Winning an ESPY, Ragebaiting & Labubus

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Big one.

Big.

Let's hear it for SB winner Elon Amar.

What if this is too, like, too in your face, you know, like, not like demure to be like, we won?

Because it's like, obviously, you know, you want to have like grace.

F grace.

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I'm the middle sister, Alona Maher.

And I'm the eldest daughter, Olivia Maher.

And I'm the youngest, Adriana Maher.

We like to start every episode with a reminder that, you know, the internet is a big place.

We like to come together and weekly to remind you and us to touch some grass.

So this is your weekly reminder to touch grass.

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What propels you?

Ladies, I...

This has been on my mind.

I think I have a lot of thoughts and things to say, which is why I want to talk about it, but we must discuss laboo boos.

You fan?

I don't think so, but I'm not a hater.

I am never a hater to women's enjoyment because it's mostly, it seems to be women enjoying these, you know, collectible toys.

I guess, Dre, could you explain to us what a laboo boo is?

Freaky little monster things.

It's the new beanie baby.

Is it?

And that's like the vibe.

Yeah.

They're worth something.

I don't know if people think they're worth something, but they're spending a lot of money for them.

And the whole thing is that it's like a surprise.

You don't know what labuboo you're going to get.

You buy a box, it's labuboo, open it, and you're like, I hope it's the freakier one.

So that's how the like owner became like a billionaire overnight.

You have to buy multiples to see what's going to be in them to get the labuboo that you want.

It's amazing marketing.

It's amazing.

I mean, okay, in simplest terms to anybody watching or listening that does not know what a lububoo is, it's a keychain stuffed character that's collectible in the way like a beanie baby was, or if you heard of like, if you knew like jelly cats or squishmallows, but I wonder, it's such a moment, it's such a thing that's happening right now, which is I think.

I'm not one to ever like jump too heartily into something like that, especially when money is involved.

So I don't own a labuboo.

I have one friend that I know of that owns a labuboo.

And she only got it because her friend was obsessed and was like, I bought you a box.

I bought your own lubooboo.

We're going to unbox them together.

And then my friend and I were at a restaurant and she, it was just on her bag.

And she was like, can I admit something to you now?

And I was like, please do.

She was like, I feel nothing for this little guy.

I feel nothing.

And I was like, me too, girl.

Like, my

thing with labubus, and I saw this online, but it's like, where are they all going to be in 2040?

In the ground, in the ground, in a landfill.

right you're not you're not keeping all of these and there's like hard plastic involved and it's just

i'm a hater about them it's consumerism to the like nth degree

and i'm like i think yeah have one you know like you're being human is like enjoying these like little things but i'm like getting that many for what yeah it's like people that collect stanley cups like the big ones like i love i drink i drink out of mine that thing do be making me drink water but the people that not just Stanleys, but any reusable water bottle who collect them in the different colors, it's like, that's so not the point.

That's not the point of a reusable water bottle is owning all of those things.

Like, I don't get that.

That is definitely, as you say, like consumerism to the max.

Makes me a little nervous.

Alona, would you ever get a Laboo Boo?

I mean, maybe.

I just probably not if I bought it, I wouldn't buy it for myself unless all my friends are doing it.

I'm a follower, so I'll probably do it.

And in which case, yeah, she'll get, she'll do it.

Another touchgrass we have today is that, I mean, I think this happens a lot, but more studies have come out that vaping is even worse than we already previously thought, which was bad before.

What?

No.

No.

No, it can't be.

I didn't see that.

I saw that coming.

No, I didn't see that from a mile away.

That's crazy.

Vaping's that bad for you?

What do these new studies kind of reveal?

Well, I read the Times article on it, and it's just like split up into a bunch of different sections of all the different evidence and it's just like oral health high blood pressure this and that like there's just everything's affected

it's really not good would they say it it was like

stiffening your heart arteries and causing walking high blood pressure and

this and that

and there's I saw those things about how much worse it was like it's almost better for you to smoke a cigarette like it's like comparatively I think that's better for you like than the chemicals that come with sucking on a USB um plug-in like i don't believe that i don't believe that there's that's right about cigarette versus vape because also these stupid studies that come out saying this stuff it's like you haven't had a long enough control group to see what's happening right

so i mean i think smoking is just as bad i i can't imagine i mean vaping's terrible for you but i i mean i haven't read the study of course but i mean they'd be interested no they they all just sound terrible that's actually another pet peeve you know what stop not vaping here's my touch grass moment Why are we all saying study shows this, study shows that?

Did you actually have a study on that?

I just liked one.

Study shows if you have,

study shows your dog will love you if this happens.

It's like, did the dog tell you that?

How is the study showing that?

Did you have a controlled group of dogs that weren't with that?

And then you have one that wasn't?

Who was the, like, I, that is probably something that really pisses me off.

I just even liked a picture of one too.

Hold on, let me see how I can find it.

And it really grinded my gears because I love, fun fact about me, I love studies.

I love peer-reviewed articles.

I can find you, when I was in college, I could find you an article to support anything I ever said.

I was that good at it.

Study shows if you eat cheese, you're going to live longer.

Okay.

You think?

How did we figure that out?

Oh, there was that study back in the day that was like, oh, a glass of red wine.

like a one like one drink a day is actually quite good for you yeah and then it turned out that it was like okay because they the same who they were sampling and who they were, you know, following were richer, you know, higher class people who had access to proper health care and like care their entire lives.

So yeah, they naturally sort of lived longer lives.

It had nothing to do with the glass of red wine that they were having daily.

Okay, I can't find it, but I freaking, I, I, every time that comes across my page and it'll be the dumbest stuff, I get extremely angry.

And here's a PSA: you guys got to stop, stop reposting, sharing this stuff that says study shows this.

Unless I want you to go find where that article is, find out

who supported that.

Who's the peer reviewer on that?

And then tell me that that's real.

Don't believe what you read online, guys.

Seriously, it's pissing me off.

You guys got to be smarter.

I've seen these incredible articles.

Like, studies show that the oldest siblings are often the smartest.

And that has been.

That's been researched.

That's been, they also said the funny thing.

The funniest and most gorgeous.

A great one.

A great great thing.

It's fact by science.

That has been put out there.

How did they find that out?

So you're telling me you interviewed and you did a test on 5,000 oldest siblings to figure that out?

How do you find that?

Gosh, I'm passionate about this stuff because people are really just going to be misled and just believe anything.

I'm going to actually just start writing that.

Study shows.

If you follow Alona Marr, you'll live to be 100 years old.

I can work on that.

Get me into Canva right now.

This feels like I saw this TikTok that was like when you successfully rage bait your sister and you're just like so excited and the sister's like choking her out and she's just like, ah, I did it.

I got her.

On that vein though, I feel like, have you guys heard of Zins?

Another form of nicotine, it's a nicotine patch.

You put it within your lip.

So it's like packing a lip, but it's like this compact thing.

a nicotine you hook right here.

I've heard of these.

When I was in Sweden, the Zins were, it wasn't a Zin, but they had that ahead of time, like the chew, but like in a pouch.

And I just remember under every fucking table and everything, instead of gum, it was these used Zin packets and they stuck to walls and stuff.

Like, so Sweden's been on that wave.

The first time I ever saw a Zin on TikTok was hot blonde Swedish girls showing their zins in their lips and me being like, what is going on right now?

That makes sense.

It's so sad.

And I just,

why do we, they are finding every single way to get nicotine into your bodies.

People have them in their weddings and you can see them in their wedding photos like the groom.

No.

I mean, to me, ugh, neither is a great option.

I went to school in the middle of nowhere where packing a lip was quite popular.

And that shit's disgusting.

That shit is so gross.

The spitting and the like massive wad of it or whatever.

Ew, I just want to say zins are a pouch.

They're not a patch.

I said patch earlier.

It's a pouch that you put in.

So, like, the nicotine is direct on your skin, which also leads to cancers and other very scary things.

But I just saw a girl on TikTok talk about how if you've just broken up with a guy and you find yourself like missing him so much, you feel like, like, oh my God, you can't believe it.

It's like, okay, but babe, if he ever packed zins, like, and you got you would, you ever

kiss him, you're actually literally having withdrawals, like, from him and from the nicotine in his mouth, or whatever.

And I thought that was so interesting.

Did I study?

Was there a study?

Yep.

Lona, what if you lived back in the day, you know, like, and you were, say, the

like the town healer having to make brews and stuff, you wouldn't have control groups.

You would just be that worked for that one person.

Yeah, your control groups who died and who doesn't.

Back in the day, it wasn't a big, you know, you're chilling okay that plant that plant didn't work on susie

let me try this bark on adam you're just killing people left and right so whether they die or not they were but they were trial and erroring constantly literally constantly right nowadays we just say stuff we just say things that we don't know and aren't real and then people believe it The vaping study did say that obviously vaping has not been around for that long.

So obviously you don't know the full range.

I think the vaping is probably a lot of it is real.

I think it's going to be even interesting later on when we find out even more about vaping.

When, you know, because it is, it's not like it's a newer thing, but like definitely more people and younger kids are in it.

But I think it'll be interesting even later on when we find out all the things that are happening with vaping.

I mean, it's like, it's just the tip of the iceberg.

Now, who knows what problems these people are going to have later?

And I think studies like this are trying to just warn of that.

You know, put as much information as they can out there as soon soon as possible in any form of like preventative help yourself like measure.

How long have cigarettes been around for?

Millions of years.

Well, alone.

Now I feel like we're cigarettes.

Oh, well, people have been smoking.

If we look at

2025,

people have been smoking for thousands of years.

Yes, they've always been lighting up something.

Yeah.

Opium.

So we're just going to go just specifically cigarettes because people have been smoking tobacco for probably,

I would say, a thousand years.

I'm not right about that.

But probably a long time.

So cigarettes have been in it, but also people died really before you could see the consequences of their actions.

This episode comes out and it's going to be an article.

Studies by Ilona Marshall.

Cigarettes have been smoked for millions of years.

Olivia.

It's quite serious, isn't it?

It's quite serious, isn't it?

She's not messing with these studies, dude.

number one up no no literally dude

dogs who eat cheese live the longest studies show

is number one off did the did the dog put that out did the dog put that study out

that sounds very much something like a dog would say dog with a blog dog with a study

And it's funny because you're probably always seeing those dog ones because people be loving their dogs and anything that makes them like they'll just be like resharing anything that has to do with that.

I knew my dogs love me and now science can prove it.

Dog doesn't like you and science hates you.

Wrong.

Sorry.

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Let's roll.

Let's roll to some tea time.

We've had a lot going on.

Big one.

Number one, let's hear it for SP winner Elon Amar.

Yeah.

And the SP goes to

Alona Mar.

Yeah, how are you feeling?

I feel good, honestly.

It was so cool.

I kind of was hoping to win.

Not like I knew that I'd win, but I was really, really, really praying for it.

Really think, not praying for it.

I was thinking I would win, you know.

But it was really good.

So I just jotted my speech down.

I first wrote it in my journal, then I wrote it on my phone.

I sent it to Olivia and Rianne to check over, and then Olivia beautifully wrote it out for me on a piece of paper

while I was getting ready.

And then I didn't realize like what other people would read their speeches off of the teleprompter.

I didn't know you could do that, but I think it was best because I do better.

off the cuff and just like fresh free flowing.

So I'm happy that I didn't know that there was an option to read off a teleprompter.

I think it would have like kind of stifled me in my creative freedom.

You were

so good at it too.

You barely looked, you just like referenced it, but then you even, you had memorized most of it.

I was, I was very impressed, darling.

Well, I mean, it's the same stuff I always talk about, right?

Like, it's not nothing new.

I think the big thing that I'm happy I got in there was about the World Cup to really

point on that.

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Probably a lot of you didn't know.

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And then,

you know, my message about muscle.

Strong is beautiful.

Strong is powerful.

It's sexy.

It's whatever you want it to be.

And I hope more girls can feel how I feel.

And that's kind of a reason why I chose that dress.

So I was styled by Margo Zamet and Adidas.

And I wasn't sure about that dress.

And we tried on some other stuff, but

I actually tried it on the day of that morning before getting ready.

And I think we liked it because it was like,

It showed off the muscles.

It showed off my body.

Was it the most classiest dress?

No, probably not.

No.

Well, but I think it was just for me, it's a sports award.

My muscles are the accessory.

They brought me, they really are the reason I'm at that award.

So I love that I got to show it in

such a way.

And also it was a talking piece.

People, people love to talk about it.

I got a people article written about it.

I've had many people say it wasn't flattering.

And honestly, thank you.

Keep commenting.

Keep saying that stuff.

You're helping me.

And I was on Vogue Beauty page.

So it's like.

I didn't see that.

Yeah.

best looks like best beauty looks and everything I mean that dress so Alona is as we all know she's been at rugby camp in the middle of nowhere east coast where it's hot as hell she's training daily they are they are rocking and rolling towards the rugby world cup so there's no time for her to just like pop to do a fitting to try on things to be like make everything perfect so Margo like luckily knows your body, you know, so she, you've worked with her before for Sports Illustrated and everything.

So, there was like a call to talk about kind of what you wanted.

Margo did come down to try on some options.

And then ultimately, everything had to make its way to Los Angeles to me for you to be dressed and ready for the Espes here.

So, that was dress was one of the options that when we put it on, we were like, oh, you know, there were other options that were lovely and nice and classy, but it just kind of was like, to me, seeing the other dresses, what I said was, that dress says, oh,

Alona Marr was there.

Whereas that dress that you wore to to me felt like alona marr is here yeah like it and as adrana you said it it had star power there was just something to it it covered every all the essentials were covered i

think i think it had more fabric than some of the other options frankly but because of just the style of it yeah it seems a bit like risque but i loved it i i loved it too i thought it was um out there I love that my shoulders were on display, my whole back was on display.

We did have to check for some nip slips, but we made it through.

There was one point where I almost, so also after I present my award, I'm about to go back to my seat and they text my agent and are like, hey, don't let Alona sit down.

We might need to present an award.

And they asked me if I wanted to.

I was like, what am I doing?

Of course.

And so it turns out I present this icon award to Alex Morgan and Diana Taurasi, which is absolutely crazy because it's like, what do you mean, me?

I'm presenting it.

Those two are icons.

Like, it feels like it should be another icon presenting it.

So it was just wild that I was chosen to do this to two women who are just have changed the game for years and years and years.

But it was so cool to present to them and to give them the trophies because I'm like, what, what is happening right now for these people to know who I am?

And then, but as I was going to present, I accidentally like hit somebody and my dress almost moved.

And I caught eyes with Sierra and Lindsay Vaughan and I was like, and they were like,

but it was all, it was all good.

We did it.

We, you know, made it through.

And it was so cool.

It's such a cool time to be in that room of those people and to meet all them and to feel like almost an equal in a way.

I mean, you are.

And to me, you are an icon.

You've been forging an iconic path for a while now.

So you had every right to be presenting that award to those people.

That was crazy for me because when you won your award, you obviously go backstage and you do that.

And I was in the seat like, hee, and then I was just kind of like there alone.

But they bring in seat fillers to come and like fill, you know, seats, like nicely dressed people, which was actually fun all night because I had like two different seat fillers throughout the night like turn to me and be like, I just want to say I, I listen, I love your podcast.

I listen to it every week.

You and your sisters, I just love it so much.

And I was like, oh, thank you so much.

So that was really great.

But when you were finally back and you were walking by, I thought you were coming back to the seat.

So I was trying to record like a fun video of you.

And you were like, come here, get over here.

And I was like, oh.

So I had to like hurtle over the seat filler, follow you upstage.

And I was like, what the hell is going on right now?

And you're like, I might present an award.

I was like, oh.

When?

And they brought you right to a teleprompter to show you the script, tell you how it was all going to happen.

Like it's live TV.

They're like, you're going to walk this way and then you're going to do this.

I think you did a great job.

Thank you.

I should have paused for effect, but it's okay.

It's going to haunt me.

It's going to haunt me the rest of my days.

No, I liked it because sometimes these award shows can drag on, but it was like, no, she is getting through this because it was like a longer speech, too, that you had to give.

So it was like, we all heard the clapping, but you were like, we still got videos to see.

They got to give their speech.

It wasn't

a, it wasn't a bad thing that you didn't pause.

And nobody realized that you were not meant to be doing that because you did it so well.

They just they, I mean, like the I think the Espies chose well, what an honor they saw, they saw you speak without a teleprompter so eloquently, they're like, She can do it, what an honor.

But I think that, yeah, people couldn't even tell, they just thought that was supposed to be happening.

So, well done, Alona.

Hey, John, I was ready with that Espies edit, huh?

Too, thank you so much.

Give the background, though, you made an edit before that, please.

Yeah, and I think I manifested Alona's win once I saw Anthony Ramos up on that stage.

For context, it was a Hamilton edit.

So I first edited

as like a promoting people to, or I first edited a video promoting voting.

Jefferson has my vote.

That one.

Whatever the one that one's called.

And then after Alona won, I was feeling inspired.

I was like, and I was actually, I was just in a soul cycle class where my

teacher did Yorktown by Hamilton.

And I was like, there's a section in that where it just says, We won, we won, we won.

And I was like, Let's keep with the Hamilton train.

Uh, so I found the sketchiest website to download YouTube videos into video files onto my laptop really quickly, grabbed those video files, went into InShot, and just quickly put it all together in like the minute and a half footage.

It was nice, you slayed.

It was like 10:30, and I was like, Hold up, I got an idea when inspiration strikes, you listen.

And then I sent it off to Lo.

And afterwards, I was like, what if this is too, like, too in your face, you know, like, not like demure to be like, we won.

Because it's like, obviously, you know, you want to have like grace.

Fuck grace.

Fuck grace.

Would a man think that?

Sorry.

Sorry that I won an Espes.

Sorry, it's taken me seven years and two Olympics, like I said.

I'm excited.

I know.

I'm sorry.

I guess everyone who acts chill about it, they were expecting to win an award.

Not me.

I'm, I'm jazzed.

I'm absolutely jazzed.

I'm the first person in rugby who's ever won an SV,

male or female for any category.

I don't need to be graceful.

That's crazy.

That's awesome.

And I'm super excited and so honored to have gotten that.

I'm very proud, and I don't need to be graceful.

I am.

But you were graceful.

I was graceful, but I just think that like, I think people just loved it and loved my reactions and loved it because, like, they're so used to people being so da-da-da.

And thank you so much.

And we did this, but

I mean, how cool that I won that and that I got that award.

I was like, you even see when I win, I fist bump because it's just, I'm not expecting that.

It's just so fun.

And I feel like we're so taught to be so measured and so quiet.

You know, be proud of yourself.

Like, you know, pump yourself up.

That's, you did that.

I did that.

I got myself up there.

And

this idea that we have to be like more demure and quiet, like, people just seem to love when I'm myself.

And if people can understand the power it is to just be who you are,

people really like everybody was complimenting on my speech shift piece.

They loved how,

you know, how just true and honest and authentic it was.

And it wasn't perfect and it wasn't, you know, filtered.

They just loved that.

I,

yeah, fuck grace.

Go with it.

Humbleness, be humble, but also understand you're worthy and deserving let's write that all down

that was some fire you just dropped second second espy's acceptance speech there i love it celebrate yourself because at the end of the day who else is gonna do it good for you

right

uh hey johnny you also have recorded yourself me winning right yeah because i was like I had high hopes and I was like, my edit did really well.

And I was like, that got a lot of people straight to the link.

Right, right.

So I was like, I was with my friend and my hair was so greasy, but I was like, hey, do you mind if I just like throw up my phone on my camera, like on my laptop, just in case?

She's like, yeah, absolutely.

And I'm so glad I captured that because it was so fun.

And it was just,

I think it's, I don't know if I normally would have recorded something like that, but I had like Olivia in the back of my head to be like, just like capture it.

Why not?

The more, the merrier.

And I'm glad I did.

My teammates were also very excited a couple of them recorded themselves of me winning and then when i got back that next day they were also excited everyone you know hugged me and we were so happy and it was mentioned a lot so i have a team

okay you know what i said grace but also like understand that it's not just me that got me there like i i'm very proud of myself for doing it but i did it because i have a great team because i have amazing teammates and sisters so

And

I see them and great followers, great followers.

And they're so excited for me to be up there.

So, you know, women sporting women, they were there for me and they were just so, so happy I did this.

That was the first thing you mentioned in your speech, babes.

You mentioned that you are not a single sport athlete.

You are a team player and that it's your team that brought you there.

Like, that was, ugh.

All of your, like, your sections of that speech, Alana, was so good.

It's the entire time, like, you, like, hit it.

And I just think starting off with, like, your girls and then to be able to go see them the next morning and be with them.

That was amazing.

That's amazing.

You know what I was thinking of?

If I, if I was, was, I wouldn't have done this, but also would have been good was I should have been like, and next time, SPs, you can just let me host.

I am free to host next year.

I have nothing on my schedule at that time.

I'll clear my schedule.

I will be funny.

I will be charming.

I will bring everybody up.

The only people I will possibly make fun of are a few men.

And that's it.

But other than that, other than that, you've seen what I can do.

They're going to be laughing.

They might cry.

Vibes will be up.

People will be in love with me.

Just give me a call, okay?

Give her a ring.

She's waiting for you.

Well, before we move on, though, I did have something to present to Adriana, which is the Best Breakthrough Editor Award.

So this is for you.

Guys, edit a trophy into my hands.

Thank you.

Oh, my God.

No, thank you so much.

Give us your acceptance speech.

A la Alona.

Well, first off, I want to say that it is not just me behind the phone I have both of my sisters with me and I want to thank all the inspirations around me I would like to thank Lynn Manuel Miranda for your creative genius and I will continue to use this all comes back to Lynn track it all comes back to Lynn I saw his costume in the Smithsonian yesterday took a photo

and I would like to thank

My Vine editing days.

Right, right.

And I think it all comes back to that as well.

And Alona, thanks for being my inspiration.

Of course.

My muse.

Of course.

Olivia, just quickly before we move on, I need to know about officiating.

I need to know how it was.

I saw that video where you show up as if you're like a pastor or something.

Hilarious stuff.

What's that thing called?

What is it?

I don't know.

How was it?

The priest caller?

The priest caller.

Okay.

How was it?

Were you nervous?

Were you excited?

Did you kill it?

I haven't seen a video yet.

Thank you so much for asking.

I officiated my first ever wedding this past weekend.

Huzzah, love, yay, which was exciting and nerve-wracking.

It's kind of been weighing on me for like months now because I like, I ultimately was like, what is my issue?

Like, what is my mental block?

Like, why am I struggling essentially with this?

It's like, oh, because you want to do a good job naturally, right?

So like you're trying to wait until you have all the tools to do that, but it's like, no, you just got to freaking do it.

Put pen to paper, start writing.

So the creative process was a tough, slow start for me, but I ultimately enjoyed it.

You know, I'm very happy with what I came up with.

Somebody early on in the process was like, oh, just use AI.

And I was horrified.

I was like, have you listened to nothing I've ever said?

Have you listened to nothing?

Why would I ever disrespect this couple that way?

You know, AI, you think AI knows my best friend like I do?

Like, what, dude?

No.

God.

So I, but then I, so it's essentially just kind of became, this sounds weird, but my own AI.

I did all kinds of research.

I, I was watching all the videos.

I was reading all the scripts.

I've been to one and a half weddings, truly.

So like of all people to choose to do a wedding, I'm like, oh, the bitch that's never really been to a wedding.

Okay, cool.

The amount of random people's wedding ceremonies I watched on YouTube over the past year, you know, I basically just pulled all the most beautiful bits I could find that I really resonated with, that resonated with me for the couple getting married.

And I made a flow from there.

I asked other people that have officiated.

I got lots of great advice.

So I went into, like, this was my game day for real.

I went up there and I performed and I served.

And I think it went,

I think, I know it went well.

People complimented me.

They said like they've been to a lot of weddings and that was one of the best they've heard and they really enjoyed it.

So that was a big weight off of my chest.

But the whole priest collar thing is I did have a little bit of a running gag, a little prank where I showed up the morning of for hair and makeup because I was also a bridesmaid with one of the like priest colors on with the white bit here.

And everyone just thought it was so funny.

They loved it.

And I said, showing up to officiate my best friend's wedding.

And actually, Rachel Samples just commented on the video and she said,

as you two are committed to each, you two are as committed to each other as I am to the bit.

And I love that.

I think that's what

I was.

I was committed to the bit.

So thank you, Rachel.

Would you, would either of you two ever want to officiate a friend's wedding?

I would, but

that does sound like a lot of press.

And I think I'd just rather look, I'd rather look pretty, I think.

And just hop.

And just stand there.

Right, right.

You know,

I don't want to officiate either of your weddings.

Right.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

No.

Make me stand next to you.

On the other side, though.

But I would do it for a friend.

However, what if Olivia, you did such a good job that now you're always going to get asked to do it?

oh maybe that becomes your thing the more you do it i mean my rate's going to be insane nobody can even skyrocket it right so after the compliments i got i don't know i was nervous though like all obviously the weeks the weeks and months leading up to it i had been shaking in my boots and then day of i was just oddly calm i was like let's do it like it's game time baby i was just you know rereading my thing so i just kind of had the night right pacing and kind of slowness and timing and whatnot but it wasn't until i walked down that aisle and I was stood up there alone and I started reading.

Because before the rest of the processional came, it was just me.

It's like, like when you read in church for the first time or like when you read in front of the class for the first time, all of a sudden I was like, oh, something stuck here.

And I'm like, and then luckily, I got the first bits there.

Luckily, as the processional was happening, I was able to step away from the microphone and be like,

like, get it out.

It's good.

Let's go.

It's game time.

Yeah.

And so that was good.

I think my favorite line, I had a couple of favorite lines in it, but when I pronounced them husband and wife, I saw this beautiful thing where, you know, it's by the power vested in me, yada, yada, yada.

I said, by the power of your love.

Oh, no, it was it, by the strength of your love and the power vested in me.

I loved that because it's like, it's your guys's love that is done, that is doing this today.

I just got this on the internet, this, this license.

This is your, your love is a real thing.

I met somebody else who apparently got ordained into the same like church that I did.

And they're like, in about a year, you're gonna start getting emails asking how your um ministry is.

I'm like, okay, noted.

So, if you guys want to join my ministry, I'll be your minister, just let me know.

We are Olivia is open for business.

If you are getting married and you would like a hot, sexy minister

to preside over you, she's ready.

Matter of fact, by your heads, matter of fact, by your heads.

All right, team, today's uh, fun little segment we are calling the House of Award shows.

So welcome.

Come on in.

Let's discuss some of our favorite moments in award show history.

No award show will be left out.

We'll talk about anything.

Anything that we want to talk about.

Anything that we want to talk about specifically that we really like.

I think so much of culture is built from the moments that happen at award shows.

Like some of the things in pop culture that stick out the most like prominently, I think have come from award shows, among other things.

J-Lo's deep V dress at the, you know, did you know that that dress actually was like the catalyst for um Google images, Google Images, yeah, because when she wore that dress, sorry, Dre, was that a stupid thing to say?

It's just everything, everybody knows it.

Oh, do they?

Yeah, and that's why she references it a bunch.

Oh, I didn't know that.

That's all right, guys.

I thought that was funny.

Shit on it, way to take your thunder, Adriana.

She thought she was on something with that.

I thought that was fun and exciting news.

I bet I'm not the only person.

Hello, I'm sorry, I've been hurting a lot.

Keep going.

Well, I have a niche one.

Hey,

I can re-watch over and over again whenever

Tina Faye and Amy Pohl are hosting a ward show.

Meryl Streep is not here tonight.

She has the flu, and I hear she's amazing in it.

I've watched their sketches.

multiple times on YouTube.

Genuinely, my sisters will know.

I love it.

I think they are so funny.

They host with such, like, you know, they make fun of, but not like over the edge or anything.

It's like funny stuff that you'd make fun of a friend with.

I think they just killed it.

I love also sometimes like Will Farrell when he presents with like Kristen Wig.

Great stuff.

I just, I think that they do a great job.

And again, Espes, that is what you would get with me.

This is just an Espys hosting campaign episode now.

Will Farrell and Kristen Wig, I quote all the the time and nobody gets it you

get out of here

do you know that you know what I'm talking about I do that all the time and nobody understands it I just feel like an idiot but they are class acts and Tina and Amy did like two years in a row right yes they did

yeah yes

Speaking of Amy and Tina, my favorite bit of theirs is when they were both nominated for Best Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series or something.

And one by one, they all came up on stage and all the other actresses who were nominated as well.

Like it was

the pageant.

I think it was like the nurse from Nurse Jackie, maybe.

Like that is just, it just pokes such good fun.

Yeah.

Amy Poehler was the one who started off.

She ran up there and then everyone's like, what's happening?

And then everyone else went up there.

I thought it was so great.

That was really cool.

And then Melissa McCarthy goes, Melissa McCarthy goes after she won.

She's like, this is my best and first pageant ever.

And that's girlhood.

And that's on support.

And all the women up there were so excited for her when she won, too.

Yeah.

Like, you know, at pageants, they're happy for you, but they're actually like, yeah, but you're trying to win.

Whereas all the women there were so excited for Melissa McCarthy as she accepted that award and her level of surprise made it what it was.

Alona, you've actually not, the Espes was not the first time you've presented at an award show.

You presented at the Emmys this year.

Past year, barely.

Yeah, I just kind of walked out looking pretty, I guess.

You did a great job.

Thank you.

Yeah, I know I killed that, but I'm ready to speak and to read off of a teleprompter.

So it was easy for me to walk out, look pretty.

I want to do more.

Okay, Espes,

please, please listen.

Lock in here, Espes.

Please.

Please.

Espes, if you can hear us.

Esps, if you can hear us right now.

Actually, studies show Espies that

more shows increase viewership by 110%.

That actually is real.

You know what?

Take back what I said about studies.

That is real.

You can't take that back when that's convenient to you, low.

It just doesn't work that way.

Dre, do you have a favorite?

award show moment like i had one for you but man i don't know if it is actually your favorite

um fifth harmony performing i i want to say the grammys Are you talking about that?

After Camilla left and they showed up backlit with five of them, right?

And all of a sudden the person in the middle got pulled back.

I have a lot to say here.

First of all,

it is Camilla.

Camilla.

That's what I'm talking about.

Yeah.

And I believe it was the MTV.

Was it MTV?

That feels MTV.

That doesn't feel Grammys.

But everyone was like, that was so rude of them.

Like, yada, yada.

But I was like, well, if we want to get poetic,

they didn't push the fifth body off the stage.

That fifth body flung themselves.

Camila left the band.

They didn't force her out.

So she, it was.

And at that time, I remember I was so deep into it that, like, and Camila was like making these like remarks here and there.

And it was like, it felt like I was like, yeah, it's your guys's turn to say something or do something about it and not just like letting it be.

So I kind of ate it up deep.

But I,

for the Harmony at award shows, that was also always so special.

Cause you're like,

you just look at how they're dressed and stuff and you're like,

okay, are you dressed individually?

Are you dressed as a group?

There's always the stylist always has a favorite.

But again, I was eating that up.

I was like, justice for Dinah.

Like, you guys aren't appreciating that outfit enough.

Yeah, I had a Twitter account so I could vote for them.

What about it?

Did you?

Like a hidden Twitter account?

Yeah, because I was not, I don't have to do hashtag Fifth Harmony MTV awards on my personal.

Right.

I was an embarrassed 15-year-old.

I made a separate account.

Our strongest soldier.

Fifth Harmony's strongest soldier for real, right here.

Most of my friends love to watch award shows, and I often get dragged into it.

And award shows are just so long and unnecessary sometimes that I just appreciate seeing the clips afterwards.

Yeah,

that's my cup of tea.

Highlight reels, for real.

Highlight reels are the best part of award shows, and that's House of Award shows.

Thank you for listening.

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Let's head on over to the book nook.

Did I?

Any of you guys read The Love Hypothesis?

I did.

I did.

I didn't.

But it's

after this big announcement.

I should.

So I just saw that they're going to be making a movie.

Well, I saw a TikTok of them, like, you know, my name is Vincent.

And it's Lily Reinhart and Tom Bateman who are going to play the characters here in the Love Hypothesis.

I've read a lot of her books, and she's the one who also writes Bride, which you all know I love that one.

He and she's just reread.

I recently read.

Adriana, is Love Hypothesis the one where he's the teacher?

Is this the fake dating one?

This is the fake dating.

This is the Kylo Wren fan fiction turned traditionally published book.

Huh?

Oh, really?

It's Star Wars fan fiction.

Yeah, if you look at the cover, that's Adam Driver.

And that's Daisy Ridley.

I also,

a huge part of this, Tom Bateman is Daisy's husband.

When I saw the announcement video of them doing the handshaking trend, she, or just her like highlighting something in the love hypothesis book, and then she like looks to the camera.

So both videos that revealed their casting as these characters, she is looking so demure and just like,

and I was like, what's going on right now?

I was like, oh, that must be what her character's like.

Is that what she's doing?

Is she leaning into already?

Is she method acting already for these TikToks?

I don't, I'd have to read again, but her character is kind of like, what?

Ajana, why did they fake date again?

Oh, don't, don't give it away, but look into my eyes and tell me that way.

Hold on, guys.

Right.

Right.

She got it.

Okay.

Yep.

I remember now.

Me too.

We didn't spoil that.

Yeah.

But like, so in the book,

she's a PhD student, I believe, and he's like a full.

He's the professor.

He's a professor.

But she's a graduate student.

He's a professor.

They're not in the same, like, he's not her professor, though.

Let's make it.

He's not in a position of power.

No, not in position of power over her.

He's not her department.

He needs to be involved.

Well, actually, it probably should be involved.

Oh.

Same university.

God, you're boring, Adriana.

Sorry.

That's hot.

I'm saying it could still probably happen, but you got to let HR, like, you got to make them aware.

You do let somebody know.

And then they're different.

Oh, what is it?

Interesting.

I'll let you read it.

It's fun.

But have you read her other books?

Yeah.

I've read Bride, of course.

No,

not Bride, but like her other ones.

She loves the science-y books.

She loves it.

She's a niche.

I've started to listen to that one.

Oh, I finished it.

I finished Not in Love.

You did.

The listening was fine.

And then I tried Deep End, which I think was her first like sport venture, sport book venture.

And that was, we already talked about it.

It wasn't, it wasn't for me, which is funny because like Loved Bride, Not in Love was fun.

I think I'll do Love Hypothesis next.

I think it's on my bookshelf.

I keep looking over there.

I think I bought it, but I'm finishing Atmosphere right now by Taylor Jenkins Reed, and it's

so good.

Oh, okay.

It's so good.

So once I'm done with that, I will get into Love Hypothesis.

Perfect, perfect, perfect.

I heard a little rumor that the director of Set It Up, the Glenn Powell, and who's that Nepo baby I really like?

Zoe Dutch.

Deutsch.

Deutsch.

So the director of Set It Up, I think, is directing this one too.

Okay, cool.

That was pretty cool.

I have high hopes.

I love Set It Up.

I was just talking to dad and he was like, can I say something about that?

movie star guy.

I was like, absolutely.

Which one?

Glenn Powell?

He's like, I don't get it.

I don't him as the Hollywood,

like, you know, movie star man type.

I just don't see it.

I was like, do you see a copybar?

Is that what you see instead?

You guys know that meme?

Yeah.

Okay, cool.

Jesus Christ, you scared me there.

But dad, so dad's not understanding the Glenn Powell vibe, whereas I get it.

I love him.

I think it works.

I can kind of hear what he's saying, but...

Hmm.

Glenn is in his bag these days.

Like, he is doing project after project.

Heard.

good for him.

Sorry.

I was just, I was seeing all the ads for Superman, and I was like, who is this man?

I was like, this man is so hot.

And then I was like, I was on TikTok and I was like, it's the hot guy from Twisters.

Yeah, yeah.

It's the hot evil scientist.

And even during Twisters, I was like,

I thought about it.

Hood in a bag.

True.

I just saw a girl's TikTok that she was like, the existence of, what's his name?

His last name is like Wetsworth or something.

The guy playing Superman, who's Superman?

David Cornsweat?

Cornsweat?

Cornsteat.

Olivia, you got

you had names today, dude.

What is going on?

Cornsweat.

Sorry.

A girl on TikTok was saying that the existence of David Cornsweat

implies the existence of another list of men that were just as hot with kind eyes, beautifully built, over six feet, who could be Superman.

That didn't make the cut.

We need access to that list.

We got to find who else was on that long or short list.

Good point.

You know who the guy who played Luther actually in Superman, who was the

from the great Nicholas Holt, he was in the running for Superman, George I said.

What?

Hmm?

Nicholas Holt.

Nicholas Holt was in the running to be Superman.

Much love to Nicholas Holt.

That's a different vibe.

Attractive, not Superman, though.

That's it, right?

I also heard that Mr.

David

Corinsweat

tells people he's 6'4, but he's actually 6'5 because he's too tall.

So he dumbs it down.

What?

God, that's the hottest thing I've ever heard.

That's the hottest thing I've ever heard.

Oh my gosh.

I don't know if that's true, but a study showed that.

No.

Dang.

Well, shoot, everyone.

Get out there, read a book, and also watch a movie, and don't listen to what bogus studies say, okay?

Yeah,

you heard it here first.

And also, SPs, let alone a host.

Let alone a host.

Thanks so much for coming over to the House of Mar, a wave original.

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Studies show that House of Mar viewers are murdered in sexuality.

Get out of here.

They're leaving you, John.

Let them go.