Laird Hamilton & Gabby Reece on almost divorcing

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  • čas přidán 6. 03. 2018
  • Laird Hamilton and his wife of 20 years - Gabby Reece - recount how they both shattered stereotypes and found love at first conversation, plus overcame a tumultuous period involving heavy drinking and an alter ego to both save and strengthen their marriage.
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  • @senorstronk
    @senorstronk Před 5 lety +59

    my dad was like that, he was such a sweet loving guy sober. After he drank he was mean and a different personality. Drinking is a tough one to conquer in a family.

  • @KatieKamala
    @KatieKamala Před 5 lety +45

    I’m a therapist and her statement that they have still chemistry and his statement that he keeps her as a girlfriend and a lover not just as the mother of his kids, is the key to a happy and enduring marriage.

    • @travisleonard8783
      @travisleonard8783 Před 5 lety +1

      Katie... I couldn't agree with you more I am a surfer who's been married 23 years also. About four or five years into it we went through a rough patch, you know you reap what others sew family passed Etc. But God pulled us through and I'm proud of them for working it out instead of finding a way out!

    • @tbd419
      @tbd419 Před 11 měsíci +3

      I've been married twice and I promise you had I been treated in the manner that Laird thinks about Gabbie, we would still be married. It is a perspective, though.

    • @kramnancy1411
      @kramnancy1411 Před 11 měsíci +3

      But he did not treat you that way because he did not want to be with you.

  • @CR-qu5jc
    @CR-qu5jc Před 3 lety +14

    No idea how Graham doesn’t have 1m subscribers
    “ how can someone be with you if you don’t want to be with yourself” very powerful words from Laird

  • @edt8489
    @edt8489 Před 5 lety +254

    Gabby is intelligent indeed
    CZcams brought me here after I watched her Joe Rogan interview
    Queen she is

  • @steveg6035
    @steveg6035 Před 3 lety +9

    Gabby Reece is as real and as beautiful as a women can be. That glow comes from the inside out.

  • @dtsalko4684
    @dtsalko4684 Před 5 lety +88

    Graham can ask hard questions without feeling like he’s impeding or just trying to make a story. Knows how to make an interview a conversation even though he is asking all the questions.

    • @sandorhartig3957
      @sandorhartig3957 Před 2 lety

      There Is no need for interviewer, those guys always fuck things up........just let the guy tell a story, and what he want to tell.....maybe he doesnt wanna answer some questions........." but the people wanna know bla bla bla"....FUCK YOU!!!.......i hate interview guys.......

  • @SamBirchenough
    @SamBirchenough Před 6 lety +102

    These longer clips are so nice! Flows so much better than when broken into a bunch of 2 - 3 min ones.

  • @andrewwillis4911
    @andrewwillis4911 Před 4 lety +9

    Comments of ego on Laird are spot on.
    Confidence in oneself can reflect an egotism that most people simply judge as an undesirable characteristic, and yet...
    Confidence is how this man revolutionized a sport before all others, while making changes in his life to bring balance within love of Family. Hats off and soulful smile to accomplishment for Mr & Mrs Hamilton.

  • @jeremyhasselbacher7228
    @jeremyhasselbacher7228 Před 5 lety +11

    I've watched a bunch of Graham's interviews and I think he is my favorite interviewer. He's respectful he does his homework before he interviews anyone and he seems genuinely interested in that person

  • @TheBlondeScholar
    @TheBlondeScholar Před 3 lety +11

    I appreciate Laird's candidness -- he's not trying to fluff anything up, especially while answering some questions that required taking some accountability.

    • @vellytyre5658
      @vellytyre5658 Před 2 lety

      it's not candidness its called narcissism. he literally has no remorse.

    • @thomassanio8745
      @thomassanio8745 Před 10 měsíci

      Makes him a giant in more ways than one.

  • @jimmyv70
    @jimmyv70 Před 4 lety +18

    Such a great interview getting both sides. Great perspective seeing two professional athletes so vulnerable and honest. The honesty and respect and not giving up on each other. “I’ve seen you at your worst. I still love you. You’ve seen me at my worst” mad respect for these two!

  • @soupysails1373
    @soupysails1373 Před 5 lety +6

    Outstanding interview. If you just shut up and listen, this interview can be extremely valuable to you or others in your life. Watch it a second time without distractions.

  • @le_th_
    @le_th_ Před 4 lety +19

    He abandoned his own child just like his dad abandoned him (and he abandoned his wife and child for some woman he knew for less than a week). He sounds like a narcissist and so does she.
    What woman in her right mind would have anything to do with a man who is not only married but has a baby? Just ick to both him and Gabby.

    • @AMM1998
      @AMM1998 Před 4 lety +2

      He raised the kid from his first wife as well as the other kids.

    • @thomassanio8745
      @thomassanio8745 Před 10 měsíci

      I get where you are coming from.

    • @matt.163
      @matt.163 Před 7 měsíci +1

      They were already seperated and he didn't abandon the child.

    • @jaydeepbose4501
      @jaydeepbose4501 Před 3 měsíci

      You just meet someone better for you, sometimes.it happens..and he has had a very long and sustained healthy relationship with gabby

    • @pauljefferson9538
      @pauljefferson9538 Před měsícem

      They both seem incredibly toxic. Everything they say is odd

  • @tiaturnbullchampionscoachi9587

    Wow! Great that you asked really tough questions and they were both willing to be with it and answer in a way that shows their imperfect humanity without getting angry or not answering.
    I think humanity would be much better off if people were actually honest about all of life, the good and the bad so most people aren't blindsided in relationships and end up thinking that there is something very wrong about themselves when it gets too difficult.
    Great interview!!! ♥

  • @Mappy-xn1om
    @Mappy-xn1om Před 4 lety +8

    almost too real ! This is so totally different from the norm interview- REAL HONESTY being expressed here !! Right on !!

  • @activebryantsystems215
    @activebryantsystems215 Před 3 lety +4

    Great great interview so honest and real I think they’re fantastic couple good to see them showing them real selves

  • @chesterpuffington8368
    @chesterpuffington8368 Před 6 lety +221

    Selfishness, Got to respect his honesty, very rare in people today.

    • @mftd9316
      @mftd9316 Před 5 lety +16

      @@youtubeKathy the marriage may have been over...for HIM, but there are two sides to every story. While I respect Laird's honest answer (and his nervous laugh after), I'd bet my surfboard the ex's take is different.

    • @harrywoodman2988
      @harrywoodman2988 Před 5 lety +3

      ​@@mftd9316 if the marriage is over for him than it's over for her too. It's better for both parties to have a clean break and move on than to cling on to something that won't work. But i'm of course speaking about rational adults with some semblance of self control.

    • @barriols
      @barriols Před 5 lety +2

      Lol! Let's agree Laird's an honest man!

    • @porkchoppeaches
      @porkchoppeaches Před 4 lety +2

      Yes , a real life villain! He reminds me of the joker with that laugh.

    • @Fishin480
      @Fishin480 Před 4 lety +2

      An honest mad man

  • @BigPowerAL
    @BigPowerAL Před 4 lety +7

    This interview was done so well. The back and forth between Laird and Gabi flowed smoothly.

  • @colinvandongen9984
    @colinvandongen9984 Před 4 lety +25

    Laird is an absolute legend. He’s totally transparent. No B.S. The biggest surf innovator and charger hands down. Inspiring man.

    • @zak-a-roo264
      @zak-a-roo264 Před 4 lety

      @Fran Ra so THAT interaction 30 years ago negates all the rest of his life and makes you worthy judge of him.....HAHAHHA, you feeling the ALOHA yet?

    • @edwardqueen1559
      @edwardqueen1559 Před 4 lety

      @Fran Ra Did he pull your leash?

    • @le_th_
      @le_th_ Před 4 lety +2

      Yeah, so "inspiring" to listen to him talk about how he abandoned his wife and infant to move in with some chick he'd met a week earlier. I'm so motivated after hearing that!/end sarcasm

    • @judithryle2113
      @judithryle2113 Před 2 lety

      I think he is all about himself. Selfish

    • @judithryle2113
      @judithryle2113 Před 2 lety

      He seems like a narcissist

  • @rosamrc923
    @rosamrc923 Před 3 lety +6

    Absolutely honest interview, that makes it truly inspiring on both sides. My respect and gratitude for sharing those personal struggles with all of us. We all learn on this process.

  • @hayleymort5906
    @hayleymort5906 Před rokem

    You are the best Dr. Thank you for this.

  • @Smellydoug
    @Smellydoug Před 5 lety +179

    Reminds me of a guy that has a few beers and u realize how much u never wanna be around him again.

    • @surferpam1
      @surferpam1 Před 5 lety +1

      EXACTLY right.

    • @matthews852
      @matthews852 Před 5 lety +2

      guitarsurfer2010 pretty sure he had plenty of his own $$. But yeah, he seems like a douche.

    • @ONCEuponAtime999
      @ONCEuponAtime999 Před 5 lety +8

      wow..you nailed him man..cant stand this guy and his big ego !

    • @ryublueblanka
      @ryublueblanka Před 4 lety +10

      Boy you don't know Laird.

    • @onebadmoto
      @onebadmoto Před 4 lety +3

      @@ONCEuponAtime999 jealous much?

  • @bernardkriel1
    @bernardkriel1 Před rokem +2

    did anyone else catch that what she said towards the end about each other , " ive seen him at his lowest and i still LIKE him...while he's seen me at my lowest and still LOVES me "......?? 8:41

  • @shanekeogh-wm9ot
    @shanekeogh-wm9ot Před rokem +1

    Thanks I really enjoyed it interview two great people really like Gabby super lady

  • @jacobgalloway9123
    @jacobgalloway9123 Před 4 lety +17

    0:05 Watch how he squirms when she points at him and says "I like you" She has an uncanny ability to communicate and connect. A real queen of a woman. Mr. Hamilton lucked up big time.

    • @le_th_
      @le_th_ Před 4 lety +1

      A true queen would *never* allow some douchebag to move in with her a week after meeting him, and especially not a married douchebag with an infant.

    • @judithryle2113
      @judithryle2113 Před 2 lety +2

      I think she got the bad end of the deal

  • @Mercuricmike
    @Mercuricmike Před rokem

    Insights here are real bless them both.

  • @u3192
    @u3192 Před 5 lety

    Real Humans with focus and SELF ENLIGHTENMENT .... Very cool

  • @sunroameroverland
    @sunroameroverland Před 5 lety +9

    Love is not a feeling or emotion, those come and go with time, Love is a commitment, remember what the vows say, Their is wisdom in them.

    • @sonofhibbs4425
      @sonofhibbs4425 Před 5 lety +3

      No, love is both, not just the latter. You can have commitment, sure, it “works”. There’s still got to be some underlying sparks still lit and ready to burn bright when such a season calls.

  • @gains5732
    @gains5732 Před 5 lety +100

    You must still date your wife. 🙏

  • @LucasPenido
    @LucasPenido Před 3 lety +9

    “It’s hard to be with somebody that doesn’t want to be with themselves.” - Hamilton, Laird #powerful

  • @nextari
    @nextari Před 6 lety +69

    Kudos to them for being so honest about their relationship. I disagree with comments here to the effect that Gabby is necessarily smarter than him. Living passionately does not always look intelligent. But living without passion is always foolish, and it's those that live without passion who judge the most. On the contrary, being good at stuff is intelligent. Laird's good at stuff.

    • @skobird2732
      @skobird2732 Před 5 lety +2

      Lmaoo what is this comment even suppose to mean

    • @gu3sswh075
      @gu3sswh075 Před 4 lety +3

      Sko Bird the people who judge other people should probably be judging themselves more.

    • @bornfree8073
      @bornfree8073 Před 4 lety +1

      ​@@gu3sswh075 Nah sounds like some bootlicker stuff. I can judge any man that ran out on his wife and baby at home. Am i perfect? Nope. Am i even a good man? I honestly dont know, but atleast I have enough morals to not leave a new born and wife. Scum is what that is. I have fought my father and nearly every uncle. Play dog linebacker in highschool and lost a two year college scholarship for beer. But dang, if i ever did that to my wife, i hope my brother would beat me sick or just shoot me. I would disown him, and we are close, if he did such a thing.

    • @le_th_
      @le_th_ Před 4 lety +1

      Good god, clearly you're not terribly smart. "Good at stuff"???
      Laird is a narcissist: a pathological narcissist. His entire life is about being admired by others, which is the modus operandi of every pathological narcissist like Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Donald Trump, Kanye West and many more.assholes like them. They live their entire lives driven to achieve just so other people will admire them....
      They lack empathy for others (not unlike a psychopath).
      They're they worlds' walking douchebags who are entirely self-centered.
      .....and it's all because their parents didn't love and take care of them before the age of 5 that their brain development was negatively impacted and warped their personality and moral compass.
      We don't "admire" people like this....we feel sorry for them because they have no inner sense of genuine self-worth and they are desperate to cover that up by over-achieving in as a mean to overcompensate for the fact that their parents never loved them. They're entirely selfish and self-serving. There is nothing to admire about being self-serving.
      What is admirable and respectable is kindness....altruism....true courage to help others (not the drive to win a surfing competition).....and spending one's life being a genuinely decent human being.
      Of course, you may be a narcissist yourself, which is probably why you believe "being good a stuff" is admirable. LOL That sounds like some pathetic world view a narcissist would have. Let me guess, you didin't have a father growing up?

  • @Sitchinite420
    @Sitchinite420 Před 5 lety +5

    We are all children playing adult. What you put out is what you get back. Don’t matter if you’re playing or not. Just something to remember.

  • @tclass99
    @tclass99 Před 5 lety +94

    "I'm a big wave rider... we commit!"
    *leaves wife and infant daughter for another woman*

    • @Liz-fv6jh
      @Liz-fv6jh Před 4 lety +10

      tclass99 I mean if it’s not working it’s not gonna help anyone most importantly the child on the way of the parents are miserable and forcing themselves to stay in a toxic, unhappy environment. After a few years I finally understand this. My ex left me when I was 5 months pregnant. At the time I bashed him and though he still has lots of growing up to do - looking back I know he did the right thing bc I was at a too vulnerable spot to let go. We are much happier now and my daughter is number one in all this.

    • @teamtoken
      @teamtoken Před 4 lety +4

      Lizeth Guzman Thats awesome. So long as the child/children are looked after and come first then its a good outcome

    • @colinvandongen9984
      @colinvandongen9984 Před 4 lety +2

      Guys come on... he was already separated. Ridiculous

    • @zak-a-roo264
      @zak-a-roo264 Před 4 lety +2

      @Jennifer Boehm his DAUGHTER doesnt agree with you

  • @MakaiMauka
    @MakaiMauka Před 3 lety +1

    Graham is a great interviewer...

  • @rockinmama007
    @rockinmama007 Před 4 lety +2

    Girl..., I feel ya. I live with a surfer. 🌊🤣 Super stoked he saw the light. Cheers to life in harmony or trying to. 🤸

  • @Cwgrlup
    @Cwgrlup Před 2 lety

    This is Princeville Kauai…I recognize the background. Super neat place to stay.

  • @XOXO92ify
    @XOXO92ify Před 5 lety +1

    Every time I see him talk deep and open up himself he covers with a smile to shake off the heavy subject but his eyes look soo sad while the mouth goes wide up. It's must be a reaction either of the expectation

    • @didoview
      @didoview Před 5 lety

      you can see the whole picture... nice

    • @le_th_
      @le_th_ Před 4 lety +1

      What it is is a personality disorder: a Cluster B personality disorder and it's called pathological narcissism or Narcissistic Personality Disorder.

  • @cloongeorgy7553
    @cloongeorgy7553 Před 4 lety +25

    Came here after watching Laird on JRE and what really struck me is the difference of a classic interview and a modern podcast. Graham did a decent job here, don't get me wrong, but the classic interview format, where one person (guest) should be authentic and honest while the other person (interviewer) tries to stay "objective" and keep his own personality out of the conversation as much as he can has just become sooo outdated its barely even watchable anymore.

    • @Gr8Layks
      @Gr8Layks Před 4 lety +6

      Interesting observation, but I'm glad both still exist. I really enjoy both from time to time.

  • @SR-qg7hw
    @SR-qg7hw Před 4 lety

    Either they have something most don’t to figure it out like they have or they found the one and only therapist on earth who helped them figure it out.

  • @michaelkraus4135
    @michaelkraus4135 Před 4 lety +1

    VERY FEW Celebrities are honest !!! They tell you what you wanna hear.

  • @jakediddy3658
    @jakediddy3658 Před 5 lety +11

    🤣🤣🤣🤣Falling in love with his Gabby was like catching a big wave.

    • @le_th_
      @le_th_ Před 4 lety

      Naw, he just wanted to get away from his wife and infant (like his own father did). The douchebag never falls too far from the douchebag tree.

  • @kristine6996
    @kristine6996 Před 4 lety

    Het zijn sterke schouders die de weelde dragen kunnen 🙌🏼👏🙌🏼.

  • @annieladysmith
    @annieladysmith Před 4 lety +35

    How can it "be over" when you just had a new baby, then just walk out. Wow.

    • @brianbaumann5389
      @brianbaumann5389 Před 4 lety +2

      Well he might not have ever wanted to be with the woman long term but was trying to be a good guy and get married, then when given a better opportunity like he says selfishness took over.

    • @theresamitchell2111
      @theresamitchell2111 Před 4 lety +11

      He comes off as a narcissist

    • @annieladysmith
      @annieladysmith Před 4 lety +1

      @@theresamitchell2111 Yes, indeed. Did he marry a guy?

    • @bornfree8073
      @bornfree8073 Před 4 lety

      @@brianbaumann5389 That is not the way marriage works there buddy, if it did, then no one would be married for an extended period of time. Marriage is hard. Living with someone else isnt easy. They get sick. They get down on their luck. Once you say those words, only a few things justify breaking it.
      Oh wait, the wedlock rate is 70 % in the black community and the nuclear family destroyed, so I guess your theory is working to destroy long term relationships.
      I guess he and you never realized marriage isnt for the ADULTS but for the KIDS. if you cant understand that, then grow up there buddy. Its not a far right accusation either. Obama has said the same thing. the experiment has been run. kids do better in every category when they come from an intact family but blah blah blah. if im not talking about money and self gratification, then those like yourself dont listen.
      Well you live your life, and when your ticket for judgement day comes, have fun explaining your actions.

    • @00vTv00
      @00vTv00 Před 4 lety +4

      @@bornfree8073 Yeah, like once he found true love, he raised his first daughter with his two other children, and been married for 20 yrs now. Maybe you will need to do some 'splain'n on your judgement day. Who made you the righteous man in your own mind? Out spreading garbage you heard on YT, without a clue to the facts.

  • @laurentiumanolescu
    @laurentiumanolescu Před 3 lety +1

    I really wondered which was my first problem of the day.

  • @pauldavis7657
    @pauldavis7657 Před 5 lety +5

    "My girl" Laird. That says it all! You're an amazing guy.

    • @le_th_
      @le_th_ Před 4 lety

      Good fucking god, he left his wife and infant and moved in with a stranger a week after he met her. Nothing amazing about him. He's a pathological narcissist and any informed, a half-intelligent person can see that at a glance.

  • @SkipinlLA
    @SkipinlLA Před 4 lety +12

    "when you are not groomed to be successful" wow what a comment

  • @christineedwards8618
    @christineedwards8618 Před rokem

    Laird and Gabby How can I explain
    when I saw both of you? separate
    passing ( now to my luck) in store I worked. everyone contagious said LAIRD is in here! (she's here w/ him.)
    My husband , a Malibu surfer was in movies first time I saw him (Gabby)
    So, I waited on both of you. Gabby first- later Laird. You two- all these yrs later, I finally LOVE YOU TWO!

  • @carmenj5045
    @carmenj5045 Před 4 lety +1

    Have always admired these two always!!!!❤️🙏🏽❤️🙏🏽

    • @le_th_
      @le_th_ Před 4 lety

      So much to admire, right? He met some hot chick and abandoned his wife and infant a week later and moved across the ocean to live with her. Gotta respect those two. /end sarcasm
      Your moral compass is about as warped as they come if you admire that (and I bet you're a narcissist, just like them).

    • @carmenj5045
      @carmenj5045 Před 4 lety

      le th Lol ... hey life happens.. many years have past .. maybe you need to go talk to someone for your hang ups!!

    • @le_th_
      @le_th_ Před 4 lety

      @@carmenj5045 Oh, I see you're one of those people who likes to sweep ugly truths ("the past") under the rug as though they're not an indicator of a moral defect in someone's otherwise stable character.
      I'm not surprised, especially since you try to turn his moral deficits around to suggest I'm the problem for pointing them out.
      My hang ups? LOL So typical....(shift that blame you onto someone else why don't you? Opps, that's exactly what you did LOL)
      Do you know what blame-shifting indicates when combined with a desire to sweep ugly truths "under the rug" rather than shining a light on them?

    • @carmenj5045
      @carmenj5045 Před 4 lety

      le th Listen .. I’m about done with you , ppl have pasts , make mistakes , he didn’t kill some one .. unfortunately for you what he did wasn’t as your concerned the right thing .. you or any one of us Jew what really went on in his first relationship & who gets this fucking bothered by what he did .. if you go around and judge everyone .. holy shit , you must be bored as hell .. your really wrapped up by what Laird Hamilton & Gabby do.., he has costed you , I didn’t follow their divorce and custody battle did you .. Maybe you should worry about the corruption that’s ruining the world or pollution or animal or kids getting beaten by unfit parents .. anyhow .. lol I hope you can get on with life .. I have worked through my life my problems & I’m sure they all have ., lol wow get fucking real buddy .. this happens in life , most don’t know how their path will be .. pls though.. tell us all how fantastic & “ perfect “ your life is you small minded person , bet we can tell who you vote for and wait you probably don’t wear a mask either .. now , fucking leave me alone you little fucking douch bag ..Get Bent🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾✌🏿✌🏿✌🏿✌🏿✌🏿

    • @carmenj5045
      @carmenj5045 Před 4 lety

      le th Again ... Fuck off you goof.. keep shining a light on things that don’t matter to you .. not your problem ..we will go on living our lives

  • @Dave-lr2wo
    @Dave-lr2wo Před 6 lety +20

    Gabby is cool. More about her.

  • @jeffphillips9731
    @jeffphillips9731 Před 4 lety +9

    So Gabby was like oh your married with a baby, sure you can come move in with me.

    • @le_th_
      @le_th_ Před 4 lety

      Of course, she's a narcissist just like he is. It's always about them boosting their ever-deflating and flailing brittle ego and she felt special by him abandoning his own wife and child, that's just how psychologically and morally fucked up she (and other narcissists like her) are. They are all about "winning" by any means necessary.

    • @LisaCulton
      @LisaCulton Před 3 lety +1

      Right? Say what????

    • @motoz30
      @motoz30 Před 3 lety +2

      @@le_th_ that's....about right.

    • @le_th_
      @le_th_ Před 3 lety +1

      @@motoz30 Sadly, yes.

    • @thomassanio8745
      @thomassanio8745 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Yeah maybe she isn’t so smart, must have been some amazing attraction. Most women would be like “what did you just say about being married and a baby too?”

  • @JDCali459mm
    @JDCali459mm Před 4 lety +2

    She’s so beautiful and talented.

    • @le_th_
      @le_th_ Před 4 lety

      ....very true, and also allowed some dude to move in with her after 1st meeting him a week earlier AND he was married with an infant and she knew he abandoned both of them to move across the ocean. She's a narcissist (like most athletes) and lacking in empathy for others as he is.
      This is a highly self-serving, selfish, unempathic couple who have spent their lives in pursuit of "winning". Narcissists are not worthy of respect or admiration when you dig below the surface and recognize they're pathetic self-absorbed people without an altruistic bone in their body.
      Beauty and talent and shallow pursuits (and I say that as a female who is very talented and beautiful and still recognizes that means absolutely nothing if I don't also have empathy for others and a healthy degree of altruism and being a human who considers how my actions might impact others).
      I cannot dispute or criticize her aesthetic beauty or his athletic skills and accomplishments.

  • @rfrances830
    @rfrances830 Před 3 lety +6

    Gabby resembles Kirstie Alley

  • @scottlincoln6286
    @scottlincoln6286 Před 6 lety +8

    Laird and Gabby - come on you two - the two of you make an AWESOME couple, you guys live in paradise - work your shit out and move on....

    • @IvanLendl87
      @IvanLendl87 Před 4 lety

      They did. They’re still married - over 20 years now.

  • @Rubylove48
    @Rubylove48 Před 3 lety +6

    He sounds like a jerk. He’s hasn’t answered one question honestly. He seems very codependent.

    • @hushhunting8083
      @hushhunting8083 Před 3 lety +2

      As somebody from Hawaii and from the surf community aswell. Alcohol is our biggest problems and you can say most have the personality of an infratry soldier. Our partying brings out the assholes in us. I’ve had sponsors drop me because my partying and low placement in surf competition. Like laird when you start to lose the things we love we can either run or change and I’m going on 3 years sober but 12 yrs out of the surf community. Trust me surfers have the most misunderstood minds because everything is a joke. Just to give you a little insight on most surfers

  • @miamoore1666
    @miamoore1666 Před 2 lety +2

    Two really low life people. He was Married and they had a Newborn baby. This was a selfish decision on Both their parts. He could have left the marriage in a respectful way he owed that to the woman who married him and gave him the gift of a child. They couldn’t wait two or three months until the shock and pain had lessened for his wife and family? Selfishness, they wanted what they wanted it was childish, selfish and hurtful! It also doesn’t show your daughter the right way to be.

  • @FishHeadBiologist
    @FishHeadBiologist Před 5 lety +35

    You will never get this guy until you see an ocean swell at 50 to 60 feet and understand the balls it takes to come off the top.. Then you will get it.. Go find the greatest athletes in the world and see if they will do it..

    • @joygernautm6641
      @joygernautm6641 Před 5 lety +4

      Watch any elite boxer or Mma fighter. Bet Laird doesn’t have the “balls” for that.

    • @didoview
      @didoview Před 5 lety +3

      Ball-ism... who has the biggest balls? who cares?

    • @zak-a-roo264
      @zak-a-roo264 Před 4 lety +2

      @@joygernautm6641 BJ Penn surfs and will tell you he wouldn't get out of the boat to surf the waves Laird surfs BLINDFOLDED

    • @le_th_
      @le_th_ Před 4 lety +1

      Oh, I get this guy. He is *entirely self-serving* and a narcissist jerk who abandoned his wife with a baby (just like his father abandoned him). That's all I need to know about his lack of moral character and commitment.

    • @alrivers2297
      @alrivers2297 Před 3 lety +3

      @@le_th_ lol, he's been married to Gabby for about 20 years now. That's commitment. Seems like your bitter or jealous about something.

  • @ryanh3951
    @ryanh3951 Před 3 lety +5

    I swear I had just watched the clip where he said he didn't want to be like his step dad or dad who abdonadoned him when he was 1. Yet he abandoned his kid when the kid is 1? Lol

  • @luismarques1938
    @luismarques1938 Před 4 lety

    Great guy

  • @gregorykillen4564
    @gregorykillen4564 Před 6 lety +13

    This guy seriously deserves more credit....... His wife appears to be the intelligent one in the relationship though!!!!! Remember when she played beach volleyball...... Awesome player

    • @le_th_
      @le_th_ Před 4 lety +1

      Yeah, let's give him credit for abandoning his wife and infant and moving in with some chick he knew for a week. Maybe we should give him a medal of honor. /end sarcasm

    • @gregorykillen4564
      @gregorykillen4564 Před 4 lety

      @@le_th_ never implied that !!!!! Don't judge someone until you've walked a mile in their shoes !!!!!!!!!! End cliche !!!!!!!!!

    • @le_th_
      @le_th_ Před 4 lety +1

      @@gregorykillen4564 If you believe that BS that's your business. When I see the obvious behavior and comments of someone who is CLEARLY disordered in their thinking and behavior, I'm going to continue to call it exactly as I see it.

  • @GeneralButtNake
    @GeneralButtNake Před 5 lety +2

    Always respect you two! ✌🏾❤️✊🏾🌈

  • @HeavenlyLights
    @HeavenlyLights Před 3 měsíci

    RESPECT

  • @Freight_Train
    @Freight_Train Před 4 lety +5

    In another segment of this interview, he talks about having his birth dad walk out on his mom and his stepdad walking out too. He says he knew that he would never be like that. Then he says in this segment that he would never change that he walked out on his child's mother. Sorry, end of me watching this guy. He's his own biggest fan.

  • @janesmith8894
    @janesmith8894 Před 4 lety +1

    She is so beautiful. Stunning.

    • @le_th_
      @le_th_ Před 4 lety +1

      Yes, and with a stunning absence of empathy for others and a stunning ability to allow a married stranger she knew for a week to move in with her right after he abandoned his infant child; a stunning lack of empathy for others, indeed, as well as a stunning degree of self-absorption and self-interest (like most professional athletes).

  • @CosmicBarrilet
    @CosmicBarrilet Před 2 lety

    That girl / woman is so smart, God...! coming from Joe Rogan show. She is a real Queen...!

  • @imarriedabrkfsttaco3737
    @imarriedabrkfsttaco3737 Před 2 lety +1

    Beautiful estate!

  • @rmoon01
    @rmoon01 Před 6 lety +23

    Getting hit with a pipe when you're a kid can create a "Larry". Glad he found a way through that anger.

    • @cydsimone9647
      @cydsimone9647 Před 6 lety

      Did he?

    • @le_th_
      @le_th_ Před 4 lety

      He was already a narcissist before he ever introduced that boy to his mother. Narcissistic Personality Disorder develops in children prior to the age of 5.
      Regardless, no child should ever be hit with a pipe and especially not by one of their primary caregivers.

    • @rmoon01
      @rmoon01 Před 4 lety

      le th Repressed rage and co dependance perhaps, but he is far too caring to be a narcissist.

    • @le_th_
      @le_th_ Před 4 lety

      @@rmoon01 It seems like you don't know much about what happens in the 1st five years of a child's life that turns them into a narcissist and how that shows up in the very tell-tale signs of their behavior as an adult because if you did, you'd be able to recognize it.

    • @rmoon01
      @rmoon01 Před 4 lety

      @@le_th_ As a matter of fact I do. But what I really want to know is, why the fuck do you care?

  • @sniffableandirresistble
    @sniffableandirresistble Před 4 lety +2

    "Instinct told me this is a real thing, do something" 2:00 ...that made me cry because thats exactly how every opportunity, every chance in life, and there may not be many, but know them when you see them and "do something" invaluable!!!

    • @le_th_
      @le_th_ Před 4 lety

      Only if you suffer from Narcissistic Personality Disorder or psychopathy in your personality profile.
      The rest of us would know that it's wrong to abandon your infant to move across the ocean and move in with someone we only met a week earlier because we would recognize that a child deserves better than that and that abandoning them so young will forever negatively impact the development of their infant brain.
      Laird is a narcissist....a pathological narcissist who is incapable of loving anyone, including his own children. As a narcissist what he saw was an attractive, successful female who could garner him what is clinically called "narcissistic supply" (read: admiration from other men) for many years to come.
      ...but since you've chosen the moniker "captain charisma" you already know that, don't you (you little narcissist you). Charisma is fake and toxic.

    • @sniffableandirresistble
      @sniffableandirresistble Před 4 lety

      @@le_th_ you must be unimaginably drab ... lol 😆

    • @le_th_
      @le_th_ Před 4 lety

      @@sniffableandirresistble Emotionally mature, well-balanced, intelligent, humble, empathic, compassionate....I'm sure that does sound drab to a narcissist (or at least I sure hope it does because I'm hoping to repel people who "get bored easily". :D

    • @sniffableandirresistble
      @sniffableandirresistble Před 4 lety

      @@le_th_ enjoy your pet cats!!!

    • @le_th_
      @le_th_ Před 4 lety

      @@sniffableandirresistble Highly allergic to catrs myself, but I'm guessing you have a few (which is why you're projecting onto me) it's nice to know you can at least connect to animals.

  • @rafeone9808
    @rafeone9808 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Abandoned a wife and kid for a new piece

  • @intermodus2180
    @intermodus2180 Před 3 lety +1

    🦊🚬~misread the title, and *almost* thought I had a chance💔

  • @Robert-nn8mp
    @Robert-nn8mp Před 5 lety +1

    I was ready to knock on this after I read the title (why should I give a shit about somebody's staying together or not). But it's good. I like this interviewer, too.
    Laird's lucky. Gaby did what a good girlfriend does (or doesn't and the man, though solid, fucks up and twenty years go by). Though also but, Laird had achieved some kind of status before they were put the test. So maybe that factors in and better decisions are taken.

  • @lanecore75
    @lanecore75 Před 4 lety +5

    Like I tell my wife "you love someone because of and inspite of."

  • @smokeylovesfire1589
    @smokeylovesfire1589 Před 4 lety +2

    What a awesome couple.

    • @le_th_
      @le_th_ Před 4 lety +1

      I believe the correct word would *narcissistic* couple.
      They are both obsessed with winning.
      She allowed a married man to move in with her a week after meeting him, knowing he just abandoned his infant across the ocean (and his wife).
      Now, if you think being a narcissist is "awesome" you're either uninformed, ignorant about the pathology underlying the disorder, or you may be a narcissist yourself.

    • @smokeylovesfire1589
      @smokeylovesfire1589 Před 4 lety +1

      I had no idea. Thanks for the info.

  • @sajilvy9013
    @sajilvy9013 Před 4 lety +1

    She said she like him and then in the same breath she said he loves her,nice

    • @rockyevans1584
      @rockyevans1584 Před 3 lety +1

      Lol I noticed that as well. Freudian slip? I wouldn't be surprised if all females felt like this

  • @eltondroid
    @eltondroid Před 5 lety +28

    That irritating laugh laird does after says something... 😑

    • @whitegoodman7465
      @whitegoodman7465 Před 5 lety +1

      If that is irritating it you, you better check yourself before you wreck yourself.

    • @roccosiffredi6427
      @roccosiffredi6427 Před 5 lety

      His obnoxious laugh is Hilarious

    • @ONCEuponAtime999
      @ONCEuponAtime999 Před 5 lety +2

      irritating people have irritating laughs ;)

    • @Eristhenes
      @Eristhenes Před 4 lety +7

      It is a nervous laugh that conceals emotion.

    • @timothyw815
      @timothyw815 Před 4 lety +1

      Eristhenes You get it, it’s nothing to do with being a psycho lol. It’s making light of something heavy. Crazy how judgemental these guys are, I think his security over his insecurities is what drives them mad?

  • @todayshike2899
    @todayshike2899 Před 6 lety +76

    his response is "selfishness" about leaving his wife and child and laughs? WTF?

    • @sd2645
      @sd2645 Před 6 lety +6

      Maybe it's a protective reaction. I can see that he could be cruel and self-destructive sometimes, at least in the past. He has Interesting strong personality. I hope he hasn't killed or crippled anybody.

    • @mel818
      @mel818 Před 6 lety +19

      He's very straightforward and clearly is at peace with his past and his choices. He has a good relationship with his ex-wife (whom, as he said, has already his ex when he left) and takes proper care of his daughter, so why not laughing about his own honesty now?

    • @mattharling9783
      @mattharling9783 Před 5 lety +8

      Yeah, he sounds like an idiot

    • @ericecho5118
      @ericecho5118 Před 5 lety +11

      He laughs because there's distance from how selfish he had to be at that point in his life. If it happened a month before this interview, he wouldn't have laughed.
      It happened a long time ago, so tragic things can be seen as funny (tragedy + timing= comedy).
      He doesn't really think that it was funny he left his wife and child, but he was living in a barn and in a bad spot with that relationship...so he jumped ship.

    • @Bushidojihi
      @Bushidojihi Před 5 lety +5

      All you arm chair psychologists, hes an alpha, right or wrong, they do what they want

  • @NemeanLion-
    @NemeanLion- Před 5 lety +48

    People here seem to respect his honesty, but does he really need to laugh about leaving his wife and newborn kid behind?

    • @horizonxx_1
      @horizonxx_1 Před 4 lety +13

      Its called a 'Gallows laugh'

    • @jackson12802
      @jackson12802 Před 4 lety +8

      I totally do this. It’s not because I think it’s inappropriate things are funny it’s more a reaction to awkward or uncomfortable feelings.

    • @brigitte9999
      @brigitte9999 Před 4 lety +3

      He can laugh because he actually parented that child.

    • @IvanLendl87
      @IvanLendl87 Před 4 lety +1

      He and Gabrielle raised that child - as well as the two children they had together.

    • @brigitte9999
      @brigitte9999 Před 4 lety

      Ivan Lendl One of my favorite tennis players!

  • @DieNachtwanderer
    @DieNachtwanderer Před 4 lety +1

    love at first conversation, not first sight 1:07

  • @douglaspinsak1246
    @douglaspinsak1246 Před rokem +1

    Kinda interesting that he basically did the same thing to his first wife that his dad did to his mom.

  • @DexterHaven
    @DexterHaven Před 6 lety +33

    She's a total catch.

  • @josephrice29
    @josephrice29 Před 3 lety +3

    Hey sweet little baby....I know your vulnerable and need me, but Daddy is going to take off for greener pastures.... we will work this out in 10 years......Everyone who abandons their family for greener pastures use the excuse "it was already over anyway"....

  • @annna6553
    @annna6553 Před 5 měsíci

    Damn Laird musta been bangin tens loolololol

  • @yearingolf
    @yearingolf Před 5 lety +3

    Gabby reminds me of a guy I went to school with.

    • @le_th_
      @le_th_ Před 4 lety

      She would make a very handsome man with her aesthetic features.

  • @katiie7
    @katiie7 Před 5 lety +11

    Why do so many couples look like girl/boy versions of each other? 🤯

    • @Octoboobs
      @Octoboobs Před 5 lety +2

      When you're spending time with someone you like when they laugh- you laugh as well. Since both of you are making same facial expressions over time you get wrinkles on the same places. And since you're spending time together a lot you pick up others traits (laugh, body movement etc).
      Something like that

    • @sonofhibbs4425
      @sonofhibbs4425 Před 5 lety +2

      They looked alike way before they were ever married. But yes, I was just about to comment, they both look alike.

    • @montanasbananas9860
      @montanasbananas9860 Před 5 lety

      You know when they say opposites attract? Maybe after awhile those opposites start to look like each other and things start to click? :P

    • @le_th_
      @le_th_ Před 4 lety

      ANSWER: Narcissistic Personality Disorder
      Surely you remember the story of Narcissus who fell in love with his own reflection on the surface of the pond and could not walk away from the pond because he was so busy admiring his own reflection?
      That should answer your question, and today they are clinically known as narcissists (and they walk amongst us and look just like you and me but are entirely self-absorbed and all about winning.
      Truth.

  • @simondaughtry4619
    @simondaughtry4619 Před 5 lety +1

    That "take for granted" attitude is a killer... big mountain to climb and recover from ...kudos to Laird and Gaby for getting thru that ugliness. Cuz it is UGLY.

  • @stefankurlak9556
    @stefankurlak9556 Před 3 lety +1

    Something is very wrong under the surface

  • @cg741graf5
    @cg741graf5 Před 4 lety +9

    Man this is the real marriage example. It’s about getting through the shit and still knowing you can love and respect each other through forgiveness.

  • @alecs6492
    @alecs6492 Před 3 lety +11

    “She’s my girl, my lover, I’ll never leave her........unless she gets fat.”

    • @thefisherking78
      @thefisherking78 Před 3 lety

      As long as expectations are managed in advance, even that would be acceptable

  • @Fairland3
    @Fairland3 Před 4 lety +36

    Gabrielle, is so beautiful. I am so impressed by her ability to stay so incredibly fit. At 50! Please forgive me if I am wrong but her husband comes off as a bit arrogant and a jerk.

    • @le_th_
      @le_th_ Před 4 lety +5

      He is an arrogant jerk, and she is no better for allowing a married man with a baby move in with her a week after they met. No decent woman would have anything to do with a man like that.

    • @00vTv00
      @00vTv00 Před 4 lety +6

      @@le_th_ And, how dare they stay happy and married for 20 years. I guess they'll just have to live out their misery together.

    • @le_th_
      @le_th_ Před 4 lety +2

      @@00vTv00 Narcissists don't feel misery, that's what borderlines experience. Narcissists are too busy filling their ever-deflating egos with accomplishments, accolades, and admiration from others to be miserable. It takes a lot of work to do that every day.

    • @jamesm2889
      @jamesm2889 Před 3 lety +2

      From multiple interactions with Laird, he's got mean aloha

    • @Ace-gs7fv
      @Ace-gs7fv Před 3 lety

      Seems honest to me

  • @parkerterlaak2154
    @parkerterlaak2154 Před 3 lety +1

    Damn. The Big Wave Rider style. We listen to our instinct, and we commit.
    I really love that.

    • @thomassanio8745
      @thomassanio8745 Před 10 měsíci

      We have become so ungrounded that we can’t even see opportunities, much less act on instinct. He can, he did in a heartbeat.

  • @ivanelmajestuoso
    @ivanelmajestuoso Před 4 lety

    Is this the guy from "The Last Man on Earth"?

  • @sumi4210
    @sumi4210 Před rokem

  • @minarose3193
    @minarose3193 Před 5 lety +1

    wow I think the man conducting the interview must be a psychologist

  • @TheArts19
    @TheArts19 Před 3 lety

    Rad. Mutual respect is huge. So two jocks can make it work. Lol

  • @Orgoneemfprotection
    @Orgoneemfprotection Před 5 lety +4

    We all have to face the inner demon that lives in our lower selves. Look in the mirror and fin out who you really are

    • @le_th_
      @le_th_ Před 4 lety

      I commend you for being someone who can not only recognize that about yourself, but also post those words publicly for others to see. Few people have that level of insight and willingness to acknowledge it.

    • @Orgoneemfprotection
      @Orgoneemfprotection Před 4 lety +1

      @@le_th_ yes indeed. It would be great if more people were willing to face themselves and understand themselves. The world would be much more harmonious. Its kind of lonely being able to see things and not being able to share with others that can understand. :)

  • @dylflah7630
    @dylflah7630 Před 3 lety

    I didn't know Diamond dave was a surfer

  • @TheDragon160
    @TheDragon160 Před 2 lety

    That property is Amazing.

  • @marcellowoodford4048
    @marcellowoodford4048 Před rokem

    When Lord H.1st met Reece's P.Buttercups he was Obviously Thinking with his 2nd Head!

  • @ebg3624
    @ebg3624 Před 5 lety +4

    She is an absolute badass

    • @le_th_
      @le_th_ Před 4 lety +1

      Rotten to the core, allowing a married man she met a week earlier to move in with her knowing he just abandoned his infant child across the ocean.
      Yep, we should all aspire to be so "badass" because self-absorption no matter the cost to other (even an infant) is perfectly acceptable. /end sarcasm

  • @keirmacdonald9755
    @keirmacdonald9755 Před 5 lety +21

    Laird's Day:
    4:00am. Alarm goes off. It's either Lose Yourself by M&M or Eye of the tiger.
    4:05am. Starts 3 hour workout that includes walking to Oahu and back underwater. Holding an enormous boulder.
    7:30am. Breakfast. Usually steaks cut from champion Barcelona bulls, in an omelette made entirely of egg whites and testosterone.
    7:35am. Takes care of business. By being awesome.
    10:00am. Mid morning snack ? Does Laird look like a man that "Snacks". I don't think so.
    12:00pm Lunch. Laird ate a four pound steak for breakfast. Laird don't need lunch.
    5:00pm. Paddles into 50 ft wave outside his house. Shreds.
    5:05pm. Attacked by 15 ft white pointer while paddling back in. Punches shark so hard, the whole species is extinct immediately.
    5:10pm. Cooks an amazing, healthy dinner using fresh seafood and vegetables from Kauai.
    7:00pm. Drinks one bottle of Pinot Noir.
    7:01pm. Makes sweet love to his rich, blonde, hot, intelligent wife.
    8:01pm. Yea. For an hour. You read that right.
    8:02pm. Drinks second bottle of Pinot Noir. Answers social media questions about him being on the spectrum.
    8:05.pm Sleep.
    Repeats.
    I know I might be wrong about the second half of Laird's day. It was just a joke. Please don't reply angrily. It was all just a joke.

  • @rodrocketon9480
    @rodrocketon9480 Před 3 lety +3

    It is what it is but do not try to clean it up. You cheat on your wife. You are either married or you are not - there is nothing else. Shows a lack of morality, commitment, and concern for others. Do people really believe he would not do the same thing to Gabby? Has he already stepped out on her?