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The Useless Hotline

The Boys Discuss Nicki Minaj, Going To The Olympics and Cameo Days

The Useless Hotline

Max Balegde & George Clarke

Comedy, News, News Commentary

4.8701 Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Welcome to The Useless Hotline hosted by Max Balegde and George Clarke. A place to send your queries and dilemmas no matter how big, small, weird, or embarrassing. We can’t guarantee good advice or that you will leave a changed person, but we can guarantee that this is a useless hotline.


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Chapters


00:00 Nicki Minaj and Donald Trump: A Political Shift

03:00 Life in the Spotlight: Touring and Hosting Events

05:52 Olympic Aspirations: From Bobsled to Curling

09:06 Figure Skating and Curling: Behind the Scenes

11:59 The Evolution of Music and Celebrity Culture

14:57 The Price of Fame: Ticket Prices and Fan Reactions

17:58 The Changing Landscape of Rap and Rivalries

31:03 The Evolution of TikTok Personalities

34:58 Nostalgia for Viral Moments

38:53 The Rise and Fall of Internet Fame

41:01 The Business of Cameo and Monetization

56:51 Reflections on the Cameo Experience




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Transcript

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0:00.0

Have you, I don't know if you're keeping up to date with like what Nikki Minaj is doing with Donald Trump.

0:03.8

My God. I've been keeping up with Nikki Minaj's dealings with Donald Trump for years now.

0:10.3

When I was running late to a flight with Andrew, we were already in hell. And literally I was at my

0:15.2

utmost level of what I could physically take in that moment of stress, anxiety, depression, everything,

0:22.3

and then Paul Breach walked past me.

0:24.3

My God, do you remember when his assistant reached out to me and gave me his phone number?

0:28.8

I tried to hoodwink.

0:31.2

I tried to hoodwink Paul Breach to come on our podcast and do a sit-down interview with him.

0:36.0

I convinced you to try and make it into a full on Netflix doc.

0:39.2

Like, he used to do cameos constantly. Surely people are not buying Paul Breach cameos anymore. When I used to do cameo, I used to hate the fact that it posts the videos that you send to everyone. Am I still there? Can you check if I'm on cameo? What it does say is I can book a business video from you for 726 quid.

0:56.8

I literally used to shag cameo. I loved it. If I was in Team G.B, what sport do you think I would do? What? Are we talking to Winter Olympics? Well, I'm going for the Winter Olympics, yeah. I think I'd want to be on the bobsled team.

1:10.9

Just go on a roller coaster every day.

1:12.5

It's actually a really perilous sport where lives are lost.

1:16.6

People die.

1:17.6

It's actually like fucking dangerous.

1:19.4

The skeleton's the worst one.

1:21.4

Hello, I'm Max Spellick Day.

1:24.4

George Clark.

1:26.4

And welcome to the US hotline.

1:27.8

TikTok wasn't working out for us.

1:29.3

So we decided to set up her own little business.

1:31.7

Yes.

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