California Governor Gavin Newsom’s latest attempt to relate to the average American has fallen flat on its face.
While visiting the All The Smoke podcast, hosted by NBA champs Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson, Newsom told a story about how he was basically “raising himself” and his mom had to “hustle” by working “two and a half jobs” to make enough money.
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Gavin debuts his hip hop persona on an NBA podcast:
“It was about payin’ the bills, man.”
“Hustlin.”
“I raised myself.”
“Wonder bread and Mac ‘n cheese. That’s how I grew up, bro.”
(His dad was the attorney for the billionaire Getty family.)pic.twitter.com/24CXtlF4fS
— John LeFevre (@JohnLeFevre) October 26, 2025
“It was also about paying the bills, man. It was just, like, hustling. And so I was out there just kind of raising myself,” he said. “Turning on the TV. Started, you know, becoming obsessed. Sitting there with the Wonder Bread … Mac ‘n cheese. That’s how I grew up, bro.”
While this might sound like a traditional “rags to riches” story, Newsom was never at risk of being impoverished.
AÂ Stanford Magazine article from 2019 detailed the life and times of William Alfred Newsom III, Gavin Newsom’s father, who passed away in 2018.
“Newsom’s life was forever changed by the friendships he formed with three fellow students at St. Ignatius College Preparatory in San Francisco: Jerry Brown and Gordon, and Paul Getty Jr., sons of J. Paul Getty. As California’s governor, Brown appointed Newsom to the bench twice, first to the Placer County Superior Court in 1975 and then to the Court of Appeals in 1978. Newsom also served as a trustee for the Getty family, a position he devoted himself to after retiring from the judiciary in 1995, and he was godfather to Paul Getty III, whose kidnapping was dramatized in All the Money in the World, the 2017 film directed by Ridley Scott,” the article explains.
Being family friends with billionaires but having to eat like the poorest kid in your class is gonna be a hard sell for most people.
X users mocked Newsom:
What a good liar he’s become
— Jacob Chevalier (@ohheyyitssjakke) October 27, 2025
Does he carry a bottle of hot sauce in his purse?
— Deejay Martay (@DJMartay) October 27, 2025
he was born with a gold spoon
— Victor (@viktorl147) October 27, 2025
How could anyone watch this dude and find him to be genuine in any capacity? Wonder bread and Mac & cheese? His dad was an appellate court justice who was hooked in with the most influential families in CA?
— Drew Jacobs (@drewjacobs_) October 26, 2025
Why do people continue to follow him and support him knowing what he has done?
— Robin Fields (@Boomergirl64) October 26, 2025
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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