Martin Shkreli on Drug Price Hikes and Playing the World’s Villain

Martin Shkreli is a 32-year-old entrepreneur and company builder. A modern day Horatio Alger story, Shkreli grew up the son of two janitors in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, hustled his way into the hedge fund game, and is now worth at least $45 million. Although he made his money betting against the pharmaceutical industry, Shkreli switched to running a drug company in 2012.
In August of last year, one of his companies acquired the rights to a drug that treats an infection that effects in people with AIDS and other immunodeficiencies.
Over night, the price per pill rose by more than 5000 percent and Shkreli became the poster child for capitalistic greed.
Shkreli ran with the bad-boy image, flaunting his trollish behaviour in the media, He's not your typical pharma tycoon anyways. Over the past year he's also funded an indie record label, claimed he would bail Bobby Shmurda out of jail, and purchased the singular copy of a legendary Wu-Tang Clan album … with no immediate plans to even play it.
In December, Shkreli was indicted on securities fraud charges and is now under investigation by Congress and the Federal Trade Commission for price gouging… so his time in the spotlight is not over yet.
VICE caught up with him at his midtown apartment to meet the man behind the headlines.
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[@VICE]

An exclusive interview with the new poster child of capitalistic greed. *READ MORE*: Everything I Know About the Wu-Tang Album from Hanging Out with Martin Shkreli - bit.ly/1NFBt8p

[@CGKf35]

+VICE 50 Shades of Shkreli lmaoo!

[@Bigjonmetal]

+chris Johnson yeah, it was pretty funny. Douche

[@damian1700]

+derty.QWERTY42°N you say that but he is highly skilled in making money. Makes 10s of millions a year do you make that? If we were in his situation we would all raise the price to make profits. That's business. I dont like what he did but that's life.

[@AtheistPilgrim]

+Watermelon Pinecone "If we were in his situation we would all raise the price to make profits." Not everybody is a greedy, capitalist thug leeching off the desperation of sick people. Example: Jonas Salk, the creator of the polio vaccine. He refused to patent it and make money off of it, instead letting others mass produce the vaccine and stop one of the scariest diseases of the last century.

[@Rakkoonn]

+Timothy Retter He's taking money from big corporations which allows him to give the drug to people without insurance for free. That sounds like helping the world to me.

[@angelicacushing6032]

"Do you play the Sicilian defense frequently?" I can see panties droppin.

[@TCreel]

Angelica Cushing god knows I'm wet

[@woody000555]

"That was a good move - for once..." Ladies love bad boys

[@gitongakelvin4917]

I saw panties dropping from the minute they met on the streets lol!

[@kidwithaguitar4139]

e4 c5

[@celifacejones]

Mine sure would have. jfc

[@benibad9355]

I feel like I'm watching an awkward first date.

[@benibad9355]

+Kinimodes lmao for real? just listen to then speak.

[@45g4rerf45f45]

+Kinimodes Because there is cameraman ;) and he forgot about candles

[@gustavohernandez5122]

lol

[@AntholKinsidiousFoul]

+Benita Badal I got that same feel. Also Shkreli is so full of shit.

[@devinmc8452]

+Benita Badal Well yeah this dude is a fucking massive creeper

[@adambernon6930]

“I don’t know about wine. I don’t know about chess. I don’t know about drug companies. I don’t understand how profit curves work. Also, why can’t you just buy a drug for $100mill and give it to everyone for free?” Glad VICE sent their best.

[@occamtherazor3201]

"I know a lot about wine and chess, and I`m going to use it to show how much smarter I am than you."

[@MadAboutBusiness]

@@occamtherazor3201 - Clueless prick.

[@vgrepairs]

@@MadAboutBusiness Martin shkreli is a great guy.

[@heroofhell522]

@Tin Garaus yes

[@liltali1128]

Adam Bernon Wine? Really?! A bloody drink! Hahahahahaha

[@mikec8126]

This woman is exactly what you’d think every Vice employee is like.

[@tekkieman]

She’s just sooooo cooollll

[@senusia789]

She's cute. She's got a completely dead inside, tomboyish, thing going on. She might be trying too hard but who cares cause she might be lesbian anyway type deal.

[@Jonathan-Pilkington]

@@mikec8126 You talk like an incel.

[@mikec8126]

@@Jonathan-Pilkington lol I deleted it because I didn’t know that’s how incels talk. Thank you kind internet stranger

[@mikec8126]

@PratosX . huh?

[@crieverytim]

seriously, anyone riding around his apartment on a mini seg grabbing a 2k bottle of Petrus is an expert troll

[@tyromed398]

That's just being an expert douche

[@BiohazardProductions]

Right on!

[@b_rently4811]

Do you mean a Kippa....?

[@JACKKiXi]

Tyromed on purpose lmao

[@krislam2603]

666th like

[@jorgepadua9124]

This looks more like a really bad first date.

[@gerdheroin9861]

hahaha true

[@Triannosaurus]

Lmao, its creepy. Martin Shkreli was really handling it as if it were a date. I think he might be a psycopath.

[@Triannosaurus]

+anyone but hillary clinton yeah, no doubt. I think he was majorly bullied earlier in his life where he got a mindset where he feels he needs to prove something to everyone. This is apparent when he says there are a lot of people in highschool who he remembers by name that fucked with him.

[@stanexus7598]

that's what makes him an entrepreneur! You have to always prove something to yourself and others.

[@backupinit]

Shkreli totally smashed her at the end.

[@clintbeasthood9758]

It seems like Vice just went to the inner city, went inside a random house and offered the rebellious teen daughter a job as an interviewer.

[@JordansAnalysis]

@never paying taxes for sure

[@coheedmonstar33]

Incel vibes

[@youngsanch]

Shkreli: “So you play the Sicilian defense frequently?” Coffee came out my nose.

[@ry517]

💯🎯👍🏾

[@ivanmamula7588]

Troll level over 9000

[@honeysugar1]

That's shkreli's standard pick up line

[@JG-no4qr]

Hhaha

[@HeavyWeightHank]

@@honeysugar1 hedgefund pickup lines for 4 rich kids

[@Adman1175]

I thought this guy was a piece of shit when I first heard about him. Now I think he's actually a pretty cool guy.

[@keeganwelka1790]

Adman1175 ik, not sure why the media hates him so much

[@Chackothewacko]

a week after he was in the media and I heard a theory about why he was a hero, I agreed with it and my opinion on him hasn't changed since lol

[@larry5289]

Adman1175 media lies to sell views. That's why you have to get your news from multiple sources these days. Media has changed from a force of good, to a biased shit show

[@butdoesitscrub3457]

Adman1175 i know right?

[@inkrdb87]

Visit us in Africa and get to see just how "cool" he is. AIDS is a serious topic, seems like yall more concerned about the WuTang album

[@hospitalcleaner]

low key interview. These two have got a bit of cheeky chemistry going on too

[@Triannosaurus]

No, he was being super creepy, she was just trying to keep her job.

[@hospitalcleaner]

i disagree. she found him charming in some way or another, look at her body language, and the way she smiles at his jokes later in the interview.

[@Jack-rk7jc]

I doubt it was either. He was just acting awkward and sarcastic, and she seemed confused and it really looked like she wasn't all there in the middle of the interview.

[@ThePeacePlant]

shes a little nerd too. they would make a good couple

[@forest12able]

This guy released an entire series on how to invest in pharmaceutical companies for free.

[@rodenrren2]

What is it called, where can I find this?

[@bcl3341]

I have a feeling that's going to get taken down..good basic lesson on stocks

[@Deadman1000]

All that and he still couldn't abide by his own stupid rules.

[@powerlifting1012]

@@Deadman1000 what rules didn't they follow

[@cinialvespow1054]

@@powerlifting1012 he's probably referencing shkreli being in prison on security fraud charges.

[@Fefko13]

He dared to touch the big companies and he paid the price. Respectable

[@FaithandNova]

As he should, no matter how much he explains it in the end consumers foot the bill while he’s trying to prove a point

[@Gaylord69420]

He paid the price for a crime he committed 4 years prior. He knew the ceos of the big drug companies personally.

[@Fefko13]

@@FaithandNova Customers always pay as much as they can squeez out of them. He just took it to the big pharma to add to the bill.

[@ElectrostatiCrow]

He was the big company.

[@Jesalllll]

Its like somebody from twitch chat became a millionaire

[@CcBloom777]

JoeysWorldTour HAAHHAHA

[@milotis219]

JoeysWorldTour why is this so true lmao

[@Emma-gs1zk]

he’s the alpha douche

[@imnotmelonn]

Get em joey

[@Nabium]

No, it's like someone from YouNow became a millionaire. Because that is literally what happened.

[@Madougatee]

This seems like a really awkward first date

[@dalewentworthson5579]

Madougatee Fidgetwaffle theyre doing that non flirty thing where its still flirting but so subtle

[@shamicentertainment1262]

You mean talking?

[@SpenserRoger]

Anonnymouse Hacker nah man you could actually see her lips do all sorts of crazy size and color changes that most people subconsciously pick up on as a sign of arousal and us aut*cough normal people* see cause we look bro. Look at chicks all the time bro.

[@SpenserRoger]

Anonnymouse Hacker nah man you could actually see her lips do all sorts of crazy size and color changes that most people subconsciously pick up on as a sign of arousal and us aut*cough normal people* see cause we look bro. Look at chicks all the time bro.

[@antoniakarpova]

Madougatee Fidgetwaffle I don't like her. so scruffy and plain. Don't do it, Martin!

[@Dillon6479]

He got knicked out of society for taking on the insurance companies. Its telling. I dont see him as a villain what so ever.

[@CharlesMCFC]

Mostly for pissing off the dems...

[@mastersonogashira1796]

His company also threatened labs that tried to make Daraprim. He is poster boy for stupid capitalist that have no respect for academic freedom

[@vgrepairs]

@@mastersonogashira1796 link it

[@mastersonogashira1796]

David Clark how do I link something I experienced?

[@vgrepairs]

@@mastersonogashira1796 he owns daraprim, so I understand his company's legal right to maintain their intellectual property. Labs wouldn't feel the need to abide by his threats unless there was legal ground.

[@carnagecat7972]

He needs to relax his shoulders

[@Seeattle]

Lmfao

[@austinpark2161]

“ just… buy a house, easy”

[@coryleblanc]

just invest in stocks, just invest in crypto, just start an online business, LOL XD

[@Spiderman12265]

Why does she look like she's about to cry every 5 sec

[@bwahchannel9746]

stretch(?) but mebbe they banged before the interview and that's just her regretting it.

[@bem1942]

because his intelligence level is far beyond hers and it's obvious,he intimidates her.

[@gladoshatesyoursafespace2653]

Because she was diagnosed with HIV in 2013 and is one of the many who have to pay full price for these pills. She works for Vice, therefore ineligible for Medicare.

[@bem1942]

GLaDOS Knight no she did not have to pay for anything at all nor did she need these pills. Even if she did have aids these drugs are not just for people with aids, its a more specific even rarer condition than that. you are full of shit lol

[@lucas503]

she has the aids and her shitty job can't cover for her expenses, thank god for shkreli

[@Iversonwings1]

That interviewer did a decent job of holding back her triggers lol

[@xgullafter9590]

maybe you want her to seem like the glorified sjw stereotype? because she's a reporter who's female, kinda chubby with short hair? maybe she didn't hold back her triggers, because she wasn't triggered at all in the first place?

[@Michael-ol8he]

-Zealith- Are you triggered?

[@dascorncakes1151]

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@ODER66MIKE]

Michael ahhahaha got em

[@johnk1639]

The interviewer looks like homeless teen runaway

[@grayman2041]

to be fair they both look like it

[@brndj6672]

@CEO of Based ew you tell me how them ashy lips be tasting and then say who's cute

[@bigvsouthphilly2156]

Shes a worthless dope head

[@OddBr18g]

@@bigvsouthphilly2156 takes one to know one..

[@Ethernet480]

You prolly lookin like Al Bundy

[@huntershaffer8771]

I reached out to him during a livestream, a mod gave me his email so I wrote to him and explained my skillset and disability and he immediately gave me his cell number and I am now working for his company. Has told me many times "I'm your friend, not a celebrity" and knows more about my disability than most damn doctors. This man was demonized for the most foolish things possible. Truly cares.

[@connorkitzmiller8266]

what do you do for him? this is a pipe dream for me

[@huntershaffer8771]

@@connorkitzmiller8266 Cybersecurity later down the road&patient community representative!

[@connorkitzmiller8266]

@@huntershaffer8771 funny because im considering cybersecurity right now. 20 years old, any more advice 😆 much appreciated

[@Diitzybimbo]

Give me his email address 🙏🤲

[@Wowsers101]

@@huntershaffer8771 ask him if buying put options on bitcoin BITO to capitalize on bitcoin crashing

[@Nodsbane]

The more I see of him without it being a mainstream news story, the more reasonable he seems. I don't know why I expected him to be like I heard in the media.

[@xxczerxx]

Read a professional's take on his persona, he's a textbook psychopath who uses this nerdy, likeable guise as a mask for his animal-like and depraved nature. You're being sucked into it because he's meticulously planned and honed his outer self. Inside is something very greedy, sinister and downright evil.

[@Nodsbane]

+Mac That's interesting and I'll keep that in mind. I guess for normal people it's easy to be empathetic towards others

[@xxczerxx]

+Brandon Harvey I know, you have to take his actions into account though. I didn't mean my first comment to sound so self-righteous by the way!

[@Nodsbane]

+Mac It's all good, KZbin comments are a place where you have to have a thick skin anyways.

[@quagmire444]

+Brandon Harvey Don't be like most of the retards who sympathize with this psychopath. Its like watching battered wife syndrome take place, where the people who are fucked over economically the most somehow try to defend the type of people who are most responsible for it, like martin shkreli.

[@irunthestreets]

yo when bro rolls up on the hoverboard tho LMAO

[@justinp.2683]

It doesn't even hover. It's a fucking scooter

[@justinp.2683]

+xLegalMurder Never said it wasn't a hover board dumbass. Read my comment again and feel stupid. Lmao

[@justinp.2683]

+xLegalMurder Yeah. It's a scooter that is called a hover board. You're dumb as fuck bro lol

[@justinp.2683]

+xLegalMurder hahahaha

[@justinp.2683]

It's a fucking swegway

[@jordan2735]

I actually miss this dude. He used to live stream all the time and I’d talk to him frequently. He was an interesting guy.

[@mksecu]

He will return

[@drcola143]

@@mksecu in 3 years lmao

[@user-om3bx7en3u]

@@drcola143 says he's getting released on november on google

[@issh1n]

@@drcola143 he’s getting released in 2023

[@KindOfyeah]

@@issh1n hes out y00

[@buddhathegod]

Me: wow people are being so harsh against that poor interviewer in the comments Me 45 seconds in: i get it now

[@bradleymcbrayer8355]

Honestly tho

[@ry517]

💯👌🏾🙅🏾‍♀️🎯👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@Keith-dt2yw]

She’s. Awful. 😂 Embarrassing, on a good day.

[@clifftrainor6774]

This kid is a movie waiting to happen.

[@TheTechBite]

Or a school shooting

[@danthefan28]

Or a super villain in the making, like a combination of Lex Luthour, Harry Osborn (from Amazing Spiderman 2) and Mark Zuckerberg from The Social Network.

[@isaacwells8557]

What if he actually becomes Batman and is only using the asshole front to cover up his alter ego like Bruce Wayne does?

[@528freq8]

he'd make a better Robin lusting after Batman

[@Perchumovic]

exactly my thought.

[@artemi25]

"I remember the kids that made fun of me.... " oh-oh.

[@RH-vd3yu]

and now hes rich

[@SomethingCool51]

+hzl he's a good guy, and made the life-saving drug more available to the few people who suffer from it Why do you think differently?

[@SomethingCool51]

hzl hm must have missed it Perhaps we posted at around the same time lol

[@RH-vd3yu]

watch hes interview with the breakfast club........vice just makes him look bad like the media

[@SomethingCool51]

patricia faulkner he doesn't take extra money from the price increase. It's all used for developing a better drug, rather than the current one (which is pretty crappy). No other company would develop a better drug because the treatment is only for a very small amount of people, and so they wouldn't make money from doing so.

[@taylorrice3183]

is she actually just kylo ren going through his awkward teen years.

[@alecmejia1960]

Taylor Rice 😂😂😂 awesome

[@JustaCastle]

Oof

[@BoonkiCoC14]

I never understood why people hated this guy. He’s making points after points.

[@JH-zh7hq]

watch this part again to get a glimpse under the hood 15:36

[@1x0x]

the media made people hate him.. its scary how easily we can be manipulated

[@Galactusz007]

Because he’s a bloody thief, that’s why. You like thieves?

[@khoidangngu6320]

@@Galactusz007 how ?

[@fvmoasl]

it’s scary how much this man can manipulate you

[@yaab4845]

He is moving around on a hoverboard in his apartment... I'm convinced he's doing all this on purpose to make people hate him/ be confused

[@stuv1996]

Yannick Abele You are correct.

[@matts5247]

Yannick Abele that’s not a hoverboard

[@AirMan928]

Inb4 he became evil to bring awareness to corrupt pharmaceutical practices

[@_yuri]

AirMan928 so he is like lelouch who failed ?

[@abrahamscott5380]

Matthew Schwenker they're called hoverboards

[@marcusholtzheimer9316]

He's so fascinating he deserved an interviewer of his intellectual level

[@nolanchoy5569]

hes not intelligent.

[@jimkillerx]

+Tom Howard He's not intelligent, but you are? Right?

[@xGaLoSx]

how many people do you know that start pharmaceutical companies?

[@shawnkearney2542]

He's s fucking man-child. Just because he's rich does *not* make him smart.

[@rudolphaust8295]

The dude is a narcissist, it's easy for people to misconstrue that as being smart.

[@ericolvera6345]

For everyone shitting on the interviewer, I think we can all agree that it was great how she didn’t interrupt and just let him talk

[@joshuaizly5502]

The person she is interviewing had to ask "so what do you want to talk about?" . She's allegedly the shittiest interviewer ever.

[@robtberardi]

The $2M WuTang album is a CD?! I always assumed it was some kind of special vinyl.

[@KingCoCo]

I think I kinda like this guy. He makes sense

[@leoasgeirsson5775]

+Dirty Needlez lol

[@poorkingz]

+Dirty Needlez He makes cents.

[@KingCoCo]

It also makes sense the drug companies will hang him out to dry to protect their own price gauging. Using him as a fall guy.

[@goat414]

+Dirty Needlez You do know he did the same thing with another drug a few years back, and also claimed he would spend the money on R&D. But instead did jack shit basically took the money and sold the company onward when he made his quick buck?

[@KingCoCo]

goat414 So does pretty much every other big pharma company. What's your point?

[@djwhitewalrus2241]

Is it possible that Shkreli is actually a hero?

[@emperorkimjong-un9922]

Raising a $13 drug's price to $750 overnight? Obviously a hero.

[@chet3032]

S e n s e i For a psycho

[@emperorkimjong-un9922]

***** And you really believe what he says? Lol anything to keep making profit

[@n0denz]

If he makes the drug safer and uses his profits to continue buying, researching, and developing drugs for rare illnesses, then yes he's a hero.

[@aaronsoodonihm8816]

+Marcell Lovas Raising the price of a drug to gain funds for additional research, while also giving away said drug to those that cannot afford it and only pushing the additional cost to large insurers? Yeah, that sounds like a hero. Way to not even attempt to have an open mind about the situation, good job.

[@derperderp9036]

Whenever I hear Hillary Clinton talk about other people doing bad things...I just laugh.

[@zertul5000]

whenever i hear idiots talk about her, I laugh harder, yaa idiots chose trump over her, wat idiots

[@derperderp9036]

@@zertul5000 *what

[@zertul5000]

@@derperderp9036 case and point, if you wanted proper grammar, you'd read a book, sadly i bet u haven't read more than 1 :(

[@derperderp9036]

@@zertul5000 *I

[@derperderp9036]

@@zertul5000 *you

[@whitehotglory9895]

This RIGHT HERE is why it’s SO important to get both sides of the story before making up your mind about something or someone.

[@toreall101]

the only evil this man has done is buying that wu tang album & not letting the mass hear it.

[@alexp5808]

notoreeuzz didnt he play it on stream after trump's victory?

[@angus6858]

He sure did.

[@toreall101]

it was just snippets tho no?

[@csa5040]

WE DON'T GET IT

[@Arshin143]

boy he barely played anything

[@xNodNarbz]

Wow he is a smart guy, holy shit.

[@xNodNarbz]

Cool

[@tranebur5450]

Of course, he's a millioner

[@tranebur5450]

Anonnymouse Hacker He was on cocain 24/7

[@Kaisuke971]

Hawkins is an actual Genius, Shkreli ? Mmh not sure about that. Musk seems closer to be one, too.

[@thorsten8790]

Kaisuke971 Shkreli is a really intelligent guy with good education. But a genius? I doubt that.

[@mikeharper3459]

Homeboy’s a little out there, but he’s not the monster the media found it too easy to make him out to be

[@Matthew-cw3gn]

He wouldn't play their game, and he blew the system wide open for the public to see the problems with big pharma and the hospital industry. Of course they called him a monster.

[@Matthew-cw3gn]

@Dhuku .10 shut

[@prravtem6797]

You people are so easy to manipulate.

[@chilliecheesecake]

@@prravtem6797 Keep watching the idiot box, fuckboy

[@r.williamcomm7693]

He didn’t get that clowning the system wasn’t a joke. He broke unwritten rules, acted like a narcissist & discovered that everyone who’s in that world can be brought down w/the stroke of a pen. They all play that game at their peril.

[@tanwinston1210]

interviewer: ask question Shkreli: On the advice of counsel, I invoke my Fifth Amendment privilege against self incrimination and respectfully decline to answer your question.

[@popcrnshower]

why is the interviewer so damn pissed off looking

[@lukekent9386]

+popcrnshower He's not exactly classy when he talks.

[@alanpartridge8253]

+popcrnshower because she's meant to dislike him for the HIV victims' sake, but she actually thinks he's a nice guy, and she's having trouble keeping the act up. Plus he's miles above her intellectually and that probably makes her a bit insecure as the interviewer, knowing he could make her look stupid at any time he wanted.

[@alanpartridge8253]

+Luke Kent Aspergers probably

[@lukekent9386]

***** There is no cure, it's a treatment regimen. They need to take it their entire lives, which is why a 5000% price hike is incredibly malicious. Even if their insurance covers the difference for them, that cost gets distributed among all the payers. Ultimately, he's not taking money from insurers, it's not like they get it out of thin air. They get it from the payers. He's bilking the money out of everyone.

[@sasukeXI]

+Luke Kent did you watch the video? What he said made sense, although I don't know how true it is.

[@cortion730]

So he inflated the price to invest 60% of his earnings to conduct research for a better drug or cure. And the government gets it $1 a pill but big corporations pay full price? If what he says is true then I respect it but I will have to conduct more tears ch on this guy

[@cortion730]

Conduct more research*

[@JoeCoughlin]

+Cortion Carter I agree 100%

[@cortion730]

+Joe Coughlin facts

[@KT-ti9bk]

+Brandon Foley no, not at all. I don't know what you watched but I liked the dude. Seemed like a regular guy put in a crazy situation. I hope he cures cancer haha

[@fxlltxtsearch]

+Keith Trimm can you explain to me why this isn't the case? Im a little bit ignorant as Im not a major in medicine or have had any major infections, you didnt respond to Foley's point "The problem is that the consumer ends up shouldering the cost of the drugs"

[@zzyzxyz5419]

our boy is back lmao, cant wait for the content

[@lx4302]

tf lol

[@kingayy9267]

3:19 After the interviewer made it clear she wasn't experienced with playing chess, Shkreli made a point to flaunt his knowledge by asking "you play the Sicilian defense often?" He seems insecure.

[@wlmkn]

This interview turned out to be much more interesting then I thought it would be. I do want that Wu-Tang album though, so if you could just send that my way.

[@enterbalak]

+xXAlexBulletKillXx How could they call themselves music artists if they are selling it's rights to someone? $$$

[@cwatson42785]

+HangDeath Cause most of them are probably broke....Besides method and gza.

[@455ninjasniper]

He should post that on soundcloud just to piss them off

[@RogueAfterlife]

+xXAlexBulletKillXx I agree this documentary was very interesting and is making me have some deep introspection on our current healthcare system. Which, I plan to join in the future.

[@NoirSkyz]

+Chris Watson RZA does the most...

[@designedbybold]

Look at that apartment. That's not the place some majorly greedy capitalistic pig would be living. Don't get me wrong it's gotta be expensive, but he could definitely afford waaaay better.

[@poppajwalker9344]

DesignedByBold he's smart and making it last

[@DQBlizzard_]

he isnt retarded, he saves his money for practical things

[@PAXperMortem]

DesignedByBold Believe me, it's extremely fucking expensive.

[@inkrdb87]

He's an ass, come to Africa and see what AIDS is doing to the low income population.

[@catsforhire9116]

but its in midtown and property value is thru the absolute fucking roof per square foot so probably easily half a million

[@JustAGuyNamedBrett]

When he mentioned Sicilian defense, she couldn’t at least ASSUME by the way he was looking and his joking tone that he was referencing a chess defense strategy? I didn’t even know about that but his demeanor gave it away. This woman is a journalist?

[@aviongamer6892]

Exactly

[@aviongamer6892]

Sounds like an emotionless Droid

[@tekkieman]

She is dead from the neck up.

[@SamSlugg456]

It’s clear she didn’t do her research before going into this once in a lifetime interview.

[@coheedmonstar33]

Once in a lifetime? Ok bud whatever you say lol. She did a great job, you realize interviewers ask questions for the viewers right? She captured the whole picture and let Martin explain his entire stance and thoughts on the whole situation.

[@studinthemaking]

I get the feeling he got beat up a lot growing up.

[@melojordans23]

He came from a very poor background, he's living the dream even though he's the villain. In the grand scheme of things the stuff he says is true.

[@baseballbreaksonabudget8691]

Ya dude looks like he has no idea how to throw hands

[@cesarmedina4370]

+mike ptrek I would love to see him in a dark alley way without any of his protection so we can just throw hands, I low key hate this guy for not helping the people

[@ThePassionateJetSetter]

+studinthemaking Yup, hence why he's an arse hole now!....

[@edgarmarquez2052]

+Cesar. Medina your a dumbass.

[@aisling8344]

Shkreli seems to be all about power and weakness, that's the impression I get from this interview. I don't think his main motivation is helping people, I think its obtaining and wielding power. He likes the power he has over people. I think he bought that wu tang album because he would have something that was out of reach to everyone else, and his comments about it at the end show how he relishes that power, dangling something for people to beg for. He smirks and inflates when the interviewer says she's never heard of the chess move he mentions, and he seems to revel in her lack of chess skill, repeatedly pointing out how bad she is and oh-so-casually pointing out exactly how she is losing and how he is winning. To me he seems awkward, he constantly fidgets, contorts his body into strange positions, doesn't make eye contact for long periods of time, is visibly uncomfortable at times, even asking "is it hot in here?". I would be shocked if he was bullied when he was younger, and he basically says as much (unnecessarily) in the beginning, and it clearly affected him alot; he says he still remembers the names of the people who picked on him. I think he felt weak and worthless, and now he wants to wield as much power as possible.

[@Emotionfullboy]

yeah, seemed to me the same way. He is known for his "trolling" how the internet likes to say it. He recently stated that he was about to invest in magic the gathering cards, making huge price spikes. The whole community freaked out and was so scared. In the end he just likes to feel the reactions of his actions. Knowing that he could do it and know that people would, in one way or the other, care. People are discussing the very surface of his personallity. If he is "good" or "evil". If he wants to help or just make profit. I mean beneath any action lies a deep inner motivation. Nobody just seeks to get money just to have money. Money represents power, or possibillities, or fame or whatever. Every motivation comes from a longing for acceptance or approval, just sometimes these motivations just completely turn around and become the opposite. This mostly happens when a person has been deeply hurt. Through loss, disappointment, abondenment...stuff like this

[@CrazedGin]

Yes, I think he likes power, because he had a major lack of it earlier in his life. But I don't think he abuses his power to take advantage of the people under his power. I think he's trying to use his power to stop the people who abuse power. You mentioned the chess game, well he is clearly an intelligent man and clearly knows it himself. I don't think it has anything to do with him holding power over her, he just has an inflated ego. What he is doing, is making a statement against the actual problem. Drug companies hold major power over the people, releasing dangerous and overpriced drugs, forcing the people to fork out loads just to survive. Even though the drugs are harmful themselves. Like he said, the companies don't care to do research on creating new, less harmful drugs. He basically did the same thing that the other companies already do, just on a grander scale to draw attention to the problem at hand. He realizes that the drug is one that doesn't affect a large number of people. I highly doubt he would have done the same for a highly used drug. He is no bully, he is the one trying to stop the bullying. And regarding his body language, yes, he is clearly socially awkward. The man probably has major anxiety and insecurity issues. His earlier life was probably rough on him and I wouldn't be surprised if he had a mental illness.

[@R20966]

Perhaps you should check out his youtube channel

[@reedan8658]

You make a good point, however it seems you, yourself have never interacted with an awkward/ socially inept person (according to societies standards). These attributes he has, that you say could be the cause of past trauma/ bullying, is just simply his own personality. To be frank, yet not rude, many highly intellectual people show body language and talk such as he does (Professors, "Nerds"). These are common attributes I have noticed growing up throughout high school and College, and asking help with homework from people like him. Everyone has their different personalities, and I completely believe what he is doing is 100% just. Big corporations kill people's wallets and people themselves. I work at a Bank, and I can see these greedy behaviors everyday; his is definitely not one of them.

[@CrazedGin]

Reedan Abid I am a socially inept person. Yes, you are right that he could just naturally be that way, although most people who are socially awkward experience ridicule in their life. But no matter if he is naturally awkward or it has been caused by his past, he still struggles with some self-esteem issues. Take for example how he sits curled up. This is in an effort to make himself seem small and less likely to be noticed and judged. In comparison to someone confident who sits open and ready to be noticed. There is a good ted talks video on the subject of body language. I felt he was probably bullied in his past due to how he spoke of his past. Also, those people you spoke of that you have met that acted similar ways, also probably experienced ridicule themselves, although maybe not by you.

[@TheBaron97]

Here to say Martin Shkreli was released from prison yesterday and is back at it again.

[@tombabcok3916]

Still think he’s one of the most brilliant people of the last decade

[@TheSpartanboy10]

Maybe not the most brilliant but he definitely had huge balls to take on pharmaceutical companies and exposing their greediness and corruption, something I doubt you'd do

[@Liam-vt8de]

I fucking cringed when he rolled through the kitchen with the bottle of wine on a hover board.

[@DaBomber6969]

A 5,000 dollar bottle of wine at that

[@roymarshall_]

I thought it was very stereotypically nerdy, its cool

[@G5Nvm]

4,000*

[@connermartin7148]

It's pretty funny if you realize he is being ironic.

[@null-0x0001]

www.sherry-lehmann.com/red-wine/76080/Petrus-Pomerol-Magnum-2005 It's $11,995.

[@headlesnorseman701]

why do i feel like this guy is actually trying to expose the pharmaceutical industry for what it is and the media is trying to cover it up. even if he had to make himself look like the bad guy

[@TheEfpTV]

probably because you drank his kool-aid

[@jack7972]

He kinda is, hes just doing in a 4chan troll style.

[@Jonathan-Pilkington]

Yea he wanted to expose the industry by increasing his profits :D You're not very smart

[@themaverickhistorian6257]

Headles Norseman I think he's just a young entrepreneur who could challenge the drug industry in the future. He's not on a mission to expose drug industry corruption, at least not right now.

[@jessecreature8035]

because that is what it is

[@IamNotTheAnswer]

A vice reporter doesn't know how to play chess yet they are "investigating" pharmaceutical practices... Lol

[@jofx4051]

Nor even she knew that the wine is 10k dollar according to other comment

[@dopelad4235]

Why is her ability to play chess at all relevant to investigating pharmaceutical practices? You sound like a fucking idiot

[@SerratedSoul9]

@@dopelad4235 no correlation whatsoever 🤣

[@zebragreif2612]

@@dopelad4235 you prob can't play chess..

[@dopelad4235]

@@zebragreif2612 present a valid argument if you want to...

[@jaydiggitymusic9751]

I absolutely fucking love this guy. The wu tang bit at the end where he's like "might just snap it"😂😂

[@McRingil]

>loosing terribly on the board >zoom while taking a pawn

[@s-rankpashakuzu2915]

was thinking the same

[@avadakedavra69]

It's a metaphor for Vice and big biased media outlets alike.

[@EpicBeard815]

He acts like he's playing Robin Hood, as if he could just raising the price and the hospitals and insurance companies will be forced to pay for it. Like they're the enemy taking advantage of the poor. What bullshit.

[@jr23640]

+EpicBeard815 You clearly have a sub-elementary understanding of how health insurance works. Refrain from expressing your opinions on this subject.

[@atles7946]

+EpicBeard815 You fucking humunculus, what do you even know?

[@jr23640]

EpicBeard815 Lol. Moron. This drug has been around for several decades and is FDA approved. It is required by law for public and private insurances to cover it, regardless of cost (as long as the company can justify the cost). The cost of any drug that old is easily justifiable under the law: we need to raise prices to fund research for a new, less harmful, more effective drug. The drug in question is ridiculously harmful to patients.

[@EpicBeard815]

Jalal Mustafa How about you go through the reports done by the House Committee and see how little "research" is mentioned and how much "profit" is. SOB had no intention of funneling any of it into research, and they were planning on doing the same thing with two separate heart medications. And don't give me that "harmful to patient" bullshit, as if big pharma doesn't thrive on treating side effects they themselves cause

[@atles7946]

EpicBeard815 Get a job you goon.

[@SA-gf3th]

20% is cost of drugs and 80% is doctors. As someone who lives in a relatively poorer country and buys generic medicines (from corps) I can assure he's on point. Doctors don't care about the health of patients here. The govt healthcare is crap and the doctors are actually price gouging more than corps.

[@sugarcub3z]

this is like a very awkward first date

[@historianswag8517]

Im happy to play the bond villian... he says while sipping wine and playing chess and discussing his plan for domination.

[@tonicinc.754]

historianswag welp he’s 7 years in prison now

[@AllusernamesgoneFUCK]

He's discussing a plan to save his buttocks from being penetrated

[@AllusernamesgoneFUCK]

tonic INC. I was born without one 😞

[@ChristAcolyte]

APodbayDoor That makes sense, because everything that comes out of your mouth is shit.

[@AllusernamesgoneFUCK]

Oh, Really? That doesn't make sense, because you've never heard me speak. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@dirtnbloodnotherkids]

Seriously? Did no one notice how calculated everything about this interview was? From the hipster attire to the douche segway, the oddly place game of chess. This guy's a Machiavellian psychopath.

[@Hephaestion96]

+dirtnbloodnotherkids I kind of like it, I want the show to go on.

[@dirtnbloodnotherkids]

LOL you just said it all buddy, good luck with your "portfolio" sure sounds like you know what you're doing oh wise investor. You're exactly the type of sucker creeps like him prey upon and yet you still admire him. Doesn't take intelligence or business acumen to be a scam artist, let me guess, your next investment will be helping out a Nigerian prince.

[@andrewsmithphoto]

+dirtnbloodnotherkids Judging by how the game skipped from an opening move to10 prices off the board I would estimate they chopped out 15-20 min then a few munities more later on. I would guess we are only seeing about 1/4 of their overall frottage. Also the fact all the relevant info was dubbed in with a voice over, I would guess this interview was a bunch of misguided shit.

[@donfanto1]

+dirtnbloodnotherkids That makes him more likable :D

[@sabrinaramos8109]

+dirtnbloodnotherkids 100% !!!!!!

[@SrTacoman]

What he mentions at 8:40 is truly fascinating. That we blame the drug rather than a physician or hospital, because after all a drug is a drug, it’s a chemical, it is what it is. But it’s whether or not that drug can be applied to the situation you’re in, which is the job of the person prescribing it, (who is being told to overprescribe “this one drug” in favor of the finances for that company making that drug)

[@eddiemudie952]

This should be mandatory viewing before being allowed to discuss this man's life and times.

[@starcityrc3298]

So this is an example of the Big corporate media and how they influence the narrative. I am sure you seen the Headline or even Hilary Clinton say Martin Shkrali raises price of AIDs Medicine, price gouging" So this is what they fail to mention. Martin yes raised the price of an AIDs Medicine from $13 to $700 per pill. However he offered the Medication for free if you made 500% below the Federal Poverty line and you did not have insurance. Which if you are single and make under $64,000 a year(500% of the Federal Poverty line) and have no insurance. You would get the Medication for FREE. So the only person or Company effected by this. Is the Greedy Insurance Companies. Which now I hope you understand why they went after him. You can price goug against the people but you better not price goug against an Insurance company. Now the man is sitting in jail for sticking it to the greedy insurance companies He was never a villain but actually a Hero. The law that put him behind bars is the same law the insurance companies break daily. FREE MARTIN SHKRELI!

[@MikeVSMike]

Guy seems pretty aware of a lot of things. I think a LOT of people do not know why they are even mad at him.. Thats the internet for you.... Someone unaware makes a misleading post and shares it all over FB and suddenly you have millions of ignorant haters.

[@samuelsara9299]

+Mike VS Mike Uh, there may indeed be people who don't understand what the fuss is all about, but the same could be said for anything. Too, I think most people who have come here and commented understand the general situation with this douchebag perfectly well...the ones who don't understand seem to be the ones defending this POS. Finally....internet lynch mob justice...true dat. But not everyone is innocent, and this guy seems to be a fatal combination of autistic/Aspy plus rich plus an asshole. The first two put a person at a social disadvantage...but the presence of the first two doesn't preclude the effect that the third factor has on the overall picture. Put another way, you can be a misunderstood genius mistaken for an asshole..but you can also be a misunderstood genius who is ALSO an asshole.

[@matthewdejesus8215]

+Mike VS Mike Don't even. While people have gone a little overboard in demonizing him (He's a piece of shit sure, but the whole pharmaceutical industry is shady so...), there are plenty of complete morons ALSO defending him because pharma is the devil and its all a conspiracy. Diseases aren't real!Uh. I work in the medical field...and like with anything, there's a counterculture [resent where uneducated conspiracy theorists spread misinformation on topics they know nothing about. Some jackass down there said HIV isn't real. That's what I mean. Shreli brings up some good points, but it's awfully easy to play your superior moral position while you're monopolizing medicines and making boku amounts of money on it just like the companies you're criticizing.

[@OrbitMint]

+Mike VS Mike i just found this prick , couple of days ago, an read some articles about him, you wanna know my exact opinion? his a smart kid coming from a poor background , probably been bullied alot and more sure he got some "head issues" .........trying to just profit and make his room among big companies and rich people on the back of sick, suffering people and normal people like me and you.

[@qordnwn]

+OrbitMint what makes you feel so strongly about what kind of kid he was and possible mental issues he might have? You sound like you've got a bigger problem than martin in yours and its apparent just from your comment

[@OrbitMint]

+qordnwn and you expect me to awnser your question? funny people roaming the internet....jeeeez

[@umagatilla]

I feel like he was heavily bullied in school. When he laughed about kids laughing at his interest in stocks in school, he got those crazy eyes for a couple seconds.

[@notsarahatall3164]

Uma Bridges Exactly. Theres something there, that seems like he really really doesnt know how to make people like him. And then he just goes into this arrogant place, where he thinks "Well, I dont want them to see im insecure, so Ill just act arrogant, so they cant hurt my insecurity.".

[@MouseyCollins]

Sarah Hansen young turks 😀

[@mysticangel000]

i wonder the numbers of how many of us landed here, today/yesterday because of TYT's video lol. I also would love to know if the numbers he is listing off are factual or Trump-ed up, i wonder if anyone has done a fact-checking of them.

[@poopy9184]

Shelley S Lol! That's why I'm here...

[@mrsxierox9]

He has terrible posture too, really hunched over. That often comes from being bullied in school and low confidence. He seems like someone who had to watch his back all the time.

[@oliviagreen8853]

Watching this made me all types of uncomfortable that I didn’t know existed

[@lozyl956]

As much as I want to look at a Ryan Gosling pic and say "he's just like me fr", the more I listen to Martin the more I see the resemblance between me and him. Legends never die.

[@MCTemPErENce]

Is this an interview or a date?

[@JohnnyStarScream]

+Vodka A terrible date and a shitty interview

[@Max-vq9xd]

She looks like she smells

[@TheCompton1963]

+The Chavinator ha!!!!!

[@Inaugurati]

+Vodka he intentionally makes his living room uncomfortable so they opt into the super plush bedroom

[@TheClashyyy]

+Vodka seriously lol

[@JordanjamesX]

Why did Vice pick a young inexperienced female reporter for this important story? Shkreli played this girl easily she is a bit immature I thought. The interviewer did not ask the tough questions.

[@jerseymike4226]

+JordanjamesX Agreed. Vice needs to stop putting right-out-of-college graduates on these stories. It is humiliating. This isn't the first time they have done it. They have these young kids who are completely clueless and uncritical.

[@carynmartin6053]

I agree

[@jasonbettencourt5290]

+Jersey Mike Agreed, they're trying too hard.

[@VladtheInhaler]

Get Jon Snow from the BBC to interview Martin and pay him extra so he goes full PTSD on him

[@ijirving]

+JordanjamesX Because all vice has is young inexperienced reporters

[@barunmishra9534]

Great interview and some great questions that provoked some interesting answers.

[@dave_di]

Still feels like an awkward date, 7 years later.

[@FranciscoLaprea]

My god, the ammount of people changing their minds about him with only a 16 mins video from Vice... You people are gullible as hell, no wonder Trump have so much support. No one even cares to look for their own information, do a little research. "He says that what hes doing is good, so I trust him now :3".

[@fabricatedguitar]

+Francisco Laprea He's saving face now. It's all a BIG PR stunt.

[@FranciscoLaprea]

Why am I a commie?

[@Moon___man]

+Francisco Laprea i lyk dis guy :3

[@jsmith434w]

+Francisco Laprea And you made up your mind about him watching a 2 minute news report on Fox News or skimming through 2 online news articles. And we're the gullible ones? You're so much better than us why don't you educate us. Maybe also teach us how to be a patronizing, self-important douche bag. I'll trust his word before any journalist's word any day. How many people accused of crimes do you see actively going out there and giving their point of view? None, they all hide and lay low for the rest of their lives. He's actually going out there and telling his story, giving facts and opinions, showing that he's a real human by genuinely acting like one, where as everyone else is just using biases and fallacies to demonize him by calling him bad names (like you) instead of giving facts or arguments with real substance. I've yet to see anyone who dislikes him give ONE reason why I should dislike him, let alone a VALID one. Yet people who do like him almost always give a valid reason for it. Tell me what he's doing bad, if you're so knowledgeable on the subject (and link sources, since you've done such extensive research on this). You can't because you're weak minded, that's why you just ride the popular opinion. And why do you dislike Trump. Because the media told you to? Do you even have a real opinion or do you just ride the popular opinion and look down on everyone else who doesn't. Those were two rhetorical questions. You're so full of yourself about it too, it's fucking hilarious, ignorant people like you are why my default position is the underdog, because the popular opinion is for the unintelligent who don't have the ability to question themselves or anything they encounter. Prove me you're not just another KZbin social media imbecile by stating 1 unpopular opinion you actually have, and I'll actually reply to you. Otherwise, you prove me right and not only do I win, but rightfully humiliate you doing so.

[@FranciscoLaprea]

kiz oku You are assuming so many things about me when you have no idea who I am, that says a lot about you. I never said I was better than anyone, I have my flaws and have been missinformed on many things before, but I try my best to research on my own about any subject before giving my opinion. So, I'm guessing that all your rage comes from the fact that I said that about Trump, well, since I'm not going to spend hours trying to explain myself to someone that insulted me right off the bat, I'm just gonna leave this link here "www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2015/12/16/why-martin-shkrelis-price-hike-may-hurt-everyone-including-you-and-the-pharmaceutical-industry/#39229b8f7829" Its a small but to-the-point article and you can find all the sources they used right there. If it makes you feel better to think that you "won" or that you "humiliate" me, then go ahead!. Because that's the way debates go, right? you either win or loose. Anyhow, have a good day! :)

[@frawdulent]

You know it’s bad when he has to say, “so what do you want to talk about?” I’m pretty sure that is her job. Sorry Vice, horrible selection on a rookie reporter. Should have got someone in there that at least knows a little about asking questions, sparking conversation, understands Martin’s background.

[@blueorchid8081]

The fact that he is the one starting the conversation after they have done a lot of smalltalk, opened a bottle of wine and started a game indicates that she is a bad interviewer? okay. Sorry, (insert here), should have come up with some actual arguments and not mysogonist bullying.

[@blueorchid8081]

@ZyklonB thanks for proving my point, sugar

[@blueorchid8081]

@ZyklonB I was suggesting hat women get harrassed online for no reason and you were harrassing me online for no reason. Which is not an "opinion" it is harrassment. So thank you for proving my point.

[@anotherks7297]

{Insert Here} That’s an opening to her asking a question...

[@ThommyKane]

​@@blueorchid8081 You're an entitled american bitch spoiled from too much prosperity. You think you should be rewarded for your rage. You think your outrage makes you interesting. You take on global causes to avoid what a loser you are. Cant fix your own life, so why not fix the world, eh? lol you're a fucking joke. lmao

[@jasoncousar9391]

Clearly I'm late to the party, but I just caught wind of this guy. And after seeing people make a mockery of him on Twitter & his day in court in glad I ran into this video to hear his side. Doesn't seem like a bad guy but more so he didn't have enough friends in high places to help him.

[@zimtheinvaderofficial]

Me and my friend use to talk 2 him on facebook he was a king troll

[@neestovekin8251]

Yea he randomly friended me one day (while in jail), that was a strange little convo 😂 wish I could have actually chatted seriously with him bc the drug hike was such a smart move to try to get people aware of this behaviour happening all the time in pharma, but I don't think he was in the mood then

[@zimtheinvaderofficial]

@@neestovekin8251 last time I saw him on facebook he was trying to sell a fidget spinner on ebay for like 10,000 might of been worth something now lmao

[@moondog7694]

@@neestovekin8251 What kind of jail allows their inmates to use the internet??? Isn't that breaking the rules? I know that prisons don't allow prisoners to run a business from prison. That's why his contraband cellphone was taken away. They say he was running his business Phoenixus from prison.

[@zimtheinvaderofficial]

@@moondog7694 I think it was before he got locked up lol

[@zimtheinvaderofficial]

@@moondog7694 the last post I saw was him trying to take Hillary clintons hair must have got him in trouble lol

[@kenmichaels865]

The interviewer chick looks and acts like she is 14.

[@Elohimofmd]

+Ken Michaels She looked bored!

[@Frip36]

+Ken Michaels she just doesn't understand very much

[@GreenHandMovies]

+Ken Michaels Martin is a master at stealing interviews very subtle like. She was getting shutdown by him very very slowly, interview wise.

[@dialecticalmonist3405]

+Ken Michaels So does the interviewee.

[@friedrichnietzsche9061]

+Elohimofmd she looks like she's being hypnotized by a cobra.

[@chrisfrye3707]

This girl should NEVER be able to interview anyone. Bias, emotional, and terrible interviewer. Whether you like him are not do your job. I think the guy is smart . He isn't the problem, they want to make an example out of him.

[@blueorchid8081]

She asked exactly the questions everybody always asks him on TV interviews because those are the topics his persona is associated with. The rest of the time she is listening. Where is she being emotional or biased? I think you have too much of a crush on this guy to be objective and not glorify him. Luckily you were not the interviewer.

[@dzfaz]

Why is she in front of a camera? She doesn't even try to look good.

[@blueorchid8081]

@@dzfaz Just because she does not try to look good in your eyes, it doesn't mean she doesn't look good. She looks like she has spent the same effort in trying to look good like her interview partner.

[@dzfaz]

@@blueorchid8081 Her questions are leading and negatively posed and he basically schools her ass. Given the choices to have sex with her or Shkreli I'd prick the latter. But that's not the point.

[@blueorchid8081]

@@dzfaz there you go, some say her questions are too leading (in what way and if so, why shouldn't they be), others say they are not leading enough even though this is acutally one of the very few interviews were he really opens up, is not defensive, but explains himself. So, she must have done something right. Which does not stop anybody from commenting negatively and highly insulting on her looks and her skills. She is not there to be fuckable for you. Besides, it is basically his job to school her. the interviewed one is usually the expert on the topic they are being interviewed about. and that is, in his case, himself, his persona, his career and so on. To a certain degree the interviewer has to be naive and neutral, to a certain degree they have to be critical but it always depends on the context where the perfect balance is.

[@Dark-uk4oz]

I always come back to this video.

[@ZEITGEISTHEAVEN]

I could imagine a romcom between these two, lots of chemistry

[@gabos7892]

she was playing checkers, he was playing chess

[@jett6865]

GABOS clearly she’s not his intellectual equal

[@hanneshjert2029]

Soflo, bro

[@SloppyShotz]

GABOS lmfao. You can tell she was playing the black chess pieces

[@glimpsedso2317]

One thing he got wrong is that the King is the most important piece in Chess.

[@johnydubz]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@zhuangcorp]

Martin is using chess to gauge whether this girl is intelligent enough to interview him. He is not impressed by her. Martin comes across as a highly intelligent person who strongly believes in his value system. The girl comes across as having no clue.

[@Paul180]

haha yeah

[@johnphilipashton]

INTJ

[@jonskinner6037]

Shkreli is a pretentious douche. His knowledge of chess consists of learning the phrase "Sicilian defense" and then dropping it in conversations so as to appear smart. What a fuckin' creep.

[@maynordj]

+Brandons Opinion why do people say stuff like that over there from voice they have no clue.... Nice has some of the most unbiased creative fresh news.... Are they the best? No..... But I'd rather listen to a story from a vice reporter than a fox reporter or a CNBC reporter..... I think dissing Vice is like the cool thing to do but I've never heard anybody really unpack that claim and give me a detailed reason as to why they don't like Vice..... Maybe you could be the one....?

[@LittleRainGames]

Lol no, he is playing chess to try and look smart and intelligent. Everything is a show for him, he even said at the start that his "friends" made fun of him for being interested in the stock market. He probably raised the price knowing he would get global attention to throw it in their face that he's rich. He's really just a sad human being, that just wants to be "cool." Come on dude, you're Asian and you didn't realize that?

[@daliamahlis3973]

Everyone in the comments: how did she even got this job Her dad : drink wine with the CEO of vice

[@lau_dhondt]

Love how the camera subtly picked up the ‘wine for dummies’ book

[@JustLouIt]

They should have gotten some better looking tail to interview him. The young angry lesbian look does nothing for me

[@jocejhok4995]

I could see if this was an actual headline news team but it isn't . I suppose Vice was going for something a little more casual, not too spotlight like . It would've been necessary for her to look to your standards and everyone else's, however this isn't the type of media you are probably used to . If I'm clear .

[@MissPhaicy]

+JustLouIt What the fuck is up with you..? Why criticize her looks instead of maybe looking at her skills regarding interviewing and asking the right questions? Are you really that fucking shallow and dumb that you watch interviews on important topics like this to drool at hot girls? Grow a fucking brain fuckface

[@officialmodsound]

***** Ik, I was mostly just throwing a buzzword out there to get a reaction, cause I realize I can't change peoples minds (easily) on the internet. .. basically just trolling

[@jocejhok4995]

+Ami Z. I agree, he'll probably try saying something like male hater or something lol

[@officialmodsound]

***** Implying someones shallow isn't going to help either.

[@rosie99991]

Martin is so fucking intelligent. Poor choice in interviewer for someone like him.

[@kncvideos748]

Haley142Over sucks that he is a douche

[@necromasterx1320]

He doesn't seem like one, honestly - he's a Shitposter and Troll, sure, but a douche? I don't really agree with that. Honestly, this is surprising to me - I originally thought of him as an absolute ass. Now though... credit where it's due, he's smarter than I thought - although I hope that album gets released. I wanna hear that album.

[@KICK1THE1CREEPER]

Haley142Over it's vice what did you expect, intellect?

[@rosie99991]

Josh Dye well i expected someone smarter than a bag of rocks

[@meccamiles7816]

I love this interview because it quintessentially captures the total absence of journalism in vice.

[@calemcconnell7735]

They should stick to what they know like “ I ate my self out with my phone “ and “ was it wrong for scientists to create a human pig embryo ? “

[@Treebark1313]

Shkreli involuntarily shaking his head at 11:25 is a dead giveaway of how sincere his charitable rhetoric is.

[@Treebark1313]

@Raphie Mate Interpreting body language is hardly a reach. He plays off his social awkwardness to get sympathy from people who either empathize with him, or are desperately trying to live vicariously by identifying with him. Is he a better person than most pharma CEOs? Sure. But the bar is so low there that it's practically meaningless. He's not some kind of hero, and the only time I've heard of his supposed charitable acts are when he's boasting about them. Show me proof that he has actually intervened to help anyone afford HIV medicine, because that line about hospitals was a complete non sequitur.

[@hobestobe]

interesting guy, worst possible interviewer

[@sswwaann1]

Interesting killer*

[@deadeyes2803]

its not an interview theyre hanging out as she said in the beggining

[@wutownwrassler]

And Tom Brokaw must just "hang out" with people all the time. You know, on national television with prepared talking points. Same thing really...

[@wutownwrassler]

And Tom Brokaw must just "hang out" with people all the time. You know, on national television with prepared talking points. Same thing really...

[@deadeyes2803]

Jurgen Heinrich yes

[@jimmylopez433]

Martin is a prime example of how much the media guides our thoughts.

[@starcityrc3298]

So this is what they fail to mention. Martin yes raised the price from $15 to $700 per pill. However he offered the Medication for free if you made 500% below the Federal Poverty line and you did not have insurance. Which if you are single and make under $64,000 a year(500% of the Federal Poverty line) and have no insurance. You would get the Medication for FREE. So the only person or Company effected by this. Is the Greedy Insurance Companies. Which now I hope you understand why they went after him. You can price goug against the people but you better not price goug against an Insurance company

[@markhamilton3215]

@@starcityrc3298 who pay insurances fees ?! ALL OF US stinky turd !

[@benmaghsoodi2067]

Let's see what I know about him. 1. He has the most punchable face in human history. 2. He is convicted for securities fraud and is currently doing time in federal prison. 3. He raised the price of a pill. All of these are factually and objectively true. I don't know anything else about him and I don't care enough to look it up. So how much did media guide my thoughts?

[@DGProductionsCo]

@@starcityrc3298 that’s crazy so he is like Batman in a way 😂

[@thotslayer7710]

@@starcityrc3298 you have any proof or source of that? Because why would people attack him if he's good and don't give me some dumb ass trump supporter reasons like: ThE mEdIa Is TrYiNg To CoNtrOl YoU mAn

[@daylinlott5723]

Martin's brain a clever little mouse with 3 legs trying to get cheese from a trap that ain't as simple as a chessboard.

[@TR13400]

Lol

[@kylevebar3909]

He isn’t the villain he gave the drug for free to people who needed it and took money from insurance companies, only reason the media blew this out proportion

[@williammiller496]

did she get beat before this interview?

[@williammiller496]

or smoke crack

[@scottpalmer3923]

william miller I was wondering the same thing the whole time

[@tawmez]

william miller He's just scared that the FBI will snipe him from a skyscraper, so he is tense 24/7

[@GabrielaDominguez100]

william miller Dyingggg

[@vois]

Make sure to ask the correct questions bitch!

[@aerodynamicbullshark]

who gave this girl a job LMAOOOOOOOO

[@L3GenDaRyPr0diGy]

Tdeezi Vice, one of the many deplorable and useless news media of our time. Sjws and useless millenial cunts. Cheers.

[@themaverickhistorian6257]

Tdeezi She might be a good writer! And she makes sense for Shkreli. She's in his age range and they both have the personalities of college freshmen LOL.

[@fede_r__]

Probably she was the only person who could talk to him without trying to beat the crap out of him

[@beamboy14526]

she looks EXACTLY like my ex gf it hurts just to watch this

[@johnchase4408]

Vice. They suck.

[@man-myth-hairdresser3330]

Thank you for sending the down to earth reporter. She didn’t grill him , he was at ease and able to not be on defensive . He broke it down to the bottom line without fluff talk . Good interview !

[@brotherchason]

He could’ve been killing the nft game for that wu tang album

[@ianwilkinson1145]

And the cure for Hepatitis C is around 1,000 a pill while his is 750$ why isn't anyone talking about the other high priced drugs to treat life threatening diseases?

[@ThirdEyeSuspect]

Ian Wilkinson Exactly what he mentions in the vid. Maybe because this guy was a nobody, at least to me, before this happened.

[@warpigs9069]

because the media are controlled by the REAL big pharma, they would NEVER out themselves.

[@ericmcdonald9803]

yep thats his point exactly. do you think if Pfizer or Bayer had done this the common person would have ever heard about it? I don't think so, personally.

[@LiMitZplus]

Because drugs cost money to make. Like a lot of money. No one is making the drug without out incentive to make profit.

[@thomaschetneyjr1001]

Ian Wilkinson because the price didn’t go up OVER NIGHT!

[@ryanwreyford9039]

Watching this interview is scary. He's got that mentality that he wants to help people but he's gonna make you pay big time. He's one of those people that have gone so far down the rabbit hole of being wealthy that he doesn't understand that there are people out there that can't afford heath care and to pay out of pocket for these drugs. He wants to screw over the corporations buying his drugs but doesn't see the effects of his actions. He's the worst kind of person who doesn't think of the repercussions of his actions. It seems like he's not completely evil but he just doesn't think nor care about the long term effects of his actions.

[@iggymiranda1797]

+Ryan Wreyford this should be on top

[@_D_S_]

+Back X Stab agreed

[@reaper585]

+Ryan Wreyford Up vote this. This guy gets it

[@Britcherbrianjr]

How do you suggest we fix the problem then?

[@DeepFriedFrog516]

Did... did you even watch the video? have you done your own research as well?

[@enriquecastaneda8463]

Idk man, when I first read about this guy, i was pretty disgusted as I feel most people were at the time. And his rampage on Twitter didn't help either. But after doing my research, it seems like he at least has a reason for doing so and is more importantly trying to facilitate those people who can't afford that 750$ price tag. I personally dont like big pharma. I think when you turn medical needs into business assets, it disregards the people who actually need it. I just hope the patients are actually getting the help they need. That's my biggest worry.