Author Topic: Rick Valente---Soft White Underbelly  (Read 1621 times)

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Re: Rick Valente---Soft White Underbelly
« Reply #25 on: September 11, 2025, 08:46:38 PM »
A cross between bob Paris, and Franco santoriello. Looks wise

Bingo!

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Re: Rick Valente---Soft White Underbelly
« Reply #26 on: September 11, 2025, 10:58:31 PM »
Incredible physique and a very nice guy.

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Re: Rick Valente---Soft White Underbelly
« Reply #27 on: September 12, 2025, 12:24:13 AM »
Great interview. Bodybuilding needs more spokesmen like him.

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Re: Rick Valente---Soft White Underbelly
« Reply #28 on: September 12, 2025, 04:57:56 AM »
huge triceps

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Re: Rick Valente---Soft White Underbelly
« Reply #29 on: September 12, 2025, 05:45:47 AM »
A cross between bob Paris, and Franco santoriello. Looks wise
That's more accurate.

So why was he interviewed? I thought soft white underbelly was about the dregs of society living on skid row in LA.

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Re: Rick Valente---Soft White Underbelly
« Reply #30 on: September 12, 2025, 07:13:54 AM »
This dude has interviewed the absolute bottom of the barrel type of humanity

Watch his interview with "Gorilla Joe"
Can't find it.

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Re: Rick Valente---Soft White Underbelly
« Reply #31 on: September 12, 2025, 07:40:04 AM »

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Re: Rick Valente---Soft White Underbelly
« Reply #32 on: September 12, 2025, 08:16:41 AM »
That's more accurate.

So why was he interviewed? I thought soft white underbelly was about the dregs of society living on skid row in LA.
He interviews anyone interesting especially in LA where they can walk right in like Valente.

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Re: Rick Valente---Soft White Underbelly
« Reply #33 on: September 12, 2025, 05:30:59 PM »
I thought it was a great interview, good reminiscing and obviously he grew up in a time where bodybuilding was thriving great ,commraderie. Great detail and stories, and how we have respect for his parents, which is awesome that’s important, even though he was in a seedy industry. At least he’s not living on somebody’s couch, eating microwave and canned food to survive.

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Re: Rick Valente---Soft White Underbelly
« Reply #34 on: September 13, 2025, 04:46:56 AM »
Criticisms of SWU include not paying interviewees enough, paying them too much, exploiting them, not taking down interviews after requests when the peeps regret doing them and so on. Like if he gives them money you obviously know they will just go on a binge. He claims he often pays for hotel stays so they can at least get off the street for a night or two, that sort of thing.

This fella is a frequent and popular guest, he has hours and hours of stories... :D




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Re: Rick Valente---Soft White Underbelly
« Reply #35 on: September 13, 2025, 02:43:58 PM »
I’d love SWU to interview Robby Robinson. Imagine how that’d go and the stories he’d tell.  ;D

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Re: Rick Valente---Soft White Underbelly
« Reply #36 on: September 14, 2025, 09:24:29 AM »
I’d love SWU to interview Robby Robinson. Imagine how that’d go and the stories he’d tell.  ;D
Or Hanky.

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Re: Rick Valente---Soft White Underbelly
« Reply #37 on: September 14, 2025, 09:36:37 AM »
Watched it


Rick comes off as a very nice guy

You can tell he is still In shape slimmed down

Btw as a teenage I loved body shaping fuck they has hot chicks on there

Carla Dunlap was on there she looked great to


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Re: Rick Valente---Soft White Underbelly
« Reply #38 on: September 14, 2025, 09:50:05 AM »


11) Money doesn't buy happiness, life should be about friendship, personal happiness, and service.



If money can't buy you happiness then something is wrong with you.

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Re: Rick Valente---Soft White Underbelly
« Reply #39 on: September 14, 2025, 09:55:31 AM »

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Re: Rick Valente---Soft White Underbelly
« Reply #40 on: September 14, 2025, 09:58:20 AM »
I thought it was a great interview, good reminiscing and obviously he grew up in a time where bodybuilding was thriving great ,commraderie. Great detail and stories, and how we have respect for his parents, which is awesome that’s important, even though he was in a seedy industry. At least he’s not living on somebody’s couch, eating microwave and canned food to survive.



He is one of the few and very few bodybuilders who comes off as authentic I liked the interview I remember watching body shaping every day In summer when school got out

Man they had hot women on there he even had Boyer coe and Carla Dunlap on there