Matt Rife Talks Famous Exes, Relationship Advice, and Most Overrated Comedian | Thirst Trap | ELLE

- Hey, let's not combine substances, okay?

Pick one gross thing at a time.

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That was disgusting.

I've got 10 questions and 10 shots of God knows what.

I can either answer the question

or I have to take a shot.

I think I'm gonna be fine.

I mean, there's not really much I get embarrassed about.

Like, unless it's like a deeply personal question.

I don't think I'm gonna be afraid of anything.

I hope I don't have to take a shot of any of these.

They look disgusting.

Thick.

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It's um,

strong.

From the Swiss Alps.

Aged well.

Alright, first question.

What is your biggest insecurity?

I'd say my biggest insecurity is

the security in my career.

The entertainment business is so up and down.

Like you have to cherish like every high moment you get

because it can go away

and you could never work again

after that one exciting thing.

So I think it's just hoping I can have longevity

in this business.

Suck it.

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Now, I don't have to drink it.

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Is it dressing?

I think it's Italian dressing.

Not mad at it.

I don't want to drink it, but -

Tell us who the most famous person to slide

into your DMs was

and show us what they said.

Oh, that's number two?

Most famous person to slide into my DMs.

(groans)

Man!

Like they started the conversation?

Uh!

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(sighs)

That's mean.

That was very, very mean.

Good question.

Okay.

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It wasn't that bad.

Other than the chopped up vegetables at the bottom of it.

Could have done without that.

The pickle juice was was nice, though.

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Dark is just, it's not,

I know it's not gonna be good.

I know it's not.

It's another dressing.

Which city are you least looking forward to

during your Problematic World Tour?

Well, it would be Atlanta, but I purposely skipped Atlanta.

I'm performing in Georgia and Augusta, I believe.

It's a city that I'm actually going to

that I'm not looking forward to?

I would say, I mean, no one's excited to go

to like Oklahoma City, you know what I mean?

No shade to the city.

I'm sure there are plenty of Dave and Busters to hang out at

but I'm pretty excited to be the most fun thing in Oklahoma

for at least one night.

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I don't think the Oklahoma fans are gonna be pissed at all.

They know where they live.

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Ew, this one's white and chunky.

Oh, it's so thick.

How many times have you hooked up with your fans?

(laughs)

- [Producer] Oh my God.

- That was disgusting.

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The thickness of it going down my esophagus was

haunting.

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Oh, that's not good.

I feel like I'm -

Picture like a beef jerky flavored ramen juice.

So far, texture is what's gonna kill me.

Name three celebrities you would not want to be stranded

on a desert island with and why.

Greta Thunberg.

I feel like she would just talk about how the ocean

is rising the entire time we're on the island.

And how many years we have left

until we just inevitably drowned.

I said, Greta Thunberg,

anybody from Vanderpump Rules.

Who's to say who's the worst?

It just seems like they would create drama

even out of just the four of us.

And then the third one would be

Harry Styles.

Because we're trapped on this island

and he'd be the sexiest one there.

So the whole time I'm like,

"How long am I stranded on this island for before I try

to fuck Harry Styles?"

You know? And I just don't really wanna have to deal

with that battle mentally

and physically

and sexually.

Nope.

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Hey, let's not combine substances, okay?

Pick one gross thing at a time.

Well, yeah, it's gonna be gross and you can concoct things.

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That's not gonna be good.

Tabasco and vodka.

Or will it be?

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Which comedian do you think is overrated and why?

(laughing) Oh man!

Oh! God!

This is gonna be blasphemous.

I know the amount of hate I'm gonna get for this.

But it's okay 'cause I don't think he would like me either.

It's okay.

I think Jerry Seinfeld is wildly overrated.

Just for my old personal preference.

He's just a very eighties, early nineties style of comic.

Like it's very cut and dry, easy,

premise, set up, punchline.

It's not my sense of humor per se.

- [Producer] What do you think Seinfeld would say

about your comedy?

- (Jerry Seinfeld voice) I don't get it.

I think it's only women here.

I don't know.

That's a terrible impression, but whatever.

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Oh! I was just off on hot sauce.

Not bad.

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This.

Oh please,

oh God I hope I can't do this one.

I can't tell what that is.

Like look what's at the bottom.

What is that?

If you're gonna mix shit,

make it be two liquids.

Don't mix solids and liquids.

This is disgusting.

Okay.

Next question is

who's the most famous person you've matched with?

You can't just Google it?

- [Producer] You could drink it.

- It's so nasty.

It's so gross.

Come on, man.

Ah!

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(groans)

Kate Beckinsale.

I just, I can't.

It's disgusting.

What is it?

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Oh.

Oh yeah, I could not have -

I could not have done that.

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It does not smell good.

It's like lemon juice and -

Yeah, almost has like that twang of like a pickle juice

as well.

Would you have doubled down on pickle juice though?

It doesn't smell like the worst one.

On the Full Volume podcast,

you talked about events leading up to a breakup

where you messed up a little bit.

What was your little mess up?

I messed up a little bit. - [Host] Yeah.

- And then her reaction to that mess up

made it a thousand times worse.

Oh man.

It is like so genuinely minuscule

and like actually means fucking nothing.

But I kind of just want it to die

because everyone's blown it out of proportion.

I'll take the shot because no matter what I say

nobody's gonna believe me anyways.

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It wasn't the worst.

Not good.

Now you'll never know.

Fuckwads.

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This one looks like a lava lamp.

I don't know how I feel about that.

Oh.

I'm gonna say like orange soda and

some kind of hot sauce again.

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Back in April you said, "I kind of hate dating."

But recently, Page Six reported

that you're seeing Jessica Lord.

Who are you currently dating?

Jessica Lord.

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Y'all nosy man.

Y'all so nosy.

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This (groans) okay.

This looks like it fermented in an above ground pool.

Oh.

It's the last question too.

I bet it's the worst one.

(laughs)

Come on man!

Why it so messy?

You once gave Pete Davidson advice

to run and be careful when it came to dating

Kate Beckinsale.

Why was this your advice?

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I'm trying to think of how I want to word it.

I'm gonna answer it.

I gave that advice because I was only speaking

from personal experience,

having been together and finding out

that we weren't the most compatible match.

And I wanted to make sure that both of them were careful

with their emotions

and didn't head into something that they also wouldn't,

that also wouldn't work out.

- [Producer] That one answers the why you gave the advice

to be careful,

but it doesn't answer why you said to run.

- Oh, come on.

Come on!

- [Producer] You could drink it.

- No, I can't.

(laughs) It's pretty thick.

I gave the advice to be careful because I had just got out

of a relationship with somebody that I unfortunately found

out we weren't compatible.

And I always want people to, you know,

protect their emotions and their personal feelings

and I told 'em to run because I was being a petty asshole.

I regret saying that.

Pete, if you're out there, sorry I said that.

Kate, I also apologize that I said that.

I shouldn't have said that.

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Yeah, I'm pretty happy I skipped that one.

I think it went fine.

I feel like I righted some wrongs.

I feel like I had to do some soul searching.

I have a stronger stomach than I thought, actually.

I feel like some people would've thrown up at these.

It's pretty gross.

Well that's it.

Thanks for watching me on Thirst Trap.

I hope you learned a lot.