Like It Or Not: November 11, 2026

Welcome to the show. We're live here on a Wednesday night. We welcome you to Like It or Not. And look at this beautiful panel. Yeah, it's looking good. Scorching. Garen Austin's back in the house with us. Good to see you. Great to be here. Thanks for having me. Off the road, covering sports for once. For a day. For a day. I'm heading back tomorrow, so. Look at those. Happy Veterans Day. Happy Veterans Day. Wanted to thank everyone for their service, especially my dad. Nice. Kenneth Bolton's here in the house. And our Fox 5 Research Director, David Chiari, is back. It's been a while since we've seen you. I'm excited to join you. I think I missed you last time. You did, that's right. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I had to take over the show. Sometimes that's what happens. Are our ratings as good as your suit here? No. Okay. They're better, folks. They're better. That's, see? That's what you do. There you go. That's how you spin it. Good job. All right, let's start. I'm going to get going. Alright, let's start with the New England Patriots. Fans, palms are probably itching right now. All they have to do is score some extra cash to hang out after the game. And now the team is giving fans who park at Gillette Stadium a $50 Visa gift card. But here's the catch. You have to park in the delayed exit lots. And you can't leave until at least 75 minutes after the game. If you want to leave earlier than that, then you have to pay $50. It's all in an effort to... Help reduce stadium traffic after the game. One fan online showed the gift card he got in the mail for doing it. Garen, you and I know Gillette Stadium very well. It is hell getting out of that parking lot. What do we think, like it or not? I like it. I think it's a win-win. As you mentioned, we both lived in Boston, covered Boston sports for a very long time. Boston fans, they show up and they know how to support their team and they know how to have a good time. As you mentioned, it is very difficult getting out of there, but getting money to stay and keep the party going, win-win. Yeah, they give out these gift cards, and I think you can use them. So around, unlike FedEx, what is it, Northwest Stadium, I'm sorry. I'm dating myself. There's a mall attached to Gillette Stadium. Restaurants, and I think they, back when I was there, they had bowling and movies. They have a ton of activities. They even have an ice rink in the wintertime. So I like this idea, but what you got to remember is years ago, Robert Kraft, the owner of the Patriots, bought he basically he bought a lot of land around the stadium, but also got Foxborough to outlaw people letting people park in their garage in their garages or the driveway. So there were a lot of people who lived in Foxborough who were making money. You know, leasing out their driveway on game days because he owns all the parking lots now. Wow. So I need more money. Yeah. Sometimes you do need more money. Yeah, I like this idea. I think this is great. I think, you know, hanging out after pays for what? Maybe three beers, maybe four beers, 50 bucks. So I've done a lot worse for $50, so I'll take this. This is an easy 50. And the thing is, I do like that they're giving them $50. I just don't like that they're making you pay 50 to leave, especially if you need to leave early or there's an emergency or something like that. But I think this could work at other stadiums, concerts, down in Columbia, South Carolina, Williams-Brice, when I finally was able to tailgate because of being in the marching band for all those years. And I was like, we would hang out anyway, to your point. So, yeah, if I can get $50 to then use that to go, you know, drink some more or, you know, buy some more food or Bojangles or whatever I want. We all know you. Right, right, right. Exactly. That's a good thing. Think about Northwest Stadium, though. Again, when you go there, it takes a while to get out. If it's a well-attended game, I think the last game I went to at Gillette Stadium when I drove down there, it took me a good two hours after the game to get out. It takes a long time. So then I took the train, and then the train was slow, but at least you were able to get on a train and not worry about that. The trauma I have from the rain night of Beyonce being at Northwest Stadium, I still have nightmares. You survived it. I did. You're here. All right, cigarettes are making a surprising comeback with Gen Z and some young smokers say they actually feel healthier after switching from vapes. On social media, some are calling cigarettes a plant-based alternative to vaping, claiming they have more energy, less brain fog, and better lung capacity. Doctors say otherwise. Others believe smoking cigarettes is more social, while vaping can feel isolating. So, Kenneth, standing outside in the cold and puffing on a menthol, what do you think? Like it or not? I'm confused by this because I'm like, wait, they're saying that going to tobacco, to cigarettes. It's natural. It's natural. Okay, then the vapes. I thought the vapes were healthier. I thought, and then the scented things and all that stuff like that. I mean, you're inhaling chemicals that go into your lungs. I don't do it at all. Yeah, I don't either. Why? Yeah. But I think the kids are always finding these new things. They're like, oh, I think, like, is chewing tobacco next? Yeah, it might be. Well, the zins are big. I don't know. Yeah, maybe. I think this is, first of all, I think smoking, it looks cool. That's just undoubtedly, it just looks cool. You light one up after a nice romp in the sack, and then, you know, you go to town. But, yeah, if you ever open up a Juul, the chemical, the battery in there is so gross. So I get why people are going backwards, but, man, smoking a cig is just cool stuff. By the way, we should point out that Fox does not endorse the first abuse of any panelists on the show tonight. But it does look cool. But I think we grew up in the era where our parents, like, were driving the station wagon, and, you know, you had the ashtray, and you get on a plane, there's an ashtray, and you watch it move. And people are sitting at their desks smoking, or maybe they're on the air having a cigarette. So our whole generation, at least from my perspective, nobody smoked. So now it's kind of crazy that these Gen Z are kind of trying to bring it back. But no, it's kind of like saying the tanning bed is safer than laying in the sun. No, they're both bad. No. I'll keep that in mind. Thank you. I got that. Yeah. My, you talked about our generation. I mean, that's, I think about my mom smoked growing up. A lot of people in, I would, it was not uncommon. There would be family, parents would have family over and there'd be, you know, five or six people at the kitchen table all smoking at the same time. Doesn't it get a little nostalgic when like you think, because there's like a certain smell, the menthol even. And again, we know it's not healthy. It's not good for you. We hope that if you are trying to quit, please keep at it. Can I tell you, the scent of my youth, and I'm not joking here, is the smell of cigarette smoke and fried foods from my dad's bowling alley. Because my dad managed a bowling alley, so I would go up there, and you would have some of the bowlers puffing. Then you would have my Aunt Jo ran the snack bar, so she'd be frying up French fries and cheese balls. And I'd be there as a 9- or 10-year-old kid, and I'd be having the time of my life. I know Big Jim had a good fryer. We had a great fryer. And then when we moved to the other bowling alley, we had this high-tech fryer that blew his mind. Oh, yeah, I'll get fried. Anyway, OK, Amazon has a brand new camera from Ring. It's going one step further. They say they say we should point out they say it'll keep you safe. The company will soon release autonomous drones and robots that can patrol your house or business when you're not around. This is how it works. You want the drone or robot around your house to show at the layout. Then the drone can fly up from room to room up to eight minutes at a time during the day or night. Before returning to its charging dock, there are cameras on the bottom, cameras on the sides. If your ring alarm system or motion detectors are triggered when you're not there, it will fly to the area to check what's going on. You can also set it off whenever you want to check to see what's going on. So the drone, $250. If you want the robot, it'll cost you $1,000. David, robots in your house, like it or not. I love this. This is cool. Again, like the cigarettes, I can go back to that. We are headed towards a RoboCop future, and I'm here for it. You know, it's a little dangerous out there. We're going to turn it to Mexico, where everyone's trying to kill you all the time. Why don't you need a robot or a drone flying around to save you around? And if your wife's cheating on you, perfect way to catch her in the act. Okay. Jim? Does the company have any substantial investments in Mexico? I just want to make sure. I have no affiliation with Ring Camera or Polymarket before I just did it. Just making sure. Karen, what would you do? You know, I think this is a great idea for a business or if you're out of town and you want it in your home. But I would get a little bit nervous if I was going to stay at somebody's house or maybe in a hotel room and you see that little thing flying around. Or maybe you're like trying to tell somebody you came in at a certain hour and you're really. Coming in much later than that, so we might go with my girlfriends, we say like, we're going to be home by like two, and then we like tiptoe them back to the hotel room at like four or six o'clock, so I just wouldn't want it catching me coming home. Oh, no, catch the cheaters, catch the people up to no good, we might even catch you naked. Take it. I mean, yeah, you're going to have robots in your home, it's going to happen, people, and I do, I like this as well, I love the tech, I love protecting your property, your home. And the thing is, don't you have a Roomba or something like that? Like, these are robots inside the home to make the home better and safer. So I'm all for it. Speaking of people getting naked on security cameras. Oh, yes. Jim did it to my security camera, and I have the video that I'm going to use. I was going to say I'm going to use it to blackmail him, but Jim would be like, release it. I got a nice butt. Not me. Deja, robots in the house. No! No! When I saw this, I was like, I like it because I live alone. And before I moved here, I had a house. And if I heard like a noise or something like that, I'm too scared to actually get up. It's just me. So I can just fly the drone down there and I can see if someone is in the house or if I'm just being paranoid. So for me, I like it for that. Okay. What if the intruder like swats the robot and you're like. Well, at least I can call the police. Like, oh, my God, they're here. They're attacking my robot. Like, I don't know. Does anybody have security cameras in your house? No. I cannot divulge this information for security reasons. Yeah. I have one right inside my apartment, right inside my door. Yeah. Just in case. Okay. You know, if the, you know, maintenance people come by and it will say, hello, you are being recorded. Okay. And so they know. I've had a lot of people try to break in at my front door, so I have a lot of security cameras. And it seems like every time somebody's tried to break in, they know exactly where you have cameras or don't. So now it's just, like, cameras everywhere. See, this one, at least. Yeah, yeah, Aaron, get a gun, please. I knew you were going to say that. Aaron, get a gun. Garen, get a gun. Flip it. But, yeah, that's. So he's advocating for smoking guns. Smoking guns, murderous robots, polymarketing. Taking out Mexican cartels. What else you got? But you know what? I've been on TV twice today, and I'm just having a great time. I can tell. Yeah. That's our Fox 5 Live In-Studio question today. Letting an autonomous drone patrol your home. 16% of you like it. 84% of you say no. Go to fox5vc.com slash line to cast your vote or scan the QR code. We've got a lot more to talk about with David, Garen, Kenneth, myself, but like it or not, on this Wednesday night. People don't want to be caught in the news. They're sometimes. Sometimes. Yeah. Allie Berry's ex-husband, Olivier Martinez, wants a judge to increase the $8,000 in monthly child support he already gets for their 13-year-old son, Maceo. Their 2023 divorce agreement was based on 50-50 custody, but Martinez's Barry now has about 18% of the parenting time, and he is primary physical custody under a temporary arrangement. He also points to Barry's recent and upcoming film project, saying their son should share in his mother's financial success. The original agreement also requires Halle Berry to pay an additional 4.3% of her income above $2 million. Kenneth, is he doing too much? Of course he is. I'm like, dude, and the thing is, he's a working actor, I think, maybe. I know Holly's the bigger star here, but this just seems slimy, and I don't like it. Even though I know there would be people who are like, look, this is equal now. This is how it rolls reversed and whatever like that. But I just like, I don't like this story already, which is how slimy and horrible it's been. Especially because I'm like, there was like something against Holly Berry that she held her son in a headlock or whatever like that, and it was abuse, and I'm like, what did the kid do? I'm not, again, not advocating beating up on your children, but I'm just saying, like, he's a teenager, and now, and like, and then putting him in the middle of it of saying, well, who do you want to live with, and it's just, the whole thing is just, and him saying he needs more money, do you have your money? Now, should the kid get money, of course, just for living purposes? Yeah, of course, but it seems like he wants the money, and there's no telling how he's going to use it. Well, how many times have we done stories that it's the opposite way, where you have the woman requesting the extra money here? I think the fact that... It's Halle Berry and her husband's involved, or ex-husband, estranged husband, whatever you want to call them. And I think that's why there's so much intrigue around this story. I hate these situations where people are putting the kid in the middle. It just sounds like they're trying to take low blows at one another and they're using the kid kind of as a vehicle to do that. And as a kid who's maybe been in those situations, I really hate it because nobody really talks about the impact this has on the kid. And so when parents just keep taking the other parent back to court, it really does have an impact on the kid. So I hate this for all of them involved. Well, for Oliver, this is... Very good, you know, not to use a pun on her name, but this is great for him because $8,000 a month, that's a lot of money for a kid. I don't know what you really need $8,000 a month for, you know, Roblox or Minecraft, I don't know what you're doing. But yeah, this is just, like you said, a tough situation. I feel like the kid's being used as a pawn. But I also don't think he's working a lot because I looked at him on IMDb. It looks pretty sparse. I mean, yeah, he was a villain in something I saw years ago. He might be straight to Tubi. I don't know. Watch Tubi, please. That's a Fox product. That is. It's a fine Fox product. I like Tubi. You can watch Like It or Not and Fox 5 on Tubi. There you go. And Oliver Martinez movies straight there. There you go. But in this case, too, the key thing to remember is this is child support. This is not spousal support. Right. So in this case, this is money about the kid and nobody else. Exactly. And I think that's what you've got to remember in this case. Hey, let's take you north of the border. A new Jamaican restaurant in Canada stirring up a big debate before it even opens. Miss Christine's Kitchen is set to open November 30th, but there is one catch. No children under 15 allowed. The owner says she wants to create a relaxed, intimate space where adults can enjoy a meal without the distractions that come with family dining. Some parents supporting the move, saying not every restaurant has to be kid-friendly. Others say restaurants should welcome families and question whether the policy violates human rights. So, David, no kids under 15 in the restaurant, like it or not. Well, this Jamaican man wants to eat there. There it is. That was three hours ago. A couple of weeks ago. I like it. I feel like sometimes, well, adolescent kids, they're really, they just sit on their iPad and kind of zone out, so I don't really know if that's a deal. But I do like an adults-only restaurant. I went to an adults-only winery a few weeks ago. It was phenomenal. No kids running around, and I have kids, too. They're very annoying sometimes, and I love them, but go to sleep. But still, just sometimes you need an adult-only space, I think. I just don't like this for the players who are involved, though. A Jamaican restaurant in Canada, first of all, they don't like spice like that. And so many Jamaicans are way north of the border in Canada. And then it's Canada. It's like the 15-year-olds are probably like really 35-year-olds because they're older, they're mature, whatever. Like, they act that way, even though they're 15. Now, if you were down here in the U.S., I'm like, cut it off. At 12 years old, because the kids are bad. But I would say for Canada, 15-year-olds, let them in. It's fine. I like this. It's your business. You should be able to say who you want to come in. So I know a lot of my friends who do have kids, when they go out, they don't want to be around other people's kids. Because they do want that mom and dad night out. And I personally like taking my dog to dinner. And so I only take my dog to restaurants where they... I welcome my dog. So I don't think that you have to go online and trash somebody's business because they don't want kids. It's like just take your kids to a restaurant where they welcome you. If you don't like the business, don't go and don't support them. But don't go online and give them false reviews. I'm reminded of the places we would hang out with like on Friday nights in high school after football games where we would go to the Denny's, another hometown, a restaurant chain. But we would go there and they would have security guards who would make our lives living hell. Hell, if you stopped to talk with another friend, they'd reformate. menu. And the question is, do you want our money or not? Right. So in that case, we stopped going and I would rather not get harassed. Uh, and I'll spend my money somewhere where they welcome me. But again, if you're, if you're somebody who doesn't want to spend time around kids running around the restaurant, I can understand that. I'm looking at this from somebody who was, you know, 17 going into a place like that. Ours was TGI Fridays, but yeah. And also you're, you know, how much business are you really bringing at that point? But I do like that. I can see both sides. It goes back to the parents not controlling the kids, right? I take care of my kids. Yeah. You may have to think twice before you hit. I don't condone that. You may have to think twice before you hit send on the thumbs up emoji. New reports is the simple thumbs up reaction can come across as passive aggressive, especially to younger generations who get offended by everything. Some people see it as dismissive or a little sarcastic. So, Garen, thumbs up on a text. Is that a quick way to say got it or does it secretly mean you're annoyed? I. I'm okay with it. I think sometimes if you send a long text message and you just get the liked it, I get a little offended. Like, that's all you can say. But a thumbs up to me, it's like, okay, got the message. I'll see you in, like, 20 minutes or something like that. So I'm not offended by it. Can we please take our perceived microaggressions and, like, oh, like, you just, it makes no sense for you to take something out of context. In a text message, I'm a thumbs up person, if you can't tell. I love a thumbs up. Like, yeah, I got it. I want to acknowledge it. What if I just didn't... I respond anyway at all. I also like a heart. Oh, you're offended by my heart? Now, we get offended way too easily. Yeah. And over a text message? Well, if it's a microaggression for Gen Z, I mean, this is a generation that sometimes can't be bothered. You say, hey, how you doing? You're trying to be polite, and they just stare at you. Oh, my God. The Gen Z stare. Yeah. It's just like, whoa. Yeah. So I think you're right. They get offended by so many things. Well, I was the only Gen Z on this panel. We'll be right back. I kid. Gen Alpha. We know. Yeah. I think a thumbs up is basically going to F you. In a text message, it is. I can give you a real F you. Go get it. Let's go right now. Maybe just an F. But anyway, just, but listen, I just want, a thumbs up is just, it's just, you know, you write something out. I've been in fights before and I give that thumbs up and they get so pissed at you and they're like, ah, you know, like, whatever. It is the F-U. I'm sorry. It just is. That's in the modern... Well, that's you saying that's about the context. Like, if we're in the middle of an argument, then yes. But if we're just like, hey, I'll meet you at the restaurant at 7, and you're like... But what if I say, I love you? Thumbs up back? Hey, that's an F-U. You know? Okay. What about just replying the letter K? I like doing that because that's the worst. That's pretty bad. I do all the worst things then. No surprise. That's unexpected. Brand-new game show featuring one of the NBA's biggest stars. What they're being asked to do when we come right back. Okay. Okay. Don't give me up. There's a pro athlete who will say yes to everything more than Shaquille O'Neal. He's a cop. Papa John's pitchman. He sells Epson printers. Right. Now he's doing a new game show. Take a look at this. We'll compete to hide the most recognizable man on the planet. There's no hiding Empire State Building. Hosted by Nicole Byer. One of you will leave here with $100,000. The challenge is simple. Get him out now. Don't. Keep his head down. This plan is not going to work. Get. Shaq! It's over. We're done for. Caught. Is that Shaq? It is called Can You Hide Shaq? Yeah. Teams have to try to hide the seven-foot NBA legend in plain sight in Dallas. Teams will carry out different missions, trying to finish with the least amount of spottings possible. It's team-based, but one person will win what they're calling the Shaq Pot Grand Prize. So, Garen, where would you hide Shaquille O'Neal? I don't know, but I'm intrigued how they're going to do it. I'm intrigued. I'm going to have to watch this because I'm so curious of how they're going to do this. This is so stupid. Every time I think as a country, we're doing better. We go to this, like, idiocracy-type reality show, like, kick-me-the-balls, basically, where you're just hiding Shaq down. By the way, that's coming this spring. That is, not that, no, hopefully not Fox. Hopefully it's sure it's a Tubi. But, yeah, this is, like, and how are you going to hide Shaq? He's seven feet tall. He's a monster. I don't know. This is crazy. But behind the Washington Monument, that's where I put him. Shaq can do no wrong. Shaq is hilarious. Every time he opens his mouth, he's funny. Look, I'm not sitting here and watching him analyze sports, but I... I feel like I should just dip in some time. I'm pretty sure there's a lot of shackalicious things that are said about J.D. and Charles Barkley. But, yeah, they're together, right? Well, I mean, on TV together. They're not in a relationship together. Right, right. That would be something totally different. It really would. But anyway. It's not an A.B. Roebuck TV show. Okay. That one, I pulled it. Hold it. All right, sorry. We all know they were changing. You might as well mention the guy, too. T.J. Holmes. Boom! TJ? I said T.J. Holmes. I didn't hear that. But anyway, no, I think it's going to be fun. It's going to be Shaq, and it's going to be hilarious. I mean, I did like, I thought the Masked Singer sounded like a stupid idea, and I couldn't stop watching it for the first couple of seasons. Now, you know. Anyway, coming up next, we're going to take a look at our poll question. Letting an autonomous drone patrol your home. We're at 30-70 on the split. Go vote at fox.dc.com slash line and come right back. Hey, this is Shaq. Thank you very much. That was terrible. You got somebody to introduce us to, right? Yes, I do. So, David, you talked about how people look cool smoking a cigarette, and it immediately reminded me of my favorite picture of my dad, and we have it right here. Oh, yeah. So, like, literally so cool. Cigarettes aren't cool, but that picture is cool. Cool daddy-o right there. Look at the technique of that, too. Mm-hmm. Yeah. That's where you get it from, Deja. Yeah, look. Get it from my daddy. Yeah. All right, Deja, thank you. Let's take a look at our poll question time. We asked what you think about having a drone fly around your house. 33% of you like it, 67% of you don't. Stick around.