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Ryan Murphy and Gavin Newsom Chat About Menendez Brothers | TMZ Live
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Gavin Newsom had 'Monsters' producer Ryan Murphy on his podcast, where they talked about the possible upcoming release of the Menendez brothers.
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Gavin Newsom is going to let the Menendez brothers out.
00:02
They are going to be free men as early as next month.
00:07
He has not said that, but he's as much as said that.
00:10
And let me explain.
00:12
Gavin Newsom, our governor, California, has a podcast,
00:17
which is kind of weird in itself.
00:20
And he had Ryan Murphy on his podcast.
00:25
Ryan Murphy, who is a fabulous producer, best in the business.
00:32
He is so good.
00:34
You know, he did Monsters, which is about the Menendez brothers.
00:36
But it's a fantasy about the Menendez brothers.
00:39
You know, coming up with, here's what the scenario could have been like,
00:42
or here's what it could have been like.
00:44
Ryan Murphy got involved this year.
00:47
This case has been going on for 35 years.
00:50
So, and there have been a lot of experts on this.
00:54
And Gavin Newsom is going to ultimately make the decision
00:58
on whether the Menendez brothers go free or not.
01:01
And, you know, the parole board is going to hear the case next month.
01:05
And then it goes to Gavin Newsom.
01:07
And either he's going to say, yes, they're free, or no, they're not.
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It's his decision.
01:12
He has Ryan Murphy on this podcast.
01:16
And is talking to Ryan Murphy about, you know, how do you feel about this?
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And Ryan Murphy is saying, yeah, you know, at first I doubted it.
01:25
In the writer's room, everybody else wanted him to go free.
01:28
And then I did the show, and I think they should go free.
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And furthermore, I sent an advance copy to Kim Kardashian.
01:37
And she watched it, and she was obsessed with it.
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And she said they should go free.
01:43
And so Gavin Newsom is asking Ryan Murphy about his opinions about this case when he's going
01:51
to make a decision.
01:53
And you just got to look.
01:55
Before I tell you why I'm saying that he is going to release the Menendez brothers,
01:59
here's a little bit of what he says.
02:01
We're just a few weeks away, August 21st and 2nd, I think, where the parole board is going
02:09
to make a decision and make a recommendation.
02:11
To you.
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It lands on my desk.
02:12
Right.
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Mr. Murphy.
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That's heavy stuff.
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Heavy stuff.
02:16
I was astonished at how I went into something with such a predetermined point of view and
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came out of it, at the end of it, thinking, you know, where I am today is, I really do
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think they should be released.
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I do think they should be paroled.
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And I did not think that when I started.
02:33
So, why is Gavin Newsom chit-chatting with Ryan Murphy about why the Menendez brothers should
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be released?
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First, I think, and I feel pretty confident on this, Gavin Newsom is looking for cover.
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Gavin Newsom knows that this is like, it's a 50-50 split in America.
02:55
Half the people think they should be released, half think they should rot in prison.
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And Ryan Murphy, you know, produced a show that made people aware of this case who didn't
03:07
know about it before.
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So, his opinion for them counts.
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Gavin Newsom is going to run for president, and he wants to soften the blowback he's going
03:17
to get when he releases them.
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So, therefore, he talks, he puts his friend Ryan Murphy on, talks about Kim Kardashian and
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Ryan Murphy supporting the release.
03:28
He's doing it for cover.
03:30
If that's the case, what a wild political miscalculation by Gavin Newsom, who I think is a very savvy
03:35
politician, if he's trying to use Ryan Murphy as cover, Ryan Murphy is the echo chamber
03:41
of the voice to get the Menendez brothers free.
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And if he's putting him on his podcast and he's trying to curry favor with someone who
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is undecided on this issue, potentially, I think it's going to backfire.
03:51
No, no.
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It's only going to shout into the echo chamber.
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Nobody's undecided.
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So, then what is he doing?
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What he's doing is people who watched Monsters were educated about the Menendez brothers through
04:03
Ryan Murphy.
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Without question.
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And they're thinking, well, there are different scenarios.
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Which should I believe?
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And then the producer is the guy who's saying, hey, release them.
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And then everybody who's watching is saying, oh, well, that's the conclusion.
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The producer who's part of the lefty Hollywood establishment.
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Nobody thinks of him.
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Everyone thinks of Ryan Murphy that way.
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Ryan Murphy is the guy who created the lead.
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Ryan Murphy is the guy who creates all of these lurid Hollywood tales.
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They lost an election because they were viewed as being soft on crime.
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You're going to let two murderers out?
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He's going to let them out.
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They don't kill him.
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I truly believe that will come back to haunt him when he runs in 2028.
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He is going to.
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You know what?
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What a disastrous decision.
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Can I just say one other thing?
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How do you say you're tough on crime when you just let two guys who blew their parents
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hate?
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Like, come on.
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That's why he's looking for cover.
04:51
But this is not good cover.
04:53
This is Ryan Murphy.
04:54
Well, listen, it may be a bad political calculation, but that he's made it clear.
04:59
Look, all the other agree with you.
05:00
I think he's going to do it.
05:01
He's going to release him.
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I mean, he's the one move.
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It's a bad.
05:05
Why would Gavin Newsom commit political suicide by releasing?
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What's the upside of releasing the Menendez brothers for Gavin Newsom's ambition to become
05:12
president of the United States?
05:13
I'm not.
05:13
It's terrible.
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It's counterproductive for him.
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You may or may not be right on that.
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I am.
05:18
I will bet you money he's going to release them.
05:21
Francisco, Gavin Newsom is handling this in the best way possible.
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We have a good perspective right now.
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The series depicts a very complex and toxic relationship between kids and parents, and
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it makes me very nervous.
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Brothers killing their parents at age 18, that requires peeling so much onion.
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And the world has to unpack this really quickly.
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And I think we can learn a lot about toxic relationships between parents and kids.
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Everyone deserves a second chance, especially if you have committed a crime as a young adult
05:51
or a kid.
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