things ive learnt abt mgg from pete holmes’ podcast
- he casually calls people ‘baby’ and ‘man’ and ‘bro/brother’ all the time and i love that
- he’s half mormon and went to mormon services as a kid
- ‘i like letting people do whatever they want to do as long as its not killing anybody’
- he’s been haunted by demons
- he doesn’t identify as an actor
- he lives with a guy named john
- his car blew up in 2007
- he buys land and has investments
- his parents divorced when he was 5
- he believes time is layered and not linear
- he doesn’t like entitled people (same)
- he loves japan and goes every year
- he thought he was jewish and was guttered when he found out he wasn’t
- he believes in a higher power and we’re all running on some kind of power and consciousness
- ‘shes better than the girl of my dreams, she’s real’ is one of his favourite movie lines
- he stays up until 4am and then sleeps until 11am. his routine consists of getting up, making coffee, creating at least two things: usually drawings. then he’ll have a bath and create some more and think a bunch. he likes to go for a drive in the afternoon and see ‘a friend, or a family member, or a babe, just some social interaction’
- he describes his artistic style, and his direction to anyone creating something for him, as using his non-dominant hand
- hes super quick at making acronyms. he made acronyms before i even caught what they were talking about
- the man is off the fkn walls. he’ll be answering a serious question and interrupt himself to ask to see pete’s bellybutton. off the wall batshit looney and i love it
- he never studied acting
- he loves luke perry, whom he affectionately calls LP
- he jokingly told shemar moore the trick to acting was to ‘talk slow and squint’
- he flirts with pete’s podcast assistant so much, like sir just ask him out already. pete said ‘aristotle will give you top shelf love’ and mgg said ‘yeah he will’
- he tries to smell nice all the time
- he’s obsessed with fresh breath
- something about kirkland is hilarious (idk what that is im not american)
- hes very self-love / love everyone vibe, kind of on the hippie side which is so sweet i love it
- he believes in everything
- hes terrified of monsters
- he loves the blair witch project
- he finds success in making one person smile, even if thats his mum
- hes very hard to offend
- hes thankful for his bullies bc it taught him early on to give no credence to what people think
- ‘have you ever shit your pants?’ ‘when have i not shit my pants?’
- ‘bragodacious’
- ‘ive never shit my pants’
- ‘if you didnt lie so much you wouldnt have to say ‘swear to god’’ pete to mgg
- he doesnt like saying anything that’s potentially offensive to other people, rude to other people, or basically can hurt someones feelings in any way
- HE WANTS TO FK ARISTOTLE SO MUCH OML
- hes very quick to self censor. he starts to say ‘fuck’ bur changes it to ‘frick’ he also doesn’t add to any conversation about drugs or sex or alcohol
- he says ‘oh my gosh’ a lot and idk I love that?
- is a really great listener and says ‘thats so beautiful’ when being told a story and its so fkn precious?
- he thinks no one likes him and will deflect any objection to that statement
- he’s not good at timelines. he knows he had dinner with you somewhere in the last five years but he doesn’t know when
- he can tell when he’s seeing a ghost as opposed to a living person. it has a lot to do with the context he’s seeing that ghost and mostly the vacant expression on their face.
- he sees more ghosts now as an adult than he did when it started at age 10
Okay but... do u think he knows that he's hot and pretty? and also the effects that he has on people? *mgg*
i think he definitely knows he’s considered attractive, he has to. you don’t work as a high brand fashion model, shooting campaigns and walking runway for some of the biggest brands in the game and not think that it has something to do with how you look. and yeah he definitely would know how he affects people, hes not been sheltered from that at all lol from online articles to the reactions he gets from fans, hes certainly not oblivious lol
i just love that it hasnt affected his personality or granted him some giant ego. he’s humble and goofy and probably finds the whole gawking at him completely ludicrous but it’s definitely got to be flattering as well.
it’s entirely objective tho, he’d have insecurities he can’t look passed and he probably sees himself very differently to how we see him.
zugzwang, it’s a chess term. describes a point in the game when a player realises he’ll inevitably be checkmated. he has to decide whether to resign or play through to the bitter end
How amazing would it be if one day Matthew uploaded a photo of a tiny baby hand wrapped around one of his fingers with the caption;
“Dear Guberland, and rest of the world, meet your newest citizen. Her name is (actual name) but friends call her Baby Goob. She was born happy, healthy and perfect on (a date one-two weeks earlier) and is single handedly the greatest creation I’ve ever had the honour of being a part of. I love her so much it physically hurts, but in the best possible way.”
Then a few days later he’d upload another photo of the newborn against his chest, his arm locking her in place and his hand covering her head, and a set of cards in his other hand with the caption:
“Magic lessons underway. Unfortunately my young apprentice has other priorities - like eating, sleeping, and crying. Honestly can’t fault her, those are usually my priorities as well. Will try again tomorrow.
(emoji of flashing camera): greatest superhero and best friend in the world”