The Boys React To The Epstein Files, The Grammy's and REVEAL Tour Plans
The Useless Hotline
Max Balegde & George Clarke
4.8 • 701 Ratings
🗓️ 8 February 2026
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro to the episode and what it covers
00:20 - Tour stories and hotel mishaps in Sheffield
02:08 - Woke up hair and quarantine-style hair struggles
04:13 - Sheffield city vibe and impressions from Max
05:22 - Tour logistics: number of stops and tour crowd size
06:42 - The mysterious "six or seven" quantifier and its cultural significance
07:48 - The viral "6, 7" meme and its generational reach
08:18 - Embarrassing fan cam moments at concerts
09:02 - The rules of on-tour games and the "Johnny Johnny" challenge
10:16 - Vito’s tour vlogs and dancing obsession
11:12 - Venue sizes: from Wembley to Palladium and ticket sell-outs
12:02 - Tour marketing strategies and ticket sales insight
13:08 - Meet and greet tickets and Bristol’s special spot in the tour
14:21 - Post-Nashville night out plans and fun clips from the tour
20:02 - The innovative PlayStation Portal device and upcoming Australian tour
21:32 - Australian media appearances and pronunciation struggles
22:28 - Anxiety over international impressions and speaking nerves
24:16 - Upcoming audio cues and halftime fun during the tour
26:01 - The game: "Does George care about this?" — pop culture topics quiz
27:15 - Grammys, Bad Bunny’s power move, and celebrity moments
28:44 - Nostalgia for iconic award show moments and Twitter rabbit holes
30:24 - Nicki Minaj’s controversial hand-holding and celebrity gossip
35:16 - The Jeffrey Epstein files: celebrity involvement and conspiracy theories
39:48 - The Kia Asylum metaphor explained—artists trapped in obscurity or success
41:16 - Debating whether Sabrina Carpenter and Katy Perry are "out" or "inside" the Kia
43:39 - The episode’s closing thoughts and the audience's role in sending dilemmas
47:18 - Final call for concise, funny audience stories and instructions
48:34 - Sign-off and excitement for upcoming shows and audience meetups
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The Epstein files. |
| 0:02.0 | I've seen this. |
| 0:03.0 | I've even got the time to write up to 3 million pages. |
| 0:05.0 | Does George care about this? |
| 0:07.0 | The Grammys. |
| 0:08.0 | I saw a lot of stuff on my Twitter and TikTok about the Grammys. |
| 0:12.0 | I don't really care, but I... |
| 0:15.0 | Pretty cool. |
| 0:17.0 | Alex Wadden. |
| 0:18.0 | His in-ears went all over the place. |
| 0:20.0 | I said that his performance was messed up because his in-eer fell out. |
| 0:25.6 | People were so quick to say that that is not true. |
| 0:28.4 | It was because the in-year wasn't working correctly, so he polled it out. |
| 0:31.5 | Do you ever get, go down like rabbit holes, but like algorithmic ones on Twitter where I don't want to be looking at this stuff |
| 0:38.5 | I just ended up being in like a Billy Irish hate Twitter. |
| 0:41.7 | The Kea Asylum is a made-up metaphorical play. |
| 0:45.8 | Singers who have been releasing music for a long time |
| 0:49.9 | but having no commercial success for themselves |
| 0:53.6 | people don't know who they are people like |
| 0:56.2 | bb rexer katie perry how many people are on the tour there's like 30 of you isn't there |
| 1:01.2 | six or seven couples no i hate how often that crops up as a as a amount in life hello my name is |
| 1:09.0 | max bellic day and my name is Max Bellick Day. |
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