Poor Zak Starkey. First he was fired from The Who; then he was rehired by The Who. Now he’s officially been ”retired” from The Who. Jack details “the Zak Starkey saga” for Becky and Molly McAleer, and why Starkey isn’t performing with his OTHER former band Oasis during their reunion tour.
Elsewhere, Jack tells Becky and Molly about a bizarre story out of New York City. 2 wannabe socialites kept an ex-business partner captive in their townhome in order to extract the account information for his crypto fortune. Not only were the captors unsuccessful, but now they’re facing some serious charges. Plus, according to folks in their circle, they just weren’t fun to be around.
Also discussed in this mammoth installment of Hardly Focused:
- Molly is performing 2 shows in Boston! See her June 25 at Laugh Boston, and June 26 at City Winery, alongside Rob Schulte and Meredith Lynch!
- Goo Goo Dolls’ “Name” is about MTV VJ-turned-political commentator Lisa Kennedy, whom Becky was once told she looks like.
- When celebrities get cancelled, is it a matter of “waiting for the other shoe to drop?”
- Hailey “Hawk Tuah” Welch finally talks about her meme coin scandal on her Talk Tuah podcast.
- Inspired by a reddit post – How old is “too old” to return to college?