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May 9, 2026 - The Ben Shapiro Show
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Ben Shapiro Plays Guess The Celebrity

Ben Shapiro and his guest play "Headbands," successfully identifying celebrities like Will Smith, Tiger Woods, Sam Altman, and Tucker Carlson while struggling with Xi Jinping and an unnamed Miami influencer. Shapiro offers commentary on Woods' drug history and Carlson's political shift, though the segment is interrupted by a PDS Debt sponsorship promoting AI-driven debt reduction for credit cards and medical bills. Ultimately, this lighthearted game highlights the host's sharp wit amidst trivial entertainment and commercial interludes. [Automatically generated summary]

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Guessing The Headband Actor 00:06:39
unidentified
It's not a politician, it's an influencer.
You said I'm starting off hot, so it's a guy, and it's gonna be.
Does he have black hair?
ben shapiro
Yes.
unidentified
Is he tall?
ben shapiro
Yes.
unidentified
Not gay.
ben shapiro
According to him, not gay, but does some of the gayest stuff you've ever imagined people doing.
unidentified
Whoa.
ben shapiro
Alrighty, folks, as you can see, I'm here wearing an incredibly stupid headband, which means we are about to play Headbands.
unidentified
Sam Bands.
ben shapiro
Which is a game in which Savvy and I will be wearing, apparently, pictures of humans.
Upon these headbands, I can't see my own picture, she can see my picture, and vice versa.
And so then we have to guess using questions alone who actually is in our headband.
Alrighty, are you ready for us to humiliate ourselves?
unidentified
I have to start boring.
I'm sorry.
Is it a man or a woman?
ben shapiro
It is a man.
unidentified
Um, actor?
ben shapiro
No.
unidentified
Politician?
ben shapiro
No.
unidentified
Has he ever done drugs?
ben shapiro
Yes.
unidentified
Oh, is it Will Smith?
ben shapiro
No.
unidentified
No!
Okay, so it's a man, it's not an actor.
ben shapiro
But you guessed Will Smith anyway.
unidentified
Yeah, exactly.
Yeah, y'all got me a little nervous.
Okay.
Does he have shaggy hair?
ben shapiro
No.
unidentified
Is he athletic?
ben shapiro
Yes.
unidentified
Is it LeBron James?
ben shapiro
No.
Also, LeBron James hasn't done drugs, I don't think.
unidentified
Is he black?
ben shapiro
Yes.
It's funny how you ask that question.
Like, it's a terrible question.
unidentified
I always did.
I ask it.
ben shapiro
I mean, he is a black person, that's true.
unidentified
Okay, black athlete.
Tiger Woods.
Yes.
Did Jake do this game?
Way to go.
Very good.
He must have done this.
ben shapiro
Now, was I wrong?
I believe the Tiger Woods did drugs.
Was it just alcohol?
I mean, it depends.
unidentified
He definitely did drugs.
ben shapiro
Yeah, he did a lot of drugs, I thought.
Yeah, that's what I thought.
Okay.
Is it a man?
unidentified
Yes.
Yes.
ben shapiro
Is it Dylan Mulvaney?
unidentified
No, but with the right, I think it could look that way.
ben shapiro
Is he in politics?
unidentified
No, he's not.
ben shapiro
Is he an actor?
unidentified
Yes.
He's an actor.
You like him.
I'm saying too much.
ben shapiro
You are saying too much?
unidentified
But you like him.
ben shapiro
Has he won an Oscar?
unidentified
I don't think so.
ben shapiro
Okay.
Is he under 40?
unidentified
Yes, he is.
ben shapiro
Timothy Chalamet.
unidentified
What the f?
Yes!
Wow.
Well, damn, bring in the next one.
ben shapiro
Okay.
I think who took fewer questions on that one?
unidentified
You.
You!
ben shapiro
Is it a woman?
unidentified
No.
ben shapiro
Is he in politics?
unidentified
Yes, he is.
ben shapiro
Is he an elected politician?
unidentified
Possibly not.
ben shapiro
Is he from America?
unidentified
No.
ben shapiro
Is he from the Middle East?
unidentified
No.
ben shapiro
Is he from Europe?
No.
Is he from Asia?
unidentified
Yes.
At least he looks that way.
ben shapiro
Okay.
Okay.
Is it Xi Jinping?
unidentified
No.
Yes.
Yes.
I was like, damn, if it's Kim Jong Un or whatever, no, but he's like a little chunkier.
ben shapiro
Yeah, and if he looks like Winnie the Pooh, it's Xi Jinping.
unidentified
That's Winnie the Pooh.
Poo, damn.
Same, same, but different, but still same.
Am I a politician?
ben shapiro
No.
unidentified
Is it a female?
ben shapiro
Yes.
Contrary to some reports by some people.
unidentified
Thank you so much.
Kaylin Jenner?
ben shapiro
No.
unidentified
Bro, what are you talking about, man?
Okay, okay, okay, okay.
I got it.
Is she an actor?
ben shapiro
No.
unidentified
Is she a social media star?
ben shapiro
No.
That was an enormous unearned glue.
unidentified
She's no one.
It's Ellen Page?
No.
Oh.
It's Alex Cooper?
ben shapiro
No.
unidentified
Alex Searle?
No.
ben shapiro
No.
unidentified
Try to ask questions that aren't guesses of people.
ben shapiro
Right.
There are 8 billion people on Earth.
It could take a while if you go one by one.
unidentified
Is she from America?
No.
Is she from Latin America?
ben shapiro
No.
unidentified
Brigitte Macron.
ben shapiro
There you go.
unidentified
That should have been so obvious.
ben shapiro
Yes, it should have.
You go there.
It took you forever to get to that.
unidentified
Are you going first?
Let me go first.
ben shapiro
You can go first.
That's fine.
unidentified
Okay.
Is mine a man or a woman?
A woman.
Is he from America?
She from America?
ben shapiro
No.
unidentified
Why are you guys giving me the Europeans?
European?
ben shapiro
Yes.
unidentified
Politician?
ben shapiro
Kinda.
unidentified
In entertainment, on television?
ben shapiro
No.
unidentified
Is he not an athlete?
ben shapiro
No.
unidentified
Kind of a politician.
Not an actor.
ben shapiro
Correct.
unidentified
Old or young?
ben shapiro
Young.
unidentified
Young.
Do I like them?
No.
How dare you!
I don't like this little hoochie from Europe.
ben shapiro
Correct.
unidentified
Do you like them?
ben shapiro
No.
unidentified
Is she in our world?
ben shapiro
She's kind of in the general political world, yes.
unidentified
Is she tall?
ben shapiro
No.
unidentified
Is she smart?
ben shapiro
No.
unidentified
Has she been in the news lately?
ben shapiro
Yes.
You know, this person has been deeply annoying for many years and began as a smaller person and is now a slightly older annoying person.
unidentified
Guys, I just had a baby.
Seven years ago.
ben shapiro
Yeah, I know you're having short term memory loss.
unidentified
Short term memory loss.
ben shapiro
Especially Dory from Finding Nemo over here.
unidentified
Take me.
She likes sailing places.
Oh, it's her?
ben shapiro
Yeah, it was her.
unidentified
It's Greta Thunberg.
Greta Thunberg.
ben shapiro
All right, you said man?
Okay.
From America?
unidentified
Yes.
ben shapiro
In politics?
unidentified
No, but tries to be.
ben shapiro
No, but tries to be.
unidentified
Hmm.
Maybe not.
Don't take that too literally.
ben shapiro
Late night host.
unidentified
Yes.
ben shapiro
Jimmy Kimmel.
unidentified
I GIVE UP!
Okay, you or me?
You.
ben shapiro
Okay, I'll go first.
Give me a bunch of your people.
Is it a man?
unidentified
Yes.
ben shapiro
Is the person from America?
unidentified
Yes?
Yes.
ben shapiro
Is this person funny?
unidentified
I wouldn't say that.
ben shapiro
Is this person in politics?
unidentified
No.
ben shapiro
Is this person in sports?
unidentified
No.
ben shapiro
Is this person in entertainment?
unidentified
No.
New.
Not that easy, huh?
Keep going.
ben shapiro
Is this person in business?
unidentified
Yes.
ben shapiro
Is it Jeff Bezos?
unidentified
No.
He's taken my strategy.
Just say names.
Yes.
I get it.
ben shapiro
Is this person in tech?
unidentified
Yes.
ben shapiro
Is it Mark Zuckerberg?
No.
I mean, now we're down to like saying names.
Winning With PDS Debt 00:02:09
ben shapiro
Is it, does this person run a space company?
unidentified
No.
ben shapiro
Okay, so not Elon.
Does this person live in California still?
unidentified
Yes.
I totally knew that.
ben shapiro
Is this person in AI?
unidentified
Yes.
ben shapiro
In AI.
Is it Jensen Huang?
unidentified
No.
I think I'm winning.
ben shapiro
Is it Sam Altman?
unidentified
Yes.
ben shapiro
Sam Altman.
unidentified
I am.
Okay.
ben shapiro
I was trying to go through the ones people would know first because I figured that that would be better TV.
Producers.
But instead, you picked somebody who no one would recognize.
Producers.
Anyway, we'll get to more of this insanity in a moment.
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unidentified
It is brutal.
ben shapiro
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Okay, go ahead.
unidentified
I saw it down and went.
Who was that?
ben shapiro
Yeah, you should definitely win this one.
You should easily win this one.
unidentified
Easily?
ben shapiro
Easily.
unidentified
Okay.
ben shapiro
There you go.
unidentified
Male or female?
ben shapiro
Male.
unidentified
And no entertainment?
That includes acting, singing, everything?
ben shapiro
Correct.
unidentified
And politician?
ben shapiro
Some would say no, the president would say yes.
unidentified
Do I like him?
ben shapiro
You have some very mixed feelings.
Male Relationships And Names 00:07:52
ben shapiro
Very, very mixed feelings.
There are some highs and some lows here.
unidentified
Okay, okay, okay.
Is he old?
ben shapiro
Yeah, he's pretty old.
unidentified
Is he American?
ben shapiro
No.
Oh, well, yes.
unidentified
Is he the Pope?
ben shapiro
Yes.
unidentified
Damn!
See, Jesus helped me.
Jesus came down from above and said, Oh, I'm gonna get this one right.
ben shapiro
You're a Catholic and they gave you the Pope.
unidentified
That's it.
Let's start the video with that one.
ben shapiro
Yeah, exactly.
unidentified
Let's hit the bat once.
Yoink.
ben shapiro
Is it a woman?
unidentified
Yes.
ben shapiro
Is it a person we know?
Like, personally, no, but yes, we know who they are.
Is it a person in politics?
No.
Is she in entertainment?
unidentified
Yes.
ben shapiro
Is she a singer?
No.
Is she over 50?
unidentified
No, she's under.
Has she.
ben shapiro
Been in a Marvel movie?
unidentified
No.
No, she hasn't been in a Marvel movie.
ben shapiro
Is she in an HBO show?
unidentified
She's not in an HBO show.
Hmm.
ben shapiro
Has she won an Oscar?
unidentified
No.
ben shapiro
Is she comedic?
unidentified
No.
I don't find her funny.
ben shapiro
Is she white?
unidentified
Yes, she's white.
I may be white, but my rhymes are tight.
ben shapiro
Jamie Kennedy just continuing to get shout outs on every video we possibly can.
Is she incredibly annoying to me personally?
unidentified
Yes, for sure.
ben shapiro
But she also declared that she is a queer man.
Now, this is confusing.
Okay, actress, incredibly annoying to me personally.
That didn't help a lot because most of the actresses are.
Well, like.
Yeah, she's pretty annoying.
Pretty annoying.
Okay, and probably.
So, I assume this person.
Okay, this person has appeared on our show?
unidentified
No.
ben shapiro
Oh, no.
Yeah, I've covered her.
Has this person ever been in a Christopher Nolan movie?
unidentified
Why, yes.
Yes, she has.
ben shapiro
And is it controversial that she is a she?
unidentified
Yes.
ben shapiro
Yeah.
Where has Ellen Page gone?
This person no longer exists.
unidentified
We're never going to find her.
In fact, she's disappeared so much that you guys couldn't be kidding.
ben shapiro
I couldn't remember because Ellen Page has been gone for years.
Whatever happened to her?
unidentified
Male or Fremont?
ben shapiro
Male.
unidentified
Okay.
Entertainment?
Quasi.
Or sports?
ben shapiro
Quasi.
Not sports.
More in the entertainment sphere.
unidentified
Okay.
So is it like the influencer sphere?
Yeah.
Is it like.
Hmm.
Okay.
Like or not?
ben shapiro
You're starting off hot here.
Do not like.
unidentified
Do not like.
ben shapiro
It's not Alex Cooper.
unidentified
Oh, no, it's a male.
ben shapiro
Yeah.
Do not like.
unidentified
You never know.
ben shapiro
You're in the do not like.
unidentified
I'm in the do not like male category.
It's not Piker.
ben shapiro
No.
unidentified
Is it in that realm?
Is it like I love terrorists?
Yeah.
ben shapiro
I mean, well, I mean, it's not in the I love terrorists realm per se, but it's in the realm of male influencers that you do not like.
unidentified
And it's not a politician.
It's an influencer.
You said, I'm starting off hot, so it's a guy, and it's going to be.
Does he have black hair?
ben shapiro
Yes.
unidentified
Is he tall?
ben shapiro
Yes.
unidentified
Is he funny?
ben shapiro
I mean, to me, sometimes, there's a solid case to be made, but he is not.
unidentified
Not gay.
ben shapiro
According to him, not gay, but does some of the gayest stuff you've ever imagined people doing.
unidentified
Whoa.
Is he married?
No.
So, how gay are we talking?
Gay?
ben shapiro
I mean, the stuff that he does, pretty gay.
Like, on a scale of one to ten, ten being like sex with dudes, like an eight.
unidentified
So, he's kissed a dude publicly?
ben shapiro
No, I don't know.
That's like a nine.
unidentified
Oh.
He lives in Miami.
ben shapiro
It does live in Miami.
He lives in Miami.
unidentified
Am I really supposed to know this person?
ben shapiro
Like, it's gonna be a little bit.
Yeah, the minute you know this person.
unidentified
Is he bald?
ben shapiro
No.
Damn, I thought it was Pitbull.
unidentified
Dolly.
Like, does he sell things?
ben shapiro
No.
unidentified
His soul, maybe?
ben shapiro
Yes.
unidentified
Does he sell products?
No, you said no.
Does he talk?
What does he talk about?
Does he talk about, like, women?
ben shapiro
Yes.
unidentified
Cavicular?
ben shapiro
Yes.
unidentified
Dang y'all.
ben shapiro
Way to go.
That took longer than it should have, though.
unidentified
Yeah.
ben shapiro
Oh my God, there's no way.
unidentified
But I get it?
ben shapiro
No way you get this.
unidentified
The confidence.
ben shapiro
You're not even going to, oh my God.
We'll be here for the next two years.
unidentified
Oh my God.
ben shapiro
There's no way you're getting this.
This is not even remotely within your purview.
My goodness.
unidentified
Okay.
Now I want to get it in this knuckle.
ben shapiro
And I don't care how much you want to get it, you're not getting it.
This is not even like remotely close to it.
This is not within the solar system of things that Savvy is going to get.
I'm going to go first because otherwise we are never finishing this.
unidentified
Oh my Lord.
ben shapiro
I'm going to go first.
Is it a man?
unidentified
Nope.
ben shapiro
Is she in politics?
unidentified
Nope.
ben shapiro
Is she in entertainment?
unidentified
Nope.
ben shapiro
Is she on TV?
unidentified
I mean, like, sure.
ben shapiro
Is she an influencer?
unidentified
Not really.
Not by profession.
ben shapiro
Does she have a business?
unidentified
No.
Does she have a business?
I don't think so.
ben shapiro
Is she famous for the person she is in a relationship with?
unidentified
Yes.
ben shapiro
Is it Hilaria Baldwin?
unidentified
No.
ben shapiro
Hilaria.
You're giving me the accent.
unidentified
I watched her on Dancing with the Stars.
Gold.
ben shapiro
Is she in a relationship with an athlete?
unidentified
No.
ben shapiro
Is she in a relationship with a politician?
unidentified
No.
ben shapiro
Is she in a relationship with a business person?
unidentified
Yes.
ben shapiro
How do you get through something?
Is she Jeff Bezos' wife?
unidentified
Yes.
What's her name?
ben shapiro
I don't remember her name.
That's irrelevant.
Why is she relevant to my life?
She's famous for being Jeff Bezos' next door neighbor who decided to knock boots with and then marry.
Okay, so now we will be here for the rest of time.
Okay, here we go.
We've got to calf me up for this one.
It's like a filibuster now.
All right.
unidentified
All right, here we go.
ben shapiro
Okay.
unidentified
Male or female?
ben shapiro
Male.
unidentified
Not politics?
ben shapiro
Yes, politics.
unidentified
Yes, politics.
American politics?
ben shapiro
Yes.
unidentified
A president?
ben shapiro
No.
unidentified
Senate, like actual politician or like a governor?
No.
ben shapiro
Not an elected politician.
unidentified
Okay, but in politics.
So is he like a talking head?
ben shapiro
Yes.
unidentified
Do you do an impression of him?
ben shapiro
No.
Never we talk about the pudding?
And the sugary treats.
unidentified
Sounds really good to narrow it down.
That was.
Is he black?
ben shapiro
No.
White?
Yes.
unidentified
Republican?
In the middle.
ben shapiro
I'll give you a big glue.
Once was, no longer is.
unidentified
Not in my purview.
We'll see about that.
Okay?
Now he's Democrat.
Is it MSNBC?
ben shapiro
No.
unidentified
CNN?
ben shapiro
No.
unidentified
Any other big networks?
ben shapiro
No.
unidentified
No.
So, like, social media?
ben shapiro
Yes.
unidentified
You don't like him.
ben shapiro
Correct.
unidentified
Is he funny?
ben shapiro
Not in the way that he would.
Not intentionally.
unidentified
We're going to switch it out.
No faith.
What does his name start with?
Give me the letter.
ben shapiro
That's a yes or no question.
What's his name?
Just tell me his name.
unidentified
He's single?
I think so.
ben shapiro
I don't know the answer to that.
unidentified
A faithful man?
ben shapiro
I don't know the answer to that.
unidentified
Does he believe in Jesus?
ben shapiro
He says he does, but I would have to leave it to others to discern whether that is.
unidentified
Is he old?
ben shapiro
He's middle aged.
unidentified
Middle aged.
So, what is up with all these social media people?
Switch it out.
ben shapiro
It was Buckley Carlson.
unidentified
You guys.
ben shapiro
That's why I looked at it and I was like, there's no way you're not getting Buckley Carlson.
unidentified
I would never get that.
ben shapiro
No way.
unidentified
Is that his brother?
ben shapiro
That is his brother.
unidentified
The one that he just did that podcast with?
ben shapiro
Yeah.
Multiple podcasts with.
Is like a bizarro world Tucker.
Well, guys, I hope that that was less painful for you than it was for Savvy.
I know we're all now older than we were at the beginning of this video.
unidentified
Can you try that again with Lauren Sanchez off your head?
Let's both just throw it off.
ben shapiro
Okay, yeah, well, you guys take the same.
Well, what I like about how you folded this was that you folded her cleavage out of the picture, which is good.
I appreciate that.
Our ratings are higher if you show this side of the picture, but they're lower if you show that.
unidentified
Anyway, is you black?
ben shapiro
No.
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