#1637 - Action Bronson

Young Jamie (0:04)

The Joe Rogan Experience.

Joe Rogan (0:15)

Dude, first of all, before we can get started, congratulations. I just want to congratulate you publicly. What you've done is amazing. It's amazing.

I've been following you on Instagram. It's super inspiring, man. It touches me, man, it really does. I love when someone gets a positive path going in their life and sticks with it, and you see real progress.

And you're so dedicated, man. It's really inspiring. It's beautiful.

Action Bronson (0:37)

Thank you, man. Listen, it was a long time coming.

It's just I'm happy that it happened now, because if it didn't happen, it would have been something else. I would have been in a grave. Or somewhere else. Who the hell knows where they would have put me?

Joe Rogan (0:51)

When did you start?

Action Bronson (0:53)

I've been fat my whole life. I've been thinking about losing weight for a long time, for about 30 years.

Joe Rogan (0:59)

But when did you start losing weight?

Action Bronson (1:00)

Last March.

Joe Rogan (1:01)

Last March. So right around the pandemic.

Action Bronson (1:03)

Literally. Right when it hit, my brand new baby and my wife, they were going to go to Colombia to show the child. You know, you have to show the child to the family. And it was around March 10th, we get to the airport. They wouldn't let my dog get on the plane, because they didn't have the air conditioning didn't work in the in the galley or whatever that is.

So we turned right back around and went home. And that's the day shit hit the fan. I was supposed to go on tour a week right after that.

Everything done. I knew it was all gonna be done. I was talking to my agent. He was like, yeah, this shit's gonna be fine, don't worry, they're gonna still do the show in Hawaii. I was like, nah, watch, this shit's gonna be fucking done. So bottom line is-

Joe Rogan (1:48)

Why did you think everything was gonna get shut down?

Action Bronson (1:49)

I don't know. I had a feeling. I just had a feeling that this was just bigger than what it was. It just seemed fishy. Just seemed fishy.

So pretty much, I mean, to get the dog onto the plane, we had to put her on a scale, because she was a little overweight.

Joe Rogan (2:07)

What's overweight for a dog?

Action Bronson (2:08)

I'm not really sure. I think she looks great.

Joe Rogan (2:11)

What is overweight for a dog, though? How do they decide that? I used to have a dog that was 140 pounds.

Is he overweight?

Action Bronson (2:16)

I don't think so.

Unknown (2:17)

It's just jacked.

Action Bronson (2:20)

That's all I think. If you're at a certain weight, you're just jacked. This dog is an English setter. It's supposed to have a little waist.

And listen, she lost it a little bit. She lost herself. She's living in Brooklyn now. She's not back where she's from.

Joe Rogan (2:32)

Exercising.

Action Bronson (2:33)

It's different. She's eating different foods.

Her metabolism changed. So I don't blame her.

She fed her. I feel her. And then I started losing weight because of her because we both got on the scale. And I was like, what the f**k is going on?

Joe Rogan (2:51)

What was the highest?

Action Bronson (2:52)

380 something. Holy s**t. It was despicable. I didn't look it though.

I looked about 350 A f**king round ball, a f**king meatball.

Joe Rogan (3:07)

Yeah.

Action Bronson (3:08)

I was a f**king meatball.

Joe Rogan (3:09)

Well, what was your health like? Like what did it feel like walking around like that? Because this is the thing, man.

People love to talk about like fat shaming. And I know it's not good to make people feel bad.

Action Bronson (3:20)

You have to.

Joe Rogan (3:21)

But that...

Action Bronson (3:22)

You have to shame me. I was shamed into this for sure.

Joe Rogan (3:25)

It's unfortunate that you have to make people feel bad to start getting them to change. But sometimes, whether it's a person doing that to you or you just looking in the mirror and you're feeling bad, that feeling is just reality. That's what that feeling is. Like you can't fat shame a skinny... You can't fat shame Jamie.

He's not fat, right? So if you said, hey Jamie, you're fat, like it doesn't work.

Action Bronson (3:47)

It doesn't mean anything to me.

Joe Rogan (3:48)

It only means something when it's real, and it's an indulgence thing. It's not a thing that you can't control. It's a hard thing to control. It's a hard thing to bounce back from. And that's what I'm most impressed with you. You've really bounced back. You've lost 130 fucking pounds, man.