GQ Men of the Year 2024: Red Carpet Livestream

[upbeat country music]

Hello and welcome to the first ever live stream

of GQ's annual Men of the Year. I'm Chris Black.

And I'm Jason Stewart.

We do a podcast called How Long Gone.

And I'm Fanum

and tonight we're coming at you live from West Hollywood

where we're honoring the 2024 GQ Men of the Year.

This is the 29th one of these,

and we thought, how better to celebrate the big two nine

than with a big old live stream?

We got some stars coming in here tonight,

like Dwayne The Rock Johnson, John Mulaney,

and Pharrell Williams.

And we've got six time Grammy nominee,

Shaboozey, performing.

It's one of the hottest parties of the year.

We're on the red carpet and the guests are en route.

The theme tonight, as you can see, is American Rodeo,

and I'm just as surprised as you are.

And I'm gonna be here holding it down on the red carpet,

chatting up with the biggest stars

as they make their way to the party. All right, guys?

All right, Fanum. We'll see you later, bro.

Let's rock. Let's do it.

Thank you for holding it down. Alright.

Alright. Right here on the right,

we've got our silhouette cactus wall looking exquisite.

And then the good people over at

GQ built our very own saloon.

Oh, yeehaw.

For all the GQ cover stars

and whoever else might be stopping by.

We've got our own house band.

Give it up for The Wrong Way Gang. Woo!

[country music]

And we've got our very own rodeo dancers.

Yeehaw.

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[crowd cheering]

And in case things go completely off the rails,

we've got an emergency marching band.

[Band playing When The Saints Go Marching In]

[crowd cheering]

They're here to get us out of trouble.

So if things go off the rails,

they'll come back and bail us out, Chris.

You ready to get things started?

Let's get things started.

[country music]

We're here with our friend

and host of tonight's festivities, Will Welch,

editor-in-chief of GQ. How you doing, bro?

Howdy, y'all, I'm happy to be here.

All right, so, Will, GQ's Men of the Year

is live for the very first time.

What were you thinking, pal?

Live. Well actually, one year ago,

I was staying at a nearby hotel

after this very event

and the ghost of Hank Williams came to me

and he said, Son, I see a live stream,

the 29th annual Men of the Year.

We gotta take it up a level. And his breath...

There needs to be a content wall, Will,

do you understand me?

His breath smelled like whiskey and cigarettes.

You knew what you had to do.

[Will] Yeah, live stream time.

From that moment on.

So you've already had a drink with many of the cover stars.

What kind of tea does John Mulaney like?

John and I both did an English breakfast, piping hot,

and no sugar, no milk.

Okay.

Raw. Raw tea.

Speaking of drinking, Will.

It's true that we don't have drinks allowed

here in the saloon, but out in the party

there's gonna be alcohol, right?

Yes. This will be a party with alcohol.

It's a saloon with alcohol.

Okay 'cause there, it's not allowed here for some reason.

Yeah. It's just not for you guys.

[Chris] Okay, because I'm liable to say something.

Wrong Way Gang can drink all they want, but you two.

They're drunk. I can tell. Okay, so we're, okay.

We're being policed. They're not mic'd up, but we are

and I could say something un-gentlemanly

that could get this whole thing shut down.

It's live television, baby.

Alright, so we got three cover stars here tonight,

John Mulaney, Pharrell Williams,

and Dwayne The Rock Johnson.

So you've got all three weight classes represented.

Who do you plan on having them fight?

And can we expect a Jake Paul Man of the Year next year?

I'm team Mike Tyson and I'll take all betters.

[Jason] Hell yeah. Make some noise for Mike Tyson.

If anybody wants to bet with me tonight, just come see me.

I got the hat on.

And what was the other part of the question?

Something about Mulaney and Pharrell

and Dwayne Johnson being different weight classes.

This is a night of love not fighting.

From bears to twinks, you got all of them covered.

Maybe who are they gonna fight horizontally?

What we're getting at is Jake Paul,

is really where we're getting at.

And you said you're going Mike Tyson.

And what I'm getting at is Mike Tyson.

Okay, fair enough. I'm with you.

GQ is a Jake Paul-free zone forever.

You heard that here first, brother. All right.

Man of the Year is one of the toughest parties

to get into, notoriously.

For all the people at home, including us,

who are not able to get in,

what exactly goes on in there?

Please share.

What's popping behind those doors?

I've seen y'all at several Men of the Year parties, but.

I did meet Megan Thee Stallion last year,

which was a highlight.

I don't necessarily remember them too much.

Well, yes, I do understand it's the English Breakfast,

you know. But basically, yeah,

it's a hard party to get into.

But with this live stream,

everybody can play a role here this year.

[Jason] Kick the saloon doors open on this web stream.

And look, if we're building a rodeo saloon for the 29th,

imagine what's coming for the 30th.

I mean, if Hank comes back to me tonight,

like all bets are off.

Wow.

You here to here first, America.

All right, Will, we need to get back

and you need to get back to your hosting duties.

Thanks for coming down to the saloon.

Thank y'all for hosting.

[Chris] Thank you, Will. We appreciate it.

Make some noise for Will Welch.

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Things are looking good over there

and it sounds like Fanum's chatting with someone.

Let's throw to him now.

What up, Fanum?

Noah Lyles, you are the fastest man

in the world right now

and you're also the guy with drip.

So I wanna know, how fast does it take for you

to get ready for the red carpet tonight?

Shoot. How fast you need me, man?

Okay. Okay, I like that. All right.

You've been killing it on the runway too.

You think it's time for you to be a full-time fashion icon?

What's really going on?

You know, I got some things in the works.

I'm actually out here shooting a commercial with Y-3

a little later on this week.

So you expect to see that.

You know, I've been doing a lot of things with Adidas,

you know, just trying to get my hand in as many pots

as I can, you know, just finding my flow,

finding my vibe.

Alright, as the fastest man alive,

what's one thing you need to do in life

when it's time to slow things down?

Shoot, I play League of Legends with the boys, you know?

[Fanum] That's hard.

Yeah, man. We just be out there.

We just be playing, you know?

I'm not that good at it, but you know,

we just out here for the vibes.

All right, All right. All right.

So I've seen you race IShowSpeed.

That's my man right there, hey.

What's the chance of you race me

down this red carpet? What's up?

Shoot. How much money you got, bro?

I don't work for free no more.

All right, heard it.

All right, listen. Thank you, man.

Enjoy the rest of the night, all right?

I appreciate it, man.

Let's do it.

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It's time for us to meet our first GQ cover star.

Let's take a look behind the scenes at his cover shoot.

[John slurping]

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[camera clicking]

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[dog barking]

Comedian of the Year, John Mulaney.

Let's go, John, get out here.

[country music]

John, welcome to the saloon, John.

How are you? - Welcome to our saloon.

Thank you for having me.

What did you think about the dance intro that you got?

I thought that was staggeringly good

and a lot of work went into it

and I think that they should come out here

and do it again right now.

That's a good idea.

Let's get them out here, you guys.

Just kidding. Don't do that.

This is my favorite Coen brothers movie,

by the way, so it's nice to be in it.

I know you're a cinephile, so it's nice to hear that.

Absolutely, this is all of them mashed together,

which is what I like about it.

[Chris] A combo.

A combo.

I know you've hosted a live talk show.

Yes. Jason and I are new to this.

Obviously we'd love some advice from an old pro.

You've never done podcasts live?

No, we've done that, but not on this level.

Not with video.

Not on this level. Okay.

I would say if you ever are in doubt, time and temp.

[Chris] What does that mean?

Like it's 7:00, it's 7:08 right now.

I'd call it 64 degrees.

Wind's coming out of the southwest.

All that shit. That's all great.

All that type of detail.

Okay. Take phone calls

and no matter what happens, keep going,

This is great. This is going well.

If you just say, This is going well,

people at home will go, All right, this is going well.

So you thought the phone calls went well on your show?

Well, I said they did. So that's all that matters.

[Jason] That's all matters. That's the bottom line.

I'd go, That was great. Next call.

And they were all pretty mediocre.

[hosts laugh]

Alright, John, now that you've glowed up yourself into a

Chad Mulaney type of situation, you're a GQ cover girl,

the hair is flowing, and sometimes it's wet.

Yeah?

What does it feel like to be an emerging hair icon?

Oh wow. Sometimes my hair is wet.

[crowd laughing]

[Chris] On purpose?

On purpose, yeah.

Showering, bathing, swimming.

Let's name other ways hair gets wet.

To be a hair icon, look, it was an expensive wig,

so the fact, and the stapling hurts.

So to get it in there, have it locked in...

[Jason] You earned this.

[John] Absolutely.

She's on there good.

[John] Sorry?

So she's on there good is what you're saying?

She's on there real good, yeah.

I drove her here in a Mazda Miata convertible

at 90 miles an hour while texting and it stayed on.

[Chris] It looks real.

Thank you.

Alright, so you're headed to Broadway in December.

Where's the first place you're gonna eat

when you touch down in New York?

Probably the hotel. Next question.

Smart.

[John laughs]

Okay.

I'm not a big eater, so I'll get, you know.

[Chris] Me neither, bro. Whatever's on. Hell, yeah.

Thank you very much.

Whatever Sweet Green is closest to your hotel?

Well that's exactly what I would do.

Or a Lenwich or something. I have very...

Not a Lenwich. That's too far.

I have very mid eating habits

and I think that a lot of people are putting

too much emphasis on food in general.

Look, it's good because you don't spend any money on it.

That one stings, John.

Are you like a foodie?

Well, that's fine.

I say, here's what I'd say.

Relax about it a little bit, you know?

Sometimes just eat some snacks and get on with your day.

I had Peanut M&Ms for dinner yesterday.

Fantastic. Okay, next question, John.

Olivia is doing Skims ads. You're a GQ Man of the Year.

Are you concerned that your family unit

is potentially becoming too sexy?

Oh, this is a conversation that a lot

of American families are having right now.

And honestly, it's one that we are watching closely

and monitoring very closely.

We'll keep an eye on the situation.

John, thanks for joining us.

Thank you both so much.

[Jason] Have fun tonight.

We'll see you.

Oh, I have no intention of leaving this show.

I think we do another hour of this,

same dancers, same questions.

John Mulaney, you stay here.

Let's see what Fanum's up to on the red carpet, okay?

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Tara Davis and Hunter Woodhall how y'all feeling tonight?

We're good. How are you?

Doing all right.

Everything's good. Yeah.

Dope, dope, dope. So y'all crushed it in Paris.

Double golds.

So can you tell us how did you celebrate?

A little bit of tequila and a little bit of love.

Okay, fire.

Whoa, shoot.

[Tara imitates buzzer]

Alright, so Hunter, I hear you into the oversized hoodies.

Do you wish you had an oversized hoodie

tonight on a red carpet? Give me the buck.

Nah, to be honest, we live kind of in the country, man.

So it feels a little better being in

cowboy hats and some denim.

So, little Canadian tuxedo.

Fire. Fire. Okay. So since both of you are champs,

what's the most competitive thing

that you've done against each other

that doesn't involve sports?

Racing to the track. Who can drive faster. [laughs]

Legally, like safely.

You know, we take different routes. You gotta strategize.

It's a real thing.

Dope, dope, dope.

I gotta know if there was a race on a red carpet tonight,

who's taking it?

Me.

Yeah. How long is this?

You know, this red carpet's short enough,

she's actually gonna win.

Alright, well, thank you.

Have a great night. We'll see you in there. All right?

Thank you. Nice to meet you.

Likewise.

All right, it's time to shift gears a bit.

We've got some live music for you here

to perform his hit Drink Don't Need No Mix,

it's Grammy nominated Shaboozey.

[crowd cheering]

[country music]

GQ. Los Angeles.

Let's turn this into a honky tonk.

Let's go, let's do it.

♪ Sure let's do it ♪

♪ Okay, let's do it ♪

♪ Okay, let's do it ♪

♪ Hold your drink up ♪

♪ Hold your drink, son ♪

♪ Hold your drink ♪

♪ Put 'em up ♪

♪ Got so drunk he hit his head on the sidewalk ♪

♪ But he good he gonna be all right ♪

♪ We just left Whiskey Row thirty minutes ago ♪

♪ And he still seein' neon lights ♪

♪ Drive up to the dive bar to get PBR ♪

♪ That's just how we start our nights ♪

♪ See them bachelorettes on Broadway ♪

♪ And they all wanna be my wife ♪

♪ I'm tryna flex, flex ♪

♪ The trucked made of cedarwood is where I count my checks ♪

♪ And we just got it painted baby, please don't make a mess ♪

♪ Look inside my cup, I'm so confused, where's the rest ♪

♪ Oh, shit, don't forget, what's that ♪

♪ The drink don't need no mix ♪

♪ What the fuck is this ♪

♪ What's that ♪

♪ I'm tryna get faded, baby, this ain't gon' do shit ♪

♪ Let's go ♪

♪ 'Cause the drink don't need no mix ♪

♪ I need more than this ♪

♪ That's right ♪

♪ I'm tryna get faded, baby, this ain't gon' do shit ♪

♪ Let's go ♪

♪ 'Cause this drink don't need no mix ♪

♪ Put your drinks up, now put your drinks up ♪

♪ Hey, hey, let's go ♪

♪ We take back streets ♪

♪ Pull up on the curb ♪

♪ If I see 12, they ain't going to catch me ♪

♪ Got no love for Uncle Sammy ♪

♪ He always trying to text me ♪

♪ Yeah, I've been working day and night ♪

♪ Someone pour me Jack, please ♪

♪ And I'll be happy, okay ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm still tryna flex ♪

♪ The truck bed made of cedarwood ♪

♪ it's where I count my checks ♪

♪ And we just got it painted baby, please don't make a mess ♪

♪ Look inside my cup, I'm so confused, where's the rest? ♪

♪ Oh, shit, don't forget, what's that ♪

♪ The drink don't need no mix ♪

♪ What the fuck is this ♪

♪ What's that ♪

♪ I'm tryna get faded, baby, this ain't gone do shit ♪

♪ Let's go ♪

♪ 'Cause the drink don't need no mix ♪

♪ I need more than this ♪

♪ I'm tryna get faded, baby, this ain't gone do shit ♪

♪ 'Cause the drink don't need no mix ♪

♪ Put your drinks up ♪

♪ Now, put your drinks up ♪

♪ Let's go, the drink don't need to mix ♪

♪ Where's it gone ♪

♪ One, two, three ♪

♪ What's that ♪

♪ The drink don't need no mix ♪

[crowd cheering]

Let's go, get over here, Shaboozey.

[crowd cheering]

That was amazing. Welcome. Thank you.

Join us in the saloon, right over here, my friend.

Well done.

Thank you so much.

So, Shaboozey, you name check alcohol

in a lot of your songs.

Yeah.

Will you ever be able to retire from drinking

or are you gonna slowly let it take over your body?

What do you think?

I think we're already there.

I think we're at that point of no return.

Okay. Point of no return.

And I think you might be the first country singer

to name check a Birkin in their song.

Can you confirm or deny that?

I can confirm that, yes.

[Jason] Have you ever purchased a Birkin

for somebody in your life?

Hopefully I can now, but you know.

[Jason] Okay. You have to now.

Okay, things are going well. Things are going well.

My mom first, though.

Your mom first?

Birkin for the mom, my lady, or who else?

Well, I was gonna say side piece, but lady is better.

Side piece? Birkin for the side piece?

Ladies you hear it right here.

[Chris] Yeah. You're doing well.

You're doing good. You're doing well.

[Jason] You gotta get it for your lady first.

Sure.

Mama next, side piece third. All right, Shaboozey,

I know you're drinking tonight. I am too.

[Shaboozey] Yeah.

What's the Shaboozey hangover cure for tomorrow?

Man, look. Water. Water.

[Jason] You're going to need something more than water,

my friend.

Something more than water, man?

[Jason] I need some spicy.

[Chris] You're not smoking something?

Liquid IV? Sauna?

I don't know maybe some more Jack Daniels.

I mean that's probably the best way.

This guy. All right. I know you're a big Pharrell fan.

You guys are both from Virginia.

Has Virginia influenced your music a little bit?

A hundred percent. I think for me, like, you know,

I wanted to make something music that kind of represented

where I was from and I just looked outside

and I was like, Now you looking outside.

We went on a lot of camping trips, we fished,

and I saw a lot of trees,

and I was like, there's something so unique about this area

and the culture that I wanted to do something

that reflected my environment, you know?

And I felt like Virginia

didn't really have like an identity.

And I was like, man, I want just do something

that just showcases and represents where I'm from. You know?

Now do you consider Virginia the south?

That's a hard one.

I mean, you see what happened to the election, so. [laughs]

[Jason] Next question.

Alright, Shaboozey. You're gonna be back later.

Yeah.

To close out with A Bar Song.

For now, make some noise for Shaboozey, everybody.

Make some noise for Shaboozey.

Fanum, Fanum, what have you got?

Appreciate it. We'll be here all night.

[crowd cheering]

Yeah. Thanks a lot.

John David and Malcolm Washington.

Washington fam in the building. How are we feeling tonight?

Feeling good. It's nice out here.

Yeah. Feeling real good. Good to be here.

Hell yeah. All right.

Y'all worked on The Piano Lesson together.

What's the vibe on set?

It's family on set, so how did that feel?

Man, it was a lot of joking.

A lot of laughs.

Yeah. Making fun of each other. Cracking on each other.

All right. Don't act brand new. Don't act too big

for your britches or you get called out.

Facts. I like that. I like that.

Growing up, who had the best pranks?

Who had the best pranks between both of y'all?

You know what I'm saying?

He was a bully growing up.

Bully's a strong word for GQ.

I'm not gonna say bully,

but I guess you could say a big prankster.

Yeah. He got it. He got it. Yeah.

Bully's the wrong word though. All right?

All right, cool.

Wait, but by the way, he's a bully now though.

I guess he learned from the best.

See what you started, GQ? Y'all started this already.

It's heavy. It's heavy.

Yeah, John, you played football before Hollywood.

Who you got going for the Super Bowl this year?

E-A-G-L-E-S. Eagles, baby. Let's go all the way.

Eagles. Alright cool. Thank you for everything, man.

I'll see y'all later, all right?

Shout out to you. Shout out to you.

Appreciate you, man.

See you inside, bro.

One hundred. Thank you.

Oh, hold up everybody. Here comes Katt Williams.

[Jason] Oh my God.

[upbeat music]

[Chris] That's not Katt Williams, is it?

[Jason] Is that Katt Williams?

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[crowd cheering]

[crowd cheering]

[Chris] Pimping. Wow.

That man knows how to make an entrance. Give it up.

Katt Williams, please take a seat.

Grab a microphone. How are you, sir?

Magnificent. Thank you. How are you?

Truly an honor to have you here, Katt.

Yeah, it's a pleasure. You gonna sit?

Sure.

Okay.

Yeah.

Stay a while.

Thank you.

I wanna talk to you about golf.

[Katt chuckling]

[Jason laughing]

Indeed.

Where do you play in LA?

Riviera.

[Jason] Riveria. - [Chris] Where is it?

I don't know.

[Chris] Okay, fair enough. Don't dox yourself.

[Jason] Somebody drives you there

and you play golf, right?

Yep.

Katt, on the topic of Men of the Year,

is there anyone currently on your radar

that has the potential to match your pimping, clothing-wise?

Clothing-wise,

[Jason] Or just pimping wise?

Well, it's probably not fair.

I think Pharrell has more access than I do.

[Katt] It's an unfair fight. Yeah.

But nevertheless, you're still winning.

I'm a gentleman.

I have a whole quarterly magazine named after me.

It's magnificent.

[group laughs]

Yeah. You are known for being one

of the best dressed comedians of all time.

Is there a Katt look over the years

where you thought you had

that shit on and then looking back, maybe you did not?

No, no, no. I always had the shit on at the time.

[Chris] Oh, I understand. At the time.

A day later, if possibly.

Okay. All right.

You know, I like to wear things close to expiration.

[Chris] Okay. [laughs]

Like Jason and his whole milk.

I understand exactly what you're saying.

Probably the last guy wearing hammer pants.

Exactly. Holding on.

[Katt] Right.

Alright. Katt, you are America's favorite prophet

and my personal North star.

You said a lot of truths are gonna be popping off in 2024.

[Katt] Yes.

And you are right about a lot of those.

Do we have one more conspiracy pop out

before the end of the year?

[Chris] Bless us.

None of them were conspiracies,

which is why they all happened.

[Jason] Sorry, wrong word.

And-

[Jason] Another prophecy?

I believe we're entering the golden age, I believe.

[Jason] Okay. So you know.

[Chris] That's good for us, right?

And that's good. Is that good?

Magnificent. I'm saying it is what it is.

Okay.

Right after the age of truth,

the revealing is the scab being pulled off

and then the healing can begin.

Let the healing begin.

Katt, thanks so much for being here.

We appreciate you. God bless you.

Thank you for having me.

[Chris] Thank you, bro. We appreciate it.

Truly a fan and love you.

God bless America.

[crowd cheering]

[country music]

[country music continues]

[country music continues]

[crowd cheering]

Our next guest is a GQ cover star

and Designer of the Year.

Let's check out his photo shoot.

[upbeat music]

[upbeat music continues]

Please welcome Designer of the Year, Pharrell Williams.

[crowd cheering]

[country music]

Make some noise for Pharrell, guys. Come on. Come on.

Pharrell, welcome.

Happy to have you.

[country music continues]

Oh, I need to take a moment to soak in your entire look.

No hat tonight Pharrell?

Nah, nah, nah.

[Jason] That's fine.

Blessings. How you doing?

Good. Good. I feel like you're kind of responsible

for this theme in some roundabout way.

Did you let Will know this is what you wanted

or did he come to this himself?

You know, he just kind of like

told us what it was gonna be.

And of course I'm a support bro.

Like I call, he's younger than me, much younger than me,

but I call him like big bro 'cause he's like a giant.

[Chris] He's actually big.

So in a lot of real ways, I really do look up to him.

Yeah.

And so when he told me what the, you know,

what the steez was, you know, of course I'm a...

[Jason] You're gonna come through and sneeze on him.

I'm gonna come through and spill sauce.

[Chris laughs]

Thank you for leaving some sauce with us.

[Pharrell] Yeah.

All right, Pharrell, fashion is very cyclical,

as you know.

How much longer do you think the cowboy fever has left?

I have no idea. I didn't even think

that it was gonna be this. We just were...

[Jason] It's still cooking.

Well, we were cooking back then for that, you know,

I had no idea it was gonna be all this, you know.

[group laughs]

They took it and ran with it, is what you're saying.

Yeah. But you know what, I mean,

it also does check and track

because, you know, a large swath of America does listen

to a lot of country music.

[Chris] Yeah.

You know, a lot of our geography does reflect

a lot of the energy of the west and the south.

So it make a lot of sense.

What, from the jackets, you know, the trucker jackets,

to boots, hats, you know.

Well, we asked Shaboozey this question,

or he did, do you consider Virginia to be the South?

I do. Okay.

I do too. I do too.

I do too.

It's north of like Atlanta,

but I mean, it's the south for us.

[Chris] It counts.

There are people who argue and they like,

Ah, you don't know what you're talking about.

But I'm just like, man.

Get those city slickers out here.

I got a house there.

When you get a house there, you talk. Come talk to me.

It's the south.

[Jason] You can let me know.

Yeah.

[Chris] Go ahead.

Yeah.

Is that good? We got one more.

Yeah, let's actually,

GQ named you Global Designer of the Year.

Who is your designer of the year? You can't choose yourself.

[Jason laughs]

It's always gonna be Rei Kawakubo for me.

Okay.

But I will say Jonathan Anderson is a very...

[Chris] Makes some noise for her.

Make some noise for Jonathan Anderson.

He's just different.

[Chris] He is different. He's different.

[Jason] He is built different.

Yeah.

[Jason] All right, Pharrell, thank you so much.

Thank you, Pharrell. We appreciate it.

We appreciate you coming by.

Let's see what Fanum's up to over there.

[Pharrell] Thank you very much.

[Producer] And go. Go!

Anderson .Paak, what's up man? How you feeling tonight?

Yes, Lord. Feeling great.

Yes sir. Yes sir.

Congrats on Andy's Club, man. How's it going over there?

It's going great. It's packed, man. Lots of people.

Lots of food. Good times.

I was drunk doing the butterfly the other night.

Pretty crazy.

Dope. Any big names come through yet?

Yeah, man, we had Mariah Carey pull up

and I mean, shit, I'll just stop there.

Alright, cool. How can me and the chat get in

the VIP list for the club, what's up?

It depends on how much cash

you have on your person and yeah,

you know, we could talk.

Heavy. Heavy. Okay, cool.

Describe your look tonight in one word.

Come on, let's do it.

My look is Hollywood Cowboy,

black Pimp entrepreneur, officiato.

Officiato. I like it.

You know what I'm saying David Viato custom everything,

had to go to Texas to get the bolo and the custom belt.

Yes Lord, this belt!

And you know, little animal print on the feet now.

Don't forget. You gotta pan down.

Flavors, flavors, flavors.

If you could ride off into the sunset

with any celeb on a horse, both of y'all, who would it be?

If I could ride with any celeb,

like living, dead, or alive?

[Fanum] Dead or alive. It don't matter who it is.

I mean, it'd probably be Michael Jackson.

[Fanum] Michael Jackson

I ain't gonna lie.

Yeah, I'm trying to ride on some floaty thing with Michael.

I think that's appropriate. Yeah. Yeah.

Anybody you looking forward to seeing tonight?

I've seen a lot of cool people already, man.

So I'm excited to meet some new people

I don't know, you know, a lot of times you go,

you see the same people. I'm sick of it.

Shout out to Diplo, but I'm sick of seeing him.

I wanna see some new people. All right?

Dope, dope, dope.

Alright, it's American Rodeo theme tonight.

What's your playlist looking like for the rest of the night?

My playlist for the rest of the night?

Man, I'll be listening to the same shit,

Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube,

you know, all the old school stuff.

But yeah, maybe I'll have to throw on some like

Dolly Parton or something, you know?

Do you have a favorite country artist?

I really love Dolly Parton and I love, you know,

shout out to Shaboozey, you know what I'm saying?

He's a new country artist I like.

Yeah. You know, I'm not too hip on a lot of country.

Johnny Cash. I love Johnny Cash,

but Dolly, Dolly's really my hitter. I love her.

Alright, cool, cool, cool, cool.

You looking forward to Shaboozey's performance tonight?

Hell yeah. I'm looking forward to Shaboozey's outfit.

This is crazy. Yeah, man, you looking great.

He killed it. I just watched him do a few songs, man.

It was already lit. Yeah.

Dope.

My guy.

Dope. Quick question.

So how long does it take you to get a custom piece?

Like a bolo tie how long it takes?

It took a couple weeks,

right when I found out about the event

and the theme, I hit my dude David

and he started piecing it together.

We went through some different like inspirations

that we were going for and he went with

this sick ass leather and like, you know,

he just made it happen, man,

in a week's time and really it shouldn't have.

It should have took a lot more,

but he made, he expedited it very quick for me.

Alright. Dope. Dope. Thank you Anderson.

Appreciate you. All right?

Thank you, man.

Enjoy your night, man.

Yeah, you too.

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I'm feeling very manly cowboy, urban cowboy. Manly.

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So you got a new show called Florida Man.

What's the wildest Florida Man story that you got for us?

Well it was the one that I did the episode for,

which was this dude named Eric Murder got his arm bit off

by an alligator and survived for three days

in the middle of the swamp and somehow lived.

And he was the most charismatic,

wild cowboy Florida Man you could ever imagine.

And yeah, that episode, on the show,

each episode is a different Florida Man story.

So I just did the one episode.

So, but yeah, that's probably the craziest

Florida Man story that I got was that dude.

Yeah. That sounds kind of crazy.

Ain't gonna lie. Hey, so I hear you live off the grid.

Yeah.

Why do you do that?

I was just tired of all this.

It's great, but I've been in LA 20 years

and I lived in New York five years before that.

So after 25 years of the human zoo of just chaos,

I said I want peace and quiet.

So this outfit actually matches

where I live in Joshua Tree off grid.

And I just wanted quiet. I wanted to look at the stars.

I wanted no neighbors. I wanted nature.

And so that's, that's how I found my church.

I think nature is your church.

And so that's where I go get

to get my peace and quiet and get grounded.

I know that sounds kind of corny, but it's true.

Dope. Dope.

Yeah.

Peace is everything. But hey, thank you, man.

Have a great night. We'll see you around.

Oh. That's it?

That's all we need.

Okay, cool. Cool. Happy cowboy GQ day.

Let's do it.

Alright.

Alright. We're joined now by comedian

and star of the hit series Hacks, Hannah Einbinder.

Hi, Hannah.

What's up?

Make some noise for Hannah, please.

Make some noise, Los Angeles

[Jason] Make some noise.

Yes.

[Jason] Hannah, you ever spent some time in

this parking lot here in the Chateau Marmont?

Give it up for parking lot Chateau baby, we're here.

You know, I've spent a couple nights here.

Not under these circumstances,

Different circumstances. Different.

[Hannah] Well you are from LA. That's right.

Can you tell us, is it better or worse than it used to be?

I think what's good about LA is that it is a place

that is in constant evolution.

I think it's sort of a..

[Chris] Very democratic of you.

You know what I mean? It's ever changing.

It's ever changing and that's what is good about it.

I think maybe late stage capitalism

has wrought havoc on the world.

[Both] Okay, next question.

[Jason] Next question.

Next question.

You're on a show called Hacks or something.

Is that what's going on? No. No.

So Hacks is set in Las Vegas.

Uh-huh.

When you go there, you do a wrap party,

you finish the season.

Where are you going to dinner for the big night out?

Well, I can tell you I'm going

to Frankie's Tiki Room that's off the strip.

You gotta go off the strip in Vegas.

[Jason] I've never heard that before.

[Chris] That's good advice.

Check it out.

[Jason] There's some good Thai food off the strip, right?

That's good. That's right. Michelin star.

We'll see.

You know that. You know the nice spots.

John Mulaney's gone. We're talking about food now.

When you're on the road doing standup,

what city do you do the best in, Tampa?

Where's the hand of people at?

Indianapolis?

You know what, it's definitely Seattle.

[Jason] The Chuckle Room in Seattle.

Yeah. Yeah.

[Jason] Why Seattle?

The Crocodile.

I think Seattle has a lot of eco warriors,

which tend to be my fan base. Just folks who...

[Chris] Okay, so people who don't use umbrellas,

they just wear jackets, they love you.

People who kind of, yeah,

let the elements fall upon them.

So people who are like, I wanna bomb a fur factory at five

and then see standup at seven.

That's my vibe, that's my people. Yeah.

[Jason] Okay.

[Chris] Oh, I didn't see that coming actually.

[Jason] Alright. Hannah, have you ever been heckled?

I'm sure you have. And if so, I need a good heckling story.

And how did you handle them?

Oh, of course, I was in San Francisco.

A city that I feel has kind of fallen from grace generally.

I think...

[Chris] Oh, you're a real shit talker.

You're a real shit talker.

Well the tech boom has sort of eradicated

Harvey Milk's vision that once was.

[Jason] Ain't that the truth?

Anyhow, there was a gentleman who

I was talking to, doing crowd work to.

[Chris] Yeah.

And I just had done a bit about ketamine therapy

and then I randomly selected a man to speak to in the crowd.

I asked him what he did and he said he was a therapist.

Funny coincidence. Everybody's laughing.

And then he didn't like being singled out and he got up

and started flipping me off and said like, you know,

Fuck you, you're a bully.

You know all of these things. And he was carried out.

He was carried out.

If you're that guy, fuck you.

Hannah Einbinder, thank you so much for stopping by.

Thank you for stopping by.

We'll carry you out if you need it. If you need it.

A pleasure.

God bless you.

[crowd cheering]

[country music]

[country music continues]

I don't need a microphone. Hello.

[crowd cheering]

Alright, we are joined now by a man

who is no stranger to an American rodeo.

Star of the hit show Fallout, actor Walton Goggins.

Thanks for joining us.

[crowd cheering]

[Jason] Make some noise for Walton.

Walton, tonight we've turned a parking lot

into a full American rodeo,

which is proof you can make anything western.

You play one of the biggest cowboys on TV at the moment

and we've got some very non-Western

movie lines for you to read and we want you to read

these lines like they're in a western. Here you go, sir.

[Walton] Okay. Okay.

Good luck, chief.

Okay. Oh this...

[Jason] Silence in the parking lot for Walter.

Interesting. Quiet on the set.

[Jason] Quiet on the set.

Okay. Don't forget, I'm also just a girl

standing in front of a boy asking him to love her.

I don't know. Yeah?

[Jason] That's good.

Not bad. Not bad.

All right?

That's quite good. That's quite good.

Okay. Oh, this is nice.

I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too.

[hosts laugh]

You really delivered that with a little more,

that felt like you were trying to be sexy,

if I'm being honest.

Kinda, you know, I think all outlaws should be sexy.

As we move from line to line,

I see your evolution growing.

Thank you very much.

Maybe I'll stand for this last one.

Get up on those boots, Walton, please do.

You're a wizard, Harry!

[crowd cheering]

Wow, you really delivered that.

You really delivered that.

Are you a Harry Potter fan? I'm not.

You know, no, I've never seen it. Aye!

Good answer, Walton.

You don't seem like that kind of nerd.

You seem like a different kind.

[Walton laughs]

Walton Goggins, you're one of the cool ones.

[Walton] Hey man, thank you so much for having me.

How much time do you spend in South Carolina?

Well, I just got back, actually,

I was in Thailand for about six months.

[Jason] Excuse me, what were you doing there?

Filming for White Lotus four.

A little show called the White Lotus.

Oh, White Lotus, that's what they all say

when they go to Thailand for six months.

And then I went straight to Charleston, South Carolina

and we just did the fourth season

of The Righteous Gemstones.

[Chris] That's a nice culture shock. I like that.

It is a big culture shock.

Well, I tell you what's a big culture shock is

I started Fallout yesterday, season two.

So yeah, it's kind of rolling.

You be working. That's the thing about you.

I'm very grateful.

Did you pick up a little Thai flavor over there?

Are you eating spicier foods?

I do like Thai food, yeah.

It wasn't my first time. I went like almost 18 years ago.

[Jason] Okay.

And, and I love the culture

and I love the people and we had a great experience.

Anything that we can hint about the new

season of the Lotus?

It's written and directed by Mike White.

That's a good, it's an interesting tip.

[Chris] Okay. Thank you so much for sharing that.

Does it take place in a high end resort

at all or anything like that?

You know, I think it's safe to say

that there's some high end resorts in there. Yeah.

Was murder afoot, Walton?

Oh, I can't say.

Violence?

A comedy.

Oh, comedy's afoot.

You got some drama, you got a little healthy dose of both.

[Chris] Dramady.

There's dramady.

I'm proud of you, Walton.

What is your go-to resort if you're going on holiday,

you're getting a little spendy,

one of those checks came in?

You know, I don't do chain restaurants or chain hotels.

I just get like a little, like a little house

kind of out of the way. Something simple.

Yeah, I got a couple of sites that I kind of go to

and find a little place.

[Chris] Are you like a Bali guy?

I'm not a Bali guy.

I'm more of like a Cambodia guy.

Okay. Yeah. Get a little Airbnb in Cambodia,

kick the heels up for a couple of days.

[Walton] Why not?

Lay low, see what's on Hulu.

Absolutely.

[Chris] That sounds very relaxing.

Walton, we appreciate you coming on down here.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

We look forward to seeing you

in the White Lotus, my friend.

Appreciate it. Thank you so much.

Alright, bye bye y'all.

[crowd cheering]

Alright.

Yeah, we're good.

We're good. Thank you.

God bless you. Yeah. Yeah.

Walton Goggins, what a guy.

Walton Goggins, make some noise. Thank you.

I'm just going to talk on his microphone.

Truly an honor from Katt to Walton. Where does it stop?

All right, let's see. Let's say hi to, what?

Let's say hi to our next GQ cover star.

He is one of the most recognizable faces on the planet.

Literally nothing this man cannot do.

That's why he is Entertainer of the Year.

Let's roll the tape.

[tranquil music]

[tranquil music continues]

Please welcome Entertainer of the Year, Dwayne Johnson.

Get in here, Dwayne.

[crowd cheering]

Woo!

[country music]

Oh, shit.

Pleasure, Dwayne.

What's up?

Good. Good, good. Good to meet you.

Take a seat. Okay.

How you guys doing?

Make some noise for Dwayne, come on.

Good crowd.

[Chris] Make some noise. He's not wearing sleeves.

Good crowd. I am not wearing sleeves. No.

Is this a big decision?

I feel like you don't wear sleeves that often.

I do wear sleeves, but I figured

that lighting was gonna be good

and we weren't gonna go cheap tonight. So wear no sleeves.

[Chris] Oh, you're saying GQ spends money

to make the arms look good.

They do.

Is what you're saying. That's good for them.

You might not believe this, but Jason

and I are both avid weightlifters.

He is. Not me.

We're looking for some gains.

Is there anything you can kind of tip me on

that I'm not doing?

Any new trends that you've discovered maybe,

in the gains community?

The new trends in the gains community is... [laughs]

[Jason] Besides HGH.

Besides HGH, and that is just hard work. Keep it basic.

[Jason] Okay. Keep it basic.

Okay. Keep it basic is good advice.

A lot of trends out there.

You gotta be careful, especially on social media.

Especially on social media because everybody

is a expert and a master.

[Chris] That's right.

So be careful.

[Chris] That's right.

Keep it basic.

Okay. Okay. Good advice.

Okay. You were in London on Sunday promoting Red One

and Moana 2 in New York on Monday.

Now you're here. How you fitting these workouts in?

What time did you wake up this morning?

Woke up this morning at five.

Got a little cardio in. Babies were waking up around 6:45.

[Jason] Okay. Try to beat the babies up.

Five's normal for you then?

Well, five's normal for me when my body clock

is all fucked up.

Yeah okay. Sure, sure, sure, sure.

Because I came in from London and then New York.

[Jason] So normally it's like a four.

No, normally it's probably around six

as long as I could get up before the babies.

So, but you're coming from something crazy, right?

Did you just buy out the theater?

Dude, I did. So we were in,

it was the Watson Empowerment Center,

it was really, really cool in Baldwin Hills,

bought out the theater.

250 kids, presented them with a Watson Empowerment bus,

presented them with a hundred dollar gift certificates,

all of them, and showed them the movie Red One.

[Jason] Okay.

It was an awesome moment.

Oh, that's very cool. That's very cool.

What exactly happens in Red One?

I need the elevator pitch for the crowd.

Elevator pitch, Santa Claus gets kidnapped.

Myself and Captain America, Chris Evans.

[Jason] Sure, sure.

We save Santa.

[Chris] I call him Captain America.

I call him Captain American too.

We save Santa.

I noticed the Santa Claus in Red One,

Santa's looking a little trim compared

to a normal Claus. What's going on with him?

Well, Santa, JK Simmons is the most jacked Santa Claus.

And that's what we wanted to do was

create a movie that was gonna be great and fun

and also take Christmas lore, flip it on its head.

[Chris] Sure. Okay.

And create a badass Santa and that's what JK Simmons did.

[Jason] Flip that lore, baby. Flip that lore.

Are you a big Christmas guy in your personal life?

Am I a big Christmas guy? I love Christmas, man.

Yeah, no, I'm a big Christmas guy

and I'm a believer too. You're not?

[Chris] No, it's too much. It's too much.

What's too much about Christmas?

[Chris] You put it all up just to take it down.

That sounds like a song these guys are playing.

[group laughs]

You put it all up to take it all down.

That does feel like that.

I also wanna ask you about some of your toys

'cause I know you have a lot of property to play on.

Have you gotten anything new?

Another Virginia boy. Virginia's a big topic tonight.

Virginia's big tonight.

Virginia man. Yeah.

Shaboozey, Pharrell, and now Dwayne Johnson.

Shaboozey. We all stead there.

You guys all ride a ATV to some sort of creek

and you drop a line in there?

Crack a couple coldies?

We get the get the line wet.

We get the line wet in Virginia.

Okay. When you're getting the line wet down in Virginia,

do we bring the JBL boombox?

What are we listening to? Some old country?

Some new country? Some outlaw country?

Yeah. I'm all about traditional outlaw country.

Merle Haggard, Hank Jr., Johnny Paycheck.

Play a little old school, would you, brother,

while we're talking?

Oh, there we go.

I'm not joking, brother. I'm not joking.

Give it a dance.

[country music]

You got any Merle?

♪ There's this honky tall cabin. ♪

♪ Really makes you feel like hell ♪

Oh, okay. Don't play, don't actually play Merle.

Don't play.

Stop pressuring them. You're pressuring them.

Don't do that.

Dwayne can do it though. That's fine.

All right, so what's the craziest place you've ever filmed

in the entire world? Don't say Burbank.

No, no. You mean like a blue movie or the..?

[group laughs]

I didn't know you still did those, my friend.

Wow, I didn't.

Took you a second, come on, boys.

[Jason] Sorry. Okay.

Craziest place, nothing crazy.

I mean, we go all around to shoot

and it's always a good experience.

I guess the North Pole is probably the craziest place.

The North Pole. Thank you for the answer. Yes.

Alright, Dwayne, thank you so much for stopping by.

Let's check back with the homie, Fanum on the red carpet.

Let's go. Thanks, Dwayne.

Make some noise for Dwayne Johnson, one of the greats.

We appreciate you, bro. - God bless.

Thank you.

So what's going on? What's going on? We got Aaron here.

Let's talk fashion real quick, man. Let's talk fashion.

Okay. What's your favorite piece of Western wear?

Do you feel like you would be at home with,

you know what I'm saying?

Honestly, I think in regards to Western,

I kind of like the trousers with a bit of a flare

at the end. That's my sort of style.

I like subtle and that's subtle enough for me,

but still in line with the Western theme.

Dope, dope, dope. Okay.

What's one thing about Western style

that you think should make a comeback?

I'm not wearing one today, but I really love the hats.

I feel like you pull up in a hat,

people know what time it is.

You know, I mean, I love it.

It's a subjective opinion, but I love it.

Like a statement piece. Yes, sir.

Yeah. Okay, cool. All right.

So this night is really glam,

but what do you wear when there are no cameras around,

you're at home and you're chilling?

Honestly, I'm a track pants and hoodie guy.

Track pants, hoodie, Crocs.

But today we're doing our best to stay in alignment

with what the theme is today

and we're stepping out today.

It's a beautiful day, beautiful people.

We're having a good time.

Yep. I'm a big fan of track pants too.

Anybody you looking forward to seeing too tonight?

Everybody. It's just a beautiful room,

beautiful energy and that's what it's all about.

We're trying to just uplift and elevate one another

and just have a good evening tonight.

Dope. Dope. Okay, cool.

Speaking about like the cowboy hats and stuff like that,

what about bolo ties, are you into that?

Ooh, I mean I've never worn one myself,

but are you into it?

It's my first time wearing it today. I ain't gonna lie.

You look fly.

Appreciate.

Hey, come on, dog.

I want it, I want it, I want it. Okay.

What about like, let's say snake reptile shoes,

like the cowboy boots and stuff?

See, I don't think I could pull it off.

I don't think I could pull it off. I appreciate it.

I appreciate it, but I don't think I could

pull it off, man. What do you think though?

I feel like you could, yeah, I ain't gonna lie.

I feel like you really could.

I'm gonna be real with you, bro. I'd rather be real, bro.

I appreciate you. I appreciate you, man.

Dope, dope, dope. Hmm. Let me think. Lemme think.

What's your favorite country artist?

Favorite country artist?

Man, I haven't listened to country music in a while,

but I will say that I love Beyonce's

most recent album. So yes, sir.

Shout out to the BeyHive. Shout out to the BeyHive.

Okay, cool.

Alright, so listen, what are you looking forward to

besides like the vibe, energy,

anything else tonight you're looking forward to?

Honestly, man, that's my speed, energy, good vibes,

elevating each other, uplifting each other.

That's what I'm all about.

So that's where I'm gonna keep it.

Dope, dope, dope, dope. All right, well thank you.

Hey. Thank you, man.

Appreciate you, man.

Yes sir.

We're about to head inside for the party,

but we've got all our cover stars here for a toast,

so let's raise a glass not full of anything

to these three heroes.

Cheers!

Hey, hey.

Woo!

[crowd cheering]

And give it up for yourselves too out there!

That's it. This has been such a great night. We loved.

Oh, wait a minute.

We got a marching band coming in here.

One more time. Let's go.

[marching band plays]

All right. Make some of noise for our marching band.

Make some noise for that band, make some noise for Fanum.

It's been such a great night.

We loved hosting the very first ever GQ live stream.

On behalf of GQ,

huge thanks to our cover stars, our amazing guests,

and of course all of you for tuning in.

Alright, let's close it out with A Bar Song.

Please welcome back the one and only big dog, Shaboozey.

Shaboozey!

[country music]

GQ, let's get tipsy tonight. Y'all ready?

[country music continues]

♪ Okay, my baby want a Birkin ♪

♪ She's been telling me all night long ♪

♪ Gasoline and groceries ♪

♪ The list goes on and on ♪

♪ This nine to five ain't working ♪

♪ Why the hell do I work so hard ♪

♪ I can't worry 'bout my problems ♪

♪ I can't take 'em when I'm gone ♪

♪ Okay, sing it go ♪

♪ One, here comes the two to the three to the four ♪

♪ Tell 'em bring another out, we need plenty more ♪

♪ Two steppin' on the table, she don't need a dance floor ♪

♪ Oh my, good Lord ♪

♪ Someone pour me up a double shot of whiskey ♪

♪ Double shot of what ♪

♪ They know me and Jack Daniels got a history ♪

♪ Let's go ♪

♪ There's a party downtown near Fifth Street ♪

♪ Everybody at the bar gettin' tipsy ♪

[country music continues]

♪ What's you say ♪

♪ Everybody at the bar gettin' tipsy ♪

♪ Okay ♪

♪ Everybody at the bar gettin' tipsy ♪

♪ Let's go ♪

♪ Well, I've been Boozey since I've left ♪

♪ I ain't changin' for a check ♪

♪ Tell my ma I ain't forget ♪

♪ Oh, Lord ♪

♪ Tell your girl to bring a friend, oh, Lord ♪

♪ Tell your girl to bring a friend ♪

♪ Oh, Lord ♪

♪ Tell 'em bring another out, we need plenty more ♪

♪ Tell 'em bring another round, we need plenty more ♪

♪ Two steppin' on the table, she don't need a dance floor ♪

♪ Oh my, good Lord ♪

♪ Someone pour me up a double shot of whiskey ♪

♪ Double shot of what ♪

♪ They know me and Jack Daniels got a history ♪

♪ There's a party downtown near Fifth Street ♪

♪ Everybody at the bar gettin' tipsy ♪

[country music continues]

♪ LA what you say ♪

♪ Everybody at the bar gettin' tipsy, yeah ♪

♪ What you say ♪

♪ Everybody at the bar gettin' tipsy ♪

♪ One, here comes the two to the three to the four ♪

♪ When it's last call and they kick us out the door ♪

♪ It's gettin' kind of late, but the ladies want some more ♪

♪ Oh my, good Lord ♪

Everybody clap!

♪ Someone pour me up a double shot of whiskey ♪

♪ Let's go ♪

♪ They know me and Jack Daniels got a history ♪

♪ Let's go. ♪

♪ There's a party downtown near Fifth Street ♪

Here we go sing, one.

♪ Everybody at the bar ♪

♪ One, two, three, go. ♪

♪ Someone pour me up a double shot of whiskey ♪

♪ Double shot of what ♪

♪ They know me and Jack Daniels got a history ♪

♪ Let's go ♪

♪ At the bottom of a bottle gon' miss me ♪

♪ Everybody at the bar gettin' tipsy ♪

[DJ] GQ, what's you say?

♪ Everybody at the bar gettin' tipsy ♪

Okay.

♪ One more time ♪

♪ Everybody at the bar gettin' tipsy ♪

[crowd cheering]

[country music]

[country music continues]

[country music continues]