I Went Deep Inside Of Marty Mush And I Liked The Way It Made Me Feel
Every time I sit down with a fellow employee for this new food podcast Ian and I produce weekly, I learn something unexpected about the person we invite as our guest.
With Stu Feiner, I was shocked to learn he wanted to start his Death Row meal with an 8-ball of Peruvian flake because with all the "research" I have done on cocaine during my time on Wall Street, I found that cocaine decreases appetite while numbing my your mouth and making me other people shit my their pants.
Universal. Shutterstock Images.(never hungry… always shitting)
When I had Frank the Tank on, I learned about his rant-inducing hatred of mayonnaise.
And when I recently had Hannah Montoya on, she proudly revealed that she does not care for bananas but would often go down on a whole box all by herself.
(a masterclass in innuendo)
Well… In steps Marty Mush… Our latest guest, and someone who I genuinely enjoy being around during what little time we spend with each other at Barstool.
I have never been out with Marty, shared a meal with him, or driven with him on a long road trip, so our mutual knowledge of each other was minimal before we sat down on the pod.
After an hour or so of chatting, Marty had left our studio, and the first thing I said to my producer Ian after Mush closed the door behind him was, “Man… That guy really loves his wife.”
If I had known little about Marty before this episode, I knew even less about Ria. But the way he found seamless opportunities in our conversation to compliment her cooking, her family, her company, and just about everything else she touches really made me happy for two people who are essentially strangers.
I know their relationship was born out of a controversy that I didn’t care to follow because the soap opera of 20-somethings dating other 20-somethings in an office setting is not something that would ever garner my attention… Even if one of the players in that soap opera was a guy that I like and respect: Hank. The same Hank who has always been very supportive of any content I try to do, and the same Hank who just put me on to a mobile barber who trimmed up my beard outside Chicago’s HQ earlier this week.
As a matter of fact, if I were one of those people who took a side when the whole scandal of “Marty dating Hank’s ex” happened a couple of years ago, I would’ve probably been Team Hank just because I knew him more. But, again, the reason I never had to take a side is because I never cared enough to dedicate a single brain cell to that annoying saga whose shelf-life expired for everyone except some Comment Section trolls.
kbeis. Getty Images.So we fast-forward a couple of years, and the dating history no longer matters because Marty and Ria tied the knot, and from my 30,000-foot perch, it seems like they are madly in love.
Don’t get me wrong… If you listen to the whole episode, we talk about a SHITLOAD of other food-related topics, including Marty now having a “guy” that gets him tables in New York that I cannot get. And I started the podcast by sharing some memories of my friend Nick Mangold after his tragic passing…
But what really stuck with me involving Marty, and, honestly, what impressed me the most, was this young man talking so fucking lovingly and respectfully about the girl he just married. Reminded me a lot of how I talk about Annie, and that is the biggest compliment I can give a couple because my relationship with my wife is something I am EXTREMELY proud of, as well.
We named the episode "You Gotta Try This w/ Ria’s Husband" not for any other reason but to highlight what will become glaringly obvious once you watch it: Many have tried in the past, but Ria is the one succeeding most in making Mush into a better man.
So give it a listen, if you get a shot… It dropped today, on Halloween, but it could’ve easily been saved for a Valentine’s Day edition because both Marty and I could’ve closed out the episode saying, “Finding the love of your life and marrying her?… You gotta try this.”
Take a report.
-Large