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You're a sex addict. Is that right?

I don't know if it's right, but it's fun.

So good. So good. All right, so we are going to break down. That was lame. So we're going to be covering one of my favorite charisma icons, Russell Brand. I truly think the guy is one of the sharpest people when it comes to speaking off the cuff. And we're looking at his most savage moments. Some of these I'm sure I've seen, some of them I haven't. We're going to be breaking down what he's doing and. And reacting, seeing what's going on, you know, what we do here.

And personally, I am, of course, in spite of appearances, I'm a heterosexual man.

Congratulations.

People think because I'm so well dressed.

He stunts Dave into silence.

People think because I'm so well dressed, people think, he must be gay. No, no. Look at his wonderful haircut. He must be gay. Look how sensitive and vulnerable he is. He must be gay.

That's right.

That means women feel safe around me. They trust me. Then bang, pregnant. Bang, pregnant. Bang. Pregn.

Doubling down. I mean, he is so sharp. But look how many times he. He doubles down on a joke.

Trust me. Then bang, pregnant. Bang, pregnant. Bang, pregnant.

Third one is what gets the last. Incredible.

So we went down. I've been shark diving, which is kind of amazing. Although I had a real close encounter with a shark. Little low shark. It wasn't. It was about six feet. So did it eat people? Was it tight? Well, it wasn't, but why are you trying to diminish my story? Just a type of fish. You went near a fish, Let me tell you, that's your story. I was near a fish.

That is a fantastic way to playfully tease someone right there. And the reason that it is good is because this is probably not something that she is sensitive about. So if he were teasing her, I don't know if there was somebody who had just shared some vulnerable story about themselves. And you found that that was the moment to make a sarcastic joke. Probably not the best time. But she's telling a story about swimming with sharks. This isn't core to her identity. And he makes light of it in this way. This is actually a great way to build camaraderie and get close to people.

Now you're a sex addict. Is that right?

I don't know if it's right, but it's fun.

So good. So good. So this is one thing that he does that I wish I did more often is people Myself included, are so literal in conversation. And he knows what she means. But when you purposely misinterpret what people say just for the purpose of having fun, that creates such a more engaging and interesting conversation. So that's what. Just right off the bat here.

All right, So I said, I've grown one already. I've already got a beard. They said, bars, beard. I said, I've already grown it. Now I can't go backwards.

No, that's true.

I've only got one direction with hair. Up, out.

All right.

You can't retract it. You can't persuade hair to go. I apologize. Two directions, though. Up, out, two. I. I didn't mean any offense, sir. I'm sorry for your plight. Excuse me. I'm sorry. And I am sorry for yours. My thoughts are with you.

See, he just. He just keeps talking. He just keeps going until something good happens. Exactly. He is so comfortable not getting a reaction. Why? He. Probably because he wants the reaction so badly that he'll just continue to plow forward. But that is. I feel like a lot of people trail off when the initial joke doesn't take hold. And he. He doesn't.

I like sex a lot. What I want to know is what's the difference between somebody who's really like sex and who's a sex addict? Like, what's. Did you go to a treatment center for that?

Yes, I did, as a matter of fact. But the distinction, I think Chelsea with any compulsive or addictive.

So I actually, I watched this interview a long time ago, and it has a bit of a hostile undertone to it. So it's interesting to see. And I presume that it's. It's deteriorated by the point that they're here. Because I look at him, he is.

And who's a sex addict?

Wait, did you go to. Here? Sitting back in his chair, picking at his clothes, not looking at her. And actually reminds me of the MSNBC interview that he did, where after it, he's very focused on people at the beginning, but as it sort of devolves and it becomes clear that they're kind of messing with him, he starts spinning in his chair, looking around, not paying full attention, which is actually a good thing. So I don't remember this interview exactly. I believe that's what's happening. And if you sense someone is being passive aggressive to you, this is a fantastic first move, which is not to be rude or unkind necessarily back. It's just to not give them your full attention as you sense that they're continuing to be passive aggressive. And what this does is it subtly encourages them to move back towards more honest, authentic questions, which you can then engage in with the fullness of your attention.

From your look at. A quick glance at your audience would reveal to me that it's full of very promiscuous people. They will therefore know it's just the.

Right audience to do this with. This is perfect.

Tim that got fired, I think, from mtv. How did that happen?

When I was a crack and heroin addict, I made some unusual decisions. They included dressing in an inappropriate way on September 11th. Now, before I talk about this, remember I was on crack and heroin, Chelsea. And I challenge any of you to take crack and heroin and see how it affects your personal, private, and professional life.

This is an excellent way to talk about personal failures and embarrassments. So what he's. What he's talking about when I was on Cracking Heron, one goes right into it in a way that it undercuts the severity of it. So he creates the moment of humor right there. But secondly, you can tell that he is not necessarily being judgmental and ashamed of himself for this. And he communicates to the whole audience that this is something that they can, weirdly enough, like, understand and forgive. Even though if they came across a crack and heroin addict in their real life, that might be someone that they felt a complete inability to relate to. But because he's not treating this like a massive deal, the audience receives it. So a great example of a way to talk about things that you might not be so proud of is to really own them or addicted, literally, to everything.

Yes, I became addicted to heroin, crack cocaine, cocaine. Without washing it up to make it into crack, amphetamines, marijuana, alcohol, moving about, looking out of windows, this position, all of those things. I couldn't stop myself.

I'm genuinely envious of his ability to flow between sincere, deep conversation and total humor. And he does it within a statement right here. So he's talking, he's listing out the drugs that he's taken, and then he's. He's into humor. It's. I'm very jealous.

Sadly, we've run out of time. We haven't run out of time, Tim. Time continues.

This is so. This is genuinely. And he just shows a couple of examples. Purposeful misinterpretation of what someone literally says and just commenting on it. As silly as it sounds, when you reduce it to that, it sounds like this grade school type of humor. Instead of understanding the subtext behind what someone says, comment on it. As if they'd meant it literally. You might be surprised for the chances to make people laugh.

Look at it. It's just everywhere. We don't even know what it is, do we? Let's be honest. It's entropy. It's space.

And then he doubles down. And this is what is. I acknowledge doubling down. Anyone can do. Taking a joke and sort of adding tags to it. That's something that anyone can do. The lateral thinking. It's entropy. It's space. This is what is very, very difficult and the only way I know of to improve upon this, that is a system for doing this is improv comedy. So if this is something that you look at, you're like, oh, my gosh, I want this for myself. Check out. See if there's an improv comedy store near you. Probably wait till the whole thing is over. But that's the way to become quickest and most lateral thinking on your feet. Like this chest hair. There's.

There's shirts. It's a landscape. It's a landscape. I don't know what kind of landscape.

But it's a close talker. He gets in there and makes eye contact. It's incredible.

But it's some kind of landscape. What do you mean?

They're gonna be ghosts even more.

What's going on on your landscape? My landscape is extremely sunburned. Little holiday. I've just been down on the Gulf Coast. Look at him. Gas.

Besides, in closer. Don't be distracted by that. It's fake.

Because I was wondering, how did it get in here? Yeah, we need that to be in the sky for nighttime.

He's great. He's funny as hell. And I honestly, he's one of the tougher people to break down. If you want to see more of what we cover on him, check out the video that we did on his MSNBC interview. That actually takes a lot of what he did and puts him to concrete steps. But I gotta be honest, he is so articulate. His ability to speak off the cuff with words that are perfect for the situation. This is actually something that we covered in a way earlier video where we compare him to Donald Trump. Again, something that is not often seen by celebrities. Most of them have stock stories that they tell the same way. I've watched a lot of Russell Brand interviews, and while he does sometimes repeat himself, he will go on completely extemporaneous tirades that have no commonality with any other interview that I've ever seen. And it's genuinely impressive. So I hope that you guys have enjoyed this video. If you have, make sure to hit the subscribe button. I know, like, 60% of our audience at this point has not done that. So if you want to make sure to get future videos, go ahead, hit the subscribe button, hit the notification bell, and I look forward to seeing you in the next one. Peace.