October 7, 2025 • 5 mins
In this segment of The Ben and Skin Show, the crew dives headfirst into the viral footage of Jerry Jones allegedly flipping the bird during the Cowboys-Jets game. Was it a celebratory thumbs-up gone wrong—or did Jerry just forget which digit does what?Ben Rogers, Jeff “Skin” Wade, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina Ray dissect the footage with surgical comedic precision, questioning everything from arthritis to synapse misfires. KT even drops a philosophical gem: “It is kind of crazy that just with our mental powers we can move our digits. We take that for granted, don’t we?”—prompting a spontaneous deep dive into the history of hand gestures, from medieval archery threats to carriage-era peace signs.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Come on.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Surprise.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
So there's a little bit viral footage of Jerry Jones
flashing a middle finger up from the press box or
up from his suite at the Cowboys Jets game up.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
There in New York the other day. Smell this, Jerry Junior,
I guess New Jersey.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
Here's what he said on his morning uh interview, this
weekly interview on the Fan. He said, that was inadvertent
on my part. That was right after we made our
last touchdown. There wasn't any antagonistic issue. I just put
up the wrong show of my hand. If you want
to call it an accident, call it an accident. The
intention was thumbs up and pointing at our fans because
(00:57):
everyone was excited. I took house lost.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
I think he's a lost function of his digits. I
think that is that's the weirdest lie I've ever heard.
That's a guy who's used to lying, and uh, he
just lied. It's so and now it's on record. Go oh,
maybe the old man just got confused, is what the
middle finger was? Well, hell, that ain't my thumb.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
But all the Jets fans left, so I don't know
that he would have been doing it to maybe a
Cowboys fan said something to him.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
No, I well, it could have been a Cowboys fan
said something to him, but he definitely flipped somebody the
bird and he knew exactly what he's doing. And I,
you know, I'm I am a little bit fascinated by
the bird and how different people do it different ways.
He did it in a way that was like kind
of not that aggressive, like it was kind of old
man hand and it was kind of weird, like some
(01:44):
people go with a full bald fist to where the
finger like really sticks out. Is that what you do? Yeah?
And I smell it, and some people do it with
they bend only at the knuckle. Yeah, it's like it's
not a ball, you know. It's like so yeah, but
do you find it? Yeah? No, I think he's lying
on purpose so he doesn't get in trouble.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
I think he I think he just didn't know what
finger he's putting up. Now, follow up, so you guys
have more go ahead.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
Is I just think he's got arthritis?
Speaker 1 (02:14):
He says, this was unfortunate. This was a kind of
exchange with our fans out in front of us. There
was a swarm of Cowboys fans, not Jets, fans, but
cowboys fans. The stadium was brimming with the enthusiasm of
the cowboys. That was inadvertent on my part. I think
he just held his hand up and his thumb just went.
I mean his middle finger just went, and he meant
to do a thumbs up or a point at you.
(02:36):
It is hard to remember what finger to put up
when you need to. It is kind of crazy that
just with our mental powers we can move our digits.
We take that for granted, don't we.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Uh KT weighing in on the central nerves are hi
And also you can't confuse your middle and your thumb like,
that's completely opposite way. My snat says, are firing wrong. Christina.
When's the last time he flips a buddy off? I
actually have it in a very long time. Would you
mind flipping off? Kat? I just want to see your form.
(03:05):
I almost that KT off. Come on, I'm gonna show
you how I do it. If y'all want to see
how Yeah, see how.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
You do it?
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Okay, sh bins at the digit. Yeahs have it, But
it's kind of it sends the message there's no the
way Jerry did it. You're like, what is his finger? Broken, Like,
what's wrong?
Speaker 1 (03:26):
What does it mean? The middle finger?
Speaker 2 (03:28):
Apparently you're celebrating according.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
To Jerry, Yeah, I never know what means. It means
you scored a touchdown. I never I never really listened,
so I don't know. But I'll see things come across
social media, and I don't know if it was this week.
I can't remember exactly when I saw apparently they asked
him about his sexual assault case.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
Did y'all see that photing around Jerry?
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (03:51):
And then he had a response that has been going
on for seven years.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
And you know, dude, I mean I remember, like this
has happened so many times in our life where we've
covered Jerry Jones's sexual assault cases.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
It runs together.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
I remember an iHeart executive back in the day was
like jumping up and down. You guys run the ears
back when I was doing mornings.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
Yeah, and they were like you.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
Gotta go in there and show them this, and I
was like, well, you know, Wednesday, this happens all the
time and there's nothing new here.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
It's there's so many of these they run together, and
we all right, is this the one where he posts
for the picture in the bathroom or like this a
is this a missing child?
Speaker 2 (04:26):
Which one is this? This is the group picture one.
By the way, there is uh. There's people arguing about
the origin of flipping the bird the middle finger. But
one theory, and this is some people say this isn't real.
Is that back when you used to have wars with
bow and arrows bows and arrows, that some one one
side threatened if we catch any of you were cutting
(04:47):
off your middle fingers, so you can't shoot bow and arrows, okay,
And so to show that they all had their middle fingers,
they were kind of like fu we all got them
back to the other side. So I don't know, that's
the most credible one I've seen. But there's also people
that say that's wrong. That makes sense. But like all
this stuff, like the idea of waving, that started because
when you passed another or shaking hands, right, waving or
(05:11):
shaking hands when you passed as somebody else in your carriage,
you show that you didn't have a gun, you weren't
about to kill them. Oh you show your hands, put
your hand up like, no, I'm friendly, I'm not about
to shoot you. Then I'll shoot you, right, I think
that's what that is, Okay, So it all checks outically.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
I just I'm really interested in believing anything I hear,
so whatever you guys tell me.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
All right, there you have it. There's cussing the cowboys.
Coming up next are the Dallas Stars leaving Dallas. This
is just three minutes away. We'll discuss next
Come on.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Surprise.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
So there's a little bit viral footage of Jerry Jones
flashing a middle finger up from the press box or
up from his suite at the Cowboys Jets game up.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
There in New York the other day. Smell this, Jerry Junior,
I guess New Jersey.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
Here's what he said on his morning uh interview, this
weekly interview on the Fan. He said, that was inadvertent
on my part. That was right after we made our
last touchdown. There wasn't any antagonistic issue. I just put
up the wrong show of my hand. If you want
to call it an accident, call it an accident. The
intention was thumbs up and pointing at our fans because
(00:57):
everyone was excited. I took house lost.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
I think he's a lost function of his digits. I
think that is that's the weirdest lie I've ever heard.
That's a guy who's used to lying, and uh, he
just lied. It's so and now it's on record. Go oh,
maybe the old man just got confused, is what the
middle finger was? Well, hell, that ain't my thumb.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
But all the Jets fans left, so I don't know
that he would have been doing it to maybe a
Cowboys fan said something to him.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
No, I well, it could have been a Cowboys fan
said something to him, but he definitely flipped somebody the
bird and he knew exactly what he's doing. And I,
you know, I'm I am a little bit fascinated by
the bird and how different people do it different ways.
He did it in a way that was like kind
of not that aggressive, like it was kind of old
man hand and it was kind of weird, like some
(01:44):
people go with a full bald fist to where the
finger like really sticks out. Is that what you do? Yeah?
And I smell it, and some people do it with
they bend only at the knuckle. Yeah, it's like it's
not a ball, you know. It's like so yeah, but
do you find it? Yeah? No, I think he's lying
on purpose so he doesn't get in trouble.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
I think he I think he just didn't know what
finger he's putting up. Now, follow up, so you guys
have more go ahead.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
Is I just think he's got arthritis?
Speaker 1 (02:14):
He says, this was unfortunate. This was a kind of
exchange with our fans out in front of us. There
was a swarm of Cowboys fans, not Jets, fans, but
cowboys fans. The stadium was brimming with the enthusiasm of
the cowboys. That was inadvertent on my part. I think
he just held his hand up and his thumb just went.
I mean his middle finger just went, and he meant
to do a thumbs up or a point at you.
(02:36):
It is hard to remember what finger to put up
when you need to. It is kind of crazy that
just with our mental powers we can move our digits.
We take that for granted, don't we.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Uh KT weighing in on the central nerves are hi
And also you can't confuse your middle and your thumb like,
that's completely opposite way. My snat says, are firing wrong. Christina.
When's the last time he flips a buddy off? I
actually have it in a very long time. Would you
mind flipping off? Kat? I just want to see your form.
(03:05):
I almost that KT off. Come on, I'm gonna show
you how I do it. If y'all want to see
how Yeah, see how.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
You do it?
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Okay, sh bins at the digit. Yeahs have it, But
it's kind of it sends the message there's no the
way Jerry did it. You're like, what is his finger? Broken, Like,
what's wrong?
Speaker 1 (03:26):
What does it mean? The middle finger?
Speaker 2 (03:28):
Apparently you're celebrating according.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
To Jerry, Yeah, I never know what means. It means
you scored a touchdown. I never I never really listened,
so I don't know. But I'll see things come across
social media, and I don't know if it was this week.
I can't remember exactly when I saw apparently they asked
him about his sexual assault case.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
Did y'all see that photing around Jerry?
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (03:51):
And then he had a response that has been going
on for seven years.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
And you know, dude, I mean I remember, like this
has happened so many times in our life where we've
covered Jerry Jones's sexual assault cases.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
It runs together.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
I remember an iHeart executive back in the day was
like jumping up and down. You guys run the ears
back when I was doing mornings.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
Yeah, and they were like you.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
Gotta go in there and show them this, and I
was like, well, you know, Wednesday, this happens all the
time and there's nothing new here.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
It's there's so many of these they run together, and
we all right, is this the one where he posts
for the picture in the bathroom or like this a
is this a missing child?
Speaker 2 (04:26):
Which one is this? This is the group picture one.
By the way, there is uh. There's people arguing about
the origin of flipping the bird the middle finger. But
one theory, and this is some people say this isn't real.
Is that back when you used to have wars with
bow and arrows bows and arrows, that some one one
side threatened if we catch any of you were cutting
(04:47):
off your middle fingers, so you can't shoot bow and arrows, okay,
And so to show that they all had their middle fingers,
they were kind of like fu we all got them
back to the other side. So I don't know, that's
the most credible one I've seen. But there's also people
that say that's wrong. That makes sense. But like all
this stuff, like the idea of waving, that started because
when you passed another or shaking hands, right, waving or
(05:11):
shaking hands when you passed as somebody else in your carriage,
you show that you didn't have a gun, you weren't
about to kill them. Oh you show your hands, put
your hand up like, no, I'm friendly, I'm not about
to shoot you. Then I'll shoot you, right, I think
that's what that is, Okay, So it all checks outically.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
I just I'm really interested in believing anything I hear,
so whatever you guys tell me.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
All right, there you have it. There's cussing the cowboys.
Coming up next are the Dallas Stars leaving Dallas. This
is just three minutes away. We'll discuss next
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