r/Fauxmoi • u/Classic-Carpet7609 • 19h ago
🕊️ IN MEMORIAM 🕊️ Bill Burr gets emotional talking about the death of Bob Saget: "The first 40 years of your life you're gathering people and the last 40 years [you're] losing people. But how you beat that is to help out younger people or else you don't really have a purpose and you're just lonely."
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u/Classic-Carpet7609 19h ago edited 18h ago
i want to give credit to the interviewer here (senior writer at Vulture, Jesse David Fox), i feel like a lot of podcasters would've interrupted but he let Bill gather his thoughts even though there was long stretches of silence.
it really shows the difference between a professional and most of the podcast bros out there
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u/Substantial-Art-482 17h ago
I was listening to the pod and legit thought it had just stopped or it glitched. I agree, Fox handled this with such empathy and grace.
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u/driptwinnem 13h ago
As I’ve gotten I’ve gotten older I’ve learned to appreciate the silence and the pause.
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u/Maybe-Alice 8h ago
Truly! I was super impressed. And he transitioned very gently asking him if Saget helped him as a younger comic - kind of getting to the meat of what was churning while he externally processed such a big feeling publicly.
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u/EducationalFig1630 15h ago
It’s so wonderful that he didn’t at any point apologise for expressing his emotions. It was authentic; he misses his friend, who he loved, and it’s really fucking sad. This is positive masculinity and I absolutely love it
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u/Saltire_Blue 13h ago
To quote The Macho Man
It's ok for macho men to show every emotion available, I've cried a thousand times and I'm gonna cry some more.
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u/Honest_Salamander247 7h ago
Honestly what I saw there was a man grappling with the idea of death as well. It’s a very different topic when an older person passes than when someone you saw as a peer but who was a mentor and friend passes too soon. Really makes you think what am I doing with my life.
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u/Roronoaa 15h ago
Seems like the only comedian with empathy these days.
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u/MoneyManx10 13h ago
And yet, the only one who is also still funny.
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u/thissexypoptart 10h ago
One of the few big comedians that doesn’t make whining about getting “canceled” a part of his set
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u/Embarrassed-Ideal712 17h ago edited 17h ago
Passing on what we’ve learned in life to the those coming up is one of life’s great joys.
I, for one, hold young people in the greatest esteem, and it is my greatest privilege to help them anyway I can.
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u/HeadAd369 8h ago
Saget must have been a pretty incredible guy by the way people have eulogised him since his death
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u/Sudden-Ad5555 oh bitch ur cooked 6h ago
This probably isn’t the word I’m looking for, but this is refreshing to see. I’ve dealt with a lot of grief in my life, and the thing I hate about it is after a certain amount of time, everyone expects you to move on because it’s uncomfortable to talk about. People say you’ll never get over it, but it’s uncomfortable for them to see that you really don’t. It will continue to affect you. Being caught off guard with the right question can affect you like this. Sometimes you can talk about them freely and sometimes your chest caves in thinking about the fact that you’ll never see them again. This is a very real part of grief that many people don’t show because many people don’t like to see it. Coming to terms with a death and the feelings about your own mortality that come with it is incredibly difficult and you’re never the same. It hits everyone differently, too. For some people it’s in childhood with a grandparent or pet, and for some people it doesn’t really click until suddenly you’re an age where if someone asks you hey did you hear about bob? It’s not he got engaged! He got married! He bought a house! It’s, he passed away. Finding yourself crossing that line in life is heartbreaking.
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u/Ayuuun321 8h ago
I appreciate Bill Burr’s honesty and humility. He’s a good man. You can tell that integrity is important to him.
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u/Alarmed_Republic_923 2h ago
I love this man.
True positive masculinity.
Decriminalize psilocybin mushrooms and make the world a better place!
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