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Bobby and Andrew Confront "I Want to be Ninja" Singer in Exclusive Interview | Bad Friends Clips

So a couple weeks ago we talked about someone who made a song on the internet
I want to be ninja
It's from a while ago
I want to chop, chop, chop, chop down
Take chow down to Chinatown
It popped back up in my feed somehow
On YouTube
I learned to chop real hard
I fight with credit card
I use my nunchucks
Even while feeding ducks
Probably because of this podcast
And she reached out to us and she wanted to come on the show
I throw my ninja star
Oh so very far
I do karate moves
With a girl
And we said okay let's talk
Let's come on the show
Because she said she wants to explain her position
And all that stuff
So ladies and gentlemen
Without further ado
Jen Murphy
Jennifer Murphy
I want to say this
I think the song is extremely catchy
Yeah
Right
If I was at your party
I probably would have danced
Right
Because usually when I listen to music though
I don't really listen to the lyrics really
Right
I just like the tone of it
Right
So I like the tone of it
You know and I like
If you heard the lyrics
Would you stop dancing and go
Wait wait a second
What was it?
I would just be like
Am I at a Klan rally?
No I'm kidding
No I'm kidding
I'm kidding
But you know
The song is cute
And I think if I was your friend
And I knew you
And we were at the party
I don't think that I would have been offended at all
Well there was a young Asian woman there
That she says she's close friends with
Yes
Who's Chinese
You said she's Chinese
You told me
Right?
Right
And she supports the song
Huh?
I did not know her yet
At the night of the party
She came with a friend of crying
I had about five or six Asian friends there
But I don't usually count how many of which ethnicity
I have lots of friends of all types
I'm founder of Go Girl Worldwide
To empower girls and women
So I have a very diverse group of friends
And business partners
And women that come to my events
So it never even registered
That I better make sure I have enough Asians
In the background
When I do my ninja song
Right
Most of my friends know
I'm a YouTuber
I drive a kid's Barbie Jeep
And I'm self-deprecating
And I'm just a big dork
And I'm a comedian
So I thought
You know
I've been working on this ninja song
It's pretty cool
And I'm launching my Murphy Bed store
Why don't I just do my latest song?
And so my Murphy Bed partners were like
Well how does it tie in?
And I said
Well the first line
I shut my Murphy Bed
They're like okay
If you really want to do it
So that was the first time
I ever performed my ninja song
I obviously went all out
And it did strike me
I started performing the song
And I'm like
Oh
She's Asian
And she's right here
And she looks fine
And she doesn't know me
And she doesn't know my YouTube videos
And I didn't even realize
She didn't really even know English at the time
So
You know
I felt bad
But I was already
You know
In it
So I just had to
That's the funniest thing
Jen
That's the funniest thing
I've ever heard
Yeah yeah yeah
That's so funny
She didn't speak English
Was she trapped there?
What is it?
Why was she there?
Whatever was day two
Of her being in America
No that was yeah
You know
She was just
Totally emerged
Into you know
Orange County
At that moment in time
Right
I got myself into
It's a weird place to land
It's interesting how life works
And I did get to know her
And she's a total sweetheart
She's come to some of my Go Girl events
And
Does she speak English now?
She does
It's been about five years
She speaks much better English
She's helped me with my ninja accent
Okay
So let me
Let us ask you some questions
Let's break this up
Let's ask some questions
Oh it's so funny
So
So
Do
Okay
Let's start with this
The partners of the Murphy thing
When you did it
You said
I want to do a song
And they said
Okay well what does that have to do
With Murphy beds
And you said
Well I talk about a bed
In the first five seconds
Right
But after that
It has nothing to do with beds
Right
Well you know
What is it about?
I don't understand
It's about
Who's Chow?
Yeah yeah
What is the song about?
Maybe we have to
There is a back story
And it is funny
Because a lot of people
Want to just assume
I'm an Asian hater
Or a racist
Or what the heck
Is this song all about?
And there is a rhyme or reason to it
But it takes a little explaining
So I'm friends with a guy named Peter
And he likes to impersonate
Mr. Chow on The Hangover
He kind of looks like him
And he can do that accent
That Ken does
In the movie
And so he said
Jen
I want to be in one of your YouTube videos
I'd love to do that
Let's collab
And so I started thinking about it
And how could I work him in
And then one of my clients
That I
I make videos for companies
And we try and make them viral videos
And this company said
Hey we want you to do something
Where you are doing like a
A saga thing
With like a villain
And it's you versus him
And I'm like
Hmm
Hey maybe Chow could be like a ninja in this
And so that kind of got my wheels spinning
And then
He was all about it
We started filming this
And then I thought
Oh a song would be really cool
And then he steals my Barbie Jeep
And then we're like at it
But at the very end
We make up
And we become friends
And so as I started writing this song
I thought
You know
Part of my blonde persona
That I
That I
Have in my YouTube character
And I try and be self-deprecating
And act like I'm a dingy blonde
And
And so I thought
Well part of me thinking
I'm becoming a ninja
Is assuming his accent
Like trying to sound like him too
Right
And I thought
Okay
It would be kind of funny
I want to be
You know
And so we're in the recording studio
And my sister Juliana
She
She helped me with a lot of my projects
Dennis
My
My
My
Producers there
And we had a few other people
You know
I don't think we had an Asian in the mix
Which probably would have been a good idea
I think
It's safe to say
There's no way there was an Asian in the mix
I think
If there was one Asian
I bet they would have gone
I don't know
Do you think in retrospect
You think in retrospect
You wouldn't have done the accent
You think in retrospect
You wouldn't have done the accent
I don't
No
You know what
You're sticking with it
I actually have a lot of Asian friends
And they all think it's funny
But they also know
Where I'm coming from
And that
I did it for
Yeah
Okay
You know what
I
Listen
I've now listened to your
Point of view
I know the journey now
To the song
Yeah
Right
You're also a comedian
Which I didn't know
I literally didn't know anything about you
In the video
So
I just thought you were just
When you say comedian
What do you mean?
You mean you do comedic videos online?
Yeah, she does
She's a comedian
She does YouTube videos
I've made like
Probably 300 funny YouTube videos
I drive a kid's Barbie Jeep
I act like it's my real car
Okay
I write lots of different songs
With the
Usually with the message of
In fact
I have my sun chart right here
This is all of the different ways
That I try
And Jen is on a mission
To ignite joy
Spread smiles
And empower
Yeah, yeah
Okay
And so I'm a goofball
And I make fun of myself
And in this case scenario
You know
I was making fun of myself
For being a blonde
Thinking I had to sound like him
And I do remember being
In the recording studio
Saying wait
That could maybe
That where I say
Like on the big screen
I go
Let's not do screen
Let's just say screen
Because it sounds a little like
Keep the accent
Lose the alliteration
I actually pulled back
Yeah
I pulled back a little here and there
Because I would never
Want to hurt somebody
You know
That was the last thing
That I would
Do you think
Perhaps it's
Do you think in retrospect
Being genuine
I'm not attacking you
Do you think it is
A little bit insensitive
You know what
I think if you see it
With the context
And when you see
What is
I have a lot of people
I've run it by
Because I don't want
To make a mistake
You know
Moving forward
Especially right now
Yeah
But I do think
That I'm so goofy
And I'm clearly
Making fun of myself
I actually
I adore all people
But I especially
Have a thing for
Asians
Because my first
Inspiration
To do YouTube videos
Was Ryan Higa
Back
You know
Niga Higa
That channel
And back about
Like 12 years ago
And I
One of his first videos
Was how to
How to be ninja
And I thought
It was so great
I've always loved ninjas
And so for me
Like
You know
And I went to China
But Jen
But Jen
He's
Hold on
He's
He's Asian
Yeah
But you know what
Come on
You guys make fun
Of all kinds of
We do
We do
But
I want to defend her
Can I defend Jen
You can
I want to defend her
Yeah you can
Thanks Bobby
You're welcome
You were a little rough
On me
But I don't blame you
Because you didn't know
I was rough on you
Well you said
This girl
She's a rich
Orange county
She can't climb a tree
Where it's
You know
But I grew up
I grew up in Oregon
So
What did you say then?
Well I think
I think I probably
Was meaner
Yeah yeah yeah
I don't remember
I don't remember
I want to say though
That I
Number one
I thought you were
Just some drunk girl
At a party
Yeah
Who wrote the song
Ten minutes before
Right
You performed it
And then
I didn't know
Anything about you
So
When you watch it
In that context
You go
Wow
Yeah
Right
And also
You know
I've seen
Not you specifically
But you know
I've been to
Orange county
And
You know
There's just a lot
Of shallowness
It's a very
Conservative
Area
Irvine
Right
They're
They're more
Right wing
That's probably
In California
The most right wing
Area
Right
Yeah
Probably
Southern
And so
And then when I see
The scope of the audience
Because I have eyes
Right
It's one Asian girl
And generally
Mostly white people
It's all white people
And you're singing
This ninja song
Yeah
I think
I was a little offended
When I saw it
But now
When I know
That
You know
That they
That you're a comedian
Right
And you do
Yeah
Comedic videos
And that
I think that
I give you more
Of a pass
You know
I'm not
I'm not gonna give you
The pass
Bobby can give you
The pass
I'm taking the pass away
No you can't
Well here's my thing
I understand what
I think I understand
What you think
The intent was
But I just think
It's
You know
Ryan does that stuff
Because he's Asian
We can
It's easier for us
To make fun of ourselves
But you saying ninja
I was making fun of myself
Being a blonde
But you're
But you're doing
But when doing
An
A
A stereotypical
Asian accent
You're making fun of
My body
Right
Right
Right
It's a teetering
You know what
Well let me show
Let me show you
Something real quick
Jen
You sent me this one
Let's watch this
Watch this
There's a video
Jen never
No one's ever seen this
Jen sent me this
And this is her
She actually went to
She went to
Where did you go?
These are just random clips
I haven't edited it completely
Alright let's take
Let's take a look at this
It's just a montage
How to throw a ninja star
How to hit hard
How to hit hard
Okay is this in Orange County?
Oh it's over
Yeah
That was uh
Laguna Beach
Laguna
And then at some point
At some point
You do go to
Where do you go in this video?
I went to China
Oh okay
You went to China
This
Are you performing here
In the street?
Yeah
Now what were you doing
Your song?
I was just getting clips
You know
Seeing what
And they loved me
And they were so sweet
Everyone wanted a photo
And um
They especially loved
When I had my ninja
Ninjas are from Japan
They are Japanese
I don't know
But that's another part
Of my blonde character
It rhymes
Oh right okay
And then I'm thinking
Well they're from Japan
But it's kind of funny
That my
You know
I think
And I knew that
You know what
Sometimes as comedians
We kind of push the envelope
A little bit right?
We sure do
And then this is
Um
And then this is you again
You're in
This is still in China
Probably
Yeah
And then you're at a temple
And this is money
On the street
Did you
Did you get donations
For something
Or was that a bit
I got tips
When I play my tiny guitar
I often get tips
Oh wow
And then you're
Oh wow
Helping someone lift stuff
I'm a nice ninja
Guys I think
I'm almost a ninja
Yeah so I had a lot of fun
When I was there
Um
Look at that o