Bobby Lee Speaks About His Racism

was Bobby Lee being picked on for being Asian in Hollywood and is he a good representation for Asian guys in America let's talk about it yeah all these debates sparked up again on the internet because Bobby Lee was just on Joe Rogan's podcast let's run some of the clips directors called me a panac [ __ ] what yeah I had a director call me that once was he also no he was a white what yeah how long ago in the '90s one time I [ __ ] up on a line and he he made the whole uh everyone like the cameraman everyone and the Wardrobe former Circle they put me in the middle of the circle and he goes Point your finger and they all pointed their finger at me and he goes repeat after me you're the worst actor on planet Earth oh my God and they all did that and tears wed up in my eyes and I remember a wardrobe lady looked at me she goes I'm so sorry so I try to tilt every take the light the light right and then like by the eighth one he came from behind the thing and he grabbed my face like this he goes here here and I like tears well well no don't feel bad for me Po I'm a Survivor that's your Holocaust that was your out a movie and Michael Bay tells you to put your face towards the light yeah boom I mean listen guys Bobby Lee is talking about all these painful experiences that he went through that he's sensitive to Joe Rogan is partially empathizing partially also criticizing Bobby Lee for being soft and sensitive um they've been friends for decades and we got to talk about it because the internet had a lot to say about it so make sure you like subscribe and turn on your notifications also check out smalla sauce which is almost sold out smalla sauce.com um I'll say this man uh Bobby Lee and Joe Rogan Andrew have been friends for decades and we just got to talk about how much he used to look like you oh my gosh you mean Bobby Lee Bobby Lee used not Joe Rogan Bobby Lee was a Dopp ganger for a chubby ninth grade you to a very crazy extent yeah yeah no definitely if I was super chubby back in eighth grade I kind of look like Bobby Lee but I feel like now I don't look as much like Bobby Lee I think I still have some of the same facial expressions like the could you be Bobby in between Bobby Lee and step yud but I mean maybe more towards Bobby Lee that's funny um I believe all stories I believe all the stories however I think for the people watching they would have to decide like Joe Rogan how much they take his story seriously well because a lot of what Bobby Lee you either take what Bobby Lee says on a podcast as truth as mostly truth or you take it with a grain of salt and you're like ah he might be lying he might be exaggerating CU he's a comedian this is come out and said he's lied a lot yeah and this is the weird thing about podcasts is that when it's a comedic podcast it's not really a script it's not a skit but it's them telling a story it's like bit doing bits on stage except I feel like when you see somebody on stage you more know that they might be exaggerating or making it up presumption but in a podcast you're not sure whether it's made up or not so you just kind of take away the grain of Sal so what I'm saying is I'm not saying Bobby Lee hasn't lied on a podcast before to get laughs I'm just saying I believed his Hollywood stories right I believe I can believe this story because the director that he doesn't want to name some people did some digging and think that it's this guy Vince offer who was the Sham wow guy but also he was a director for a lot of stuff too and he also is kind of a crazy dude and he kind of got into some trouble himself like drug add he kind of got canceled himself so I don't doubt that he said those words because that's but that's not what a usual director would say right right right but um I guess as Asians who have done some mainstream things I will say this I think that the way you can talk to Asians on set and really anybody has changed a lot in the past 10 years yeah yeah and and I think that I'm not going to say that we experienced extreme disrespect but I think that there was definitely some stuff that I felt like wouldn't have been said if we were A different race yeah and not wouldn't be allowed in 2024 either yeah definitely not in 2024 but I I feel like that I give an excuse because everything is different since since 12 years ago and I'll tell you this all Asian actors especially Asian male actors asian females actors have stories too but they're more like usually on the sexual side in terms of like people trying to you know get things out of the Harvey Weinstein type stories Asian guys have crazy stories and they will never say them on camera like Bobby was saying about being just disrespected though dude I think Asian guys have tons of stories of being disrespected even a regular non-actor Asian guy has stories about being disrespected let alone guys in the Hollywood System dude even the coolest best looking Asian guys that I've ever met or I've heard from they still have stories of being disrespected I always think the funniest one is when rain Andrew got mistaken for Ken Jong and that was the moment that broke him and made him go back to Korea it was lehan lehan it was other guy it was the Terminator he was like he was like the Chad of all Chads of Korea and when they thought he was Ken Jong somebody that I'm sure in his Korean mind is like there is no way I could be compared to him and he got compared to him it broke him um obviously every single situation is different I will say this I think Bobby Lee to answer your other question Andrew is he a good representation for Asian males in America first of all I think the easy answer is no he's not but I will say this he's very talented and he's actually a very real representation of things I've seen Asian guys do to be successful that is like very unappealing to me so you're saying there is a truth in Bobby Lee's character that sometimes or at least at that time it took that for a guy like him to be successful and not just at that time still to this day oh basically there is a harsh reality not the way we want things to be as Asian guys I'm talking about the hardcore watchwork mechanics of how Society is for guys his age still to this day like you don't you would never say that most guys aspire to be Bobby Lee but a lot of Asian guys in that same position who want the same things might do some of the same things yes if you are a slubby looking guy you're not that like hyper cool I mean even if you're hyper cool you might have to downplay yourself to fit like just it's almost like an NBA team you want to be a scorer right yeah like uh was it Kevin Looney Kevon Looney Udonis Haslam they were scorers in college how come when they got to the NBA they just had to set screens and just take it all in the chest no it's not everybody can make that transition it's a sacrifice but do you think that that kind of attitude has to still be part of you in order for you to even pull it off yes you have to be able to and we'll get into the comment section you have to be able to sell out like you have to have the sellout Gene to even sell out and but just because you're a sellout doesn't mean you're not hyper talented as a sellout but it just means that you have that muscle that allows you to sellout cuz some people just can't do it and somebody said he loves when whites put him down he's a masochist and then other people just said H I don't know it's just a style of like Rodney Dangerfield where he like you know makes himself the butt of the joke primarily right right right I mean somebody's just said I don't even care about Asian-American celebrities anymore because I just realize that all of them will sell out to come up I'll say this I don't think that he consciously thought about selling out to come up a lot of these guys when you meet them because I've met so many people in the industry off camera it's like that was just in them it was in them to make those sacrifices necessary to come no I mean they probably grow growing up as kids even in grade school to earn favors or be popular might have slightly sold out and so it's in them but they just do it on a larger scale in Hollywood for more success right they're just dude you meet corporate sellouts in your day-to-day life that are not famous they might as well just be a sellout and make millions of dollars that's true people don't just sell out to Hollywood Hollywood is front-facing and and you know very visible but a lot of people sell out in the corporate world too some many people were saying you know Joe Rogan clearly doesn't respect Bobby or he doesn't like Bobby I actually think that joean and the more hyper masculine high testosterone comedians they like Bobby but they don't necessarily want to be like him at all no I don't think they see him as the same animal as them but I do think that they are friends but there are different types of friends but I think Joe Rogan is Bobby Lee's friend I believe and I think they enjoy talking to him because he's so different basically somebody said I've never seen an actor or a comic that is so openly demeaned and abused so much by countless amounts of of other famous people what is going on how can that be his shtick and then other people just said yeah but every group of friends in reality sometimes does have this guy in like high school for example turtle in um Entourage like they were saying that the reason it's not a enviable position but Bobby is having a super real position it is a common Trope to have a goofy friend that you rip on but in this world it happens to be the chubby Asian guy in uh every podcast that has like four or five people there's that guy in uh I believe I want to say in nek boys there's one of the guys that gets ripped on constantly the shorter guy he he uh gotten some stuff with but I'm saying he constantly is ished on and that's part of the stick that makes that podcast appealing to a certain demographic right um you know everybody was clowning him saying when he's like saying I'm not a wimp dude I'm a warrior and everybody's like man I can feel Bobby's pain I'll say this Bobby is so good at showing like that hurt fifth grader that's inside of everybody he's like never grown out of that Persona you know what I mean it was even shown in um you know that one old movie that where they used to find the dead body what was that no the old movie that's really famous good old days Good Times where the kids go on the search oh yeah you guys want to see it yeah that's what I'm saying is that the hood one oh I anyway what I'm saying is that those are all like childhood friend dynamics that everybody's hyper available with and I feel like Bobby he he shows them almost to like a 12 out of 10 level and that's the humanistic like theater element that's a good point he's kind of like that fat friend who gets crapped on in the group and is the butt of the jokes but he's just famous for doing it yes somebody just said man he has a lot of internalized issues and is a pathetic guy I'm sure he sees himself in sad as pathetic too but to be honest he's got a lot out of it yeah I say this listen a lot of the world doesn't work the way we want it to work everybody wants Bruce Le instead of Bobby Le but right now for The 40-Year-Old up and uh and up crowd you got a Bobby Lee it doesn't I'm not taking away from his Charisma I'm not taking away from his talent I'm not taking away from ability to story tell or make people laugh it's far beyond my own like I can just see the muscles if you if you can read comedy muscles regardless of how you feel about the comedy muscles he got them Shane Gillis got them they got beastly comedic muscles but I'm just saying probably don't look to comedians who play themselves out that way for positive Asian male representation yeah I think when you're looking at comedians for Role Models or positive representation you have to understand that they are going to make the joke first and it's more for the laugh but a lot of them still are very proud of what they do and hold themselves with respect so I think you will look to them and you guys will analyze which ones you guys more look up to and you're going to base it off their jokes and what the message of the jokes is and what they're joking on because I'll tell you this Bobby Lee does joke on himself a lot he does get made fun of by other the primary but of the joke let's be honest analytically s to eight out of 10 times yes especially if he's in the room you can bet that he's getting made fun of but I will say that he probably wouldn't accept it from other Asians he just accepts it from non-asians well he accepts it from maybe higher ranking comedians yes um of any kind which is mostly non-asian because he's pretty high up there I'll say this um I can appreciate how real he is to his character like I said I see Bobby Lees all the time in my regular life that are not rich and famous off of it so in a way in on a personal level I could still see why it's better but yeah ultimately again guys so many Pathways to success what a success do you have any sort of responsibility to your group to represent the east in this way or that way I think it's a lot of debates on the internet but yeah let us know what you think in the comments section below until next time oh I will say this it's still better than being that fat kid who was picked on trying to be a beast when you get older like at least he's real to himself in staying in that character versus like putting on a front that he's like switched over to be like a UFC fighter right right right which you see from some comedians sometimes anyway guys let us know what you think in the comments section below until next time we hop by boys we out peace peace