Friends Keep Secrets

The GaTa Episode

September 22, 2026·1h 5m
Episode Description from the Publisher

GaTa has been coming to this house since long before there was a show happening in it. And despite us knowing this man for years, there are apparently still major pieces of GaTa lore we were not aware of. Lil Wayne once woke him up from a nap and told him to get on a song. He has a song with Kendrick Lamar. He has considered shaving his head as an acting rebrand. He gives himself pep talks in the mirror. And now he’s a dad, which is especially meaningful to him because he never had one himself. Today we revisit the events that occurred one morning in this very house, just days before GaTa and Dave started filming DAVE, that could have ended everything before it started. We love GaTa. A man who has spent a lot of his life hyping other people up, but today the tables turn, as we get to hype up the world’s greatest hype man. Thanks for watching us hang out with GaTa. We respect you!     What happens: 0:00 gata's favorite foods 1:19 someone's here 2:00 missing a whole tooth type 3:37 would gata get a facelift 3:51 would gata shave his head 4:26 life as a working actor 6:28 gata beat the odds 7:15 the manic episode gata had in this kitchen 10:49 before his diagnosis 11:42 when gata found out he was bipolar 13:16 how gata got started with tyga 14:11 meeting lil wayne 15:01 song with kendrick 15:27 getting woken up by lil wayne to get on a song 16:25 gata's comeback 16:46 seeing tyga post-fallout 19:13 how gata & dave met 22:09 talking to yourself in the mirror 23:08 what's it like having a son 24:25 the hardest part of being a father 24:49 gata's cooking 25:11 pause 26:12 teaching kristin slang 28:49 the number game 30:23 the craziest thing gata has done for money 31:10 life on tour 32:22 tour fight with mike hertz 34:16 changing mike hertz's locks 34:59 learning from conflict 36:16 the umbrella 38:31 filming dave after the facility 40:09 crossroads 41:14 gata's current crossroads 41:28 is gata a good freestyler 42:54 gata freestyle 47:28 the best day of gata's life 48:08 the worst day of gata's life 48:27 gata's biological parents 50:42 gata's support system 52:08 paranormal activity 52:53 gata's last meal 56:08 actor to actor 59:46 gata's favorite episode of dave 1:00:53 dave's favorite episodes of dave 1:01:59 how gata cries on cue 1:03:32 did gata ever envision being an actor 1:04:25 gata's dream ten years out 1:05:19 a true guest of this home Show socials: https://www.instagram.com/friendskeepsecrets https://www.tiktok.com/@friendskeepsecrets https://www.x.com/FKSpodcast https://www.facebook.com/FriendsKeepSecrets/ https://friendskeepsecrets.com   Hosts socials: www.youtube.com/@bennyblanco https://www.youtube.com/LilDickyRap https://www.instagram.com/itsbennyblanco/ https://www.instagram.com/lildickygram https://www.tiktok.com/@itsbennyblanco https://www.tiktok.com/@lildicky https://x.com/ItsBennyBlanco https://x.com/lildickytweets?lang=en https://www.facebook.com/itsbennyblanco/ https://www.facebook.com/LilDickyRapSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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