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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Feels so good. Roy O'Neil joins us now to talk
about how many people have died here in the last
It seems like forty eight hours. Malcolm Jamal Warner, Ozzy Osbourne,
you got Hulk Cogan, and then Chuck Mangioni dies at
age eighty four. Wow, crazy, you know, Roy, welcome in,
thanks for being here. When I saw you know, Malcolm
Jamal Warner and Ozzy Osbourne, everybody is saying, oh my gosh,
(00:21):
here it comes in threes. Who's next? And it's like, oh,
Hulk Cogan and then Chuck Manngioni dies. I'm like, what
we got two more to go? Pairs of threes here?
What's happening?
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Well?
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Right, and look that really is a thing. And by
the way, you might Connie Francis might be able to
sneak in as one of these in that group as well,
the singer who also died last week.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
Yes, yes, yeah, But you know, it's sort of all
we think sort of dates back, this lore of these
deaths and threes on the day of the music died
right back.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
In nineteen fifty nine, the playing crash that killed Richie
Allens and Buddy Holly and the big bopper. That's sort
of where we think this idea began that these celebrity
deaths come in threes. But boy, when you look back
over the years, it really has happened quite a lot
to see death after death this way. And I'm thinking
back to June of two thousand and nine, probably the
(01:13):
biggest ones. Ed McMahon died in June of that year,
and then two days later, on the same day, Farah
Fawcett and Michael Jackson died.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
Yes, yeah, I remember that Michael Jackson and Pharah Fawcet
thing as well, and I'd forgotten about Ed McMahon the
same timeframe.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
You know.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
I was talking to somebody yesterday about it, and they go,
you know, if you really looked hard, and especially now
with the news getting out there immediately and everything seems
to be reported so fast and we're not missing a lot.
It goes on. You could probably play this game if
you will, and find three like every month, you know. So,
(01:49):
is it just that we're exposed to it more and
we get more of it? Is it really kind of
a well you can believe what you want, but there's
something to it.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
Yeah. I think we're exposed to it more. I think
the definition of celebrity has grown so much more as well, right,
I mean it seems like everybody is a celebrity or
an influencer these days. I think that's part of it.
And it's also social media. What is it in us
that makes us want to share death news faster than
anything online?
Speaker 1 (02:15):
I tell you what. You know, we obviously in the
news world get alerts on things like this all the time.
But the minute I saw it from our company, then
I went to social media and looked, and there's already
a thousand posts about you know.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
Hardy Hogan. It's it's crazy. Wow.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
I mean, people are yeah, and when you've got big
names like that, it kind of smacks us all because
there's a tie to these people in most people's lives
in one way or another way, you like them or not.
You know, we've experienced these people and it's like, oh wow,
we've lost another one. But yeah, I saw Chuck Mangioni
as well after a hul cog and I'm like, oh
(02:51):
my gosh, Okay, enough for the day. I don't need
to hear anymore about people dying, right, all right, let's
talk a little bit more about what's going on with
the Epstein files is everybody seems to be digging in
and wanting to get down to Florida and interview her.
But as you know, our speaker Mike Johnson said, do
you really trust anything? She's going to say? What are
we doing here?
Speaker 3 (03:09):
Well, look, the Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche spent nearly
six hours interviewing her yesterday. Her attorney said that she
answered truthfully and completely. She didn't take the fifth or
anything like that. She answered all the questions. And it's
interesting that Blanche is going to be back for another
whole day of questioning today. So it does beg the
(03:30):
question of like, so we got the announcement, what fourth
of July weekend? Nothing to see here, We're closing the case,
We're all done. But now they're interviewing Gilaine Maxwell, the
woman who arranged all the girls to meet up with Epstein,
you know, like she should. How can you close the
case without already doing an interview like this was my.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
Question, right, We'll have to see where this goes. But yeah,
it did happen yesterday, and after this little meeting, her attorney,
David Marcus told reporters, Yeah, I went pretty well.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Answered all the questions and answered him honestly.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
There were a lot of questions and we went all
day and she answered every one of them. She never
just said I'm not going to answer, never decline.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
Ry Are they done? Is it one interview and that's
all you get her? There are going to be others
that want to talk to her as well, and is
she going to you know, has there been any word
about a deal being cut for her cooperation?
Speaker 3 (04:15):
Well, that's the question. So Blanche is going to talk
to her more today. And then she was also issued
a subpoena by a House committee and that they want
to talk to her before August eleventh. So more of
this is happening, and then there are questions about whether
or not there's a deal, a pardon something. But to
your point, you know, the Speaker has some serious doubts
about when she's telling the truth. Again, she's serving twenty
(04:38):
years for sex trafficking.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
Yeah, Speaker, Mike Johnson, you're absolutely right about Dennis. He's
a little skeptical.
Speaker 4 (04:44):
Is she a credible witness? I mean, this is a
person who's been sentenced to many, many years in prison
for terrible, unspeakable conspiratorial acts and acts against innocent young people.
I mean, can we trust what she's going to say?
Speaker 1 (04:57):
Why to nightmare? The whole thing is roory. Thank you
so much, but he have a great weekend.
Feels so good. Roy O'Neil joins us now to talk
about how many people have died here in the last
It seems like forty eight hours. Malcolm Jamal Warner, Ozzy Osbourne,
you got Hulk Cogan, and then Chuck Mangioni dies at
age eighty four. Wow, crazy, you know, Roy, welcome in,
thanks for being here. When I saw you know, Malcolm
Jamal Warner and Ozzy Osbourne, everybody is saying, oh my gosh,
(00:21):
here it comes in threes. Who's next? And it's like, oh,
Hulk Cogan and then Chuck Manngioni dies. I'm like, what
we got two more to go? Pairs of threes here?
What's happening?
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Well?
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Right, and look that really is a thing. And by
the way, you might Connie Francis might be able to
sneak in as one of these in that group as well,
the singer who also died last week.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
Yes, yes, yeah, But you know, it's sort of all
we think sort of dates back, this lore of these
deaths and threes on the day of the music died
right back.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
In nineteen fifty nine, the playing crash that killed Richie
Allens and Buddy Holly and the big bopper. That's sort
of where we think this idea began that these celebrity
deaths come in threes. But boy, when you look back
over the years, it really has happened quite a lot
to see death after death this way. And I'm thinking
back to June of two thousand and nine, probably the
(01:13):
biggest ones. Ed McMahon died in June of that year,
and then two days later, on the same day, Farah
Fawcett and Michael Jackson died.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
Yes, yeah, I remember that Michael Jackson and Pharah Fawcet
thing as well, and I'd forgotten about Ed McMahon the
same timeframe.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
You know.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
I was talking to somebody yesterday about it, and they go,
you know, if you really looked hard, and especially now
with the news getting out there immediately and everything seems
to be reported so fast and we're not missing a lot.
It goes on. You could probably play this game if
you will, and find three like every month, you know. So,
(01:49):
is it just that we're exposed to it more and
we get more of it? Is it really kind of
a well you can believe what you want, but there's
something to it.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
Yeah. I think we're exposed to it more. I think
the definition of celebrity has grown so much more as well, right,
I mean it seems like everybody is a celebrity or
an influencer these days. I think that's part of it.
And it's also social media. What is it in us
that makes us want to share death news faster than
anything online?
Speaker 1 (02:15):
I tell you what. You know, we obviously in the
news world get alerts on things like this all the time.
But the minute I saw it from our company, then
I went to social media and looked, and there's already
a thousand posts about you know.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
Hardy Hogan. It's it's crazy. Wow.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
I mean, people are yeah, and when you've got big
names like that, it kind of smacks us all because
there's a tie to these people in most people's lives
in one way or another way, you like them or not.
You know, we've experienced these people and it's like, oh wow,
we've lost another one. But yeah, I saw Chuck Mangioni
as well after a hul cog and I'm like, oh
(02:51):
my gosh, Okay, enough for the day. I don't need
to hear anymore about people dying, right, all right, let's
talk a little bit more about what's going on with
the Epstein files is everybody seems to be digging in
and wanting to get down to Florida and interview her.
But as you know, our speaker Mike Johnson said, do
you really trust anything? She's going to say? What are
we doing here?
Speaker 3 (03:09):
Well, look, the Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche spent nearly
six hours interviewing her yesterday. Her attorney said that she
answered truthfully and completely. She didn't take the fifth or
anything like that. She answered all the questions. And it's
interesting that Blanche is going to be back for another
whole day of questioning today. So it does beg the
(03:30):
question of like, so we got the announcement, what fourth
of July weekend? Nothing to see here, We're closing the case,
We're all done. But now they're interviewing Gilaine Maxwell, the
woman who arranged all the girls to meet up with Epstein,
you know, like she should. How can you close the
case without already doing an interview like this was my.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
Question, right, We'll have to see where this goes. But yeah,
it did happen yesterday, and after this little meeting, her attorney,
David Marcus told reporters, Yeah, I went pretty well.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Answered all the questions and answered him honestly.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
There were a lot of questions and we went all
day and she answered every one of them. She never
just said I'm not going to answer, never decline.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
Ry Are they done? Is it one interview and that's
all you get her? There are going to be others
that want to talk to her as well, and is
she going to you know, has there been any word
about a deal being cut for her cooperation?
Speaker 3 (04:15):
Well, that's the question. So Blanche is going to talk
to her more today. And then she was also issued
a subpoena by a House committee and that they want
to talk to her before August eleventh. So more of
this is happening, and then there are questions about whether
or not there's a deal, a pardon something. But to
your point, you know, the Speaker has some serious doubts
about when she's telling the truth. Again, she's serving twenty
(04:38):
years for sex trafficking.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
Yeah, Speaker, Mike Johnson, you're absolutely right about Dennis. He's
a little skeptical.
Speaker 4 (04:44):
Is she a credible witness? I mean, this is a
person who's been sentenced to many, many years in prison
for terrible, unspeakable conspiratorial acts and acts against innocent young people.
I mean, can we trust what she's going to say?
Speaker 1 (04:57):
Why to nightmare? The whole thing is roory. Thank you
so much, but he have a great weekend.
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