Hello, hello, and welcome to another Red Handed Shorthand.

The phenomenon that was subway jarred is probably the most American thing we've ever covered

on this show ever.

I think it's impossible, in fact, for us in Europe to wrap our heads around this idea.

I think the closest thing we have to a national celebrity who is only famous because of TV

advertising is probably a talking meerkat who sells car insurance.

And quite frankly, it's in another leak.

Our meerkat never earned tens of millions of dollars of personal wealth, never skyrocketed

a company's profits, never gained enough influence to start an international pedophile ring

spanning the US and Southeast Asia, as far as we know.

But that is exactly what Mr. Jared Fogel did.

He was much more than a viral sensation.

He was a full-blown all-American celebrity, with plenty of skeletons in his closet that

no one could ever have expected.

And here's the shorthand.

Fogel was born on the 23rd of August, 1977.

And as a young boy, he developed an unhealthy relationship with food.

As a teenager, bang in the middle of the video game boom of the late 80s and 90s.

He spent most of his time at home playing games and snacking.

By the time Fogel was 19, he was eating an estimated 10,000 calories a day and weighed 425 pounds,

which is 190 kilos or 30 stone, depending on where you are sitting in Europe.

And at that point, Fogel was attending college and his weight was holding him back in all

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