@@christophernicol5266 I am American and I agree many are uncouth. I also work mostly with Brits and find many of their manners as poor at times so let's think twice before you impugn a nation of 335M people based on one. Familiar with anecdotal evidence?
His version of the story is miles off the truth. I've met guys like this before drunk and talking utter BS. He's an absolute mess, I don't believe for a second he's capable of running smooth and highly successful businesses in China and the US.
Maybe he is nothing more than just another Rascal in Paradise? It is hard to separate truth from fiction in a case like this. My guess is that he was just a HuaPing, a Figurehead for the school, maybe a token white guy to market the school...or not. However, it certainly would be interesting to get an unbiased, unvarnished account of the STORY behind the façade. It is easy to come to a new country and tell tall tales because any tale told is more difficult to discredit, and so anyone can say anything with almost total impunity. Still...another good video from this channel, as usual.
He is probably not ready for it yet, but a n introduction to Bill Wilson’s teachings would not be a bad thing for this guy. When he is good and ready to meet Bill W I suppose.
This is the second interview with a guy who has been deported where I don't feel any emotional investment with them at all even though they went through a bad experience. I guess it's how they invite chaos in their life. Chaos answers, "Here I am!". Sad 😢 ETA: Pete, you're a nice guy who always prepares for his interviews. You deserve better than a guy who gives you only a portion of his attention and eats, drinks, and smokes while you try to do your job. You deserve full attention, don't take anything less
I agree with the lack of emotional investment, as this mans has made his own choices. Although regarding the eating, smoking, and drinking. I feel as though that adds a significant amount of realism as though it were a real conversation. I can see how you think it’s sloppy, but it contributes to the character development of this mans. You can assume how he goes through life in this manner.
I think you're wrong but hey, people are entitled to their opinions. Could he have been a bit more attentive? - Sure, but on the other hand he is who he is and I thought that this was a genuinely good story, and I'm not sure if it'd have been any better if the setting was different.
He reminds me of a scamming American conman i met in China, who always tried to scam people and his only skill was talking nonstop and no self awareness. “I’m me. I’m real!” Yeah yeah you’re insufferable.
You continue to be so professional and gracious Pete. Always so well prepared. It’s a shame this person was overall quite rude and ungracious - who behaves like this? Chewing and eating whilst being interviewed about HIS life story. His stories made little sense and he seemed to jump from one anecdote to another and the anecdotes themselves didn’t make sense and I felt no sympathy. But well done for keeping it going and doing your best to extract a story. We appreciate you!
Pete, I don't know why you wasted your time (or mine, or everyone else's) interviewing this guy. He would have been a f-up wherever in the world he had been. This is a one hour interview. I gave up after about 15 minutes. Guys like this are proof that, if you use enough cannabis and tobacco and alcohol and whatever other substances he's been using, you really can fry your brain. Now he says he's in the cannabis business. He's going to be like the bar owner who can't stay away from the products, drinks up all the profits, and puts himself out of business.
I've lived overseas for over 41 years (5 countries) and my stories would still sound boring sitting next to Matt. He's definitely an interesting character.
Thats was an excellent one. Another story where there is two vastly differing sides of the story im sure. He chowed down on that food like a real multitasking pro, it as a tour de force. What was that anyway some type of prawn?. The best bit was looking at himself on both sides of the spoon 🙃😁🙃
8:25 Lolololo the guy has clearly a chip on his shoulder says repeatedly “ I hated my work”….. and then pete, the captain obvious that he is, seriously, must be some irish perceptive superpowers over there, ganders a guess :” so maybe they set you up cuz they were fed up with u and wanted u gone?”……keep the cringe coming this episode is funny as f
Well, I was salivating at one point 🤣 Another eye opening video! Each to their own. Makes me appreciate my humble life. Thank you Pete 🙏 and it's 🥶 today in Kent (-4c)😖
"I'm 33% Asian because of the amount of time that I spent in Asia" You'd think that being a third Asian, he would have known how to navigate all those situations that he found himself in with a little more grace and humility. Until he realizes that the problem lies within, I foresee many more problems for him.
Such difficult to follow this guest. He could not complete his sentences or thoughts. If you can’t share details then why did you agree to give this interview
Wow that line just popped into my head "you couldn't write this shit" excellent interview and entertainment Pete, thanks. Hope all is going well for you back home, popped over to Thailand last month but couldn't stay more than a couple of weeks. Just don't feel it there no more. Cheers Pete
I understand this character well. There was a portion of my life I was just like that. I had a lot of fingers pointed elsewhere, when I was actually the problem. Of course, I couldn't see it. I was too busy having fun. ha ha ha. Anyway, I hope he gets it all worked out. He doesn't seem to be a bad guy. He just seems to be a little bit too occupied with having fun, at any price.
@@packageism Yeah, been there and done that. That's what I meant, As they say. Self is easy to spot in others ha ha. He doesn't really have a clue. None of us do when we're reaching the pinnacle. Hope he figures it out before he ages too much.
Given the way things will go in the coming years I think he might as well enjoy himself. He is clearly a free spirit and reminds me of brendt the guitar player from mastodon.
This feels like fear and loathing in las vegas... it is real or all a hilucination, no one knows. lol. Pete I would love to see you revisit some older guests, Chris Parker, Tony Huge, Dana, Would love updates on those. Especially Tony, is he still alive! LOL
What an interview Pete! Great life story. I wish him a better future than his challenging past. He is obviously a "crafty" fellow. 👍👍 Thanks for continuing the videos whenever you have time.🍻
Yeah American education is totally failing.🙄 There are 330m people in America, some seem to have done pretty well academically, you're saying you really needed to move to Thailand to find decent schools. 2 mins in and I'm not buying it
Oh man, Pete, where do you find these people? And you have a talent for drawing out the truth. I feel for the guy… he has had a rough 10 years but at the same time, where is the accountability for his own life choices and actions. Just sad that someone can be broken and defeated so many times by the results of their own choices and still find a way of saying “this is what life did to me, this is why I am the victim here…”. Keep the videos coming Pete! Your patience as an interviewer is exceptional.
Great interview Pete. And great question asking him what his mother and law would say about him if you asked her. Matt seems like an interesting character with some issues that probably don’t help him stay out of trouble. Cautionary tale but hey he’s over there doing it and finding ways to make things work…with only a bit of jail time and turmoil…
Quite the interesting story ... I also lived in China for years and what Matt said is correct for the most part ... Thanks again for the interesting stories Pete, they're always enjoyable. ..
This is truly one of the darkest stories I have heard. I wish the interviewee luck in the future. I'm personally glad not to be living in China anymore. After 7 years there myself I know how callous people can be but this is just disturbing beyond belief.
Having been caught in the Shanghai lockdown in 2022, I agree... we couldn't get food, medical care, couldn't step outside ....for two months, even to the international airport. Embassy couldn't even help. Never again with that place. NEVER.@@ma3stro681
Having lived in China for a decade myself, I can confirm this stuff really happened to this guy. And imo, you should seek more guys out like him. There are a lot of foreigners with similar stories and even better. *Myself included, but no, I'm not interested. Keep up the good work.
So you actually know him then? Or because you lived in China for 10 years you know he's being honest? Not trying to be argumentative I'm just curious. I have lived in China since 1994 and I've no idea if he's telling the truth or not. I did find him extremely unlikeable though, the stuffing his face while talking at us is just plain rude so hoping no more twats like this for a while.
Alright, his story might have been juiced up a little bit. But his story isn't "uncommon" , I have personally went trough similar stuff. And have seen some crazy stuff during my time. Foreigners being cheated out of money and well over a dozen divorces. Just to name a few things. *I mean, you have been there for about 40 year's. So you can't tell me, you never heard or seen stuff like this. Honestly, I have seen more people crash and burn, compared to any success stories.
I was in china during the first Sars breakout.. it was the same operation but not that strict.. go look at the timeline of the first Sars breakout.. but everyone was masked and stopped traveling.. I of course went traveling and never wore a mask.. it was great.. no crowds I went to the great wall during the first break out.. nobody was there it was awesome .. I highly recommend traveling during a "pandemic"
Great story even though he was all over the place while telling it 😅 The most shocking part was that his son, who has lived all his life there since 2 years old, doesn't speak Thai 😮😮😮
One of the problems with exaggerators and liars is that they sometimes tell the truth. In his case, many of these kinds of things do happen in Thailand, Laos and PRC China but he's got a pathological need to tune, twist and embiggen the events so they become about him, him being special, him being astonishing, grand, mysterious and all this selfish nonsense. - It's true that if you overstay your visa and work illegally in Thailand they may even ignore you for a while until eventually a standard easygoing by-the-book police patrol picks you up. - It's not true that he was double-crossed in some inexplicable corporate plot and a 'Swat team' cornered him as if he would have escaped if he could on some motorcycle chase were ya? - It is true that some business in China would hire a 'White Monkey' and take him to investor meetings and yes under that pretense of hiring a corporate English teacher. This actually is a shady gig and yes they'll drive you out to some hotels in various cities. Unfortunately, a lot of new recruits in China are just like him and believe they are hired to do corporate English classes, for real. He still doesn't seem to be aware he was hired for a 'fake American partner' role. - It's true he had to work in a downtown school and a distant campus and it undoubtedly took up hours and hours of his time and yes this would be 7 days a week. (offset by a stupid number or long holidays in China). - It is not true that he started and owned these businesses. There is no such thing in China though it's possibly his wife and her family owned part of these businesses. He did not start 2 schools. - It really is true that marital love in China is very different and he shows love by income and 'longsuffering' in the work fields but the other problem is that he led her to believe he was a financially successful man with a stable income and all kinds of big business in the USA and then she found out he did not have any such things. Then she is royally effed for her social status. It IS true that Chinese wives will carry out terrible physical violence and attacks on their husbands. - It IS true that Chinese will do the most ridiculous 'falling down' thing. - It's true that he would be temporarily held in a Chinese jail. - It's NOT true that somehow a politically rebellious insider smuggled him inside the odd KFC chicken but instead, because he's a foreigner, the generally good natured police ordered him KFC in jail. He was allowed to walk a hallway for exercise. He was NOT chosen to be a prison boss as some idiotic 'sign of prison cred and respect' Ffs. - Yes, you can find 'homegrown' marijuana in Laos from Tuk Tuk drivers and yes he would be coughing from smoking copious amounts because this is actual natural marijuana grown in a pot on someone's balcony and he needed to smoke 'copious amounts' of very very harsh marijuana before you'd get the 'high' of the modern street-weed. - China's lockdowns were utterly insane but he was not once again the special target of a small army of swat and covid cops but rather just happened to live there as they did routines. so this is the problem: BS-tellers rob everyone of finding meaningful and helpful advice. There are things that some viewers *could have* been helped by knowing but instead they won't be able to tell what's what, what selfish aggrandizing and what is a proper ahole who uses people for his own ego and so on.
Agreed. Literally could barely watch tho,once he started slurping that food. So disrespectful & off putting. Hope his rich ex watches this video & laughs. Run. Fast. Girl. Haha
Wow Pete that was a very interesting video. Matt is a cool guy and has an incredible story but what stood out most was how he didn't let the negative stuff keep him down and he bounced back to reinvent himself. At the moment i am under some pressure with family illness's my mom in particular and i have just been diagnosed with depression and put on meds so i am having a tough time rite now to the point i find it hard to enjoy videos and so on. however watching Matts story gave me some hope and lifted me a little so thanks for the video. cool stuff keep going with your channel mate.
Most people I've met who have visa issues in Thailand in one way or another have made their own bed. I'm not picking up anything different here. Feel bad for the guy but all that trouble he has had does not come by coincidence. There's one constant variable involved in those situations he's talking about.
What are those? Crabs legs? I got to get me some of those next time I am in center-city Chiang Mai. Also, where is this restaurant/hotel where the video is being shot. I got to get me some of that food and beer. As well, what kind of beer is this man drinking. Is this a product placement video?
international couples are very impressive. relationships are already impossible enough and then you throw in a language barrier and cultural differences on top of that. kudos
Forgot to mention the eating; drinking and smoking in front of the camera was a shocker. Does he think we want to watch him munching on a satai stick with bits of rice stuck on his teeth.
Had to turn this interview off after he started eating and drinking. WTH?? Never have seen a video or interview like this, ever. Would love to know the real truth behind it. A follow up interview with both ex-wives would be interesting.
I think people need to understand that an interview is an interview. You take the person as they are and it made for a great interview. I don't care if they are eating. Its not rude. Dude is enjoying his dinner. He's obviously a busy guy on the go. Did he invite some troubles into his life? Yes. Haven't we all. At least it is something to learn from. I am very Happy i did not take a job to go and teach in China in 2019. Would have been hell to live there during Covid.
Great interview, I see no problem with the eating, drinking, and smoking during the interview...Much like sitting in a bar sharing a beer and swapping stories, this is reality...The adventures and misadventures are many with Matt, and not a dull moment...Interesting and dramatic life to now, good he's moved into something stable like growing marijuana haha! 😂
This guy Matt is a fun story teller. And yea, it is just like the guy you sit down next to and tells his great story. .. I've been that guy at times in my life. Wishing Matt all the best.
Pete could u update Matt’s utube channel name on info here pls? I would like to look up his fascinating stories cos he is quite an interesting character 😄
This guy is a pothead, high as a kite during this interview. My opinion is this fellow overestimated his hand negotiating with the Thai school, had no leverage due to his expired visa, and became a right pain in the rear, enough to piss off the school to the point of seeing an easy out of kicking him out of Thailand. So, then he goes to China and messes around inviting trouble because he cannot help himself. The early success of running the Chinese schools was just a veneer. He cannot help but thumb his nose at authorities. He may know some of the lay of the land,but he is consistently out of synch with how power is administered in China. He simply makes too many enemies.
Just because you spent 1/3 of your adult life in Asia it doesn't mean your 1/3 Asian! He doesn't speak either Chinese or Thai at a high level so how can he really get deep into the culture! I could understand if he went through either the Thai or China's education system as a child he could make that statement. Just trying to pass himself off as a OLD ASIAN HAND!! Though he does have a interesting story to tell.
Great interview Pete 👍🏻 Alas Not many people in the comments below seem to like Matt but i for one feel sorry for what he had to go through being betrayed by so many people including his seemingly narcissistic chinesse wife although he kindly described her as having emotional depression whom he showed he cared about & said he really loved. he is your typical loud mouthed no nonsense American southerner or NY guy who unfortunately doesn’t speak or act subtly so steps on people’s toes or turns them off, but i prefer such people who are real in your face than people who are fake nice then who then stabs or bath mouths u in back.
Eating on camera reminds me of George in Seinfeld when he decides to start eating an apple before he calls a girl to ask her out to try and “keep it real”
I hated this guy after 5sek and i am very sure, that 99% of humanity feels the same about him. So it´s absolutely no surprise, that ppl want to harm him as much as possible.
Maybe Pete should do drug testing on his subjects prior to starting. Does the unsub know that weed and booze is bad for his bipolar disorder? Give up your vices and sober up for your child and for yourself. Depression can be beaten but it has to come from within you. His stories are odd and some don’t make sense. I’m sure in the bar tonight there will be a different version. If he came and sat next to me I would run forest run.
A bit late to the party but what a dead beat of a guy. He's the sort of teacher we used to see in a corner bar on Soi Rambuttri in Bangkok night after night totally wasted. This was in late 1990's for probably next 10 years.
I would love to hear what really happened with this guy. He comes across as someone who will blame anyone but himself for the problems in his life. Not saying he’s lying but the way he tells his story sounds so bias it’s obvious he’s leaving out a lot of details lol
This is unrelated but last year I bought a new house and I was bidding against a chinese family who wanted to buy for their grandparents. They offered 20,000 AUS dollar in cash to sell to them In an envelope . I know this because the owners were very angry about it and they told me upon the sale going through to me . I had to take out a morgage unfortunalty and over bid them by 35,000 dollar to get my now home . The Chinese family backed off and although I paid way over market value at the time I have that equity back now . Dont anyone call me rascist because I am not .
Don’t point out that vast swaths of residential property is left unoccupied while we are going through a housing crisis. Wouldn’t want to be accused of racism … China knows it’s the Achilles heel of the West
Sorry, but talking with one's mouthful is pure bad manners. Especially vulgar during a video and highly discourteous to the interviewer.
Yep, this is the part where i switch off.
Hes American lol
Not the best etiquette but no different to sitting having dinner with someone only they won't spit on you 😄
@@jp_89me too
The guy is pure class.
@@christophernicol5266 I am American and I agree many are uncouth. I also work mostly with Brits and find many of their manners as poor at times so let's think twice before you impugn a nation of 335M people based on one.
Familiar with anecdotal evidence?
His version of the story is miles off the truth. I've met guys like this before drunk and talking utter BS.
He's an absolute mess, I don't believe for a second he's capable of running smooth and highly successful businesses in China and the US.
Maybe he is nothing more than just another Rascal in Paradise? It is hard to separate truth from fiction in a case like this. My guess is that he was just a HuaPing, a Figurehead for the school, maybe a token white guy to market the school...or not. However, it certainly would be interesting to get an unbiased, unvarnished account of the STORY behind the façade. It is easy to come to a new country and tell tall tales because any tale told is more difficult to discredit, and so anyone can say anything with almost total impunity. Still...another good video from this channel, as usual.
@@CasaFassa There's a reason why "septic tanks" are despised across the world ...
Americans should ve banned from leaving their country.
@@heavanstomergatroid9825 I have the same opinion about Brits.
Often people will put on a persona, but this guy seems genuinely mentally ill.
What a tragic loss to the Chiang Mai Ajarn community. Another super-teacher deported for a crime he didn't commit lol.
It is almost as if there is a pattern.
I can't imagine why this guy has had any problems in life.
🤣🤣👍
100% trash. Almost unwatchable.
Pure loser but he’s white so it’s ok, right🙄🥴
5 mins in and came looking for this comment. Everything is already everyone else's problem.
I’m out on this one Pete. 5mins and he’s done my head in 💗🇹🇭👍
This guy invites chaos and negativity into his life. From some of the comments, I’m not the only one who sees this plainly.
He is probably not ready for it yet, but a n introduction to Bill Wilson’s teachings would not be a bad thing for this guy. When he is good and ready to meet Bill W I suppose.
This is the second interview with a guy who has been deported where I don't feel any emotional investment with them at all even though they went through a bad experience. I guess it's how they invite chaos in their life. Chaos answers, "Here I am!". Sad 😢
ETA: Pete, you're a nice guy who always prepares for his interviews. You deserve better than a guy who gives you only a portion of his attention and eats, drinks, and smokes while you try to do your job. You deserve full attention, don't take anything less
I agree with the lack of emotional investment, as this mans has made his own choices.
Although regarding the eating, smoking, and drinking. I feel as though that adds a significant amount of realism as though it were a real conversation. I can see how you think it’s sloppy, but it contributes to the character development of this mans. You can assume how he goes through life in this manner.
I think you're wrong but hey, people are entitled to their opinions. Could he have been a bit more attentive? - Sure, but on the other hand he is who he is and I thought that this was a genuinely good story, and I'm not sure if it'd have been any better if the setting was different.
@@rebjorn79 it is hard to be attentive when you are on the weed all day,lol
true
Yeah bro this was unbearable to watch the dude is clearly F#$%#! up...there was no point to the story😢 another broken teacher
This guy is so strange, even for an expat. Watching him smoke, eat and drink all at once was effin horrible.
He reminds me of a scamming American conman i met in China, who always tried to scam people and his only skill was talking nonstop and no self awareness. “I’m me. I’m real!” Yeah yeah you’re insufferable.
I highly disagree. Were you forced to watch?
@@soiraider2201 Fair enough but No. I can't undo having watched him.
@@shadmo8629 maybe you have led a very sheltered life then?
@@soiraider2201 Hahaha...eff off....sheltered life my arse....this guy gave me the heeby geeby's. Sociopath or psychopath or ASPD. 100%.
He needs to learn humility and respect, or he will continue leaving a trail of disaster wherever he goes.
And manners watching him eat was gross
Very true..not quite sure if he's credible.
Very hard for most Americans to understand the concept of humility and irony ...
"most Americans" ... ok then ... you are judging this guy as "most Americans"@@ma3stro681
@@ma3stro681 Yea, because you know most Americans.
You continue to be so professional and gracious Pete. Always so well prepared. It’s a shame this person was overall quite rude and ungracious - who behaves like this? Chewing and eating whilst being interviewed about HIS life story. His stories made little sense and he seemed to jump from one anecdote to another and the anecdotes themselves didn’t make sense and I felt no sympathy. But well done for keeping it going and doing your best to extract a story. We appreciate you!
Sorry couldn’t watch past 10 minutes. This guy caused all his own problems.
100% Tim , Narcissism springs to mind
Pete, I don't know why you wasted your time (or mine, or everyone else's) interviewing this guy. He would have been a f-up wherever in the world he had been. This is a one hour interview. I gave up after about 15 minutes. Guys like this are proof that, if you use enough cannabis and tobacco and alcohol and whatever other substances he's been using, you really can fry your brain. Now he says he's in the cannabis business. He's going to be like the bar owner who can't stay away from the products, drinks up all the profits, and puts himself out of business.
Don't get high on your own supply ...
"I'm the victim". Good luck buddy
So much drama, yet so little ability to self-reflect.
Such a total narcissistic loser. I couldn’t stomach watching the whole thing. Came here to the comments just to confirm I’m not alone. 😬
I've lived overseas for over 41 years (5 countries) and my stories would still sound boring sitting next to Matt. He's definitely an interesting character.
Best to HAVE character than BE ONE.
Seems like the world is against him, hes put a chip on his shoulder. I've met a few expats in Asia just like him. 😀
I think he is well balanced a chip on both shoulder
Strong shoulders...
The belief that the world is against them is the key belief of psychopaths.
@@ItsTristan1stand dry drunks
Thats was an excellent one. Another story where there is two vastly differing sides of the story im sure. He chowed down on that food like a real multitasking pro, it as a tour de force. What was that anyway some type of prawn?.
The best bit was looking at himself on both sides of the spoon 🙃😁🙃
It's just prawn in a spring roll
@@glen7849lol 😂 this guy wasnt paying attention the American did say prawn spring rolls 😂👍🏻
Poor guy. He doesn't get Asia at all. You've got to be very careful here, not spontaneous and real like he is.
This guy is clearly a very shifty character.
8:25 Lolololo the guy has clearly a chip on his shoulder says repeatedly “ I hated my work”….. and then pete, the captain obvious that he is, seriously, must be some irish perceptive superpowers over there, ganders a guess :” so maybe they set you up cuz they were fed up with u and wanted u gone?”……keep the cringe coming this episode is funny as f
As Russel Crowe said in Gladiator “are you not entertained?” Lol 😂
@@ThairishTimes I am )) you have a cool channel. I watch every episode. keep the Schtories coming
@@ThairishTimes You're the Louis Theroux of Thaireland. Keep up the good work, Pete, with the innocent but deadly interview style.
Well, I was salivating at one point 🤣 Another eye opening video! Each to their own. Makes me appreciate my humble life. Thank you Pete 🙏 and it's 🥶 today in Kent (-4c)😖
@@speakingscripts 🌞👍
Freezing here too Oy😬😬😬😬
'Dude, do you know how much weed I smoke every day?' LOL
and this dude is a father ... to multiple kids from different mothers... frightening
You totally owned this and kept him on track . Well done to you.
whats to own
"I'm 33% Asian because of the amount of time that I spent in Asia" You'd think that being a third Asian, he would have known how to navigate all those situations that he found himself in with a little more grace and humility. Until he realizes that the problem lies within, I foresee many more problems for him.
Agree. He seems to have little situational awareness.
Without speaking Thai he will not even be 5% Asian/Thai
Such difficult to follow this guest. He could not complete his sentences or thoughts. If you can’t share details then why did you agree to give this interview
Wow that line just popped into my head "you couldn't write this shit" excellent interview and entertainment Pete, thanks. Hope all is going well for you back home, popped over to Thailand last month but couldn't stay more than a couple of weeks. Just don't feel it there no more. Cheers Pete
Thanks Mick, glad you enjoyed it
I understand this character well. There was a portion of my life I was just like that. I had a lot of fingers pointed elsewhere, when I was actually the problem. Of course, I couldn't see it. I was too busy having fun. ha ha ha. Anyway, I hope he gets it all worked out. He doesn't seem to be a bad guy. He just seems to be a little bit too occupied with having fun, at any price.
Not to mention his addiction to alcohol and drugs
@@packageism Yeah, been there and done that. That's what I meant, As they say. Self is easy to spot in others ha ha. He doesn't really have a clue. None of us do when we're reaching the pinnacle. Hope he figures it out before he ages too much.
Given the way things will go in the coming years I think he might as well enjoy himself. He is clearly a free spirit and reminds me of brendt the guitar player from mastodon.
Great story. I really like your channel mate, keep up the good work.
Thanks very much 🙏🙏🙏
This feels like fear and loathing in las vegas... it is real or all a hilucination, no one knows. lol. Pete I would love to see you revisit some older guests, Chris Parker, Tony Huge, Dana, Would love updates on those. Especially Tony, is he still alive! LOL
Now that would be cool. Watch this space…
I've traveled many years. There are many holes in his story.
Grain of salt warning is suggested.
The guy being interviewed is a liar and a criminal.
What an interview Pete! Great life story. I wish him a better future than his challenging past. He is obviously a "crafty" fellow. 👍👍 Thanks for continuing the videos whenever you have time.🍻
Glad you enjoyed them mate
Yeah American education is totally failing.🙄 There are 330m people in America, some seem to have done pretty well academically, you're saying you really needed to move to Thailand to find decent schools. 2 mins in and I'm not buying it
Spot on Will , with his "white face " being "Mickey mouse " What a peanut !
Oh man, Pete, where do you find these people? And you have a talent for drawing out the truth. I feel for the guy… he has had a rough 10 years but at the same time, where is the accountability for his own life choices and actions. Just sad that someone can be broken and defeated so many times by the results of their own choices and still find a way of saying “this is what life did to me, this is why I am the victim here…”. Keep the videos coming Pete! Your patience as an interviewer is exceptional.
a weed smoker with tattoos. I'm sure the mother loved you.
Interesting bloke , but you feel like going for a drink after listening to his never ending rollercoaster life story...
Yeah and hopefully you don’t take a bar stool next to him
Great interview Pete. And great question asking him what his mother and law would say about him if you asked her. Matt seems like an interesting character with some issues that probably don’t help him stay out of trouble. Cautionary tale but hey he’s over there doing it and finding ways to make things work…with only a bit of jail time and turmoil…
Quite the interesting story ... I also lived in China for years and what Matt said is correct for the most part ... Thanks again for the interesting stories Pete, they're always enjoyable. ..
Glad you enjoyed it
This sounds like the plot to the hangover 4
Interesting, love your focus and questioning line. But, faaahhhhk, what exhausting energy.
Brilliant Pete absolutley brilliant . Please do part 2 on this one .
I'm sorry to say, but I can understand he's mother in law very well.......
This is truly one of the darkest stories I have heard. I wish the interviewee luck in the future. I'm personally glad not to be living in China anymore. After 7 years there myself I know how callous people can be but this is just disturbing beyond belief.
God, I wouldn't even visit China if you paid me ...
@@ma3stro681 Why not?
Having been caught in the Shanghai lockdown in 2022, I agree... we couldn't get food, medical care, couldn't step outside ....for two months, even to the international airport. Embassy couldn't even help. Never again with that place. NEVER.@@ma3stro681
Pete, next time the CIA wants someone to talk, lock them in a room, with Matt and Steve Rosse for an hour, Jesus you'd anything to get out.
Haha I want to have a camera in that room
@@ThairishTimes Like an experiment in psychics, would they cancel each out, or merge together and blow up.
Having lived in China for a decade myself, I can confirm this stuff really happened to this guy.
And imo, you should seek more guys out like him.
There are a lot of foreigners with similar stories and even better. *Myself included, but no, I'm not interested.
Keep up the good work.
So you actually know him then? Or because you lived in China for 10 years you know he's being honest?
Not trying to be argumentative I'm just curious. I have lived in China since 1994 and I've no idea if he's telling the truth or not.
I did find him extremely unlikeable though, the stuffing his face while talking at us is just plain rude so hoping no more twats like this for a while.
Alright, his story might have been juiced up a little bit. But his story isn't "uncommon" , I have personally went trough similar stuff.
And have seen some crazy stuff during my time. Foreigners being cheated out of money and well over a dozen divorces.
Just to name a few things.
*I mean, you have been there for about 40 year's. So you can't tell me, you never heard or seen stuff like this.
Honestly, I have seen more people crash and burn, compared to any success stories.
Very interesting guest! Follow up would be great
Pete, Many Irish people love Pop Art. Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup painting is legendary.
I was in china during the first Sars breakout.. it was the same operation but not that strict.. go look at the timeline of the first Sars breakout.. but everyone was masked and stopped traveling.. I of course went traveling and never wore a mask.. it was great.. no crowds I went to the great wall during the first break out.. nobody was there it was awesome .. I highly recommend traveling during a "pandemic"
I am so confused by this man, yet so invested in the story
I dropped out at 7 minutes ...
he's a hot mess
I was fast forwarding, too much me,me,me needs to smoke dope all the time to live with himself ! Keep them coming Pete you have a great site thanks .
enjoyed that one! weird story, but super interesting - this guy's a character 🙏🏻
Great story even though he was all over the place while telling it 😅 The most shocking part was that his son, who has lived all his life there since 2 years old, doesn't speak Thai 😮😮😮
that kid is going to be a mess.... imagine that this dude ..is Your Dad 😳
Fire video Pete. Going to live in BKK myself this month.
Glad you enjoyed it
One of the problems with exaggerators and liars is that they sometimes tell the truth. In his case, many of these kinds of things do happen in Thailand, Laos and PRC China but he's got a pathological need to tune, twist and embiggen the events so they become about him, him being special, him being astonishing, grand, mysterious and all this selfish nonsense.
- It's true that if you overstay your visa and work illegally in Thailand they may even ignore you for a while until eventually a standard easygoing by-the-book police patrol picks you up.
- It's not true that he was double-crossed in some inexplicable corporate plot and a 'Swat team' cornered him as if he would have escaped if he could on some motorcycle chase were ya?
- It is true that some business in China would hire a 'White Monkey' and take him to investor meetings and yes under that pretense of hiring a corporate English teacher. This actually is a shady gig and yes they'll drive you out to some hotels in various cities. Unfortunately, a lot of new recruits in China are just like him and believe they are hired to do corporate English classes, for real. He still doesn't seem to be aware he was hired for a 'fake American partner' role.
- It's true he had to work in a downtown school and a distant campus and it undoubtedly took up hours and hours of his time and yes this would be 7 days a week. (offset by a stupid number or long holidays in China).
- It is not true that he started and owned these businesses. There is no such thing in China though it's possibly his wife and her family owned part of these businesses. He did not start 2 schools.
- It really is true that marital love in China is very different and he shows love by income and 'longsuffering' in the work fields but the other problem is that he led her to believe he was a financially successful man with a stable income and all kinds of big business in the USA and then she found out he did not have any such things. Then she is royally effed for her social status. It IS true that Chinese wives will carry out terrible physical violence and attacks on their husbands.
- It IS true that Chinese will do the most ridiculous 'falling down' thing.
- It's true that he would be temporarily held in a Chinese jail.
- It's NOT true that somehow a politically rebellious insider smuggled him inside the odd KFC chicken but instead, because he's a foreigner, the generally good natured police ordered him KFC in jail. He was allowed to walk a hallway for exercise. He was NOT chosen to be a prison boss as some idiotic 'sign of prison cred and respect' Ffs.
- Yes, you can find 'homegrown' marijuana in Laos from Tuk Tuk drivers and yes he would be coughing from smoking copious amounts because this is actual natural marijuana grown in a pot on someone's balcony and he needed to smoke 'copious amounts' of very very harsh marijuana before you'd get the 'high' of the modern street-weed.
- China's lockdowns were utterly insane but he was not once again the special target of a small army of swat and covid cops but rather just happened to live there as they did routines.
so this is the problem: BS-tellers rob everyone of finding meaningful and helpful advice. There are things that some viewers *could have* been helped by knowing but instead they won't be able to tell what's what, what selfish aggrandizing and what is a proper ahole who uses people for his own ego and so on.
Good overview
Interesting observation
100%
Agreed. Literally could barely watch tho,once he started slurping that food. So disrespectful & off putting. Hope his rich ex watches this video & laughs. Run. Fast. Girl. Haha
this guy should be a character on "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia"
😂😂😂
Wow Pete that was a very interesting video. Matt is a cool guy and has an incredible story but what stood out most was how he didn't let the negative stuff keep him down and he bounced back to reinvent himself. At the moment i am under some pressure with family illness's my mom in particular and i have just been diagnosed with depression and put on meds so i am having a tough time rite now to the point i find it hard to enjoy videos and so on. however watching Matts story gave me some hope and lifted me a little so thanks for the video. cool stuff keep going with your channel mate.
Glad the video helped you Brett. Chin up bud
What a character. Pete… very interesting interview. Great job… 👍🏻👏🏻🙏🏻
Glad you enjoyed it
@@ThairishTimes You should interview “WorldOfOni” who just recently landed in Thailand 🇹🇭 👏🏻👍🏻
Also try interviewing “Ellis WR” who are traveling through Thailand 👏🏻👍🏻
Great interview. Some character too.
Most people I've met who have visa issues in Thailand in one way or another have made their own bed. I'm not picking up anything different here. Feel bad for the guy but all that trouble he has had does not come by coincidence. There's one constant variable involved in those situations he's talking about.
What are those? Crabs legs? I got to get me some of those next time I am in center-city Chiang Mai. Also, where is this restaurant/hotel where the video is being shot. I got to get me some of that food and beer. As well, what kind of beer is this man drinking. Is this a product placement video?
They looked like crab legs 😩🫣🤮
international couples are very impressive. relationships are already impossible enough and then you throw in a language barrier and cultural differences on top of that. kudos
Hate to say this a friend of mine before he employed anyone invited them to lunch, he told me you can always judge a person by the way they eat.
This is Thailand, can be beautiful a dangerous at the same time.
Forgot to mention the eating; drinking and smoking in front of the camera was a shocker. Does he think we want to watch him munching on a satai stick with bits of rice stuck on his teeth.
Great interview
Had to turn this interview off after he started eating and drinking. WTH?? Never have seen a video or interview like this, ever. Would love to know the real truth behind it. A follow up interview with both ex-wives would be interesting.
I think people need to understand that an interview is an interview. You take the person as they are and it made for a great interview. I don't care if they are eating. Its not rude. Dude is enjoying his dinner. He's obviously a busy guy on the go. Did he invite some troubles into his life? Yes. Haven't we all. At least it is something to learn from. I am very Happy i did not take a job to go and teach in China in 2019. Would have been hell to live there during Covid.
Very interesting!
Nice interview as always Pete. This guy tho' ... 🤔 Hope things work out for him.
Good video Pete.
Glad you enjoyed it Charlie
Wow sad his kid has lived and Thailand so long and can’t speak it. Language is a great gift he could have given him.
Great interview, I see no problem with the eating, drinking, and smoking during the interview...Much like sitting in a bar sharing a beer and swapping stories, this is reality...The adventures and misadventures are many with Matt, and not a dull moment...Interesting and dramatic life to now, good he's moved into something stable like growing marijuana haha! 😂
This guy Matt is a fun story teller. And yea, it is just like the guy you sit down next to and tells his great story. .. I've been that guy at times in my life. Wishing Matt all the best.
Pete could u update Matt’s utube channel name on info here pls? I would like to look up his fascinating stories cos he is quite an interesting character 😄
Hey buddy it’s Reality Trek 420
This guy is a pothead, high as a kite during this interview. My opinion is this fellow overestimated his hand negotiating with the Thai school, had no leverage due to his expired visa, and became a right pain in the rear, enough to piss off the school to the point of seeing an easy out of kicking him out of Thailand. So, then he goes to China and messes around inviting trouble because he cannot help himself. The early success of running the Chinese schools was just a veneer. He cannot help but thumb his nose at authorities. He may know some of the lay of the land,but he is consistently out of synch with how power is administered in China. He simply makes too many enemies.
This bloke is a complete dreamer !
if by 'dreamer' you mean 'loser' I'm with ya
@@fs5775 Yep 100% looser !
Just because you spent 1/3 of your adult life in Asia it doesn't mean your 1/3 Asian! He doesn't speak either Chinese or Thai at a high level so how can he really get deep into the culture! I could understand if he went through either the Thai or China's education system as a child he could make that statement. Just trying to pass himself off as a OLD ASIAN HAND!! Though he does have a interesting story to tell.
Great interview Pete 👍🏻 Alas Not many people in the comments below seem to like Matt but i for one feel sorry for what he had to go through being betrayed by so many people including his seemingly narcissistic chinesse wife although he kindly described her as having emotional depression whom he showed he cared about & said he really loved. he is your typical loud mouthed no nonsense American southerner or NY guy who unfortunately doesn’t speak or act subtly so steps on people’s toes or turns them off, but i prefer such people who are real in your face than people who are fake nice then who then stabs or bath mouths u in back.
This guy needs to write a book
Or a movie
Or read one….
One of the best interviews Pete. What a lovely guy. I could be his friend. Sure he ll be ok later on. No worries. Thank you Pete
Pure gold Pete really!
Thanks mate
Matt....you and I have the same story being involved with a Chinese princess. It got crazy!
That guy is a wreck
Eating on camera reminds me of George in Seinfeld when he decides to start eating an apple before he calls a girl to ask her out to try and “keep it real”
I hated this guy after 5sek and i am very sure, that 99% of humanity feels the same about him. So it´s absolutely no surprise, that ppl want to harm him as much as possible.
So annoying have to hear him eating while talking could not finish video.
Agree and could have cut the smoking and drinking out for such a short video. Not nice to watch and listen.
All a bit weird.
Man he’s a bloody legend !! …. Well he thinks so 🥴
Maybe Pete should do drug testing on his subjects prior to starting. Does the unsub know that weed and booze is bad for his bipolar disorder? Give up your vices and sober up for your child and for yourself. Depression can be beaten but it has to come from within you. His stories are odd and some don’t make sense. I’m sure in the bar tonight there will be a different version. If he came and sat next to me I would run forest run.
What is Matt's RUclips channel?
A bit late to the party but what a dead beat of a guy. He's the sort of teacher we used to see in a corner bar on Soi Rambuttri in Bangkok night after night totally wasted. This was in late 1990's for probably next 10 years.
I would love to hear what really happened with this guy.
He comes across as someone who will blame anyone but himself for the problems in his life. Not saying he’s lying but the way he tells his story sounds so bias it’s obvious he’s leaving out a lot of details lol
Opening a school in China sounds impressive but according to a man I met who worked in China for 15 years it was not.
The laws have recently changed.
I got to 25 mins then had to move on 🤦♂Sorry Pete
Thanks for the 25 though 👍🏼
This is unrelated but last year I bought a new house and I was bidding against a chinese family who wanted to buy for their grandparents. They offered 20,000 AUS dollar in cash to sell to them In an envelope . I know this because the owners were very angry about it and they told me upon the sale going through to me . I had to take out a morgage unfortunalty and over bid them by 35,000 dollar to get my now home . The Chinese family backed off and although I paid way over market value at the time I have that equity back now . Dont anyone call me rascist because I am not .
Don’t point out that vast swaths of residential property is left unoccupied while we are going through a housing crisis. Wouldn’t want to be accused of racism …
China knows it’s the Achilles heel of the West
Went to prison in 2 consecutive countries. Whirlwind of chaos. Just stumbles through life not respecting the laws of where ever he is.
I am riveted to this
A train wreck.
Loves the drama
Pete-just no-on soo many levels
How rude of this guy to start eating halfway through the interview
Matt jumps in with both feet ... Kudos to him!
Is this a movie storyline? Or some smoking a little too much weed? . a good video over all