by Dave Holmes
He’s part of the family now, and while being in the family is no guarantee he’ll be treated well, it does mean he’ll be treated like everyone else.
I wish Justin the very best, and I believe he’s going to get the very best, and I have to believe it because it would be unseemly for me to follow him on Instagram and make sure.
All I can say is that I think we’re both lucky guys.
To everyone in the insane Crown posse, particularly my brilliant, patient, and perceptive editor, Matt Inman. You are the best, and I am the luckiest. To my agent, Michael Bourret, for believing I had something to say, and to Michele Rubin for being the first to make me think I could do this. To John Sellers for all of the encouragement. To Joe Armenia, Caryn Leigh Posnansky, Veronica Robledo, Rod Aissa, David Katz, Amanda Schatz Kitaeff, Dave Strevens, and literally everyone at MTV. To all at Esquire, Vulture, and SiriusXM. To Grant Goodeve. To Steph Edwards, Katie Reap, Sarah Brick, Teddy Harris, the day shift at Longman & Eagle, and the entire city of Chicago. To everybody at iO West, NerdMelt, and Maximum Fun. To Andrew Lear. To Bryan Johnson. To Fr. Ralph. To Josh & Shell, Scott & Jules, Derek & Debbie, Irene, Crowley, Nick & Elise, Mike & Allison, Lee & Hannah, John & Hank, Mike & Bret, Dave Park & Matt Mercer, Damien & Grasie, John Butler, everyone whose name I mentioned in this book, and all of my friends on both coasts and everywhere in between. To the cast of The Friday Forty. To Jensen Karp for being an ear and a shoulder. To Kara Baker, but not to Matt Braunger. To everyone who ever had me on their podcast, especially Jimmy Pardo and Matt Belknap. To Betsy, Susy, Burke, Cady, Caroline, Tommy, Danny, Chip, Mary Kate, and Libby for making our family even better. To Ben Wise and Junior for moving into my heart and immediately getting busy on renovations:
Thank you.
DAVE HOLMES is an editor-at-large for Esquire.com, an on-air personality at SiriusXM, a host of the International Waters podcast and the live game show The Friday Forty, and a guy who is on television sometimes. You can follow him on Twitter at @daveholmes if you’re into that kind of thing, but he totally gets it if you’re not. He lives in Los Angeles and sometimes New York, and he can’t believe you’re actually reading this.
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