The Rascal Flatts and Xandra Pohl Watchdog Podcast: Wednesday, September 18th, 2024

Good morning, Millennials.

Welcome back to the toast and happy Wednesday.

It's hump day.

Don't forget to hump someone you love.

And speaking of girlies that I love with every fiber of my being, it's Jack Lee Folet.

Hey, Turtaloo.

Happy hump day.

We've made it to the hump of the week.

Yeah, we have to be sure to

get that hump in.

Before I get that hump in, I have a question for you.

Ask away.

Fire away.

Because I can't find mine so do you happen to have that swirlitude well i always have like a little stash of it just in case i lose my primary

and i have an air tag on it too so i certainly have my swirlitude that's huge etu turte eturte you're looking cute and comfy and cozy thank you wearing a new boys lie set now that i have um a tailor in my life like i'm just so excited

well i got these boys lye sweatpants that aren't cinched at the ankle so usually that's just a hard pass for me but that I had just got them when the tailor arrived so I was like do your worst okay she's made of money yeah

I just I just wanted to like be a tall girl for once and wear tall girl pants having a pair of pants tall privilege when you're short like us like and having a on the rare occasion you have a pair of pants that are perfectly hemmed for your height the difference it makes and this is my reminder I still have not signed up for a sewing lesson I will do it today.

Yeah.

So I, now that I got them tailored, I absolutely had to wear them.

And

that's what's new with me.

There's actually a lot going on in my life.

Thank you for asking.

Not only am I on day three of my coccidinia journey, I have to, and I think, I know I've said this, but I just want to reiterate, this pillow that I'm currently sitting on has changed my life.

I ordered another one.

I'm going to leave it in my car.

I can't say enough good things about this pillow, for real, first of all.

How has your coccidinia journey been?

Well, the community has been very, very open with me, which has been huge.

I think that at first

it was shocking for a lot of people to finally have a role model to look up to.

You know, someone so famous finally talking about this invisible illness.

That's sort of been the reception I've gotten from the community.

You know, they said that.

It's been great.

I've pretty much gotten no tangible advice.

People are like, yeah, it sucks.

Like, we just live with it, you know?

Right, right.

So you may see me and you see this glamorous celebrity, obviously, but what you don't know is like, I'm really suffering

okay well we're always here for you um

coccidenia strong what what more can I say CS Coxidinia strong now other major things happening in my life and I feel like it's so perfect you know we're we are now a hundred days away from Christmas so it's all really starting is that the official 100 day countdown yeah you know Mariah Carrie posted like a she actually didn't post because she's actually going through

did you see like she lost her mother and her sister on the same exact day like yeah she's really going through it but the internet is now posting that picture of her frozen.

It's like, Mariah Carrie is starting to thaw.

100 days away from Christmas.

Wow.

And what that means is, like, our homes are becoming homeier.

And so I was gone all summer.

I am now taking many steps into making my home a little bit homier and cozier for the holidays.

I'm limited, obviously, in what I could do because I can't have a Christmas tree.

So I got two other things.

Instead of a Christmas tree.

But even if you could, it's only September.

Oh, baby.

I'm all for

this conversation with Ben because we were driving some, or we were going golfing, and on the way, we were like driving through the suburban neighborhood and I saw somebody with their Halloween decorations up and it's it's honestly an appropriate time.

It's not that crazy, but we were literally outside all day.

We were playing pickleball.

It was almost 100 degrees that day.

I'm like, while the timing is fine, the weather isn't like to have pumpkins and shit out when it's seriously over 80 degrees, not acceptable.

Here are my thoughts.

If you are like an extreme holiday celebrator, like you want to get the most out of the season, I think you can put up Halloween fall decor after Labor Day.

And I think you can put up christmas decor after halloween like november 1st the fact that there are people and they're they're just used to it they don't realize how special it is to be able to put up a christmas tree that there are people like the strekkers for the last two three years i have gone over to their house and done christmas with them like putting up their tree it's like so nice that they include me and it's like always in december

If I think it used to be like after Thanksgiving.

That was really like when everyone would put up their Christmas trees.

But I just think we need a little more holiday cheer in the year.

And November 1st is the holiday season.

It just is.

November 1st is the holiday season.

I said to Ben, I'm like, that's so crazy.

But if I was Christian or any denomination where I could put up a Christmas tree, like November 1st comes, it's Christmas time in this house.

We're playing Christmas music.

So I can't participate.

I did get a crock pot.

Now, the devil works hard, but Crock Pot Incorporated works harder.

TM.

Because by end of day yesterday, there was a crock pot at the studio.

It literally arrived in this gorgeous box.

I got like new state of the art.

Seriously, that was very generous.

Crock pot, thank you.

And I'm already collecting recipes.

Great.

And how did the crock pot look?

Was it everything that you hoped for?

Is it different from mine?

I asked you to tell me that.

I haven't opened it yet.

Like

it's a big responsibility to find counter space or cabinet space for it.

I'm not there yet.

Understood.

Well, speaking of crock pots, I've embarked on a really fun personal project.

And I feel like in your adult life, you don't get a lot of opportunities to do personal projects like just for the fun of it.

I love, by the way, I totally agree.

And I want to say I've been meaning to tell you this in the spirit of the project you're embarking on, which she will share momentarily.

The spirit of this project is preserving, you know, family, not heirlooms, but like family recipes.

But I meant to tell you, like, what you're doing is so important for our family because you know we're such lazy slobs and no one else is going to do it but you.

And I need you to know, like, this is now your responsibility, not just recipes, like all family things that need to be preserved, whether it's recipes, whether it's memories, whether it's like a family tree or some shit, like that is your job now.

You are like the family historian.

Family historian.

Okay.

And I love what you're doing with the recipes.

Tell everyone.

But just so you know, like

we need to do more of this for other things.

I can't think of the things, but you know what I'm talking about.

Like family vibes need to be preserved and it's you.

Okay.

Thank you.

But I do have a co-chair in this, which is Olivia, because she already has the family tree.

She actually does a lot of like extensive family research.

So I think together, when we put our minds together, we can create a full library.

The project that I'm working on right now is a personal cookbook, like for my own life.

It started as just wanting to jot down all the recipes that I make every single night that I like get from random websites.

I've printed them.

I've add stuff to them.

Like, I take, I just change them a little bit.

Um, and I always have to go and look at the page, like, what temperature do I cook it at?

And, like, I have all these random pages around my kitchen.

And I'm like, I want to make a little cookbook for myself of like my nightly recipes.

And then, in doing that, I realized like how many recipes I do have.

But then also, I got a bunch of recipes from my mom of things that we either ate a lot growing up or like actual family history recipes that like came right from Russia

yeah

the cabbage soup recipe hundreds of years old but then also like things we ate for weeknight dinner

like our cabbage our casule recipe we love casule in our house and I've never made it in my house and then my mom sent the recipe and like now at the level of cook that I am like easy peasy can't wait yeah uh that recipe had no measurements I need you to get to work I will I'll get in the lab Elizabeth's dot style like trying different measurements because I wanted to make that chicken on Friday for Shabbat.

So like if you could work a little bit faster.

And I will.

I'm going to do the rest of my writing today.

I'm going to do my chili recipe.

I also have a bunch of recipes like in my notes, like chicken soup.

I've developed my chicken soup recipe over the years.

Like every time we get sick, and I do feel a little tickle in my throat.

So just like putting it all of it down on these recipes.

I need to just religious handwriting.

And I got a really cute recipe book that's going to be here tomorrow.

And even last night, I used one of my recipes.

It made cooking like so much swifter.

I wasn't like shuffling through pages.

Like also, I've whittled down the direction to the need to know information for me.

And it's been such a fun project for myself, but also it's now having this greater purpose.

And then someone messaged me saying like, this is something that I then can pass, then the family will have it.

I could pass it down.

And like, I don't know, some recipes are more eternal than others.

But as far as the everyday cooking, just like the baked chicken, I'm not recreating the wheel here, but it's just like making cooking so much easier, more fun and aesthetically pleasing.

Yeah.

And it's given me an opportunity to remind you, like you have officially been nominated and won, like this is your responsibility.

I need you to like write down either digitally or analog everything, you know, things, I can't explain it, but like you are now like the family secretary, if that understood.

Okay, and I take this very seriously, this role.

And then I guess when my book is done, I'll like make photocopies for you.

Oh, 1000%.

Although I do think I could see a really sweet gift in the future being like you making it again, like handwritten up like some Xerox piece of shit, like you making like by hand again for someone.

Like I can see Olivia loving that as a gift.

Yeah.

Just an idea.

Okay.

No, no, no.

I know.

One step out of time, but right now I'm having like a lot of fun with it.

It's really nice to like flex your creative muscles, like not for work, not for arts and crafts with the kids, but just like for your own self.

I can't remember the last time I did something like this.

For Jack's self.

For Jack's self.

And it will help me get my house in order.

Like it's a win-win.

No, it's that time of year, the season, like you could feel the shift in the air.

Like we need to get our houses in order.

I got a Dyson vacuum.

Like you bitches could never.

Good luck finding one piece of fucking dust in my house.

Classic.

And I mounted it to the wall.

Like, am I grown up or, well, I didn't mount it.

I had a handyman come because obviously my husband doesn't know how to use a drill.

Am I grown the fuck up or what?

I actually am thinking about building a bookshelf today because I ordered this bookshelf for the play area.

We have the bookshelf in Harry's room.

It's so cute.

And Zach was like, do you want the handyman to come this weekend?

And I was like, for two kids,

for one kid's bookshelf.

Like, no, I really think that either we need to wait months till we have more tasks around the house or we should give it a shot.

No, the thing is, and I don't know this to be true because I haven't learned yet, but I think there comes a time in your life where you learn how to use a power drill.

And there's just before power drill and after power drill.

Although, you know, Zach Shapiro knows how to use a power drill.

Like, he could do that too.

I don't even think you need a power drill.

I think you just need like just I think you could probably use regular screws screwdriver you definitely need a power drill no it doesn't go into the wall

standing yeah no

God yeah Jaggie you could do that no so I think I'm gonna do it today like Bob the builder can she build it yes she can yeah on the list of things like I need to learn it goes sewing and then power drill

okay for me it goes haircuts yeah and then sewing and then home renovation no that's so funny haircuts yeah number one I feel like learning is not hard actually I think I could get really good at haircuts so much so like when your husband came down here like I could just give him a cross or like all the boys in the neighborhood lining up for like that lady's haircuts haircuts like Jack the boys who walk um Bruno for you in lieu of payment one week you'll give them a haircut Totally.

Also, my husband likes a tight fade.

Yeah.

Like he thinks he's on the bachelor or something.

So I would have to learn that too.

That's because I really want to be competing.

I feel like you already have the tools like that man scaped trimmer.

That's what they they use.

Yeah.

I actually think it's not that hard tactically.

It's more so like getting your mind around it and learning how to use that equipment and not be worried about like cutting someone.

Oh, so you know how we were talking yesterday?

Like, was my husband going to give me a gift?

Right.

So we come from recording good guys with a gift.

Like, did I feel like a piece of shit or what?

Now, in all fairness, the gift is being returned.

Like, I actually don't need it.

And it's like sweet, but just like silly, you know?

I'm not an extravagant person, you know?

I know you see this glamorous celebrity.

You think extravagance, but I'm actually not.

It's the dichotomy of Claude's self.

Exactly.

But he did come home with another gift because yesterday Ben was in this here studio, sitting in this here chair, recording a podcast for good guys.

And this is going to be a spoiler.

He's going to kill me, but they're having Mike the Situation on.

And I was telling Ben like all my questions I had because you know I read his book and I absolutely loved it.

Ben came home with a signed copy.

And he said, it's not.

That is so sweet.

And it was like personalized.

It was like, Claudia, it's not about the setback.

It's about the comeback, which was like one of the major motifs, if you will, from Mike the Situations memoir.

And he also

left a bunch of signed copies here.

So, if you want one, I have one for you too.

Oh, wow.

Well, thank you so much.

Thanks, Sitch.

We're kind of like doing big things here at Toast HQ.

Oh, I'm also going to see a potential new Toast HQ space today.

You know, I need to move out of the space.

I know you do, but I know you don't like change.

And because I'm not there to push you along, and it's really, it's

totally, it's totally up to you.

Like, that's it.

It's like has to be close to where you live.

Like, it has to be what you like.

You know, I'm just coming into your space when I come.

I am excited about this potential space.

Like, I would, there, and by the way, I don't even like this current studio that I'm in so much.

Like, from an audio standpoint, the ceilings are too high.

There's too much natural light.

I don't have enough wall space.

There's too much street noise.

Yeah, I would love to have two separate setups so that when you come to town, I don't have to move so much furniture or when Ben uses it as a guest.

Like, and I think when I move, my life will become better.

Like, the next studio will be better, even though I'm so against moving.

I am really excited about this one.

I'm seeing today.

The thing is, is like when you're looking for office space, and I don't, you know, frequently look for office space, it's not the same as like looking for an apartment.

When you're looking for an apartment, you get like a million pictures, a video.

So by the time you actually decide you want to go see it, you pretty much know what you're walking into.

They don't have like listings for office space, and they certainly don't have videos.

They said floor plans and like pictures of the building from the outside.

Who fucking cares?

So this one I'm seeing today, I'm like super excited about.

I have no idea what it looks like on the inside.

I just like the location.

Right.

Right.

And I like that it's like big, you know, and it's a good price, which means it's probably going to be ugly.

Well,

I know you can beautify it.

The beautification committee will come in.

The beautification committee is based in Florida.

Like, seriously, I need you to.

I can do remote beautification work.

And I actually am coming.

So if you do like it, I'll see you soon.

Oh, yeah, Jax is coming to town next week.

We've got like a fun influencer event.

The kind of like influencer event.

We'll tell you more about it when it happens.

And then we're also recording a guest interview with someone beloved.

So that's fabulous.

It's actually going to be a really fun 24 hours.

A fun jaunt.

That is a jaunt.

That is a jaunt.

We'll just kind of be traversing through New York City being fabulous, glamorous celebrities, if you will.

Totally.

Normalize referring to yourself as a glamorous celebrity more.

Like my confidence since we've started the show, and this wasn't something I planned on doing, it just naturally came out three times.

I already feel like I'm glowing.

Like a glamorous celebrity.

Correct.

Speaking of glamorous celebrities, I don't know if you saw my story because I posted it like three seconds before I called you, but I'm like scrolling the news this morning for stories and who's in my face?

Ben Soffer.

I too was scrolling for stories.

I sent you a bunch of stories, by the way.

Did you include?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I have them.

There was two in total.

Yes, yes, yes.

But I was looking this morning.

I woke up so early.

So I was like, I guess I'll get to work.

And I too saw Ben Soffer's face.

It was very jarring to be like looking for stories for work on page6.com and then your husband's big face is right there.

And like, to be honest, I'm used to it from you in a good way.

Like I because I'm a glamorous celebrity.

No, I see it like so frequently.

Like it doesn't shock me anymore.

It's just another celebrity.

Glamorous celebrity thing.

But Ben, this was actually a first,

I don't know if it, I've seen good guys in the wild, like Hillary Duff says on good guys, but like to just see like Ben's face in the headline, like all about Ben.

It was, it was a very proud sissy-in-law moment.

A thousand percent.

Hashtag proud sissy-in-law.

Hashtag proud sissy-in-law.

Um

now we do have a great show.

There actually are very good stories, updates in the Diddy case.

We also have dear toasters today.

The swirlies are in need in a desperate sort of sense.

Oh, and I wanted to hop on and let everybody know that we

are taking new submissions for deer toasters.

We've sort of hit a dead end.

So deartoasters at gmail.com, if you want to write us an email or our website, the toastpodcast.com, if you're going through something, you want help from us, we'll keep it totally anonymous.

And, you know, the weirder, the better, head over to deartoasters at gmail.com or the toastpodcast.com.

Love that.

It also just makes me think that maybe we've solved the world's issues.

If like, if there are no deer toasters submissions, like there are no problems in the world.

No, there are.

Let me just be honest and level with you.

We had a mishap with the email and some of the submissions just are gone.

So dear toasters at gmail.com.

We didn't cure the world.

No.

Tomorrow's another day, 30.

Oh, my God.

You know, I was watching Olivia Jade this morning.

You know, she has an aura ring.

She wears it on her ring finger.

Oh, wait.

I saw her video.

I need to see how she's styling it.

Well, it was at morning.

I ordered her.

It wasn't styled yet.

She was just like doing her skincare.

No, but I saw her.

Okay, but she was wearing

a ring finger.

And I meant to like send her a message and be like, you know, you're not supposed to wear it on your ring finger, but I didn't want to be like an aura know-it-all.

Turdy, so listen.

I messaged Aura Ring.

Remember, I posted on my story the other day, like, whoever was the person at Aura Ring who helped us get our aura rings, like, can you message me?

Turns out it was at Aura Ring.

I don't know why I thought it was like.

Some fancy email, yeah.

Right.

So they messaged me.

I was like, so Turdy and I, like, we actually sized for the wrong fingers and we know you're supposed to wear it on their index finger.

And she was like, it works on any finger.

finger.

But if you do want new ones for your index finger, let me know.

But like, it's totally fine.

Oh my God.

Thank God I didn't message Olivia Jade.

How embarrassing would that have been?

Well, it's so funny that you bring that up because I, and I need to put this out into the ether, you know, I was at Ring Concierge yesterday, like, you know, playing with jewelry and hanging out with the girls there.

And they're like, we're really trying to get in contact with Aura Ring.

We want to do like a collab of either like a special edition ring that's not like so fucking ugly or like a ring that they can make that goes hand in hand with Aura Ring that like you slide over to make it look more stylish and they're like we haven't been able to get in contact with anyone so if you work at aura ring and you're a toaster like go respond to the email from ring concierge we need that the girlies need that we need that you don't understand i have like so much jewelry coming that i've ordered and i'm like thinking of looking for things to buy both like fancy and non-fancy um because i need to like all of a sudden i'm gonna be wearing rings on all tailed fingers just because of this one aura ring to like camouflage

ian but okay

just to camouflage like the one big ring a thousand percent

but i actually have like some cute stuff coming.

Cutesy.

I got like targeted ads on Instagram for like fake jewelry.

Wish me luck.

Oh, God.

She's literally going to go to the hospital.

Jackie has very sensitive skin.

Oh, my God.

I didn't even think about that.

Like, I could wear, like, you give me a ring made of like duty and my skin won't react.

I have very tough, you know, celebrity glamorous type of skin.

You have very, very cool.

I need to wear like all real gold.

She's literally a Victorian child.

Like if a Victorian child wore like Amazon earrings, they would seriously, they would probably dive tuberculosis.

Yeah.

You are very similar.

No, I didn't even think about that for my rings.

I'm very aware of it of my ears, but rings, darn them, have like a green thumb, literally.

Literally.

And not in the good way.

No.

Oh, speaking of personal projects, my herb garden, I haven't started it.

I used to hold myself up.

So speaking of personal projects, there's no update.

Like, I have like a...

a huge upcoming personal project of like Zen Garden Cold Plunge Garden.

yeah yeah yeah yeah

and I don't know how to take the first step but I do have a cold plunge on the way from Sun Home Sauna shout out I'm so excited that's huge so soon I'm gonna be cold plunging and then it's over for you bitches it's over for you bitches even though oh you know uh Courtney Kardashian was on skinny confidential podcast I feel like no him and her sorry I always call it that well They asked her like, what's I mean, it's both.

It's the skinny confidential him and her podcast.

Okay, so I said it right.

Yeah.

They asked her, like, like, what's a wellness hack like you just, like, never got into or a wellness trend that you are not into?

And she said cold plunging.

She's like, I just don't like it.

Okay.

It's not poosh approved.

Well, I don't think it's disapproved.

I just don't like it.

You can't do everything.

And you have to, like,

if it's, if it's not enjoyable to you and it's not worth what you get out of it, then what's the point?

I feel like Travis probably cold plunges.

A thousand percent.

You know?

I mean, we'll see how it goes for me.

I would love to know, you you know, how you're always sharing like the baby names of the year, Olivia, Noah, you know, the name Travis is

everywhere.

Like, at first, I think

it was the same year.

Travis Scott, Travis Barker, Travis Kelsey.

Like, since when is everybody named Travis?

And they're all famous.

I think probably like the year 1989 was a good year for Travis and Taylor.

So true.

Oh my God.

And on my way to work today, I was getting so excited that we're going to Eras.

Like I was listening to Cardigan, which like isn't even my favorite song, but she plays it at Eras.

And I was just like, we're going to have the best time.

We still don't have outfits, but it's fine.

No, but we're actually are going to have the best time.

I have like a full house that weekend.

It's going to be busting.

It's going to be busting.

I'm so excited.

Sweet.

I think we need to get a

party bus.

Like, even though it's only three of us going to the concert, like, we need a party bus.

Okay.

I love a party bus.

I love a party bus.

And we do need wheels.

1000% because you can't drive us.

Actually, I have been making major strides in my driving.

like i will not be held back anymore oh my god i love that yeah

so i also did something to help further my

my driving and that is i changed the settings on my tesla to be rolling all the time so right now with my tesla like it drives like a golf cart if your feet is if your foot's not on the gas it doesn't move versus like a

A regular car, once your foot is off the brake, even if you're not on the gas yet, you're rolling.

Yeah, rolling.

So I put my Tesla on rolling settings so it drives like a regular car that way if i'm ever in a regular car i feel much more comfortable and you know what it's been fine already acclimated to it so it's step one yeah i am so happy for you and i think like you're living life half mast

yeah no i've really been getting out there and getting after it and now like really when dak and i are going somewhere like even though i don't want to like i insist that i drive because i need to do it with him first before i can do it on my own so it's better if we do it when we actually have somewhere to go like the only way out is through like you just have to do it and you know who's really been a source of inspiration for me me

margo yeah because margo like really started her uh driving journey like two years after driving on the highways of wyoming margo drove from the city to the hamptons which is arguably multiple times scariest drives she just like is getting after it and i feel like she's leaving you in the dust she's you're eating her dust No, she is more advanced than me now, even though she got her license like more recently.

The only difference is that she gets to practice all the time and do these drives like without kids in the car.

The reason why I don't go further is because I often have the kids.

I'm not like practicing with them.

Of course.

So she's really been a source of inspiration.

Like thank you, Satchel.

And that's what a counselor does, pushes you teaching things,

pushes you past your limits and shows you that you're capable of anything and your potential is endless.

It's so true, by the way.

Yeah.

I feel ready to dive in.

We actually have like a lot to do.

Xandra was at Dancing with the Stars and everyone was tagging me in it.

Like I like how I have become, it's so funny.

You and I are always saying how we like, we'll start talking about something either on Instagram or on the podcast.

And then it's like the only thing we get tagged in like thousands of comments.

For you, obviously, sourdough.

For me, anything having to do with Tariq Al Musa, like all I do is get tagged.

And now I'm like the face of Danny and Zandra.

Happily, by the way.

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Our first story, an update in the Diddy case, Sean Diddy Combs will be held without bail after sex trafficking and racketeering arrest.

Okay, I take back what I said, like about him getting special treatment.

Obviously, that's not the case.

Thank God.

Yeah, Diddy was not granted bond following his bombshell arrest this week.

A judge ordered that the rapper Turn Mogul be held without bail pending trial in his ongoing sex trafficking case in federal court in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday.

During a press conference, his attorney shared that he's planning to appeal the bail decision, saying Mr.

Combs is a fighter.

He's not afraid of the charges.

He's been looking forward to this day.

He's been looking forward to clearing his name.

He didn't know what to do.

He's been looking forward to this day?

Yeah.

They said this was a 10-year relationship.

There was no coercion.

There was no crime, I think, in regards to Cassie.

But that doesn't even

talk about the things that they found in his house.

Like even just the AR-15s that had like defaced serial numbers, that's a crime in itself.

Like everything that they found, oh, I mean, it's of course Sade, but everything that they found in his house, like in total, like carries a sentence of about 20 years.

And that's before anyone's personal testimony or anything.

And I personally like love the idea, the visual of him sitting in a prison cell, right?

This is a person who's been famous and wealthy for a really long time.

He's definitely like a little bit of like, you know, Adiva.

He probably like has his nice things, his, his furry blankets and his skincare routine.

And I love the idea of him riding in a prison cell.

Now, I feel like we talked a lot about Diddy yesterday and over the course of this journey, we've talked about it a lot, but we haven't really talked about 50 Cent.

And I

love what 50 Cent is doing here.

He made news yesterday because he made an Instagram caption referencing the thousand bottles of lubricant.

Yeah, he posted a picture with Drew Barrymore and said, here I am keeping good company with Drew Barrymore Barrymore, and I don't have 1,000 bottles of lube at the house.

So I think, first of all, that's funny.

And second of all, I love that 50 Cent.

Obviously, it's easy to like talk out, speak out against P.

Diddy now, knowing what we know, right?

And everyone's like, yeah, P.

Diddy sucks.

But there are a lot of people in Hollywood who weren't complicit, but obviously knew about this, right?

It was like a big operation, and he had a reputation for it.

So P.

Diddy, like talking, I'm sorry, excuse me, 50 Cent talking about this like before it all came out.

He's been ragging on P.

Diddy and like referencing and inferring and leaving subtle hints for many years.

And I just feel like he doesn't get enough credit because that's like a brave thing to do.

Now it's out.

And now everyone who thinks they say something are like brave in saying something new.

But you know what they're not.

But he was saying it.

Before, yeah, especially when like he is so powerful.

And

then everyone is on his side.

Everyone's going to his circles.

And I think, you know, at his peak, Diddy was more successful than 50 Cent.

Not even at his peak.

Like in like a thousand ions more successful than 50 Cent.

And they're both in the music game.

So, like, it's not even like there's any distance, like, one is an actor.

No,

50 Cent, like, in a, you know, odd sense, like, risked a lot by being outwardly vocal and outwardly, like, hateful of P.

Diddy.

And now, of course, we know why.

And it always felt like silly beef, right?

Like, his captions, things like that were always like jokey.

But no, knowing what we know now, it's like, okay,

50 Cent, like the moral compass of Hollywood?

Question mark.

Question mark.

Like, I love him.

Like, I literally love him.

Yeah.

So, the wheels of justice, Turdy.

Yeah, and I take back what I said.

Like, I do still find it strange we haven't seen a mug shop, but being held without bail is like a really extreme thing.

It's always, you know, you're innocent until proven guilty.

And if you can make bail, you can make bail.

But when they don't let you have bail, that's because they think you're dangerous.

They think you're likely to flee.

Sometimes they'll take your passport.

But I don't know, like really violent criminals don't get bail.

Like that's, I feel like everybody gets bail.

Yeah.

So

I guess dog and bounty hunter will not be involved here because there is no bail.

We'll see what happens next and they're going to appeal the decision, but

hopefully that does not yield the result that they want.

Okay, so you get arrested.

Who are you calling to, and let's say geography, like let's say you're in New York or whatever, like or like.

It's not about location.

It's not about location.

Like it's the middle of the night.

You get your phone call.

You need someone to come down six in the morning and bail you out.

Who are you calling?

I mean technically I would call my husband, right?

Yeah, yeah.

Like what am I doing out in the middle of the night?

So true.

Arrested.

Okay.

Who would you call?

Yeah, I would call Ben.

Right?

I'm not going to inconvenience any of you.

I've done something wrong.

I'm not proud.

She's ashamed.

Okay.

Hiding heads off my husband.

Okay, that's fair.

Are you ready for our next story?

Not me like making it a competition.

Like, who are you going to call?

I know you wanted me to say you, but like, do you even want me to call you in the middle of the day?

No, don't wake me up.

To go down to the station.

Don't wake me up.

Don't wake me up.

And like, Chris Brown is disgusting, and I will never support it.

And it's like really crazy.

I ended up on Chris Brown talk a couple of weeks ago.

Like, he plays these huge arenas.

Like, he has millions of fans.

I'm not one of them, but I'm holding space for true truths.

Don't Wake Me Up by Chris Brown is one of the best songs ever made.

Yeah.

I don't make the rules.

And it always reminds me of

Come Wake Me Up by Rascal Flats, which is also an amazing song.

I mean, everything by Rascal Flats is an amazing song.

I am having a Rascal Flats renaissance.

Like two mornings in a row, I got ready to Rascal Flats.

And obviously, when we think of Rascal Flats, we think of the hits, right?

Life is a Highway, Bless the Broken Road.

And I've always liked

their less popular songs more, but I'm having a Renaissance with a couple of really random songs.

Like, tell me what's better than How They Remember You by Rascal Flats.

Pierre G.

Nothing.

Nothing.

And then, oh my god, today I was listening to that song.

They had low-key covered a lot of sensitive topics in their songs.

Obviously, Sarah Beth is Scared to Death, a song about cancer.

I forgot they also have a song about trigger warning, suicide.

They, um,

it must have been, and I was literally crying.

It was like, it's really beautiful.

It must have been a place so dark.

You couldn't see the light.

Like, seriously, chilling.

Then there's Here Comes Goodbye.

Really, really tough.

Like, they're covering heavy subjects.

They are everything.

They are.

And we are on Rascal Flats watch.

And as soon as we know what that vague post was about, like, you will hear it first from us.

Jackie.

We're kind of like the breaking news source.

Jackie, what do you mean?

Every time something happens in the world, people are like, do a breaking, like a toast emergency podcast.

Like, no, not unless Rascal Flats announces a reunion tour.

Are we doing a toast emergency podcast?

Jackie, what am I doing?

Watching out for Rascal Flats' announcement.

Exactly.

Our next story, Danny Amendola might have someone to call in the middle of the night if he gets arrested because

Xandra Pohl is fueling the Danny Amendola dating rumors at the Dancing with the Stars taping.

So as the official Xandra and Danny watch podcasts,

the sports illustrated swimsuit model Zandra fueled speculation that she's dating NFL star Danny Amendola by attending the Dancing with the Stars season 33 premiere to support his debut as a celebrity contestant.

During the episode, she was spotted sitting in the audience next to Danny's mom, Rose.

At one point, she's 23, the 23-year-old, smiled wide as she applauded one of the dance performances.

Just a reminder, Danny is 38.

This is not the first time they've sparked eating rumors.

Yeah, we just need to

put that in context.

That's crazy.

Back in June, they were photographed sitting together at Tom Brady's Patriots Hall of Fame induction at Gillette Stadium.

So if you are a Xandra watchdog like I am, before she was even on screen at Dancing with the Stars, we knew she was there because when you live in dancing, I mean, when you are on Dancing with the Stars, you have to live in this apartment complex.

And it's like very

recognizable to anyone who is

familiar with the show because a lot of the people like do Instagram content from there.

And you just know it looks, it's like a very

recognizable look.

And Xandra went to LA a couple days ago.

So, you know, when you're a TikToker like that, you make vlogs about everything.

So we knew she traveled because she made her travel vlog.

And then she's making, you know, her regular content about like food.

She's trying Erewhon, and she's clearly in a Dancing with the Stars apartment.

So, we knew where I was.

They're like classic, like modern apartments.

You look like model homes, kind of.

Like, they're like classic, high-rise apartments.

Like, do you think that's like a romantic, nice place for a new relationship, or somewhere where a relationship like goes to die?

Well, I think it depends, right?

Danny Amandola is independently wealthy, as is Xandra.

They're used to the finer things in life.

Yes, I do think this apartment is a step down for them.

I think, you know, Anna Delvey, who spent time in prison and then lives in like a scary apartment, I think this apartment is fabulous.

And I want to talk about Anna Delvey, right?

Everybody's like, Anna Delvey had danced with the stars.

Did you see they made a sequin ankle monitor?

Her ankle monitor matches her outfit.

Why is she wearing an ankle monitor?

She's on probation.

Right.

Okay.

No, you're on house arrest when you wear an ankle monitor, and she wore it all through her house arrest.

She lives in LA now.

She's not home.

Wouldn't her monitor be going off the whole time?

So you think it's fake?

I don't know, but like, why why is she wearing a monitor?

You don't wear a monitor when you're on probation, do you?

I have no idea.

That's for house arrest.

And she's not

arrest her.

Or she's wearing an ankle monitor, a fake one, to like get people talking.

And it's a bit.

I think it's for shtick.

And in which case, like, I'm so over the shtick in general.

And now knowing that it's not even like a functional ankle monitor.

It's like such a funny shtick to be a criminal calm woman, ha ha ha.

Steal people's money.

I'm laughing so hard.

Right.

And like Anadelvey stole from like big banks and stuff.

So like nobody really cared.

But like she could have been, if she had stolen from like, you know, people's retirement funds, like, you know, teachers' pensions and things, we would be singing a different tune.

A crime is a crime, bitch.

And she stole from her friends who were like working in hotels and we're just trying to get by.

And she stole thousands to go like to Morocco.

Oh, yeah, from that girl, Rachel.

Yeah.

That honestly.

Theft is theft.

I agree.

And so I am not like keeping up with Dancing with the Stars, but like I'm not voting.

And if I was, I wouldn't wouldn't be voting for her.

Coming out of Dancing with the Stars, there was a lot of news last night.

Apparently, like Pommel Horse Steven is obviously going to win.

Like he was the best.

Oh, really?

Yeah.

Well, how did Danny dance?

He danced pretty good, actually.

People really liked him.

And he can move.

So that's like half the battle.

But also to be a man celebrity on Dancing with the Stars, like to be the star and you're a man requires way less effort to get better scores.

Like those types of ballroom dancing, like the woman is the fixture, right?

Like and the man just sort of carries physically the girl.

Yes, it's easier.

Like you have to do less as a man to get a better score, but I think like it's easier to be a woman dancing.

Like, I don't know about that.

I think it is.

Well, Pamela Horse Steven did really well.

Danny did really well.

Phaedra did really well, which I don't think people were surprised by, but I was really happy to see.

I love Phaedra.

I'm really rooting for her.

Oh, that's so great.

So it looks like Xandra and Danny are dating and as the official, like, you know,

I'm so happy.

You are?

You ship.

I don't ship.

It's not that I ship.

Like, obviously him being 38 and her 23, like, is concerning for sure.

It's giving no frontal lobe.

The reason, and what I've always said when we talk about Xandra is like, I just want good things for her.

I feel like she is always being compared to Alex.

And like, she carved out this one little place for herself.

And she was doing Sports Illustrated.

And it was amazing.

Boom.

Alex does sports illustrated and she gets the cover.

It's like.

I fear that Xandra like constantly is living in the shadow of Alex and people always wondering like what happened between them.

And the internet very much took Alex's side.

They said like Zandra's a mean girl, even though the internet didn't even know what happened they've never actually said what happened so i just feel like i want xandra to have something for herself you know i thought it was sports illustrated it wasn't yeah but she could have like any boyfriend yeah and i like this one like in terms of fame level i don't like it enough yeah and i think what we learned from

Olivia Culpo is like Dan Amandola is like maybe not like the best guy.

Maybe not the best boyfriend.

He cheated on her.

Yeah.

So there's that, of course.

There's also the fact that he's like, aside from dancing for a living, he's not working as a football player anymore.

Like she's on her way.

Like, I just think

the timing's not great.

I agree.

He's like unemployed.

There was a time where she was rumored to be linked to a Kansas City Chiefs player.

And there was seriously one piece of evidence.

They went on a roller coaster together at like a Six Flags, and there was a picture of them sitting next to each other on the, like, when the, when the roller coaster takes a picture of you.

Yeah, yeah.

And that was it.

And I, when I heard that, I was so excited because it's like, okay, obviously Xandra, like everything she gets, Alex gets bigger and better.

But like, you know, Braxton like plays on the Dolphins and this guy plays on the Chiefs and the Chiefs are obviously like this hot young thing right now.

So I was like, okay, maybe she could get one thing over Alex.

Like, you know, not me pitting these two girls against each other when I'm sure they don't even think about each other.

But that's not what they do.

They do.

So I liked that.

I liked when she was having a moment with the Chiefs.

Like, that's exciting.

Maybe she would be in the box with Taylor.

Like, that's fun.

Yeah.

Well, that's not what's happening here.

I know.

No, the more I talk and think about it.

Like, she's at the Hall of Fame ceremonies, retired

AARP.

She's 23 years old.

Yeah, it's giving grandpa for sure.

I don't like it.

You definitely made me see it differently.

I kind of forgot the Damien Danny Amadola.

Like, she's not going to games.

No, she's not going to games.

And like, what's the point in dating an alley?

She's going to alumni conventions.

Yeah, yeah.

She's going to physical therapy.

So I just want more for her.

I agree.

I love how she's dancing with the stars and she's on TV.

But like, Yeah, that's huge.

That's huge.

It's maybe when Danny gets eliminated, like, it's time to break up.

When he gets eliminated from the show, he also gets eliminated from her heart.

He's dancing for his life.

It's so much more than a dance competition.

Like, his life is on the line.

And if he gets the Mirror Ball trophy, she gives him an extra six months.

Yeah, because then he'll be doing press and stuff.

And so it gives like the relationship a little bit more life.

But I agree.

I need her to date someone like a little bit more relevant.

Maybe add her to our list.

Is there anyone on our list?

We need to break it up into two lists.

lists of like our list of like this list sucks no it's just there's like men on this list like sandra and bill hayer i don't think so honestly no i'm kidding

he's i don't even know the list is just a mess i know we need this

mess the list needs a reorg

it does we need like subsets based on

gender

and based on age and also based on based on eligibility have those people are not even single We just keep them on because they're non-corners.

And also, like, based on status.

Oh, yeah.

Like, it needs to be ranked in order, like a famous to least famous.

Like, is there a glamorous celebrity on there?

Number one.

Yeah, like, Harry Styles shouldn't be the same as, like, Noah Centenio.

Agreed.

Sandra and Shaq.

My work is done.

Sandra and Shaq.

I love it.

Even though he's seriously 40 years older than her.

Yeah.

Shaq and and Chloe, I'll never give it up.

Never gonna give you up.

Literally.

Never gonna give you up.

Classicala.

Never gonna give you up.

Never gonna give you damn.

She added like a little riff to

pardon.

Pargy.

I'm so happy for Sandra.

Just like being on TV, you know?

Yeah.

Yeah.

And I just like talked about

she looked really beautiful.

She is.

She's a timeless beauty.

Yeah, but I felt like she was looking like a very very natural glam.

Yeah, I agree.

Very much like sitting with my boyfriend's mom look.

Yeah, it's giving Donna and Taylor in a smaller capacity.

Yes, it is.

You know?

Are you ready for our next story?

Number four?

Number three.

Oh, yeah.

Really?

You're chugging along slowly today.

I'm like, I got nowhere to be.

Except I got to go see that new office space.

Office space.

But I have time.

Sometimes the Long Island just creeps out.

It happens to me all the time.

It happened to me the other day.

I was like,

put it away.

Yeah, I was like,

we're going out.

No, I don't even remember what I said, but it really just sort of creeps up.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Whack a mole.

Are you ready for our next story?

Pharrell Williams did an interview with the Hollywood Reporter and has some things to say about celebrities who endorse political candidates.

So Pharrell wants celebs to zip it when it comes to politics.

He told the Hollywood Reporter, I don't do politics.

In fact, I get annoyed sometimes when I see celebrities trying to tell you who to vote for.

There are celebrities that I respect that have an opinion, but not all of them.

I'm one of them people who say, what the heck?

Shut up.

Nobody asked you.

I do think a lot of like lay people say that when celebrities give their opinions.

This is what I was thinking.

And I have a thought like on celebrity endorsements that I'll get into, but it's like everybody like hates celebrity endorsers until they endorse the person that they like.

Like it's just, I feel like it's half and half.

Like if the person, if a celebrity you like is endorsing someone you like, you're like, thank you for using your platform.

This is so important.

But if a celebrity endorses someone you don't like, you're like, well, what do celebrities know anyway?

They didn't even go to college.

Right.

Well, he didn't endorse anyone in this.

He said, when people get out there and get self-righteous and they roll up their sleeves and shit and they're out there walking around with a placard, it's like, shut up.

This is an interesting take.

I feel like we don't get this a lot from actual celebrities.

We get it more from like label.

But I do think he has like a pretty decent point.

And I think that's how a lot of people feel when celebrities make political endorsements, mostly because like the level, the way that celebrities live like is not akin to the way that most people live.

So like when they're going to tell you who to vote for, it's like, you don't know my life.

You don't know my struggles.

Like we are very different.

And we're all very different as people.

And I think that's why it's politics used to be like a very personal thing.

I just just also think like the concept of telling someone who to vote for feels so odd to me.

And I feel like it

like it's this almost awkward, like unethical line because everybody, and no matter, you know, people might lie and say that they don't, but everybody's voting for their own self-interest, right?

Whether you're like a woman, whether you're a Jew, whether you're black, like you're looking for your, like, who's looking out for your best interest, right?

Right.

And so to be told who to vote for, I've always found it's like a little icky and it's like if you're gonna share who you're voting for it's like okay but if you're gonna like say that this is the right one you know regardless it and especially if you're a celebrity who lives so disconnected from like how normal people like everyone has their issues right like if you're voting because you want to buy a house or you can't pay your bills or you're like whatever your your issue of choice is

those don't really apply to celebrities right like So it does feel, I get what he's saying, but then there's the other side of the coin.

And I feel like people like will just say one of these two things based on who, what their personal political preference is.

But like, there is the other thing.

It's like you feel so passionate, right?

Like, so even a celebrity, it might come off out of touch and like, who cares?

You like, don't know what it's like down here.

There is that also, like, this person feels this calling almost to the point.

Yeah, they feel like they're saving the world.

Yeah.

So.

But again, I think you're just going to say one of those two things based on if you agree with what that person's saying, right?

Right.

But I think if you look at it like as a whole, not talk about like one person or another.

And I think this is something that we felt really frustrated on for like years now in

the celebrity entertainment world is that it does become like so political.

And it's, I, I, it's our philosophy in general that like those things should stay apolitical.

I feel like for most

of time they were and like only recently has everything become like it just makes everything so polarizing.

And I think as a general rule, like it's not like, oh, when one person does it or another person does it, you don't like it.

But like as a general rule, it's a good one.

Yeah, because it's like something should be fun and like not so serious all the time.

Like, life is hard.

I think any person who's grown up and who's just trying to like either feed their family, pay their bills, get a job, go to college, like, it's hard, right?

And so, there should be things that we can enjoy that are fun and light, and for moments, just let us forget.

And I feel like for so long, celebrities, pop culture was that, and it definitely has gotten really tangled.

I also think it's like a case-by-case celebrity like with the with who like who the celebrity is.

Like, do you hate the celebrity?

Yeah, but also, like, a case-by-case case, on the, based on who the celebrity is, like,

some celebrities are like really stupid, right?

But, and like other celebrities, like, are smarter, more educated, or just like more well-thought out.

And some of them are just like

are not that, you know, right?

So, I think this is obviously coming on the heels of the Taylor endorsement, which I also think is different because some celebrities could endorse and doesn't move the needle, right?

Like, okay, and who cares?

Taylor, there's a difference between being like a famous person and being an influential person.

Yeah.

And so I think that's why there were all these eyes on Taylor because I think she does move the needle and people really do care what she thinks.

And I think he's obviously was asked this question, like, because now it's being spoken about.

Well, I think also like everybody's jumping in to the, like,

I guess it gets on Taylor because when she does something, she's the biggest person to do it.

But like, everybody's doing it.

It's, it's the season.

I'm sure that the Hollywood Reporter like wanted him to give his take on politics and instead he said this, right?

Which is an interesting take.

It's a take and it's kind of not a take we hear a lot and I think a lot of people would say, well, you're saying this from a point of privilege.

But, you know, Pharrell is a black man.

Like he, this is his.

But I think every celebrity giving their opinion on politics is saying it from a point of privilege.

Like the privilege is there.

I'm curious, like, you know, people who are

celebrity obsessed, pop culture obsessed, people who listen to the show, like, do you prefer that your celebrities share their politics or you prefer that they don't?

Yeah, it's a good question.

I guess it just depends on what your politics are, right?

Because there are like 1% of celebrities who are Republican and the rest are Democrats.

So if you're a Democrat, you love it.

But if you're a Republican, you don't, right?

That's like the thing.

That's like the unspoken thing.

Right, right.

They're like, I could literally count on like, it's like, no, in this article, at the bottom, it's like all the celebrities who have endorsed Kamala.

And then for the ones who are endorse Trump, it's like Savannah Christley, Roseanne, Kid Rock, Hulk Hogan, Elon.

Right.

So I think at the end of the day, your take on this as it pertains to celebrities is really going to be colored by your political preference.

Because if you love Kamala, you love that your favorite celebs love her too.

Yeah.

If you love Trump, it's hard because everybody's like disagreeing with you.

So at the end of the day, this conversation really is mute.

It really just depends on your preference.

Right.

So like if we could roll it back, you know, and make it so that it was an apolitical sphere, I think that would be nice for everyone.

Right.

But that's not where we're at.

No, it's not.

However, it does feel like, and I saw in like, Frell got some heat for this, and then people were saying in 2016, like he endorsed Hillary.

So it actually feels like he's walking back on that of like having

of having once like gotten into politics and now being like celebrity should stay out of it.

Right.

It's like

never gotten into it.

Maybe the pendulum is like swinging a little bit of people realizing, hey, we like stepped into this thing and it's gotten really messy.

Like maybe

the party of fun.

You know, it's like, why can't some things just be fun?

Yeah, we're trying.

Desperately.

Yeah.

So that's that on that.

That's what Pharrell's up to.

I haven't heard from Pharrell in a while.

I feel like he doesn't like do interviews.

I was watching something about Pharrell recently.

What was it?

Her husband loves Pharrell.

Yeah.

Pharrell is like, he was like singing us or a music video or something.

Maybe a documentary.

Oh, we were talking about his documentary is going to be in Legos.

Classic Pharrell.

Classic Pharrell, I guess.

Are you ready for our next story?

I guess it's like Legos adjacent.

Sure.

Oh, my God.

Margo Robbie and her husband.

Margot Robbie and her husband, Tom Ackerly, are set to produce The Sims movie as they aim to have an impact similar to her hit, Barbie.

So six months after it was first reported that Margo Robbie and her husband Tom Ackerly were producing The Sims movie, the news has been confirmed.

EA, the company that has published the long-running video game franchise, formally announced the project on Tuesday.

They are both producing through their Lucky Chat production company, and Kate Heron will set to direct the film.

The Sims world is like a part, a core part of Millennial Childhood that completely bypassed us.

I have never played Sims in my life.

I don't even know what the hell it is, but it's like a part of culture, the way people talk, oh, you look like a Sims.

Like it's so.

I guess because it's like the simulation.

And I think that actually this is going to be an amazing movie.

If done right.

Well, Margaret.

Yes, yeah, like

living in a simulation.

Right, which is also very

relevant.

Yeah.

Do you think we're living in a simulation?

No, I think, like, not to be like lame, but I think like believing you living in a simulation like goes against God.

I do think that.

No, I believe.

Hashem is not simulation.

I believe we live in God's version of a simulation, like, and he's the only one playing the game.

But he also gives us free will to make choices, but he knows what choices we're going to make.

Right.

So yeah, it's definitely an like an atheist thing.

Yeah, no, no.

I, I think if you like not to sound so like

faithful, Bibley, yeah.

But like, if you really believe in God, you can't believe we're living in a simulation.

Yeah.

Like, how would you explain similar?

Now say 10 Hail Marys.

How would you explain Yellowstone?

Like, that's not a simulation.

That's the beauty of God.

Yeah.

Oh, for sure.

Oh, I thought you were going to say, how can you explain simulation if if we're, how can you explain Yellowstone if we're not living in a simulation?

No, if we are, whatever.

Yeah, of course.

There are certain things that are...

The birds chirping.

Even something as small as an apple is simple and somehow complex.

Exactly.

Like, that's not Sims.

Sorry.

Not even that.

Not even if you believe in God.

If you believe in science, you can't believe we're living in a simulation.

Because I think a lot of the things that we think of, like as something even as small as an apple, is other people would see it as like science and nature.

We see it as God.

We see it as God invented science.

Yeah.

Yeah, right.

You know what I mean.

Like, I don't think that you can believe we're living in a simulation if you believe in science, if you believe in nature, if you believe in God.

And the people who think we're living in a simulation.

And I said to the Lord unto thee, there shall be simulation.

The people who think we're living in a simulation, like who's controlling the simulation?

Okay, I also have a hot take.

Ready?

And it's not even hot.

People who like talk about simulations, like we're living in a simulation, like you're not funny, interesting, or cool.

Talk about something new.

It's stupid and we're obviously not living in a simulation.

Like, why why don't you go be original and think of something funny to say that's not about simulations?

And go then cook it in your crock fault liner.

No, I think seriously, when people are like,

we're not living in a simulation, like, shut up.

It's giving moist.

No, and it's like, yeah, when something crazy happens, it's like you can't think of anything intellectually interesting to say.

So you say, we're living in a simulation.

Yeah, no, it's like literally just an earthquake.

There's an actual scientific reason for why it happened.

Not a glitch in the matrix.

Yeah.

Like I just, I hate that sort of dumb humor, honestly.

Well, anyways, The Sims movie is coming, is coming at you.

I'm not like highly anticipated for it, but I do know that there are people that are.

Like some people's childhoods are like defined by Sims.

I could see the aesthetic of this movie like being very like kind of like almost Stepford wivesy, like robots on a big, on a street, like cat and cat.

Every house is the same.

Like, hi, hi.

And then something like blows up The Sims.

No, and there's like a woman who like lives in one of the houses and one day she like defects yeah yeah and that's played by margo robbie um and i would see that 100

i love the a metaphor to step forward wise that comparison i love i would see it one year after it comes out 100 yeah of course we're almost due to see it ends with us you know we'll see it in a couple of months did you see that it ends with us

like has broken the record for the biggest um box office for a mid-size movie like it's not a blockbuster budget, but they made over like $300 million.

No, the movie was incredibly successful.

And Justin Baldoni being like a, not a first-time director, but a very inexperienced director, having a movie cross that kind of sale line is huge.

Like he's going to become a huge director because of it.

Like that's a major

achievement for him.

I feel like I did that.

Okay.

Not to like sound sick.

Didn't see the movie, clowned on him for months.

I did that shit.

Do you feel, and correct me if I'm wrong, do you feel like i started the justin baldoni stuff like people were whispering about it and there was a couple tick tocks that really made it like major but i feel like i played a major part for me in that conversation for me in my world like in my life yes but no i'm saying in the landscape of culture like am i am i patting myself on the back too much because i really feel like i can't say because it only came to me through you so i i you started it for me yes but i don't know how much it was out there before and maybe like us talking about it like maybe you saw these niche rabbit holes but like we have this like massive global audience and us like putting a spotlight on it.

Like, I'm sorry, Blake.

I thought we were helping.

We tried.

Like, we actually like didn't even come into it trying to help.

Like, we actually had our preconceived notions about her.

But the more that we saw and the more she like really was becoming so wronged, the more we tried to help.

And I think the more we hurt the situation.

I completely agree.

Like, I majorly, we stepped in it and I apologize.

I'm sorry.

Everyone that we root for, like, everyone hates.

And that's

It's so true.

Like we're always somehow on the wrong side.

Choosing the wrong side.

Choosing the wrong side in terms of popular opinion, but not in terms of ethics.

And I stand by that.

We are hella ethical.

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Our fifth and final story, a news story that has captured the world.

An eight-year-old girl takes her mother's car on a 25-minute joyride to Target.

Literally,

if you thought Margo motivated you to start driving, this eight-year-old girl.

When I saw this, an eight-year-old girl drove 25 did you feel shame and she only hit one mailbox on her way to target she parked in the parking lot and got a frappuccino like i've not even treated myself to such an indulgence no the parking was actually really what impressed me because those parking the only accident i've actually ever gotten into

was in a

supermarket parking lot like it wasn't even a crazy parking lot i just felt very nervous it was there was a lot going on it was like a beach

it was yeah jackie was playing shower by becky g like being loud and annoyed making snapchat videos yeah

i mean there's all sorts of threats on the road, and you have to be aware for all of them.

Dancing in the mirror, singing in the shower.

So, an eight-year-old Ohio girl is home safe after she took her mother's car.

She took her mother's car and drove to Target 25 minutes away as her family and police searched for her.

According to the Bedford Police Department service report obtained by people by Today.com, officers responded to a 911 call on September 15th, just just before 9 a.m., after the family discovered the girl was missing.

They reported that the eight-year-old was last seen by the family nearly two hours earlier.

So they posted to their Facebook, the police department: Well, I finally found a woman who's in more of a hurry to shop at Target than my wife.

More of a hurry by eight years.

That's right.

An eight-year-old took mommy's car this morning and drove to Target in Bainbridge to shop.

Thankfully, she made it and was immediately located by Bainbridge Police.

She's now home safe.

Not sure what she bought or if she was able

or if she was even able to use her Target app to save 5%.

percent we did let her finish her frappuccino we're not mean

these like local police department social media accounts like always have like a sassy tone no and you like and you know they didn't know that this was about to become like the biggest story in the country that would capture everyone is talking about this because obviously like it's extremely relatable like everybody just wants to go to target um and you know what i didn't even realize like the scary part of this and her family must have been so relieved like your child goes missing that's like every parent's worst fucking nightmare right and the car was missing

So, no, but someone could have taken the car and the kid.

Right.

Your logical assumption is not that she drove.

Unless, like, you know something about her and she's been asking to drive for a while.

She's like, or even starting them young.

Yeah, she got like halfway to the car.

She grabs the keys.

So many questions.

I actually do think like we need an interview.

If Ellen were around, like she would be interviewing this girl, and that's definitely a loss for society because you need to know like, how did she know how to get there 25 minutes away?

Like, did she put it into Netflix?

That is so true.

Or had she had it down path?

Like, is she kind of a genius?

Now, my thought was also, you're telling me, like, I can't drive three minutes in this city without getting a ticket.

This queen was able to drive 25 minutes, like, undetected.

She probably couldn't even see over the steering wheel and not get pulled over.

Like, this is actually a very poor reflection on the traffic department of this police department.

Yeah, the police department that's having their moment.

It's like, well, now we're asking questions.

But it also makes me curious, like, what skilled level of driver she was.

I'm finally finishing this book that I'm reading, Bad Therapy.

And towards the end, they're talking about how like in different cultures, they give kids like tasks to do on their own independently from a very young age.

And it's like really good for children developing like confidence, independence, and overall, that's good for their mental health.

And how like in Japan, they'll send a three-year-old to the supermarket half a mile away with a shopping list like and some money and they like as a one it's I'm in a series called Netflix called like old enough and it's there are these like things that they do to like acclimate their children to society eight-year-olds like take the bus in Japan and and they all like, you'll see groups of kids in Japan, like doing things together.

And it's like really good for them to become like functioning adults.

Meanwhile, like kids in America, like they're delaying getting their license.

They don't want to go to college.

They can't function when they get there.

And it's like actually doing small, not small, actually big things where you feel like you have agency over your life.

Like this girl is going to grow up to be the president of the United States, like the way that she has agency over her life.

She probably felt so accomplished when she not saying that anyone should do this or that I would ever, but like this is queen of behavior.

This is someone who's ready to get after it.

I'm in agreement that it's definitely queeny behavior.

So many things could have gone wrong, and I'm so glad that she's safe, like from, you know, she wasn't abducted and that she actually made it and she didn't crash.

Like, so many things could have gone wrong.

Somebody could have seen her alone at Target, scooped her right up.

So I have a pit for like the potential of what could have gone wrong.

Yeah, they could have scooped her.

It's such a crazy story.

I have so many questions.

And you're right.

We need a sit-down interview with this girl.

I'm sure she'll be

what kind of car it was, because that sounds like a pretty easy car for like a small person to drive.

Like, I just am, I'm very curious about the logistics.

Like, Toyota Camry sales just went way up.

Where in the parking lot did she park?

Did she not park between two cars?

That's a classic move of a novice driver.

Yeah, or maybe it was just like a really empty parking lot.

Or she kind of like ditched the car.

Right, like she was done with it.

Like, she got to her destination.

She, like, left it running.

Is there even a photo of the girl?

No, I haven't seen anything.

I'm having a hard time visualizing.

i need to see what she looks like that would be immensely helpful maybe she's like a big eight you know right right she could be my size technique like ours five foot at eight she could right it would be crazy but anything's possible or she could be a small like eight and did she bring her booster seat

Maybe she did throw like her booster seat, but then how would her feet reach?

Yeah, I also sometimes see videos of kids and it's always it's like other countries where like they literally drive and they drive at like eight years old and it's and that also gives me inspiration.

Like, if they can do it, they're driving on the highway.

Like,

I can do this.

You can.

And I shall.

There's no way that this girl had to drive on the highway.

Like, there's no way she would have been able to figure out exits.

I don't think she had to.

And I don't think that that would, like, your local target, you usually don't need to get on the highway.

Where does she live?

In Bedford, Ohio.

She was at the Bainbridge Target.

Is that your local target?

Grab the security footage.

Yeah, literally.

I'm not super familiar with like the typography, geography of

Ohio.

So I'm not sure if you have to take a highway, but I have to imagine that she didn't.

No, I feel like you should be able to get to your target without the highway in general, right?

No.

In suburbia?

Like, no.

Like, you take one exit off the highway.

Like, it's not a big deal.

I guess.

Yeah, maybe you can take the back roads.

Maybe she did MapQuest and No Highways.

MapQuest?

What are you?

A hundred?

Well, she had to get the directions and you could do no highways.

You could also do it on Tesla.

You could do it on anyway.

Maybe she did self-drive on Tesla.

You know, I was thinking that too.

But

I don't think so because you want to know what, if it was, that would be in the article because anytime a Tesla does anything wrong or someone in a Tesla gets in an accident, it is always in the story that it was a Tesla.

It's like, thanks.

But I don't care about the Toyota Corolla getting in an accident.

Well, because they're not.

Safest cars on the road.

No kidding.

Like every car gets into accidents, but when it's a Tesla, they always tell you because like they're trying to take down Tesla.

They're like the new, no, and they're like the new hot thing that are supposed to be like better and different.

Yeah, they're trying to take down Tesla, even though they want us all to be driving electric cars.

Like, make it make sense.

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Hello, swirlies.

I got a new job in sales, and the team I'm a part of is all men.

My new manager asked me if I wanted to be a part of the team's fantasy football league.

I told my fiancé and he was annoyed that I said yes.

I asked why and he said out of respect for him, I should have declined because it's all men.

Okay, Zach from Secret Lives.

Literally.

I told my fiancé that he was being ridiculous.

Am I in the wrong?

Should I get out of this league that I already committed to?

Sincerely, a confused and annoyed toaster.

No, no, you're literally being gaslit.

There's nothing weird about this.

Is it a nude fantasy league?

Like, no.

No, and you already, you work with all men.

It's not like you went over to the men's corner.

You only hang out with the men in the office.

Like, this is just the demographic of the office.

I feel like it speaks to like serious insecurities within him and points to like larger issues down the road that he either needs to nip in the bud and get a hold of.

But this is not something that you should give on because that sets the stage for like going forward that this is how things are going to be.

And

you need to put your foot down now before like things get worse and you do get married.

This is one of these like really hard situations where I just want to like press that button, break up.

Like, I know.

Like, technically, he doesn't do anything crazy, right?

Like, you're not in danger.

This, to me, is so deal breaker worthy.

Like, I hate this man.

That's really crazy.

That's giving

possessive.

That's giving narcissist.

Like, it's, you're right.

It's so Zach from Secret Lives and Mormon Wives, which is like the worst comparison.

If anybody ever compared my husband to Zach, I'd be like, get out of here.

Yeah.

But, you know, if everything else that he does in his life and in the day is perfect, then like, this is a man that you should make it work with.

He had one, like, I'm in the, like, I feel like as I get older and we do these things?

Yeah, I'm in the, like, I just, I feel like that's growing up is realizing like human beings are complex.

It's never going to be perfect.

And like, if you love someone and you have this shared values, which I, you're engaged, like, I'm assuming that you have these like important things in common.

And yes, if this were an issue that continued to get worse until he's Zach from Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, like I, I'm, I too would, would lean for that button.

But before that button, like, I really think that things are workable.

Yeah, of course.

But now, let me ask you a question, dear reader.

Is

your husband like Zach from Sex Fiancé?

Is your fiancé like Zach from Sex Lives and Mormon Wives in other ways?

Or is this like the first time he's ever really resembled him?

Yeah, and maybe like he thought it was like cool and macho to say this, but the minute you put him in his place, he's going to go with his tail between his legs.

Like,

what's his personality really like?

So that's why I'm not quick to hit the button, but I do think you put your foot down now so that this is not a precedent that you set in your marriage.

She's 100%.

Because if that's not the kind of marriage that you want,

then you need to make sure that's not the kind of marriage that you will have.

Precedent is everything here, Swirley.

Precedent is everything.

All right, next up.

Hey, Jackson Turdy, love you guys.

Since last year, I have lived with my boyfriend, his sister, and her boyfriend.

The sister and her boyfriend were living in the master suite of the house, but a few months ago, they broke up and he has since moved out.

We start again.

Hey, Jackson Turney, love love you guys.

You are glamorous.

I just want to hear that.

I love you too.

Love you too.

Since last year I have lived with my boyfriend,

his sister and the sister's boyfriend.

Okay.

The sister and her boyfriend were living in the master room, master suite of the house, but a few months ago they broke up and he has moved out.

Now, me and my boyfriend have asked if we can switch rooms so we can have the master.

I am so tired of sharing a tiny bathroom, a one-person closet.

She is refusing, though, and she gets mad when we bring it up.

We just don't think it's fair to all pay the same amount for rent, but she gets way more room than us.

Are we the crazy ones for thinking that we deserve the master?

You should have never been paying the same amount of rent

if one person had a bigger room than another person.

Like that's in every apartment.

Even when I had an apartment with some girlfriends, like we all paid a little bit more or less depending on who had the biggest room, who had better bathrooms.

That's just, you set a bad precedent.

I'm sorry to tell you.

Of course.

And that's shocking to me.

That's so unfair.

And I think that if she won't switch rooms with you guys, then you guys should move out.

Or you guys should start paying way less rent.

And by the way, now that she's single, not to like, you know, add insult to injury, she's not able to afford more rent, most likely.

So being like, we have felt that this was unfair for a while.

So we are prepared to leave.

Yeah.

Unless you want to give us the master and you shouldn't pay more for the master because she wasn't.

Right, right, right, right.

Because now it's

very complicated.

No, you need to do a proper sit-down and say, we would like the master.

If you do not want to give it to us, like we are moving out.

And that's just, that's what's, that's on what's fair.

Or, because, like, maybe they don't want to move, it's a pain in the ass.

You say, we want the master and we want to pay the same amount that you're paying.

If you are not prepared to move, we are either prepared to move out or have you start paying a third more of the rent.

You have a much bigger room, square footage-wise, you have a bigger bathroom, bigger closet.

Like you, in any realistic, any realistic person would, would say that the master bedroom versus a regular guest room gets separate

rents.

And be prepared to walk.

You've got to have to be prepared to walk away.

Yeah.

I feel like that's like what they say is like key to negotiation.

Yes, the person who's able to walk away has the power.

I am not a good negotiator, but I am always prepared to walk.

So maybe I am.

That's true.

You know?

I'm definitely always prepared to sit.

Not these days with your constant.

So true.

I feel bad for you.

Like, this sucks.

Yeah, but you kind of fall yourself into a bad situation.

But I understand sometimes.

You're taking for a ride.

When you're the girlfriend, like you just want to get along.

Oh, yeah, we'll pay the same.

Yeah, we can miss up with your sister, but you've gotten yourself to a bad place.

All being the yes man, look where it got you.

Yeah, agreed.

All right, our third and final.

Hey, Swirlies, huge toaster here with a huge dilemma.

I've been dating my boyfriend for five years, and things are great, except I have a slight problem with his mother.

Every time we go out to dinner with his family, his mom tells the waiter that it's my birthday.

At the beginning, I understood she was trying to be funny, but anyone who knows me well knows that I hate attention.

So I just find it odd that she's still doing this five years in.

I also feel weird scamming these restaurants for a free dessert when we have plenty of money and we don't need to do something like this.

Should I do something about it or should I just put up with how uncomfortable it makes me feel?

Please help a girl out.

This is a nightmare.

Nightmare.

It's also like a really weird thing, like personality-wise, for your mother-in-law to be doing like she should be embarrassed.

I agree with all of your reasonings.

And I almost think though, like asking her to stop like makes it even more weird, you know, because it's like, it makes you look like a baby almost, but you're 100% right.

Yeah.

Your husband has to say something.

Yeah, or she should do it.

Or like your boyfriend should say something.

And if she really needs to get like a free cake at every meal, like have it be your boyfriend's birthday.

To me, I think the worst part is like sitting there while people saying happy birthday to me.

It's hard enough when it's your actual birthday, but at least like you're working on your wish.

Like you're, you're feeling excited.

It's once a year.

You're trying to be grateful.

Also, how often are you going to dinner with her?

But say it's even a couple times a year at minimum.

Like that's too many times.

There's a reason why it's only once a year.

No, that's like really low key lame of this lady.

Like she needs hobbies.

This is so illusory.

And you know what?

If it bothers you, like, normalize speaking out against things that make you uncomfortable.

Okay.

But, like, she's still the girlfriend, Claudia.

What have we learned?

Like, I feel like I'm like, have to behave.

I like the idea of you telling the waiter, like, listen, my mother-in-law, like, she has a bad memory.

It's not my birthday.

Like, don't worry about the cake.

She's got the old dementia.

And then she's like sitting there anticipating it.

And then you guys just walk out.

Crazy Gran again.

I love that.

Yeah, no, I like hate this for you.

You're right.

The idea of sitting, even on your real birthday, is like uncomfortable.

even if you like attention which i do like it's always like

hey like stop

and now like going through that knowing you're scamming this restaurant it's not your birthday you kind of hate your future mother-in-law like there's a lot more for you to think about in that awkward moment so you're totally justified in disliking it jackie's take of like you being the girlfriend and just putting up with it is valid but like five years like

also where's your ring yeah you need to get engaged unless you're like against not against but like you don't want to get married and you're happy being a girlfriend forever.

Or unless you guys are like 19.

Right.

Been together since we were 14.

12.

Yeah, I guess barring those exceptions, but I think like, you know, the majority, it's like.

Right.

If you get engaged, this would solve your problem.

I don't know.

I think you keep a lid on it till you're the wife.

Like, yeah.

You know what I mean?

No, I'm saying if you become, like, if you focus all your energy now, not on the cake, but on getting engaged.

The cake thing will remember.

Every time you're married, you could take the cake and throw throw it at the wall.

Correct.

Yeah.

Don't do that because it has to clean it up.

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