<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12063263" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="machine-gun-kelly" source="Orion">Machine Gun Kelly</keyword> was inspired to write his new movie "<keyword id="13951842" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="good-mourning" source="Orion">Good Mourning</keyword>" by his fiancé <keyword id="11930795" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="megan-fox" source="Orion">Megan Fox</keyword>.</li><li>Fox sent him a cryptic text then vanished on a phone-free trip, causing him to panic.</li></ul><p>Machine Gun Kelly said his fiancé Megan Fox "thinks the phone is a disease" on Monday's episode of the Armchair Expert podcast.</p><p>The musician and actor turned filmmaker, whose real name is Colson Baker, said he was inspired to write his upcoming debut film "Good Mourning" by Fox's aversion to smartphones and his inability to reach her while she was on a trip to Europe. </p><p>"That's exactly where the movie came from, dude," he told podcast hosts <keyword id="12412495" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="dax-shepard" source="Orion">Dax Shepard</keyword> and <keyword id="13951843" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="monica-padman" source="Orion">Monica Padman</keyword> at the 57-minute mark. "Still to this day we'll go on trips and she won't bring her phone."</p><p>He continued: "She is very adamant—and she's not wrong — that the phone is a disease. So she is super good being like, 'I don't have any <a href="https://www.insider.com/asap-rocky-cheated-on-rihanna-amina-muaddi-slams-rumor-2022-4">social media</a> on my phone, I don't have any interest in what other people have to say.' That's why she always is so grounded." </p><p>He said when he "first started seeing Megan," the actress was "fine going a week without looking at her phone." He initially did not believe she was detached from her phone for "a long time" until he saw it for himself.</p><p>"You would be like 'oh can you do this' and she would be like 'my phone's at the house,'" Kelly said. His new movie is loosely based on an incident where Fox went "to Europe to evaluate <a href="https://www.insider.com/how-stonehenge-rocks-were-moved-2015-12">Stonehenge</a>" without her phone.</p><div type="image" title="An image of Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox." height="3586" width="4782" msid="91606898" hostid="261"></div><p>"She left and when she left she sent me this text," he said. Her choice to send the text before disappearing had him "driving myself crazy" and "scrolling up doing a full 'Da Vinci Code' to the conversation."</p><p>The singer recalled most of his friends giving him "terrible" advice, but his <a href="https://www.insider.com/kourtney-kardashian-travis-barker-legally-married-reports-2022-5">producer</a> <keyword id="11996154" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="travis-barker" source="Orion">Travis Barker</keyword>, who he recently collaborated with on his album "<keyword id="13951841" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="mainstream-sellout" source="Orion">Mainstream Sellout</keyword>," was able to help him relax after texting and calling Fox "a million times."</p><p>"She's a grown woman. If you're seeing each other, everything's good," he recalled Barker telling him. </p><p>"Good Mourning" is available in theaters and on-demand on May 20. See the full conversation below.</p><iframe frameborder="0" height="482" scrolling="no" src="https://playlist.megaphone.fm/?e=GLT2795490347&amp;light=true" width="100%"></iframe>

Machine Gun Kelly says Megan Fox thinks smartphones are 'a disease'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Machine Gun Kelly attended the 2022 American Music Awards in Los Angeles, California, on Sunday.</li><li>He wore a custom Dolce &amp; Gabbana suit that was purple and covered in silver spikes.</li></ul><p><a href="https://www.insider.com/megan-fox-machine-gun-kelly-most-daring-couple-looks-fashion-2021-9">Machine Gun Kelly found fashion inspiration</a> in the most unlikely place: under the sea.</p><p>The "Mainstream Sellout" musician, whose real name is Colson Baker, attended <a href="https://www.insider.com/american-music-awards-best-looks-celebrities-wore-red-carpet-2022-11">the American Music Awards</a> in Los Angeles, California, on Sunday, and walked the red carpet in a custom Dolce &amp; Gabbana suit.</p><p>Both his blazer and trousers were made from a royal-purple fabric, and both pieces were covered in long, silver spikes.</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:800; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~800;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><p style="margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/ClNQTuHr8v-" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank"></a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by Mr. Pink (@machinegunkelly)<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime=""></time></p></div></blockquote><p>On Instagram, the artist used an ocean pun to joke that he wanted to look like a sea urchin.</p><p>Underneath a side-by-side photo, he wrote: "Do you guys sea what I was goin for."</p><div type="image" title="Machine Gun Kelly compares his Dolce &amp; Gabbana suit to a sea urchin on Instagram." height="1636" width="1440" msid="95668126" hostid="261" sizebytes="77172"></div><p>Kelly also revealed on Instagram that he got dressed in the American Music Awards parking lot.</p><p>He shared a video clip of himself sliding out of a car outside the show, all while wearing his underwear and attempting to put his purple pants on.</p><p>"I was late," he wrote across the video, adding a running emoji.</p><div type="image" title="Machine Gun Kelly gets dressed outside the American Music Awards." height="900" width="1200" msid="95668129" hostid="261" sizebytes="61704"></div><p>Despite his larger-than-life outfit, Kelly was only given one seat at the event.</p><p>In <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@amas/video/7168273713807346986?is_from_webapp=v1&amp;item_id=7168273713807346986&amp;web_id=7163289829620418094">a TikTok video</a> posted by the American Music Awards, he's seen sitting next to Lionel Richie, who seemingly had to lean away from the suit to avoid being poked.</p><blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@amas/video/7168273713807346986" data-video-id="7168273713807346986" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a target="_blank" title="@amas" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@amas?refer=embed">@amas</a> Please take your seat! Who do you spot in the <a title="amas" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/amas?refer=embed">#AMAs</a> <a target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - AMAs" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7168273741330352939?refer=embed">♬ original sound - AMAs</a> </section> </blockquote> <p>Adam H. Ballheim styled Kelly for the awards show and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/theadamballheim/">said on his Instagram story</a> that the spiked suit was actually inspired by 18th-century armor and sculptural art.</p>

Machine Gun Kelly compared his American Music Awards suit to a sea urchin and said he got dressed in the parking lot

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Logan Paul called out the misogynistic guru Andrew Tate on a recent episode of his podcast "Impaulsive."</li><li>Tate responded to Paul's podcast comments with a Twitter thread attacking him.</li></ul><p>Logan Paul said Andrew Tate, the misogynistic "self-help" guru, is "scared" and a "hypocrite" after he was unbanned from Twitter on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1QtOqLZdYQ">most recent episode</a> of his podcast, "Impaulsive," and Tate replied with a Twitter thread attacking the influencer.</p><p>On the podcast episode — which aired Tuesday and also featured Mike Majlak and George Janko — Paul said he had changed his mind about Tate and felt that Tate had become "much more tame" since he was let back on Twitter.</p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-1QtOqLZdYQ?start=4735" frameborder="0"></iframe><p>Tate, who rose to fame in the middle of 2021 through videos making misogynistic claims about women and deployed an army of diehard fans to propagate his content, was banned from nearly every mainstream social media platform in August. After Elon Musk took over Twitter in late October, Tate's account was reinstated along with many other previously suspended profiles.</p><p>"I promise you will not hear him saying any of the outlandish shit he was saying in the past," Paul said of Tate, who <a href="https://www.insider.com/andrew-tate-tiktok-hustlers-university-misogyny-women-comments-mens-rights-2022-8">became known</a> for saying everything from how he needs authority over women to calling female self-defense "bullshit."</p><p>"He's scared and doesn't wanna be re-banned," Paul said, calling Tate multiple expletives at one point.</p><p>There seems to be a fiery feud brewing between Paul and Tate, who both have huge committed fanbases and an extensive history of courting controversy.</p><p>Tate quote tweeted a clip from Paul's podcast episode and wrote <a href="https://twitter.com/Cobratate/status/1602933236300099584">a lengthy thread</a> Wednesday in which he called Paul "genuinely an idiot" and a "fool." He later made a poll and had his fans vote on whether Paul was a sellout "who only says what the woke cuck agenda want him to say."</p><p>Days before, <a href="https://www.insider.com/andrew-tate-jake-paul-boxing-match-not-happening-2022-12">Tate said Paul</a> was "full of shit" on a livestream with the Twitch and YouTube creator Adin Ross.</p><p>Logan's brother, Jake, teased a potential boxing match between him and Tate in early November, although Tate said on Ross' stream that the fight likely wasn't going to happen.</p>

Logan Paul called Andrew Tate 'scared' and a 'hypocrite,' and said he's 'much more tame' now that he's been allowed back on Twitter

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Machine Gun Kelly dedicated a song at his pre-Super Bowl concert to all the women in the audience.</li><li>"This one's for the ladies," Kelly said before performing "Bloody Valentine," according to <a href="https://pagesix.com/2023/02/12/machine-gun-kelly-performs-at-super-bowl-party-amid-megan-fox-split-rumors/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Page Six</a>.</li></ul><p>As Megan Fox <a href="https://www.insider.com/megan-fox-cryptic-instagram-caption-photo-fiance-machine-gun-kelly-2023-2">hinted at their breakup </a>on Instagram late Saturday night, <a href="https://www.insider.com/machine-gun-kelly-leeches-squirm-stomach-instagram-2022-12">Machine Gun Kelly</a> dedicated one of the songs at his pre-Super Bowl concert not to her, but to all the women in the audience.</p><p>The musician — real name Colson Baker — performed at Sports Illustrated's "The Party" on the eve of the <a href="https://www.insider.com/rihanna-super-bowl-performance-photos-pregnant-2023-2">57th annual Super Bowl</a> on Saturday after walking the red carpet with his band instead of Fox, who was not in attendance.</p><p>"This one's for the ladies," Kelly told the audience before he launched into the song "Bloody Valentine," according to <a href="https://pagesix.com/2023/02/12/machine-gun-kelly-performs-at-super-bowl-party-amid-megan-fox-split-rumors/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Page Six</a>.</p><p>The outlet added that Kelly's set list did not include "Twin Flame," a track that he has <a href="https://hollywoodlife.com/2022/03/25/machine-gun-kelly-megan-fox-song-twin-flame-mainstream-sellout/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously confirmed</a> is about his relationship with Fox and with which he often closes out his shows.</p><p>Representatives for Fox and Kelly could not immediately be reached for comment.</p><p>Kelly and Fox were last spotted together on Friday at Drake's Super Bowl party in Arizona and photographed holding hands, <a href="https://hollywoodlife.com/2023/02/11/megan-fox-super-bowl-party-2023-photos/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to Hollywood Life.</a> Fox wore the same outfit she is seen sporting in her now-deleted Instagram post on Saturday. </p><p>The "Jennifer's Body" actor <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CojgFnCOq-f/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shared a series of Instagram selfies</a> with a caption featuring a lyric from a song on Beyoncé's 2016 album "Lemonade."</p><div type="image" title="Megan Fox Instagram post with cryptic caption Beyoncé lyrics allegedly toward Machine Gun Kelly" height="883" width="1178" msid="97878441" hostid="261" sizebytes="53272"></div><p>"You can taste the dishonesty/ it's all over your breath," she wrote.</p><p>In the photos, Fox is sporting an updo and wearing a plunging black top. Her pink wrist brace for her <a href="https://www.insider.com/megan-fox-attended-pre-grammy-gala-after-concussion-broken-wrist-2023-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">broken wrist,</a> an injury she sustained earlier this month, is also visible.</p><p>The final photo in the slideshow shows a letter and other belongings in a fire. </p><p>The actor's fans believe the caption, which are lyrics from Beyoncé's song "Pray You Catch Me," insinuates that Kelly was unfaithful. The song addressed Beyoncé's husband Jay-Z's infidelity, as confirmed by <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/11/29/t-magazine/jay-z-dean-baquet-interview.html?_r=0&amp;mtrref=www.vogue.com&amp;gwh=3E70322403E6C1CC737BCCE7FA401732&amp;gwt=pay&amp;assetType=PAYWALL" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times.</a></p><div type="image" title="Megan Fox Instagram post with Beyonce lyrics posted on February 11, 2023." height="1205" width="1607" msid="97878442" hostid="261" sizebytes="57536"></div><p>In addition to the post, Fox deleted photos of Kelly from her Instagram feed and unfollowed the singer before fully deactivating her account. As some fans noted, before her account went dark, she was following only three people: Harry Styles, Timothée Chalamet, and Eminem. </p><p>Just last week, Fox paid tribute to MGK, praising his "humility and maturity" in a lengthy Instagram post after his album "Mainstream Sellout," lost out on a Grammy. The album lost the best rock album category to Ozzy Osbourne's "Patient Number 9."</p><p>"Watching you walk in humility and gratitude, watching you grow into yourself and become a better man is an immeasurably more satisfying experience than watching you accept an award," she wrote, per <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11722223/Megan-Fox-shares-gushing-tribute-beautiful-Machine-Gun-Kelly-Grammy-nomination.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MailOnline</a>.</p><p>"Although those will come… and this is irrelevant I guess but I will just never ever get over how beautiful your face is," her post continued. "I hope one day you'll see yourself the way I see you. I love you and I'll keep this memory of you forever."</p><p><a href="https://www.insider.com/megan-fox-machine-gun-kelly-relationship-timeline#may-18-2020-a-source-told-e-news-that-fox-and-kelly-were-hooking-up-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The couple first met</a> in March 2020 on the set of the movie "Midnight in the Switchgrass." In May 2020, a source <a href="https://www.eonline.com/news/1153181/here-s-what-s-really-going-on-with-megan-fox-and-machine-gun-kelly" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told E! News</a> that the two were "hooking up." Kelly later proposed to Fox in January 2022.</p>

Machine Gun Kelly dedicated a song to 'the ladies' at his pre-Super Bowl show as Megan Fox hinted at their split on Instagram

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Sophie Lloyd is a musician and performer with over 400,000 followers on TikTok.</li><li>She shared a video which showed a week in her life as a guitarist for Machine Gun Kelly.</li></ul><p>A guitarist who plays live with Machine Gun Kelly offered a sneak peak into her lifestyle in a TikTok chronicling a week as a touring musician with the star.</p><p>On December 16, 2022, 27-year-old Sophie Lloyd shared <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@sophieguitar_/video/7177797557387611398?lang=en">a video</a> to over 400,000 followers <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@sophieguitar_/video/7177797557387611398?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">on TikTok</a> with the on-screen caption, "A week in my life as Machine Gun Kelly's guitarist." At the beginning of the two-minute vlog, which was viewed over 2.9 million times, Lloyd can be seen playing guitar alongside the singer on stage. </p><blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@sophieguitar_/video/7177797557387611398" data-video-id="7177797557387611398" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a target="_blank" title="@sophieguitar_" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@sophieguitar_?refer=embed">@sophieguitar_</a> Overall it was a very good week  <a title="mgk" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/mgk?refer=embed">#mgk</a> <a title="machinegunkelly" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/machinegunkelly?refer=embed">#machinegunkelly</a> <a title="guitar" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/guitar?refer=embed">#guitar</a> <a title="guitarist" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/guitarist?refer=embed">#guitarist</a> <a title="weekinmylife" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/weekinmylife?refer=embed">#weekinmylife</a> <a title="pov" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/pov?refer=embed">#pov</a> <a title="tourlife" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/tourlife?refer=embed">#tourlife</a> <a title="music" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/music?refer=embed">#music</a> <a title="rockmusic" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/rockmusic?refer=embed">#rockmusic</a> <a target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - Sophie Lloyd" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7177797554082532102?refer=embed">♬ original sound - Sophie Lloyd</a> </section> </blockquote> <p>Lloyd said in a voiceover that she flew from London to Los Angeles, California, and briefly filmed her hotel room, before saying she was there to rehearsed songs from Kelly's "Mainstream Sellout" album tour.</p><p>"We did add a few extras, including his new song 'Taurus' and we wrote a new intro for the shows as well," she said. </p><p>The next night, Lloyd said she went to see the band's drummer play at a charity event, and showed a clip of the moment she "joined him up on stage."</p><p>Lloyd said she then flew to Tampa, Florida, to play a few festivals including "Next Big Thing," where she filmed the band's soundcheck, and said as they had some free time they were able to see some other bands who were playing, including All Time Low, where she said she had a "major fangirl moment."</p><p>Throughout the video she showed the "pre-show ritual and chant" which featured what appeared to be Kelly and other members of the band holding their arms out and pointing to the ceiling before they "hit the stage and rocked out," she said. </p><p>"This was such a fun gig," Lloyd said in the video voiceover as she showed clips of herself during the performance, as well as a clip of her falling over on stage in front of the crowd. </p><p>After a five-hour car journey to their next stop in Miami, Florida, Lloyd said she checked into the hotel at "6am or something" and said the next day she "chilled" on the rooftop, showing a clip of her sunbathing overlooking the bay.</p><p>Later that evening, Lloyd showed a clip as she performed at Audacy Beach Festival in Fort Lauderdale, followed by a "celebratory dinner" that included a flambéed fish.</p><p>The video ends with Lloyd saying she flew back to London the following day. "Overall it was a very good week," the caption of the TikTok read.</p><p>The video received over 163,000 likes and 1,400 comments as viewers reacted by complimenting Lloyd on her talent.</p><p>Lloyd has built up a following of 848,000 subscribers on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8Yn4vFEKXb-2lTWPwEGb0w" target="_blank" rel="noopener">on YouTube</a> where she shares <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVY6dWWxWyU" target="_blank" rel="noopener">guitar lessons</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVKQrxIRkgo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">song covers</a>. According to her <a href="https://www.sophieguitar.com/">official website</a>, Lloyd started playing guitar around the age of 10, taking influence from bands such as "Iron Maiden," "Black Label Society," and "Pantera."</p><p>She is set to release a solo album titled "Imposter Syndrome" later this year. In a November <a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/sophie-lloyd-guitar-internet-sensation-machine-gun-kelly-band-new-single-imposter-interview-3351615">interview</a> with NME, she said, "Writing music has always been my first love, even if most people know me for the YouTube stuff. It just feels like the right time to establish myself and what I want to do."</p><p><a href="https://www.insider.com/culture"><strong>For more stories like this, check out coverage from Insider's Digital Culture team here.</strong></a><strong> </strong></p>

Inside a week in the life of a Machine Gun Kelly guitarist, from a 5-hour car trip to fangirling at a festival

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Paddy Pimblett can become something 'more than' Conor McGregor, according to Dan Hardy.</li><li>People can no longer relate to yacht-loving McGregor, Hardy said.</li></ul><p><a href="https://www.insider.com/category/paddy-pimblett" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Paddy Pimblett</a> can become bigger than <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/conor-mcgregor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Conor McGregor</a>, ex-<a href="https://www.insider.com/category/ufc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UFC</a> analyst Dan Hardy told MMA Fighting this week.</p><p>Combat athletes became stars through the UFC before — like Chuck Liddell, Georges St. Pierre, and Anderson Silva — but nobody had crossed over into the mainstream sporting consciousness quite like McGregor.</p><p>At the peak of the Irishman's powers, he slew big-name opponents like Jose Aldo while spitting quotable one-liners and gracing magazine covers.</p><div type="image" title="Conor McGregor knocked out Jose Aldo in 2015." height="1333" width="2000" msid="93145169" hostid="261" sizebytes="122608"></div><p>Like McGregor, Pimblett is a former Cage Warriors champion who is fast becoming a considerable commodity for <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/mma" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MMA</a>'s market-leading company in a burgeoning European territory.</p><p>Since joining Cage Warriors, Pimblett has won three fights in a row — all by finish while captivating sell-out audiences in London, England.</p><p>The 27-year-old knocked out Luigi Vendramini last year in Las Vegas before submitting Rodrigo Vargas and Jordan Leavitt with rear-naked chokes in March and then July.</p><h2>Pimblett can be 'something way more' than McGregor, Hardy said</h2><div type="image" title="Paddy Pimblett returned a first-round knockout on his UFC debut." height="1425" width="2000" msid="93145170" hostid="261" sizebytes="178862"></div><p>Hardy, another former Cage Warriors champion who achieved fame in the UFC, compared Pimblett to McGregor <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/2022/7/25/23276572/the-mma-hour-khamzat-chimaev-curtis-blaydes-dan-hardy-muhammad-mokaev-jack-hermansson-nathaniel-wood" target="_blank" rel="noopener">while speaking on MMA Fighting's show The MMA Hour</a>.</p><p>"I would hope Paddy's focus is on the belt as opposed to the super fights right now because he is in a very strong position, where he can become something way more than Conor McGregor," said Hardy.</p><p>"And I know that is a difficult thing for us to imagine, but we couldn't have imagined that of Conor McGregor before he stepped out of Cage Warriors."</p><div type="image" title="Dan Hardy has fought in the UFC, and worked there as an analyst." height="1333" width="2000" msid="93145171" hostid="261" sizebytes="67004"></div><p>Pimblett could even surpass McGregor, as the popular prizefighter does not appear to have the same troubles outside of the sport, said Hardy, referring to McGregor's previous run-ins with the law.</p><p>"I think people's brands change and shift," he said. "Conor is not the same. He is not as easy to gravitate toward as he used to be at the beginning of his career.</p><p>"It is much easier to relate to people when they are stepping off the streets, going through hard times."</p><h2>People can no longer relate to McGregor like they once could, according to the analyst</h2><div type="image" title="People can no longer relate to Conor McGregor like they once could, according to Dan Hardy." height="1443" width="2000" msid="93145173" hostid="261" sizebytes="87004"></div><p>Those same people now struggle to relate to McGregor as he's "living on yachts and stuff," Hardy said. "He's quite estranged from his fan base."</p><p>McGregor will always be a box office attraction because of he's an entertainer, according to Hardy. "But I think people will follow Paddy to a much longer degree."</p><p>He said this is because Pimblett will not "fall off in the same way Conor did" who ended up finding himself "in handcuffs."</p>

Paddy Pimblett can become bigger than Conor McGregor, according to an ex-UFC analyst

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Cuckolding is a <keyword id="6355231" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Sex">sex</keyword>ual fetish where a person likes to watch or listen while their partner has sex with someone else.</li><li>The term recently cropped up in mainstream media when former Liberty University President Jerry Falwell, Jr. resigned from his role over reports he had partaken in the fetish.</li><li>According to researcher and sex therapist David Ley, conservative men might be sexually drawn to cuckolding because it's something they were told is forbidden or wrong.</li></ul><p>Cuckolding, a <a href="https://www.insider.com/what-your-sexual-fantasies-say-about-you2020-7">sexual fetish</a> where a man enjoys watching or listening his partner have sex with someone else, cropped up in mainstream media after <a href="https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-falwell-relationship/">Reuters reported</a> former Liberty University President Jerry Falwell, Jr. had partaken in the act.</p><p>Liberty University officials <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jerry-falwell-jr-gave-raise-covering-affair-wife-lawsuit-2021-4">have since sued Falwell</a>, saying he "led a scheme to cover up the illicit conduct" while getting a salary raise during his tenure at the university.</p><p>Falwell's former business partner Giancarlo Granda told Reuters that Falwell "enjoyed watching from the corner of the room" while Granda and Falwell's wife Becki were "intimate."</p><p>Falwell denied this, and said only his wife was involved. But the news gained national attention, as <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jerry-falwell-jr-resigns-liberty-university-after-personal-scandals-2020-8">Falwell was heading the ultra-conservative and evangelical Liberty University</a> at the time. Students there are <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jerry-falwell-jr-denies-having-sexual-relationship-ex-pool-boy-2020-8">forbidden from having extramarital sex</a> and same-sex relationships, Insider previously reported.</p><p>According to researcher and sex therapist <a href="https://www.davidleyphd.com/">David Ley</a>, cuckolding is a common sexual fantasy for old-fashioned types.</p><h2>Why men are drawn to cuckolding</h2><p>Ley spent a year researching cuckolding for his book <a href="https://amzn.to/3cozknz">"Insatiable Wives,"</a> because he could only find one study on the <keyword id="684315" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Kink">kink</keyword> and wanted to learn more. In interviewing various heterosexual couples about their experiences with cuckolding, Ley learned those who were married and in their 40s were most likely to partake.</p><p>Ley, who discussed his findings on sex researcher <a href="https://www.lehmiller.com/podcast/2020/9/25/episode-10-the-psychology-of-cuckolding">Justin Lehmiller's podcast Sex &amp; Psychology</a>, said men typically initiate cuckolding in their relationships, and they tend to do so for two reasons.</p><p>First, some men find the personal aspect of cuckolding more erotic than porn. According to Ley, some men think: "I'd rather watch my wife have sex with other people than watch some stranger in pornography," because it's more real.</p><p>Cuckolding might also appeal to someone who wants to experience "vicarious bisexuality," as Ley calls it.</p><p>"There are men who really would like to engage in sexual activity with other men but they have a lot or moral or social prohibitions against it, and they can use their wife's body, basically as a vehicle to have sex with other men," Ley said.</p><h2>Research suggests politically conservative men have more cuckolding fantasies than liberal men</h2><p>Lehmiller, who conducted his own sexual-fantasy research for his book "Tell Me What You Want," found politically conservative men cite cuckolding as a sexual fantasy more often than their liberal counterparts, despite the fact men often use <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-alt-right-code-words-20161116-story.html">"cuck" as a derogatory term</a> for a weak man or sellout.</p><p>According to Ley, conservative men might be drawn to cuckolding due to cognitive dissonance.</p><p>"The more taboo something is, the more condemned it is, for some people, the more sexually charged and exciting it becomes," Ley told Lehmiller.</p><p>Ley gave the example of a man who identified as a white Nazi and wrote a letter to him. 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<ul><li>To shape nascent sneaker culture in India and bring global stories for sneakerheads in the country, adidas India organised Sneakers Day, a four-day festival that was hosted from October 22-25 2020.</li><li>Manish Sapra, Senior Marketing Director, adidas India walked us through the growing popularity of sneakers in India, the growth trajectory it has seen in the fashion industry, why adidas is focusing more on providing sustainable sneakers and much more. </li></ul>What were considered dorky possessions a decade ago have now become products of desire, style and comfort. In the global sneaker and fashion conversation, India is an emerging significant market. With social media, Indians have exposure to new trends developing across the globe in the shoes market and they are now aspiring to have a global taste in fashion. <br /><br />However, India is still a follower rather than a leader in the sneaker landscape. Indians took too long to get accustomed to sneaker culture. In the 90s, all Bollywood actors and cricketers wore sports shoes, who were the only trendsetters for consumers back then. Today, women who wear sarees in urban India have discovered the fashionable and comfortable wear that sneakers are. Recently, a woman hula-hooping in saree and sneakers took the internet by storm. <br /><br /><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/1NPeOc1zHab-Urz7TMz8MNWT-gnzovHc8j2aYhxO3Q7G6uaRpkjbiDqeWPSqYNUD0-tFFhrx2RpYUqhXxBbC1wqWPRKWwakaoIUwSv5nBKfDGtmOHao_y6vBT_60knE1_Un__JZ0" /><br /><br />Our fascination with sneakers grew with time as more influencers, sports stars and Bollywood actors started sporting sneakers as a legitimate statement piece. <br /><br />On how sneakers are gaining prominence in our country, Manish Sapra, Senior Marketing Director, adidas India, said, “Sneakers are a part of mainstream fashion now. And a large reason for this is people seeking a mix of comfort and style. Sneakers are now acceptable at workplaces, in some instances even in formal work environments with ties and trousers. While the barriers to dressing and pre-defined 'rules' of dressing are dissolving, consumers want more comfort than ever before, and this is where sneakers become the best option.” <br /><br /><strong>Shaping sneaker culture in India</strong><br /><br />To continue supporting the Sneaker culture that goes beyond the actual products and shape it into a lifestyle that encompasses music, culture, art, etc, sports giant adidas launched a 4-day festival to introduce Indians to other Sneakerheads. <br /><br />Its aim was to bring together diverse audiences and drive impetus to a fast-growing sneaker community, offering various exciting deals and access to limited-edition adidas memorabilia. It had also organised engaging activities for its users and for the grand prize, adidas offered a full year worth of sneaker supply to a lucky few consumers. <br /><br /><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/zr_i2KxjWTIsNdTjS7QzUJquHl_UiuWDh3jIIGU7jKgsyTYIMhQU2K-svm-vejOScTNSQmHFRlimW2VK4O_LdjCEbpEoMUHt6HAL9PewUVKfWRcqdQq1xJKnMnRrwZEdbo69DMTN" /><br /><br />adidas India has witnessed a 3X increase in sneaker sales over the last 3 years, indicating that the sneakers market is finally picking up. <br /><br />When asked about the size of the industry, Sapra said it is difficult to define it because the lines between different shoes have blurred in the country. <br /><br />He said, “Sneakers can be defined in multiple ways so it’s difficult to give an exact market size. A running shoe (like the Ultraboost) for one consumer might be a sneaker for another consumer who purely likes to wear it for lifestyle and fashion purposes. Nonetheless, at an absolute level, the sneakers category has seen extremely strong growth for us and we have witnessed a ~3X increase in premium and hype sneaker sales over the last 3 years.” <br /><br />Sharing the reason behind this uptick, Sapra said, “We believe the growth of the category has been gradual over the last 5 years, but it’s really started to go mainstream in the last 2 years or so. A large part of this growth has been due to social media and the awareness &amp; influence of global sneaker and streetwear trends driven by brands, artists, athletes, festivals and most importantly consumers. The same holds true for India – industry leading brands such as adidas are driving online &amp; offline experiences for sneaker loving consumers thereby giving a platform for consumers to build a dialogue around sneakers. With this, we have taken the lead to develop the sneaker culture in India.” <br /><br />Sneakerheads in India are aware of the global trends, upcoming launches and collaborations. They look up to global stars. So, adidas is trying to bring global trends in India for them. <br /><br />Sapra said, “In the past few years, we at adidas have made sure we get the most of our global collaborations with Kanye West - Yeezy, Pharrell Williams, Beyoncé, Sean Wotherspoon, Yohji Yamamoto, etc. available to our fans and consumers, that too on the same dates as per global launches. This means that a consumer in India has access to these hyped products on the same day as a consumer in New York, London or Paris.” <br /><br />It is becoming increasingly popular in urban areas and a part of ethnic wear as well. <br /><br />“Sneakers these days are a must-have. The love for sneakers has grown multi-folds and it’s great to see how people in India are styling them not just with denims and joggers as one would expect, but also experimenting with ethnic/traditional and formal wear. One of the most important highlights has been consumers’ love for white sneakers. 5 years back who would have thought white sneakers would be such a rage in India. Now it’s a staple in everyone’s wardrobes. While Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru continue to drive the culture in the most impactful way, cities like Chandigarh, Pune, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad are not far behind and have growing communities,” said Sapra. <br /><br />Consumers have also started requesting for personalized sneakers. Many also commission artists to customise pairs for them after the pair has been purchased from a brand. Adidas has also joined this bandwagon of personalisation. <br /><br />Sapra shared, “From time to time, at adidas, we host exclusive brand experiences to celebrate the community and a key highlight of these experiences are the personalization zones. Recently, to celebrate 50 years of the adidas Superstar, the most iconic shoe in the world, we used the shoes as a canvas to express the change that one wishes to see in the world. We commissioned an artist to bring alive the story. The campaign was hugely successful on social media and we had multiple requests from consumers to mass produce some of the designs.” <br /><br /><strong>Lockdown on sneakers? </strong><br /><br />While adidas India also saw its sales declining during the initial period of lockdown, all its limited edition of sneakers were an instant sell-out. <br /><br />Elaborating on the impact of lockdown, Sapra said, “This year has obviously been unusual, and for a select few summer months during the lockdown as people were spending more time at home, we saw a steep increase in the demand for open footwear (slippers and slides). However even during this period, so many of our Hype sneaker drops through collaborations with Yeezy, Pharrell Williams and Sean Wotherspoon were an instant sell-out. These premium and limited-edition sneakers ensured the momentum was never lost and that we stayed connected with our consumers. Now with the relaxation in lockdown measures as people start to step out, we are again seeing a surge in demand for sneakers.” <br /><br />With the on-going festive season and early signs of recovery, Sapra is highly optimistic about seeing a solid growth. <br /><br />Sapra said, “With every passing day we are seeing our business return to our original ambitions. We are extremely confident in the festive period providing a strong and solid boost to the already growing numbers. From a marketing point of view, we see an increased focus on driving enhanced consumers experiences, both offline and online, and an increase in digital content &amp; media spends.”<br /><br /><strong>Vision for adidas sneakers </strong><br /><br />Adidas has tried to incubate and drive street culture in India by building awareness around its new launches and bringing global stories of sneaker culture to the country. <br /><br />Speaking about adidas’ vision for sneakers, Sapra said, “We strongly believe in our product and the stories we tell. We want to continue enhancing our understanding of the market and consumer needs, bringing in the right products and consumer experiences. In the future we’d like to continue growing the sneaker community to have a pan-India footprint. We know the consumer is highly opinionated and knows exactly what they need, and our endeavor is to understand that need, work with speed to turn the insights into the right product and bring it to market in our stores through the best experiences.”<br /><br />After seeing a 3X growth, the next goal on adidas list is to enhance its consumers experience and go bullish on its sustainable sneakers. <br /><br />“Sneakers made from 100% recycled material have already hit it off with environmentally conscious consumers. We believe they will command a significant share of our sneaker business in the near future,” said Sapra. <br />

Adidas India witnesses a 3x increase in sneaker sales over the last 3 years, aims to drive sneaker culture in India and have a pan-India footprint

<p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/572371e69105842b008bfcec-621-414/screen%20shot%202016-04-29%20at%2010.37.39%20am.png" alt="Yale Town Hall" data-mce-source="Courtesy of Alex Zhang"><p class="source"><span>Courtesy of Alex Zhang</span></p><p class="caption">At a town hall on Thursday, Yale students threw fake $1 million dollar bills at University President Peter Salovey.</p></img></div><p></p></div></div>A town hall on Yale's campus devolved into utter pandemonium, with students throwing fake $1 million dollar bills&#xa0;<span>at President Peter Salovey </span>and hoisting Monopoly boards in the air, <a href="http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2016/04/29/students-confront-salovey-at-town-hall/">The Yale Daily News (YDN) reported.</a><p>The town hall was called in response the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/yale-calhoun-college-name-master-title-2016-4">university's decision to retain the name Calhoun College</a>,&#xa0;one of its 12 residential colleges. The college was named for John C. Calhoun, a 19th-century alumnus and a fervent supporter of slavery.</p><p>Coming on the heels of protests over racial tensions,&#xa0;the decision brings&#xa0;months of deliberation on the issue to a close, and&#xa0;many students remain frustrated and angry with Salovey and the administration. And&#xa0;<span>a</span><span>s Salovey faced a barrage of questions and reactions from students at the town hall, The YDN reported the president was&#xa0;"ashen-faced."</span></p><p>"We spent the entire year discussing this with you, and you turned around and did nothing," Yonas Takele '17, a student in Calhoun said at the meeting, according to the YDN. "You had an opportunity to stand and do the right thing. It's on you, and I want you to know that. I have no respect for you."</p><p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>President's Salovey's welcoming are met with a shower of money symbolizing the influence of money. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WrongMoveYale?src=hash">#WrongMoveYale</a> <a href="https://t.co/lm0LSktzEp">pic.twitter.com/lm0LSktzEp</a></p>- DOWN Magazine  (@DOWNatYale) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/725779457408126976">April 28, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p><p><span>In </span><span>a&#xa0;</span><span>press release on Wednesday </span><span>Salovey</span><span>&#xa0;said the decision to retain Calhoun's name was made "to encourage the campus community to confront the history of slavery, and to teach that history and its legacy."</span></p><p>That reasoning, however, drew harsh&#xa0;responses from students who said their painful history should not be made into an educational experience, according to the YDN.</p><p><span style="background-color: #ffffff;">In the release,&#xa0;S</span>alovey also announced that one college will be named for Anna Pauline (Pauli) Murray, a queer female of color and civil rights activist. She was also the first African-American to graduate from Yale with a doctor of juridical science degree. The decision was met positively from students.</p><p>The other college is to be named after innovator and drafter of the Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Franklin. This decision spurred students to call Salovey a "sell-out" and throw fake $1 million dollar bills and raise up Monopoly boards, according to the YDN.</p><p>The assertion that Salovey sold out relates to a comment in Wednesday's press release that the school decided on the name to " honor ...&#xa0;the generosity of Charles B. Johnson '54 B.A., who considers Franklin a personal role model."</p><p>Johnson donated $250 million to the school in 2013.</p><p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>No more Calhoun <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WrongMoveYale?src=hash">#WrongMoveYale</a> <a href="https://t.co/D7jKiInhue">pic.twitter.com/D7jKiInhue</a></p>- Brea  (@bougeottee_) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/725786871289253889">April 28, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p><p>At&#xa0;the heart of the rancorous town hall, however, the anger and frustrated continued what students articulated in the fall.&#xa0;Racial tensions boiled over on Yale's New Haven campus last year, exposing feelings that Yale is an unwelcoming place for students of color and that pervasive racism exists.</p><p>That drew derision from some media sources, calling the Yale protesters <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/college-is-not-for-coddling/2015/11/10/6def5706-87db-11e5-be39-0034bb576eee_story.html">"coddled"</a> and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/alan-dershowitz-thinks-student-protesters-dont-want-true-diversity-in-colleges-2015-11">"tyrannical."</a>&#xa0;Those labels, along with a&#xa0;perceived lack of support from Yale's administration still appears to be affecting some students.</p><p>"We want you to give us an accountability plan for how Yale is going to address the fact that the media in the rest of the world is going to be laughing at black students for whining because we <span style="background-color: #ffffff;">got one college</span>," Rianna Johnson-Levy '17 said at the town hall, according to the YDN.</p><p>Johnson-Levy was referring to the fact that the college named for Pauli Murray is&#xa0;the only one&#xa0;named for a person of color.</p><p>"We are not being coddled," she continued.</p><p>To that, Salovey agreed,<span style="background-color: #ffffff;"> according to the YDN.</span> "I reject the way you, Yale students, are treated in a lot of the mainstream media," he said. "I will fight always against this idea that somehow students of today are unappreciative or whiny or being coddled."</p><p><span>Salovey told Business Insider in a statement that he was pleased students came and spoke at the town hall.&#xa0;"There were convictions and disagreements about the naming decisions expressed with great passion," he wrote. </span></p><p><span>"There was also continued discussion about what we all need to do to make Yale more inclusive, including making the faculty more diverse and augmenting our scholarship on issues of race and culture," he continued. 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