Beige rage incoming

New York City maybe?

Not just that. Desus was objectively funnier.

Desus was definitely the stronger of the team but as individuals Mero is the stronger half.

What I meant by this was that, Mero doubling down on NY allows him to run around with Mamdani and be apart of that campaign, do a podcast with Melo, do stuff with the Yankees and now host Hot 97. All of that is the result of making NY your thing.

Desus moving to LA and trying to become someone who appeals to just anyone takes all of that off the table and leaves him with just his comedy (mainly writing, he doesn’t do standup) to sustain him and makes him just one of many trying to write in LA. And again, he might be doing better than I know and have a bunch of s*** moving behind the scenes I really don’t know. But it seems just from the outside that Meros commitment to NY is bearing more fruit.

wanted to believe this but lots of employees wasn’t down with his style of leadership

Nailed it

he finally got a job

I take mero at his word and honestly it says something he went in depth and explained it to people while desus stayed silent. idk how to link comments but he replied a few times in this thread too. at the minimum, desus leaving had nothing to do with victor or this situation

reddit.com/r/bodegaboys/comments/1asw93s/mero_responds_to_the_victor_harassment

victor clarifies this too and explains it himself. there was alot of racial discrimination and tension with producers/exec behind the scenes with one of them trying to fight victor, it wasn't victor being some abusive manager he was standing up for people and himself. he wanted those $2m writers out of there too of course they'd be mad

reddit.com/r/bodegaboys/comments/1g1h1rf/victors_words_on_the_end_of_the_dm_show_from

Bros whole body language and mannerisms scream dj khaled

Bro is getting cooked in every thread

i’ve seen these i legit think that showtime tried to black ball em but i do remember the crew posting subs on ig to victor and crew siding with desus

made me feel like the whole situation was weird and there was a cultural split between mero and vic’s hardcore new york vibes and desus la energy

imma look again tho

Too early, unc

Had it on at like 7 am driving to work. Super happy to hear Mero, but then the payola music started playing and I ain’t trynna hear 3 Chris brown tracks back to back followed by Mariah the scientist lol

More curious what Ebro has to say lol

man i miss desus and mero even though i watched that show through youtube highlight clips

Jokes still hitting

they gotta stop using ai for subtitles man

lmfao at you feel me. yea I don’t think he would be, he’s the reason they got on complex cause of his connections lol

niggas need to relax getting offended for other people

Mero was writing for Noisey prior to that deal. The internet put em together + that “desus-gate” gimmick when they pretended desus was some white guy cause no one knew what he looked like.

@AmoryBlain bodying the thread cause tbh, showtime was just wack. But listening back to the pod over the years even in their prime, I think it was kinda apparent these 2 was never really BFFs outside of the job. Just great top tier chemistry and what not.

Bodega Boys got me through low points in my life (e.g. dishwashing for Italian restaurant) but they was really just way 2 different to last. 8 years working together is a LONG time. Mero said they both had talked about splitting up before that “desus and mero no longer working together” tweet came out.

The brand was so powerful we supported the showtime move knowing full well the s*** did not hit the same and the Vice show was way better (they shoulda paid them more tho, Vice hoed them.)

Disclaimer: other than The Read and 85 South I personally just dont be seeing it for other podcasts doing live shows

They a New York born and bred podcast that touches on everything New York, that’s not THAT crazy they sold out in all boroughs.

But they live episodes was never as funny as the actual episodes man lets keep it a buck lol and I’ve ran through the entire bodega boys episodes a few times