Leo Kearse's Clown World episode 2 ft Francis Foster

[@ellie698]

22:18 "slightly offensive"? A wheelchair isn't an accessory. I would love to be able to hill walk, scramble, climb again. I can't discard my multiple sclerosis and identify as able bodied. SLIGHTLY FUCKING OFFENSIVE??

[@JimRiven]

Maybe..... Are you just not trying hard enough?

[@ellie698]

@@JimRiven Lol, you joke but this be surprised how many people say that and mean it. The immune system is literally damaging the brain continually. Yeah, you can really think your way out of that 🤦‍♀️ Trust me if it was that easy I'd be running fucking marathons 😆 GAH, you've got to laugh

[@larading2914]

Right there with you! x

[@peacemaker6662]

@@ellie698 It's good to see you still have your sense of humour. I managed a Sheltered Workshop for over 25 years, worked with all sorts of people. In my experience they all could take a joke about their disability. They were no different from the rest of us, their problems are just more visable 🙂 I hope your condition stabilises soon and for a very long time. Best of luck dear xxx

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

My daughter is a Halfican American. We didn’t let her use it in college apps.

[@bethpicton9677]

'People always want to kick down doors that are always open'. Leo you couldn't be more spot on here! Love it

[@Narsufin]

3 minutes in and I've already rolled my eyes so far up into my head that I've torn an optic nerve.

[@darrenwalley91]

Hahaha 😀 Brilliant. 👏

[@raychambers3646]

I love the coffee guy crying his eyes hiding in the cupboard , complaining about being overworked leaving his coworkers to take up the slack .

[@taffwob]

Guy?

[@karenlebron-morales8672]

She's a blubbering girl, not a guy.

[@deancosgrave9582]

"There are so many customers and only four of us on shift" So rather than getting stuck in with the other 3 staff I am going to go into a store cupboard and have a bitching meltdown session.

[@Plus1Like]

And let's consider that it's ok to need time to recover from a mental breakdown... but recording it?

[@latchfordbob]

My lad says there are loads of girls he knows at uni who identify as bi sexual but none of them have ever been with another girl or make any effort to get with other girls. It's just the trendy thing to do as they think it makes them look open and virtuous.

[@LeoKearse]

I'm going to bring out books for kids telling them it's ok to be straight

[@MarfTheUnbearable]

@@LeoKearse Straight to Hell: The Hetero Devil's Advocate by Leo Kearse

[@andythompson2009]

And white.

[@briancohenthepfjmassive.4769]

Tell him not to worry about it. It's supposed to make men/lads more inquisitive thinking that a 3some could be on the table. Only when it comes down to the real reason it's if the male being given the information is gay if he does not want to know the ins and outs of the finer details in his head. Its been the same since the swinging 60s and the summer of love. Ps not that I know from experience more a general understand from talking to people from the 1940s.

[@KristinP-zi2dj]

nobody really does that.

[@sisiphas]

That girl who was sobbing about shifts in Starbucks that are pretty ordinary demonstrates not just the fact that her generation are spoilt but that ANY kind of hormones are bad for your health. To get a beard like that she’d need to take a lot of T and it’s making her mental. She was probably unstable to start with, but really what an egging performance…

[@sorrysirmygunisoneba]

The fact you can go from sobbing to fine to sobbing means you have issues, never mind jabbing yourself to grow shit facial hair

[@KristinP-zi2dj]

textbook.

[@blue24563]

Was it a girl or a boy? I couldn’t tell. 😂

[@ragnarok7976]

If pouring coffee destroys you like that I'd say that you are indeed incompetent.

[@md1trk]

"This is what happens with every workplace. Most people are shit, there's about two people who are competent who do all the work." - This is the truest thing I have ever heard anyone say in a podcast. It's also the reason why the EDI initiatives will succeed: competent people will compensate for the inefficiency, and shit people will continue to get promoted on the basis of their characteristics.

[@danielbehrend3683]

So true. I worked for the DWP, full of incompetent staff who get promoted the more incompetent they are. Laziness is rewarded.

[@spartacus9023]

You put thr acronym in the wrong order.... Its D.I. E now.... Farrr more fitting for this f#cked up simpish ideology!

[@Tentin.Quarantino]

3:25 “full moustache and beard” Full? That’s debatable.

[@rhoetusochten4211]

If so, then I have a full head of hair. My wife will be thrilled to hear that.

[@splums]

True Brit humour, I'm indecisive between being offended, laughing my head off or just thinking it's irony or sarcasm. Well done. We need more of this.

[@elingrome5853]

1992: "oh look, its a drag queen" 2022: "oh look, its a woman"

[@jamesclark6487]

2022: in a kindergarten... fully sanctioned by leftist governments world wide. Fucking insane.

[@colinstewart1432]

2024 " Oh for fucks sake " 🤣🤣🤣

[@Forestpatriot07]

Really liked you guys analysing over a hilarious chat. Keep up the good work.

[@thebackyardbear]

Did he say there are 16 employees for that coffee shop? In high school, I ran register... alone... for a 4000 sq ft store. Stocked it mid shift. Swept and mopped each closing. The WHOLE STORE... alone. I got paid $3.35 an hour. Time and a half overtime. Double time Holidays. I got straight A's... when grades still mattered... while working an average 38 hours a week. I was also in the band, worked on the family farm for free, volunteered with the church and still had an active social life. I feel like an Indian watching the Europeans "change the world". (I'm sorry... I should have said Native American... I'll probably be crucified now) Nothing makes sense... right is wrong... and truth is Treason.

[@danepaulstewart8464]

RIGHT??!! +1 right here, mate. 👍

[@umnojon]

Worked the liquor shop near my university on my own for night shift after lectures weeknights and weekends. Attempted theft was a daily occurrence to the point of someone had not tried to steal something (while I was alone) it would be remarkable. I avoided drinking water during my shifts to avoid needing the toilet because I was not allowed to lock the door except under an emergency which toilets did not qualify. My manageress would turn up to count the money and if anything was missing it came out of my pay. I was grateful for the work.

[@kenricnarbrough8191]

Nice one Leo, its quite the coup to get Sue Perkins on the show this early. Keep it going, good stuff.

[@colinstewart1432]

Agreed. She's butched up though eh? 🤣

[@ReeTM]

Fucking brilliant, love this. Thanks to you both!

[@sethh1943]

Here in Chicago my old neighbor, a trans woman, that grew up rich; private schools, study abroad, parents handled their bills, etc. And she would go over to our local food bank and wait in line, get her bag, and then she wouldn’t even want/use over half the stuff they gave her. People just want to take advantage when they have the power sometimes. But also this neighbor was so desperate to be poor and struggling so I’m sure waiting for food was a good look for the social media feed.

[@89tothbianka]

I loved this, we need more 🤣

[@LeoKearse]

Thanks Bianca!

[@briancohenthepfjmassive.4769]

That bird at the beginning looks well fit. I'm just off to find my glasses to check out her marks out of ten.

[@briancohenthepfjmassive.4769]

0 out of 10.

[@johndonson1603]

I hope you got your glasses before you knocked one out.

[@Trevor_Austin]

I’m sure you could pull her but I’m not convinced that you will appreciate the “extras” in her knickers.

[@raychambers3646]

Should have gone to specsavers ?

[@colinstewart1432]

Brace yourself, this is about to get awkward 🤣

[@kristinfrostlazerbeams]

As Exulansic says, my pronouns are a nod with a quiet moment of reverence.

[@peacemaker6662]

Gawd help the guy at 1:30 He has a long hard road ahead of him, full of pain and disappointment. I can't imagine how he will handle relationship breakdown, the passing of a close friend or his parents? I wouldn't want him carrying my coffin, that's for sure!

[@derickdoig4008]

"I've got a full moustache and beard. What the fuck. Bo hoo hoo ". Pure irony.

[@ahenne]

I was really looking forward to the 2 ft Francis Foster. 😞

[@EM-cg4iy]

Me too, I’ve been waiting for that!

[@blxtothis]

I reckon that the BBC should give Leo, Francis, Frankie Boyle and Chris Morris £m to make a sit com featuring some of these people. BTW I loved that Tiny Tim parody at the beginning! And the crybaby wind-up, tell it to answer the fecking phone! As for Food Banks and the likes of that Champagne Socialist Gary Neville, tell him to read a bit of Dickens or better still Jack London!

[@natoutes7412]

I wouldn't take the side of a guy who says he only dates barely legal girls because he can "leave his imprint on them". As a woman I find that disgusting.

[@Cotictimmy]

L. "Where did the 'Transphobic' come from?" F. "Everything's 'Transphobic', mate." 🤣

[@Cotictimmy]

PS. Francis asks 'Surley The Democrats realise that Dylan Mulvaney is a trolling everyone?' You might think that, but remember that the Democrats had The Easter Bunny barge into Joe Biden and shove him away in order to prevent an unscheduled conversation with a journalist at Whitehouse Easter event. The Dems don't not seem rational these days.

[@anthonyheaton5798]

I remember Terry Venables wanting to bring back hanging for football hooligans.

[@ReeTM]

48:30 Francis nails it: the more mental the content, the more social media loves it.

[@ScienceChap]

That's social media all over. Social media encourages attention seeking, because attention gets views / clicks and clicks gets money. The more extreme your content, the more money you make. It's vile.

[@KristinP-zi2dj]

i love this show.

[@asawhite2220]

Great work, chaps. Two of my favourites.

[@thistimeimhere]

The subtle... 'they might be slags' cracked me right up.

[@timmills8521]

Funny chat lads .. brightened up my dull wet evening 👍

[@Hin_Håle]

When FF talked about the "absolutely stunning asexual model" and then the image pops up and she's an okay looking brown bird. Classic FF! 😂

[@md1trk]

"There are just some kids who need a fucking beating" - Francis Foster

[@Stand-up-for-uk]

Poor Evan, just be lucky you don't have me as a manager, kid! 😂

[@snowdog9954]

... while Gary Neville commentates - love it!

[@KristinP-zi2dj]

Doesn't the Starbucks barista know that boys don't fucking cry?

[@patricknolan1096]

So good!!!!🙏❤

[@robzilla32]

Haha nice one lads. Imagine having to support yourself through university by working..... what is the world coming too? Definitely worth sooking about

[@thomassmart4088]

'sanity' is the new luxury goods

[@63mckenzie]

Remember the days when they used to treat mental illness?

[@littlemascara5204]

Kudos to Frances for wearing the suffragette colours, especially after the 'offensive scarf' ban in the Scottish parliament. Peter Tatchell stand up guy, though? Come one, have you heard of PIE? He was promoting lowering the age of consent claiming children can enjoy the sexual experience.

[@mikezooper]

Clown episode - 2 ft Francis Foster. I didn’t realise Francis was so short. We need a crowdfunder to lengthen him.

[@danepaulstewart8464]

Aw geez…. I am SO glad I am not an employer these days(I was during the 90’s) because it just seems that the entire workforce in that age range is like this. As far as I can see, coddling parents and trying to live a life in the fictional online world is just wrecking these peoples’ ability to be…. people.

[@Simon1985_]

“Gay is an umbrella term”. That is extremely annoying. Imagine how they’d react if I identified as black because I listen to rap music sometimes?

[@dozman1708]

Love the show and your other content. Will it be available as an audio podcast? I usually listen to aufioy when I'm working or commuting

[@ellie698]

1 in 4 people in Canada now weren't born there.

[@marcwilliams9824]

That'll be the UK in about a decade's time. If current immigration continues for the next 40 years in the same pattern it has for the past 25 (thanks, Blair) there will be fewer than 1 in 2 "Brits" born in Britain.

[@ellie698]

@@marcwilliams9824 It's the way things are heading yes. 😕

[@marcwilliams9824]

@@ellie698 The thing I don't understand is progressives constantly bang on about the importance of diversity but the reason diversity exists is because different cultures have been allowed to exist and evolve in relative isolation. If progressives get their way everyone will be mixed with everyone else, ultimately leading to a homogeneous, planet-wide monoculture of beige people. The polar opposite of diversity.

[@thomascook8541]

3:25 This isn't the moustache man I ordered m'aam

[@winstonsmith8240]

My dad used to work 8 hour shifts in a steel mill. 6 till 2, 2 till 10, 10 till 6. Messed with his sleep real bad. That was after nearly being killed 3 times in WW2. Just saying. 25 hours in Starbucks would have been a holiday.

[@darrenmonsiegneur5310]

I couldn’t keep up with the kid and I’m ADHD. I ended up drifting and suddenly thought I was watching a zoom call between a teenager, his dad and his stepdad who’s new to the family. Since dad came out. Oh, and the pills are lifeline.

[@rhoetusochten4211]

51:56 take a shot... Francis was a teacher time!

[@michaelsimpson4400]

Why when I see the coffee guy do I think of Marlon Brando in the Godfather shouting "You can act like a man!"

[@patricknolan1096]

Fabulous fellas.

[@mrwomby5007]

I thought topic maintenance meant keeping your chocolate bars in order.

[@davidhatton7461]

Didn't I see him in Platoon or was it Full Metal Jacket?

[@johnbull1152]

You've got to feel sorry for a load of these people who some I'm sure truly feel it but others it's quite clear are just in pain and are suffering 😢

[@RedversCross]

As a gay man, we have to tolerate gay and bi men who say they are gay for pay in the porn industry. . Most of us know but we just have to shut uo and put up. Theres no such thing as a straight man who has sex with men. He's either gay or bi.

[@MikeLebowski]

3:30 nearly came through fake self-pity

[@geishasha]

How long until he mentions Joe Ro... oh he's already done it.

[@rhoetusochten4211]

Did you know he was on world-famous Podcaster, Joe Rogan's podcast?

[@DanimaldAnimal85]

1:46 I've watched the Hodge twins and Gavin mcinnes and Anthony cumia take down this Manlet this morning haha now Leo for the hattrick

[@ellie698]

Tatchell has really taken you in Francis

[@cattenborrow]

He took a lot of us in, until he took his mask off.

[@colinstewart1432]

He's struggling to remain relevant now. Having won the battle of gay rights, he tried to continue the war. Trans is the ship he will go down manning.

[@peterstabler2321]

Adults have let these kids down badly.

[@andymurray3620]

I seem to recall that there has been previous World Cups where homosexuality was illegal……………….Oh Yeh! 1966 England.

[@aeb200]

I thought Francis was taller than 2 Ft. Think there is a comma missing in the title

[@ladylove3636]

Just pausing for a moment after the screamer. Leo says gay isn't just a badge. Sure. But apply the same to the tech bloke. Men with perversions are not women. We are not a badge and yes it is insulting x

[@Chalky-ze6js]

So Jorund Viktoria Alme isn't paralysed and can presumably still get Norwegian wood.

[@ellie698]

Mulveiny's got to be trolling the world

[@skiboltskie]

So your comment is a year old. Have you seen Mulveiny recently?

[@ellie698]

@@skiboltskie Haha, his 15 minutes of fame had pretty much ended hasn't it 😂😂 He milked it for all it was worth while he could though. World class grifting there. But now, he's a washed up has-been. D'ah well 😂😂😂

[@UteHeggenTranswidowHeals]

Ute Heggen KZbin channel retort "What is a Meadow?" He was not in a meadow. He was in a turf monoculture. Pun intended.

[@ommk9650]

Around 26 minutes, there was a really good point nearly made. How many 20 something women classify themselves as bisexual, queer, no binary etc. but basically end up with straight white men?

[@ommk9650]

I have a close female friend that really is big on being bisexual and non conforming and open to race etc. Her fella is a middle class white guy and they're very happy together and have been for years. It's almost like she's ashamed of her natural attraction.

[@GodsCosmicBollock]

ADHD is basically just an overly technical way of saying "your kid needs a slap".

[@777lucifero]

Adhd, to the best of my knowledge, is not really a disease. It is a coping mechanism of sorts, probably stemming from childhood stress/conflicts between your parents or similar. As a defense, your mind needs to focus off and wonder. I say that as an extreme case of adhd, and that's the most plausible explanation I ever found. Then they say it's hereditary, but that I do not agree on; what I think happens is that, inevitably, parents even unconsciously re-create the same traumas/emotions that their own parents fed them when they were young. In a similar fashion to how we tend to end up with a partner that then in long term we realise re-proposes similar emotions (or lack thereof) to our correspondent parent.

[@kimmy76017]

Not really. I understand why you think that but my child does have it and has struggled. I did set boundaries and consequences. I see your point that some use it as a cover for bad behaviour. My son wasn’t badly behaved, just distracted and unable to concentrate. Not having a go at your post, just wanted to advocate for my son.

[@Looshfarmer]

While there are plenty of TikTok diagnoses monetising neurosis-as someone who has adhd -I would dearly love to slap those who larp as having it and those who will fully hold onto a smug, ignorant and reductionist view like something from the 90’s about it. For example sleep disorder, having had restless leg syndrome since childhood is part of my diagnosis. Restless legs for example is connected to dopamine as is adhd. Non ecg narcolepsy for example is mildly inconvenient and requires stimulants to help be a Wagie Cagie for the tax man. Brain scans show structural differences. The medication has a different effect on those with and those without . Is it an excuse to leverage some sort of victim privilege? no-adapt and overcome. But the sanctimonious “back in my day” boomers lecturing like they have some sort of medical degree-just bc they are alright Jack-is as fucking boring as the people who confuse it for a personality characteristic.

[@GodsCosmicBollock]

I'm just being facetious, ignore me!

[@splums]

@@kimmy76017 I work with children with learning difficulties and would concur that it is not always a question of parental behaviour. It is a very gray area in research. Equating it purely to 'he needs a slap' is really disturbing. Anyone that says that either doesn't have kids or has issues themselves.

[@ph8077]

As a Millennial, I had assumed that my gen had hit the absolute bottom 🤣

[@ph8077]

Btw, 'just got to the barista & now I'm getting extreme anxiety from overuse of the word "schedule"....boo hoo hoooooo

[@stablefairy9437]

hang people by their rainbow laces..................lol. and FF is right in what he said that we are dealing with people's mental illnesses and fetishes.

[@robinwatkins8528]

I'm a Democrat who has lived in California since I was born, and even I know that January 6th was nothing but an embarrassment and an eye roll -- except of course for the woman who was shot by Capitol police . Francis, I think you might give it too much credit for its having an effect on the outcome of the mid terms.

[@MJ-vj1un]

The reason these people get so much exposure is because 50% of the world actually take them seriously and think it's important to see this get exposure and the other 50% think it's so hilarious that we can't stop watching, because it's the funniest thing we've seen since Dick Emery or Kenny Everett.

[@ThePhobos100]

When you said "that's gay" back in the 90s it used to mean something that sucked, but I bet the context of that will change.

[@ph8077]

That's not a very effective electronic tag...all Francis has to do to be free is take his sweater off!

[@nickprohoroff3720]

Leo, your show is good but how about just putting up a couple of background drapes/ curtains behind you guys. Would improve the shows look plus help baffel the echo of the room. (P.S and if you have the cameras facing each other you wouldn't have to look sideways at each other) Just trying to help bro.

[@pherphuxake]

Why do I never see people like this on site? It would cheer me right up.

[@wunwuntew]

"Sometimes democracy's bad." It's _always_ bad if you recognize it as mob rule, 2 wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner, yeda yada. The US was deliberately set up with divisions of power and checks and balances up the yingyang precisely to do as much to protect minority interests as was possible. The 1973 Roe decision nominally was about abortion, but the Constitutional problem with it had to do with the fact it was an over-stepping, an erosion of one of those divisions. Hillary is calling now for eliminating the electoral college, too, openly calling it "obsolete" -- the idea being that it's "undemocratic". Which it obviously is. But the US Senate is exactly the same way, probably even worse -- 2 senators per state, regardless a state's population. That results in a Wyoming citizen's vote being more than 65 times as powerful when it comes to Senate matters as that of a Californian's. Time to get rid of the Senate? How about we just get rid of the states? Why even have them?

[@genghiscarnage4015]

ADHD is not a 'thing'. Lack of self-control is a thing.

[@GeraldSmallbear]

Francis thinks it's a thing.

[@catrinholmes7026]

Believe me ADHD is a thing. I have it and so do my children. It's a reason we struggle. Not an excuse for bad behaviour.

[@Gilberto90]

Lack of self-control is a thing called ADHD. It's a disorder of executive function. But please enlighten us with more boomer tautologies.

[@panninggazz5244]

Kick down a door that’s already open. Because they are lazy. ❤❤❤❤

[@julianwalch3567]

Good video.Cheers!

[@peteratkinson922]

I used to let my chocolate bars melt. Poor topic maintenance?

[@LilNewo]

Oh yeah I forgot Francis was a Jan 6er suffering from TDS.

[@MyName-cw4yr]

The manager rewrote the schedule, because that's what managers do...... and you do not have a full mustache and beard.

[@sisiphas]

I just watched a friend’s fat daughter and her trans partner talk about their relationship as comedy. It wasn’t funny and my friend’s daughter seemed to be being gaslighted by a manipulative s…

[@advaitawho]

Neurodivergent is an umbrella term for the mainstream, everyone is technically neurodivergent because everyone thinks differently but not everyone is a little bit Autistic or a little bit ADHD, just because they can relate to one or two human traits! 🤔🤨

[@LevitatingCups]

I prefer the decepticons, is this transphobic?

[@speakz6935]

Will you have Kate Smurthwaite as the guest for one of these Clown World episodes?

[@offshoretomorrow3346]

More chance of Kurt Cobain.

[@777lucifero]

Hey Leo, are you ever coming around to the Isle of Man? I think I'll be moving there (waiting for work visa, crossed fi gers). Seems close enough, might actually have a chance to see you live.

[@marcwilliams9824]

I lived there for a while, it's a nice place. TT fortnight is a blast too.

[@Grogster2007]

I've no problem calling a man Lisa, after all John Wayne was called Marion.... however I'm not calling a man a woman.

[@Sdea1903]

WOW. I thought Francis Foster was taller than 2 foot?

[@mariusschmitt5855]

Doaa Magdy looks like a nice person on the Photo until you realise that she is a professional victim.

[@SpudMuffinLDN]

Will Franken mentioned

[@sausagesoda4090]

Looks just like a cairn terrier. When she’s whelping can I have the pick. £600 no more👍🏻

[@TheGeneralDisarray]

How long until we can't use the expression "neuro divergent" because kids have started using "neuro" as an insult

[@Cruelty-Torture]

Thats how the word retarded progressed. It started as a technical term. Then became an insult. So, was replaced, similar progression with the new terminology, another word introduced. Etc.

[@TheGeneralDisarray]

@@Cruelty-Torture exactly. "Mental" was the same.

[@Vent330]

There really are no adequate words !!!

[@Grogster2007]

If you dig up two dead bodies.....one of a straight man and one of a gay man...... nobody could tell you regardless of any tests who was who. It is in the mind. Whether you can call it damage I don't know, but it is a psychological anomaly.

[@agnesdei2846]

Good job there's not a war on. Although he'd get some focus on having to work at work not being so big an issue.

[@karenangel8922]

Why is everyone so confused? Just was not even thought of once, it may have been there but it was not in your face all the time like now.

[@cshartley101]

Welcome to the real world, Ms transgender Starbucks employee.