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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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This week on Hate To Break It To Ya I sat down with Michael Rapaport — New York City legend, actor, comedian, podcaster, and one of the most outspoken pro-Jewish voices in the country right now — and we went everywhere. I mean everywhere. We started where any two white boys from our era have to start: the White Boy Hall of Fame. Who’s in, who’s got a wing, who owns the whole compound. And it escalated from there in the best possible way.

We got deep into Jewish identity, Zionism, and antisemitism — and Michael broke it all the way down. He explained what Zionism actually means at its most basic level, why he refuses to separate anti-Zionism from anti-Jewishness, and why he has zero patience for people who want to debate him on it. He talked about the rise of what he calls “reimagined, remixed” antisemitism, what happened at UCLA, why he’s deeply critical of NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and why he’s seriously considering running for mayor himself. He also explained the one reason — and it’s a big one — why he retired his longtime nickname for Donald Trump. Nine trips to Israel in two and a half years, conversations with hostage families, and a clarity about what actually mattered to him in the last election. That’s a real answer from a real person, and I respect it.

We also got into the Kevin Hart roast fallout, why Michael thinks the comics complaining about it are out of pocket, his memories of the Improv in the early 90s when he and I were both coming up, his arc on Only Murders in the Building, and his Tribe Called Quest documentary — which he started filming at Rock the Bells with a camera in his own hands. Michael Rapaport is one of those guys who has always been exactly this — loud, funny, passionate, and completely unfiltered. Social media simply gave everyone else a window into the guy people in comedy and Hollywood have known for decades.

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About Michael Rapaport:
Michael Rapaport is a New York-born actor, comedian, director, and podcast host who has been a fixture in film and television since the early 1990s. His film credits include Zebrahead, True Romance, Higher Learning, Cop Land, Dr. Dolittle 2, and Big Fan, and on television he has appeared in Boston Public, Prison Break, Atypical, Justified, and Only Murders in the Building. He directed the acclaimed hip-hop documentary Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest (2011) and the ESPN 30 for 30 film When the Garden Was Eden. Since October 7, 2023, Rapaport has become one of the most prominent pro-Jewish, pro-Israel voices in American entertainment, using his I Am Rapaport: Stereo Podcast and his massive social media following to speak out against antisemitism — and he has recently announced he is considering a run for Mayor of New York City.

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Timestamps:
00:00:00 – Cold Open: Hidden Cameras & Old Friends
00:01:00 – The White Boy Hall of Fame: Who's In, Who's Got a Wing
00:07:00 – Mark Wahlberg Owns the Compound
00:09:00 – Larry Bird, Elvis, and the Hall of Fame Debate
00:12:00 – Robin Thicke, Gary Owen & Scott Caan
00:16:00 – Jews, Hollywood, and the "Run" Conversation
00:19:00 – Antisemitism Is Back With a New Publicist
00:21:00 – What Zionism Actually Means
00:27:00 – The Jewish Tunnels of Los Angeles
00:33:00 – Free Palestine, Hamas, and Iran
00:43:00 – Kanye West, Redemption, and the Music Question
00:47:00 – Michael's Early Career & the Improv in the 90s
00:53:00 – Brooklyn Is Cotton Candy Now
00:58:00 – Zohran Mamdani: "Zoran the Moron"
01:03:00 – Spencer Pratt, the LA Mayor Race & Michael Running for NYC Mayor
01:08:00 – Trump, October 7th, and Why He Retired "Dick Stained"
01:21:00 – The Movie Business Is Broken
01:31:00 – The Kevin Hart Roast Fallout
01:43:00 – The Tribe Called Quest Documentary & Rock the Bells
01:47:00 – Wrap-Up

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This week on Hate To Break It To Ya I sat back down with Corey Feldman — actor, musician, and we went deep. The last episode we recorded together had to be pulled for legal reasons tied to an ongoing fakumentary lawsuit, so this one picks up where that left off. 

We got into why Corey has never once been booked on a major late-night show — not Kimmel, not Colbert, not Fallon, not Letterman, not Carson — and why he believes his speaking out is the direct reason. He walked me through the exact moment everything changed: watching the 2010 Academy Awards and seeing Corey Haim's name left out of the In Memoriam segment. That was the night he went to ABC Nightline and said out loud what nobody in Hollywood wanted said. He also shared something I'd never heard before — the promise Corey Haim made him take a year before his death. That conversation hit different. We also got into the smear campaign that's been running against him for fifteen years, the people he believes are paid to keep it going, and what happened the night his documentary screened at the DGA — with Rosanne Arquette, Matthew Modine, and a plug that mysteriously got kicked out of the wall.

From there we went into the Epstein files, why Corey thinks the current geopolitical noise is a distraction from accountability, the difference between real corroborated evidence and whitewash lists, and where he draws the line on what he'll say publicly versus what could get him "suicided." We also talked about what's actually going on in his career right now — a new rock collaboration with Fred Durst, a song he's writing to raise money for Epstein survivors, a Steven Soderbergh-presented film called Sour Party screening at SAG on July 7th, and the Stand By Me Live and Goonies tours drawing thousands every night. Corey's busy, he's clear-eyed, and he's not done.

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About Corey Feldman:

Corey Feldman is an actor and musician who has worked in Hollywood since childhood, with iconic roles in The Goonies, Stand By Me, The Lost Boys, and the original Scream. He is widely recognized as the first public figure to openly discuss the prevalence of abuse in the entertainment industry, a stance he has maintained for over three decades despite significant personal and professional consequences. He is the author of the memoir Coreyography and the creator of the documentary (My) Truth: The R*** of 2 Coreys. He currently fronts his own band, runs an independent music label, and is actively touring with Stand By Me Live and Goonies Live events across the country.

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Corey’s New Single:https://youtu.be/JnRWBAlOGcE

Corey’s Birthday Party Shows:

7/25: The Arrow Room [Rancho Cucamonga, CA]

7/26: Garden Amphitheatre [Garden Grove, CA]

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 – Corey's Back: Why the Last Episode Got Pulled

00:02:23 – Legacy vs. Viral Fame: Art Is Forever

00:05:20 – Jimmy Kimmel, Loyalty, and the Pilot That Never Paid Off

00:09:58 – Exiled from Late Night: The Price of Speaking Out

00:13:39 – The 2010 Academy Awards and Corey Haim's In Memoriam Snub

00:19:03 – Corey Haim's Final Promise

00:21:26 – Judy Haim, Gaslighting, and Where Was the Mother

00:24:27 – Paid Opposition: The 15-Year Smear Campaign

00:25:44 – The DGA Screening, the Pulled Plug, and Two Years Blacklisted

00:30:13 – Out of the Shadows, QAnon Whitewashing, and the Real Epstein Flight Log

00:45:38 – Epstein, the War, and What's Being Covered Up

00:49:27 – Satanism, the Illuminati, and Hollywood's Dark Side

00:55:37 – Faith, Prayer, and How Corey Stays Centered

00:58:09 – New Music: Fred Durst Collab and a Song for Survivors

01:01:00 – Sour Party, the Goonies Tour, and What's Coming Next

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