Ep 34: From Party King to Fashion Fiend – Joey’s 20s Were Insane

The Roaring 20s were iconic for a reason: booze, drugs, and an insatiable thirst for the next big party. Joey’s 20s were no different. From blackout nights to fashion highs, his decade was nothing short of debaucherous. So grab a cocktail, maybe a regret or two, and saddle up. In this episode of the Demon Babie Podcast, we’re diving into every chaotic, fabulous, and messy moment of Joey’s Roaring 20s.

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Welcome to another episode of the Demon Babie Podcast. I'm Joey Lombardo, a.k.a. the Demon of Hollywood. I'm sitting here with Brace face Blond Babie a.k.a. Emma Nilsson, and I just want to say congrats on getting Invisalign today. Very rude of you to get braces, but not the kind that would serve anything for me in a way that I'm not going to talk about this is a family program. Mmmm. understood. Yeah. I'm serving Darla not loving That for me. Still not what I'm thinking of. But I know, but it's all I can think about. My face feels crazy and talking feels crazy right now, so I'm really excited to be talking for a living. I love the new lisp. It's turning me on! Do I have a lisp? Oh yeah. Oh no. Welcome to a new episode. And if you're watching, you can see that it's my birthday and I'm now 30 and I'm out of control. So we're going to be talking about his roaring 20s. Let's get into it. Welcome to the show. First off, I feel like Ricky Bobby not having the topics cause I don't know what to do with my hands right now. And it's really so I feel like there's going to be a lot of creeping up hands. I think it's all right. I mean, maybe you'll learn to have them down. No. a little pr training. But for today, It's serving Talladega Nights. Hold on. Before you get these. I know you're very excited. I'm really excited, but. I bought something that we're gonna have to try out for them, so. Oh, wait, we're starting with this. Yeah. What is it? Yeah. Is it a Labubu? No. I said, we have to try something. We're going to do it after the episode. But we're talking about it at the beginning. Yeah. We're not opening it for the whole episode. I want to open it now. Yeah, we’re gonna open it right now. Oh, okay. Great open it right now. What are these? Freeze dried skittles. Oh, I have to take this out. That's why we're not doing right now. Freeze dried Skittles. Should they go in the freezer? No, that's not how it works. They're freeze dried. Yeah, there's no water, so there’s no. So the camera. We've seen it on TikTok for years now. We gotta try it out. Oh, this is so exciting. I know, I saw them today. I have to pick these up for the show. That's great. They match the thing. they do it. They look like our soundboard. Yeah, well, I'm excited about that. That's fun. We’ll film tryin them out. Yeah. All right. First topic. No, I should say that first topic. I don't like you saying it. Well I'm going to say next topic too I guess. Yeah. This is going to be a weird backwards. Episode. fucked up episode. Cheers to your 20s. What was the highest high of your 20s? The highest high of my 20s, yeah. Me getting high probably. NOOOOO. That’s when I was my highest. Or was that your lowest low. Turned into the lowest low. No. Your highest high was me in Japan for sure. Yeah. Yeah. In my 20s. Yeah I think me touch down in Asia. Okay. When we got to Asia I was like. Wow I've made it. No one in my lineage been here the whole bloodline looking at me right now. So that's pretty cool. What about you. Yeah. Same. I mean, my dad's been to China, but going to Japan and Korea where they were really, like, concerned about everything for almost no reason. It was pretty cool. Yeah. Yeah. It's just all the traveling. And yeah, I would say traveling has been the highest high for sure. Nice. Well, the second question, unfortunately, was what's the best place you've traveled to? Is it Japan? It is. But then Kyoto, to be specific. I like that. But in Kyoto, I was not respectful enough to the, ancient ness of it. What do you mean, you weren't respectful enough? There was a part of me. I was like, okay, I get it. It's a bunch of things, but you kind of get so burned out because there's so many. They have the most World Heritage sites in the entire world. Yeah. So you get so burned out, you're like, all right, I'd like to get a little rowdy. Now I'm a little bored looking at heritage sites, all day which, you know, is crazy to say. It's looking back. Yeah. What was. I thinking? But in the moment, you do kind of just get the itch to be like, okay, I like that. I want to let loose a little. Yeah. They don't let loose that much. Not in Kyoto. But Kyoto was craziest place ever been. And I don't know, Nara was pretty up there too. I felt like I was in a Pokemon Village. Legitimately. Pokemon Village is Nara. Yeah, Nara was so cool. Yeah. The bowing deer they were crazy. They like mugged you. Yeah, they bit you and. Yeah they fucked you up Headbutted you if you didn't give them treats fast enough and they knew you had more. Yeah, yeah, that was really cool. What about you? I really liked going to Spain and going to Ibiza and. Flipping off the cliffs? Oh, that was pretty lit. I think about that all the time. Especially now that it's summer, I'm like, oh, I just want to go back and like jump in the water. Like literally that same exact spot. I'm going to do flips off the cliff again. Yeah. And every time I, we have like 2 or 3 friends in Ibiza right now and I every time they jump off a little rock, I'm just like the fact that you didn't do just a flip. What are you doing? What are you doing? I did a flip. You did flips! I'm like, come on, you could at least tuck and roll one. Yeah. Come on, come on. Hit me with it. Next topic. What's the best meal you had in your 20s? Oh, besides, this there was this one that was like, really white, pale, five, five blond, Swedish girl. That's been a delicacy. I've been dipping into a lot, but other than that, best meal of my life. Yeah. In my 20s. Well, I definitely did my best eating in my 20s. So far, so far. Do do do. Hm. You know, I was just going down memory lane because I was like, oh, have we ever eaten at a two Michelin star restaurant? And I realized you would really know if you ever did eat a two Michelin. Star, because it's that gnarly. It is that. Gnarly. Okay. But what? Still answer the question, what's the best meal you ever had? I was stalling for time. If you didn't know how, I didn't have any dead air. I would say the yakitori place in Osaka. Or. Sushi in L.A. Yellow or yellow door sushi is incredible. Yeah. Which is ironic because all of those chefs are straight from Japan and have been making sushi since they were, like 16. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, the. Guy's 50 years. Deep Yeah. And he's 52. So yeah. Yellow door sushi or like yakitori place in Japan. The yakitori place in Japan. I also think about often that they had this very like certain skewer that was like just chicken and salt. But something about the salt they use. We've never been able to replicate. And it's so. Good. I wonder if it was bamboo salt. I think it was some sort of very fancy salt. And I loved that was definitely one of our best meals. What was your best meal of your 20 so far? You still have a year. I still have a year and a half, actually year. And a month. A year and a half, literally. You're basically 30. I'm 28. Best meal of my life. 20’s. fuck. Life. I'm literally 21. Okay. Oh, man, I, I would agree. Yellow door. For LA. Okay. Really good. And then I think I would say the onsen that we stayed at by Mount Fuji. Best meal. I think you were romanticized by the hotel. Doesn't matter, it’s an entire experience. It. Yeah. If it's. sold. It was an entire experience. Next Topic. Worst meal you ever had In your 20s. Worst meal I’ve ever had. Is there anything that significant? I feel like I can usually vet for things before I try them. Yeah, yeah, but there's definitely been. We were eating down the street once, Running Goose. And we ordered something, and it was so bad we didn't eat it. And then they were like, oh, do you want to have, like, a to-go box? And we said no. And then they were like, what's so wrong with it? And we were just like, oh, no we're just really full. Like, sorry. Yeah, no offense. And then they took it off our bill, which was lit. But I was actually going to say that same meal because it was so bad. I mean, that's the only time I think I've denied eating food. It was so bad. Yeah. Oh, I have a good one that when we were in Seoul, we had an Uber home and this wasn't the*worst* meal we ever had. It was the *worst* meal we almost had. And we were coming home from a club at like 2 a.m., and our taxi driver was like, you got to try this thing. And it was. French fries. French fries. Tuna. Tuna like canned tuna. Which might be good. I mean, it could, but then there was like a bunch of seaweed and like, fishy stuff on top. And it was 3 a.m. by the time we got it. And, blacking in and out real hard. So we didn't see it again until the morning. Yeah. And that's tough too we didn’t eat it in the moment like if I ate it right then I probably would’ve liked it and been like oh wow, I love it. But we had already gotten skewers from the street vendor. There was definitely something fishy. Oh, I know what the worst thing I’ve ever eaten is. Okay. And it's the worst thing you've ever eaten. And I know for a fact what. And you're going to get a video of us doing it live. Octopus. Oh my god. Like. But How did we not think of this sooner worst thing ever. I will never, ever, ever, ever do that again. An alive octopus, do not eat. Don't don't recommend do don't do it for the bit. True. It's kind of mean to the octopus, octopuses are too smart. Cruel. Yeah, yeah. So that's the worst thing I've ever eaten. I felt bad about the octopus and I didn't like. And it tasted. And there was no benefit to it. Yeah, that was my worst meal of my life. Yeah, I agree, 20s Roaring. Did you have any weird habits throughout your 20s? Hold on. Next topic. Next topic. Weird habits in your 20s? Did you have any. Weird habits? Weird habits of my 20s. Blacking out, became way too big of a habit. Yeah. Hardcore blacking out. And so that was kind of weird. We're avoiding my family. That was kind of weird, What else? Any other habits? That's good enough? Yeah, I don't know. I don't know, besides blacking out too much, partying too much, and avoiding my family. For no reason. For no reason would probably be the only weird habits I picked up. But, you know, we're working on it. Live‘n learn. We're working. On. We're getting better. But everyone needs time. Yeah, yeah. What are your weird habits. Your sourdough. Obsession. Yeah. Kind of niche. You're like an angel in all white right now. Thank you. That's why I don't have any weird habits. Yeah I was going to say. What's that say about me? Well, you are a demon. We're. You're going to be a reformed demon in your 30s though. It's going to be great. Next topic. Was there anyone who changed your life in your 20s? You. Me? Yeah. You were there the whole time you shaped me into the man I am today. An alcoholic? Yep. Oh. I'm sorry. You crafted me out of clay. Oh, say something nicer. You shaped me to be much better. Okay, who else did I meet that changed my life in good ways or bad. Because I shouldn't namedrop a lot of people, but better people in my 20s that I met I made a lot of friends throughout the way. But you're the one that's stuck the best. Oh, so thanks for being there for me in my 20s. All of them. Every moment. Nice. Every year. Every single year. Was their best choice you ever made in your 20s? Best choice I've made in my 20s. You're just going to make me sound like a simp on this whole episode. Oh, I got a weird habit that started in my 20s. Run it back to the old one. I cosplayed for like a year and a half. That was weird. That was weird as fuck that just happened got popular on TikTok had to dip out. Yeah, I made merch, did the whole thing. But I'm out and I that was my weird hobby. Okay, back to it and back to the show. What was I saying? I said, what was your best choice? Best choice? man. This is like a sappy episode I thought this was the roaring 20s best choice. Was moving to Hollywood with you. Yeah. Moving to Hollywood really shaped who we are now. Yeah, I'm a jaded, crazy psycho thanks to this crazy psycho city. Yeah, but I like, who I am. You're a cool guy. I'm pretty cool guy. Yeah. Worst choice. Moving Hollywood. It got me a drug and alcohol. Problem. Oh, Classic Hollywood. Classic Hollywood. But I can win. I it yeah. I'm not that worried. I'm not really about that bad. No. You're fine. No, man. Worst decision. People you hung out with people. Yeah. Spending too much money on people that suck. Yeah. Buying too many people that didn't deserve it. Drinks. Yeah. But yeah I would think that was your. Worst choice was my worst choice. But I just always want the party to keep going. Yeah. My best choice other than being with you. It was getting Bleu God. I became a father. Yeah. Yeah I want picture blue in a picture blue. Thank you. He's adorable. Yeah. Yeah, I'm a father. You're a father. Papa. PAPA. Papacito. how do you feel? Your style, and like, relationship with clothing and fashion has changed throughout your 20s. Did Chat GPT write these? No, I wrote these. Really?? Yep. Okay. Anderson Cooper. I wanted to ask you better questions than just ask about your partying. Okay. I hope this is interesting. How did my style change? Did it change your relationship to clothing change? I bet it did. Yeah, because I make more money now so I can afford pieces I like. Traveling didn't change it too much, I don't think. I don't think that really influence how I look. You know. But I'll say the people I met because I got barista Matt. So he's inspired my cowboy lifestyle. My cowboy hats my cowboy boots. I would definitely have to homage to him to that. So yeah cowboy life and I don't know besides like adding cowboy esthetic and maybe just, but. The people don't know who you were in your 20s. So a 20 year old Joey was broke. Yeah. And still had good fashion but had limited options. So do you enjoy fashion more now? Do you care about it more? Do you feel more secure in making choices about it? Maybe I do because I started with such little ingredients. But now when I want to add something one I'm really skeptical to buy anything but. And then two kind of always go, oh, I want this to last and fast fashion really gets fucked and you fall into the habit. But after you get out of that and you're like, oh, no, because I probably have a leather jacket, collection, a cow boy boot collection. Exactly. And everything else. And from that, it's just basically basics and denim so I do rugged stuff because I'm a rugged man. Ohh. 30. 30. Still have hair. Okay. Yeah. For that. Yeah. All right. Hit me with it. Next t t t t topic. So Joey's actually used to be a sponsored skateboarder. And, how do you feel your relationship with skating has changed over the years? It's gone terribly. I had to relearn how to walk. Why? When I was 23. I think I was 23, and I had to relearn how to walk because I broke my leg in three places. Why? Because I was skateboarding. Did kickflip landed really weird kickflip into a bank shouldn’t have been a three broken bone situation and it was relearn how to walk surgery, all that good stuff. I had a limp for like two years. I. I think I recently have beaten it this year, so it's been like seven years of battling this fucked up leg. And I've beaten it through running and skating more than skating has been a bitch because it's so hard to do. And then you have an injury on top of it and a leg injury, and then, you know, it's not like riding a bike Stuff leaves. Yeah. So you have to start. Over skateboardings been.. And then it's hard because when you're skateboarding and you can't do what you know you can do, it's really depressing to be like, oh, what do you mean I can't tre flip? I used to be able to tre flip every single try. And eyes closed, drunk, backwards, everything like, yeah. And then to be like, I am not landing. I'm landing one out of ten right now. What? I feel like an infant. Yeah, because my brain's still there, but, you know. But my legs are doing what I want them to do. Exactly. And so, yeah, skateboarding is been actually a mental battle for sure. Do you feel you're in a good place with it now? Yeah. Very recently because of my running, I think it's really helped my leg muscles figure it out. And I've just been powering through the pain more. So nice. I like it. So you're so back with skating so back. I'm going to be getting clips nonstop. Stacking clips stacking. Nice. Check me out on TikTok. Stacking clips. Now hit me with a back side. Next topic. Next topic. Next topic. You don't like how I say it. No, I'm just not used to it. Still, alright Next Topic. How's your perspective on partying changed? No. All right then give your hot take on partying in your 20s and what you think of it. You should do in your fucking life partying in your 20s. I don't give a fuck. Do it. It's your only time. Your body can be strong enough to handle it. If you don't have kids. Don't do heroin or anything too crazy. Don't overdose. Don't. Don't hurt yourself. Go fuck your wallet. Fuck yourself up. Be hungover. Still. Go to work next day. Sweat it out. Tell your coworkers a hangover is everybody's been hungover. You'll relate through that. You'll make friends. You'll make friends. You'll make friends drinking. You'll make friends out. go places consistently. Talk to everybody. Be 20. Ooh. What's your number one advice to people who are struggling to make friends in their 20s? Go to somewhere consistently. Go to the same bar. You go to the same bar. Same gym. Same gym, same anywhere, coffee shop. same fucking place. Over and over and. Do little small talk, hello, crazy weather we’ve been having. blah blah and you'll get more and more. It's you're learning how to walk and you got to crawl. So don't think someone's going to get down on their knees and blow you just because you went to the same bar twice in a row. No. put in the work. It's like dating everybody. You are constantly dating everybody. Act like it. Be romantic. Ooh, suck them off. Whoa, whoa. Hey. You want friends? Are they friends or are they dating you can.. You don't have to date them. Do you have any other advice for people in their 20s? I don't have advice for anybody in their 20s. I. I am not a role model. This is a crazy episode. I'm great. I'm not a role model. Don't listen to me. I’ve made plenty of mistakes. I'm barely learning from them so. Don't listen to me. Listen to yourself. Trust yourself. Figure it out. Okay, fine. He's not a role model. He's a party boy. There you go. Do you have a number one party story you want to talk about a. Number one party? So I want to talk about. That I want to talk about without throwing a lot of people under the bus. Probably not. Yeah I don't know not without throwing a lot of people on a bus, I would say cocaine's a hell of a drug. Okay. Why are we back to that again. Because that fuels the latest night parties. And the craziest parties it just does it is the powerhouse. And. Yeah, if you think any Hollywood party isn't being fueled by cocaine and Redbull You’re insane. you're crazy. Yeah. If you're like no that's like the 80s. No, it's still happening You're crazy. Yeah. I'm craziest party story. I've just been in a bathroom with a lot of famous people before, and I'm not going to name drop them, but. You'd be surprised. It's surprising people. Other people look up to know me too intimately. So get outside, go to your local bars. Don't do cocaine at them. But buy a shot people. Shots. buy people. Shots. Have fun. All right. What are you looking forward to? Wait. Next topic. What are you looking forward to most in your 30s? Seeing what 30 year old me is capable of. What he can accomplish a little more brain hopefully on him a little more frontal lobe, cash comin his way I don't know. Does he have any goals he wants to throw down. Yeah. All right. Lets hear it. Oh not on the. Air I'm going to get married. I'm gonna buy a house. Maybe have a baby. Wow. Yeah. Dirty 30, Dirty. 30. I like it. I'm going to be cool and fucking ripped through it too. Nice. I'm going to do it cooler than anyone else. Perfect. Yeah. I love it. What are your 30 goals. I'm not, I'm not. You're not there. I'm not there yet. You can't ask me that. I would like to say esthetically, I look better than most 30 year olds. I have hair. You probably don't. I'm thin. You probably not. And I'm coming after everybody. Yeah. You're really not here to make friends with anybody on the pod today? No. My tattoos are cooler than yours I dress better than you. I shouldn't be a role model. I am not, but. So step it up. Step it up. Other 30 year olds. You 95 babies need to step it up because you're embarrassing me. So everyone get hotter, get better and listen to the Demon Baby podcast. Boom! Is that it? That's our show. Really? That's it? That's all we got. That's a wrap. You got anything else you want to say? Bout your roaring 20s. Here's his hair I still have hair. No. Thanks for the episode. You're welcome. Thanks for sticking with me through my 20s. My birthday, I blacked out with my family, which was weird. Blacked out way too hard. They surprised you. And you were drunk before they showed up. I was was basically black out when they showed up, and it just got darker. The abyss kept sinking yeah, woke up shirtless in the bar. Yeah. Yeah. No. That's it. All right. Thanks for watching. Listening. Don't listen to any of my tips or anything, but. Be good people. Love you guys. Bye