His words on how he visualizes certain scenarios and comes up with a great counter strategy had me amazed. He said, so by the time it actually happens in a fight, it feels like deja vu and second nature.
Agreed, one of my favorite moments of the conversation too
The love I've got for Israel àdésanyá...naija spirit 🔥🔥🔥🔥
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I’ve watched a lot of Izzy interviews this is by far one of the best, if not the best. Really got to understand the psychology of a champion💪🏾💫
That’s the best compliment we could ask for, it was our goal going into this to take it in a different direction-we’re glad you enjoyed it!
That's really great. You guys made Izzy shows his smart side. I've been watching him, i notice already that he is a deep guy, but you guys allowed him to go to this topics. Sometimes when we see a figther we tend to think that they only knows about fighting, but that's not case. GREAT GREAT INTERVIEW.
Im lucky, i got to speak to him for about 15 minutes in Queenstown NZ this weekend. A very nice guy. What struck me was his intelligence but also how actually gentle of a person he is when not fighting. Very calm nature. I didnt find him intimidating which is odd as he is a killer in the cage.
Great interview. Izzy is very smart. He's controlling his destiny by tapping into these parallel universes and choosing the one that favors him.
Izzy is on his way to being the middleweight goat. Love his story and he indeed is inspiring with the way he goes about his craft and being himself
For your convenience: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:35 Adesanya's come-up in fighting 00:02:05 “Stay broke, stay woke baby!” 00:02:47 Money management and trusting your team 00:05:23 How therapy took him to the next level 00:06:40 Depression has his UFC debut 00:07:59 Friendships and the importance of alone time 00:08:30 Importance of visualization and planning 00:09:29 Mental preparation for UFC 253 Adesanya vs Costa fight 00:11:05 On not taking things personally and being patient 00:11:33 Activating “God Mode” when he’s fighting 00:12:13 How we all have different sides to ourselves 00:15:17 Stepping into your role when it’s time to fight 00:15:28 Avatar and tapping into your “Avatar State” 00:15:50 Adesanya vs Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 236 00:16:30 Importance of detaching from outcomes 00:17:07 Humility and how anyone can lose at anytime 00:17:45 Navigating the challenging moments in fighting 00:18:50 Self-preservation and taking control of your mind 00:20:15 Leveraging your emotions to your advantage 00:20:52 Controlling happiness, sadness, fear, excitement 00:21:58 Why he doesn’t attach himself to belts and status 00:22:47 Plans and ambitions beyond the octagon 00:23:21 Creating change and not seeking validation 00:23:59 Starting a family and goals as an entrepreneur 00:24:55 Love of creating, video games, voice over work 00:25:35 Creativity, fighter stereotypes and living freely 00:26:29 Being comfortable with yourself, living your truth 00:26:44 Fighters being actors, getting stuck in character 00:27:58 Kids and maintaining your childhood imagination 00:28:41 September 4th 2013: the day he quit his job 00:29:07 His learning style, books, audiobooks, “look-see-do” 00:29:55 Why we need to normalizing logging off Instagram 00:31:13 Why nobody is “normal” and being honest with yourself 00:31:55 A powerful story he’s never told anyone before… 00:33:43 Being honest with yourself and accepting flaws 00:34:49 Failing to quit his job but still not giving up 00:35:50 Keeping a “Vision Folder” or catalog of goals 00:37:00 How Adesanya lives a balanced life and keeps it together 00:39:01 Outro
when he said "be patience?"
Thanking u soo much...
Very thoughtful of you. Thanks for this
Awesome how you broke it down into sections. And great questions too
@@c0nstant.elevati0n thank you! Hope you enjoyed this one and please, subscribe and stick around if you haven’t already. Have several new interviews lined up that I hope you’ll enjoy!
Izzy is intelligent. .. .i wish all the haters will watch this and learn to respect this guy.
Very smart guy, hard not to root for him after this!
So true.
They don't understand him, so they can't relate to him.
It's not really that they don't understand him, it is just that they are haters with their own personal issues, and inability to accept reality. Also, the R-word which a lot of people are scared to mention for fear of being called racists. A lot of his haters are bleeding heart racists who his success goes against their whole vision and fabrication of what they want the world to be.
Jon calls Izzy his fan while he watches his interviews on KZhead lmao
The fact Jones watched my interview on my little channel blew my mind. I wish he included my name instead of calling me "Interviewer" but I get it, he didn't want to give Izzy any promo haha twitter.com/jonnybones/status/1317534821527154689
I love that super eagle watching
One of my favorite things too
I love the hug at the end 😂. That was the best
It was a special moment to close out a special interview!
Thought provoking and very interesting this guy has levels that most of us only dream of such a cool dude great interview definitely one of my favourites
I really respect how the interviewers let him speak instead of cutting him off all the time.
Now these are questions no one else has asked Izzy. There are frighteningly complex layers to Izzy. To beat him you have to go mental and spiritual to stand a chance. I’m interested to see who he finally becomes because he’s obviously evolving.
Great description you wrote. When you think of how dangerous of a fighter he is, that’s a great way to put it.
Such a badass person and fighter. And a very respectful human being.
Israel is sent from different world #Much Respect
Sent here to enlighten the masses through his warrior spirit and enlightened perspective
Izzy enters the flow state - to do that you have to liberate all the chakras
He's why I picked up mindfulness meditation. I have ADHD, so they idea of sitting still, thinking about my breathing and shit didn't sound appetizing. But I got to give credit where credit is due, that flow state, chakra, mindfulness wave is LEGIT if you give it a chance
Brian and Tim are living legends. Izzy is the best fighter in UFC history
Hes getting there but not yet
Never Quit.....
NEVER
Best interview I’ve ever seen with Izzy ! Keep up the work!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed it!
144 subs and you get Israel Adesanya for 40 minutes to yourselves, on your channel!!! Way to go guys. Damn good interview. Worth a "like" and a sub.
Thank you Walter! We’re building from the ground up here and I hope you stick around!
I remember the first time I saw Izzy fight knew he was something special and seeing him here is no surprise. Well done and congratulations Izzy. Keep pushing the boundaries of yourself.
When I saw his UFC debut, I immediately knew he was special. He put in the time before making the transition to the UFC, and it shows!
One of the best interviews and I like how you put the timeline in the description
Glad to hear it! Figured that’d be useful
Great interview, looking forward to the next one. I hope this brings you a great and prosperous future.
Thanks a lot John!
I’m not people, I can tell that Izzy is not really an introvert and not really an extrovert. That apart from his theatrics on the world stage that he actually happily lives a very quiet inside life, one that is un-needing of attention. I can see through it because of how much every word he says it’s like I’m hearing him talk about myself. He’s a perfect ambivert just like me, and I’m not surprised that he’s dominating in combat sports because real niggas know. The mind is the most powerful force you have and you have to cultivate it very carefully, to remain real and never lose the real treasure that is in your soul. The force inside that just is, that visualizes, that calculates very deeply, and just dominates the space around it. I feel every word, I know exactly what he means when he says that they feel his presence. When they realize that the real deal is in front of them and all that they can do is freeze up. I absolutely love Nigerian fighters, Israel Adesanya and Anthony Joshua are my favourite fighters of all time.
Fighters like him have an air of magnetism that attracts people into their orbit. For many of us, we're attracted to fighting because we view it as a metaphor for life. And that's because life is like war for many of us-every day we battle all sorts of forces working against us, internal, external, physical, mental, and so on. And champion level fighters like him are in a unique position to give advice that carries over to all those aspects of our lives and helps us to be sharper, stronger, and wiser. They have a way of saying things that we know to be true but haven't heard before or aren't able to articulate, and that type of expression elevates us by making the unconscious, conscious.
@@BrianJRoberts 💯
Izzy is the goat. There has never been a more pure perfect fighter. If you don't see it, you will
The battle begins long before two fighters enter the cage, and his ability to wage psychological warfare and get into the heads of his opponent before the fight, coupled with his technical chops in the Octagon is what makes him so special.
Absolutely awesome, everyone can learn a thing or two from him!
Great interview! He’s such an inspiration. Not only for fighters but for all athletes in the world. Every time I listen to Israel i learn things. I’m so glad I’m able to watch him in his prime
Thanks so much for the kind words, glad you enjoyed the interview. A fighter like Israel was so fascinating to speak to and learn from, because a lot of what he says can carry over and have practical applications in other areas of your life. We're all lucky to see him in his prime, that's for sure!
Activating god mode. Hard work, make millions off of hard work, so when you lose everything is still all good.
Hard work and that god mode mindset is like an insurance policy. If you lose everything, as long as you have those two things, you're going to get it back and more!
This interview ad and the Tim and Eric purple mattress ad are the only ads I have clicked on and actually enjoyed
I've seen those Purple ads-those guys use a big-time ad agency, so to put me in that category is a major compliment 🙏
Thanks for posting up this interview. It felt very personal, which I'm sure will encourage many to keep their "Mental Fitness" game up. ✌✌✌
Great interview. Way to ask unique & creative questions. I listen to every Izzy interview but a lot of them are repetitive due to the questions. This was something refreshing and a great listen 👍🏻
I felt the same way about interviews and that’s why I started this, so this is greatest compliment we could ask for you Sean. Hope you stick around! Have some great guests lined up.
@@BrianJRoberts I’ve subscribed and looking forward to the next episode mate!
Honestly I’m glad you got the interview bro I see your channel isn’t as big right now but I believe this will be a reliable channel in the future bro glad to see a smaller channel get such a gem interview 💯 I’m 18 and that comment where you said u just asked and deal with the results the worst he could say is no it really kind a woke me up to get over anxiety and just act stop overthink and just do
Best interview I’ve seen with Izzy and I literally watch them all 😂 good job lads 👌🏾👌🏾
Thank you for watching Sir! We did the same and that's what motivated us to make something better :D
Never thought I would ever click on an ad, but I did.
Thanks for subscribing and commenting Quincy! Like I told the other commenter, those ads aren’t cheap, so the fact you took a chance and enjoyed the video means a lot to me!
These interviews are the exact reason I gravitate towards this man Relatable as hell Not afraid of being vulnerable Just a legend imo
Thanks for commenting Brian. The word ‘legend’ gets thrown a lot nowadays but Izzy is worthy of the title. After this interview I became a fan of the man, not just the fighter. He’s a thoughtful, introspective person and I wish him all the success in the world. Hope you subscribe and stick around, have several more great guests lined up that I think you’ll enjoy!
@@BrianJRoberts fantastic interview Quite easily the best one I have seen featuring Izzy You have a new subscriber Keep up the good work
Fantastic interview. I've seen a ton with Izzy and yours is definitely my top three. I hope that you consistently keep going. Subscribed. I wish you all the success that you're willing to work for.
Nature, alone time listening to music planning & shadowboxing, presence, practicing patience, surrendering/letting go, "avatar state" & focus, posture/confidence, harnessing emotions into energy, adaptability, creativity, audiobooks & KZhead, social media breaks, screenshotting the things the resonate with you, creating a balanced life. ALL things I enjoy or been trying to work on, feel like I share a similar mind as Izzy lol
Izzy is a great example of someone who follows through and does all the things most of us know we should do, but don't haha
best questions ever man!!!!
This show could be big time
We’re working towards it!
Just found this channel one of the best talk shows
Thank you! Please stick around, working hard to line up some incredible guests
Izzy, you got the right food. I ate Mee Goreng since 1980s. When this came out Maggi was dominating the instant noodles world. This new brand amazed the noodles eating community then, just like you're doing to MMA. Write a book with Eugene and you will be financially taken care of. Older and adult fans will know that they would've wanted a book written by Bruce Lee and IpMan. Your relationship is really special - very similar to Lee's respect for IpMan. Please keep to your roots - your confidence, skills, intelligence, respect for significant people, curious and ever learning attitude and humility(don't worry about haters' accusations of the contrary) make you very special. Your parents and family must be very proud. Lots of your respect.
We early im subbed in
One of the best interviews ever
Really appreciate that!
This made me look up the interviewer! Really insightful questions and good connection with Izzy
Appreciate the feedback!
Based off how great and informative this whole Interview was, y’all earned a sub. Keep it up bros.
We won’t stop! Thanks for joining us on this journey, we have some great guests lined up, so expect more good stuff soon!
That's great, now tell whittakers racist ass fans to get over the loss and come check out this interview.
Nice to find this gem
Thanks for watching!
Heaps more AND STILL to come yet Zon..Lesshgo 👊💪😎🙏❤
Can’t wait to watch Izzy talk again. He spits fire
He talks the talk and walks the walk
That's what makes him so refreshing. He lives what he talks about, and that gives him credibility the pretenders and "gurus" don't have.
Appreciate you being happy for me dog! Here's something else I wish I knew when I was 18: growth doesn't come from stagnation, it's a byproduct of pushing yourself beyond your limits. The problem is, popular culture highlights the leaps and bounds, so that's what most people focus on. But success really comes from the incremental gains. Over time, those small, marginal improvements add up. Yes, it's important to set ambitious goals. Most people know this, but where they slip up is by failing to detach from those outcomes. So once you establish that ideal for who you could be, pace yourself, detach from the outcome and focus on the day to day work necessary to get there.
Dope interview!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
My best part of this interview is the hug you two had at the end. The feeling you have after pulling off something extra ordinary. That got me mehn. That fucking got me emotional because it's happened to me in the past. Fucking brilliant
Thanks for sharing! It's a feeling unlike any other. We knew right when we finished this that we had something special. It was powerful. Life-changing!
@@BrianJRoberts honestly you pulled it off brilliantly and by far this is the most intriguing and insightful interview I've watched on Izzy. It was genuine and you guys asked the questions most people won't dare to ask. And I saw Izzy in a completely different way. I fell in love with him after this interview. Hopefully you get so many subs just based on this brilliant piece of interview. You nailed it
💯✊🏼 Izzy stay safe and stay healthy
Great interview guys keep up the good work, new sub here.
Thanks King appreciate the sub! Just released an interview with Gervonta Davis and have another BIG ONE coming this week!
best interview of izzy xD love the questions
Thanks for watching Andrew!
Damn I’m surprised I’m just now seeing this interview... amazing interview guys
Better late than never! Glad you enjoyed it, and definitely subscribe and stick around.. have some great guests we're lining up and plan to post soon
@@BrianJRoberts will do👍
Planed it out!
Ads are working man! Stay on the hustle! 💪
We’re just getting started!
Great Interview/Interaction, Deep... 👍🏾👊🏾✌🏾🇳🇬🇺🇸
Thanks for watching and commenting, appreciate it! Was a powerful discussion for sure.
Levels to the man.
LEVELS
thank you for this. all of you
Appreciate you commenting and glad you enjoyed it. Wishing you all the best!
Great interview guys!
Thank you! Appreciate you watching and glad you enjoyed
Nice interview, I'm always jealous with my subs but you deserve all the good things
Thank you for the support Arubola, it's because of new subscribers like you we keep working. Wish you the best and stay tuned, more celebrity interviews on the way!
Great Interview !! Thanks!
Thanks for watching, really appreciate it and glad you enjoyed it!
First Conor then Jorge masvidal now Izzy rocking the Versace robe 👘
I got one too. My wife was about to throw me out the house when that package arrived. "You spent HOW MUCH on a ROBE?" LOL
"Every guy I fight thinks he's the next guy to beat me"😂 great human. Deep personality.
Now that I think about it, that's a great way to approach conflict. With that mentality, you'll always prepare and never underestimate who or what is coming at you. Izzy is a beast, and he's a champion for a reason!
I was guided to this video. 1111
The universe at work 🙏
The Last style Bender was born with his fists and legs ready naturally....🙏 Period!
He popped out the delivery room with an 85" reach
This is a great interview. So much information from this. Watching the way he analyzes things and thinks is so phenomenal. Same thing with Jones. They both have such a smart technical way of fighting. There not fighters that jump into stupid situations. I think everyone is starting to really realize that once Costa got exploited he kept him away and then got the victory...in a smart calculated way. Jones did the same thing with rampage. Big heavy hitter Jones slowly just picked him apart. People are gonna say that Jones is unbeatable but Reyes gave him a tough run. Izzy wants this new challenge and the way he did it beating costa really shut all the critics up. Im sure a lot of people thought Costa was gonna win that. Izzy was always ten steps ahead and that shows he’s the real deal. Silva and Jones never happened. Even Silva told Izzy after there fight this was a passing of the torch Everyone wants to see this fight sooner or later The Jones fight is the one to make !!! 🤜🏼 💥 🤛🏼
I'm a fan of them both because they're technically sound AND psychologically adapt. Jones said in an interview once they he prepares by envisioning all the ways he could lose, then works backwards to protect himself against all the possible downsides and so he's prepared for any possible outcomes. That's great advice, not just for fighters, but for everybody in life, whether they scrap professionally or not. After Izzy's loss to Jan, I lost hope for that Adesanya vs Jones match, but who knows. We live in strange time, so anything is possible. That fight with Costa was poetry.
IZZACE has emerged...
Shout out izzy stylebender I feel like we would been bros if grew up same place but shit fam respect and big ups God bless
Appreciate you watching 🙏 I said the same thing to my homie Tim after we finished this interview.
@@BrianJRoberts I lost my password to get into email and well just say that back to the mission 1Love
Why doesn't this have more views?
New channel, not many subscribers, so I imagine we’re in the KZhead black hole
I found you in the Instagram comment section, what a great interview !!!!!!!! Thanks
Happy to hear it and welcome to the party Emerson, definitely subscribe and stick around if you enjoyed the interview!
“Still hungry” I feel that
Always hungry
ThAnk u
No, thank YOU!
My champion 😘
Soo dope
🙏
Great interview
Thank you! Appreciate you watching and taking the time to let me know. All the best!
How did you manage to get this interview? Just curious well done though.
Money talks
I was taught early in my life that if you don't ask, you don't get. Worst case scenario, you get a no- but best case scenario, you get a yes. And I was lucky enough to get a yes-and this interview was the byproduct. All it takes is the heart to ask and not fear the rejection.
@@BrianJRoberts goodshit, Izzys a good dude man. Misunderstood... Great interview!
@@BrianJRoberts just tell the truth, you paid him
@@wesleygaitan I’m flattered you think I have that kind of money
Izzy is my role model
Gracious, honest, generous, thoughtful, introspective, yet one of the most dangerous people on the planet. He's like a comic book hero. Hard to not be inspired!
I wish him happiness!
Hard not to! He's a great guy.
Very good interview I subscribe From France
À votre santé! Thanks for subscribing my friend!
This Man is So right about so much. Yesterday me & my friends fell back into talking about all this everything is the Matrix and when you realize it and control the game instead of letting it control you, You unlock the secrets of life and basically there's a cheat code and when you start to understand that and believe in yourself and do Good, Positive things it all just snow balls into more, better, bigger, easier, healthier, richer, smarter and everything you want is achievable. And Negativity does the opposite. So Stay Positive and Dream Big because Everything & Anything is literally Possible & Even the Impossible is Possible! Like Wizards and Sh!t I'm thinking! I'm a Future Wizard! LOL Real Talk! Everything is just working for me right now and I see it in Izzy for damn sure. Everydày, Everything is just in the positive & right, correct, flourishing and Winning Direction! Life is Good.
Yeah Izzy the king yeah brother
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Im so glad he isn't the person you see on TV, of course he's an amazing fighter, but now I know he's also woke and down to earth 💯👌🤙never was one to judge a book by its cover l, but you got me izzy 😅 STAY WOKE
Your glad he isn't the person you see on TV? What's so bad about the person we see on TV? Dude you sound like an idiot, seriously.
The problem with TV is it's focused on sound bites, and it's impossible to develop an understanding of someone based on :30 snippets.
I was thinking about that this morning. What makes the 2 bigger guys feel like they can’t attack him. He makes them question their skills.
Psychological warfare, baby! "The mind is the starting point of all war and all strategy" - Robert Greene
What is a ward? I'm not a native speaker. Great interview sir
Hey Carlos! In the context our conversation, Izzy was referring to a 'ward' as the psychiatric wing of a hospital were patients are committed-sometimes voluntarily, sometimes involuntarily-for serious mental health problems (major depressive episodes, serious anxiety attacks, etc).
Thank you so much for the explanation :)
Be water my friend. Bruce Lee. When he talk about not being in a box. That is deep.
38:25 "I'm not going to go off the rails and Jones it"🤣
The craziest thing was that Jon Jones actually tweeted about this interview. Blew my mind. twitter.com/jonnybones/status/1317534821527154689
Israel is the most handsome i ever seen into the black and white men.really handsome
Great ad placement.. looked up Trevor Wittman ended up here
Checkout: The Four Agreements. Author: Don Miguel Ruiz. It's a great read! 👍
I can’t say I ever been a fan of the style bender. I even sided with Jon Jones .However,after this interview I have a complete different perception of the style bender. I feel a deep sense of respect toward him. I m no longer rooting for Jon Jones or Izzy I will just watch that fight should it takes place.
Rare comment right here, especially from a fellow combat sports fan. It's in our tribal nature to root for one while rooting against another, so comments like yours are always refreshing. I developed a deep respect for Izzy after this too, although I'm a fan of Jones too. He said something a while back in an interview that always stuck with me: "I visualize all the ways a fight could go wrong so I'm never surprised," and I've carried that advice over to my personal life with much success.
Israel very good seeing this interview you look very good haray for all wins it just seems like when opponet seems dossile you would go easier but realize thats not part of the game guess it shows I'm a woman best wishes
So you ufc belt comes with versace rob
Mans said casting couch 19:49
what a fucking god
anyone else notice the background at 7:00?
Looked like a sliding door opened up 👀