Hey guys, welcome back to the Conspiracy Podcast. What’s up, guys? Uh, if you guys don’t know who we are, if this is your first episode listening to us, uh, my name is Eric. This is Jorge. I’m Sean. What’s popping? Uh, we take conspiracies and we try to tell the story from the beginning. We try. We have also solved a couple. We have solved a couple. Four now. Four actually. Was that It’s not It’s more than a couple. I mean, I wish we had some some editing fans who were like, “Let’s put together the compilation of solves.” Oh, man. Do you know what I mean? And we do like a solve clip.

Yeah. We’ve got 5 hours of solve of solved clips. Oh god, that would be We should do that actually. That would be good. Mhm. Hit us up. Email if you’re into that. We’ll make you pseudo famous. But this is an episode that uh actually is Jorge’s request. Oh my god. Really? And this is what the last time this happened. I know. So, usually we’re giving out a lot. Yeah. So, this is all Jorge. This is his. We’re going to turn it over to him. Uh, and this is the story of Bruce Lee. This is the story of Bruce Lee. Let’s get into it. For all you guys who think Jorge is not real.

Yeah, you’re in for a treat. For sure. If you’re in the Discord, you’d believe that. But, uh, anyways, so do you guys know real quick before we jump in, do you guys know a lot about this about Bruce? Are you a fan theories? Are you I think every human on earth is a Bruce Lee fan. I love Bruce Lee. I agree. That’s that’s why I liked it because I love Bruce Lee and I didn’t know some of them that I when I did the research I didn’t know some of the theories. So I I have a few quite a few. So because we’re not that old.

I mean we’re like semi but not not almost but the guy is [bleep] immortal. Like I know. Yeah. You know that’s true. going through it, it was kind of cool like to see how much he influenced all the other how much he actually affected all the other like martial arts movies and [bleep] like they stole some of his like lines and and stuff like that. So, it’s cool. I love it. All right. So, as we always do, you know, we start off with the beginning. Before I even get to the beginning of Bruce Lee, I want to kind of set the tone of Oh, yeah.

Set the stage. All right. So, in Hong Kong, the guy is in the prime of his life. Enter the dragon. that one of the best movies ever. It’s [bleep] amazing. It’s about to drop and Bruce Lee takes a painkiller basically. We’ll get into what it was called and all that, but he never wakes up from that. That’s [bleep] terrifying. So, what starts from there is basically a whole bunch of medical mysteries and of course conspiracy theories. And it’s been going on for 50 years now and it’s still obviously when I die there better be this many conspiracies. legit like there needs to be this many concern.

I don’t want to be cut and dry. No, like this just it’s just not an accident. I know I was like 95, but like let’s be real. Especially being one of the hosts on this podcast. There better be some conspiracies. Oh my gosh. There better be like branches of podcasts that there’s like secret like there’s secret like groups in the Discord like Yeah. like they make they’re like something’s off. Mhm. Eric’s looking a little sus. Mhm. And somebody better make an episode in the heat of passion. Why did Why did Sean have a a life insurance policy that Eric was the beneficiary of? What the hell’s going on here?

Oopsy daisy. Yeah, but it’s six days before he died. So, there’s a couple of theories, main theories that, you know, you guys will probably uh have heard of like the triads, you know, took him out. Was it a jealous lover? And even a theory in there about the CIA, our favorite. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I mean, [bleep] sign me up. Or was it just basically like a medical thing? So, we’re going to dive into all that. That dude’s [bleep] The dude’s healthy. I That’s what I’m saying. And I got some some details on that. So, it’s been 50 years and basically this still remains unsolved and the puzzle continues to captivate all of us and and leave us all talking about it.

So, as we always do, we’re going to rewind to the beginning of his life and go over all the little details, how he grew up and all that. Bruce Lee was born on November 27th, 1940, which was actually the year of the dragon. Of course. Of course it was. Of course it was the year of the dragon. He is the [bleep] dragon. Yeah. So that all ties into like all his movies and you’ll see a bunch of other stuff. So what uh do you know a lot about the whole I’m not good on that whole Chinese [bleep] the years. Yeah. I don’t Yeah, I don’t Yeah, I don’t know.

But I I know that there is like only I think it’s 12 different animals and it kind of like every 12 years. Yeah. So it’s every 12. So it’s every no it’s the year of the dragon is every 12 years. So every year is a new as a new animal. Exactly. So I think that’s what I thought. There’s 12. So yeah. So it’s every year we new animal. I think I was the year of the [bleep] [bleep] or something. The rat. Probably the rat. The year the the year the goat. I mean, if I had to pick, I’d be the year of the [bleep] too.

Of course, like I was the year of the year. The kick. And this is my episode. The [bleep] It’s the kick. It’s the kick. Be the kick. Accent the kick. All right. So, basically, you could say, you know, that’s Sorry, that’s [bleep] good. That’s actually great. Um, so he was he was a child of like two worlds is what they call it cuz he was born in San Francisco, but he’s like in Chinatown. Of course. And yeah, but just a few months after he was born, his family went back to Hong Kong. Interesting. Oh, so you got citizenship and the like. Yes. A little story is is uh I met uh my wife in Oh, yeah.

Yeah. In San Francisco. That was my first line. I was like, I’m the year of the [bleep] Welcome to Chinatown. Welcome to Chinatown, baby. She’s like, uh, okay. No. So, I actually I’m familiar with the area. You guys know Eric is from San Francisco, right? Loser. So his father, his name was Lee Hoy Shung and he was a Cantonese Cantonese, right? Opera star. So he was already that in his blood jeans. I’ve never heard a Chinese person do opera. I know. Yeah. How does that even work? I don’t want to be racist, but I have We’re going to skip this part right now. Like before, it’s the one thing we don’t have.

It’s like before we get out of hand, we’re going to continue. All right. We can make some black jokes, Mexican jokes. I was about to like go deep and I’m like, don’t let the Melo speak, Sean. Yeah, let the let Jorge speak. Uh his mom’s name was Grace Ho. She was a Euro Assian heritage. So half European, you know, half Chinese or I guess Chinese. Can whatever. Canese is a language. Okay, there you go. Like that’s why like most Chinese people speak Cantonese. That’s like the language they speak and Mandarin. Mandarin is the other main. I think that was the Mandarin was what Bruce spoke and that’s what he did his um his his movie.

But his mom was Cantonese European and Asian. Yeah. And that is a a little detail that we’re going to get into a little bit later that actually affected uh Bruce Lee. So, okay. All right. So, as a toddler, he was already on screen on um in his father’s movies. So, when they moved back to Hong Kong, that’s why they moved back. He’s like, “I’m an opera star, bitch.” Yeah. So, he his dad basically put him in into the movies and uh he gave him the stage name Lee the Little Dragon. I mean, man, that’s like from like a good setup. This is like that’s cute.

And so basically by age seven, Bruce Lee began practicing Tai Chi with his father. And then when he was nine, he co-starred in a movie with his dad called The Kid. And if you don’t know, Taichi is actually it’s a it’s a more of a a defensive art form. It’s not It’s not a very Oh yeah, Tai Chi. I thought it was more like a calming. It is. It’s but it’s uh in terms of like a in terms of a martial arts, Tai Chi is is is supremely defensive. It’s all about def it’s not about like attack. It’s about protecting yourself and you’re very fluid the movements and people use it as like a meditative.

Have you ever seen those [bleep] [bleep] videos where it’s like somebody has like the chi and it just like almost sounds like like a hook like knocks you down. The guy like passes out and he’s like, “Oh my god, what happened?” Oh yeah, [bleep] [bleep] Tai Chi, baby. By the time he was 18, he already had appeared in 20 different films. Holy [bleep] So he was already like grooved in a movie star. Yeah. Like I got this. I’m I’m ready for this. Crazy. Crazy that you live or you are born in the family of drama, I guess, or theater, and then you just Well, if you think about it, like look at all the people that are I mean, you got to think like if you’re like look at uh uh Denzel Washington’s kid.

I mean, he’s a great actor. He’s spectacular. Fantastic. Like in one of the few shows that me and my wife agree on. Ballers. Which one? Oh, I love that. Is amazing. You got me. You got me on to that one. And he’s also in tenant. He’s He’s in tenant. Yeah, he’s the main guy. He’s tech. He’s also in the one with the with the the AI and the robots. I like that one. It’s called the creator. This is good. His name’s um something Washington. Wow. Really? John David. John David. Really? Yeah. John David Washington. Yeah. Okay. That doesn’t ring a bell. And he also has a son named Malcolm Washington.

All right. So, by the early 1950s, Bruce Lee’s dad started using opium. Oh, [bleep] In 1956, Bruce was moved to St. Francis Javier’s College because his grades were low. And then while he was there, he was guided by a brother, Edward Mus. And he was a he was a teacher. So it was like almost like a Catholic. Yeah. Cuz it’s like St. Francis X. Is this in Hong Kong? Yes. Or he’s still over there. He’s still in Hong Kong. And while he was there, basically this guy um who was a teacher who also coached the school’s boxing team. Oh, so that’s how he was introduced into the into the martial arts.

Exactly. Interesting. So um while he was there in 1953, um one of Bruce’s friends, William Shung, he introduced him to this guy called Itman. I don’t know if that’s his name or It’s Itman. Yeah. Is it like if you’ve ever seen like there’s the movie called IP? Yeah. I said it like the American IP man. Puts Itman into Donn Donn plays [bleep] Itman. Donn Yen is my guy. Donn Yen. I want to like go hang out with him, dude. He’s actually a legit martial artist. Funny story. There’s a there’s a story of Donn Yen. He was uh he was in China and he went to a club with his girl and these dudes there’s eight dudes that tried to jump him outside a club and he literally hospitalized all eight dudes.

Oh my god. Really? He’s actually legit martial arts. that story. But Itman is Itman is arguably considered one of the greatest martial artists who’s ever lived. He’s the grandmaster of Wing Chun. There you go. And didn’t Jet Lee do a movie or No. Okay. A movie about him. Yes. Yes, there is. There’s There is a There is a movie about it. I don’t know if it was Jet Lee, though. Or was a different story? No, you’re thinking of Yes. Jetley did do a movie. It’s called Legend, I think it’s called. Something like that. No, there’s one called Itman. No, no. Itman is Donn and he does Donnen does all the Itman’s, but there’s a movie with with Jet Lee and Jet I think it’s called Legend.

It was something like that. You’re right. Yeah. I don’t think I don’t know if he’s actually portraying Itman, but he is like uh he does play like some grandmaster and it’s this whole like thing where like he’s a fighter and he’s like he ends up founding this like martial arts school blah blah blah. Okay. Anyways, continue. No, Sean’s right. Sean’s very right. It’s called Legend, right? Yeah. Uh, it’s called I mean, there’s an IP Itman. There’s a which is Donnie. There’s like four of them or five of them. I’ve seen all of them. There’s a biography that was done and it but it’s about the guy that you’re talking about with Bruce Lee.

Oh, okay. That’s cool. And um Yeah, like he and Donn Yen. Yeah, Donn Yen did Well, Donn played Itman. Yeah, exactly. So, he’s totally right. The movie called It totally right. There’s no there’s no like Yeah. So, Bruce Lee is famously Itman’s one of Itman’s pupils. There you go. And he ends up creating obviously Hor will get in this, but he ends up creating his own his own, he takes Wing Chun, but he creates uh Jet Kundo, which is his own art, his own martial arts form. So, as Sean was just saying, um you know, this is a guy that was basically a grandmaster of what what’s called Wing Chung, which is kung fu basically, right?

And here’s what Bruise had to say about kung fu, which I thought was pretty cool. Well, kung fu, the best example would be a glass of water. Why? Because, uh, water is the softest substance in the world, but yet it can penetrate the hardest rock or anything, granite, you name it. Uh, water also is insubstantial. By that I mean you cannot grasp hold of it. You cannot punch it and hurt it. So every gold man is trying to do that to be soft like water and flexible and adapt itself to the opponent. I see be like water. Yeah, you guys know that’s famous. It’s actually a beautiful analogy though too.

It’s like you’re you’re like adaptive powerful because water is while it’s like the lifeblood of our civilization water. Your body is made up of 90% plus water. But like water’s so powerful. There’s water cutters. You can cut through metal. You can cut through [bleep] wood. You can cut through anything. You jump into [bleep] water. It’s fast and speed. It’s like a [bleep] And in that interview, he kind of gave another analogy which pretty cool. So kung fu is like the Chinese uh boxing. And he think he said like think of it like uh your fist is on a chain and it you know so it kind of flows and then boom it snaps and it hits you.

So that was pretty cool. like a like a like a wet towel [bleep] wet. Yeah. Yeah. There you go. It’s pretty marvelous that he took that to make it’s philosophical. It is like it’s like it’s not just physical kung fu. It it’s a very philosophy actually. Oh, really? Yeah. Oh, so get into that. But if you look at like the old old like you know Chinese martial arts, it was it was a way of life. It wasn’t it wasn’t like oh you go to learn something as like a hobby. It was like you literally dedicate your entire life and like that was your way of like reaching some sort of enlightenment is through this art form is like how you ascend to the next level of like you know of existence.

Yeah. So at first uh Bruce Lee actually wasn’t allowed to learn Wing Chong. Really? Yeah. Because his mom had European roots and back then pure blood back Exactly. back then the these martial arts schools they didn’t teach people who were fully who weren’t fully Chinese. What? Damn. So basically his friend kind of vouched for him and uh got the guy to teach him outside of like normal classes like in secret. I didn’t I didn’t know that you had to be like a a pure I that sounds bad but like a pure blood or at least a semi-pure blood. No learn it. Yeah. He was semi and that’s why they didn’t want to teach him.

This sounds like the Asian version of Good Fellas. Yeah. You know, like where he was like, “Oh, he was like part He was like part Irish.” And he was like, “Ah, I can’t be a main man.” Like, “Yeah, you’re there.” You go. Or I mean, you know, also Aryan. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it’s true. I guess I mean I guess I guess you’re correct. Like you’re not actually wrong. Weirdly enough, I wasn’t going to go there, but you went there. Listen, Eric, you racist [bleep] Anyways, sorry. Um, so in 1958, Bruce Lee won the school’s boxing tournament by knocking out the previous champion, Gary. Of course, the only way you become the new champion.

So, that crazy thing is that same year he also won Crown Colony Chaa Dance Championship. Oh, damn. Oh my. Which is a way bigger feat. the crowd colony dance cha [bleep] tournament. So he was smooth on his feet. He was [bleep] nimble like water. All the [bleep] Yeah. Be like water, my friends. That’s how that’s how he got in their pants. He’s like, I [bleep] I adapt. Adapt to your situation. I know. You see these moves? You hear the kick? But the streets is actually where Bruce Lee actually truly grew up. Don’t we all? Yeah. By the time he was in his teens, he was scrappy, restless, getting into fights all the time, beating people’s asses.

And he started getting into more and more fights. And then one day, he ended up beating the son of a triad by it. He was like, “Shit, that’s going to tie into one of the theories there.” Interestingly enough is the uh the Quinton Tarantino’s uh film made him like he was constantly trying to fight like his character you remember in um what was the movie time? Yeah, exactly. It was like he always wanted to his character was like I want to fight. Yeah. Like I want to just [bleep] fight people on on like it made him like you can imagine once you’re at obviously once he’s in at the height Yeah.

And he’s everybody. But I imagine Tarantino doing research on Bruce Lee. Yeah. Because he was like he was he was like a a never- ending street fighter. Yeah. Exactly. But that that scene was hysterical where him and [bleep] Brad Pitt and he like picks him up and throws him into the car and he’s like what what he gets like fired. That was hilarious. So um yeah. So, one day basically after school, he gets sucker punched by another guy and uh Bruce Lee beat him so badly teeth were knocked out and this led to the boy’s parents making a complaint to the police. Wow. Where the triads are making the police?

I think this was a different kid. I don’t I don’t know. It didn’t didn’t clarify that. But basically, Lee’s mom, she had to go down to the police station, sign a document saying that she would take full responsibility for his actions, and then they released him to her. Yeah. I love like back in the day like the old the old times where they’re just like I know it’s like just promise you won’t do it again. Okay, but this is like today you’re like you’re in prison. This is also Hong Kong so a little different than here. He’s he’s still over there. Okay. He’s still over there.

I don’t I don’t mean to sidetrack it here but uh you got into street little brawls. Street squables. Yeah. You guys Mhm. I mean I’ve Yeah. Yeah. I mean but my Yeah. one the one time I got my uh I got a gun pulled on me. I mean that was Yeah, I was younger. Way way younger. And then we used to [bleep] fight at the clubs all the time. I didn’t really get into You and the were [bleep] all the [bleep] time, man. I would I don’t know what the [bleep] was wrong with me. I would always just like could get angry. Yeah. Yeah. You and you and the squad.

Yeah. Well, that’s that’s the thing. I always had people with me and I had Neto. He knows how to fight. He used to be like into boxing, all that [bleep] So, did I remember get some liquid courage? I was just wondering if if you guys have experienced exactly what he’s going through, Bruce Lee, but I wasn’t like on the streets where you’re having fights and I wasn’t looking for the fights. Yeah. When I was younger, like I was like behind one grade, so I was always like, you know, hanging out with the older ones. I was always the older one. I was always the bigger one.

So, nobody really [bleep] with me, I guess, because of that. And I also always was friends with the right guys. It’s a really good It’s great to be the friends of the Rangers. Yeah, but kind of like So that’s a tip for you kids. There you go. Be friends with a guy who can kick anybody else and be like Wat. Be like Walter and adapt to the most badass dude. Exactly. Um yeah. So the police detective basically said, you know, to uh Bruce Lee’s mom, “Your son is fighting really bad in school, and if he gets into just one more fight, I’m going to have to put him in jail.” So, um, basically that’s when she goes to Bruce Lee’s dad and says, “Uh, you know, we can’t handle this guy.

We got to ship him off to boarding school, bitch.” Now, America, they send him off to United States. Yep. To, uh, because remember, he was born here. He had a citizenship. He was, by that time, he was already 18. Oh, they’re like, “Yeah, you’re done. Get the [bleep] out of here, homie.” So, this is like the mid60s. This was 195. I mean, I forget when he was born. I think it was 58. He got by. Yeah. Maybe it’s like 5860. Yeah. Uh so then Bruce Lee comes to America. He arrives. Uh he gets to Seattle with just $100 in his pocket. Back in the 60s like you’re rich.

True. But still bought a house. A guy you just got here. Invested in Apple. Bought a house. So this is when he starts uh going to the University of Washington and he starts studying philosophy. So that’s what we were talking about earlier. And at the same time he starts teaching martial arts so he can earn money. Um and one of the students that signed up was Linda Emory. Turns out to be his wife. So she was a student first. This is how you punch girl. All right. So we fast forward to 1964. Now he’s a husband. He’s a father. He just had u his son Brandon Lee, you know, who was born in 1965.

But he was figuring out life in America and trying to be a Chinese man. And so he was kind of caught between like both worlds, you know. Um because when he was here in the US, he was kind of discriminated or treated a certain way. But when he but when he went back to Hong Kong, he was also like looked at as piece of [bleep] Yeah. Like and also because of his mom being not fully Chinese, he was always treated basically like discriminated, you That sucks. You know, welcome anywhere. You know what’s not lot not talked about a lot is um discrimination of Chinese people in the 60s during the civil rights movement.

Oh, dude. Oh, heily. I mean, well, this is right around that time. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. I mean, it’s also like, you know, they got lumped in because after Vietnam, too. It’s like even though the Vietnamese people are completely different, they’re still part of Asia, quote unquote. So, like all Asians get lumped into it. It’s the same thing with like we had [bleep] all the wars in Iraq where it’s like oh all people of any sort of Muslim descent are like lumped in the same category. Good point. Yeah. So I mean he basically just had to go through that you know whole thing of like being discriminated but he also got tried at all times like everybody wanted a piece of him because um they didn’t like that he was teaching Chinese martial arts to Americans and they got officer superior.

Oh our [bleep] It’s a good point. It’s a good point. Like if you’re the master of your uh specialty, you will be challenged in that specialty. 100%. You know what I mean? Like as as our podcast gets bigger, you can actually see people going like, “Oh, well, you know what I mean? Like they want to take go, oh, the real conspiracy.” And they want to like, you know what I mean? Like challenge and like try to fact check us like it’s okay. you always like, you know, like you always challenge the narrative or whatever to be in the same the same concept as like, you know, you’re the best basketball player, you’re the best football player, the best tennis player.

Everyone wants the throne. Everyone wants to be like, you know, you want to beat you want to be the best. In order to be the best, you got to be the best. That’s right. True. And so I could see how Bruce is like, okay, he’s the best [bleep] remember’s fast as [bleep] He’s so [bleep] strong. But he grew up [bleep] fighting all the time. So he was already kind of used to that everybody challenging him anyway. So he he issued an open challenge that he can beat any martial artist in San Francisco. Okay. What a stud. I I won. He’s like bring it on. I would love in my lifetime to be like issue an open challenge in anything.

It could be a [bleep] checkers. I don’t know. Like I just want to issue an open challenge. Like connect. I will [bleep] Nobody’s really good at connect for Oh, dude. I smashed Eric and connect four in Boston. I was like, I didn’t even know what this game is. I was thinking six, seven moves. How do you not know what connect for is? I don’t know how he didn’t know. I don’t Eric’s like just randomly putting them in there, hoping for the best. He’s like, “Sure, I’m going to pop it in.” [bleep] it. Short story is we were at a bar. Sean and I were at a bar.

It’s called The Bar is called Hennessies, by the way, in Boston if you’re ever there. We were at a bar and he was like, “Hey, man.” Like, we were talking about something and they’re like, “Hey, hey, you want to play this game?” And I was like, “Sure.” And it’s this huge massive connect four connect. And I walk over like the huge Yeah, but it’s a child’s game. It’s a children’s game. I walk over. I’m like, what are the rules? He’s trying to make it seem like it’s massive. I know. Like it was overwhelming. So big. It was like the height of a man, you know?

It was really big. Anyways, and he’s like, “Hey, like go.” And I was like, “What are the rules of this?” He’s like, “Whatever.” And he just starts putting the things in. And then I just put in four like straight thing. And he’s like, “I won.” And I was like, “What is this game?” And truth be told, I didn’t know how to play the fight. But you know what’s also funny is Sean is so [bleep] competitive that he probably didn’t tell you on purpose how to [bleep] win or how to even how to even play so he can beat. I think a man who’s been on this earth longer than me would not know how to play.

Imagine you’re playing Connect 4 and I put four in the same one. No, but he went first. You can also You can do that. No. Have you ever imagined the game? You put He goes first and he puts one and I put one next to him and we keep going and then he’s like, I have four. Is anyone out there? H another saleserson enduring the endless surge. Exhausting. If you want to get right to the right conversations, you need LinkedIn Sales Navigator. Whether you’re looking for new leads or strengthening existing relationships at your top accounts, get right to the right conversations with LinkedIn Sales Navigator.

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No, it was not that bad. It was like five boobs. And Eric never said Eric only said that he didn’t know how to play after I won. So it wasn’t like, oh, I took advantage of him. I’m like, “I don’t know why you’re trying to play the pity [bleep] card here.” It was after the fact you were like, “Oh, I don’t really know how to play.” And I was like, “What?” I’m like, “It’s connect. Make four. Make a line of four. It’s the simplest game. It’s what happens when this, you know, people take advantage of people, you know?” Oh my god, Eric. Jesus Christ. You’re going to nursing home and I’m like, “Sign this document, sir.

Trust me. I know. This is a good one. 401k.” I know. You understand? You’re going to love this investment. Um, so I got a I got another quick quote for you guys from uh Bruce because when when he opened up the um that challenge, somebody basically was asking him like, “Are you that good?” It was me. Like you [bleep] ain’t [bleep] Often time people come up and say, “Hey Roots, are you really that good?” I said, “Well, if I tell you I’m good, probably you will say I’m boasting. If I tell you I’m no good, you know what I’m lying. I can’t I tell you I’m good, you think I’m full of [bleep] Basically, he’s saying he’s a goat, you know.

One of the one of the guys that challenged him, uh, he was a very traditionalist kung fu guy. His name was Wong Jackman. Dude, Wong Jackman. Wong Jackman. [bleep] Dude, I’m naming my firstborn Wong Jackman. It sounds a lot like Hugh Jackman. Just but it’s Wong Jackman. Dude, Wong Jackman. This guy’s like a great guy. Well, he he was pissed that he was uh Bruce was teaching other people like that were not Chinese that he was teaching them. Oh, how dare you. So, again, he was a traditionalist, you know, guy. So, Wongjack, he says, “If you can beat me, you can keep teaching, but if I beat you, then you got to close down.” So, then they end up fighting.

Okay? And this is what happened. This is Wong Jagman. Wong’s like, I quit. I think the fight lasted 3 minutes. So Wong Jackman turned around, started running from one door to the other. I think he ran around two or three times. He stumbled and Bruce got on top of him and was getting ready to lay him out and he yelled in Chinese. Couldn’t speak English. I give up. I give up. Oh. So Bruce beat his ass. Beat his ass. But beat his ass. So what happened is actually so after he beat him up he felt disappointed because he didn’t win in seconds. So Bruce B said it lasted like 48 seconds like god damn it I [bleep] up.

So this is what basically led him to develop his own approach which you were just talking about earlier. Yeah. Gundo. J Kundo. J Kundo which he which is basically a translation of way of the intercepting fist. Yeah, cuz he took he took Wing Chun and he morphed it. He took that and then like he created his own style. Yep. Like using parts of that and then created his own style. Okay. So remember he was a dancer. He was he studied you know kung fu, he studied boxing. He basically studied all kinds of fighting um right you know arts or whatever. So he kind of morphed everything into one.

So, you guys have seen the iconic, you know, the two-finger push-ups. Oh, yeah. He does these the two finger, one arm push-ups. Yeah, one arm push-ups. Two fingers. I mean, I can do that. He’s he does two finger one. You do one just one rep. He does the 6-in punch and the oneinch punch. Oh, I never heard of the six inch. I just heard of the one inch. in the same in the same it’s like a martial arts tournament thing in like San Francisco is where he like showcased all this stuff and he he’s literally doing two finger these two fingers his thumb and his thumb and his pointer finger two finger one arm push-ups and then he does a six-inch punch and he does a oneinch punch I can do that so the six like the 6-in punch is like it’s [bleep] devastating is it is it where you go like that and then you’re that’s no the one in punch is he’s literally one inch away and he threw it The dude’s sitting there and the dude like [bleep] falls down into a chair.

The 6-in punch. The dude like he sends a dude like 12 feet back. It’s like literally I mean Bruce Lee was known for like being able to generate like crazy amounts of power. There’s all these stories about him being short in a short like him being able to him be able to kick kick a heavy bag and make a heavy bag hit the ceiling. He had to get special heavy bags that um you know how he could get like different um weights or whatever. His had metal in it, some sort of like metal or iron, I forget what the [bleep] it had because he could basically kick it off the stand.

He could so hard that they would like it’s just like so it was able to generate so much power with I wonder where I wonder where I would fit into they wouldn’t fit. You would not fit. There was no fitting. No, like where I would place like place second. I think you would p you would punch the bag. You would punch the bag and like break break your wrist. Eric Eric punches the bag and like pulls a hamstring. I don’t know. Like what? It’s like someone I might be able to compete. But that’s also called being calls him out. It’s called being 40. That’s what happens.

I know this is 40. God damn it. All right. So we basically now at 1966, Bruce Lee lands the role of Ko in the Green Hornet. Oh yeah, remember that? And basically he shows off his martial arts skills, you know. Um but isn’t this his This is when he becomes his breakout. It’s like his breakout. That was like his first main thing, but the industry kept boxing him into stereotypes. He was always the sidekick or the servant, you know, he was never the lead. didn’t remember the bodyguard or the and he was, you know, experienced like he but the whole like stereotype and the whole Yeah.

You’re inollywood classic Hollywood. They’re like especially in the 60s. Yeah, exactly. Wasn’t a good time for non-whites. Yeah. Golden age for me. Eric was all the good old age. Goddamn good old days. Eric was like studio head. He’s like I love it. And when the woman would make you the oven, that thing. Oh my god. Dinner’s prepared. Dinner’s prepared. And now Eric’s eating [bleep] ramen for dinner. Basically, he becomes frustrated with the whole thing of like how they’re treating him. So he goes back to Hong Kong. So yeah, I’m not a [bleep] side piece. Yeah. He’s like, “Fuck this [bleep] I’m out.” Right. I’m main character.

But when he gets there, he was actually greeted with mobs of people and he didn’t know how famous he was or you know how Especially over there. You know what I mean? No. over there. They’re like, he’s like, “America’s hard.” It It is. America’s hard. It’s tough. Yeah. So, this is when he was approached by Hong Kong producer. His name was Raymond Chow. Okay. And he signs them to the groundbreaking deal with Golden Harvest. Yeah. I’ve heard of this. Okay. And that’s when he releases his first major film. It was called The Big Boss. Yeah. This was the hot Yes. This was the biggest one of the biggest Hong Kong movie that’s Hong Kong movie that’s ever come out.

I mean, it came out in 1971. It shattered box office records. It grossed more than $400 million. That means it’s like a trillion dollars out of Hong Kong. If you adjust it, if you adjust it for inflation, $400 million. Yeah. Out of Hong Kong. But out of Hong Kong, that’s cuz it was all about John Wayne at that time. And yeah, I mean, the theat I bet was around then, you know, the early 007. Oh, the originals with Yeah. There’s a guy that that played 007. I’m gonna get into that. He has something to do with this. But basically, the theaters, they couldn’t keep up with the demand.

Audiences packed, you know, all the How do you not keep up with movie theater demand? Well, because you you’re limited to how many seats there are. Yeah. Air supply and demand. Sorry. I don’t know. Last movie I went to was pretty empty. Like literally empty. I stopped going to them all together. That’s why I told you don’t invest in AMC. Oh, that’s why we got the we have the on demand now. Yeah. The following year, Fist of Fury comes out, hits theaters. But then later that same year, Bruce wrote, directed, and starred in The Way of the Dragon. That’s another huge one. Mhm. That’s the one.

Have you guys watched any of these? Yeah. Yeah, I’ve seen a bunch of these. Especially this one. That’s the one that he fights with Chuck Norris. Yeah. Really? Yep. They fight in the coliseum. Is that the way of the dragon? Yeah. The way of the dragon. The way of the dragon. What’s the like? Give me the vibe of the movies. I’ve only seen I think I saw his last movie before like right when he died and the dragon like I didn’t see the other ones. Is there a lot of like acting or is it just an action? It’s like it’s like the way of the dragon.

It’s it’s mostly it’s mostly action and Yeah. And I remember there’s um because he him and um and Chuck Norris actually actually did like do like a a sparring match like a legit sparring match and and even Bruce Lee was like [bleep] Chuck Norris is like legit cuz Chuck Norris is a world a worldass kickboxer like one of the greatest kickboxers who’s ever lived like and I think Bruce Lee said Chuck Norris if you get hit with a sidekick you’re [bleep] done. Like you’re you’re done. Like you can’t you cannot you cannot [bleep] That’s cool. No. And Chuck Norris gave him like obviously a lot of props too because they’re they’re both great martial artists, but Oh yeah.

Like having Bruce Lee say that is a testament to you know obviously Chuck Norris has become like the giant meme. Like he’s but Chuck Norris is actually legit. He’s actually one of the best kickboxers who’s ever lived. Like he’s so is it is it like the action movies of the 80s that we’re used to like the Arnold? Oh, they’re way worse. John Claude Vondam. Those are actually [bleep] gold. Those are my golden years. Imagine like Commando but like kung fu. Okay. Yeah. Or uh uh Predator. Yeah. You son of a [bleep] Dylan, you son of a [bleep] Love it. Okay. Um and there’s a lot of like the the the cinematography that would do like like the and like the like the zoom in on the face like you know like it was less uh he’s not going to win an Academy Award but it’s an action entertainment.

Yes. It’s like uh like Jason Stathithm of the 70s, right? Yes. There you go. Something like that. But maybe even bigger cuz like there was nobody else. Yeah. That was the only thing going. Yeah. Um but this one was pretty cool cuz they take the the scene is in uh is in the coliseum. They actually I think they filmed it there. I’m pretty sure in Rome. Yeah. Yeah. So it was it was cool. But there’s uh when they’re about to fight, it’s pretty cool cuz it turned into a meme when they’re like undressing and they’re looking at each other like super serious and like I know Chuck Norris’s like weird mop top hair and this super hairy chest.

I know. He’s like burly [bleep] man. Love that man. Yeah, he’s a legend. So, all right. So, then we move on to 1973. Bruce Lee was completing Enter the Dragon, which was this one was a Hollywood co-production. Okay. So it’s kind of Hollywood starts to take notice. Move to LA. Yeah. Essentially. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. Like to do this film. Like this is the LA film. Now Hollywood’s like, “Oh [bleep] we want a piece of this. We let this guy go.” Right. You can be the main character now. I got some quotes here. So this is like his wife talking about Bruce and the whole like Enter the Dragon, how it how it went down.

Bruce, it wasn’t just, oh, this is the next project. This was the dream of his lifetime. Anytime in the film, if that is a little bit philosophical, that is something that Bruce put into the script. It is like a finger pointing away to the moon. Don’t concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory. So remember he studied philosophy and that translated all into his movies into his martial arts and all that. Right. And one of the cool things about about Bruce Lee is I’m pretty sure it’s real but that he his he was so fast that they have to slow down they have to slow down like the film so that you can actually see his movements cuz he’s so [bleep] I heard that too.

He’s like so they had to [bleep] get him to slow down, but even they had to like edit the film in a way that you can actually see what the [bleep] is happening. Yeah, cuz he’s so What year is this? 1973. Okay. So, and just I’m going to throw this in here because I I know we had talked about it earlier, but uh apparently, and this is the conspiracy side of things, apparently Bruce Lee underwent surgery in 1972. Oh, I know this. Yes. Yes. To remove sweat glands from his armpits, specifically under the arms. The reason was believed that he wanted to avoid the concept of people seeing him sweating on camera.

Yeah. Because it’s like, oh, he’s going to be like struggling. Yes. I got to be like [bleep] effortless. Now, and just so we know, I wanted to throw this in here because it’s like the most vain thing in the world. It’s a very Yeah, it’s a very It is. It is. Uh but it’s a minor procedure and it’s uncommon but at the same time his death it didn’t prove to have anything to do with it. No maybe a theory. Maybe supposedly supposedly. Anyways, but I just wanted to throw that in there as like that did happen or at least we think I most reports say that it did happen.

He did do that. I heard that too. I forgot to put that in there. But it’s very like he’s very conscience or cons conscious of conscientious conscientious of Well, I would call it vain though. No, you’re right. You’re right. Maybe it’s just like he’s he knows his persona. But he knows Well, the reason the reason I call it vain cuz wouldn’t you just have a quick pause and have him like tally you down? It’s just sweat. But he’s probably sweating profusely. But just dry him off. But profusely. Have you seen I’ve seen some some Chuck Norris vids and he’s dripping. Yeah, that’s true. Full stains.

Yeah. Yeah. Dripped out. Yeah. It’s just like tiles are like wild for what they can do. But he didn’t want to get slow down. Maybe he was just like he’s like it’ll production. Maybe it is thing. Maybe it is a van thing. Maybe it’s a mix of both. Yeah, I think maybe it’s a mix of both. It does sound like I have a hard time belieing that’s not vanity because it’s like you don’t want the apparency of you being tired or you having to exert because you’re he’s obviously he’s trying to time this persona like and I think I’m I’m the pinnacle. I think that’s what happens though when you’re also like at you’re at the you’re at the you’re at the tip top.

Yeah. You’re at the [bleep] tip top, you know? I mean I say Hollywood actors they they definitely juice, you know, to get into Oh, first they have to 100%. You got millions of dollars on the line. Dude, I would be [bleep] like the So, this is not totally related, but kind of related. Cheeky one. Like, come on. Let’s go. But The Rock has said over and over he’s that he’s natural. [bleep] That is He’s so full of We all agree, right? So full of [bleep] Full of [bleep] No human is that mascular, bro. He’s like 58. Like he’s on he’s he’s on [bleep] trend. All the things [bleep] he’s on all creatine on the side.

Creatine with eggs. No, I know. But all the things. Yeah. Okay. So, okay. But no. And and I’m just going to say this is your livelihood. Oh, dude. You’re making tens of millions of dollars, dude. There’s not much I wouldn’t do for that much money. Like like don’t care. [bleep] think about it. Think about it. If you’re making and roy at the same time, if you’re making 10 millions tens of millions of dollars, who cares about backne? [bleep] that. Who cares? Let’s go. But you’re going to do all the things, right? Oh, I’m doing all the things. I’m doing all the things. Yeah. I mean, for this podcast, we’re I’m doing all If I got to get on [bleep] test, let’s do it.

Let’s I’m ready. I get it. So So, okay. So, we’re not like like it’s We’re not judging him on it. Is that what we’re saying? judge, man. It’s just cool little u detail. Yeah. Little thing. Yeah. All right. All right. So, we talked about like So, he was just finishing Enter the Dragon, right? Yeah. Yeah. He didn’t actually finish it, but So, now we’re going to get into the final hours, which hours, the final hours of his death, right? So, now it’s July 20th, 1973. Okay. And his last day started like any other. He was just, you know, full of energy. He was focused on his work, crushing the game, living in Hong Kong, uh, making films.

That morning, he met with an actor named George Lassenby, who the worst James Bond that existed. Exactly. So, I told you that James Bond was going to come into it. One and a half movies. Is literally, if you ranked all of them, he’s like, where are you going to put George? It’s It’s like downsies. He’s He’s like He’s like the What’s Matt Damon’s best friend? Oh, Ben Affleck. Yeah. It’s like the Ben Affleck Batman. Oh, yeah. He’s probably at the bottom. Hold on. What’s the guy? What’s the guy that was a vampire? George is the bottom. The vampire guy and [bleep] Ben Affleck’s worse. Oh god.

Was the guy that was a vampire who also [bleep] played Batman? I think he’s worse. Oh my god. I love Patson. [bleep] you. No, I [bleep] Batman. I love him. As Batman. I love him. No, but no. As Batman though. Batman. As Batman. I don’t care. It was the worst. Did you see it? Okay. It was I rewatch it. It was really dark. Listen, Eric, if you’re if you’re if you’re actually into Batman and the comics and the stuff like the wor he’s the worst possible personification. He was worse. No, but he wasn’t a tech. He wasn’t a detective. He’s such a little [bleep] [bleep] And he’s like, “What about when he like woke up in the morning and he’s in sunglasses with his little like he’s all emo.” What?

Cuz he was a little [bleep] I remember when like Catwoman like gave him a kiss and he’s like I’m like I know he’s supposed to be a [bleep] billionaire playbo and he’s like oh my god she [bleep] kissed me. I’ll do whatever she wants. I’m like getting the [bleep] out of the biggest man in the universe. It’s better than [bleep] Christian Bale. You better watch yourself. You better watch no. Hold on. Let me talk. Let me talk. Let me talk. Why? Christopher Nolan movies were fantastic. Yes. The Dark Knights. All of those fantastic. Okay. Christian Bale. Trash can. No. He was the main character in the movie.

Wrong. Eric, you’re saying that he the main character was trash, but the movie was great. This doesn’t make any sense. He’s the main character. That man was a trash can. Trump. I’ll ever respect you ever again. You guys are stupid. There’s no You’re cut off. There’s no more beers for you. You get nothing. You get nothing. I brought these. I don’t care. They’re mine. All I’m saying is is you’re stupid. Is you I love Christian Bale. No, you don’t. Clearly not. No, I love him and all the other things he’s done. That it doesn’t even make any sense. You love Christian Bale portrayal in Batman.

No, I It’s pretty basic. Go watch some movies. Listen, Eric, what are you guys doing? Are you guys watching the movies or what? So later that afternoon, he was in his apartment with Betty Ting in Betty Ting’s Pay apartment. Okay. Okay. Who’s that? Betty Tang. Betty Ting Pay. Uh Taiwanese actress, close friend, quote unquote. They were working on fight scenes. I don’t like this already. Fight scenes. Yeah, I don’t like it already. So here’s why I fight you with my cat. Some people believe their relationship was more than just work. Oh, yeah. some people. Some people um but she actually ended up being a key part of what happened next.

Um she was the last person to see him alive. Betty. Mhm. They were banging. They were 100%. They were 100% banging. Can we Let’s call it Spain. Can we all agree? Call. Well, there was a there was rumors for sure that um just rumors she was mistress. Yeah. Rumors, I guess. Like I don’t know. She never come. Honey, it’s just Cory. It’s not real. No, just Cory. Just twist on my wiener. We’re just practicing our sex scenes. Just twist. Twist. We’re practicing our sex. It’s a kung fu movie. There sex scenes. Trust me. Trust me. Uh, be like water. Yeah. I’m about to make her like water.

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Okay. It’s been, this is actually kind of a detail. It It was a long hot day in Hong Kong. So that could play into like dehydration, a bunch of other stuff we’re going to get into. All right. But he had been pushing himself that day like uh working out and rehearsing pushing himself. He got like a body fat of like one zero%. Yeah. It’s crazy. Well, it’s like he can’t sweat anymore. That day it was super hot. Listen, Hong Kong is a And if you don’t know, Hong Kong is very much like Florida. It’s super humid. Yeah. Yeah. And they have monsoon and hurricane season.

But similar to Florida where their summer is gnarly where it’s it’s 85° but then it’s wet. It’s like a blanket of heat. Yeah. So Betty gave them something called an equa equestic tablet. Yeah. What the [bleep] This is basically a mix of aspirin and it has a little mild tranquilizer in it. That sounds like that’s not over the counter. Did he know it? Yeah. He had taken these before. Let me get that. Let me get a little test. He had taken it before without any issues, any problems or whatever. So, he took the pill. He just went to go lie down and take a nap.

Raymond Chow left the apartment. He was planning to pick Bruce up later for dinner, but Bruce went to lie down sometime around 8:00 p.m. and Betty Tink Betty Tinkpe didn’t check in on him until 9:30. Okay. So, he was out. I’m going to take a pause here. Have you ever taken something that was like a partial tranquil? I don’t know about tranquil. I’ve taken pain. No, but I mean it like they describe it they describe it as a like partial mild. I know. But I mean that’s what I’m saying is have you ever taken something like that? No, for sure. 100%. You have pain all the time.

Like what? All the time. No, like back in the day. Back in the day I was so I was tranquilizing myself for fun. That’s what Oh, volume. So volume would be an equivalent. I took some other [bleep] that I’m taking like liquid coding and this is like after surgery. I was trying was like trying to be tranked. So what what I’m just trying to understand what are the similar drugs that would have the same it’s not like a it’s not like a big it’s not like volume. It’s not like a huge like painkiller. This is like I think it was over the counter like it wasn’t that big of a deal.

It was not like something prescribed or whatever. Right. Cuz that word no the word tran I know is is a kind of throws you off and it it it’s a harsh word like it sounds extreme like that you would you would you would be [bleep] comeomaos exactly like Michael Jackson maybe no it was not it’s not that not that much way hardcore he was taking morphine he was no he was taking like uh fentanyl fentanyl by the way that’s another episode we we haven’t that’s true that’s another good one anyways Jesus so okay so it had been about an hour and a half since she checked in on him and he was just, you know, sleeping there, napping before he had to go to dinner.

But when she comes in, he wasn’t moving, you know, just laying there still on the mattress, not responsive, no matter how much she shook him. Oh, so she was trying to wake him. That’s Yeah. So, she started panicking and she called Chia and doesn’t call the police. Ciao. Didn’t call an ambulance. Didn’t call. She called the producer. Yeah, she called the producer. I hate that. That’s the worst. That’s you got to come back. on. It’s like a Maryland situation. Yeah. So then he gets there, they try to he tries to wake Bruce up. He’s not breathing at this point. He was unconscious and nothing they did, you know, worked.

Obviously, hindsight now, I mean, he was he was dead. That [bleep] equin whatever the [bleep] they equic equestic. That sounds sketchy as [bleep] Um, so, uh, Chow rushed back and he saw right away that, you know, things were actually serious. And knowing how bad it would look for Bruce to be found dead in another woman’s apartment, he acted fast and he came up with um a story. Ah, it’s just like all PR. Exact. Well, is it PR? Is it like trying to real? So, he called the doctor. He did call the doctor in the ambulance, but he also told Betty to stay quiet about where it happened.

Some Betty, shut the [bleep] up. You’re going to say [bleep] You’re [bleep] fired if you say [bleep] any Betty. And then that like right after like they ambulance picked him up. Chowo told the press that Bruce had collapsed at home with his wife Linda, not at Betty’s place. So yes, PR he was trying to protect his image, right? Spare the family millions of dollars in the line. But do you have do you have anything in the notes there that that was he sleeping with her? Well, there’s rumors, but there’s never rumors. He’s like a [bleep] private eye like in the 70s. Yeah. Or tell us what happened.

Tell me. Tell me. Show me the picture. I’m just wondering if you know what I mean. Well, you know, because he lied about that then that’s also what stirred the rumors up. Yeah, I see. You know, but it’s not confirmed. Not confirmed. All right. So, but it’s implied. Yeah. the ambulance. Also, also, uh, would it be cool if you’re out late at night practicing your lines with your co-star? I mean, my wife would have a big problem if I was like, ah, I’m just, you know, I’m going to be here till like 2:00 a.m. This we’re practicing for work with the with Betty Ling. Betty P.

Yeah. Betty Ping [bleep] with like Galadot like uh, no you’re not. you’re coming home or Anna de Armis you’re like I got to stay I got to stay at her hotel Motel 6. Yeah my acting career would be over instantly like no well you’re dead at this point so yeah I’m already that’s why my acting crew is over but your wife would wake you up just to Well she would wake me up with to kill me exactly while I was awake. Exactly. Uh all right so anyways the ambulance arrived at 10 p.m. Bruce was likely already gone. So it’s not that late actually. It’s not that late.

But remember, he was supposed to go to dinner after this. He just didn’t feel good. He took this [bleep] lay down. They rushed him to Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Doctors tried for 30 minutes to revive him, but nothing worked. And then in the early hours of July 21 or 21st, 1973, Bruce Lee was declared death. He was 32. So young. So insane. There’s no clear reason for his death at first. He didn’t have any injuries. Uh, the guy was obviously in tin top physical shape. Holy [bleep] Better shape than I’ve ever been in my entire life. And then of course, you know, the news started to spread about, you know, his death.

And so all the fans and friends, everybody showed up to the hospital. Um, Linda Lee, his wife, she flew in from Los Angeles after hearing the news. And when she landed in Hong Kong, the press was already swarming her. Yeah. I watched a documentary on his funeral last night and it was chaos. Yes. Thousands of people rushing and pushing each other and just chaos. Like I just don’t think I’ve ever in Hong Kong. Yeah. I honestly don’t think I’ve ever liked a celebrity that much to do that to to go to their to go to the funeral and just like be like in like be like in a frenzy.

Yeah. You know, like I just I’ve never been like I don’t know. It might have been different. It might have been different like back then. No internet, no nothing. The last one that I was like I would I don’t I don’t know. I don’t even live near there, but I didn’t go to his funeral obviously. But anyways, the one that hit me was uh Kobe. you know. Okay. Yeah, that was rough because kid like if you lived in LA, maybe you would maybe maybe. But then I just think it’s like so tacky to like you’re you’re like ambushing a funeral like like come on, dude.

Like what’s crazy is that you you watch his the his funeral on [bleep] Prime. It’s like what the Amazon Prime and literally we watched it last night and you could see his body. Oh my god. Open casket. Yeah. All right. So they ordered a full autopsy. Yeah. The inquest lasted 9 days. Longer than normal. Sometimes long. Yeah. Because there was so much attention. Sounds short to me. That’s short to you. 9 days for [bleep] autopsy. Forensic. Forensic results for I don’t know what for a [bleep] pill that he took. Oh yeah, maybe. But anyways, I mean obviously he was super famous. Um they wanted to make sure that fast.

Yeah. All right. All right. So, now we’re going to get into the findings, the official cause, all that sort of good stuff. So, the autopsy was done at Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital, and the main finding was serious. Bruce Lee’s brain was badly swollen. [bleep] He had cerebral edema. Yeah. Which basically means his brain had filled with excess fluid, blood, or water. I’m not sure. But it was 13% larger than normal. M so to give you a sense of scale the average adult male brain weighs around 1,400 gram uh his brain that day weighed 1,500 75 gram so he had it’s 5% heav he heavier yep five or 6% and when you get that kind of swelling it basically just increases the the pressure inside your skull up against it pressing up against your brain it just starts pressing up against your brain and that starts to shut everything down including your breathing.

No. Okay. So, the doctors couldn’t figure out right away what what did cause the swelling. There was no like real trigger. So, they ordered toxicology. The test revealed just two things that were in his system. One was the ecquidestic pill. Okay. Which is again the aspirin and something called merobamate. That’s the tranquilizer thing. Okay. But he also had cannabis hashish. Oh, he did. No. So maybe that’s what like a little He was known for smoking a little hashish once in a while for relaxation and pain. He had back issues. He had back pain for being such an ill. So what you’re telling me is that is that he was uh smoking weed at a co-stars hotel.

Uhhuh. At late at night. Late at night. Smoking. Later at night at a coaster. Yeah. Yeah. No big deal. No big deal. He had a little swelling in his head. I mean, come on. I’m just saying it’s it’s suspicious circumstances. It is. Well, it’s just sus that he’s it’s sus that he’s there and it’s sus like, right? Yes. 100%. So, it So, you’re doing a movie and you text Hey, and you say, “Hey, I’m just going to do a little hashish. No big deal. at at my co-stars motel. Okay, granted a cigarette. Granted. Good point. Not actually granted. Retracted because now it’s legal then it wasn’t.

Everybody did it. I know, but I’m just saying he’s at a hotel. Banned marijuana. I’m just saying he’s at a hotel of a co-stars and we’re also late in Hong Kong in a different country. Your your wife’s in LA’s in LA. I’m just saying a You’re getting a little bit crossing the line. Yeah. If I was Linda, I would be pissed. Exactly. 73 73. 73. Okay. They literally banned it in 1969 in Hong Kong. So, okay. Four years after the fact. He’s breaking the law. In case you guys didn’t hear, uh, they banned cannabis in 1969. Yeah. In Hong Kong. So he’s he’s I’m just saying it’s suspect.

He’s got some black market. That’s like when they ban alcohol. Everybody was [bleep] still drinking. Still doing it. Yeah, Eric. That wasn’t like it wasn’t. So I just want to make you the bad guy. It was 1995. It actually fords my purpose in life. It helps me to make you look bad. Yeah, that makes sense. It’s not like personal. I love you. So, one of the theories was like they were trying to see if that cannabis had led to the edema, but nothing I don’t see that. Yeah. Nothing that they found with something. Yes, that’s a good point. So, after looking over all the details, Dr.

Tier ruled out cannabis as a cause. Okay. Cuz there was just a small little amount. It was not even harmful. Instead, he focused on the equestic pill. And I know what’s in these. Yeah. So the official cause of death became basically he was hyper sensitive to the common painkiller that he’s used before. That he’s used before. Yeah. You said he used it before. Exactly. Which led to fatal brain swelling. That’s basically what the official cause of death was. Okay. There was no signs of injury, no foul play, and all the evidence pointed to a just tragic unpredictable medical, you know, reaction. Sounds like inside job.

Yeah. And then on September 3rd, 1973, the coroner’s court in Hong Kong concluded its inquest. The death was classified as death by misadventure. The fact that it’s labeled that death by misadventure, which is which is British speak, which means an accidental death caused by a voluntary risk. The reason it’s British speak is they had to bring in this British, remember like back then Hong Kong, parts of it were still ruled by Britain, by Britain. So, they brought in like big-time doctor from I see from England or whatever. Basically, it means accidental death caused by voluntary risk. Well, that’s kind of the way I would want to go.

Yeah. I mean, hopefully they banned Equid Jesse. Just a freak freak accident basically. And still a lot of people, you know, had a hard time believing the official explanation. I mean, if you were a fan of Bruce Lee, you know, a a pill takes him down. So, nobody really was buying Norris couldn’t even take him down. He’s like the the top specimen. Yeah. But there were doubts. Uh Betty Tingpe reportedly said it wasn’t the first time that he that she had given him an equestic for a headache. So, why would this one be any different? It’s also like why does he keep getting headaches? Like, you think like was he had like is his brain swelling like a thing beforehand?

If he’s constantly getting headaches, that’s like taking a an Advil Ibuprofen right now. Like millions of people will take that [bleep] That’s what I was trying to tell you. It was like a o just like a over painkiller and a real sketch name. Yeah. Yeah. But back in the 70s, some of that [bleep] was weird. Super sus. Oh yeah. Yeah. Um like a bad batch and was like [bleep] oh [bleep] we didn’t mean to. Oh, it’s opium. Oh, no big deal. So check this out. Two months before his death, he had a similar close call. He was dubbing lines for Enter the Dragon. It was a hot studio and he became dizzy, collapsed, and he began having seizures and vomiting.

Maybe this [bleep] brain This was just two months before. Maybe this brain thing was like a problem. He was like, I don’t need a [bleep] doctor. I don’t need no X-rays. He went to the hospital, [bleep] He went to the hospital. Doctors found he had cerebral edema. Again, same [bleep] Um they managed to save him by giving him manitol. It’s a diuretic. Reduces the swelling and some oxygen. Okay. So he recovered a few days later. He went back to work like nothing. And then um but no one could say for sure if that you know first episode had anything to do with his death two months later.

Yeah. See this is starting to now seem like this is like some [bleep] pre-existing. This is a pre-existing condition. So it seems of what though? I don’t know. [bleep] brain swell. I mean, it was for sure. It was like a warning sign. I don’t know. [bleep] weird [bleep] happens all the time. So, it’s possible that he already had, you know, some sort of medical underlying issue going on. They just didn’t diagnose two months earlier. It’s strange though to have just brain swelling as a thing that happens. I mean, that’s what I’m saying. I wonder if he had like a like does he have like a primary care physician for like his [bleep] physicals?

Like, is he No guy ever goes to the primary care, I’ll tell you that. I knew he would never go. No, I mean, yeah, if he had if he had some [bleep] like that going on, especially your brain swelling. Yeah, I know, right? Shut up. So, all the factors made the official verdict an allergic reaction. That was the official, you know, thing. It’s a little too It’s a little too clean, too easy. I mean, it’s possible. It is possible for sure. Because of what he had going on. I mean, if he if he had some sort of medical thing going on, then yeah, he could have had an allergic reaction.

The medical examiner had to call Bruce’s death an allergic reaction largely by ruling out all other causes. Like they couldn’t really find something else. Medical technology back in the 70s. Was it really that good? It’s not like it is now. I mean, was forensic files before then? I don’t know. Uh, no. No. Ah, way after, bro. Forensic files didn’t come out till like early 90s. The show. No anatomical defect was found. So, they didn’t find any aneurysms. They didn’t find any strokes and heart attack. Toxins and drugs were minimal. I mean, no trauma. Minimal. Yeah. Except toxins. Except for the cannabis and the and the equidest hit over the head.

Yeah. No trauma. Nothing like that. So just by process of elimination, the only thing that makes sense is the thing that he took before he went to sleep. So caused some sort of allergic reaction. So that was the story. Okay. Yeah. H maybe some untraceable [bleep] that gave him like leave your body in one minute. Well, I Yeah, I like that theory that you were talking about. It was at laced with something. Yeah, like it was just something. That would be the girl then. Hit this dude. Betty Betty Lee Pingett whatever. Yeah, but was it her or somebody like got to her? Maybe it’s a producer who’s like I got to go.

But why would you want to take out Bruce Lee? I don’t get to the theories. What’s What’s wrong with Bruce Lee? Maybe he was the guy that he like he was the he was a triad kid that he [bleep] Bruce Lee beat the [bleep] out of him. Yeah, that’s one of the vengeance. I’ve never forgotten Bruce. Did you say the legend? Vengeance. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. All right. So, before before I get into all the theories, I’m just going to like do a quick recap. All right. Okay. So, Bruce died in Betty Tinky’s apartment in Hong Kong in the late evening of July 20th, not at his own home.

Um, yeah. Wife said like home tending to his children 4,000 miles away. And then the attempt the attempt to, you know, muddy up the the facts by ciao, right? All right. Because that’s like it’s in I’m sorry. Like if if it’s automatically sus when the guy’s like, “Oh, we don’t want it to look bad.” Like if it’s not bad, just call the [bleep] like but but uh the movie hadn’t come out. And they know so there’s an investment to a lot of there’s a lot of money behind it. Well, he’s a producer, so he’s running the money. So he’s like came to the dragon and to the dragon was about to come out.

It hadn’t come out yet. Yeah. No, see that’s why it’s about it’s probably a cow. It was really about him. It wasn’t about Bruce. It was like I got to get paid on this. True. Yeah. So, the only people that were present there around Bruce in these final hours was Betty Raymond Chow earlier, not necessarily when he, you know, at the time that he died. U Bruce’s wife, Linda, was not there. She was in the US at the time. There was no indication of any other stranger or anybody else that broke in or anything like that. Bruce was working. He was socializing. He was not engaged in any uh like dangerous activity or something like that.

He did smoke some hesish that afternoon. Um and he took that equest equestic for the headache. So, hey, for uh for idiots like myself, uh what’s the difference between hashish and weed? Uh well technically I mean they’re they could be considered the same thing really but like a strand or what? No. Well technically hash or hashish is like it’s a concentrated version of THC. So what you do is like you you can literally there’s a process of like pretty much getting it down to where it’s like a it’s like a brick in essence and like gooey and it’s it’s almost it’s like 98% THC. So it’s concentrate weed.

It’s concentrated THC. Yeah. So, what you what we used to do, you could take actual weed and then you put a piece of hash on top of it to like [bleep] you want to like roar it out some like NOSS on some [bleep] weed. That’s what you do. Yeah. Okay. Then you like pass out. I was just wondering what a bunch of you know what I mean? Like what’s what is what is it? And then as far as the medical cause, everybody basically agrees that it was from the brain swelling and the only thing that could have been again processive elimination was an allergic reaction, hyper sensitivity to the equestic, no aneurysms, no other like anything else that happened in the body.

All right. All right. So theory number one. So the main theory is the triad hit, you know, that they they had a hit on him. Well, they never they never forgot. Yeah, they never one of the most popular conspiracy theories around his death, which is the triads, who’s a organized crime in Hong Kong. This is the mafia of Hong Kong. It’s a mafia of like Asia. That’s what it exactly. So, remember back in the story, you just said it that he [bleep] out of Yeah. He had that that fight with one of the sons and um and let’s be honest, the mob never forgets. Yes.

They’re very fickle about that [bleep] That was one thing. And another thing is they did have a lot of influence in the film industry and so they Oh, especially in like the 70s they try and ranch it. Yeah. And so one of the stories around all that is that they wanted him to pay for protection. So Oh, that’s how they get you like I mean look like the uh safe neighborhood, but things could go wrong. Mhm. Unless But uh Bruce turned it down. It’s like I [bleep] protect myself. Yeah. It’s like, of course, you can [bleep] beat anybody. You know, hell yeah, easily. I don’t need protection.

So, the facts don’t back up anything with regards to these guys. Like, there was no foul play. The autopsy didn’t find any signs of poisoning. But who’s to say the triads can’t just be like, tell the autopsy guy like true, I’ll kill your family, uh, you didn’t find anything in the autopsy, right? Very true. I did not find anything on autopsy. Uh the Mexicans say platmo like or the Colombians like you either say this or you’re [bleep] toast. Yeah. It’s pretty easy to convince a dude when you’re like I’ll kill your family and they’re like I didn’t find [bleep] It is strange that the British a British person came in and did the ops.

Yeah. So he wouldn’t have been a British man. Yeah. The British guy wouldn’t have been influenced by the triads. But why do you but British guy into Hong Kong? Hong Kong is run Exactly. It’s a British territory. Exactly. Not in the 70s. Well, not anymore. In the 70s, it was It was Yeah. Yeah. How do they own like one little nugget? That’s why you remember back to It’s crazy. If you go to Hong Kong, there are still you can see there like half the street signs are like British names. It’s like [bleep] still because it was it was owned by Edward Street for so long.

Yeah. Yeah. Oh, weird. And then remember his mom was uh Euro Asian or whatever. So like that’s you know kind of plays obviously like this is before the CCP. Yeah. Okay. Gotcha. The triad theory does stick. I mean that’s like I said one of the most famous ones or the ones that kind of goes around the most. And uh but again no actual proof. No. Why does that one stick? Like what’s there’s nothing. just because of how much like they ran everything and how dominant they were the fight and stuff or uh one part of it yes is because of the fight with the son but that happened so long ago that but can you imagine like I don’t know that imagine that son takes over you know time’s gone past the son’s now like the thick king and he’s now he sees the he goes to a movie with like his like girlfriend she’s like oh my god Bruce Lee is so hot and he’s like that [bleep] I’ll ever forget him beating my ass, you know, like and those guys are all about pride.

It’s all about like, you know, and it’s like Yeah, exactly. And and and all mafia is always about that. It’s like they want to control, they want to get the money, and if you say no, you know, you’re going to [bleep] learn to date. So, the other the other theory is actually the American mafia theory. What? Yep. [bleep] So, this version of the the the mob theory is basically all around Hollywood. The idea was that the American mafia wanted to wanted a stake in Bruce Lee’s, you know, career. So, kind of very very similar like they wanted a piece of of the money and when Enter the Dragon was coming back to, you know, to Hollywood and they knew it was going to be a major hit based on his other movies.

So, they wanted they wanted a piece of, you know, his career. So they [bleep] nked his ass. And it’s actually pretty well documented. Like I found a bunch of stuff that talked about like how um infiltrated they were in Hollywood. So this one actually um it’s actually pretty good theory, but again there’s no actual proof. Yeah. I just don’t see the American mafia going to like Hong Kong to like [bleep] kill Bruce Lee. I I agree. Yeah. Like triads. I can totally get behind that. The American Mafia. And also another thing was when the the major influence that the American mafia had in Hollywood was mostly like in the 40s and 50s, not the 70s.

Yeah. It was kind of like bygon era. Frank Sinatra era. Yeah. Frank Sinatra ties with the mob and [bleep] Vegas and they’re like I don’t think they’re worried about [bleep] Bruce Lee. Mhm. Mhm. Okay. The next one here is vengeful martial arts rival. Sure. Okay. There’s I can see that one. And there’s something called the death touch theory. You ever heard of that? Is this like [bleep] uh is this like Kill Bill with like the [bleep] five finger death punch or? Yeah, basically like and that’s what I was saying. There’s so much of these like martial arts movies that they got from Bruce Lee. It’s kind of funny.

Holy [bleep] I didn’t know about this. This I kind of like this one. Five finger death punching finger theory. usually uh says, you know, that Bruce stirred up traditional martial arts circle by teaching non-Chinese students and then saying that his je kandu was better than any of the older styles. And that didn’t sit well with a lot of the, you know, the older masters. So, rumor basically has it that the kung fu masters, the Japanese ninjas decided to punish him. But they but wouldn’t there be like wouldn’t he there be signs of like some sort of like they fight before like oh yeah some dudes like tried to step to me and you know it got a little they got a little shot off but it wasn’t a big deal.

Yep. Exactly. I mean so basically the death touch the legend has it is a it’s a legendary move that with one punch to a secret pressure point it can cause death but it has a a delay of days. What? Yeah, dude. It’s like the perfect crime. You gota you gotta hit him in the right pressure point in the right later. You’re like, “Fuck, I feel like shit.” That’s a cool theory, though. It’s pretty cool. It kind of go goes back and it ties into the whole, you know, the kung fu legends and myths and, you know, all that. But again, his what Sean was just saying, the autopsy didn’t show any signs of injuries.

No, not even bruises. They wouldn’t show that. No, it wouldn’t show that the pressure points. Pressure points can’t be if the death touch is really that good, it wouldn’t show up, right? All right. So, then there’s another one called This is basically the poison by mistress. So, yep. Mistress backroom Betty. Back room Betty. Because Bruce died in Betty’s apartment, of course, the suspicion, you know, arose from from that. So the tabloids basically took over this this whole, you know, headline and it makes for a good headline. So it really does papers. Yeah, exactly. So the headline basically was that Betty poisoned him maybe out of jealousy or maybe some other hidden reason that we don’t know, but she gave him that equestic pill that maybe was laced with some poison.

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Yeah. So she got a bunch of death threats from fans who thought that she had something to do with it. You can imagine I mean if you if you saw the funeral, you know how like passionate his fans were. It was wild. um reportedly that you know they were in a relationship and maybe emotions like jealousy got the best of her and whatever she you know she poisoned him. No. And if that were the plan Oh, you have a headache. You have a headache, Bruce. Let me help you. No problem, Bruce. But the thing is like Yeah. So, like if if she did do that, then why would they call the ambulance from her house?

Like, well, she called Chia first. That’s true. She didn’t call us straight ambulance. That’s true. Chiao called the ambulance. That’s a good point. Mhm. See, maybe she was just like, “Oh, I got to let the enough time pass before, you know, just to make sure he’s dead.” I don’t know. It’s possible. In later interviews, Betty admitted they were close, but she denied any wrongdoing. Of course, she did. Most reports describe her as a deep as deeply upset about Bruce’s death. Um, the only real cover up was staying quiet about where where Bruce died. And that was even then, you know, at the request of Raymond Chow, who didn’t want the media to Yeah.

Raymond Chow was like, I got to get my bottom line, baby. Exactly. So, yeah. So, basically, I was more about like protection of protecting his reputation and getting and getting the money. Exactly. Cuz he’s a producer. Producer is all about the money. That’s right. All right. So, the next one, uh, the family curse. What? Oh, yeah. I’ve heard you heard about this. I’ve heard about this. I was gonna bring it up if you didn’t. So on March 31st, 1993 on the set of The Crow. Oh, yeah. Yep. Brandon, who was Bruce Lee’s son, he was 28 at the time, he was filming a scene where his character, Eric Draven, was shot by I think he was mugged or something, right?

Yeah. What happened was that an actor, Michael Ma Massie, fired a prop gun at Brandon and the gun was supposed to fire a blank, but Brandon collapsed with a real bullet with a wound to his am ab abdomen. He was rushed to the hospital. Some say it was a shard, like a something got into the blank. It’s like some sort of like shrapnel or something. Yeah. So, it wasn’t necessarily a bullet, an actual bullet, but like a shard got into it. Yeah. But it debatable. The bullet came from a 44 Magnum revolver that was improperly prepared. Yeah. Earlier in the filming, a dummy round. So that’s a a bullet with no no gunpowder.

Yeah. With no gunpowder. With no gunpowder. That was used on uh a close-up shot that they were doing. And the crew removed the gunpowder but failed to remove the primer. So the primer itself shot the Yep. That’s the So he just got stuff in his abd abdomen. So when the dummy round was fired when the dummy round was fired, the primer push the bullet into the barrel where it got stuck. Okay. I see. And then later the gun was loaded with blank. When they shot the blank the blank the blank has gunpowder in it that forced the bullet that was stuck in the chamber out.

Exactly. Okay. Now, what’s interesting is is that that other movie that came out uh explored the family curse. Mhm. In the ‘9s, a movie came out about Bruce Lee, and it was like a biopic of Bruce Lee, and it was the They really leaned into the family curse thing. Yeah. But the only thing I don’t really I mean, it’s only two people. Yeah. So, it’s not like there’s like this strong Yeah. But for the two, it was the two men that cannot be different, but they couldn’t continue. True. No, but you know what? He he also had a daughter. And the daughter actually has a podcast.

Yes. Oh [bleep] And it’s all about Bruce Lee. And if you wanted to go like further into the life of Bruce Lee. It’s all about I forget her name. I forget her name, but Emma. No. Something. And she does her she does a whole Bruce Lee podcast. Oh, that’s so cool. Yeah, that’s cool. So as far as as the the the family curse, I mean there’s just two. Yeah. Yeah. But again, that is the curse is like at least five. Yeah. I mean maybe is against or on his lineage. So the men cannot continue the the le you know I understand that in 2022. I think this gets into what Taylor was talking about.

So, in 2022, a team of kidney specialists proposed a new hypothesis that Bruce Lee’s fatal cerebral edema may have been caused by something called hyponet nitria. Which is too much water, too little sodium, swelling the brain. So, he wasn’t taking like his like vitamins. I mean, he was obsessed with hydration. He would often drink gallons of of water. you know, he thought he would stay razor sharp with that. Um, but the his obsession with hydration with no salt with no salt. Yeah. He was obsessed with being like hydrated. And um, if you pair that with the equestic, which is known for effects on the kidney, it could have overwhelmed the body, the body’s ability to maintain fluid, you know, balance and all that, and that led to cerebral edema.

Well, it kind of seems that it might tie in with like the whole sweat gland thing. Mhm. You know, like something about he’s drinking all this water. I don’t know. He’s like missing and his body’s not able to natural process excrete it properly or whatever. Yeah. So, there’s another theory about heat stroke. Okay. That day that the day that he died, July 20th, Hong Kong was experiencing extreme heat. Okay. He had been he had been rehearsing intense fight scenes earlier that day and the theory says that the heat combined with his limited ability to sweat led to heat stroke. Overheating of the body that can cause brain swelling.

So that does tie in to two months earlier when he had that incident as he collapsed and he had basically the same symptoms dizz like a reoccurring theme here. Mhm. So still there’s no direct medical proof. heat stroke wasn’t well understood in the 1970s and the autopsy didn’t specifically look for it. So, it does make sense, but yeah, that’s the thing with a confirmed cause. I feel like with a lot of things like you have to be specifically looking for something in order to find it. Yeah. You know, like you have to be like it’s not like, oh, it just tells you everything. I think that’s one of the common misconceptions is like, oh, they did an autopsy, it tells you everything.

It tells you like the basics, but for very specific things, you have to actually look for the specific things. Yeah. Mhm. I’m almost I I almost have a theory. All right. Okay. All right. I got one more. We got one more. Okay. So, this is the epileptic seizure theory. Um Yeah. Bruise had an undiagnosed seizure disorder and the equestic undiagnosed like Yeah. It’s just because remember two months earlier he they did say that he had a cuz you if you have one it’s like maybe he’s getting them all the time then the equestic or the cannabis could have triggered a fatal seizure that caused the brain swelling.

Oh so like he could be in the room like no one’s like but from what you said earlier he’s been doing cannabis for a long time. So well he had also been doing the equestic for a long time. Yeah. So I mean I don’t know about a long time but he had done it before. I don’t know. Maybe like uh I don’t know how seizures work. I I don’t know. Maybe maybe I don’t know if that could trigger something could be triggered by it. I have no idea. I mean what we know is that this is not medical advice. Incident that he had like 2 months earlier involved symptoms like dizziness, convulsions, which uh could point to epilepsy.

Seizures can lead to cerebral edema in rare cases but um especially if they’re untreated. So it could lead to that. Yeah. Okay. So now we’re like pulling it stroll like Yeah. Yeah. It could have. It could. Yeah. Um but yeah, I mean the guy didn’t have any history of epilepsy that at least was documented. So there’s nothing in his medical records and the autopsy didn’t confirm uh seizure- related brain damage. So it’s a medical long shot, but not impossible. But not impossible. Yeah. So there you go. I mean, uh, yeah, just a few short years, you know, that he he did five films that he achieved what others, you know, spend a lifetime doing.

He’s a [bleep] legend. He’s been like immortalized into like pop culture. Like, he’s Yeah. Like, you know, Bruce Lee died before we were even born and still he’s still a lot of these like famous, you know, uh, like Tupac or I don’t know, Bob Marley or like whatever, like cultural icons. Yeah. Yeah. Cultural icons. You just think like what could he have done? Yeah. And he was definitely an icon. It’s like it’s weird how long Well, you guys you guys want me to go first? Usually I don’t go first. You want me to go first? I want you to go first. Yeah. All right. Uh, so I’m going to start it out with by saying that I I I do uh really like him and I I I think he’s I think he did wonderful things from like the body and creating a discipline and and even philosophy in and doing better for the world.

Like I actually really I really enjoy everything that he’s done and I really love him. I do believe and this is goes into the theory is cuz is I think he uh was also not the legend we think of him. I think he Yeah. He may created like a persona like he Yeah. and and you know and trying to create this perfect body and this perfect thing. And so he did the surgery with this the the [bleep] sweat glands and he was like 2% body fat and just to the extreme and his body just couldn’t take it. And he was doing some weird things like he was probably cheating on his wife.

Mhm. You know what I mean? Yeah. into his death because then he was doing I’m just saying he’s doing he’s technically doing nefarious things. Mhm. It just I think I I drugs. Yeah, I’m picking up what Eric Yeah. And he’s drugs and nefarious actions, etc. And then it just his body just [bleep] gave out. And like on to all to all apparency to us like the lay person, we’re like, “Oh, well, he’s like the fittest man in the world. He’s this could it’s impossible that this could have happened because he’s so everything’s so perfect.” And like Yeah. But in reality, he’s having an affair in in a hotel.

Yeah. And doing drugs and then doing more drugs on the drugs. So you think it was more the cannabis or more the echo? All the things all the things compound the cocktail. We’ve learned from these these episodes that that the drugs end up being the thing. Yeah, they do. The demise, especially especially when like, you know, and I get cocktail it up. People have like their opinions and that’s fine. But like a drug is a drug is a drug. Like while a drug may be, you know, arguably safe or or safer than other drugs, it doesn’t mean that it’s not a drug and it doesn’t have effects on the body.

Whereas also too when when talking about the camera like those drugs do affect you know the the mind the the brain is altered and he had brain swelling. So it’s possible that that had something to do with it. Yeah, it’s possible. Yeah. So, I’m just think I I just think that he took it overboard. He took it overboard with the training, with the drugs, with the hydration, everything. Even in in the girl. Mhm. You know, all the things combined. Yeah. Yeah. And it just Well, the thing the thing to make point too, it’s like imagine the amount of stress that you have when you’re having an affair.

Yeah. Yeah. It’s got to be the most stressful thing ever. Like, oh my god, are my kids going to find out? Am I going to lose my [bleep] family? like it’s got to be super stressful. Yeah. So, you just kind of mix all those things together and then and then then it pushes it over where there’s a drug and a chemical reaction and you know what I mean? Yeah, that makes sense. And he has almost a semi not a heart attack but a semi brain aneurysm kind of thing, you know? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. There there was one that I didn’t go over and that was the CIA theory and it is known that they even today like they the government has their hand in Hollywood and that they portray certain things you know the way that makes us look good or um you know protects them in in certain ways or whatever.

So, one of the theories was like maybe they were involved and they took him out because of his, you know, fame and and he was not well I mean he was American but like most people thought of him as as a Chinese. Yeah. So, um yeah, they just didn’t want him making movies over here and them not being able to control the narrative. But my question on it is is what was he doing that was so bad for them? bad and or groundbreaking and he was making like kung fu movies. It’s like it’s about influence and it’s about influence. They couldn’t influence him. They couldn’t control him and they were giving more but he didn’t have a message that was against any sort of establishment anti-govern.

It wasn’t like he was like oh peace brother it was all he didn’t say anything about the war. He was not political. He all honestly it was his own game. Yeah. It was to be a movie star. Yeah. Yeah. And it was like his movies weren’t really like you know in the grand scheme if you look at the movies and you watch them it’s not Yeah. You’re not like it’s not like profound. Yeah. Like oh I had an epiphany about my life and now I’m going to change my life. It’s like damn that dude kicked ass. Yeah. It’s a good point. Yeah. I don’t know.

What do you guys think? This is one that I want I want to like I want to believe there’s conspiracy. I mean, I’m actually I’m drawn to like maybe Betty Betty Betty Betty Ting had a little had a little hand in this. Like I think may you know maybe jealousy I think I think there was you know like if she was the mistress like you know you don’t want a basic mistress. You don’t want you don’t want to be the mistress. You want to be the number one the basic basic mistress. The classic the classic one is the library with the with the pipe wrench.

No, the classic mistress thing is is like you’re going to leave your wife. Yeah. Yeah. He’s like I’m like I’m not Yeah. And he’s like he’s like I’m going to leave my wife and you’re like okay well I love you so much that she’s like take a Jesse. I don’t know. Yeah. Happens to me all the time. I’m like you know happens to me all the time. Just joking. Uh, in today’s news, Eric was found dead of a brain bleed. Ain’t no leakage. I know. It was by all accounts, he had a deep V%. No, I I I think that I I do think it was it wasn’t it wasn’t like the CIA.

Yeah, I don’t think it was a CIA. There’s nothing that shows that, right? No, there’s not like maybe that’s how good of a job they did though. Yeah, they would have to do like a really good job. Like a really good job. I I think that Eric’s got a good point with like he was creating he created a persona of like the ultimate human. Yeah. Like just super elite. And he was constantly training for for most of his life. He was all this stuff. And and I also think too it could be like he was a fighter. Let’s let’s call a spade a spade. He was a fighter.

Yeah. And so there’s a thing, you know, like like CTE. It’s like, you know, you could have brain issues that, you know, that could have developed in the past and then when they do the autopsy, they’re like, “Oh, we don’t see any signs of trauma.” Because there weren’t like trauma that happened that night. Yeah. Trauma that happened like within like the last month. It could have been past trauma that caused this issue to occur and then it gets exacerbated by, you know, doing drugs and and whatever and then it leads to this brain swelling thing. So I didn’t really have like the technology that we have now to be able to detect that.

Well, the thing with the thing with CTE is, you know, the CT is caused by brain trauma. They don’t you can’t actually test for it. Oh, really? You don’t know until you test the the cadaver. You have to take the dead brain to the you take the dead body and then they they they biseect the brain and they they they look they look at the the they look at the brain afterwards and they’re like okay then then they can test it but you can’t test it while they’re alive. But but then again they didn’t have that back then. No. No, they couldn’t they couldn’t do they weren’t they weren’t like doing that [bleep] They didn’t know that was a real thing.

So I think that is is a possible because we have to look like if you really just look at it you’re like okay the dude was a fighter. He’s been fighting his whole life. [bleep] had to get hit in the head at least a few times. Yeah. Like hard, training, everything. You’re getting hit. Like no one’s not getting hit. Yeah, it’s impossible. Except Bruce Lee. I mean, maybe in the end, sure, but like not in the beginning. You got to think Itman was like He grew up He grew up fighting. So, you think Itman was like [bleep] slapping him in the [bleep] head. Like, come on.

Oh, loser. Like, I’m [bleep] Itman like [bleep] So, the the death punch came from it. itman. I mean, maybe it was. Maybe it was like whatever. You’ll never be the grandmaster. I’m the grandmaster. No, I mean, I think I would agree with Eric and it’s just Yeah. You know, here we go again. This makes me not want to do the podcast. That’s why Eric wanted to go first. He knew he’s like, I’ll go first. We did talk about it before now. Um, yeah. So, paying you. I get to do I get to do the next episode. It makes sense. It makes sense. It does. It does make sense cuz it just especially because he had that incident a couple months before.

So it just Yeah. Like there’s there’s like a there’s a track record of this happening. Yeah. And it’s not like he was like clearly not afraid. He didn’t like call the authorities. So someone’s after me. Yeah. Yeah. I don’t think he got into a fight or something like that. Like is that what you’re saying or No. Meaning like he there wasn’t like a fear, oh, I’m being poisoned or like someone’s like trying to kill me. Like if there is a conspiracy, it’s it’s probably related to how they handled it. Mhm. Yeah. No, for sure. I think the handling was weird. That’s why I think maybe she was Did get involved or what?

Well, no, just like the PR side of it all and like covering up the maybe the affair or the whatever. See, that’s why I think with with Betty Ting calling the producer, you’re like, he’s not moving and he’s unresponsive. Well, I’m going to call the producer, but this guy’s the biggest [bleep] movie star at that point. And she panicked. She So, she called like It’s like I’m sorry, but like if you if something happened to me, would you panic? Dude, I would call the [bleep] ambulance. I would call Sean and be like, “What the fuck?” And I’d be like, “Why are you calling me? Stop.” Like what the [bleep] I just wouldn’t answer.

I’m asleep. I’d be like See See See See See See See See See See the podcast. The podcast. If I keeled over at Jorge’s house, would you call him? Yeah. I’d be like, “The [bleep] podcast. What are we going to do? What I’m going to spin this? How are we going to spin this for the for the media?” He was at dinner. Yeah. Well, it was an hour and a half later, at least according to the story. I just think that that is always weird. Unless he was there with the girl in the room. It doesn’t matter how It doesn’t matter how famous someone is.

Like I don’t I just don’t I maybe I don’t know. Maybe I’m weird. Maybe I’m I’m the odd one out where it’s like, “Oh, well, I’m going to I just didn’t I don’t understand why you would call the producer. It’s clearly a medical situation and she knows that. So, I’m going to call the producer cuz that’s the right thing to do.” I know. But I mean, I guess like like play this scenario. I kill over right now. Yeah, I call and Katie’s not here. Call the ambulance. Nobody’s here. You would call the ambulance one [bleep] thousand%. You wouldn’t call Katie? No. Call 911. I’d call Katie from the ambulance.

Yeah. So there’s therein in lies the what? That’s why I think it’s sus. That’s why I think it’s sus that that’s why I think they were having an affair. Yeah. I don’t think I think that she that that’s the only thing that actually makes sense because she’s freaked out. She’s covering up. Oh, I don’t want to I don’t want to be caught in the crossfire. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. All right. There you go. Yeah. Solve. Solve. Put this one on the old solve column, boys. You uh it sucks with this. I wanted I wanted like a I wanted it to be like I know. No, I know.

Rival, you know, Jeep Kunwi [bleep] And then this guy’s like I know [bleep] kills him. Yeah. He’s very like acty acty. Yeah. He’s like he’s like trying to like He knew what he wanted. He knew what he wanted. Yeah. He knew what he wanted to be and what he wanted to be seen as. Yeah. Mhm. Okay. All right. Well, uh there you go, guys. Bruce Lee. I feel it’s anticlimactic. Yeah. Oh, okay. And it’s like he died regular death like Well, I mean sometimes they that’s how it works out. That’s how it shakes. You know what I mean? Spre podcast. God damn it. It’s pissing me off.

Well, I don’t know. Let us know what you guys think. Uh Bruce Lee, we love him, honestly. Oh, dude. Legend. Yeah, this didn’t change anything in my mind of of how [bleep] boss he was. Oh, dude, for sure. He was rad. Uh we’ll catch you guys next time on the Conspiracy Podcast. Night at night.