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title: "Robert Nikic x Tai Lopez: Talk Your Way Out of It"
description: "Tai Lopez tells Robert Nikic how he talked his way out of a knife threat in Stockholm with a Rihanna interview on his phone."
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author: "Robert Nikic"
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published: "2026-10-16T22:26:29.625Z"
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# Robert Nikic x Tai Lopez: Talk Your Way Out of It

Tai Lopez tells Robert Nikic how he talked his way out of a knife threat in Stockholm with a Rihanna interview on his phone.

- Published: 2026-10-16
- Watch: https://robertnikic.com/media/talk-your-way-out-of-it

## Transcript

Now, I almost got stabbed in Stockholm, Sweden, by a dude. It's funny. Growing up, I was born in Long Beach, never had someone pull a knife on me till I was in Sweden. I'm like, what the heck? I was at, there's a place called Stureplan, Sweden, which is like the main nightclubs. But yeah, I was there like three in the morning. I was with my brother, Ben, and my cousin, Maya, and this dude just sits on my cousin's lap. Like, just sits on her while she's eating. And she's like, what? And I was like, what the f*** are you doing? And the guy's like, like that. He didn't stab me, just like, I'm gonna stab you. And I was like, oh, sh*t. And it was funny because I had just interviewed Rihanna, OK? So while this guy is there, like, Adrian is the only one, film guy, came to protect me. My brother was so in shock, he didn't move. Later I was like, Ben, you're my brother, you're supposed to protect me. He didn't quite know what was going on, because this guy was up in, like, six guys came around me and Adrian. He's like, hey, what's going on? And the guy's like, shut the f*** up. And I was like, yo, man, I'm just visiting from California, like, chill. I've learned sometimes you gotta talk your way out of stuff. Yeah, for sure. And I was like, hey, man, I'm just visiting. I was like, hey, I do social media and all this stuff. And the guy's like, oh, I'm a rapper. He tells me this while he's like threatening to stab me, right? He's like, I'm a rapper. And I had just literally released, within the last seven days, me interviewing Rihanna before I went to Sweden. So I'm like, oh, I know Rihanna. And he's like, no, you don't. And I pulled it up and he could see it's me. And I was like, maybe I can talk to her about getting you in the music. And he fell for it. This dude's like, I'm really going to almost be stabbing. You know, Rihanna, I got a great candidate for your music label. There's a guy that almost stabbed me, but he totally got chill. So sometimes you've got to talk your way out of a situation.