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**Vinnie** (0:25)
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**Adam** (0:27)
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**Patrick Bet-David** (0:30)
Bill Gates plotted to look like Mr. Rogers, using customized mannequin to test boring potential outfits. And this is a New York Post story?
**Vinnie** (0:40)
It was a New York Times magazine.
**Patrick Bet-David** (0:42)
New York Times magazine? Is it a New York Times magazine that New York Post reported on? Let me get to this here. So billionaire Bill Gates devoted a great deal of time and money to try to make himself look kind of approachable as TV Mr. Rogers, with his team even using a custom-sized mannequin to test out boring potential outfits.
Gates' team told the way on crafting the nerdy image he's known for today to make the seven-year-old tech mogul appear as a benevolent man focused on helping the world. Current and former employees told The Wall Street Journal to that end. His stylist tested outfits for different days of the week on the custom mannequin with the team having access to troves of neutral tone crew and V-neck sweaters, button-down shirts, slacks, and extra pairs of the silver lining opticians, carbon glasses. At an off-site building, the Journal said the outfit was specifically picked for Gates to wear during public events with his employees reportedly sending the billionaire staff three options to choose from, carefully select a wardrobe, common approachable like Fred Rogers. So what, Vinnie, what is the big deal of the story? Tell me the big deal of the story.
**Vinnie** (1:47)
What I'm thinking about, imagine you have a team approving outfits, even they did a Netflix documentary, they asked producers to edit out moments because he didn't look good in them, Pat. And then you have internal emails that are selling how successful the campaign is, because remember, I used to make fun, besides his voice, because I'm a comedian, I make fun of his voice, that whole light sweater vest with the collar underneath, it's like diffusing. You seem like you're a really nice guy, and they have a mannequin that's dressing up, and now you're thinking about it, all the stuff that we find out about Epstein, all the stuff about the stuff with his wife, all the stuff that his wife was like, oh my God, his relationship with Epstein is one of the main reasons why I left him.
It's insane to me, you're lecturing the world about vaccines, about COVID, about climate change, about food systems and AI and how humanity should live, and then also complain that there's too many of us, meaning there's too many human beings, a lot of us should die, and then you're promoting the stuff that actually kills people.
It's insane, but then they dress you up like Mr. Rogers, so emotionally calm, like make you look like you're calm. At least when it comes like Dr. Evil, at least Dr. Evil, we knew what we were dealing with, okay? And that's why he... Look at that, Pat. That's how he should be dressing. That's exactly how, in my opinion, Bill Gates needs to dress so we know where you're coming from. The fact that they had to dress him up to diffuse what he was actually doing is not only... It's funny, but it's scary at the same time, Pat. That's your image. Your image is what? Make me look cool. Make me look like a nice cool guy when I'm trying to destroy humanity.
**Patrick Bet-David** (3:21)
I'm trying to find out. Again, this is what I'm trying to find out, because I want to know what's wrong with that. Like, Tom has changed his image.
Can you focus on Tom real quick? Can you put the camera on Tom?
Like, how great does Tom look? Be honest.
**Vinnie** (3:35)
To be honest with you, that tie says a lot. The suit, the French cuff.
**Patrick Bet-David** (3:41)
Right. So, but look how Tom looks. If you go back, look at some of the stuff from three years ago versus today or ten years ago versus today. Tom, look at money. Stefano, what you got ahold of him and changes the image up. If you go to Bezos, what does Bezos look like? If you go to today's Bezos, do Bezos before and after.
If you go to Bezos top left, look at that.
**Adam** (4:01)
Yeah.
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