We all have our own bad habits, vices, and things that we aren’t proud of. But unlike Bill Simmons, most of us who are average folks don’t open up and admit them to an audience of thousands, only to have them posted on social media and aggregated to be seen by millions.
Simmons has been in public life for over a quarter-century now, and it seems like we should know all that there is to know about him personally and professionally. So when The Sports Guy makes a stunning admission that not only leaves his podcast guest in his tracks, but the rest of America, it must be something truly extraordinary.
And in a conversation with FS1 host Kevin Wildes on The Bill Simmons Podcast, Simmons did just that when he admitted that he doesn’t wear a seatbelt when driving.
Did a double take when I heard what Bill Simmons said pic.twitter.com/hRqulYuoJI
— Toasted (@Toasted_6) August 10, 2026
“As you know from driving with me, I never buckle it, and I just wait the minute until it stops doing the noise,” Simmons said.
When asked if he ever buckled his seatbelt by Wildes, he replied, “Eh, not really.”
“I’m not proud of it. I just don’t like seatbelts. Listen, I know that I’ll get skewered. I’m a bad example. Sometimes I’ll put it on; if I’m going 95 on the highway, I might throw it on there,” he added.
Buckle up, Bill! You have a family, a successful business empire, and a massive audience that doesn’t want you taking an unnecessary risk like this.
First of all, this is an insane thing to do and an even crazier thing to admit publicly. The added reasoning of A) powering through the minute where his car is beeping at him every time and B) maybe putting it on when he is also speeding like a maniac makes it even wilder. This is the biggest red flag for the California Highway Patrol since Al Cowlings was driving a white Bronco.
In case you were wondering, 49 of 50 states have mandatory seatbelt laws for adults, including California. New Hampshire is the only state in the union without one, which takes “Live Free or Die” to a whole new level.
But the question we’re all wondering is what did Kon Knueppel think when Bill Simmons was driving him after a podcast taping? Of course, since he was teammates with LaMelo Ball in Charlotte, maybe he was desensitized to reckless driving.
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