GQ Men of the Year 2024: Red Carpet Livestream

[gentle 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 it 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, all right.

All right. Right here, on the right,

we've got our silhouetted 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!

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And we've got our very own rodeo dancers.

Yeehaw!

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And, in case things go completely off the rails,

we've got an emergency marching band.

[When the Saints Go Marching In music]

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.

We're here with our friend and host

of tonight's festivities, Will Welch,

editor in chief of GQ.

How you doing, bruh?

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

All right, so, Will, GQ 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. 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, so- Raw.

Speaking of drinking, Will- Raw tea.

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 it's not allowed here for some reason.

It's just not for you guys. Okay.

[Jason] 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, we're being policed.

They're not miked up, but we are,

and I could say something un-gentlemanly

that could get this whole thing shut down.

It's live television, baby.

All right, 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.

Hell yeah, makes 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.

You just had all the-

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.

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,

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 heard it 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. 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 actually out here shooting a commercial

with Y-3 a little later on this week.

So you can 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.

All right, 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?

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 seen you race IShowSpeed,

that's my mans right there, all right.

What's the chance of you racing down this red carpet?

What's up?

Shoot, How much money you got, bro?

I don't run for free no more.

I already 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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[audience cheering]

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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[bat thumps]

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[dog barking]

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Comedian of the Year, John Mulaney.

Let's go, John, get out here!

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John, sorry, welcome to the saloon, John.

How are you? John, 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 'em 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.

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.

What does that mean? Like, it is 7:08 right now.

I'd call it 64 degrees. Okay.

Wind's coming out of the southwest.

All that shit, that's all great.

Okay. 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 go, All right-

That's what I'm doing right now.

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

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

That's all matters. And so they did.

That's the bottom line. I'd go, That was great,

next call, and they were all pretty mediocre.

All right, 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.

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,

and the stapling hurt,

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

You earned this. Absolutely.

So she's on there good. Sorry?

She's on there good, is what you're saying?

She's on there real good.

Yeah. Okay.

I drove here in a Mazda Miata convertible

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

It looks real. Thank you.

All right, 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.

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

[Chris] Me neither, bro, come here, give me some.

Yeah, hell yeah. Thank you very much.

Whatever Sweet Green is closest to your hotel?

That's exactly what I would do.

Or a Lenwich or something.

I have very- Not 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?

Yeah. Well.

That's fine. 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&M's 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. A true pleasure.

[Chris] Have fun tonight, we'll see you in Laguna.

Oh, I have no intention of leaving the 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?

[audience cheering]

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.

All right, so, Hunter,

I hear you're into the oversized hoodies.

Do you wish you had an oversized hoodie

tonight on the red carpet?

Keep it a 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 denims.

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?

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 the red carpet tonight,

who's taking it? Me.

Yeah, how long is this?

No, this red carpet's short enough.

She's actually gonna win.

All right, 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!

[audience cheering]

[gentle country music]

GQ, Los Angeles.

Let's turn this into a honky-tonk.

♪ Let's go, let's do it ♪ ♪ Let's go, let's do it ♪

♪ Okay, let's do it ♪ ♪ Okay, let's do it ♪

♪ Hold your drink up ♪ ♪ Hold your drinks up ♪

♪ Hold your drink ♪ ♪ Put 'em up ♪

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

♪ But he good he gone be all right ♪

♪ We just left Whiskey Row, thirty minutes ago ♪

♪ And he still seeing neon lights ♪

♪ Drive up to the dive bar and get PBR ♪

♪ That's just how we start our nights ♪

♪ I see them bachelorettes on Broadway ♪

♪ And they all wanna be my wife ♪

♪ I'm tryna flex, flex ♪

♪ This truck bed 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 ♪

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

♪ '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 ♪

♪ Hey ♪ ♪ Yay ♪

♪ Hey, let's go ♪

♪ We take backstreets, pull up on the curb ♪

♪ If I see 12 they ain't go catch me ♪

♪ Got no love for Uncle Sammy ♪

♪ He always tryna test me ♪

♪ I've been working day and night ♪

♪ Someone pour me Jack, please ♪

♪ And I'll be happy, okay ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm still tryna flex ♪

♪ This truck bed 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 ♪

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

♪ I need more than this ♪

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

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

♪ Put your drinks up ♪

♪ Hey ♪ ♪ Now put your drinks up ♪

♪ Let's go, the drink don't need no mix ♪

♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪ 'Cause it don't.

♪ One, two, three, what's that ♪

♪ The drink don't need no mix ♪

[audience cheering] Let's go.

Get over here, Shaboozey.

That was amazing, welcome.

Thank you for joining us in the saloon.

Right over here, my friend.

Well done. Thank you.

So, Shaboozey, you name check alcohol

in a lot of your songs. Yeah.

Will you ever be able to retire from drinking?

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. Thank you, thank you.

[Jason] Have you ever purchased a Birkin

for somebody in your life?

Hopefully, I can now, but, you know.

Okay, you have to now. Okay, things are going well.

Things are going well. Maybe mom first.

Who should I get a Birkin for?

Mom, my lady, or who else?

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

Lady is better, lady is better.

Birkin for the side piece?

Ladies, you hear it right here.

No, you're doing well, you're doing good.

You're doing well.

You gotta get it for your lady first.

Mama next, side piece third.

All right, Shaboozey, I know you're drinking tonight,

I am too, what's the Shaboozey hangover cure for tomorrow?

Man, look, water.

[Jason] Gonna need something more than water, my friend.

Something more than water, man?

[Jason] I need something 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.

Woo. 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?

100%, I think, for me, like,

you know, I wanted to make music

that kind of represented where I was from.

And I just looked outside and I was like,

not even looked 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 a identity.

And I was like, Man, I wanna 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 results.

Next question, all right.

Shaboozey, you're gonna be back later

to close out with a bar song.

For now, make some noise for Shaboozey, everybody.

Make some noise for Shaboozey.

Fanum, what have you got? Leave me hanging, brother?

Appreciate it, we'll be here all night.

Yeah, thank you.

John David and Malcolm Washington.

Washington fam in the building.

How 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.

Yeah, a lot of laughs.

Yeah, making fun of each other, cracking on each other.

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?

Oh, 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 gon say bully,

but I guess you could say a big prankster.

So he got it, he got it, yeah.

Bully's the wrong word though, all right.

All right, cool. And by the way,

he's a bully now though, so I guess you learned-

But you hear the bass in his voice?

I guess he learned from the best.

See what you started, GQ?

Y'all done started this already.

It's heavy, it's heavy.

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, all right, cool.

Thank you for everything, man.

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

Man, shout-out to you. Appreciate you, man.

You got the assignment, bro. Yeah, you up.

Hey, 100. For sure, man.

Thank you, man. Thank you.

Oh, hold up, everybody.

Here comes Katt Williams.

Oh my god.

[gentle country music]

That's not Katt Williams, is it?

[Chris] Is that Katt Williams?

[upbeat country music]

[audience cheering]

[Jason] Pimpin'.

[Chris] 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, stay a while. Thank you.

I wanna talk to you about golf.

Indeed.

Where do you play in LA?

Riviera. Where is it?

I don't know. 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? Or just pimping wise?

Well, it's probably not fair.

I think Pharrell has more access than I do.

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.

[Jason and Chris laughing]

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.

Oh, I understand. At the time.

A day later possibly. Okay.

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

Like Jason is whole milk.

I understand exactly what you're saying.

Wanna be the last guy wearing hammer pants

if I could. Exactly.

Holding on. Right.

All right, Katt, you are America's favorite prophet

and my personal North Star.

Thank you. You said a lot of truths

are gonna be popping off in 2024.

Yes. And you were right

about a lot of those.

Do we have one more conspiracy pop-out

before the end of the year? Bless us.

None of them were conspiracies,

which is why they all happened.

[Jason] Sorry, wrong word, another prophecy?

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

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.

Thank you, bro. We appreciate you.

Truly a fan, I love you.

God bless America. Thank you.

[upbeat country music]

[upbeat country music continues]

Our next guest is a GQ cover star

and Designer of the Year.

Let's check out his photo shoot.

[upbeat bright music]

Please welcome Designer of the Year, Pharrell Williams.

[audience cheering]

Make some noise for Pharrell, guys.

Come on, come on!

[gentle country music]

Pharrell, welcome.

What up? Pleasure to have you.

[gentle country music]

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

No hat tonight, Pharrell?

Nah, nah, nah.

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, he's younger than me, much younger than me,

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

He's actually big. So in a lot of real ways,

I really do look up to him.

And so when he told me what the steez was,

you know, of course, I'ma come-

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

I'ma come through and spill sauce.

[laughing] Thank you for leaving some sauce with us.

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.

[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?

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.

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, 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 Atlanta,

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

It counts. There are people who argue,

and they're like, Ah, you don't know

what you're talking about.

But I'm just like, Man, I-

Get those city slickers out of here.

I got a house there.

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

It's the south, bitch.

You can let me know. 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.

[Pharrell] It's always gonna be Rei Kawakubo for me.

Okay. But I will say

Jonathan Anderson is a very- [audience cheering]

Okay. [audience cheering]

Make some noise for Jonathan Anderson.

He's just different.

He is different. He's different.

He is built different. Yeah.

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

Thank you, Pharrell, we appreciate it.

We appreciate you coming by.

All the best. Let's see what Fanum's

up to over there.

[Pharrell] Thank you very much.

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, we'll just stop there.

All right, 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 can 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, afficiato.

Afficiato, I like that. 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, custom belt! Damn!

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

Nah. 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.

Michael Jackson. I ain't gonna lie, yeah.

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

I think that's appropriate. King of Pop right there.

Yeah, yeah. Anybody you look 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.

All right, 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?

Mm, 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's really, really my hitter, I love her.

All right, 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! Oh yeah. Dope, quick question,

so how long does it take to get a custom piece?

Like a bolo tie, how long it take?

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 should have took a lot more,

but he expedited it very quick for me.

All right, dope, dope.

Thank you, Anderson, appreciate you, all right?

Appreciate you, man. Enjoy your night, man.

Yeah, you too. All right, one.

And now it's time for a word

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I'm feeling very manly, 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?

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that I got, was that dude.

Yeah, that sounds kind of crazy, I ain't gon lie.

Hey, so I hear you live off the grid.

Yeah. Why do you do that?

I was just tired of, all this is 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 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.

That's it? That's all we need.

Okay, cool, cool, happy cowboy GQ Day.

Let's do it. All right.

All right, 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.

Make some noise. Yes.

[Jason] Hannah, have you ever spent some time

in this parking lot here of the Chateau Marmont?

Give it up for the parking lot.

Chateau baby, we're here.

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

Not under these circumstances.

Different circumstances. Different.

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- Mm, 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.

Next question, 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.

[Chris] I've never heard that before.

It's fabulous. That's good advice.

Check it out. 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 spot.

John Mulaney is 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 Hannah people at, Indianapolis?

You know what? It's definitely Seattle.

The Chuckle Room in Seattle? Yeah, yeah.

Why Seattle? The Crocodile.

I think Seattle has a lot of eco warriors,

which tend to be my fan base, just folks who-

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. Okay.

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

All right, 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 haven't noticed that. You're a real shit talker.

Well, the tech boom

has sort of eradicated Harvey Milk's vision that once was.

Ain't that the truth? Anyhow.

There was a gentleman who I was talking to,

doing crowd work to,

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. Whoa!

If you're that guy, fuck you.

All right. Hannah Einbinder,

thank you so much for stopping by the saloon.

Thank you for stopping by, we'll carry you out

if you need it. Make some noise for Hannah.

Pleasure, thank you, thank you.

God bless you.

[upbeat country music]

I don't need a microphone.

Hello.

All right, 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.

Make some noise for Walton.

Walton, tonight they 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.

Okay, okay. Good luck, chief.

Okay.

Oh, that's interesting. Silence in the parking lot

for, Walton.

Quiet on the set. 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? That's good.

Not bad. All right.

Not bad. That's quite good.

Okay, oh, this is nice.

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

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!

[audience cheering]

Wow, you really delivered that.

Thank you. You really delivered that.

Are you a Harry Potter fan?

I'm not. You know, no.

I've never seen it. Good answer, Walton.

You don't seem that kind of nerd.

You seem like a different kind.

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.

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

Filming White Lotus 4. A little show

called The White Lotus.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. 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. 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.

Okay. 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.

[Jason] That's a good, it's an interesting tip.

[Chris] Thank you so much

for sharing that. You're welcome, just in case

you didn't know 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?

Comedy.

Oh, comedy's afoot. You got some drama.

You got a healthy dose of both.

[Chris] Dramedy.

It's dramedy. 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 hotels.

I just get like a little house

kind of out of the way, something simple.

Okay. Yeah, I got a couple

of sites that I kind of go to

and find a little place. Are you like a Bali guy?

I'm not a Bali guy.

I'm more of like a Cambodia guy.

Okay, get a little Airbnb in Cambodia.

Kick the heels up for a couple days.

Why not? Lay low.

Yeah. See what's on Hulu.

Absolutely. That sounds very relaxing.

Walton, we appreciate you coming on down here.

Thank you so much. Thank you.

We appreciate it. We look forward to seeing

you on The White Lotus, my friend.

Thank you so much, all right, bye-bye, y'all.

All right. We good?

Yeah, we're good. I'm good.

We're good, thank you. God bless you.

Yeah, yeah, we're here. Walton Goggins, what a guy.

Walton Goggins make some noise, thank you.

Now I'm gonna always talk on his microphone.

Truly an honor from Katt to Walton, where does it stop?

All right, let's see.

Let's say hi, what?

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

He's 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.

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Please welcome Entertainer of the Year,

Dwayne Johnson!

Get in here, Dwayne! Woo!

[gentle country music]

[Chris] Oh, shit.

[gentle country music]

Pleasure, Dwayne. What's up?

Good, good, good, good to meet you.

Take a seat. All right.

Okay. How you guys doing?

[audience cheering]

Make some noise for Dwayne, come on.

Good crowd. Make some noise.

He's not wearing sleeves.

Good crowd, I'm 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.

Oh, you're saying GQ spends the money

to make the arms look good,

is what you're saying? They do, yes.

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-

Besides HGH. Besides HGH.

And that is just hard work, keep it basic.

Okay, hard work. That's it.

Keep it basic. 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.

That's right. So be careful.

That's right. Keep it basic.

Okay, okay, good advice.

Okay, you were in London on Sunday promoting Red One,

and Moana 2, New York on Monday, now you're here.

How are 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.

Okay. Try to beat the babies up.

So 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.

'Cause I came in from London, and then New York.

[Jason] So, normally, it's like 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.

It was the Watts Empowerment Center,

it was really, really cool in Baldwin Hills,

bought out the theater, 250 kids.

Presented them with a Watts Empowerment Bus,

presented them with $100 gift certificates, all of them,

and showed them the movie Red One.

It was an awesome moment.

[Chris] Oh, that's very cool, that's very cool.

What exactly happens in Red One?

I need an elevator pitch for the crowd.

Elevator pitch.

Santa Claus gets kidnapped.

Myself and Captain America,

Chris Evans. Sure, sure.

We save Santa. I call him Captain America.

I call him Captain America too.

I make the same mistake. We save Santa.

In Red One, Santa's looking a little trim

compared to a normal Claus.

What's going on with that?

Well, Santa, J.K. 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,

and create a badass Santa,

and that's what J.K.'s Santa is.

[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. I'm not.

You're not? 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.

Oh, I see. That sounds like a song

these guys are playing.

♪ Put it all up ♪ Put it all up

to take it down. ♪ Just to take it all down ♪

I do, I also wanna ask you about some of your toys,

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

Have you got anything new? Another Virginia boy.

Virginia's a big topic tonight.

Virginia is 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. You get the line wet,

don't ya? We get the line wet.

We get the line wet in Virginia.

Okay, when you're getting the line wet down in Virginie,

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. There we go.

Johnny Paycheck. Play a little of that pedal

would you, brother? Johnny Paycheck?

While we're talking.

I'm not joking, brother.

I'm not joking, give it a dance.

[gentle country music]

Ooh, yeah, mmm.

You got any Merle?

♪ That this honky-tonk heaven ♪

♪ Really makes you feel like hell ♪

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

There's copyright infringement.

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?

[Dwayne laughing]

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

Wow. [laughs]

It took you a second.

Come on, boys. Sorry, okay.

[everyone laughing]

Craziest place.

Nothing crazy, I mean, we go all around to shoot

and it's always a good experience.

[Jason] I guess the North Pole

is probably the craziest place, right?

The North Pole, thank you for the answer, yes.

All right, Dwayne, thank you so much for stopping by.

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

Night, boys, thank you. Let's go, thank you, Dwayne.

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

Appreciate it. We appreciate you, bro.

God bless. Thank you.

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 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 mine myself,

but are you into it?

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

You look fly. Appreciate you.

Hey, come on, dawg.

One hundred, one hundred, one hundred!

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 ain't gotta be real with you, bro.

I'd rather be real, bro.

I appreciate you, I appreciate you, man.

Dope, dope, dope.

Let me think, let me 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.

Ooh!

So yes, sir. Shout-out to the BeyHive.

Shout-out to the BeyHive, okay, cool.

All right, 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'ma keep it.

Dope, dope, dope, dope.

All right, well, thank you. Hey, cool, man.

All right, hey, appreciate you, man.

Yes sir, all right, man.

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!

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.

[festive band music]

All right, make some 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.

All right, let's close it out with a bar song.

Please welcome back the one and only big dawg,

Shaboozey! Shaboozey!

GQ, let's get tipsy tonight, y'all ready?

[gentle country music]

♪ Okay, my baby want a Birkin ♪

♪ She's been tellin' me all night long ♪

♪ Gasoline and groceries ♪

♪ The list goes on and on ♪

♪ This 9-to-5 ain't workin' ♪

♪ Why the hell do I work so hard ♪

♪ I can't worry 'bout my problems ♪

♪ I can't take 'em when I'm gone ♪

♪ Oh, Kelly, sing it, go, one ♪

♪ Here's comes the two, to the three, to the four ♪

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

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

♪ Oh my, what she say, good Lord ♪

♪ Someone pour me up a double shot of whiskey ♪

♪ They know me and Jack Daniеl's got a history ♪

♪ There's a party downtown near 5th Street ♪

♪ Everybody at the bar gettin' tipsy ♪

♪ What you say ♪

♪ Everybody at the bar gettin' tipsy, okay ♪

♪ Everybody at the bar gettin' tipsy ♪

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

♪ But I ain't changin' for a check ♪

♪ Tell my ma I ain't forget, oh Lord ♪

♪ Woke up drunk at 10 a.m. ♪

♪ We gon' do this all again ♪

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

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

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

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

♪ Oh my, what you say, good Lord ♪

♪ Someone pour me up a double shot of whiskey ♪

♪ Double shot of what ♪

♪ They know me and Jack Daniel's got a history ♪

♪ Let's go ♪

♪ There's a party downtown near 5th Street ♪

♪ Everybody at the bar gettin' tipsy ♪

♪ LA, what you say ♪

♪ Everybody at the bar gettin' tipsy ♪

♪ 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 Daniel's got a history, let's go ♪

♪ There's a party downtown near 5th Street ♪

♪ Here we go say ♪

♪ One, two ♪ ♪ Everybody at the ♪

♪ One, two, three, go ♪ ♪ Someone pour me up ♪

♪ A double shot of whiskey, double shot of what ♪

♪ They know me and Jack Daniel's got a history, let's go ♪

♪ At the bottom of a bottle, don't miss me ♪

♪ Everybody at the bar gettin' tipsy ♪

♪ GQ, what you say ♪

♪ Everybody at the bar gettin' tipsy, yeah ♪

♪ Okay, hey, yay ♪

♪ One more time ♪

♪ Everybody at the bar gettin' tipsy ♪

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