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Stripping Off with Matt HaycoxAuthor: Matt Haycox
Welcome to 'Stripping Off with Matt Haycox,' where we bare it all on business, money, and life. Get ready to peel back the layers of success with entrepreneur, investor, funding expert, and mentor with over 20 years of experience building and growing businesses, Matt Haycox. Tune into steamy conversations with industry titans, celebrities, and successful entrepreneurs as they strip down their stories of triumphs, setbacks, and the raw realities of their journey to the top. Matt is going down on business, money, and life, and will take DMCs to new heights! Language: en Genres: Business, Health & Fitness Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Dapper Laughs CANCELLED - Setting the Record Straight
Wednesday, 13 May, 2026
Tell us what you like or dislike about this episode!! Be honest, we don't bite!The press didn't just cancel Dapper Laughs. They tried to bury him.Dapper Laughs (Dan O'Reilly) was one of the first comedy influencers in the UK, built millions of followers from Vine to Facebook before TikTok existed, landed a TV show on ITV2, then watched it all collapse overnight. A press campaign branded him pro-r*pe, 60,000 people signed a petition, venues pulled out, promoters walked, and even the small comedy clubs wouldn't touch him. He lost the show, the tour, the money, the house, and his father... all around the same time.In this conversation, Dan gets into the stuff most people only talk about once they're through it: what cancellation actually does to your mental health, how addiction crept in when the work dried up, and how sobriety, grief, and a brutal boxing regime became the foundation of a comeback nobody saw coming. He's now 1000+ days sober, on his biggest ever tour, turning his mental health platform into a registered charity, and writing his first original screenplay. The industry that blacklisted him can't ignore him anymore. Chapters0:00 - Coming Up0:14 - Intro0:31 - From Vine to ITV to Cancelled6:04 - Rock Bottom, Addiction, Loss and Nearly Losing His Life7:40 - Life on the Other Side of the Drink9:37 - The Turning Point: Grief, Audience and Mindset11:53 - Character Creation & Testing Material15:02 - Building a Brand They Couldn't Cancel19:22 - How Fatherhood and Sobriety Changed Everything20:55 - Why He Stopped Apologising for His Comedy22:53 - Two Films and How He Gamed Amazon to Go Number One26:57 - Boxing, Sobriety and Silencing the Voice30:43 - The One Thing That Could Still Break Him31:59 - The Friends He Lost When He Stopped Saying Yes34:31 - What's Next and Final ThoughtsFollow Dapper LaughsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dappersinstagram/Enjoyed this episode? Please subscribe to Stripping Off with Matt Haycox and leave a ★★★★☆ review on Apple Podcasts or Buzzsprout – it really helps others find us!
