TORONTO, ON - APRIL 9: Auston Matthews #34 of the Toronto Maple Leafs celebrates his goal against the Montreal Canadiens with teammates Mitch Marner #16 and Mark Giordano #55 during the first period at the Scotiabank Arena on April 9, 2022 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Photo by Mark Blinch
Props to Max for not falling for this shit stirring type of ‘journalism’. Lewis complimented the RB-team/Newey and all the journalist heard is: ‘it’s just the car’…
Lewis was asked why the RB18 is so good. Answers it. Praised RB/Newey and this ‘journalist’ of Sportskeeda (?) spins it into this. Some people shouldn’t be allowed in the paddock. Video of Lewis’s answer HERE.
Dan on Instagram Live “In The Closet” doing his first live show on his own platform since he came out the damn closet can really be something so special. It’s been almost four years since the four years were he did live shows consistently every most Tuesdays. A lot has changed since then but one thing that hasn’t is how good he is at being live with his audience.
I’ve always been a huge sucker for the live shows both him and Phil used to do and I haven’t ever been quiet about that. It wasn’t the reason I got into them at all - that was their YouTube content - but it felt like a nice added bonus to sit down with them an hour a week and just “hang out”. I’ve had a special soft spot for Dan’s and his live rambles.
Tonight’s surprise Instagram Live with a four hour warning was no different, even though it has been a while and it’s not on YouNow anymore. He looks slightly different, he wasn’t in his old London room but instead sat in his walk in closet in the forever home he co-designed with Phil. He’s sat on the floor, amidst packing for his solo world tour and he actually decided to do a surprise live for us.
And it was delightful. I was worried with the comments and when he decided to go wild and actually invite someone to join him on the live despite knowing how nothing worked. Moth was a wonderful surprise appearance and it felt almost like fate after Phil just retweeted her edit the day before. It was slightly awkward but neat and cool.
So was seeing Dan talk about the wall from the merch shop, all covered in little messages for him. It wasn’t slathered with dicks, like he’d joked, but instead full of sentimental messages that he admitted had hit his emotions. We know he’s a sentimental guy and that connection to his audience is important for him.
The little Phil cameo via texts and comments in the chats and him correcting Dan how to use Instagram was also hilarious. A little glimpse into the domestic arguing over who ordered dinner too. On the rare occasions they do let us see into their private life, I am always met with this warmth and comfort that they are still the same. If I think too hard about it and their whole history, it’ll grip my brain for hours. I’m still so incredibly thankful they found each other.
And of course, while Dan was trying to do a sentimental and silly ending to his shows like he used to, someone made nsfw comment about his thick green juice, which naturally made him gulp down like half the bottle and lick his lips with staring at us. This idiot. And then the delightful laughter. Free and happy.
The we’re all doomed tour is around the corner and he’d prepared YouTube videos, so it must be a busy and stressful time, and yet there he was. Sat on the floor of his closet, talking to his audience once again. Things will never be like they were before, but good new things will come. I’m so excited for his tour.
TORONTO, ON - APRIL 9: the bottles belonging to Auston Matthews #34 and Mitch Marner #16 of the Toronto Maple Leafs sit on top of the empty bench before the Toronto Maple Leafs face the Montreal Canadiens at the Scotiabank Arena on April 9, 2022 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Photo by Andrew Lahodynskyj