Ozy Media CEO Carlos Watson: 'This Is Our Lazarus Moment'

Carlos Watson, CEO of digital media start-up company Ozy Media, joins TODAY exclusively to talk about what went wrong at the digital media start-up. Announcing the company is reopening, he says, “This is our Lazarus moment.” He also talks about reports that a top Ozy executive impersonated a KZbin executive on a conference call, calling it “tragic.”
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#OzyMedia #CarlosWatson #Ozy

[@DinoWinoSaur]

What a scam artist. He's in denial about how his business is literally buying traffic and then charging sponsors for it. Your COO commits securities fraud and you have the audacity to claim he had a mental health crisis. What a joke.

[@brockjones869]

Respect to Craig Melvin, he didn't take it easy on this guy and asked hard questions

[@jamirimaj6880]

shocked he didn't resort to something like "why are you doing this to a brother 😭😭😭"

[@DeltaAssaultGaming]

They’re birds of a feather.

[@REDDLADY2]

But he allowed him to get away with evasive answers. He was arrested today.

[@SikhJedi]

Ozy is the social justice Theranos lmao

[@mattyssexydroid]

Lol!

[@jonbeebe5299]

meh not really. it was a media company (with the content having social justice angles), but it wasn't "selling" social justice, just eyeballs

[@andreworrell8407]

This guy is lying through his teeth and it's sorta sad to see him squirm and dance around questions. Poor fella.

[@joymosley8997]

Exactly like a rug

[@mdelvalle2456]

Never heard of Ozy b4

[@emperoricecream1]

How embarrassing. I totally get why mainstream media want to bury this story.

[@wholelottacrack3811]

they said while also consuming this story via NBCUniversal's Today Show.......

[@emperoricecream1]

@@wholelottacrack3811 When you run a search for this guy, you have to scroll down much farther than you’d expect to find a video, including this one. (That was my experience, at any rate.)

[@VoteForBukele]

That fake it til you make it nonsense does not work. Either you’re good at what you do, or you’re not.

[@PSBIII]

How dare you say we are a House of Cards.... we produce 5 newsletters😂

[@charlesmartin2888]

The only thing we haven’t see right now is indictments.

[@deino4753]

Interviewer: Did you know your business partner was faking being a KZbin exec? Watson: *nods yes* yeah, no. Body language doesn't add up. 😒

[@scroogemcduckrich9705]

nodding when asked a question is also technique of trying to appear engaged. not saying you are wrong but if you look at videos of him throughout the years this is a tactic he employs

[@TheCleezeReport]

I must have been hiding under a rock because I just learn of Ozy 5 minutes ago. It may not be Theranos but it sure sounds a lot like a large scale operation of Fyre Festival...

[@Mark-tb1zq]

We have ENOUGH media. They don't bring anything new that I can't get from anywhere else.

[@filmsforsmartpeople3587]

And I thought "OzyFest" was a Black Sabbath re-union concert. I guess not.

[@zeepickens2712]

😂

[@jonbeebe5299]

Sharon and Ozzy's lawyers did sue them lol

[@citrixdeceiver4255]

"why would anyone trust Carlos Watson going forward" hahahahahah

[@hazelynrowe9891]

What is up with all of these ivy league schools churning out these con people. Both men and women.

[@LafeSpace]

You'd be surprised what lying happens in a company, even a small one without the knowledge of the founders. I don't know this case in particular, but it's not a far-fetched reach that these things could happen. Unless you've been there, it may be too difficult for one to comprehend.

[@thesolvent]

The founders were involved though. This isn't hard to comprehend for most.✊🏾✌🏾

[@SuperJulioes]

Imagine getting tickets for "OzzyFest" and not a single bat gets eaten 🦇

[@crewslaing3966]

Yikes.

[@pikachuuprising637]

Who's here from Breaking Points?

[@shreyasr1989]

Lol 😂 ceo of what ? There is no company 😂🤣

[@GoodnWise]

Just watched Carlos Watson’s more extensive interview on the Breakfast Club. Worthwhile and more informative than this. Put a lot of things in context.

[@trinityalps3695]

Awww. Your long con actually did pan out. You bilked $90M from investors. What did you do with all that money? Is it off shore?

[@scole781]

What a scam.

[@joeyclemenza7339]

Yeah, kind of hard to keep your business going when you’re committing fraud in the entire time

[@setyourhandel340]

I don't see a happy ending here....he is running out of tap dancing space.

[@chech5774]

Don’t worry, he’s black. You think Biden’s justice department will go after him? 😂

[@nobile27]

Carlos Watson is a talent and this platform could have been a change agent. This makes me sad

[@buckwildsrq]

It could of been if he wasn't a fraud

[@arycosta7293]

“Not to get into the weeds here” aka stop making it hot on the mainstream.

[@TheSamurman]

Ozy paid me to comment on this video

[@JustJJr]

He basically was wholesaling views. Dumb move through to get a COO to fake as a KZbin exec. That’s where he played it wrong

[@richpo9814]

SMH. Beta males love shortcuts. Real entrepreneurs earn their stripes.

[@yours2313]

He speaks well. I trust him with 40mil.

[@kearlanventures]

More views for this than any Ozy content.

[@amidabuddha4298]

best wishes

[@NerdAffiliated]

I hope Today doesn’t take these down, when the Feds show up for statements. Lol

[@roneynewell5373]

I hope they get it together...

[@lastpolarbearcub]

Wow Today Show really gave a softball interview. No follow up questions, let him spin. He’s been shown to be a fraud and an abusive boss. Today show let him lie again that he finds up and comers, shown false by Nieman Labs.

[@bonanimathambo8721]

Inauthentic

[@KC2MFCs]

Readers? Viewers? Listeners? You don't have those things! That was the problem!

[@rivesdoe6442]

I always felt in my heart there was something shady about Carlos Watson. My gut never lies..

[@naeeve]

fyre festival level cringe

[@user-st6nt4ou6f]

The label comes to mind- slick and smooth snake- oil salesman.

[@justinaragland3025]

👌

[@morgantaylor442]

I genuinely enjoyed Carlos’ interviews on Ozy. He asked great questions and had important conversations with so many people!

[@davidwheeler2493]

This guy is such a fraud 🤣🤣🤣

[@dvt6778]

Carlos is full of it and Craig was too soft as usual. OZY Media is Schrodinger's Cat. It's alive and dead.

[@who3203]

How does having parents teacher make you trustworthy?

[@susuilu]

Cos parent-teacher demand facts morethan other parents

[@GreenwoodCotton]

Craig Melvin got the smoke.

[@joymosley8997]

This guy is not honest, especially the Sharon Osbourne story. He's lying, but a good one.

[@neogigo]

And Boom ! He’s in jail

[@jlightbourne9376]

😂😂

[@hapfp1]

I'll bet on their soon to be demize

[@amandaskywalker7331]

He’s a pathological liar.

[@paulfitzpatrick954]

MEET THE NEW BOSS (SAME AS THE OLD BOSS) The Who 'Won't Get Fooled Again

[@stevekwan8232]

Guy looks shady

[@michellesmith8912]

He bit off more than he could lie- I mean chew.

[@chijen2010]

I looked up “black privilege” in the dictionary and this guy showed up.

[@morgantaylor442]

excuse me?

[@anon8373]

the old saying remains true. get woketh, go broketh... they never learn....

[@ereal4850]

GOOOD JOB CARLOS WATSON!!! 👏🏼👏🏼

[@canisdeumnox4925]

Obama 2.No

[@hk07music8]

Seems very honest to me