Do You Like It Or Not: October 23, 2026

Tomorrow, in front of the Capitol, for the glow party, I'm so excited, it's all day, and I'm just going to have a time of my life. And the weather's going to be nice. Yes, you're going to get such a great have a time. Just like eating, you know, I'm just going to be out all day. I'll be following your stories. Good night, everyone. Bye. It's 7.30 on this Friday night, and if you are just joining us after watching Like It or Not, the 7 o'clock version, I agree, Cam looks good with a mustache, and I think he should grow it. in the meantime though this is do you like it or not and you can weigh in on whether or not you like cam with a mustache and many other stories thank you so much everyone out there joining us whether you're streaming with us here on fox local or fox 5 dc's youtube page i am producer chris and coming up tonight the new york knicks ring drama why they reportedly tricked some of their own employees into thinking they were getting those championship rings plus the nba dad giving diaper duty a hard pass then later a broadcast booth breakup why the clock could be ticking for joe buck and troy aikman's time together we're not just going to talk sports stories though we have many other ones coming your way and we want you to weigh in on all of them so let's talk about how you can join us live on this friday night the easiest way to share your hot takes is just by scanning that qr code either one of them the one in the bottom left hand corner That'll stay up for the full 30 minutes. 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Bisma is making her way here from the seven o'clock show we'll say hello to her in just a bit as well in the meantime though we're going to dive right in and we are starting off talking about Friday nights of all things because apparently the end of the work week has become just another week night Americans now spend just four percent of their evenings with their friends or out according to a depressing new study from UNC Chapel Hill experts say it's a trend that started well before the pandemic, and Friday nights in particular have seen the biggest drop. But late night socializing, socializing after midnight, that's what we're talking about, once a defining part of weekend social life has all but vanished as well, according to this study, dropping below 1%. That lost social time is not shifting to Saturday or Sunday either. Instead, researchers say more Americans are just straight up spending more time at home on nights and weekends so let's head into the zoom room some people hanging out at home tonight with us Melissa well actually Melissa might be out and about Melissa spending more time at home on Friday nights do you like this or not because of the economy um you know and me not working full time I would prefer to stay home, but I have loving friends who are always inviting me out, even in my work clothes. I just finished teaching a class and I'm at the Upper Marlboro Golf Club and I'm about to have some drinks with some old farts and call it a night. But if you leave it up to me, I'm tired, Chris. I would much rather stay at home and make some margaritas and make some chicken wings in my air fryer. I completely understand. But I will say if I was not here right now, ideally, I would be out at happy hour. However, I also understand that at the end of a long work week, some people are just straight up too exhausted in addition to not necessarily having the funds. Alice. Oh, no. Wesley. Wesley's home on a Friday night. Wesley, sometimes we see you out on Friday night. Sometimes we see you at home on Friday night. But the idea that more people are just giving up and staying home. do you like this or not um i like it i mean you are no one asked you anything about um i like it i mean people work all week fridays are kind of turned i mean they turn happy hour and friday into like wednesday thursday friday's kind of stay home and then pick back up on saturday for me personally i'm either working on friday or i'm off on friday and we go out tomorrow so just offset i mean it's friday just relax spend your money and then go out killer no one wants to hear from you sorry it's okay i actually do want to hear from killer and looks like he's glad you're home on a friday night because he gets to bother you Bismah has made her way here Bismah thanks so much for joining us as always Bismah you're always out and about on friday night so this would not shock me if you were the exception to the rule of this study but the idea of more and more people staying in on friday nights do you like this oh 100 if i'm not here on friday nights i'm gonna be at home watching netflix right like unless i have something you know i'll be here because you know like i just i'm not a person that goes out on friday okay it's like it's a rest day yeah like saturday night even sunday like i want to have a sunday fun day but friday night i just want to relax you know just like take the pressure off watch netflix i don't know just chill i think I think part of the reason that my idea of like, I think a lot of people do that. Friday nights, they chill. Saturday nights, they may go out because that way they've gotten to sleep in a little bit. They've gotten to recover from the week a little bit. I was always the opposite. And I think I blamed my schedule because my weekends used to, and again, I know I talk about this a lot. I used to be on the morning show and I was on it for like 17 years. So my Fridays started at like noon, one o'clock, two o'clock in the afternoon and cannot go out. Then felt like you were just wasting an entire day yeah because sundays it was kind of like sundays you needed to take care of business like the weekend ended at like four o'clock as soon as like the sun started to go down you know so like you didn't have a ton of time to do it and you couldn't go out during the week because you had to go to bed at like it's tough it's tough it is tough chad and laura chad and laura in the zoom room on this friday night they're at home right now but we see them out at happy hours all the time yeah it's listen it's uh it's cheaper to drink at home i know chad it's cheaper cheaper trigger it's what was it's drink cheaper at home it's drink cheaper at home for sure yeah also i'm the best dj too yeah i don't need to go out because i spend every night with my best friend that's so sweet you guys hear that that's i'm gonna screenshot this for sure but no honestly like staying home on a friday night in the past up until i guess recently like staying home friend i guess yeah so my best friend staying home on a friday night was like against the law in my world like never you know yeah so this is weird for me oh chad it also does change when you're in a relationship admittedly when i was a single man i was out any opportunity i could jesse is in the zoom room on this friday night Jesse, staying home on Friday nights, do you like it or not? I do not like it, but I have to like it. I have no choice. The way the economy is set up, as a great philosopher Kevin Hart said, I have a checking and a savings, and the checking and the savings does this and this. And honestly, I want to start traveling. I want to start doing more things in 2027, and I'm starting my New Year's resolution now by staying in on Fridays in 2026. That is discipline. I applaud you. Yes, exactly. And I can't wait to see where you go in 2027 with all of the discipline that you are applying to late October 2026. The Silver Fox is in the Zoom room on this Friday night. In case you missed it, Bisma, the Pinky Ring King went gray last night on us. Was it your recommendation? I mean, I like to think I had a hand in it. It looks sharp, my friend. The whole hand, the whole beautiful hand. Ladies and gentlemen, and let's just say it's buzzing here. I'm here at the world famous Selena. She's over here at Tyson. Cheers to everybody. Bismarck, you look wonderful. exquisite my queen, my goddess. This one's for you, baby. Fancy, fancy, fancy. Oh, he finished it. He's out and about on a Friday night. Billy. Never stay home. Always outside. Let's go. Always outside. Billy, what about you? Staying home on a Friday night, do you like it or not? You know, I work 3 to 11 on Fridays, so I don't really get a chance to go out. Like, once I get off work, I'm going home, I'm going to sleep. I'm like this, I'm going out on Saturdays, I'm going to turn up on Saturdays. Turn up on Saturdays, yeah. When I get off on a Friday night, I pour like an 18-ounce glass of bourbon. Yeah. And then I just watch movies and Netflix and just fall asleep. Next up, the New York Knicks accused of orchestrating one of the most diabolical schemes on some of their own employees. You're looking at the headline from TMZ right now. According to The Athletic, though, back in September, several Madison Square Garden employees received emails letting them know they were getting a Knicks NBA championship ring, just like the team. The email was to let them know they could choose between two different designs, and all they needed to do was click a link to see the two different kinds and choose it. Several employees clicked the link to check out their complimentary rings, but the email was an elaborate phishing test. Instead of a ring, the employees who clicked the link got a mandatory cybersecurity test. TMZ told Fox 5 earlier tonight some 200 Madison Square Garden and Knicks employees who are not team members or coaches will now get rings. Not sure whether it's related to the bad press they got as a result of this, but apparently they're forking over like $4 million as a result of this. The organization claims that was the plan all along, but the internet and myself, have our doubts but dismiss the idea of pulling a bait and switch on your own team like this do you like it or not i think okay i actually feel like it's a clever way to see are you being responsible with what you're clicking on or are you just like wildly just clicking on everything i also think it could be really mean if we're sending it to staff that aren't supposed to get the ring and it's like and then you make them think that you did yeah right oh man there is no quicker way yeah but if you weren't getting a ring they better get a ring no matter what anyone who got that email and thought that they were getting one what easier way to just make your employees hate you yeah than this kind of nonsense wesley the idea of fishing your own employees with dangling a championship ring in front of them do you like this or not you know i like this You're a chaos muppet. We create the chaos, yeah. I mean, you've got them pitting up against each other. Oh, you got offered a ring. I didn't get a ring. Plus catching them fishing, sleeping at the wheel, downloading viruses to the company. Absolutely, get them out of there. We love this. You know what? If you ensnared me in this scheme and then did not give me a ring as a result, I am clicking on every virus that comes my way from that day until the day you drag me out of the building and take away my pass because you have earned it as a result. You deserve every virus you get. Allison, do you like this phishing test? I don't like it at all, Chris. My job does this, but not to this extent. They'll do it for like compliance. Like say you want a gift card or something to see if you'll click. and i actually fell for it twice and then they're telling me i have to take a class so i'm like i'm not taking a class don't play with my emotions like it's not okay and that's what this does this plays with people's emotions and it makes you not trust because again like if they get a ring for real are they going to believe it they're never going to trust anybody i just don't like it at all no not one bit yeah not one bit we get uh not just ones from our own corporate IT but But obviously, we get ones that are real phishing schemes as well. And I have just gotten to the point where I do not trust any link. Do you have a fault for that? No, but I will get real emails. Like very recently, I just had a discussion with one of our digital content managers today because he was like, hey, you may have gotten an email earlier this week about X, Y, and Z. And I was like, oh, yeah, no, I just assumed that was fake. And he was like, no, that's real. You should actually click on it. Billy, the idea of phishing your own team, dangling that championship ring in front of them, and then making them go to a cybersecurity class instead, do you like this or not? No, I don't like it. What in the April Fool is going on. I'm like, come on, don't do your employees like that. They work hard the whole season. They're telling their friends, I'm about to get a ring, I'm about to get a ring, and then here we go with this. No, I don't like it. That's a cheap shot. That is a huge cheap shot. I absolutely agree with you 100%. Let's stick with basketball now, but we're going to talk about Minnesota Timberwolves star LaMelo Ball. He is getting some side eye from parents after a recent ESPN postgame interview with Ernie Johnson. Take a listen. You're a dad now, a 10-month-old son, right? Yeah, he just turned nine months. Nine months. So are you a diaper changer, man? Nah, my girl do all that. It's love for sure. She do all that. You know what I'm saying? We got a good game plan going on. So I know what I got to do to bring to the table. She know what she got to do to bring to the table. Man, you don't know what you're missing. I'm telling you that. I hope you have a great. Nah, I done did it before. You feel me? Okay. I know. I got you. Yeah, I definitely did it before. It's just not my job. You know what I'm saying? It's not my job. It's not my job. In case you missed it, Ball said diaper duty, not his job. He says his partner handles changing their nine-month-old son. But as you heard, he says they have a good game plan. They both know what they bring to the table. I got to give a shout out to Ernie Johnson for telling him he doesn't know what he's missing. As you can imagine, though, that comment spread like wildfire on the Internet. A lot of parents criticizing his approach to fatherhood. Others, though, defended him, saying that a lot of times parents do split duties. So, Bisma, the idea of dad not doing diaper duty, do you like it or not? You know what? Dad does not have to do a single thing if he is providing house staff and nannies and, you know, providing for the family. That is absolutely fine. The nannies will do it. But then aren't you missing out on being an active parent? You have to know how to change the diaper in case of... If you are changing everything to someone else, are you then raising that child? But he's a celebrity. I feel like that's how they operate. But I would also argue there were probably plenty of dads out there who are not earning tens of millions of dollars, who never changed a diaper, you know, and I might be pointing the finger at like boomers and stuff like that. Yeah. Oh, yeah. But maybe that was just the way it used to be. Look, if it works for them, it works for them. Who am I to judge? Allison in the Zoom room. Allison, dad not being on diaper duty. Do you like it or not? Believe it or not, Chris, I kind of side with him. Just like Bisma said, it's like they each share their own responsibilities. but this is my thing too as a former publicist i'm like why did the publicist not check the questions that would be asked because he should know this will make like normal everyday people judge as if he was like being an irresponsible dad and i don't think he is there's a lot of dads that are absent he's in his child's life he obviously loves his child let him do what he does and let her do what she does with the nannies fair enough chad is in the zoom room chad i know it's been a couple years since you had to change diapers but dad not doing diaper duty do you like it or not i mean about last saturday shane gillis made me forget all about what's her name sydney sweeney now this guy's making me i'm so upset about this that i've almost forgot about shane gillis's outrageous comments look we're all so stupid diapers either it sounds disgusting i changed diapers i changed i changed my kids i was a single dad for like 10 years if you don't have to why would you um but i'm not outraged i don't care i i appreciate the honesty chad to be to be honest with you look i i i mean i think you're on to something lara if you didn't have to change a diaper would anybody really want to although to be honest with you it is kind of hilarious when i have to change diapers it's just it's true and i'll be honest with you uh i mean as good as as when you say pro do you mean like i mean like when explosion happens it's going all it's a mess yeah no i got it all over me today literally today she she pooped all over me it's it's just a fact that happens melissa dad not doing diaper duty do you like it or not uh listen as i was a mom and i raised kids and i'm sorry that's everybody's responsibility i don't give a damn how rich you are i don't care what what status you are in change your baby's diaper and it's funny you brought this up because tmz reached out to me today and they wanted me to they wanted me to talk about this same topic and also how i felt about the nick uh last game and them messing up so much um but yeah no it's crazy and uh by the way he's got one of my old parts that i hang out with so you know i just wanted to give him a little love on tv i love his hat so tell him i like that as well and tell TMZ to stop stealing our people we love our zoom room people all right next up Joe Buck Troy Aikman they have been a broadcasting duo for a quarter of a century. 25 years. They started their NFL play calling career right here at Fox before jumping ship together, landing over at ESPN. But it sounds like the days of smooth sailing may be over because the pair got into a heated argument before a game several weeks ago, and it reportedly stemmed from the fact that Joe Buck had just signed a new deal with ESPN for six years worth more than $100 million. Troy Aikman is in the last year of his contract, and he has not been offered an extension and Buck reportedly did not tell Troy about his new deal and neither did ESPN so Aikman felt and i quote over he he used the actual words though the two have apparently put the beef behind them as they still have the rest of the season and a Super Bowl to call together but this has this has gotten some uh some people online weighing in and so Bisma does Troy have a point should they have negotiated as a team or is it every man for themselves you know what this reminds me of Chris do you remember Caller Daddy when you know Alex Cooper and the other girl i'm forgetting her name other girl that goes to tell you right away for the record it goes to show like dunkelman or you're one of you is gonna lose you know and i like i mean i think it's just giving me flashbacks to that it never works out but there's always a winner when you're like going in together as a group yeah he's the Beyonce of the group he's the be Joe Buck the Beyonce of the group some might argue otherwise Wesley the killer is a killer is on a rampage tonight hey do you do you think is it every man for themselves or if they have been together for 25 years do they do they go into there and negotiate together, I still hold a grudge against Miss Beyonce Knowles for doing her team wrong so no I'm not really down with you make the faces if you want to, Miss Allison but I'm not down with this, you've got your crew, you bring your crew with you, it's not step on to get to the next so no I don't like it boo, a rising tide ships, a rising tide floats all ships, Allison, you do you disagree? I mean obviously we know how you feel about Beyonce but how do you feel about Joe Buck turning his back on his old buddy Troy, okay so I'm gonna see Wesley this weekend, we'll fight that day but no about this situation um it's hard because they've been together for 25 years but they are individuals, you know sometimes the crew has to break up so it's it's like I don't know, I'm kind of on the fence with it but yeah I would say they're individuals, you know what, they don't have to be together all the time yeah and look if ESPN wants to move on from Troy Aikman but wants to keep Joe Buck it's not Joe Buck's job to necessarily be willing to lose his job, yeah when they don't want to keep Troy Aikman out, it's just unfortunate when you are a team that then the team gets broken up Jesse do you like the idea of every man for themselves or should they have gone at it together but normally I would like the idea of every man for themselves just because you have to fight your own battles in this world it's a dog eat dog world but here's the twist with this story in 2022 when Troy Aikman first joined ESPN he asked executives and kind of nudged them to bring Joe Buck over he really wanted to work with his partner that he'd been with at Fox for so many years so the fact that Joe didn't even give the executives a hint of like hey maybe you should keep Troy since he's the one who kind of brought me over it's kind of messed up but it makes sense on Disney's end i mean he's versatile he's he was on dancing with the stars the other day he anchors Good Morning America and apparently Troy's been kind of a pain in the butt lately in the booth so i don't like it but i get it i i you are 100 percent correct and unfortunately sometimes friendship and business do not mix and this may be one of those instances Joe Buck is also you know he's a he's a two sport athlete you know calling baseball football etc coming up next letting your parents negotiate your salary welcome back to do you like it or not on this friday night we start at the top of the show talking about how good Cam looked with a mustache and maybe that should be his new look beards had a good run but it looks like mustaches are having a moment once again yeah just like my man Ron Burgundy they're growing in popularity as more celebrities embrace the look obviously this anchorman tennis star Carlos Alcaraz one of the latest to hop on the wave before him though there was Travis Kelce Timothy Chalamet Harry Styles Jacob Elordi has been rocking one for a while apparently mustaches are popular with the younger generations because there are so many grooming options they say so making the mustache mainstream do you like it or not i do i feel like when i see somebody with just the mustache no beard especially if it's skinny it's giving okay you are funny like you are very approachable i think it gives that you can't grow better facial hair which i know all about that i feel like you're not afraid to break out of the mold and be yourself and do your thing i don't know i kind of like it there's something about it that always feels slightly like ironic attempting i mean remember millennials billy millennials had like The finger mustaches and everything had a mustache. And we had Movember. We had a whole month dedicated to mustaches. Do you like this or not? I love it. I just don't like the butt face where there's, like, no hair on your face. That's the only thing I just can't get with. It's crazy because that's what I rocked for, like, the first 37 years of my life. And then one day I was just like, eh, you know, this is boring. Let's not do this anymore. Who else? Wesley, the mustache. Having a moment. Do you like it or not? I like it. I'm kind of a baby face I do my best I'm part of the patchy tribe So I'm Proud member, buddy I'm not going to shave for November We're going to see how that works You're going to go the whole month? No shave November? I'm going to go the whole month No shave November We're going to see what happens Alright, are you going to start With what you have now Or are you going to go Clean shave in on October 31st And then go one full month? You know what? I'll get back to you Alright Okay That's fair, I respect it Speaking of the younger generation A new survey shows Parents of Gen Zers are helping them land jobs. And look, we've talked about nepo babies before. This is not anything new, but we're not talking about just tagging along for job interviews, which we have also talked about before. These parents are doing everything from writing resumes to negotiating offers. 55% of Gen Z workers, though, say they would feel embarrassed if their mom or dad reached out to their boss without their knowledge. The report also suggests they haven't had much time to develop a professional network like mentorship and career support. So, Bisma, the idea of letting your parents negotiate on your behalf or help you land that job, do you like it or not? I mean, if your parents got it like that, yeah, use them. But, I mean, I think to the average person, this is embarrassing, right? And it also, I don't know, it feels weird. I feel like we're coddling the next generation and we're like, you know. I agree with that. It's a little strange to me because we didn't have that and it kind of helped us become independent. I do agree with that as well. The one thing I would say, Sean, is that in this day and age and in this economy, any leg up you can get, why not take? That's fair. Yeah, I agree with that. Like, basically just everything you said, I agree. Allison, the idea of relying on mom and dad to help you get that job, whether it's negotiate an offer, write a resume, do you like it or not? No, Chris. This is really keeping the kid from being independent. A parent's job for adult children is to guide, not to take over. The child is never going to know anything if mom and dad are doing everything. I agree with you. But at the exact same time, Melissa, anyone negotiating on my behalf, I would prefer because that's the last thing I actually wanted to ever do. Absolutely not. It's bad enough that these last two generations, Gen Y and Gen Z, are lazy as hell. And now you're writing resumes and applying for jobs for them. No. And you're doing things for them while they're in college. I don't understand or comprehend what's going on with these parents. We have to strive to do everything ourselves to get that job, to go to this interview, to dress ourselves. Why are they doing this? This is a bad look. Absolutely. This is a hell no. This is all those helicopter parents who can't let go. Pinky ring king, pinky ring king, letting mom and dad help you land that job, negotiate for you, do you like it or not? All day because my parents are rock stars. They raised a rock star, so they do rock star things. they'll not only negotiate for me they'll end up buying the company and selling it for more my parents came here worked three jobs got me to work three jobs we what we are their american dream i let my parents i trust my parents with my money they trust me with theirs so i i'm all for it let my parents do it but my parents are bosses because they raised a boss baby there you go wow that's right that's right In-laws, thank you to everyone joining us in the Zoom room on this Friday night, starting your weekend with us. Thank you, Bisma, for joining us. As always, if people want to follow you for more, how can they do it? Oh, they can do it at Bisma on Meta and Instagram. Thank you to everyone streaming with us on Fox Local and Fox 5 DC's YouTube page as well. I'll be back with Tony P for the Live Zone primetime at 9 o'clock. We're talking about World Series.