Barstool Pulls The Plug On Because We Got High
It’s the end of an era. Kelly Keegs is slowly becoming an established voice at Barstool. She is a big-time presence in the Cutting Stems show about The Bachelor at Barstool. Keegs is involved in a bunch of projects, but most notable a passion project called ‘Because We Got High’. Keegs, Barstool Ria, and Brianna ChickenFry hosted the show but it’s quickly coming to an end after 24 episodes.
Barstool pulled the plug on the show and Keegs wrote an emotional blog about the show coming to an end. Below is a small excerpt from her post:
“Bluntly – I did not want this show to end. I fought for it,
probablydefinitely too aggressively, in an annoying way, and tried to keep it going however we could. The listeners are fantastic and enthusiastic, both in person and on social media. The amount of girls and guys that came up to me on our big Barstool vs America tour, and on the Jersey Shore all summer, telling me how much they loved the show, made the Grinch’s post-Christmas heart look small compared to how big mine grew after meeting so many people. I think the show is great. But really, nobody wanted it to end. Once we started the second season in the middle of the summer, life and other work responsibilities started to get in the way of making a good product. Considering I’ve always been really transparent about things in my “career” (my honesty about this is what finally brought me to Barstool) I have mixed feelings as the third chair who isn’t rocketing straight to the moon as we speak. Ria (and Fran, and of course Noah) worked their asses off and are the faces of Pop Culture, strolling down actual red carpets like they’ve done it all their lives. Based on Bri’s growth, if you’ve seen a single video from her tour, you know she’s going to be picking up the tab for Alex Cooper a year from now. My two co-hosts have had a year outside of this show that reads like a movie plot. And not for nothing, I did two reality TV shows in that time. It’s incredible and exciting, but it doesn’t always fare well for secondary projects. Most involved with Because We Got High have bigger fish to fry than this “weed” podcast where we aren’t even allowed to technically advertise weed (legalize it amiright lol.) Ending the show makes sense when there just isn’t enough bandwidth between us all.”
Of course, it’s hard to pull off a show about something that isn’t 100 percent legalized. When that day comes, it will likely be very similar to the gambling content game. There are tons of gambling content sites out there. The same thing will happen when “weed” is legalized. BC We Got High was probably ahead of its time.
Keegs has been a big success story at Barstool. She goes very in depth in her blog about the project and where she stands at the company. She also gives a hat tip to Barstool Ria and Bri. If you care about her story, give it a read.
