HATE TO BREAK IT TO YA with Jamie Kennedy

Hate To Break It To Ya with Jamie Kennedy
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He’s mad as hell and he’s not going to take it anymore. HATE TO BREAK IT TO YA is a weekly podcast hosted by actor/comedian Jamie Kennedy. Jamie is on a constant quest to get to the bottom of things. Step inside Jamie’s brain where you will be confronted with idea’s that are unique and thought-provoking. An assault on your ears with a spin you may not want to hear.... Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jamie-kennedy0/support

  1. 4d ago

    Scary Movie, Horror Con Chaos & the Real Doofy with Dave Sheridan | Ep 272 HTBITY w/ Jamie Kennedy

    This week on Hate To Break It To Ya I sat down with Dave Sheridan — the man behind Officer Doofy and the actual Ghostface killer in the original Scary Movie — and I have to say, this is one of those conversations where I barely had to do anything. Dave just goes. He's one of the few people who genuinely makes me laugh without trying, and this episode is proof of that. We get into how Dave created Doofy, the strange road that brought him back for Scary Movie 6, and the original $15 vacuum prop that somehow became a piece of movie history. There are also some ridiculous convention stories, including the time that same vacuum helped knock out the power at an entire event in Scotland. But a lot of this conversation is really about how much the business has changed — auditions, comedy, conventions, making your own projects, and what it takes to keep working when Hollywood doesn’t operate the way it used to. Dave is naturally one of the funniest people I know, so this one goes off the rails pretty quickly. ⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ About Dave Sheridan: Dave Sheridan is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer best known for playing Special Officer Doofy in Scary Movie (2000) — a role he also performed as the physical Ghostface killer throughout the film. He got his start as an SNL intern, trained at The Second City in Chicago, and broke out with the MTV prank series Buzzkill in 1996, which predated Jackass and Tom Green. His other credits include Ghost World (2001), The Devil's Rejects, A Haunted House, A Haunted House 2, and the Glenn Danzig-directed Hellmask. He returned as Doofy and Ghostface in Scary Movie 6, which opened number one worldwide. He is a father of two and one of the most active figures on the horror convention circuit. Follow Dave Sheridan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davesheridanofficial/ X: https://x.com/DaveSheridan ⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ 00:00:00 – Intro & Catching Up with Dave 00:12:32 – Horror Cons, Skeet Ulrich & How Dave Got Into the Circuit 00:15:26 – The Original Scary Movie Vacuum & the $15 Prop Story 00:30:09 – The Scotland Convention Disaster 00:35:32 – How Dave Became Doofy in Scary Movie 00:43:44 – Hollywood Auditions, Three Kings & Office Space 00:54:39 – Scary Movie, the Wayans & Why Dave Disappeared from the Sequels 01:00:00 – Scary Movie 6, Marlon Wayans & Bringing Doofy Back 01:14:05 – Horror Con Economics, Doofy Dollars & Life on the Circuit 01:30:11 – How Hollywood Auditions Have Changed 01:42:22 – Scary Movie 6 Stories & Making Your Own Movies ⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ Support the Pod: 💥 Patreon: patreon.com/thejamiekennedy 🎟️ Tour Dates: jamiekennedy.com 👕 Merch: jamiekennedy.com/merch 📺 Subscribe: youtube.com/@jamiekennedycomedy ⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ Dave Sheridan, Dave Sheridan Scary Movie, Doofy Scary Movie, Scary Movie 6, Marlon Wayans Scary Movie 6, Ghostface actor, horror convention circuit, Jamie Kennedy podcast, Hate To Break It To Ya, Buzzkill MTV, Keenan Ivory Wayans, Dave Sheridan interview 2026 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  2. Aug 19

    Scream 30th Anniversary, Confrontational Fans, and How Con Culture Actually Works | Ep 271 HTBITY

    In this solo episode of Hate To Break It To Ya, I get into everything that went down at the Scream 30th Anniversary panel at Midsummer Night Scream in Long Beach — one of the most elaborately produced con panels I've ever been part of, with a full union crew, stage set, music cues, and close to 2,000 people in the room. It was incredible. But something happened that I couldn't let slide, and I want to break it down honestly and respectfully for anyone who's ever been to a con, worked a con, or wondered what it's actually like on our side of the table. The big story making the rounds involves a fan who aired a grievance at Matthew — publicly, on stage — over an interaction from a few years back. I wasn't there for the original exchange, but I heard the whole thing afterward, and I want to give you the full picture: the fan's theory (which was actually kind of fascinating, connecting Mad Love to Scream through character motivation), what I think really happened in that signing line, and why I pulled the guy aside, talked it out, and got him to a better place. This is a conversation about parasocial relationships, expectations, and what it means to give someone power over your emotional state. I also had my own version of this play out — a woman reached over from the bathroom line and tried to get a free ChapStick signing, I said there's a process, and somehow that made me a D-bag on the internet. I'm going to explain exactly why that's wrong, and I'm going to do it without apology. I also get into the Famke Janssen yardstick story that's been circulating — a fan paid $80, got told to stay three feet back, and posted about it. I give both sides. And then there's the Nicolas Cage first-con story, which I heard through the circuit and which is genuinely one of the most human things I've come across in a long time. I close out with a story about a fan named Jess the Mess — who did everything right, earned real access, and ended up getting me Dunkin' Donuts coffee the morning after the con in exchange for a picture she accidentally left at my table. That's the kind of experience this can be when both sides show up right. ⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ Timestamps: 00:00:00 – Intro: Midsummer Night Scream & the Scream 30th Anniversary Panel 00:02:37 – Matthew's Incident: The Fan Who Aired a Grievance on Stage 00:05:22 – Breaking Down the Mad Love / Scream Fan Theory 00:08:06 – Defending Matthew: What It's Actually Like to Meet 5,000 People in a Weekend 00:11:46 – Jamie Talks the Fan Down & What Good Communication Looks Like 00:16:20 – ChapStick Gate: Why I'm Apparently a D-Bag 00:19:26 – Con Economics 101: How the Table System Actually Works 00:27:31 – Both Sides: Celebrities Aren't Always Right Either 00:34:53 – The Famke Janssen Yardstick Story 00:38:49 – Nicolas Cage's First Con & the Little Girl Who Changed Everything 00:41:51 – Jess the Mess: A Fan Who Got It Right 00:45:47 – Outro: Like, Subscribe & Keep the Pod Alive ⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ Support the Pod: 💥 Patreon: patreon.com/thejamiekennedy 🎟️ Tour Dates: jamiekennedy.com 👕 Merch: jamiekennedy.com/merch 📺 Subscribe: youtube.com/@jamiekennedycomedy ⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ Jamie Kennedy podcast, Hate To Break It To Ya, Scream 30th anniversary, con circuit drama, fan entitlement, parasocial relationships, comic con etiquette, Midsummer Night Scream, Nicolas Cage first convention, Famke Janssen yardstick, celebrity autograph signing, Hollywood convention culture 2026 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  3. Aug 12

    Drea de Matteo on Almost Losing Everything and the $75k Photo That Saved Her House | Ep 270 HTBITY

    This week on Hate To Break It To Ya I sat down with Drea de Matteo — Emmy-winning actress, Queens native, Sopranos icon, and one of the most unexpectedly outspoken voices to come out of the COVID era — and the conversation went everywhere. Drea didn't come in with talking points. She came in with a story, and it's a wild one: a foreclosure notice, a flooded house, a lien she needed to pay off fast, and a decision that made headlines around the world. We got into all of it — how refusing the vaccine cost her her agent, her manager, and a string of acting jobs she could have taken; how she went from voting for Biden to campaigning for RFK Jr. to watching the whole political landscape shift under her feet; and how a single bikini photo on OnlyFans paid off a $75,000 lien in 75 minutes. Drea breaks down exactly what was on that page, sets the record straight about her son Blackjack and the viral moment that blew up on social media, and explains why she sees the whole OnlyFans chapter less as a scandal and more as a middle finger to a system that dropped her without a phone call. We also talked about her Queens upbringing, her mother's world in the theater — Herbert Berghoff, Uta Hagen, the whole lineage — and how growing up inside that world made her the last person anyone expected to end up on a fan platform paying her own mortgage. Drea is one of those people who is exactly who she seems like and also nothing like what you'd expect. She's got an Emmy from what is arguably the greatest TV show ever made, she's raising two kids in Laurel Canyon, she's got a t-shirt company, a podcast, and zero interest in playing the game the way the industry wants her to. I loved this conversation. She gave me everything. ⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ About Drea de Matteo: Drea de Matteo is an American actress best known for playing Adriana La Cerva on HBO's The Sopranos, a role that earned her the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2004. She has appeared in Joey, Sons of Anarchy, Desperate Housewives, and Shades of Blue, among many other film and television credits. Born and raised in Queens, New York, she is the daughter of a playwright and furniture manufacturer, and grew up in proximity to the HB Studio theater world through her mother's work with Herbert Berghoff and Uta Hagen. She has two children — daughter Alabama and son Blackjack, whose father is musician Shooter Jennings — and is the founder of the t-shirt and media brand UltraFree. Follow Drea de Matteo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dreadematteo/ X: https://x.com/dreadematteo ⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ Timestamps: 00:00:00 – Cold Open: Coffee Stains & First Impressions 00:01:50 – Drea the Groupie: Music, Queens, and Rock and Roll Roots 00:06:55 – Growing Up in the Theater: HB Studio, Uta Hagen, and Hating It 00:13:55 – Sopranos, Staying in Character, and Not Wanting to Be Famous 00:15:55 – COVID Changed Everything: From Checked Out to Wide Awake 00:20:30 – OnlyFans Goes Viral: How It Started and Why 00:27:45 – Losing the Agent, Losing the Manager, and Self-Canceling 00:34:00 – Foreclosure, a Flooded House, and the Trip to Tahoe 00:42:05 – OnlyFans Explained: The Bikini Photo, the Lien, and $75K in 75 Minutes 00:54:05 – Emmy on the Sopranos, Then OnlyFans: What the Industry Did 01:00:00 – Setting the Record Straight: Blackjack and the Viral Moment 01:07:55 – Kids, Social Media, and Living in GTA 01:13:45 – Hollywood, Independence, and Whether the Business Can Come Back 01:25:55 – Witch Hunts, Symbols, and Trying to Understand Everything 01:43:15 – Satanism, Secret Societies, and Participating Without Knowing 01:51:30 – UltraFree, the Podcast, and Wrapping Up ⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ Support the Pod: 💥 Patreon: patreon.com/thejamiekennedy 🎟️ Tour Dates: jamiekennedy.com 👕 Merch: jamiekennedy.com/merch 📺 Subscribe: youtube.com/@jamiekennedycomedy ⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ Drea de Matteo, Hate To Break It To Ya, Jamie Kennedy podcast, The Sopranos cast, Adriana La Cerva, OnlyFans celebrity, vaccine mandate Hollywood, Drea de Matteo interview 2026, Emmy Award actress, Shooter Jennings, Hollywood blacklist, Queens New York actress Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  4. Aug 6

    Fauci's Secret Diary Is Finally Public — Here's What It Reveals | Ep 269 HTBITY

    This week on Hate To Break It To Ya, I dive into the release of Anthony Fauci's personal diary and why I think it's one of the most overlooked stories of the year. I walk through the entries that caught my attention, the Congressional testimony that followed, the debate surrounding his pardon, and why so many people still have no interest in revisiting what happened during the pandemic. From there I revisit some of the moments that changed the way I looked at everything—from the Pineapple Hill protests to restaurants enforcing different rules for different people—and why I think those years permanently reshaped public trust. Then things take an unexpected turn. We get into a California robotics company unveiling a goat-headed chainsaw centaur, Meta's newest smart glasses campaign that looks like it came straight out of They Live, and why I think we're moving into a future that deserves a lot more skepticism than it's getting. Whether you agree with me or not, this episode is really about one question: what happens when people stop questioning the people they're told to trust? ⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ Timestamps: 00:00:00 – Intro: Best Golf Round of My Life00:01:19 – The Pandemic Was a Three-and-a-Half-Year War00:03:28 – Two Types of People: Telephone vs. Banana00:06:06 – The Cult of Closed-Mindedness00:07:06 – Fauci Takes the Fifth — 111 Times00:20:00 – Reading Fauci's Diary00:25:03 – Fame, Money, and Public Perception00:27:44 – Looking Back at Pandemic Policies00:28:52 – Gain of Function and the Lab Leak Debate00:35:52 – RFK Jr. and Questioning the Experts00:44:46 – Why I Almost Quit: My SNL Audition Story00:51:09 – The Fauci Diary Finally Goes Public00:55:15 – The Goat-Head Chainsaw Robot00:58:45 – Meta Glasses, They Live, and the Future01:01:04 – Patreon, Tour Dates & Final Thoughts ⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ Support the Pod: 💥 Patreon: patreon.com/thejamiekennedy 🎟️ Tour Dates: jamiekennedy.com 👕 Merch: jamiekennedy.com/merch 📺 Subscribe: youtube.com/@jamiekennedycomedy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  5. Jul 30

    Los Angeles Is Actually Falling Apart... And Why I'm Talking About It | Ep 268 HTBITY

    This week on Hate To Break It To Ya, I just got back from Galaxy Con, and I'm feeling the effects. I talk about what it's really like working conventions, the fans who make it all worthwhile, the emotional drain that comes with being "on" all weekend, and why I'm starting to rethink how often I do them. Then I get into something that's been happening right outside my front door in West Hollywood. In just a couple of weeks, multiple major water main breaks have hit the Los Angeles area, flooding streets, shutting down neighborhoods, and even causing water pressure issues miles away. I walk through what I've been seeing, give credit where it's due when repairs happen quickly, and ask the question that's been on my mind: are we simply watching decades-old infrastructure reach its breaking point, or is something bigger going on? I also revisit the golf cart story and why taking responsibility still matters, even when it's uncomfortable. Somewhere along the way, I accidentally became the guy talking about local news—and honestly, I'm just reporting what I'm seeing. 00:00:00 – Intro: Just Back From Galaxy Con00:01:23 – The Emotional Reality of Working Conventions00:03:35 – Fan Types: The Good, the Sweet, and the Drive-Bys00:06:03 – No Break, No Hiding, No Time to Recharge00:09:28 – My Ideal Convention Schedule00:15:25 – Upcoming Shows and Maybe Slowing Down00:16:22 – The Hole in My Driveway and Where This Started00:17:53 – Water Main Break #1: Sunset Blvd Floods at 5 A.M.00:21:07 – Giving LADWP Credit for a Fast Repair00:25:03 – More Water Main Breaks Across Los Angeles00:30:02 – Anaheim Water Problems and Disneyland Disruptions00:33:37 – Old Infrastructure or Something More?00:34:05 – How Did I Become a Local News Podcast?00:42:30 – The Golf Cart Story and Taking Accountability 💥 Patreon: patreon.com/thejamiekennedy🎟️ Tour Dates: jamiekennedy.com👕 Merch: jamiekennedy.com/merch📺 Subscribe: youtube.com/@jamiekennedycomedy Timestamps:Support the Pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  6. Jul 23

    Shannon Beador Gets Real: 12 Years of RHOC, the DUI, and Why She's Happy Alone Ep 267 HTBITY

    This week on Hate To Break It To Ya I sat down with Shannon Beador — twelve-year veteran of The Real Housewives of Orange County, one of Bravo's most recognizable faces, and a woman who has lived more on camera than most people do in a lifetime — and she did not hold back. We met through our mutual friend Jeff Lewis, and from the first time I saw her handle a room full of big personalities I knew she was the real deal. This conversation confirmed it. We go deep on how Shannon ended up on RHOC in the first place — a casting number she found in a drawer, a closet with no windows, and an iPhone camera — and what twelve seasons of reality television actually does to a person. She walks me through the affair that unfolded the day after her very first day of filming, why she and her then-husband made the decision to talk about it openly on camera, and what it felt like to watch it all back six months later while the internet weighed in. We also get into the DUI — the real story, what was going on in her life that night, how she broke her nose and her arm, what she did the next morning, and why she chose a mental health facility over a traditional rehab. Then there's the $300,000 defamation lawsuit she won but still lost, the Quiet Woman restaurant drama that Kelly Dodd turned into a press cycle, the Heather McDonald video that got under Shannon's skin more than she wants to admit, and the full story of the golf cart incident at Kelly's Fourth of July party — including what Jamie thinks actually happened and why nobody is saying the obvious thing out loud. Shannon is one of those people who is much funnier and much more self-aware than the villain edit would have you believe. She's been through a divorce, a DUI, a lawsuit, public humiliation, and a company that cost her everything — and she's sitting in a duplex in Corona Del Mar, single, happy, and genuinely at peace with herself for the first time. That's not nothing. That's actually the whole story. ⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ About Shannon Beador: Shannon Storms Beador is a main cast member of The Real Housewives of Orange County, which she joined in Season 9 in 2014 and has appeared on for twelve consecutive seasons, currently airing Season 20 on Bravo. She also starred in Bravo's spin-off series Love Hotel. A Southern California native, Shannon attended USC and raised three daughters — Sophie, Stella, and Adeline — in Orange County. She previously founded and ran a supplements company and is known for her candid, unfiltered approach to filming her real life, including her divorce, her 2023 DUI, and her ongoing journey as a single woman navigating life after a long marriage. Follow Shannon Beador Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shannonbeador/ X: https://x.com/ShannonBeador TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@shannonbeador ⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ Timestamps: 00:00:00 – Cold Open: Reality TV and Appearances 00:01:39 – RHOC Season 20 and 12 Years on the Show 00:05:46 – How Bravo Gatekeeps (and Why It's Outdated) 00:06:46 – How Shannon Got Cast: The Drawer, the Closet, the iPhone 00:08:13 – The Affair: What Happened and Why She Talked About It 00:14:04 – Live Shows with Vicki and How the Show Has Changed 00:20:29 – The DUI: The Real Story, the Crash, and the Aftermath 00:23:41 – Accountability, Mental Health, and Learning to Be Alone 00:29:31 – The Quiet Woman Restaurant Controversy 00:41:26 – The Golf Cart Incident at Kelly's Fourth of July Party 00:56:49 – The Johnny Carson Rule and Jeff Lewis Loyalty 01:00:26 – Kelly Dodd: The Hot-and-Cold Friendship 01:03:15 – The Heather McDonald Video and the $300K Defamation Suit 01:09:49 – Shannon's Storyline This Season and Life in Corona Del Mar 01:14:09 – Dating at 62, Being a Sapiosexual, and the Kissing Bandit 01:19:13 – The Mercedes Fight and Jamie's Apology 01:24:30 – Where to Watch RHOC Season 20 ⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ Support the Pod: 💥 Patreon: patreon.com/thejamiekennedy 🎟️ Tour Dates: jamiekennedy.com 👕 Merch: jamiekennedy.com/merch 📺 Subscribe: youtube.com/@jamiekennedycomedy ⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ Shannon Beador, Real Housewives of Orange County, RHOC Season 20, Hate To Break It To Ya, Jamie Kennedy podcast, Shannon Beador DUI, Shannon Beador interview 2026, Bravo podcast, Jeff Lewis, Kelly Dodd, Heather McDonald, RHOC cast interview Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  7. Jul 17

    AI Will Kill Your Job, Hollywood Pays to Play, and Celebrity Meltdown Over Autograph | Ep 266 HTBITY

    In this solo episode of Hate To Break It To Ya, I get into the AI and automation wave that is coming for your job whether you're ready or not. By 2030, half the positions that exist today are gone — middle management, drivers, all of it — and if you're still going to baseball games and barbecues like it's 2015, you are going to get hit in the face by reality. I lay out exactly what I think you should be doing right now: investing, building a personal brand, and seriously looking at owning a self-driving vehicle that earns money while you sleep. I also talk about where I'm at personally — the hospital stay, getting my health and finances dialed in, the upcoming cons, and why I'm done waiting on Hollywood to hand me anything. From there I get into the state of the pod itself. I'm honest about the views, the clips that pop off, the guests who rock with me immediately versus the ones who give me the Hollywood runaround. I've reached out to big liberal voices in comedy and media and the silence is deafening — which tells you everything about how "inclusive" that side of the aisle actually is. I also react to the disgusting social media behavior I saw after Lindsey Graham's passing, and I make the case that you cannot call yourself open-minded and loving while wishing harm on people you disagree with politically. Then I react to a viral clip of a young actor — six episodes into his career — grabbing a fan's autograph and trying to light it on fire. I tell a Courtney Cox story from the Scream set in 1996 that changed how I think about fame, I break down what Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, and even the wrestlers get right about dealing with the public, and I explain exactly where this kid crossed the line from "setting a boundary" into something genuinely psychotic. I close out reacting to the Messi and Lamine Yamal prophecy photo, a manifesting breakdown that I think is real science, and a wild GTA-level scene I witnessed outside a coffee shop in LA that you have to hear to believe. ⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ Timestamps: 00:00:00 – Cold Open: State of the Pod 00:01:42 – Why I Started HTBITY and the Guest Booking Reality 00:04:38 – Fox News, CNN, and Who Actually Returns Calls 00:07:47 – Upcoming Cons and What's Next for Jamie 00:09:02 – The 2030 Warning: AI Is Coming for Your Job 00:12:50 – The Left's Inclusivity Problem and Lindsey Graham Tweets 00:19:27 – Hollywood Pays to Play: How Bad Movies Get Made 00:26:19 – LA Is GTA: Coffee Shop Story 00:31:37 – Robocar and the Self-Driving Taxi Opportunity 00:37:50 – Reacting to the Hudson Williams Autograph Meltdown 00:38:13 – Courtney Cox at the Mall: A Scream Set Story 00:44:22 – What Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, and Wrestlers Get Right 00:49:37 – Six Apps Deep: Where the Line Was Crossed 00:52:34 – Manifesting, The Simulation, and The Secret Is Real 00:56:47 – The Messi and Lamine Yamal Prophecy ⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ Support the Pod: 💥 Patreon: patreon.com/thejamiekennedy 🎟️ Tour Dates: jamiekennedy.com 👕 Merch: jamiekennedy.com/merch 📺 Subscribe: youtube.com/@jamiekennedycomedy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  8. Jul 10

    Stu Stone on the New Hollywood Hustle and the Rolling with Saget Years| Ep 265 HTBITY

    This week on Hate To Break It To Ya I sat down with Stu Stone — actor, filmmaker, rapper, podcast pioneer, and one of my oldest friends in this business — for a conversation that was 25 years in the making. Stu has been on this couch more than anyone else, which tells you everything you need to know about the quality of what he brings. We went deep on the era that defined both of our careers, the hustle that got us there, and the economy that's keeping us alive today. We covered a lot of ground. We got into how the convention circuit has quietly become one of the most reliable income streams in Hollywood — Eli Roth called it "the new residuals" and he is not wrong. We talked about Tremors 5 selling 863,000 DVDs, residual checks from Enemy of the State, and why getting on Netflix might actually be the worst financial move you can make. Then we went back to the origin story of "Rolling with Saget" — the song that started as a demo recorded in a porn warehouse in the Valley for $40 an hour, almost starred Jeff Goldblum, got passed on by every rapper in the game (including Akon, which we will always regret), and then went to number one on MySpace overnight. We watched footage from the MTV show Blowing Up, including a clip of Bob Saget rapping in the Hummer on Sunset, and we talked about the meeting at Warner Brothers where we had to explain the concept to the chairman of the label by singing "Boogie in Your Butt." We also got into how I created a fake manager named Marty Power — a cross between Robbie Benson and James Woods — to get my first auditions, and how selling sandwiches to Barry from Barry's Boot Camp was the beginning of learning how to sell myself. Stu is one of the few people who has been there for every version of me — Lexus Jamie, Hummer Jamie, Bentley Jamie, pandemic Jamie — and watching these old clips together reminded me how much we actually built from nothing. This one goes long and it earns every minute. ⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ About Stu Stone: Stu Stone (born Stuart Eisenstein) is a Canadian actor, filmmaker, rapper, and producer who has been working in the entertainment industry since age two. He is best known for playing Ronald Fisher in Donnie Darko, voicing Ralphie Tennelli on The Magic School Bus, and co-starring with Jamie Kennedy in the 2006 MTV reality series Blowin' Up. He is a director and co-founder of 5'7 Films, whose horror feature The Haunted House on Kirby Road won Best Horror Feature at the Toronto Independent Film Festival. His current projects include the film Don't Mess with Ghosts, a re-release of Faking a Murderer, and Dark Side of the Ring Season 7. Follow Stu Stone Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stustone/ X: https://x.com/stustone ⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ Timestamps: 00:00:00 – Welcome Back, Hall of Famer 00:05:12 – Tom Green, Podcasting and the Early Internet 00:13:03 – Fame Then vs. Fame Now 00:19:07 – The Convention Circuit and Hollywood's New Residuals 00:29:02 – Convention Horror Stories 00:34:18 – Why Hollywood Doesn't Work Like It Used To 00:44:34 – The Death of the Movie Star 00:50:05 – Jamie's Early Hustle 00:56:57 – The SNL Audition 01:00:51 – Chasing a Record Deal 01:02:15 – How Rolling with Saget Was Born 01:09:01 – Going Number One on MySpace 01:10:37 – Convincing Warner Bros. to Make It 01:15:04 – Blowin' Up Turns 20 01:25:18 – T-Pain, Bow Wow and MTV Memories 01:29:03 – Wrapping Up ⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ Support the Pod: 💥 Patreon: patreon.com/thejamiekennedy 🎟️ Tour Dates: jamiekennedy.com 👕 Merch: jamiekennedy.com/merch 📺 Subscribe: youtube.com/@jamiekennedycomedy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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He’s mad as hell and he’s not going to take it anymore. HATE TO BREAK IT TO YA is a weekly podcast hosted by actor/comedian Jamie Kennedy. Jamie is on a constant quest to get to the bottom of things. Step inside Jamie’s brain where you will be confronted with idea’s that are unique and thought-provoking. An assault on your ears with a spin you may not want to hear.... Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jamie-kennedy0/support

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    Hate To Break It To Ya with Jamie Kennedy
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2026
  • Episodes
    276
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