They also talk about Willy, Nick brings it up (continuing the joke about Vega not knowing anything). They were/are going to have him on the podcast too, Augie suggests a debate.
I’m guessing now that this (the drama not the debate) will fizzle out.
Nick is still friends with Willy and was favorable to him in that drama, but like I’ve been saying, Nick and Augie are also friends and have made it clear through the last couple community events that they will not publicly be on opposite sides of a drama even when their stances are. I doubt Nick would be involved in any kind of debate if there is one. I also don’t think Augie cares enough about the Willy drama to put Nick in a position where he has to pick a side. I think this will just be another community fracture event where two big names just stop talking or associating.
That being said, if this somehow escalates, I think Augie will probably end up winning, or at least not losing. Nick keeps alluding to fans or commentary people being mad that he’s associating with Augie, I’m not sure who that is. I’m kinda out of the loop on that. We know what it looks like when he’s pandering to an audience and trying to navigate around people/takes they don’t like, he’s not doing that here. So I don’t think he’ll disavow Augie. I think the only situation where he gets close to doing that is if he publicly breaks from commentary as a whole and stops associating with everyone. I don’t think he’d disavow Willy either, but I think he’s more likely to disavow Willy than Augie.
We saw this a bit when Augie and Willy were feuding. Obviously we don’t know what happened behind closed doors, but Nick did call into Augie’s stream to try to deescalate. I’ll put it this way, regardless of who he would choose to disavow if forced to, I think it’s much more likely that Augie would damage Willy’s credibility/reputation to the point of disavowal, than the other way around. I think that’s why he tried to deescalate Augie more than Willy (besides personal opinion) I don’t see a scenario where Willy makes a video that ends Augie’s career. He makes poorly researched videos with lots of leaps in logic that are only given leniency because he is going after easy targets. That doesn’t work when the guy you’re making a video on will just call you a faggot and make fun of you (and will be gone for 3-4 months again regardless of how it goes)
I will be shocked if Nick brings this up again, if they have another Willy episode I’ll be interested to see what he does. If he eggs this on, I’m guessing either 1) Willy’s done something he doesn’t like but needs a legit reason to burn the bridge before he dumps embarrassing shit or 2) They’re all actually totally fine or just neutral and are trolling