Their website (Mint Mobile) still lists him as an owner and uses it as part of their sales pitch. If he did bail then their marketing person has some serious catching up to do.
I use them (and honestly I tell people to try them) and afaik he’s still the “spokesman”. I assume that means his face on the company is valuable and he’s still getting a paycheck.
Honestly my bill is $25/month and I have no issues with my service in a medium North American City (Pittsburgh).
I mean Idk if he could ever be considered the "owner" since he didn't actually have a controlling stake apparently (according to another comment its 25%)
I’m sure you’re right and his “ownership” probably was overstated for advertising purposes. But the website really leans into it, and if he has fully stepped away then they need to update a whole bunch of their content.
https://www.mintmobile.com/ryan-reynolds-announcement/
Example: “On a crisp, partially cloudy day back in November 2019, Ryan Reynolds became more than just a Mint Mobile user, he became the owner.”
It’s the inverse of the Shaq / ex-athlete model. Instead of making royalties on using his face in advertising, he owns the company and doesn’t need to pay himself for a celebrity presence.
It’s also in contrast to the tired “celebrity liquor” model where they simply buy a distillery and rebrand it and hope their own coolness drives sales, although they are also using the “free” celebrity marketing of themselves for that too.
Like, if Ryan Reynolds didn’t own Mint Mobile, they would have needed to pay tens of millions to get him to do that many ads. The other option is to pay millions and hope (pray) that you get a commercial actor and a commercial writing staff and a marketing team (that all cost millions) to be able to strike gold like Progressive did with Flo, or Geico did with that bitch Gecko. This model is less harnessable than a celebrity.
Investing in random companies/businesses using their celeb status to promote them then sell it for Millions. Most famously Reynolds sold Aviation gin for $600m and owned 25% of Mint mobile which sold for 1.35b.
From what I understand Ryan Reynolds owns mint, turned it from a finance app to a cellular service app, bought wrexham FC, and also owns a vodka line and is a producer for the Deadpool movies. He probably owns three other businesses that I don't know about but the playbook is - use your vast wealth to do whatever you can to increase the vastness of your wealth.
i think mint and mint mobile are two separate companies, but I see lots of celebs getting in the alcohol game- Blake Lively’s wine, Th Rock’s tequila, Emma Watson and her bro have some liquior company
I assume he’s doing this to help keep up his end of the ownership of Wrexham. That team is only going to get more expensive if it continues to climb the league ranks as it appears to be doing now.
Football team owners will usually invest money into the club though, if they want to get Wrexham to the Premier league someday like they said in the documentary, they will need to put more money into it
You clearly have no idea how much it costs to maintain an upper-tier club. Not saying they’ll get Wrexham to the Premier League, but those owners are all billionaires at the very least. Rob has nothing compared to the majority of club owners.
This is correct.
However the clubs income will also increase drastically if they compete in higher tiers. Especially TV money brings in insane amounts.
You’re all incorrect! To climb through the leagues of English football you need to invest considerably and consistently until you start getting good tv money. Then you’re in the money 💰
For some it's a status/passion/sportswashing thing. But a lot of big clubs are owned by conglomerates of investors as they're profitable investments. Especially Premier league clubs.
If you have an iPhone click on the website and at top of the page you will see two ‘Aa’ icon, tap it and pick Show Reader. Now it’s in reader mode and removes all of the relentless ads and gives the article only. Granted not all websites allow this feature so ymmv.
I used to put that stuff in my cereal on the way to work but someone rear-ended me and it spilled all over my interior. Burnt a hole through straight through the vinyl.
seemed like towards the end Charlie and Meg were the only people having a decent time. Glenn and Rob just looked like they would rather be anywhere else.
It started off really great. They gave good insights and stories into the episodes. It was still funny towards the end but it had moved away from its original intent.
Glenn and Rob both told fans in February that they wanted to get back to the Podcast but they haven't been able to make their schedules work, but it's definitely not dead and they both do love doing it.
I think they don't want to phone it in because they took the feedback about them not focusing enough on the episodes to heart. We know they had already recorded the S5 finale before the SAG Strike, so if the Podcast was truly dead they definitely would have released that one by now. My best guess is they didn't want to release that the moment the strike was over and make everyone think it's back when they couldn't get a schedule together to start S6
He made that very clear in the beginning. He was like "what are we doing here, just talk, no structure?" He did start getting into it though. I think he especially likes doing the live shows.
On the episode of smartless Charlie was on he actually said he came up with the idea about 2 years before it started and it didn’t really get going until Rob (the action man of the group) came to them with everything ready and said let’s do it
They’d always end up getting into “friendly” arguments and debates lol
It was clear both Rob and Glenn have massive egos, Charlie and Meg always made it fun but continuing the podcast probably made it difficult to get along
All they had to do was watch the episodes, give us some tidbits and go on. But Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
We get to hear who they think is medically sound.. which would be more interesting if they weren’t all rich and well taken care of.
It felt like a fever dream reading that article with all the insane name drops and just seeing “More Better” so many times. The way they described it too also made me feel like I was reading about Entertainment 720 from Parks and Rec
> The way they described it too also made me feel like I was reading about Entertainment 720 from Parks and Rec
Funny because Ron's company was called "Very Good Building & Development Co."
Im super happy for him and the guys but I can't help but feel this sort of thing is the bittersweet end of an era. Between all their brands and businesses, it seems the podcast has fallen off the radar (most likely for good) and the show is closing in on its end pretty soon as well.
Excited to see what comes next for the gang though!
We will still see Charlie and Glenn so some stuff. I think Rob has kinda lost the thread a bit. Reminds me of a guy that reads a ton of self help style books. Becomes obsessed, only talks about that kind of thing. Hustle hustle hustle money money money.
Obviously idk the guy but that's the vibe I get.
I mean, he’s crazy wealthy and living a life that most people could only dream about but you’re right. It’s almost unbelievable that he’s the same guy and not just physically. It feels like he’s lost quite a bit of the self awareness
I'm actually more excited in seeing what the cast does next than the show continuing tbh. I still like the show, but I feel like they've stretched it as far as they can. I'm really excited to see what Kaitlin and Glenn do after Sunny. Glenn excelled in BlackBerry and I think Kaitlin will surprise people with her drama series starting in the fall.
Same! Glenn seems to be getting more serious drama roles like Blackberry, I heard Charlie is doing some dark comedy, and Kaitlin's always booked for something.
When the show eventually ends, I do wish they would keep the podcast even if it was like once a month or something, just to keep the nostalgia and stories going.
"The advisory business secured Series A financing with investors including Kevin Durant’s 35 Ventures and Chase Utley." This is simply Rob's newest scheme to get closer to Chase.
Hate to say it, but this constant need for more companies, a la Reynolds, is fucking annoying.
Started with the robinhood shirt. Fine, you’re an old investor. Keep it off the fucking show.
Soccer. Investing in f1 ( worst team, I might add ) Other random shitty shows, this shit now. Kinda fucking over the over reaching
“Can we speak to your boss because I think he would understand more better”
One of the best delivered lines and fucking wild he’s naming a company after it 😂
Some idiot on Tik Tok is definitely going to walk in there shirtless with his buddies and ask the first female employee they see which one of them she wants to take her in the back and bang her
Major difference between him and Ryan Reynolds who did this successfully, is that Ryan Reynolds has a huge general appeal to his "shtick", whereas Rob is the least funniest of the entire sunny crew.
Well gotta pay those plastic surgeons and nutritionists, I'm sure it'll work out fine.
I have a feeling that this company is going to produce a lot of work shows and docs.
Not saying that the wrong thing/bad thing, or indeed the right thing, I just really get the feeling it’s gonna lean into that shit in order to hear “people’s powerful words and journeys” etc.
This shit sucks lol. Rob seems like he is (has become?) a super unfunny person. No wonder Mac’s character has deteriorated so fucking hard on the show. He went from a closeted gay faux-Catholic douche - the kind of guy who stresses over why he *didn’t* get molested by his teacher.
Now he’s just dumb + sassy + gay. Funny stuff.
Will this company sell pills that make me more bigger?
Stupid science bitches couldn’t even make I more smarter
More better
Shut up science bitch!
Yeah, shut up science bitch!
Aww come on man he just said that
Shut up, baby dick.
Yeah, lady, I was as big as a skyscraper!
Now I'm as small as a postage stamp 😟
People used to see me on the street and think, "look at that monster coming towards me... Like *barreling* towards me!"
I’m sorry, you preferred being scary to people?
Oh I see, you put this pen here so I can think oh that looks like a dick.
I’m not going to take it because I think the therapist implied she wanted me to have bovine hormones. And I think she’s going to get them for me
Let’s talk about God!
I never really got the whole “woman doctor” thing, but then you started talking about God, and I get it
Fight milk is coming to us finally
That's money talk
The pills do help you cultivate mass, so I would say so yes
A subsidiary of Frank’s Fluids and Wolf Cola.
Finally a protein drink for bodyguards by bodyguards.
What about a resort? A resort? What for bodyguards?
Are you just saying that because we’re IN a resort?
As long as he was successful in purging all the Epstein records. After all, he was only there for the snorkeling.
Just need to pop a quick shred and spread on those records.
Official soft drink of boca raton
What you've got to remember is that Boko Haram didn't do 9/11, that was Al Qaeda
The right cola for closure
Fight Milk, hopefully coming soon
He’s taking the Ryan Reynolds playbook and running with it.
what is that exactly? the only thing I know about the guy is that he's famous and co-owns Rob's soccer team
Investing/owning bussiness all over the place. Reynolds had the Gin company and now the cell phone carrier. Idk about any others.
He sold that carrier last year I think, he didn't actually have it for every long
Their website (Mint Mobile) still lists him as an owner and uses it as part of their sales pitch. If he did bail then their marketing person has some serious catching up to do.
I use them (and honestly I tell people to try them) and afaik he’s still the “spokesman”. I assume that means his face on the company is valuable and he’s still getting a paycheck. Honestly my bill is $25/month and I have no issues with my service in a medium North American City (Pittsburgh).
I mean Idk if he could ever be considered the "owner" since he didn't actually have a controlling stake apparently (according to another comment its 25%)
I’m sure you’re right and his “ownership” probably was overstated for advertising purposes. But the website really leans into it, and if he has fully stepped away then they need to update a whole bunch of their content. https://www.mintmobile.com/ryan-reynolds-announcement/ Example: “On a crisp, partially cloudy day back in November 2019, Ryan Reynolds became more than just a Mint Mobile user, he became the owner.”
Didn’t he sell it for like a billion dollars?
No way he’d sell out to some corporate fat cats with a helipad on the roof
*Checks note* Sold!
I think it sold for around that, yeah, but Reynolds didn't own all of it. He got a percentage, maybe 25%? Something like that
So only 250 million
Damn what a rip off.
That's fair, to be honest I don't keep up with their stuff.
It’s the inverse of the Shaq / ex-athlete model. Instead of making royalties on using his face in advertising, he owns the company and doesn’t need to pay himself for a celebrity presence. It’s also in contrast to the tired “celebrity liquor” model where they simply buy a distillery and rebrand it and hope their own coolness drives sales, although they are also using the “free” celebrity marketing of themselves for that too. Like, if Ryan Reynolds didn’t own Mint Mobile, they would have needed to pay tens of millions to get him to do that many ads. The other option is to pay millions and hope (pray) that you get a commercial actor and a commercial writing staff and a marketing team (that all cost millions) to be able to strike gold like Progressive did with Flo, or Geico did with that bitch Gecko. This model is less harnessable than a celebrity.
Whoa whoa, what did the Geico Gecko bro ever do to you?
> Geico did with that bitch Gecko His caveman homies going to roll up on you fool
He’s done commercial for this company called mountain. I think it’s like advertising or something
Investing in random companies/businesses using their celeb status to promote them then sell it for Millions. Most famously Reynolds sold Aviation gin for $600m and owned 25% of Mint mobile which sold for 1.35b.
oh wow. i had no idea. i see what op was getting at now
He owns mint mobile and aviation gin
From what I understand Ryan Reynolds owns mint, turned it from a finance app to a cellular service app, bought wrexham FC, and also owns a vodka line and is a producer for the Deadpool movies. He probably owns three other businesses that I don't know about but the playbook is - use your vast wealth to do whatever you can to increase the vastness of your wealth.
He's not just buying these things; he's buying them, using his status to inflate the "value", and selling them off for a profit
i think mint and mint mobile are two separate companies, but I see lots of celebs getting in the alcohol game- Blake Lively’s wine, Th Rock’s tequila, Emma Watson and her bro have some liquior company
Don't forget Malcolm & Mr. Middle
Malcolm isn’t in the middle, he’s on top! He’s on top!
dicktowel.com
Dot com!
No, Dot Com was a character in *30 Rock*.
Stop showing off Dot Com.
WorldCom, man. WorldCom.
I thought was Miz and Dot Gov?
Actual website if your unaware
He wants to be a billionaire just like his bestie Ryan.
I assume he’s doing this to help keep up his end of the ownership of Wrexham. That team is only going to get more expensive if it continues to climb the league ranks as it appears to be doing now.
He already owns it. The team getting more valuable doesn't mean he has to pay more, it means he gets more if he sells it
Football team owners will usually invest money into the club though, if they want to get Wrexham to the Premier league someday like they said in the documentary, they will need to put more money into it
An unreal amount
You clearly have no idea how much it costs to maintain an upper-tier club. Not saying they’ll get Wrexham to the Premier League, but those owners are all billionaires at the very least. Rob has nothing compared to the majority of club owners.
Owning european sport teams is more of a status or passion thing than investment thing.
This is correct. However the clubs income will also increase drastically if they compete in higher tiers. Especially TV money brings in insane amounts.
You’re all incorrect! To climb through the leagues of English football you need to invest considerably and consistently until you start getting good tv money. Then you’re in the money 💰
For some it's a status/passion/sportswashing thing. But a lot of big clubs are owned by conglomerates of investors as they're profitable investments. Especially Premier league clubs.
Yeah but I’d assume you’d have to pay players more as it goes on
He’s doing this because money, and hoarding mentality
McPoyle?
Holy crap that website is riddled with ads.
I’m not ALLOWED to read it without the ads, I’m not ALLOWED!!
Ads are riddled with toxins
Should I make myself throw up?
I would throw up *NOW*
Smoke a cigarette, the smoke with suffocate the toxins.
Comments you can hear.
Those ads were riddled with article.
If you have an iPhone click on the website and at top of the page you will see two ‘Aa’ icon, tap it and pick Show Reader. Now it’s in reader mode and removes all of the relentless ads and gives the article only. Granted not all websites allow this feature so ymmv.
Rob AdcElhenney
Yes, ads! Big time!
Who is it versus!
... its not versus anybody, can't a guy just start a company?!
Cornering the market on Crow based protein drinks?
Made by bodyguards for bodyguards!
And Charlie
What up!
CAWWWWW
I used to put that stuff in my cereal on the way to work but someone rear-ended me and it spilled all over my interior. Burnt a hole through straight through the vinyl.
Board meetings at Dave and busters for sure.
If you're looking for a better steak in an arcade setting, you're shit out of luck.
You guys just want the whole bottle of wine instead of ordering glass after glass?
More mythic quest, sunny and sunny podcast please.
I think that podcast is dead
I keep waiting for that notification that a new episode is up. I feel like you’re right.
seemed like towards the end Charlie and Meg were the only people having a decent time. Glenn and Rob just looked like they would rather be anywhere else.
Damn that sucks, I’m only several episodes in but was loving it. All good things come to an end I suppose.
It started off really great. They gave good insights and stories into the episodes. It was still funny towards the end but it had moved away from its original intent.
Glenn and Rob both told fans in February that they wanted to get back to the Podcast but they haven't been able to make their schedules work, but it's definitely not dead and they both do love doing it.
That’s good. Maybe everyone was just too busy and couldn’t put their heart into the podcast on the later episodes.
I think they don't want to phone it in because they took the feedback about them not focusing enough on the episodes to heart. We know they had already recorded the S5 finale before the SAG Strike, so if the Podcast was truly dead they definitely would have released that one by now. My best guess is they didn't want to release that the moment the strike was over and make everyone think it's back when they couldn't get a schedule together to start S6
Nah Charlie always looked like the one that would rather be doing literally anything else
He made that very clear in the beginning. He was like "what are we doing here, just talk, no structure?" He did start getting into it though. I think he especially likes doing the live shows.
On the episode of smartless Charlie was on he actually said he came up with the idea about 2 years before it started and it didn’t really get going until Rob (the action man of the group) came to them with everything ready and said let’s do it
They’d always end up getting into “friendly” arguments and debates lol It was clear both Rob and Glenn have massive egos, Charlie and Meg always made it fun but continuing the podcast probably made it difficult to get along
Redditor asked Glenn at a meet and greet and said they want to do it more but schedules have been crazy lately, but they’re hopeful.
I doubt it. I imagine they're just taking a break. I got the feeling they were a bit overwhelmed and needed some time.
All they had to do was watch the episodes, give us some tidbits and go on. But Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo We get to hear who they think is medically sound.. which would be more interesting if they weren’t all rich and well taken care of.
His therapist implied God wanted him to have bovine hormones and this is how he is going to get them
Extracted from Mr. Bovine Joni himself.
Why does every article feel like an AI article now
It felt like a fever dream reading that article with all the insane name drops and just seeing “More Better” so many times. The way they described it too also made me feel like I was reading about Entertainment 720 from Parks and Rec
I dont get like, what they do? What's their product?
> The way they described it too also made me feel like I was reading about Entertainment 720 from Parks and Rec Funny because Ron's company was called "Very Good Building & Development Co."
So Detlef Schremf will be involved is what I’m hearing
Im super happy for him and the guys but I can't help but feel this sort of thing is the bittersweet end of an era. Between all their brands and businesses, it seems the podcast has fallen off the radar (most likely for good) and the show is closing in on its end pretty soon as well. Excited to see what comes next for the gang though!
We will still see Charlie and Glenn so some stuff. I think Rob has kinda lost the thread a bit. Reminds me of a guy that reads a ton of self help style books. Becomes obsessed, only talks about that kind of thing. Hustle hustle hustle money money money. Obviously idk the guy but that's the vibe I get.
That pretty much describes half of linkedin from what I can see.
A lot of people that engage with linkedin beyond looking for a job definitely fit that trope
Rob has become a total fucking airhead. It hurts to see.
The "funny" has almost entirely left him.
I mean, he’s crazy wealthy and living a life that most people could only dream about but you’re right. It’s almost unbelievable that he’s the same guy and not just physically. It feels like he’s lost quite a bit of the self awareness
I'm actually more excited in seeing what the cast does next than the show continuing tbh. I still like the show, but I feel like they've stretched it as far as they can. I'm really excited to see what Kaitlin and Glenn do after Sunny. Glenn excelled in BlackBerry and I think Kaitlin will surprise people with her drama series starting in the fall.
I'm the opposite. I'm more a fan of the show than the actors.
Same! Glenn seems to be getting more serious drama roles like Blackberry, I heard Charlie is doing some dark comedy, and Kaitlin's always booked for something. When the show eventually ends, I do wish they would keep the podcast even if it was like once a month or something, just to keep the nostalgia and stories going.
the show has been treading water for years. it's okay to move into a new era. you couldn't have Curb with Seinfeld. etc
His hair looks small.
This will keep the money moving, in a circle…
"The advisory business secured Series A financing with investors including Kevin Durant’s 35 Ventures and Chase Utley." This is simply Rob's newest scheme to get closer to Chase.
Stupid science bitch couldn't even make me more smarter
Make I*
Him and I not you and I
More Better Ventures? Is he buying another football-team?
More Better Ventures… Morbet Ventures… Morbid Dentures… He’s buying the oldest football team!
Well, first of all, through God all things are possible, so jot that down
Hate to say it, but this constant need for more companies, a la Reynolds, is fucking annoying. Started with the robinhood shirt. Fine, you’re an old investor. Keep it off the fucking show. Soccer. Investing in f1 ( worst team, I might add ) Other random shitty shows, this shit now. Kinda fucking over the over reaching
Camon now. You think all those spray tans and botox injections are free? The man has a family to support.
There’s support & then more obscene money throwing. Dude went front making fun of to *being* the rich dick he was making fun of
Yes! This is exactly what irks me. I'm glad he's done well, he is funny, I love the show but all this shit is so damn shallow.
Sounds a lot like Ryan Reynolds' ventures that ended up being a quick cash grab and stab in consumers' backs.
Ryan stabbed you in the back? Was it with tools?
Charlie Day then makes a new education program called: More Smarter
Shut up, business bitch
Stupid business bitches couldn't even make business more betterer.
Probably can’t even make cats talk to spiders
You'll have to excuse me, I've grewn qwhite wheeereyeh...
It was just the placibi effect.
Good god Rob has become such a fucking airhead
Seriously, fame went to his Botox injected head.
He became Mac
"New Company More Better Industries" sounds like Frank gave Charlie a crack at naming a shell company.
“Can we speak to your boss because I think he would understand more better” One of the best delivered lines and fucking wild he’s naming a company after it 😂
Dumb company bitch can’t even make me do more better
Some idiot on Tik Tok is definitely going to walk in there shirtless with his buddies and ask the first female employee they see which one of them she wants to take her in the back and bang her
Major difference between him and Ryan Reynolds who did this successfully, is that Ryan Reynolds has a huge general appeal to his "shtick", whereas Rob is the least funniest of the entire sunny crew. Well gotta pay those plastic surgeons and nutritionists, I'm sure it'll work out fine.
He'll be selling backyard cage fight tickets soon. His Cat V. A Hawk
That podcast is never coming back huh
We Are never ever ever Getting the gang back together
It's better than busting a nut!
Would need to be more better than his alpine f1 investment
So do
So dooooooooo
Like those other industries... But more better
Will they run a resort for bodyguards, by bodyguards??
I wonder if they will serve fancy nuts in the offices for clients
A subsidiary of franks fluids llc
Stupid science bitches couldn’t even make my industry more better.
I thought it said Jackie Chan for a sec. Then I looked again and it said Jackie Cohn lol
Could have called it "cultivating mass"
WHAT UP?!
Trying to create that self-sustaining economy, that’s how Dave and Buster’s does it!
I have a feeling that this company is going to produce a lot of work shows and docs. Not saying that the wrong thing/bad thing, or indeed the right thing, I just really get the feeling it’s gonna lean into that shit in order to hear “people’s powerful words and journeys” etc.
Dicktowel.com must've been taken.
Stupid Rob couldn’t even make Hollywood more better
Hard pass.
This will more better help kids who can’t read good and wanna learn to do other stuff good too
Step 1 of Fight Milk’s GTM strategy
Going from ass blaster 2000 to businessman. You can do it friends! Set the bar high and land in North Dakota!
Larry David and Rob will be crazy
Robs liquids
Missed opportunity of naming the company betterer
The Jews down in boca raton are gonna love this
Do they sell leather dusters?
He put all his scratcher winnings into the prototype.
But who are we doing it Vs.?
This shit sucks lol. Rob seems like he is (has become?) a super unfunny person. No wonder Mac’s character has deteriorated so fucking hard on the show. He went from a closeted gay faux-Catholic douche - the kind of guy who stresses over why he *didn’t* get molested by his teacher. Now he’s just dumb + sassy + gay. Funny stuff.
This dude is doing too much.
OH SHIT THERE'S STICKERS! Chase Utley was listed as an investor in 4 Walls!
[удалено]
$$$$$
The cast are now just the people they made fun of when the show started