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That feels like a face mask in my throat.
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Hey, what's going on everybody?
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From First We Feast, I'm Sean Evans and you're watching Hot Ones.
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It's the show with hot questions and even hotter wings.
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And today we're joined by Saweetie.
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She's the chart-topping rapper you know from singles like Icy Grl, Tap In, and My Type.
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Her debut album, Pretty [ __ ] Music, is set to drop very soon.
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So today she's going to tap in with the wings of death.
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Saweetie, welcome to the show. What's up?
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I know that you used to eat hot Cheetos in the morning for breakfast.
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So I take it you have a taste for the spicy stuff. You know what?
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I only used to like hot Cheetos, nothing else hot, but over the years I've learned to love spicy food.
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Um, I'm kind of scared though because there's levels.
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After a certain level, I don't know if I can hang, so we going to find out. Classic hot sauce. Mhm. Mhm. Mhm. Mhm. It's sweet. Mhm, spicy.
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That's real good right there.
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I need some of this at the house. This is delicious.
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Where has this been all my life?
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Just waiting for you to be on the show so we could send the whole gauntlet to your house, I think. Okay, one more bite.
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I don't want to get too full because it's actually really good. Do I get to keep this? It's all yours. Oh, okay.
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So I want to start by talking about the Saweetie blueprint because in just a few short years you went from doing freestyles in traffic to turning out top 40 radio hits in large part because of your ability to fully leverage the power of the internet.
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I don't think it's a coincidence that you trend on TikTok with almost every new release.
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Can you share any inside baseball on what takes a hit single and propels it to also being a viral dance craze?
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I'm not really sure what the secret sauce is to to what propels my songs on TikTok.
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I would just say like I'm really normal, so I talk about normal things that people can relate to.
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So, I think it all comes down to relatability.
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And they relate to my lyrics, and I think that's what draws, you know, people in.
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So, it's just nice to see that they they they like what I like.
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First, it's sweet, and then it's like spicy. Got some kick to it. Mm.
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I like makes my soul dance.
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My soul is hitting the splits right now.
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So, like many young artists, you have a savvy understanding of cyber marketing, and you can really back it up with a degree from USC, where you studied business and worked as a research assistant.
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As someone like myself who should maybe read their own contracts a little bit more closely, I'm curious, what advice would you have for a young artist entering their first label deal?
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Like, are there sneaky terms you'd tell them to look out for?
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Um yeah, I would ask for an expanded contract deal because they do give condensed contract deals.
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And if you have a lawyer that's not aware, the lawyer won't pick it up, so I would definitely I'm not even eating anything hot. My throat.
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On that note, is there anything that you'd look for if you were signing an appearance release for, say, an interview show where you had to eat violently hot chicken wings? Oh, yeah.
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I'll you know, just in case they died, like if the hot sauce was too hot, you know, just making sure that there was, um, a lucrative payout. Oh, Saweetie.
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Look like she can mix some hot sauce. It's good.
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I would eat this with like chicken and rice.
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So, your earliest releases were a throwback to the all verse no chorus roots of old school rap.
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Do you think that that early education in freestyling, do you think that informed on a literary level, or even on an academic level, how you approach songwriting?
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I write better when I just write freely.
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So, that's why I feel like my best work comes from, you know, the songs with no choruses, like pretty much freestyle, like icy girl, like anti.
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So, I had to learn that this is not an essay, and I had to kind of break through that creative box that I had placed around my head while I was in college.
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I had to start to get back in touch with my, like, my creative, you know, juice, and I had to get it flowing again. Angry goat.
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Well, I hope it don't taste angry. Ew. I don't like this one. Yeah.
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Taste like Lucas in a bottle. Not digging that one. I'm not. Uh-uh.
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I'm going to just get to the next one.
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This the best one so far. I will take it. really good.
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I'm going to eat about like 10 bottles of that.
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Okay, let's let's just hop right into this one.
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All right, but I'll hit you with some questions from four. Does that sound good? Yep.
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So, from dropping lyrics about fettuccine to doing full-blown seafood pasta tutorials, it's clear that the culinary connections with Saweetie, they run deep.
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You speak of oysters almost like they're a religion.
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Where do you stand on the great debate of raw versus cooked?
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I love raw oysters and actually it's funny that you said that because this would taste amazing on some oysters.
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Where would you ballpark the most oysters that you've ever eaten in one sitting? Um, 24. Damn. Yeah, I had two dozen.
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One in the one for an appetizer and one to close out my dinner.
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Ladies, do not be shy on your dates. Order whatever you want.
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I don't know what y'all put in this, but y'all put some crack in this. All right, sweetie.
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We have a recurring segment on our show called Explain that Gram where we do a deep dive on our guest Instagram, pull interesting pictures that need more context.
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So, I'll show you the picture.
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You just tell us the bigger story. Mhm.
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So, your grandfather Willie Harper played alongside Joe Montana for the 49ers.
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Who throws a tighter spiral, you or Quavo? Me, of course. No questions.
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I was female athlete of the year, so my name is forever going to be in the gym for being female athlete of the year. What were your sports?
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Track, volleyball, and powderpuff.
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Yeah, I got a arm like Brett Favre.
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I'm determined, you know. I can see it.
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I'm trying to be I'm when someone ask, I want you to be like, "Yeah, sweetie, actually you know some played course, so I'mma dip it.
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I'mma dip it and I'mma sniff it. Ooh. Ooh. Mhm.
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I don't know if I like ooh.
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It's burning the back of my throat, but it's good. Take a bite this time. This makes sense.
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With Scorpios, you don't know if you want to love them or if you want to fight them.
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Can't decide if I like this or if I don't like it. But it's good.
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So, you're amongst a select group of people who'll be able to say that they dropped an album in the throes of a global pandemic, and I get the sense that like many of us, you're someone who associates music with certain times in your life.
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How do you think people will remember the music that they listened to in this year?
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It serves as some sort of like escapism.
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So, I think I feel like the the good music that is put out, people will will remember it for like giving them good memories or making like their dark days lighter.
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I mean, at least when I make music, I I make it to, you know, inspire people, to make people feel better, to make people want to go out and get that bag.
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So, hopefully when I come out with my music, it makes them smile or it's like therapeutic for like whatever situation they're going through. Woo!
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Who's made it all the way to like the end?
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So, believe it or not, we've been doing this show now for 13 seasons and had almost 200 people come in.
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And then fewer than like 15 have ever tapped out.
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Most everybody gets through, even though it does get a little weird over here. Mhm. All right.
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Well, you know I'm a competitive girl, so I know. I got four left. That's right. Oh my gosh.
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It got seven skull heads out of 10 skull heads. Ugh. That's not even hot.
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That tastes like cognac in a bottle.
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Tastes like Henny That tastes like Hennessy on fire.
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Who the heck made There's actually like a barrel-aged bourbon in that one. I love that. Cognac in a bottle. Oh, duh.
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Yeah, it tastes like straight hot alcohol. Mhm.
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So, the meteoric success of your debut single not only marked your arrival in the music industry, but also launched an army of internet-savvy supporters known as the Icy Gang.
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I know you love that quote, "No man is your enemy.
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No man is your friend, every man is your teacher.
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Do you think that there's value in listening to the critics?
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Um, yes, when they actually have something to say and it's not like I wish you would just go and die somewhere.
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Cuz they do get that you know, that gruesome and just sometimes it's just like, who the hell is on the other side of this account because they're very miserable for them to even say like somebody I get like really like gruesome sort of DMs where I'm just like, I'm happy that I come from such a loving place cuz I know that they're tripping.
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But for people who are not as strong-minded, like imagine when they read it and how they feel.
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I've seen you push back on people who think of the icy theme is somehow being literally jewelry.
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Why is it important for you to push back on that?
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When I break it down, I always tell people like I meet a lot of bad [ __ ] who have stank attitudes and they're ugly to me.
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So, when I mean pretty, I mean like your energy, how you treat people. Are you loving? Are you kind?
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So, it's just like pretty to me is more of an aura, more of an energy and icy is like a mentality. All right. Here goes nothing.
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It's getting kind of hot in here. Amazing. Woo. Yeah. Oh no, she's tethered. Oh my gosh. Oh. Girl, give me Oh my god. Mm. That's a crazy one.
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That feels like a face mask in my throat. I know how it goes. I know how it goes.
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You just chill for a second.
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Somebody call my grandma so she can pray for me. Oh my god. I can't even see. It's all right. Just Just listen. Just listen.
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I'll I'll I'll wind this one up for a while for you, okay?
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So, you stand on the shoulders of giants in the Bay Area.
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One of those pioneers is Mac Dre, aka the Thizz or Die aka the inventor of all things thizz.
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I think now is as good a time as any.
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What's the key to making a perfect thizz face? Oh my gosh.
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My tongue's about to fall out. Oh my gosh. I did this right.
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It was a hot sauce thizz face.
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I wouldn't make I can't even make it to this place cuz Yeah, I'm about to be dramatic.
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I can't even talk right now.
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What does it mean to say got these wings for jug?
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It means you got it for the low. You got it for cheap.
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You got it for a discount.
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Do you have a most memorable sideshow experience?
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Um yeah, my cousin was doing donuts and I was in the passenger seat and it was so smoky he almost took out he almost took off with half my leg out the car.
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All right, how you doing? Okay? Yeah.
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I feel like I'm about to die.
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Only person I can handle that is the devil. I can't hear. I can't see. I get it. I get it. And you know what?
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I wish that we were in the studio so I could kind of be a calming influence.
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I know it's not easy here over the Zoom.
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I'm going to cry right now. It's crazy. It's crazy.
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For all my girls who's who's watching my throat feel like when you do three charcoal masks back to back to back. We've all been there.
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Grandma, if you're watching I'm sorry for cussing. It's all right. Long leash.
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Long leash here on Hot Ones.
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I feel like I just got my ass beat.
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You don't look like someone who got their ass beat. I'm not going to lie.
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That just ruined ruined all my insides.
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I'm I'm I'm going to lick it but I can't stick it in my throat no more.
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Listen, I lick it's fine with me. It's fine with me. If you lick that's fine.
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I do worry that maybe licking could be worse. Oh lord.
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All right, I got one more left.
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Do you still love Costco hot dogs or has success changed you?
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Well, if I'm still eating top ramen, you know I'm for sure still eating Costco hot dogs.
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As a die-hard Disney fan, which singing princess would make for the best feature on bad [ __ ] music?
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Wow, I've never been asked this before.
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I mean, she wasn't a princess, but I would say Tinkerbell.
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She sassy and she bout her business and she don't take no [ __ ] This was a traumatic experience for me. Oh my gosh.
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My uncle even came up here for a little bit.
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He gave me the sad look and then he went back downstairs. All right, man. Cheers. Cheers. Cheers.
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Hey, this better not be hot in this one.
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If you do, I'm going to fight you.
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All right, let me see how big your Let me see how big your dab is. Is it a lot?
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Oh, what the [ __ ] WAS THAT? EW.
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THAT tastes like some insect poison.
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You may be shocked to hear this, but believe it or not, we actually make the first one that you liked a lot, and then this last one that tastes like a roach pesticide. Ooh, I'm sorry.
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I'm not even going to disrespect y'all, but that was it. It's okay. It's okay. Let it fly. Let it fly. Roast the sauce. Come for us. Oh my gosh.
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Michelle, you better clear my schedule out cuz my stomach is doing backflips, splits.
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Y'all need to Y'all need to be on TV.
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This needs to be a part of the X-Factor, Fear Factor.
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I This is like some like for real.
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No, this is really like a life-changing experience for me. I'm not I'm not lying.
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Like this is like a moment.
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Like I've never I've been through a lot of crazy stuff.
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This was so traumatic in my own dining room.
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Like I feel like I could do accomplish anything in the world right now.
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Damn, I'm about to see who who else wants to end cuz I'm like I feel like a warrior right now.
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Well, look at you, baptized by the fire of the Hot Ones Gauntlet.
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And I think you and I would both agree, both better off for it.
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And look at you, sweetie.
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There is no hot sauce that can ever stand in your way.
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And now there's nothing left to do but roll out the red carpet for you.
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This camera, possibly a camera B if you've set one up, let the people know what you have going on in your life.
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Um so now that my um my neurons are being reconnected, um I have back to the streets, Pretty [ __ ] Music, Icy University, somewhere near you, whether if it's on a phone, a website, Twitter. I'm a icy girl.
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I'm a warrior, and I could do anything I put my mind to, okay? I know that's right. Good job. Good job. I could do anything.
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Like I could do whatever I want to do after this. I could fight a ogre.
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Hey, what's going on, Hot Ones fans?
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This is Sean Evans checking in to say thank you so much for watching today's episode.
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And I have a very exciting announcement.
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We are in the Honey Game, baby.
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Say hello to Hot Ones Nugget Honey, our sweetest spice yet.
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It's perfect on wings, perfect for dessert, perfect in cocktails, perfect on pizza.
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Let me tell you how we make it.
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We take American craft gin made in Vermont with raw honey then infuse it with just the right amount of pepper x.
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Then we blend that spicy gin and American alfalfa honey, a delicate delicious honey that comes from the Wind River Valley of Wyoming until we finally have a honey that's delicious with just the right amount of kick.
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It's sweet, it's delicious, it's spicy.
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I say [ __ ] it, get two.