October 15, 2025 • 6 mins
In this segment of The Ben and Skin Show, Ben Rogers, Jeff “Skin” Wade, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina Ray dive into a whirlwind of celebrity news and personal reflections, kicking things off with a somber yet heartfelt tribute to R&B icon D’Angelo, whose untimely passing at 51 from pancreatic cancer left fans reeling. Skin shares a deeply personal story about his connection to D’Angelo’s music, including seeing him live in Dallas three times since 1995. But it’s not all heavy. The gang lightens the mood with a hilarious breakdown of D’Angelo’s infamous “Untitled” music video — yes, the one with the V. KT confesses it inspired him to start doing sit-ups at age 11, while Ben and Skin riff on the absurdity of being a reluctant sex symbol. Cue the panty-throwing concert stories and a perfectly timed jab: “No one wants to be R. Kelly. Hindsight.”The segment also touches on the passing of Diane Keaton (no, she’s not related to Michael Keaton — we Googled it too), and the surprising hospitalization of Home Alone star Daniel Stern, prompting KT to jokingly predict he might be next in the celebrity “comes-in-threes” curse.From gut-punching grief to gut-busting laughs, this episode is a rollercoaster of emotion, nostalgia, and classic Ben and Skin banter.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Some fast food news coming up that is going to
impact everybody. A little bit of sports news coming up
in ten minutes. Why did this coach, this local professional
coach just get a contract extension.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
But right now it's time for this juicy news. Hot
gods every stay on top in the woods shovel, all right,
So they say they come in threes.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
And before we get to the two deaths that we
know of, I will tell you that Home Alone star
and creator of the great movie Rookie of the Year,
Daniel Stern was sent to the hospital a medical emergency
in California. Now we think he's okay, but he's on
that line to where he could be joining Diane Keaton
(00:52):
and DiAngelo.
Speaker 4 (00:54):
This is the strangest news report I've ever heard. You're
saying a guy who he think is okay, maybe on
his deathbed, but.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
They coming through.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
I think the Lord sends us little hints.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Okay, how did Angelo pass away so young?
Speaker 4 (01:06):
Dude? That was devastating news. Yesterday We were getting ready
to pull off, you know, our golf cart, and my
wife and our friend Danny text me simultaneously died at
fifty one with pancratic cancer. It was not public knowledge,
so you know, if you're into that kind of music,
which I very much am. He's one of my old
(01:27):
time favorites. He has been in He's been to Dallas
in concert three times, and I've seen him all three times,
dating back to nineteen ninety five. Like, I love this guy.
Had no idea he was sick.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Man, none.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
All cancer sucks, but I think pancratic cancer is the worst. Yeah,
it's what my dad died of. And he lasted twenty
seven days after diagnosis, so I don't know. Maybe he
wasn't fighting it for very long just yet. I don't
know any of the details. But man, pancratic cancer does
not play. I remember the doctors were like, hey, good
luck with that. That's not what they said, but I
remember him saying, hey, we got to go down the hole.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
There's some people that actually have a chance.
Speaker 4 (02:05):
When that news came down, I was sitting there in
that golf cart earlier, I was talking about Johnny Harris.
He's fifty three, I'm fifty four. He was a big
Dangelo fan too, where like, oh my god, what and
then we're looking at each other like that guy's younger
than us. It's just man's just brutal.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
This is terrible because he is like widely recognized as
one of the greats, right, and that album.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Voodoo was huge.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
But I'll just tell you all over MTV around eleven
or twelve years old, yep, and he's standing on that
thing spinning and you could see the.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
V in the video for untitled I'm Serious.
Speaker 4 (02:43):
They presented to him as neked in that video and
it changed everything.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
It showed that guys can have a v that ladies
will want and it was always something to work for. Yeah,
it made me start doing sit ups, like immediately.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
He is.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
He is so revered.
Speaker 4 (02:58):
And the thing is is, you know, when you're there's
someone your age or something and it's music that you
listen to, you don't think of it within the context
of one of the greatest artists of all time.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
You think about the classics.
Speaker 4 (03:12):
Right. But and keep in mind, this guy put out
his first album in nineteen ninety five, so that is
what thirty years ago. He put out three albums total,
and he is considered people in that genre R and
B and funk and soul. He is up there with
Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gay, Donnie Hathaway, I mean, he is
(03:34):
considered one of those guys, and he put out three
records in thirty years and it was because, I mean,
the lottery's like, but he didn't just want to put
stuff out to put it out. He wanted it to
be perfect, and sometimes that can drive you crazy, right,
But yeah, he is. He is considered one of the
(03:55):
old time greats by fans, by critics. And that video
you're talking about that you saw this an eleven year old.
That really messed him up because he did not want
to be a sex symbol and when they started, he
was going for that. When they started, he would go
to his show. My wife reminded me when we went
to the show at Bronco Bull on that tour, women
were throwing panties on the stage when he was doing
(04:16):
that song, and he didn't want to be R Kelly
or one of those guys.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
R Kelly. No one wants to be R Kelly.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Kind sight, right, but hindsight, what is it like, kat
to have women throw their panties at.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Well, it's something that should be a shared experience. I'd like,
I think do y'all like Diane Keaton?
Speaker 3 (04:37):
Okay, so she's not related to Michael Keaton, and that
was the big news from her death for me. Okay,
I did not know, just assume we.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Had to google that to actually really interested. But I
love Diane Keaton too.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
Class act very very few performances better than Annie Hall.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Yeah, I don't know anything. I just knew what you
looked like, but I couldn't anything she was in. She
was huge in the seventies and eighties. And Something's Got
to Give. Oh, yeah, I forgot. She was in What's
It's a movie with God? What's his name? Y'all?
Speaker 4 (05:11):
Probably you'll probably also think of her as like, didn't
y'all like what's the Steve Martin.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
Father of the Bride? Didn't she the wife? And that?
Yes she is? And also Jack Nicholson is in Something's
Got to Give. Yeah, she was.
Speaker 4 (05:25):
She was a great actress associated with the Woody Allen
stuff in the late seventies. In The Godfather, right, she's
in The Godfather. She is Michael's wife and the Godfather.
I know her name was Diane Hall. I didn't either.
Annie Hall interesting Diane Hall. Probably he will her and
Woody Allen dated so he probably wrote that about her,
and that's probably what that's about yeah man, two legends
(05:48):
and Kat predicting Daniel Stern.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Next.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
Yeah, incredible the way that started, all right, coming up
in just a couple of minutes. Why did this local
coach get a contract extension? We'll talk about that next
Some fast food news coming up that is going to
impact everybody. A little bit of sports news coming up
in ten minutes. Why did this coach, this local professional
coach just get a contract extension.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
But right now it's time for this juicy news. Hot
gods every stay on top in the woods shovel, all right,
So they say they come in threes.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
And before we get to the two deaths that we
know of, I will tell you that Home Alone star
and creator of the great movie Rookie of the Year,
Daniel Stern was sent to the hospital a medical emergency
in California. Now we think he's okay, but he's on
that line to where he could be joining Diane Keaton
(00:52):
and DiAngelo.
Speaker 4 (00:54):
This is the strangest news report I've ever heard. You're
saying a guy who he think is okay, maybe on
his deathbed, but.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
They coming through.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
I think the Lord sends us little hints.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Okay, how did Angelo pass away so young?
Speaker 4 (01:06):
Dude? That was devastating news. Yesterday We were getting ready
to pull off, you know, our golf cart, and my
wife and our friend Danny text me simultaneously died at
fifty one with pancratic cancer. It was not public knowledge,
so you know, if you're into that kind of music,
which I very much am. He's one of my old
(01:27):
time favorites. He has been in He's been to Dallas
in concert three times, and I've seen him all three times,
dating back to nineteen ninety five. Like, I love this guy.
Had no idea he was sick.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Man, none.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
All cancer sucks, but I think pancratic cancer is the worst. Yeah,
it's what my dad died of. And he lasted twenty
seven days after diagnosis, so I don't know. Maybe he
wasn't fighting it for very long just yet. I don't
know any of the details. But man, pancratic cancer does
not play. I remember the doctors were like, hey, good
luck with that. That's not what they said, but I
remember him saying, hey, we got to go down the hole.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
There's some people that actually have a chance.
Speaker 4 (02:05):
When that news came down, I was sitting there in
that golf cart earlier, I was talking about Johnny Harris.
He's fifty three, I'm fifty four. He was a big
Dangelo fan too, where like, oh my god, what and
then we're looking at each other like that guy's younger
than us. It's just man's just brutal.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
This is terrible because he is like widely recognized as
one of the greats, right, and that album.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Voodoo was huge.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
But I'll just tell you all over MTV around eleven
or twelve years old, yep, and he's standing on that
thing spinning and you could see the.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
V in the video for untitled I'm Serious.
Speaker 4 (02:43):
They presented to him as neked in that video and
it changed everything.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
It showed that guys can have a v that ladies
will want and it was always something to work for. Yeah,
it made me start doing sit ups, like immediately.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
He is.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
He is so revered.
Speaker 4 (02:58):
And the thing is is, you know, when you're there's
someone your age or something and it's music that you
listen to, you don't think of it within the context
of one of the greatest artists of all time.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
You think about the classics.
Speaker 4 (03:12):
Right. But and keep in mind, this guy put out
his first album in nineteen ninety five, so that is
what thirty years ago. He put out three albums total,
and he is considered people in that genre R and
B and funk and soul. He is up there with
Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gay, Donnie Hathaway, I mean, he is
(03:34):
considered one of those guys, and he put out three
records in thirty years and it was because, I mean,
the lottery's like, but he didn't just want to put
stuff out to put it out. He wanted it to
be perfect, and sometimes that can drive you crazy, right,
But yeah, he is. He is considered one of the
(03:55):
old time greats by fans, by critics. And that video
you're talking about that you saw this an eleven year old.
That really messed him up because he did not want
to be a sex symbol and when they started, he
was going for that. When they started, he would go
to his show. My wife reminded me when we went
to the show at Bronco Bull on that tour, women
were throwing panties on the stage when he was doing
(04:16):
that song, and he didn't want to be R Kelly
or one of those guys.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
R Kelly. No one wants to be R Kelly.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Kind sight, right, but hindsight, what is it like, kat
to have women throw their panties at.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Well, it's something that should be a shared experience. I'd like,
I think do y'all like Diane Keaton?
Speaker 3 (04:37):
Okay, so she's not related to Michael Keaton, and that
was the big news from her death for me. Okay,
I did not know, just assume we.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Had to google that to actually really interested. But I
love Diane Keaton too.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
Class act very very few performances better than Annie Hall.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Yeah, I don't know anything. I just knew what you
looked like, but I couldn't anything she was in. She
was huge in the seventies and eighties. And Something's Got
to Give. Oh, yeah, I forgot. She was in What's
It's a movie with God? What's his name? Y'all?
Speaker 4 (05:11):
Probably you'll probably also think of her as like, didn't
y'all like what's the Steve Martin.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
Father of the Bride? Didn't she the wife? And that?
Yes she is? And also Jack Nicholson is in Something's
Got to Give. Yeah, she was.
Speaker 4 (05:25):
She was a great actress associated with the Woody Allen
stuff in the late seventies. In The Godfather, right, she's
in The Godfather. She is Michael's wife and the Godfather.
I know her name was Diane Hall. I didn't either.
Annie Hall interesting Diane Hall. Probably he will her and
Woody Allen dated so he probably wrote that about her,
and that's probably what that's about yeah man, two legends
(05:48):
and Kat predicting Daniel Stern.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Next.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
Yeah, incredible the way that started, all right, coming up
in just a couple of minutes. Why did this local
coach get a contract extension? We'll talk about that next
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