Do you have any famous friends?
The holiday season is the most wonderful time to share family love. From Thanksgiving (in America) all the way to New Year’s Day, well wishes pour through the mail and over the internet as people connect in the spirt of peace, harmony, etc. Did you send Christmas cards this year or did you do the ecologically-minded alternative and post your greetings on Instagram?
The Rob Machado family posted its on Instagram with the simple, heartfelt message “Happy holidays from the Machado’s.” While Machado’s what/who remains unclear, many people responded with great cheer in the comments.
“You’re an inspiration…”
“So cozy!”
“Solid.”
“Happy holidays!”
One in particular caught my eye. It included three emoji shakas and one emoji bicep flex before “Happy Holidays to what seems like an incredible family” and was written by none other than Josh Brolin.
You, of course, are aware of Josh’s magnificent work in Oliver Stone’s W., the Coen brothers’ No Country for Old Men, Ridley Scott’s American Gangster among many others. He is a national treasure and apparently Rob Machado’s friend.
Do you wish he was your friend? Do you have any famous friends at all?
I count The Ravonettes‘ Sune Rose Wagner and Boston Celtics co-owner James Pallotta amongst mine. My wife is friends with Pink and my brother was friends with a girl in high school who babysat Josh Brolin’s kids. But who do you have? Who is your most famous friend?
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Spill, Matty boi – what is/was your brand?
You’re a funny quirky man Chas …Don t change
haha , he probably thought you were having a go at him by mentioning Dane before K!
so that was the smell , we thought it was Pamela , hard to recognize ,in her hoodie , and a friend said , ” she looks like a coke whore , and then he proceeded to the dunny and had a bat !
ah, a real first hand “brushed by Kelly”story , please fess up…or was it the single fin and you were seen as a regressive surfer ?
You failed to mention Josh Brolin’s perhaps most prolific roll of all, as Corey Webster in 1986’s smash hit Thrashin’.
When I was a baby, Jack Lord watched over me on a beach in Waikiki (Kaimana?) for 10 mins while my mom went for a swim.
Drew Barrymore showed my wife her boobs at Graham Nash’s house when they were both teenagers. Lopsided, but the lagger appears to have caught up pretty quick!
Chas how does your wife know Pink? Pink is super-talented amongst so many middling products in her genre. She must be a pretty interesting person with those pipes and such a strong sense of how music works.
but I heard that you were wearing a bikini top , and Kelly is a bit homophobic!
shit it’s the tip off a sexual harassment story , all of us were harassed by famous women , haha….or there was the time Giselle asked me do I still fuck as good as I surf …..
were you at the Eddie ceremony when Kelly introduced her to us?
on the stroke ?
OK , family is unconditional love , but does not mean you have to like them all the time , bit like being married , hopefully you love each other , but it’s fine if you don’t like ach other all the time!
Rob Machado’s mum told me that when Rob was just doing the Huntington comp!
Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age called me a bastard and handed me a drink. I was honored. Prior to this he dedicated the last song of the set to me, “Song for the Deaf”
https://www.youtube.com/wat…
Fuck, legend status cemented with that song choice.
How’d all this happen??
I went to a show in downtown SC after my first hip surgery and the bouncers lifted me up the stairs and I had a prime seat. He chose me for the last request of the night, and then my buddy Clifford from B’LAST introduced me to him after the show. He seemed pretty cool, despite some of the things I’ve heard.
does longtom liking one of my dumb comments count as famous friend?
yeah she went for the money , she actually was a top model! She worked in Paris in the 80’s when I was a bit of a fixture in the Haute Couture scene ,as my “friend” ran a model agency up there , partied a lot there ……..they loved the Aussie raw macho blokes , as most of the male models are gay!
does Jerry Hall count?
Interesting how many actors surf.long list. A good thing in the long run. Maybe someday Hollywood will finally be able to produce a real movie about surfing
Let’s fucking hope not.