I didn't listen to Saturdays pod....it wasn't available in the AM when I checked, but this past Wednesday he and Parks were attempting to be transparent. They said the issue wasn't money. Now if it was just Joe, I'd say nah, it's probably money. But Parks and Savon (sp?) pretty much cosigned. Joe's point was it was about respect and understanding.
See we hear the pods, all the voices at the same time. Joe didn't hear Rory's deadpan invites to fight and "what if we're not friends?" In real time, he heard them on the playback. So he said he hit Rory up. "How are you is everything good?"
And Rory hit him with a
"What does it matter?"
Joe was then on some
"WTF do you mean what does it matter? I need to know what's going on with you so I can know of this is gonna effect OUR business? We're friends first, but we're also in business together. So fuck this podcast if that's what it takes to keep this friendship."
He said Rory hit em like...."It doesn't matter, let's rock."
Joe said he then told Rory and Mal he thought Rory needed a few episodes off. And Mal was like "Who are you to make that choice?! If he's not on then I'm not on."
(Joe's the boss for the record tho. And if someone is inviting me outside to fight for the past 5-6 episodes and I say I don't fight my friends and their response is, "what if we're not friends?"....yeah I may be like Joe and say "hey take a break and get your mind right, but also we can't be near each other. I'm not comfortable and this is MY shit, so I should be comfortable.")
And that's where it was Wednesday. I'll see if that was all lies as I listen to Saturdays episodes tonight and tomorrow.