#1518 - David Choe

Joe Rogan (0:02)

Hello, David. What's up, buddy?

David Choe (0:06)

If I leave right now, this will be the shortest one you've ever done?

Joe Rogan (0:09)

Yeah, ever now. You don't have to do this.

I know you were, you're going to say some crazy shit, and you're going to torpedo your life. Now that you're a cult guru with strawberry blonde hair.

David Choe (0:21)

It's more...

Joe Rogan (0:22)

Strawberry blonde.

David Choe (0:23)

Well, it's a home job.

Joe Rogan (0:24)

It's beautiful.

David Choe (0:25)

Do it yourself. So it's more...

My therapist would always say lean into discomfort, what you don't like. And I hate gingers. So I said, why don't I just become one?

Joe Rogan (0:35)

Your therapist says lean into discomfort?

David Choe (0:39)

Yeah, if there's something that...

I'm in a men's group also, and I told them. I said, I'm going to go back on The Joe Rogan Experience after four, five, six years. I don't know when the last time I was here.

Joe Rogan (0:51)

Probably five, right?

David Choe (0:53)

I don't know. It's been a while. It's been a while.

And so they go, lean into the discomfort. Start with what you least want to share. And I go, this is me trying to...

Joe Rogan (1:05)

They don't know you that well. That's fucking terrible advice for you.

David Choe (1:11)

So I sit there, I'm driving over here, and I go, okay, start with what I least want to share. I pulled over on Van Nuys Boulevard, and I puked.

Joe Rogan (1:21)

Really?

David Choe (1:21)

Yeah, I puked. I'm...

I have a, I don't get nervous. I used to have my own podcasts, I've talked to you a million times, and I just had a visceral response and I was like... I just pulled over on Van Nuys and I think someone took a picture of me.

I don't get nervous. These things.. I'm able to just almost disassociate? I was disassociated, it's like, whatever, and just go into any situation. And I just felt, you know, and I was like, oh, maybe it was the breakfast I had. I had a hard-boiled egg, and chia pudding, that's what I had for breakfast, so.

Joe Rogan (1:58)

That's it?

David Choe (1:59)

That's it. And I pull over, and I was like, oh my god, I'm fucking nervous, I'm just gonna puke. Just puke, I look across the street, there's a guy like, fuck.

And then I get in the car, and I'm like, do I really wanna share with Joe that I tried on like four different outfits last night? Do I wanna share with him that I got caught yesterday at, I was eating at, there's a place called Johnny Pastrami's in West Adams that just opened. It's an old restaurant that just reopened. And I know the guy that runs it, Danny, and he said, you know, there's an outdoor, I only eat in outdoor spots right now. And I'm like, what the fuck?

I'm so scared I'm going to be canceled if I talk to Joe.

Joe Rogan (2:42)

You're going to be fine. We're going to maneuver our way through this.

David Choe (2:45)

But then I go, I've been canceled so many times. Like, I kind of like it. It feels good.

Joe Rogan (2:50)

You haven't been canceled since the age of real canceling now.

The age of real canceling has been since you were on the podcast last. That's when canceling has kicked up to new level, because now the pylons happen.

David Choe (3:03)

Right.

Joe Rogan (3:03)

Before there was just canceling, like you would get in trouble for things. Someone would write an article. You'd be like, oh my god, what did David do? He's crazy.

But now the pylon, the social media and the effectiveness of the pylon has been established. So now whenever someone, anything happens to someone, all the pylon people.

David Choe (3:22)

But I like getting canceled.

Joe Rogan (3:24)

Do you enjoy it?

David Choe (3:26)

Do you see the Michael Jordan documentary?

Joe Rogan (3:28)

I still haven't seen it.

David Choe (3:29)

All right, I'm not going to ruin it for you, but it's...

Joe Rogan (3:32)

I heard it's awesome.

David Choe (3:34)

The actual filmmaking is kind of amateurish, but the subject matter is so dynamic that you're in it. And the guy is a full-on gambling addict. And it's 12 episodes. It could have probably been like four.

And the story is the same. It's just this guy didn't give me the best seat on the airplane. This guy overlooked me in high school. It's like all these slights, and he takes it and he uses it as fuel. And so I sit here and I go, I'm driving to Joe Rogan's right now. I'm scared to be canceled.