Anthony on Love Line

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(This is from before By The Way came out... so it was sometime in 2001. I didn’t transcribe it ALL word for word, but I transcribed pretty much all of what Anthony said word for word and tried to stay true to exactly how things were said as much as I could..)

Anthony and Robert Downy Jr. were on the show to promote a benefit show for the Hollywood Sunset Clinic (http://www.silverliningsilverlake.com) so they started out talking about that (and mention it after every commercial break.)

Then they talked about condoms wearing out.

Then they took callers.

Angel, 18, from Texas: She is bisexual and has a boyfriend who has always wanted to have a 3-some with her and some other chick. BUT, she also has a girlfriend and another guy on the side. She did the deed with her girlfriend (whom he knows about) and videotaped it and her boyfriend got mad about it.

Anthony: Maybe because he wasn’t there.

And they pretty much just talked about her situation and why she was possibly doing that.

Anthony: Specifically, what is on the tape?

And she summarizes it... they got real kinky

At this point she says she has the boyfriend on the side (who is married) and they gamble on what from her past has led to her current situation (whether it was sexual abuse, alcoholism in the family, etc)

Anthony: I’m going to go with the standard got kidnapped and forced to watch Russ Myers films at the age of 8.

Then he says “yeah, I’m gonna say she got overexposed at a young age”, after Dr. Drew mentioned that some sexual addiction can come from overexposure to it at a young age.

She ended up being sexually abused by a close friend of her mom’s when she was 15.

Anthony: I just want to say to Angel that just about everyone I’ve ever met has been sexually abused so... don’t feel weird or different or messed up because of that, everyone that I know has been somehow sexually abused and I think the thing to do is just talk about it and realize that it’s not the shame that you want to ...
[Dr. Drew breaks in]

Mike, 28: He has been dating a 40-year old for the last 10 months... they’re pretty much “screw buddies”. She’s not ready for a relationship.

Anthony: Does she also refer to you as a screw buddy?

Mike: uh, yeah

Anthony: Ok, just checking.

Anthony: I’m going to add that to my arsenal- “screw buddy”

Mike goes on to say that she was in an abusive relationship when she was in her 20s. Then she found someone else and got married and has a kid with them, but got divorced a few years ago.
Her mom freaked out and pretty much disowned the whole family.
He has feelings for her and is kind of getting close to the kid. He feels happy and content in bed with her.

Drew and Adam talk about the situation.. Drew tells him just to tell her that he has feelings for her and Dr. Drew suspects he needs Alcoholics anonymous work and advises him to go.

Anthony: I couldn’t agree more with all that advice. To me that’s a beautiful picture, I love the-

Drew: ...just the screw buddy part

Anthony: ..the screw buddy, the falling asleep in her arms, feeling it, cozy and content..

Then Mike goes on to talk about how she freaked when she saw him give a cigarette to some girl at this party or something, then Dr Drew and Adam were suspecting alcoholism again.

They finish with Mike and then Adam and Drew start bickering because they were going to commercial and Adam cut Dr Drew off when he wanted to mention the benefit show again or something.
Anthony informs them they need counceling.

-commercial & song-

they continue their bickering and Adam is like ok, whatever and says “Robert, go ahead, we’ll never give the website out”

Robert: I was just observing this interaction with um -

Anthony: it’s fascinating.

Robert: yeah.

Anthony: 30 years from now you guys are going to be grey and bearded and you’re going to be arguing back and forth.

Robert: Wanna gamble on it?

Adam: let me explain the problem-

Anthony: ...walkers and cains and you guys are going to be hitting each other.

Adam: we usually don’t have A-list type celebrities on the show...

And he goes on to explain how Drew usually isn’t into it but tonight he’s excited and active and it just kind of threw him off.

Next caller is Laura, 17: says she loves the show and says “Anthony I love you! The Red Hot Chili Peppers are my favorite band, you guys rock my world.”

Anthony: Thank you, Laura.

She has a question for Anthony and Adam. She asks Tony how the tube sock antic originated.
Anthony said his version is different than Flea’s version, but we all pretty much know the story of that one..

Anthony: I was 17 years old I had left my house I was living with a roomate, a lady friend of his had a crush on me, I was previously engaged with my high school sweetheart this girl kept sending me very sexually oriented cards and messages, basically she just wanted to get down and I wasn’t having it because I was in love. And my friend said “she’s coming over! She’s coming over to the apartment she wants to see you.” And I ran into the bedroom I got naked and I put a sock on my dick and came out to greet her, you know, hoping that that would scare her away forever, and it just made her fall more deeply in love with me and she continued to send messages and cards and...[commentary from the others-Laura “that’s sweet”] then one day when it came time to perform live on stage in concert - with my brotheren - it just seemed like the thing to do.

Dr. Drew: You were so accustomed to it by that point.

Anthony: It just, you know, we were- they say that when you get into show business you reach back and pull out every trick from your childhood and you end up turning it into some kind of shtick.

Then they comment on how funny it is that Laura said “that’s sweet”..
Laura: I think it’s sexy

Dr Drew asks him how he keeps the sock on when he’s jumping around on stage.

Anthony: It’s all in the balls. I mean if you just put that over your dick, I mean not everybody in town is going to keep that thing- but if you wrap it nicely around the whole scrotum and the sack in its entirety- the package - is sufficient.

Adam says he has a tube-sock garter.

Then Laura asks Adam to tell the story of when he was trapped in his friends house while she was sunbathing naked.

the guys: Ohhh...

he said he'd tell them at break.

Debbie, 32: She’s a phone sex operator who has a client that called her a lot and now wants to meet up with her and pay her $100 for sex. She left her boyfriend 3 weeks ago. She met up with the guy that night and did a hand job for $50... and she feels kind of sick about doing it. This boyfriend she left is away in the military and she’s not sure what’s going to happen when he comes back, because she still loves him. He would beat her up, which is why she left him. She says she’s used to it.

Dr. Drew: Just for future reference, there are guys out there that wont.

Anthony: Yeah, certain people get addicted to the kind of rush of their boyfriends beating them up.

Then Dr. Drew talks about the situation.
She says she went through a bad divorce before... she gets no money and lost everything to him, including the kids.

She says she has a BDU fetish on top of it - “Battle Dress Uniform” fetish.

Anthony: Battle dress...?

Debbie: It’s like camouflage uniform, it kind of turns me on..

Anthony: So you like getting decked out in Desert Storm gear?

Debbie: No, I like guys who wear Desert Storm gear.

Anthony: I was picturing YOU in the gear, but...

Debbie: Well I’d look good in it though...

Then Adam and Drew give her advice, tell her to find some spirituality and get some therapy and get her life in order.

-commercial & song-

Next caller is Jenna, 25: She’s a fitness professional and is a big fan of Robert Downy and the show. Her husband plays tennis and she’s blown away by her “peers” who are having babies and she’s not really ready to have kids.
Adam hangs up on her supposedly by accident. they kind of found her obnoxious.

Mike, 24: He has dark purple “tips” on his penis that itch. He has trouble describing it.

Dr. Drew asks him to send a pic. And then they tell him to go get it checked out with a doctor.

Anthony: Describing the bumps... Did you ever see that commercial where the lady is trying to describe the sound her car is making because it’s not working right? That’s what it’s like trying to describe the bumps.

Dr Drew: Right.

-commercial & song-
Talk about the benefit show again. Anthony says he’s a huge fan of Amy Mann.

Anthony: I listen to that girl’s records and I get blown away.

The tape gets cut here a bit, but it comes back with them still talking about the benefit show.

Next caller is Josh, 16: He thinks the first time a girl has sex that they experience “overwhelming pain”, which they do not.

Anthony: Why are you worried about the overwhelming pain?

Josh: Well I was just wondering, because I’ve heard that a lot. I’ve heard average size for a penis is 6 inches.

He’s about 8 inches and wondering if he could do harm.

Dr. Drew says yeah, it can be uncomfortable for anyone.

Adam tells him to just take it slow and that it will all work out.

Anthony: Yeah exactly! My understanding of the female vagina is that-

Dr Drew: as opposed to the male vagina?
[chuckles from the other guys]

Anthony: ...as opposed to the hermaphrodite vagina... is that it expands and contracts with unbelievable elasticity.

Dr. Drew: That’s correct, and it springs right back.

Anthony: and if you just move slow and go gentile and... move your thing... real.. mellow and with love. And make sure she cums! No, I’m kidding.

Dr. Drew talks about it.

Anthony asks Josh: Is she into it?

Josh: into what?

Anthony: Losing her virginity to you.

Josh: Yeah... well, I guess so. I was just asking, you know, in case.

The call ends.

Anthony: That 8-incher was the easist problem to solve all night. Those other problems were difficult.

Charlie, 31: A kind of loud boisterus guy reminiscent of the late Chris Farley that talks about how he loved Robert Downy in Back to School with Rodney Dangerfield. He has a problem with premature ejaculation.

Anthony has a technique for him.

Anthony: Breathing. It’s all about breath. If you focus on your breath rather than how good it’s feeling down there, just breathe in and out like – very intentional breathing like [proceeds to breathe in and out of his nose then mouth in rythm and the other guys crack up] Don’t focus on your penis, focus on your breath!

Adam: Hold on, I came when he did that, what’s happening? [laughter]

Robert suggests Yoga.

Charlie wants to ask Tony something and goes on and says that he and his brothers really like “Blood Sugar Sex Water” and wants to know if “Anthony’s taken on the other side now or what?”

Anthony: That depends on your definition of ‘the other side’ it sounds like you have gone to a completely different place then I ever intended, but that’s ok ‘cause [with emphasis and at a slightly faster pace] lyrics were meant to be interpreted as seen fit.

Robert: He shot you down, Charlie.

Anthony: I mean, are you talking about some sort of bisexual or gay reference there?

Charlie: Yeah!

Anthony: No, that’s not what I was thinking when I wrote the song. You can interpret it that way if you want to....

Charlie: No, no I’m a big fan of yours...

Anthony: [in a higher voice] no no, go ahead!

Charlie: ...it just seemed like it’s kinda been going down hill lately.

[Someone pushes a button and a voice comes on and says “you are an asshole”]

Adam: And by the way, Anthony is being critiqued by a guy who stopped blowing himself because his gut is in the way.

Robert: steady, chuckles.

Anthony: No that’s alright, you know, hey... [with sarcasm] I’m not against having a little sensitive criticism from Charlie. [in a more serious tone now] The Otherside is something much deeper than, you know, experimenting with male-on-male sex. Not what I’m into, but if you want to visualize that while you’re listening to the song, you go ahead!

Caroline, 17: Has a question for Anthony. She’s wondering what the new album will sound like (this is before By The Way was released).

Anthony: We don’t sit down and have a group discussion on which direction we’re going in or what kind of sound we want to come up with, it just happens. To us it always seems like a natural progression from whatever we did before that. You know, the more time we spend together, the more time our chemistry gets bubbling in the lab, it just comes out. I don’t even know what to call it... it sounds to me, um, like the next phase from Californication. It doesn’t sound like Californication, but it sounds like a continuation there of. We’re pretty happy with it, it sounds good to us.

Adam: When’s it coming out, do you know?

Anthony: We’re still recording. It comes out in the springtime of 2002.

Then she Caroline says she met Anthony on Wednesday, august 16 2000 in Toronto and that he was staying at the Four Seasons hotel, and so did she. One of Anthony’s friends hooked her up and put her on the guest list and she followed Anthony into the elevator at 2am after the show. She thought she had scared him.

Anthony: You followed me all the way to my door.

Caroline: Oh I did not!

Anthony: Yeah, you did.

Caroline: I was like “I’m not done talking to you” or whatever, but I didn’t follow you out of the elevator.

Robert: “I’m not done talking to you” at 2 in the morning?

Dr. Drew: That’s a scary thing to tell someone, Caroline.

Anthony: See, right now I hope my girlfriend is listening... cause... now she sees exactly how they behave...

She was kind of stuffy nosed and Dr. Drew started talking about stalking.

Cindy, 20: She has been getting tested for various diseases, has genital warts and chlamydia or something and she’s worried about telling the person she’s with about it.

And blah blah the doctor talks about it with her.
Then Dr. Drew asks the guys how it would affect them if their girlfriend told them they had an std like that.

Anthony: I think it’s very cool that she took the responsibility to find out and that she’s at least addressing the issue of how to deal with this.

Dr. Drew: She is getting herself together quite literally.

Anthony: And that’s a cool thing, I mean...

Adam talks a bit about her situation, and she asks, “guys, how would like the girl to”

Anthony: If the girl I’m dating now had told me 5 times into the date that she had some sort of...

Dr. Drew: Yeah – no, no not that you’ve been having sex 5 times, you’re like getting...

Anthony: ...getting to know her... there’s no way that that would have stopped me.

Cindy: Yeah, but how would you rather have her say? Would you rather her say “you need to go get checked”, or..?

Adam and Drew: no, just blurt it out

More talk about genital warts.

Next caller is Ariel, 17: Asked Robert if he still plans on being in Hamlet under the direction of Mel Gibson.
He said “we might do that at some point, yeah”
She says she thinks he’s such a great actor.

Then Adam starts talking about how people really seem to like him, even after people usually turn on those who have had problems such as Robert has had.

More discussion about Robert’s life and he says how happy he is to be doing the benefit.
He gives a shout out to his friends.
Then they talk about prison and rehab and drug addiction with him.

Anthony: I also find in my experiences never give up. Never give up on somebody else, because as long as somebody is breathing, there is hope for that person. It doesn’t matter how impossible their situation seems to be if there’s a degree of willingness at all there’s help.

Dr Drew: Anthony and I were talking off the air about some cases that I was involved with that Anthony knows and we have seen some miracles and.. willingness was not a concept that some of these people could even have, but they were breathing. Barely all be it, but they were breathing and they were miracles.

Anthony: Yeah, I’ve seen the worst cases I’ve ever seen and they’ve come back to be clean and incredibly creative and productive people.

Adam talks about how it was horrible for him when he was without T-VO once.

Anthony: Did I mention how much my mom loves you, Robert?

Robert: Oh...

Anthony: Oh man, she loves you so much.

Robert: Really?

Anthony: Yeah. You talk about that humanity, that sort of inner, uh, something that every human every man every woman can relate to that kind of compassion that people get from –

Dr Drew: that they see in Robert?

Anthony: Yeah, or in lots of people – Robert, because we’re talking about him right now. But my mom is very sensitive like that.

Adam comes in and compliments Robert.

-commercial and song-

mention the benefit again.

Erin, 27: She is a fellow Rockinfreakapotami (rhcp fanclub member) wanting to ask Anthony something she’s been wanting to ask for ages. She entered this contest with the fanclub where you have to design a cover for the next issue of the fanzine.

Anthony: I remember the contest. I’m with you.

She said Blackie gave her this prize that said she won and that Anthony himself had actually picked hers. She wanted to know if it’s true that he picked it.

Anthony: I remember looking at tons of artwork that people sent in and I remember commenting on all of it. My memory does get hazy.... but, what did it look like?

Erin: Well, I kind of took – it was a motif a little bit off of Blood Sugar Sex Magik, as opposed to Blood Sugar Sex Water [chuckling ] like the guy that called earlier...

Anthony: [grumbling ] That was Charlie. The guy who said I’m going downhill.

Erin: Except for - I saw some something very sexual about the cover of that album–

Adam: What did you draw, though?

Erin: Oh, well in the center instead of a rose, I um, I put my pubic area where I had-

Anthony: Yes yes yes yes.. it all came right back.

Erin: ...shaved a logo into my -

Dr. Drew: Shaved a logo?

Anthony: She had shaved the red hot chili peppers asterisk into her pubic hair and it looked hot and you won. Didn’t you ever see the magazine with you in it?

Erin: Oh yeah, except for you know what? He edited me out.

Anthony: no, no I saw..

Erin: and I didn’t get the cover just because – you know there’s a lot of 10 year olds in your club and stuff like that.

Anthony: You were in there somewhere. I remember-

Erin: I know, but they covered the good part and I can’t believe how many creepy mails I got from people...

Adam: But, why are you asking if you won if you know..

Dr. Drew: no no, she wants to know if Anthony actually picked it.

Anthony: I saw it and I gave it a full approval.

Dr. Drew: Two thumbs up.

Anthony: It looked – it was a great design. I see a lot of mohawks out there, a lot of clean shaven, you don’t see a lot of asterisks.

Erin: Well that’s true and I had to grow it out for a month to be able to get that kind of ... get some real definition.

Adam: How much work is involved in growing your pubic hair, though. Can you still hold down a job, is that something you can do at the workplace?

Erin then asks Anthony if he played in a band called Anthem in high school.

Anthony: No, but I introduced a band called Anthem in high school.

Next caller is Alexandra: Asks Robert what he looks for in a project.

He pretty much goes with his intuition.

Anthony: I like the intuition. Pay attention to your intuition.

Kate, 20: She has had sex with 3 guys and none of them came.

Dr. Drew: You’re fat.

Anthony: Why couldn’t you cum if she was fat?

Adam: No, Drew is very cruel that way. I think women are all God’s creatures and I will hump the bajesus out of any of them no matter what shape they’re in

Anthony: Here here.

They suspect it could be due to alcohol that they aren’t cuming, and they ended up being drunk.

Anthony: Have sex with someone who’s sober and see what happens there. Just a crazy idea.

A bit more talk.

Anthony: Do it outside, that helps too.

Benefit is mentioned again.

-commercial and song-

Benefit mention.

Lisa, 28: She has lost her sex drive.

Dr Drew and Adam discuss it with her try to see why.

Anthony: The case of the missing libido.

Then she says she loves Robert Downy Jr. He tells her that it will shift and she’ll get her sex drive back.

Anthony also says that she’ll be fine and that when she least expects it that it will shift.

Next caller is Britney, age 21: She moved in with her boyfriend and he’s going to all these porn sites and going to these adult friend finder sites and is wondering why.

Dr. Drew thinks he has always done it and they discuss it a bit.

Anthony: Well porn can be very obsessive and very addictive. And personally, it always leaves me feeling incredibly empty and a little bit distant from those that I’m actually close to.

Dr. Drew: That’s exactly what it does.

Anthony: Again, it can be a phase thing and you know, hopefully –

Dr Drew: If it is though, it’s the crack cocaine of the sex addicts man, it’s the rocket fuel.

They discuss it a bit more and recommend some sites for porn addiction.

Robin: she wants to know how she gets through the depression after rehab. She was in it for heroine use and is currently not sober.

Dr. Drew: The one thing about heroine withdrawel is that it leaves you with a profound sense of emptyness, like a loss, like someone you loved has died and there is no medication, there’s nothing that gets you over that. You have to stay in the program stay connected with other people, stay with a high degree of structure so you can tolerate it because it does get better with time but it takes many weeks.

Adam: And you gotta get clean to begin with.

She then says how much Robert has been an inspiration.

Robert: Thank you so much.

Robin: You give me hope that I might be able to do it.

Robert: Well I’m telling you that when I was in the space where you say you’re at right now, it’s so funny that you’re wondering why things are going on but you haven’t quite put it down... I assure you beyond a shadow of a doubt that you cannot even begin to experience how awesome your life will be. It’s just a matter of time, let it run its course, you can do it honey I swear to God.

Robin: Really..? Thank you...

-commercial and song-

mention the benefit again.

-End of the show-