Matthes, Gypsy, GL8 Drama 🍿

6/13/2025 6:14pm Edited Date/Time 6/13/2025 6:17pm
JJO741 wrote:
What was the question that started all this? Kind of a shame reading through the comments. I remember Steve, Grant, and Ping used to be pretty good...

What was the question that started all this? 

Kind of a shame reading through the comments. I remember Steve, Grant, and Ping used to be pretty good friends. Wonder what drove them apart. 

Hopper asked AP what he thought about having ET3 as a teamate next year. AP all but confirmed it in his answer. 

Steve thinks it was shitty to put AP or any rider in that position. 


Ping was steves original partner for the show

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6/13/2025 6:14pm
JJO741 wrote:
What was the question that started all this? Kind of a shame reading through the comments. I remember Steve, Grant, and Ping used to be pretty good...

What was the question that started all this? 

Kind of a shame reading through the comments. I remember Steve, Grant, and Ping used to be pretty good friends. Wonder what drove them apart. 

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I believe it was a question directed to AP about having a new team mate next year

So probably a question 95% of vitards want answered going by the silly season threads. Pretty sure you can ask anything. If a rider chooses not to answer thats ok.

Funny how the media get slated for not having the balls to ask hard questions. Then obviously one has & people are jumping him

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BRIAN DEEGAN, THE VOICE OF REASON!

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6/13/2025 6:16pm Edited Date/Time 6/13/2025 6:25pm

Some people/media going crazy about the question from Hopper shows exactly what is so weird and wrong in our sport.. Why must everything in our sport be kept so secretive? Riders swapping teams, injuries, salaries etc. All this kind of stuff is literally normal public information in most of the other sports these days.

Also moto media constantly going at each other is funny as shit, not gonna lie. 😂

I really appreciate media people in our sport leaving their comfort zone and asking questions others are afraid to ask.

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6/13/2025 6:17pm

Matthes did sue yamaha along with gothic jay who used to work there. 

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6/13/2025 6:18pm

Convenient how the Deegans single out one media guy for getting his interviews at the rig, while vital, swap, course heading, racerx and pretty much anyone with a mic has to do the same.  Why? Because the promotor doesnt have a post race press tent - its up to the media to track these guys down to give US something to listen too. The press conference is 3 guys.. there's 40 on the track.. 

The same goes for mcalpine, does he really need to call out steve specifically for his take, when two other media members on the same pod expressed the same opinion? 

Seems like it couldve been a a DM. But i guess its all about creating clicks. 

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6/13/2025 6:18pm
I’m not a huge Matthes fan and I like Gypsy, but that post seemed unnecessary. Matthes really wasn’t hard on hopper at all, unless there was...

I’m not a huge Matthes fan and I like Gypsy, but that post seemed unnecessary. Matthes really wasn’t hard on hopper at all, unless there was more said than what was on pulp. He just said he thought that you shouldn’t put riders in a spot where they could say something that could get them in trouble. I think he even prefaced it with he liked hopper. 

There are obviously deeper issues with GL and Matthes so I don’t think this had anything to do with their beef.

From what I say all Steve said was why didnt he just ask Eli directly. I dont think he went hard at him either

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6/13/2025 6:20pm

I thought Hopper's question was cringe af. 

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6/13/2025 6:21pm
USA wrote:
What's the lie Matthes is referring to? He doesnt go to the press conferences and when he has gone a few years ago he just makes...

What's the lie Matthes is referring to? He doesnt go to the press conferences and when he has gone a few years ago he just makes a mockery of the whole thing by calling himself different names amd not taking it seriously

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Gotta love when the anti cancel culture crowd starts participating in cancel culture. 

I mean, Cooksey kind of answered his own question. Obviously there is no bad blood with Matthes and Yamaha, so whatever they're on about can't be a big deal at all.

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6/13/2025 6:24pm

So funny that daddy deegz is so butt hurt over Steve calling out his drama even through Steve constantly gives DNGR credit for how fast he is and compliments him for being in great shape. 

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Steve sucks

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I’m so glad I’m off social media. 

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OwenJakes wrote:

Steve sucks

I tend to agree that I wouldn’t get along with him at all on a personal level, but I have to say he does a good job with pulp.

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6/13/2025 6:28pm
yak651 wrote:
So funny that daddy deegz is so butt hurt over Steve calling out his drama even through Steve constantly gives DNGR credit for how fast he...

So funny that daddy deegz is so butt hurt over Steve calling out his drama even through Steve constantly gives DNGR credit for how fast he is and compliments him for being in great shape. 

Whats his issue with Steve, because he calls out the Deegan's for being attention whores? Brian himself can't deny that. Does he expect Steve to kiss the ring to get Haiden interviews?

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6/13/2025 6:32pm
yak651 wrote:
So funny that daddy deegz is so butt hurt over Steve calling out his drama even through Steve constantly gives DNGR credit for how fast he...

So funny that daddy deegz is so butt hurt over Steve calling out his drama even through Steve constantly gives DNGR credit for how fast he is and compliments him for being in great shape. 

Whats his issue with Steve, because he calls out the Deegan's for being attention whores? Brian himself can't deny that. Does he expect Steve to kiss...

Whats his issue with Steve, because he calls out the Deegan's for being attention whores? Brian himself can't deny that. Does he expect Steve to kiss the ring to get Haiden interviews?

Brian has been bad mouthing Steve for a while. Calls him a liberal pussy and stuff like that. Dudes a legit weirdo if you’ve ever been around him in person. 

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6/13/2025 6:33pm
JJO741 wrote:
What was the question that started all this? Kind of a shame reading through the comments. I remember Steve, Grant, and Ping used to be pretty good...

What was the question that started all this? 

Kind of a shame reading through the comments. I remember Steve, Grant, and Ping used to be pretty good friends. Wonder what drove them apart. 

Wonder what drove them apart. ?”

C’mon… Steve and his Libtard beliefs and opinions have definitely driven off many viewers. 

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6/13/2025 6:40pm

Anyone else find the whole thing a little suspect? Steve adamantly denies the lawsuit thing and has offered cash to anyone who can verify it. If a case got filed there should be record of it. All the times I've heard the claim made there's not a single detail beyond "Steve sued Yamaha." Now sponsored by Yamaha.  Love him or hate him he doesn't seem like kind of guy that's going to bother hiding the truth on something like this. 

All just kind of seems like bullshit.

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6/13/2025 6:43pm
aeffertz wrote:
Deegan joins in on the fun. 

Deegan joins in on the fun. 
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Rickyisms wrote:
I was wondering why I didn’t see that and then I realized Brian Deegan has me blocked 🤣. I’ve never commented on any of the Deegan’s...

I was wondering why I didn’t see that and then I realized Brian Deegan has me blocked 🤣. I’ve never commented on any of the Deegan’s posts in my life. 

Don’t take it the wrong way Bro. All fast guys live by different rules.  Like I,m the fastest 04 cr125  rider in the world for 2 laps. I block everybody until they sing for he,s a jolly good fellow with enthusiasm & knee down & pretend to kiss my kings ring . And repeat after me why are you so much faster & stylish, draw a small amount of blood . Pretty Basic stuff  really . Then boom your in the Tribe . Ps how many people watch the post race show anyway .  It’s kinda of new to Mx.  more of a thing for the NFL .

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6/13/2025 6:44pm
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Matthes did sue yamaha along with gothic jay who used to work there. 

Well then, lets find the proof and get GL that 5k he desperately needs according to Matthes.

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6/13/2025 6:50pm
Money wrote:

Matthes did sue yamaha along with gothic jay who used to work there. 

USA wrote:

Well then, lets find the proof and get GL that 5k he desperately needs according to Matthes.

Yep, wouldn’t there be public record somewhere? 

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6/13/2025 6:54pm

I mean making a big deal about Matthes not being at the press conference? Yeah I’d 100% rather hear the ~45 minutes of interviews he gets with a bunch of other riders rather than him ask one question at the press conference. Riders ain’t sticking around all day so it’s kind of an either or scenario….

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6/13/2025 7:02pm

Good journalists in any field ask difficult, pressing questions. That's the whole point really.

It's not just about glazing your favourites and asking obvious bullshit like 'how was the track' and 'what will you be working on this week'. Johnny's question wasn't at all unprofessional. If there's a rumour circulating, it might as well be put to the person in question (or adjacent to). You can gleam more from someone by what they won't say, than what they will.

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6/13/2025 7:03pm Edited Date/Time 6/13/2025 7:03pm

Hoppers question was fine. AP's answer was fine. Steve saying he likes Hopper but he should have asked Tomac directly was fine. 

Gypsy posting what he did was fine.

The comments is where it makes the sport and "media" look like absolute clowns. 

These are grown men who all have each other's numbers lol. 

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6/13/2025 7:03pm
yak651 wrote:
So funny that daddy deegz is so butt hurt over Steve calling out his drama even through Steve constantly gives DNGR credit for how fast he...

So funny that daddy deegz is so butt hurt over Steve calling out his drama even through Steve constantly gives DNGR credit for how fast he is and compliments him for being in great shape. 

Whats his issue with Steve, because he calls out the Deegan's for being attention whores? Brian himself can't deny that. Does he expect Steve to kiss...

Whats his issue with Steve, because he calls out the Deegan's for being attention whores? Brian himself can't deny that. Does he expect Steve to kiss the ring to get Haiden interviews?

Brian has been bad mouthing Steve for a while. Calls him a liberal pussy and stuff like that. Dudes a legit weirdo if you’ve ever been...

Brian has been bad mouthing Steve for a while. Calls him a liberal pussy and stuff like that. Dudes a legit weirdo if you’ve ever been around him in person. 

Ah yes, say no more. Thats makes sense. Well, it doesn't make sense but it explains it. Disliking someone because their political views dont align with yours is so odd. And unfortunately common place nowadays. I guess my Dad should hate his own brother because hes a liberal and my father isnt

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6/13/2025 7:06pm
Hoppers question was fine. AP's answer was fine. Steve saying he likes Hopper but he should have asked Tomac directly was fine. Gypsy posting what he did...

Hoppers question was fine. AP's answer was fine. Steve saying he likes Hopper but he should have asked Tomac directly was fine. 

Gypsy posting what he did was fine.

The comments is where it makes the sport and "media" look like absolute clowns. 

These are grown men who all have each other's numbers lol. 

Welcome to the modern world. You air your dirty laundry out on social media. I have a feeling all these interactions would go a lot differently if all the parties were in each others company, face to face

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6/13/2025 7:11pm

This started it all...

 

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6/13/2025 7:11pm

As for Jase original post about the press conferences 


I much prefer Steve’s and Lewis post races interviews with decent answers , half the time the guys in the press conferences are playing with their  phones and with no follow up questions not much is got out of riders there 

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6/13/2025 7:13pm

im pretty neutral BUT one of the only things that could make this better is someone calling out matthes for taking EKS money after RT got a track shut down. would that make him go nuclear?

brian deegan sort of has a point about matthes and his views, and speaking of, calling the sitting president a fking moron on his show is fairly unprofessional as far as things go. his right, but not really constructive. like dude, you immigrated here from Canada, chill.

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6/13/2025 7:14pm
scott_nz wrote:
As for Jase original post about the press conferences I much prefer Steve’s and Lewis post races interviews with decent answers , half the time the guys...

As for Jase original post about the press conferences 


I much prefer Steve’s and Lewis post races interviews with decent answers , half the time the guys in the press conferences are playing with their  phones and with no follow up questions not much is got out of riders there 

For sure. Even Swap's How Was Your Weekend videos are great. He doesn't just interview the top guys, too

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6/13/2025 7:16pm
Tyler D wrote:
im pretty neutral BUT one of the only things that could make this better is someone calling out matthes for taking EKS money after RT got...

im pretty neutral BUT one of the only things that could make this better is someone calling out matthes for taking EKS money after RT got a track shut down. would that make him go nuclear?

brian deegan sort of has a point about matthes and his views, and speaking of, calling the sitting president a fking moron on his show is fairly unprofessional as far as things go. his right, but not really constructive. like dude, you immigrated here from Canada, chill.

The problem is, and I'm making an assumption here, is that you'd probably be fine if he said the same thing about the last president.

THAT'S the problem. If you want politics out of everything, you need to still want them out even if you agree...

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