None of these guys were loyal to anyone at the end. Norton and Opie did not quit when Anthony was fired. And they both re-signed with Sirius-XM rather than work with Anthony. I doubt anyone is 'team anyone' unless a paycheck is involved at this point.
I feel like this always happens to people in this medium, be it radio or podcast. Skip this post if you never listened to cumtown:
if you did listen to cumtown for any length, somewhere in 2018 Nick started to resent Stavros and in a Great Grape type episode directly attempted to call out his obesity and its impact on his health. Stav responded with uncharacteristic anger, shouting at Nick, calling him a 'hater,' claiming he "doesn't know how to talk to people" and concluded it by wafting away any remaining belief that his laughter is genuine by saying "look, the podcast is a job."
I stopped listening in late 2018, but looking over it now I see Stavros doing incredibly embarrassing cringe left-wing signaling and 5+ year old unironic bernie/communist memes that they got their start out mocking, and that Nick's identity is largely based around deconstructing. Stav, whose parents are Greek immigrants and grandparents still live in Grease (essentially a foreign, non-Western, non-white culture), seems tone deaf to the online/millennial culture to the point of not even understanding the appeal of Nick's humor or the cringe of what he's doing. Adam genuinely hates the alt-right 4chan nazi contingent of the audience, which is a double digit percentage, and resents having to play along. It just seems like being forced to interact with a small group of other men on a daily basis for hours while exposed to a large audience devolves into these situations. Resentments, petty behind the scene betrayals and spite/self-interest fueled maneuvering.
And from Gregg and Anthony we see they end up addicted to the microphone, to being listened to, that everything they do somehow needs to be exhibited. The financial security, property, the "family," the unlimited free time, It doesn't matter, they NEED to be on air. As their lives progress the show is less about their ability to entertain, the aspect that originally granted them an audience, and more about them and their longest fans being mutually shackled to one another. It becomes antagonistic, gossipy, and just plain messy, probably interferes with their ability to form friendships or relationships for the rest of their lives, but they can't escape it. In the end it seems like a shitty lifestyle, to be honest with ya
Guilty of what you idiot. Nobody knows who you are.
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