EMBARRASSING Clubbing Memories + HOPELESS Flirting

The Buckleys

James Buckley and Claire navigate through a series of chaotic anecdotes ranging from celebrity scandals to personal grievances. They contras

Key takeaways

• James recalls his preference for pubs over clubs, noting he often acted as the designated driver to avoid club chaos.
• The hosts recount legendary celebrity moments, such as Gazza's dentist chair incident in Hong Kong.

Main topics

• Celebrity scandals
• Evolution of nightlife

Notable quotes

I am the best footballer in the world and you are the best agent in the world.

Conclusion

A lighthearted trip down memory lane that blends celebrity gossip with

Transcript preview

Speaker 3 (0:00) I know Noel hates the in-betweeners. He's been very open about that. What did he call you? He called me Speaker 2 (0:05) a . Let's do it. Let's have a fight. Imagine Speaker 3 (0:10) that. Speaker 2 (0:11) Have you seen the Ronaldo documentary? No. Ronaldo just goes, I am the best footballer in the world and you are the best agent in the world. Speaker 2 (0:22) He just laughs like an insane person. I Speaker 3 (0:25) like the moustache. Speaker 2 (0:26) It's a funny look. Speaker 3 (0:27) I like it. It's tickly as well. Speaker 2 (0:30) Anything. Anyway. Speaker 1 (0:32) I've flustered myself. Speaker 2 (0:38) I am hitting the Barocca hard. Speaker 3 (0:43) You can, don't you? I am Speaker 2 (0:44) hitting it hard, mate. Shall I do this podcast? Speaker 3 (0:46) Yeah. Speaker 2 (0:48) Hello, you. And welcome to the Buckleys, the podcast where we sit down, have a chat, moan a bit and invite you into our lives. I'm going to try and make eye contact with the camera a bit more when I read this. I Speaker 3 (0:58) make eye contact with the camera all the time because I do a thing where like I know that you've annoyed me and they'll back me up. So I'm always like... So Speaker 2 (1:06) you're doing like a Tim Canterbury. Speaker 3 (1:09) The office? Yeah. Yeah. Speaker 2 (1:12) No, I watched a recent podcast. Speaker 3 (1:19) Oh, that was? Yeah, Speaker 2 (1:20) I haven't done that for Speaker 3 (1:21) about a Speaker 2 (1:21) year. Right. Speaker 3 (1:23) How was it? Speaker 2 (1:24) I just was annoyed that I was just reading the intro like this all the time. Right, Speaker 3 (1:28) okay. Here's your moment. Speaker 2 (1:30) Before we get into it, we just want to remind you that you can get in touch with your stories and questions for us by emailing thebuckleys at platformmedia.uk or you can message us at thebuckleyspod on Instagram and TikTok. And don't forget to follow and subscribe to the show on Spotify or whatever podcast app that you like to use. And if you do enjoy the show, why not go ahead and leave us a five-star review? Speaker 2 (1:52) I'd appreciate it. Speaker 3 (1:53) Well done. You'll be on this morning before you know it. Speaker 2 (1:56) Oh, God, what a gig. What a fucking gig that would be. Do you think? Oh, yeah, you get tied down for about 15 years. You do it. You've got a job for life unless you really fuck it up. Speaker 2 (2:09) Right. It's a real gravy train. It's really, really difficult to fuck that job up. Speaker 3 (2:14) You need to get up early, though. I bet they have to be there quite early. Yeah, Speaker 2 (2:18) you get up, you do four days a week. Speaker 3 (2:19) Oh, yeah. You Speaker 2 (2:20) do two hours of work. Yeah. Sure, you've got to get up early in the morning, but you're done by midday. Speaker 3 (2:24) Yeah, true. Speaker 2 (2:25) You've got the rest of the day to do whatever the fuck you want. You get paid a fortune to do it. You get the summer holidays off with the kids. Every half term, it's always like, because they always do a story. Yes, they do guest presenters. They'll be like, it's this morning's presenter's last show. It's not really. They've just taken the six-weeks holiday off to be with the kids. It's fucking brilliant. They don't have to do Fridays. Speaker 3 (2:48) Right. Speaker 2 (2:49) They get the B team in. Speaker 3 (2:51) Right. In Speaker 2 (2:52) fact, I'd rather be the B team. Speaker 3 (2:54) One day a week. Speaker 2 (2:55) One day a week. Speaker 3 (2:55) Yeah, yeah. But Speaker 2 (2:56) they take over for the summer holidays then. Speaker 3 (3:00) So you wouldn't have to spend any time with the kids either? Speaker 2 (3:02) Yeah. Yeah. What did I want to talk about? That was not what I wanted to talk about. Claire? Yes? Do you remember when they were making lasagna out of horse meat? Speaker 3 (3:16) That Speaker 2 (3:16) was fucking wild, wasn't it? That's right. That was nuts. And I remember it was like a big news story and stuff. It was about 15 years ago now. No, Speaker 3 (3:25) surely it wasn't that long ago. I feel Speaker 2 (3:27) like it was 2009, 2010. Oh, Speaker 3 (3:30) no. Speaker 2 (3:31) But I remember at the time how outraged everyone was. Yeah. Because it is a bit of a piss take. No, that's Speaker 3 (3:37) insane. Speaker 2 (3:38) I remember thinking... Speaker 3 (3:40) Oh, no, James. Who cares? No. Speaker 2 (3:44) Say if you... I managed to find some way to cook a piece of broccoli or a Brussels sprout or something. Speaker 1 (3:54) But Speaker 2 (3:55) it looked like, I don't know, mincemeat or... Right. And I ate it and I was going, God, did you go to the butcher's to get this? That's really good, that is. And you went, no, that's actually Brussels sprouts. Speaker 3 (4:07) Right. Speaker 2 (4:07) I've made it just look and taste like meat. Speaker 3 (4:09) That's very different, James. I'd go, fucking hell, that's amazing. Yeah, that is amazing. That's a good thing. Listen, I don't... actually eat a lot of meat to be fair. No, Speaker 2 (4:19) you Speaker 3 (4:19) don't. Speaker 2 (4:19) I Speaker 3 (4:19) think eventually I'll stop eating meat altogether. Speaker 2 (4:23) Mate, we've stopped drinking on the podcast and now we're going to fucking become vegan or something. No, Speaker 3 (4:28) not vegan. Oh, Christ. Not vegan, but just when you see... No, but where do you draw the line? Speaker 2 (4:32) Because I know what you're going to say. The little cows in Speaker 3 (4:35) the... Yeah, Speaker 2 (4:35) yeah, yeah. It's awful. It's terrible. Oh, I don't like Speaker 3 (4:37) it. They Speaker 2 (4:37) taste so good though. Speaker 3 (4:39) They're so tasty. But isn't there so much nowadays like... good fake meat that tastes like a lot of people I hear say that they can't tell the difference have you had the Greggs vegan sausage roll no Speaker 2 (4:53) why would I they've got normal ones right next to them I Speaker 3 (4:55) know but it's not it's not I was actually like oh that's not bad to Speaker 1 (5:01) be fair yeah Speaker 2 (5:02) I'm Speaker 3 (5:03) gonna get you one do they do any other vegan stuff do they do like a vegan Speaker 2 (5:07) pasty I don't get the Speaker 3 (5:07) sausage roll from Speaker 2 (5:07) Greggs anyway no Speaker 3 (5:09) you don't that's Jude's order and that sausage roll I Speaker 2 (5:11) get the sausage bean cheese Speaker 3 (5:13) That's actually not true. Speaker 2 (5:14) Go on. You get Speaker 3 (5:15) everything from Greg's. Well, I do a Speaker 2 (5:17) thing. You Speaker 3 (5:17) get one of each pasty from Greg's. I do Speaker 2 (5:20) a thing where it's like, oh, I got a medley of pasties. Speaker 3 (5:23) Yeah. Speaker 2 (5:24) What? What's wrong with that? It's Speaker 3 (5:25) fine, no. What have I said there? I didn't expect medley. It's fine, it's fine. Speaker 2 (5:32) Ensemble, a pasty ensemble. God, I fucking love Speaker 3 (5:34) Greggs. Have you got anything to moan about, by the way? Speaker 2 (5:37) I've got some stuff to moan about. Before I get to that, though, I've got some bad news. Speaker 3 (5:41) What? Speaker 2 (5:42) The mullet is sticking around for a little while longer. Speaker 3 (5:45) But you're finished your Netflix thing now? I've wrapped on Speaker 2 (5:47) the woods, yeah. But I'm going straight into my next film. Speaker 3 (5:49) Right. And Speaker 2 (5:50) there's no prizes for guessing what that is in the comments. But yeah, I'm a Speaker 3 (5:54) mullet Speaker 2 (5:56) man for a bit. Speaker 3 (5:57) They're keeping the mullet as well? Speaker 2 (5:58) Yeah. Speaker 3 (5:59) Why? Because it looks... Speaker 2 (6:00) Funny. Speaker 3 (6:01) Right. Okay. I think Speaker 2 (6:04) the moustache is going. Oh no. The moustache is just for me now. Speaker 3 (6:09) I feel like the moustache is the only thing that makes the hair look alright. Sort of works with the hair, doesn't it, the Speaker 2 (6:14) moustache? I think bare Speaker 3 (6:16) -faced mullet is going to look crazy. Clean Speaker 2 (6:18) -shaven mullet. Oh, God. Clean-shaven mullet. Oh, God. Speaker 3 (6:24) Okay. Maybe keep the moustache. Speaker 2 (6:25) We'll see. We'll see how we go. Speaker 3 (6:28) I like the moustache. I would push for the moustache. Speaker 2 (6:31) All right. And again, it is funny. It's a funny look. Speaker 3 (6:35) I like it. It's tickly as well. Speaker 2 (6:38) Yeah. Speaker 2 (6:42) Where? Anything. Anyway. Speaker 1 (6:48) I flustered myself. Speaker 3 (6:52) Look at Big Dog over here. Speaker 2 (6:56) Gone red. Gone red. Speaker 1 (7:00) Can Speaker 2 (7:00) feel I've gone red. Speaker 3 (7:01) Yeah. Anything, what are you talking about? Speaker 2 (7:05) Have you got anything you'd like to moan about? Speaker 3 (7:07) No, but do you know what I realised about myself the other day? So I met up with a friend that I hadn't seen for quite a while, right? Yeah, because Speaker 2 (7:16) we're not going to the pub that much anymore. Speaker 3 (7:18) Because Speaker 2 (7:18) we're Speaker 3 (7:18) not really doing anything. Oh Speaker 2 (7:19) no. Oh, that's a disaster. Oh Speaker 3 (7:21) my God. He's got it on the couch. He's got it on the couch. By Speaker 2 (7:25) the way, let's all just... That's your fault. No, no, no. Wipe that before it sets in. It's Speaker 3 (7:30) not Speaker 2 (7:30) my fault. Can I get some tissue or something? Can I just say, this is the stupid fucking lid. Speaker 3 (7:38) You're right. What is happening? We're falling apart here. This is the Speaker 2 (7:42) stupid fucking, you can't remove the lid from the top, so you can't really get the angle right to put the lid back on. And now I'm in this situation. Who's this benefiting? Who's this benefiting? The Speaker 3 (7:55) ocean. Speaker 2 (7:57) I put the lids, I put the lids where they're supposed to go. But what maniac? But they're even not recycling all they are. What maniac is throwing the bottle away but going, the lid's going straight in the ocean? Speaker 3 (8:09) Yeah, I know. I know that is my argument as well. The attached lids are very annoying. What are you shaking it for? Because I've got all Speaker 2 (8:16) bits in it. Look, I'm covered. Speaker 3 (8:22) I'm not going to be able to carry on. No, hold on. We'll take a second. Speaker 2 (8:28) Should just stick to the beer. Speaker 3 (8:32) That's what you get for having a Barocca. Speaker 2 (8:33) What are glass bottles or cans? No plastic involved at all whatsoever. That's true. Sorry about that, Claire. What were you talking about? Oh, yeah. No. So Speaker 3 (8:44) I was I met up with a friend. That's right. Who I hadn't seen for a while. And we were catching up. Right. And. We were talking for a little while and then she said some words to me, right? And I mean, I already knew this about myself, but it was just the excitement I felt. She said the words, okay, can I just be really horrible about somebody for a second? And I was like, absolutely. What are you got to say? I'm so excited right now. Give it to me. Tell me. What is it? and I could feel the excitement in me. What Speaker 2 (9:25) was it? Speaker 3 (9:25) Well, I'll tell you later. Speaker 2 (9:27) Oh, what? I can't see it! Speaker 3 (9:29) Because it is horrible. Oh, that's Speaker 2 (9:31) annoying. And it Speaker 3 (9:32) is about somebody. It's about a real person. You're Speaker 2 (9:34) blue balling our listeners there. No, but Speaker 3 (9:37) the point was... Your little Speaker 2 (9:39) gossip tart. Speaker 3 (9:40) The point was, I wondered if anybody else just loved... Because you actually don't. Like, I'll come home and I'll say to you... No, Speaker 2 (9:50) don't. I'll say to Speaker 3 (9:51) you, oh, my God, do you want to hear what so-and-so told me today? And you're like, oh... Is it about somebody else? Is it bad? You're a bit like, oh, no, because I told you some gossip the other day. My Speaker 2 (10:02) problem is that I'm not good with secrets. Don't fucking tell me gossip. Because Speaker 3 (10:06) that is a secret. Don't tell me gossip Speaker 2 (10:07) because I don't. I'm not good at secrets. Speaker 3 (10:10) No. I'm not good Speaker 2 (10:12) at secrets at all whatsoever. This Speaker 3 (10:14) wasn't that. So it wasn't even gossip or a secret. It Speaker 2 (10:18) was just Speaker 3 (10:18) bitching. It was just like, can I be really... Can Speaker 2 (10:21) I just slag someone off for a bit? Can I just really Speaker 3 (10:22) get into something here? And I was like, I am all ears. Yeah. Hit me. Yeah, Speaker 2 (10:28) I'm your girl. And Speaker 3 (10:28) then I was just thinking, like, just how excited I was about it. I was like, I wonder if other people have got that or whether you have to be a bit mean. Most people Speaker 2 (10:37) do. I don't really get it. Speaker 3 (10:39) You don't like it when I come home and say... Speaker 2 (10:41) I don't slag Speaker 3 (10:41) people off Speaker 2 (10:41) and stuff. Speaker 3 (10:42) Oh, can I tell you what so-and-so said? I feel like it's Speaker 2 (10:46) a Speaker 3 (10:46) burden then. Yeah, you do. You're a bit like, oh, do I want to know? I feel like if there's anything I'm supposed to know Speaker 2 (10:50) or if I was supposed to hear, then I would have heard it. Speaker 3 (10:53) And also, James is one of these people, right, where he'll go where maybe someday that, you know, maybe something's been going on, maybe we've heard some stuff, and he'll come home and I'll be like, did you ask, like, about... or what happened there or what was he saying? And you're like, I don't know. I didn't ask anything. I'm like, Speaker 2 (11:12) so boring and annoying. It's not boring and annoying. It's simple. Life's better when you just sort of concentrate on yourself. Speaker 3 (11:20) No, I like it when it doesn't involve me. It's really easy to slag other people Speaker 2 (11:23) off. It's really easy to be like, oh, God, this person did this. It's Speaker 3 (11:27) not about slagging them off. It's just about, you know, it's just about knowing the deets. Speaker 2 (11:32) Yeah. Speaker 3 (11:34) I love the details sometimes. You Speaker 2 (11:35) love Speaker 3 (11:35) the Speaker 2 (11:35) deets, don't you? It Speaker 3 (11:36) depends what mood I'm in, though, to be fair. You like the fine Speaker 2 (11:38) print. I Speaker 3 (11:39) need to know... Speaker 2 (11:40) You like the Ts and Cs. Speaker 3 (11:41) I need to know everything before I make a decision on whose side I'm on. Speaker 2 (11:44) Right. Speaker 3 (11:46) Anyway, that just really excited me. I had a great old chat. Yeah. And she made some very good points. Right. And I agreed with a lot of them. Speaker 2 (11:52) I bet you did. Mean girls. Speaker 3 (11:55) Yeah. Speaker 2 (11:56) I'm actually in quite a good mood,