Withholding ping pong

0:00So how did actor Jerry O'Connell quit smoking? This is interesting. He was on the work in progress podcast with Sophia Bush. And he revealed that he had been battling his smoking addiction for years. Uh, he hasn't had a cigarette in 14 years. He said, and he changed everything when his wife finally told him, I will not touch you until you quit smoking. Oh, wow. And that worked. Apparently it did. I withholding the ping pong, so to speak, from her husband until he quit smoking. Um, quote, my wife said, she would not touch me if I smoked. And that lasted about two months. I thought it was a joke. Then after like two weeks, there was no physical contact after about three and a half weeks. I was like, I got to do something. So that is what finally got him to quit smoking his wife, not give it it up. I cannot believe that that worked.

1:00Really? No. 601 995 101 seven. Have you ever tried to motivate somebody to do one thing or another by withholding the ping pong, if you will? I would try to get my ex to apologize to me after a fight by doing that. And it never worked. So I don't understand. I couldn't get him to say like, Hey, sorry for overreacting or being a little mean or anything like that. But this woman got him to quit smoking. That's so unfair. You couldn't even get an apology. I couldn't even get it just like simple like I'm sorry. Like what kind of things would you want to be apologized to for? Oh, him lying to me. Uh huh. I really hated that. So that would always start if I him, you know, making me feel bad about myself. So how long would you be able to withhold for? Like a couple days. 601 995 101 seven steves here. Steve, it was great meeting you last week.

2:00Hey, it was great meeting y'all too, man. I really enjoyed it. Thanks for the 50 again. Hey, absolutely. Absolutely. Steve, were you withholding ping pong from somebody to get a girl to do something? No, but this is my area thing or my question, rather. What's he smoking when they meant? Oh, I'm sure he was. So are we saying, okay, I was dealing with it when we met. But now that I'm net, I want to change you to do what I want you to do from a withhold the ping pong. That sounds like it. Is that actually fair? Is that actually fair? Because women always say, well, I was like just when you met me, I was dressing as well. When you met me, is that fair? It almost sounds like there's some kind of a double standard, Steve. Exactly. Because what if he turned around and say, well, look, I'm going to stop paying bills unless you have sex the one I want or how I want or whatever. That wouldn't be fair, right? Because I hear about a lot of sexist relationships. So would that work out in first favor or in his favor in that case? I don't know, Steve. But he makes an interesting point.

3:05It's a valid question about the double standards.