Nat's What I Reckon has taken the world by storm – sell-out tours, best-selling books, a board game. . . And he's just getting started.
He'll present his show 'Uncooked' for audiences – a live, multimedia 'piss-taking extravaganza' from the man responsible for commentary on everything from rosemary foraging to conspiracy theories about tissue boxes in Camrys. Let it be known, Nat's What I Reckon is loved by his (more than) 2.5 million champions for more than just sweary cooking videos!
Nat's done a TED Talk, he's a muso, and he's got a solid love for comedy and rock 'n' roll. He's always happy to 'take the playful and thorough piss' out of everything from trade shows to tattoo events – and when COVID came along he turned his focus to waging a war against processed foods online, and got the world to laugh again.
Being an advocate for mental health, Nat knows crappy advice when he sees it. Here, before his 'Uncooked' show, Nat's What I Reckon shares with us the five worst pieces of advice he's ever been given.
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'Ignore them and they will just go away'. . . That load of sh.t has gotten me no where at school and possibly even less far on the internet. Sure, maybe when you’re a kid, trying to ignore a bully might give them less to work with (sometimes) but the true f...wit is a relentless demon that is born to never let it go and usually has nothing better to do than punish you for eternity. I think the advice 'leg it' or 'block' would be better suited for these kinds of situations.Two
'Never give up'. . . F...ing absolute nonsense broad-sweeping sh.t that is. It’s perfectly healthy to give up loads of sh.t, for example; drugs, booze, a sh.t job, a toxic relationship or even trying to rebuild that old piece of sh.t Mazda in your garage – let it go, the thing is cactus, champion. Giving something the flick when it’s doing your head in can be a huge mental health kick between the posts.Three
'Try sleeping more'. . . Nice try, I have RLS (restless leg syndrome) and a slew of ‘at the ready’ mental health issues that make that cool suggestion about as useless as a bent frisbee. Sleep is precious but magnesium doesn’t always work, you know, David.Four
'Being a man is about being tough and stoic'. . . Well that genius load of hot trash advice has clearly gone very well for all us blokes in the past hasn’t it? The bull-headed dickheads we can be at times often does far more damage than it does good. Sure, the feeling of being tough is nice and all, but it is usually just demonstrated as a facade to intimidate in situations so your weaknesses aren’t challenged. It’s not a true sense of durability, you’re not Wolverine there, Terry, you’re just scared. Maybe the ‘being tough’ part of it could work if the meaning of ‘toughness’ was doing real, actually hard tough stuff like working on yourself. Challenge your politics, shut the f... up occasionally and listen – then I might find that advice more useful? Being stoic just scares me, seems like a jail sentence in your head where you just push all emotions down and pretend that you are somewhat unaffected by the universe. . . Sounds romantic in some moments but overall like an express lane to bullsh.tting yourself into a proper f...in' meltdown.Five
'Milk does not go in bolognese'. . . You deserve jar sauce with an attitude like that champ! Unless you’re lactose intolerant, I think maybe you need to develop a f...ing sense of adventure in the kitchen and give things a try because that move right there is the f...in' best thing to ever happen to sauce.Nat's What I Reckon plays Brisbane Powerhouse 12-14 May (Brisbane Comedy Festival) and Astor Theatre 14-15 June (Perth Comedy Festival).
