A Make It Work Moment: Friday, June 21st, 2024

Good morning, Millennials.

Welcome back to the toast and happy Friday.

Oh my god.

Oh my god, like OMG.

Joyous.

Joyful, joyful, Lord, we adore thee.

I love sister act.

Hi, speaking of sister

and actresses.

Yeah, how are you?

I am good.

Tert, I am doing well.

I'm wearing our final piece of merch.

I think I've worn the entire collection on the show this week.

Actually, I didn't wear the t-shirt, but I'm wearing the sweatpants.

I wore the sweatshirt the other day.

Now I'm wearing the sweatpants.

I'm so cozy.

I love a merch launch week because it's a fantastic excuse to wear cozies on the show.

1000%.

You look good.

Thank you.

You look good.

I like your sweater.

Thank you.

So I was waiting to get called out.

I stole this sweater.

Jackie, I was at your house and we were going somewhere and I needed like just a nice shirt and I went in and I found this shirt.

It's from Zara.

It's like a million years old.

It's literally the cutest thing I've ever seen in my life.

I'm about to go take it because it's a little old and it's Zara.

So it's not like, you know, the most amazingly, I'm about to take it to the tailor and spend more money just like fixing up some of these buttons.

Like I want it to be perfect.

This, it's going to end up costing me more than the shirt originally cost.

It's so cute.

It's a perfect summer blouse.

Thank you for letting me.

I just saw it and I was like, I'm not even going to negotiate with you.

Like this shirt is mine now.

It's totally fine.

What's so crazy is I'm pretty sure I took it from Margo.

It's Sisterhood of the Traveling shirt.

Really shirt.

Really shirt.

Really turt.

Done.

So thank you for this.

I love this shirt.

I feel so like beautiful.

You look so beautiful.

My shirt today is Skim's.

Skimmy suit.

Toast sponsor.

We love to.

I've been really like engaging with the toast sponsors recently.

I just got a package, my honey love package.

I mean, I just got an email.

My honey love package has been delivered.

I have really been engaging with the toast sponsors.

I got a shipment from Cozy Earth.

And because I got new bedding and I did something smart where I got a different color of bedding so that I know which pieces belong to which.

I'm not reading labels.

Like, has everyone been doing that all the time?

I don't want to say anything negative about your home because I love it there.

And I remember the last time I gave some constructive criticism, I got in trouble.

But your linen closet is confusing.

And everything is for a queen-size bed, first of all, because I had a queen-size bed for so many years.

And how many queen-size beds do you have in your current home?

One.

When Bruno peed.

My old bed.

Right.

When Bruno peed on the guest bedroom bed, Jackie and I were tasked with changing the sheets.

We seriously were in that linen closet.

It was like one of the darkest times of my life.

Right.

So I reached out to Cozy Earth.

I'm like, can I please get, I need another set of king everything?

Because one thing about Bruno, he loves peeing on the bed.

And I like don't want to put my boy on blast.

Like, he literally did it two nights ago.

He peed on my bed.

No.

And he had just gone.

Usually when he has an accident, I'm like, oh, that's on me.

I know I didn't take you out in a timely manner.

He had gone out recently before that.

So now it's just like a fun thing he does and it's not going to work for mama.

No, no, there isn't a more annoying place a dog could pee.

It is so inconvenient.

And I've gone to a place because I'm actually, I have an excuse at least.

I'm like training a puppy.

He pees on the bed quite frequently.

And I've gone to a place where I am not changing the sheets.

Like I am soaking it up.

I am spot treating it and then I'm blow-drying it.

Like seriously?

Agreed.

Usually, Bruno, his favorite thing to do, aside from go to the Maldives and spend all his cash on Magnolia, is to go into the pillows, ruffle around in there, and sometimes leave a pee on our pillows.

So that, in that situation, you have to change the sheets because you can't be sleeping so close to your bedroom.

No, of course, but a pillow is kind of a dream.

It's just one pillowcase.

It's never just one pillowcase.

Not with that shry guy.

This time it was like towards the lower half of the bed.

Yeah, I spot treated it.

Mommy's not changing the sheets.

It's just not.

It can't happen.

Like, it's just not.

And every time I do it, I regret it.

And every time I do it, I wind up not sleeping with my bed complete.

I wind up sleeping on the mattress pad the first night because it's always at night, right?

Yeah.

And then I have no sheets.

So I sleep on the mattress pad with a blanket.

I don't get my bed back together for like four days.

It's a four-day process.

I want to say something really quickly, like two really quick housekeeping announcements.

Because when I arrived at my studio today, there is a fucking humming outside my window.

I don't know where it's coming from.

If it is being picked up on the mic, you're not hearing things.

I can't do anything about it.

It'll be gone, hopefully, by Monday.

If you're watching on YouTube, you might be saying, Turdy, what are you sitting on?

And I'm here to tell you.

I see.

I have purchased a tailbone pillow.

Like I got sick.

I'm being proactive.

I got sick of being in pain after sitting.

I am so comfortable right now.

It's like special pillow to release some of the pressure off your tailbone.

And I'll report back, but it's from Amazon.

And so far, I'm loving it, but it is so like not aesthetic, you know?

I can't see it from where I'm sitting.

Yes, this black thing right here.

Considering we have different butt pain because I don't have tailbone.

I have upper cheek.

This might work for you.

You think it would work for upper cheek?

I don't know.

I literally googled like tailbone pillow.

Why don't you Google like butt cheek pillow?

Yeah, I'm gonna also Google like butt cheek pain.

You know, maybe there's a community for me.

Well, I found my community, a lot of girls let me know they have the exact same issue, especially after losing weight.

And it's a pelvic floor issue that either therapy or certain like physical therapists like should be able to help with.

It's like an easy problem.

But what would I talk about if I didn't have my tailbone problem?

So you're saying you're skinny?

I mean, I wasn't saying that, but if you wanted to glean, yeah, you could like infer that from what I said.

You know who's a pelvic floor expert these days?

Who?

Lauren Elizabeth.

Do you know about her pelvic floor?

Is that from like birth?

Yeah.

She had like a whole or like the way she's, I'm like, know about the cervix, she knows about the pelvic floor.

We all come to these journeys in our own time and in our own ways.

And if we put all of our knowledge together, we're unstoppable.

Unstoppable.

And we're just unstoppable in general because it's Friday.

We both look amazing.

We have such a fabulous show.

I actually chose the stories today, which I was excited to do.

So yes, you sent me a bunch of stories and I just took a look at my usual sites and there were so many stories today.

I still haven't whittled them all down.

I'm using most of yours, but not all because there were so many stories.

I just want to say, and I feel like you're going to choose it, but I meant to text you.

Like, I could live without the Kylie Jenner one.

I just feel like we've had this conversation 55 times already.

I agree.

I was meant to write back to you and be like, are you sending this because like it seems like something we should talk about or because you want to talk about it?

Because I don't really want to talk about it.

Me neither.

I've said what I've said on record a thousand times and I'm not interested in having that conversation again and talking to like, you know, a wall.

Great.

Okay.

So I think three out of the five that you sent me are in the lineup.

The other two are wild cards.

We also have Queenie and Weenie, which is so exciting.

I was able to.

Pick my weenie, of course, as usual, instantly.

And I actually had two.

Like they were so I was overwhelmed with options.

Queenie took me a minute, but I got there.

And I'm so excited.

That's my favorite segment of the the week every Friday, Jackie, and I do a little game called Queenie and Weenie of the Week, where we give an award to somebody who acted like a queenie and somebody who acted like a weenie this week.

Now, it's not permanent.

You can be queenie one week, weenie the next, so don't get too comfortable.

That's not happened.

It's all in good fun.

Yeah.

It's weird.

No one's been weenie and then queenie.

I've been waiting for Normani's management to do something amazing with Normani so that I can take them from weenie to queenie, but they haven't dazzled me yet.

No, and like the album came out.

Right.

Like the opportunity is lost.

Yeah.

Okay.

So let's get into without further ado.

Oh, right.

So quick.

I don't know.

What else do you want to say?

I don't know.

I'm feeling so hustled now.

I had a very busy day yesterday of trying on seamless for our show.

Same.

It was a humbling experience, but not totally.

fruitless.

I got two dresses out of my big order.

That's something.

Mine was completely fruitless, except I learned something.

You know, it's always good when you can learn something.

I had placed like the biggest order from Revolve, and I was not even worried about what I was going to wear to these shows.

I'm like, I can always get something at Revolve.

Although it has been a minute since I ordered from Revolve, but for a while, it was really my go-to place for real clothes.

Like, not fast fashion.

It's a little bit more expensive, but it's always been worth it compared to all these other websites because it's real clothes.

No, and so many of the things that I have in my closet from years ago, like, are from Revolve.

Like, they will hold up.

They'll, you know, still have the seams intact.

Right.

But I want to ask if anybody else has had this experience recently because, like, I opened up a box of shit,

a box of crap, a box of, seriously, you could have mistaken it for Shein.

and i had sent you a couple of pictures jackie the stuff i didn't send you pictures of like seriously devastating and something has changed at revolve i something has changed within them i couldn't help but wonder what has changed at revolve like i the quality was crap and i wasn't being cheap like i placed a big order i wasn't planning on keeping everything god willing i could have but this was like i didn't i spared no expense we're playing the beacon theater this was me you know going balls to the wall and it was so disappointing it was so crappy so flimsy so wrinkly.

It was giving Sheehan.

It looked like the box like fell off the back of a truck.

I have so many thoughts and theories on what it could be.

Now, first, I want to give Rivalv the benefit of the doubt and say maybe it's a sign of the times.

These trying economic times and materials are suffering.

Costs are staying the same, usually increasing, and the materials are suffering.

Just like at the grocery store, now you get less chips in the bag because they want to keep the price of the bag of chips the same price.

They don't want to increase the bag of chips price, but they have to decrease the amount of product.

That's just, you know,

it's called shrinkflation and it's happening with tampons too a lot of women have been going to the doctor because they think their flow is getting heavier in an unnatural way but super tampons are not the size they were a year ago it's actually I just read all about this on TikTok women are like freaking out about tampon sizes Oh wow.

It's called shrinkflation.

Yes.

The bag of chips isn't going up in price, but the amount inside is, so their costs are going down.

Right.

So what would you prefer, though, as the consumer?

Because the cost of everything is going up.

These businesses are not charities.

Like like they still have costs to make.

I think they probably,

some of them.

Greedy.

Greedy, but most of them, like, this is what it costs to make it.

This is what it costs to sell it.

Shelf space, shipping, like, this is what it fucking is.

Would you rather have the bag of chips go up in price or have less chips in your bag?

At the end of the day, it's the same out of my pocket.

Yeah.

So I don't give a fuck.

I guess I just, I don't like when things change.

So leave the chips the same inside, you know?

Leave the same inside.

Okay, so the cost of chips goes up.

So always.

Anyway, I can't.

I have to say, maybe that's what happens with Revolve, like materials cost, and they're brands.

Like the materials cost more, we're using crappier materials to keep things at the same price.

That's one theory.

Second theory is maybe you've changed in your style a little bit.

Maybe you have a little bit more of an elevated style and you're looking for better made things.

Also, that could be about getting older.

I feel like fast fashion is sometimes, you know, younger pieces, trendier pieces, but now you want pieces that will stand the test of time.

By the way, that's fair.

It did occur to me that perhaps Revolve hasn't changed.

I have.

However, like you said, I have pieces in my closet that are from Revolve that I still love and I still wear and I still have in my rotation.

So I don't know.

Now, let me tell you my issue with Revolve because I went shopping on Revolve to get some options too.

And I'm sure I've changed too.

But everything on Revolve is naked, cutouts, breasts.

Like if you don't have fake breasts or no breasts, how are you wearing these things?

Everything is like that.

It's crazy.

Like just walking around naked now?

Yeah, no.

All the clothes are cropped, cut out, sleeveless, booby.

And that's never been.

I mean,

spaghetti straps, cut at the side, slid up to the pussy.

Like, where are the clothes?

Oh, and it charged you so much money to wear nothing.

But here's the other thing, because then yesterday I was like, all right, you know what?

Maybe I've evolved past Revolve.

Maybe it's time that I graduate to Forward, which is their sister website for more expensive pieces.

And I've always known, I don't know if I've ever bought anything on Forward, but yesterday was the first time I actually looked and I was really shook at the prices.

Like it's a jump.

It's not the next step.

It's a leap.

It's a leap.

It's Berndorfs.

Like it's those types of pricing.

And I feel like maybe that's intentional, like Revolve becoming much more, you know, flimsy and cheap so that if you're looking for real clothes, you have to shop on Forward.

But I didn't.

Like I did not buy one thing on Forward because it was just too expensive and everything was really gorgeous.

But like I'm, I want to, you know, spare no expense, but within reason.

Yeah.

Yeah, that's a nice theory that maybe Revolve is intentionally becoming crappier because it feels that way.

It feels like a shift It feels like a shift and I can own up to my part in it me too, but I've always like not been you know the thoughty style I've always had like a mature brand

look we've never been the target demo for revolve because we are you know big-breasted women We're like, you know, we don't have figures like the typical Revolve customer like young hot TikTok thing like but I've always been able to find things for myself high-waisted shorts tops that I like dresses that I like they have a like my whole closet is revolving.

So as much as, yes, I have changed, like not that much.

No, I agree, by the way.

I'm so glad we're having this conversation.

Me too.

I like literally everything was naked.

I think I was in the naked edit, perhaps.

So then this morning, Naked Girl Summer.

I placed a big order because I was talking about this on my TikTok and somebody recommended I had totally forgotten about Shop Op.

Let me tell you, I placed such a fabulous order from Shop Bop today.

And it was like, it was giving old school revolve.

It was giving right between Revolve and Forward because it was more expensive than Revolve, but nowhere near Forward.

It was like those mid-tier brands like Alexis, Zimmerman, like pricey and real, but not forward pricing.

Yeah, that reminds me of like Intermix.

I don't know how good their

e-commerce is.

So stay tuned for Shop Up.

Even though I interned there one summer, so I should know about their e-commerce.

You should.

But things change.

People change.

You should check out Tucker Nook.

I don't know if you're in New York yet because it's also very much like a southern style.

For tour?

Not for tour but just for daily life so all is that to say i have no dresses yet for tour and like now i have a pit about it i have two and a half

all we really need right now is two for the beacon you know we have a little bit of a

i have a beacon dress and i have a hampton's dress that second dress the flower one you guys aren't ready i need a departure so i'm like departure for your girl i'm kind of in anxiety about it like it's kind of like ruining my excitement for the upcoming live shows yeah you just have to place a ton of big orders i have like a lot of things coming in the next few days so do i don't have shit against the wall Hopefully I can get to a place of like, so I have two dresses that I got from Saks worked.

One dress worked, but it's, it's a backup dress.

It's not a showstopper.

And then I have one dress in my closet that you gave me that I haven't worn yet that I could also wear.

I love that on you.

So technically I have

four dresses

myself with.

Must be nice.

What do you mean?

You could wear the dress that you wore to Selene Deon, which also I want to try.

Yeah, of course, but I want to wear something new and fresh, Jack's for playing the big kid.

I tried on the dress that I wore to our Toast Aversary party, which I love that dress so much.

And I'm like, why not wear it again?

I know we took a million pictures.

It's likely, right?

Likely.

And I tried it on, and I literally was like transported.

I had deja vu in it.

I'm like, oh, I've seen you so many times, so many pictures, so many videos.

Like, I actually can't wear it again in such a public way.

It's like the girl has one dress.

It's the same brand as Celine Dionne dress.

Likely is fantastic.

Likely is fantastic.

And I also placed an order there yesterday.

It is extremely underrated and extremely affordable for dresses.

And it's been fantastic for a while.

I have dresses in my closet from, I want to say 10 years ago that are likely.

When we spoke at Miami University, I wore a really old Likely dress, but I was pregnant, so I just didn't zip it up the back, and I wore a blazer over it.

Likely.

Because

we are, you know, scrappy like that, you know?

We're going to make it work.

So don't worry about us.

We're going to look.

amazing at our live shows just like we're not going to turn around you know we know no one knows what's going on in the back we are not going to turn around we're so Project Runway.

That was like at the Panthers game.

I didn't even show you guys that I'm literally Christian Seriano, but I had this like oversized leather jacket.

I didn't have any Panthers gear, but the brand had sent me some stickers.

So I put a Panthers sticker on my leather jacket and I won Project Runway.

It's giving unconventional materials challenge on Project Runway.

And it's still, now I officially have a Panthers jacket in my closet because it's still on.

Because you are a designer.

Yeah, no, I am

an industrialist.

We are scrappy, we are industrious, and we always, in the words of Tim Gunn, make it work.

It was a make it work moment, turtle.

It was a make-it-work moment.

I love that.

Really, Turt?

No, but literally, like me opening up this Revolve box, I literally felt like Justin Timberlake.

I'm like, this is going to ruin the tour.

Claudia, I had such a funny idea for

a TikTok?

A piece of content.

Obsessed.

So we'll talk offline.

Let's connect offline.

Let's content create later.

I actually have a piece of content dropping dropping today, like in my content creator era

that I've like shocked myself with.

I showed it to you the other day.

The real.

It's a shocking piece of content, you guys.

You are not ready for Jackie's.

And SpawnCon, nonetheless.

SpawnCon, I had so much fun making it.

Like, I really felt like I was being original and violent in my work.

Original and violent in your work.

I was living an ordinary life and being original and violent in my work.

And I will post the video as we're uploading uploading today's episode.

So right now you can go and watch it.

It's on my Instagram.

And whatever the brand paid you, like, they should have doubled it.

Like, it's the most,

it's shocking in its

genius.

In its originality and violence?

Violence, yeah, for sure.

The more I think about that quote, the more I like it.

The more you understand why you wrote it down in the first place.

Yeah.

That's good.

Yeah, I really do.

I like it.

Really, Flobert.

Really?

Really?

Because I like it, Bert.

We seriously are not okay.

No, we're not okay.

After yesterday, I was watching a piece of our content.

Fantastic.

I enjoyed myself.

It was giving not okay.

But that's like us.

It is, especially on a Friday.

Yeah, I'm excited.

Do you have any big weekend plans?

No, my weekend plans are, actually, I do have, I'm going out Saturday night.

With who?

Mary Orton and your neighbors?

Parte.

No, actually, with my

other friends down here.

Oh, she has other friends who don't live next to her.

Cool.

Cool.

Yeah, Mary Orton and I have really been, we've been chatting about, she loved her shout-out on the toast.

She said her husband was cackling about Mr.

Orton.

He's, by the way, he is here too for.

I'm sorry, Mr.

Orton.

Yeah, he is.

But, no, I'm getting ready this weekend.

I need to pack.

Even though I haven't started packing, like in my mind, I have.

You know what I mean?

I've got lists.

Toasty summer is upon us.

Swirly girl summer.

Swirly girl summer.

I haven't even told you about my weekend plans.

I'm headed to the country with Ben's fam because it's Ben's dad's birthday tomorrow.

Happy birthday to Bruce.

Happy sir.

And we're just going to

swim and pickleball and eat.

And it's going to be fabulous.

That is so fantastic.

Also, the other update from what we did yesterday is sandwich shop update.

You and Ben are kind of butting heads, creative.

We're having creative differences.

Which is to be expected, but this early on is not a good sign.

As long as we're speaking to each other with respect, I think that that's okay.

And I don't think it's been disrespectful yet, but we definitely are having different ideas of what the vision, our vision for our sandwich shop is.

And I actually used AI to generate a photo of the vibe I'm thinking of.

So I think he was able to understand where I'm coming from.

The thing is, you are thinking very Nancy Meyers.

Ben is thinking very Jersey Mike's.

He's thinking

about it.

Never the twain shall meet.

Like, there is no hybrid of that.

I'm sorry.

Yeah, because you lose

on both counts, and then it's just like a mosh.

Like it's like

sweaty Nancy Myers.

So Ben is seeing like your vision, yes, as probably like the better aesthetic idea.

But he thinks that his idea is more scalable, scalable, more franchisable, more, could be bigger.

And ours is just very niche, very mom-and-poppy, he had said, which sounded like an insult.

Yeah, but I think that when you're building something, like you have to think think about the one.

Yeah, it's exciting to think about the 200 and maybe this could be good at 200, but if you can't get a good one, there will be no 200.

So if I'm making this incredible one, everyone will want it so much there will be 200.

It starts at the top.

Yeah, so that's where we've kind of stalled, but I think that we will be able to push through.

And we are survivors.

We will get through this and we will come out stronger.

Yeah, we will.

I would love for you to weigh.

And whose vision are you seeing more?

I wasn't getting the vibe that it was mine.

I cannot participate.

Like, I can't, I can't take a side.

Because, let me say this.

Let me say this.

I actually agree with Ben.

Like, I can't see a franchise of sandwiches that is, you know.

My sandwiches.

Yeah, but I don't like Ben's concept at all.

So I think maybe we need to start from scratch, like, for real.

Okay.

That's why I said we need an official brainstorm.

Like, we should rent a conference room.

All right.

I'll get online and book it.

Okay.

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Our first story is some big, shocking, upsetting news about the man of the week,

Kevin Costner.

Yeah.

Kevin Costner says he won't be returning to Yellowstone in a new video.

So he confirmed that he will not reprise his role as John Dutton for the final episodes of Yellowstone.

So season five, second half, they're calling it 5B, is supposed to be filming right now and coming out.

in the winter or whatever.

And he just said that he's not coming back.

He said, hi, everyone.

I just want to reach out and let you know that after this long year and a half of working on Horizon, and that's what, you know, the reason for the season and all the press, and doing all the things that's required and thinking about Yellowstone, that beloved series that I love, that I know you love, I just realized that I'm not going to be able to continue season 5B or in the future.

It was something that really changed me.

I loved it and I know you loved it.

I just wanted to let you know that I won't be returning.

I love the relationship we've been able to develop and I'll see you at the movies.

I hate this announcement.

It's very Vinny Chase coated, you know?

Like I'm currently, like I said, watching watching this part of Entrage and in the episodes we were watching last night, he gets like an opportunity, even though he's like the most hated loser actor and he's still fucking it up, okay?

I don't like this.

However, obviously, like we love John Dutton, two things.

One, at least like we're moving forward.

Like we've been thinking about this.

throwing this question back and forth for literally two years.

So to have a concrete answer, even though it might not be the one some people wanted, I'm fine, honestly.

At least we're moving forward.

We're not at the standstill anymore.

And two, the whole premise of the show up until this point has been the future of the ranch.

What will happen after John Dutton?

So you know what?

In the final season, like, we kind of don't need John Dutton because we need to answer the question we set out to answer in episode one.

Like, who does the ranch go to?

It's like succession, ranch version, Logan dot, spoiler alert, Logan.

It's Republican succession.

I have a couple things I want to say.

One, I hope that he filmed even some of season 5B so that we have a goodbye, not just like, oh, John's gone yeah how you doing

two

why is it so hard for him to film these last five ten episodes it's half of a season and then it's over the show is perfection otherwise like why can't you just get it together and like he is the show there the show would never have reached the levels that it did without him like he it's like as if tyler sheridan isn't there for the second half of the last season like you can't just make it work no it's so lazy and it's so easy like i agree that for the plot it's not the worst thing ever but for the lore of the show like now it's gonna be remembered as like a show where everyone fought and Kevin Costner couldn't hack it.

Yeah, and at the end of the day, like, you're right, it's half a season left.

If they are gonna get rid of his character, like, which I actually think they should, he could have done, what, two episodes?

It's actually.

And now it's a spoiler.

Of course, but it's also like, it's disrespectful to the fans.

Like, just finish it.

Like, put up with whatever you have to put up with.

I'm sure you and Tyler Sheridan hate each other.

Figure it out for two fucking episodes.

It is.

It just kind of, it destroys the legacy of the show now that, and it's like too real.

Like, I don't even know if we'll be able to enjoy it.

We'll just know what's going on behind the scenes.

It's like so term.

Yeah, even if they wanted to kill off John or whatever, like, don't tell us you're not coming back.

So then we can see it and be like, oh my god, John's gone.

Now we all know what's going to happen in the second half of the show.

So why did you have to do that?

And I agree, it is disrespectful to the fans because this show is where it is because of the fans.

Like, this show got no love, no press, no media, no awards.

But

14 million people were tuning in every week.

It was impossible to ignore.

Yeah, it's disappointing, honestly.

And I can't stress enough how, like, not disappointing it is that Kevin Costner's character won't be in the plot of the show because I think that the show really can exist and maybe even exist better without him.

Things now will happen, like as opposed to like, oh, he shot, but he's back.

But just in terms of like decorum and the way that this could have been handled, bad on all accounts.

Everyone involved, shame.

I'm mad about the spoiler.

Who do we think the ranch goes to?

Like, obviously, it goes to Beth and Rip.

Obviously, it goes to Beth and Rip, but after them.

Well, they're, aren't they taking in that kid?

I know, but he's not a Dutton.

No, he's not.

I think it eventually goes to Casey's son.

Oh, yeah, I forgot about Casey.

I don't mind him.

Yeah, and that way it's like a nice ending because he is half Dutton and half

native.

And so, and they've always been disputing about the land anyway, so now it's everyone's land if it's his.

But that's too perfect.

Something's going to happen to that kid.

something no but he's it's nothing's gonna happen to him but like it's gonna be a hard road to get there but can't everyone see that as like he's the only heir he represents everyone who wants a piece of the land and now we all have a piece of the land cool yeah yeah

like it's not that hard the issue is the sharks coming in you know now like um and the economy no the people like that woman who wants they all want to buy up the land so it's like what's the name of the president um

the lady no no no the guy the

the native

one from twilight

oh the native the mayor yeah yeah i don't know his name love him yeah he and john need to come or he and the duns need to now come together because there are all these outside non-montana like non-indigenous forces that want to own the land putting our enemy is my friend

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

That's a good motto, too.

That's like a classic, very colloquial.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

That one I don't think gets forgotten.

No, because it's a good one.

Also, one that is like very, very common that I actually don't think is a sleigh at all is keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Like, no, get the fuck away from me, Smelly.

I totally agree.

Like, I want nothing to do with you.

If you're my friend, why would I like only a sick person keeps their enemy closer than their friends?

Like, what are you?

Miserable all the time, surrounded by people that you hate and the good people that like you like or that love you thrown on the side of the road.

Terrible, terrible motto.

There, it needs to be recalibrated.

Like, keep a watchful eye.

Yeah.

You know, to say that, like.

Keep your friends close and your enemies within arm's length.

I don't know.

I want them out of sight.

Like, who harps on their enemies all the time?

Like, literally me and Taylor's left.

Yes.

Not you.

Not you.

No, no, no, no.

Definitely not.

Never turt.

Never chirt.

Okay, so goodbye.

Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.

You were bigger than the whole big sky.

That's the biggest thing.

This is big loser energy.

I was trying to say big sky.

Oh, that's good.

Montana.

Big loser energy radiating from this whole saga, but at least it's over.

And I'm pretty sure in all the headlines I saw this week, I saw one where Kevin Costner was like mad about all like the rumors about the set drama.

And it's like

let me say something.

I don't know much, and I've never met these people.

Kevin Costner is definitely toxic.

Like, I could just see,

yes, he is definitely Ziva, definitely an asshole.

Like, I can just see it.

I think I could see a lot of people on that show being an asshole, you know, but he's definitely doesn't seem like the innocent in all this.

Because if he really was like harmless and innocent, he would have just kept his head down and finished the show for the fans.

But the fact that he was like fine with kind of saying fuck you to the fans, like, he definitely has prick-like tendencies.

So, you're saying he's

62 and still growing up now.

I would say that you are is not who you've been.

You're not an innocent.

62 was a guess.

Let's see how old he is.

I think it sounded right when you said it to me.

I had to say it with certainty: 69.

LOL.

How about that?

69 and still growing up now.

It doesn't slap as hard.

Well,

well, well.

Clearly ruined that number.

Like,

it's so dumb.

It's so dumb.

It's hilarious.

Are you ready for our next story?

Yeah.

Our king, Luke Combs, is crying.

Is crying.

He's making JJ Watt crying, and he's crying.

Everyone's crying.

It's an emotional time.

It is.

It is an emotional time for sure.

The summer just sort of brings it out to people.

Luke Combs is crying.

He was on a podcast and he got emotional, revealing that he missed the birth of his second son, Bo.

So he said he's still emotional about missing his 10-month-old son Bo's birth.

When his wife, Nico, Nicole Combs, gave birth to their second child in August 2023, the country singer was on tour in Australia.

He spoke to Apple Music One Zane Lowe and he said, I haven't really told anybody about that.

He calls it a really hard truth to face.

He noted that Bo's arrival was one of the best and one of the worst days in his life.

It's still hard to wrap his head around.

His voice broke as he detailed the unfortunate situation, telling listeners he woke up from a text to a text from his wife, who was two and a half weeks before her due date.

And she said, I'm so sorry.

I really tried not to have the baby while you were gone.

He hinted that Nicole, who was with her mom and her sister at the time, FaceTimed him while delivering Bo.

He said, I got to see him be born, which was awesome.

He praised both his and his partner's great support systems, clarifying that his closest friends worked for him and that they were present through the whole thing.

He said, it's a defining moment in my life for sure.

It sums up in a lot of ways some of the bad parts of the music business.

Your schedule's crazy and you're traveling all over the place.

It's not like I can drop everything I'm doing and fly 18 hours home.

Right, that's the thing.

If he was in the States, like he could have flown on a jet and gotten there.

Maybe not exact time, but he would have been there for some of it.

Like, could he have been in a worse place, Australia?

No, and I'm pretty sure like this tour date was set before Nicole got pregnant.

So the show is set.

The tickets are sold, even though you know you might miss it.

Like, really, what can you do?

Nothing.

No, and the fact that

he could have made it if she hadn't gone early like it was still two and a half weeks before her due date so unfortunate I didn't know this is the first time he's sharing this um the clip like actually like made me cry his voice like croaks and he's just like actually like you could tell he's so upset about it and I feel like he felt like like feel shame about it you know not being there um that's my king right there like let me tell you they can never make me hate him.

I'm trying to think of something Luke Combs could do that I would dislike him.

He could join an encampment.

But the thing is, I know him very well.

Like he's incapable of that sort of lunacy.

Yeah.

So I'm trying to think like a realistic thing.

Like, yeah, he could become a Nazi, but he wouldn't.

Like, I know him.

You know what I mean?

So, what is something within the realm of possibility that Luke Holmes could do that would make me hate him?

Nothing.

Agreed.

I feel like this story, it's that song, his song, The Part, the part they don't tell you about, about the job.

Like, they'll tell you about the old guitars, like all the perks of the job.

The songs you bought, the house, the cars.

How your hometown.

Your hometown's proud

of where you are

so they tell you about all the perks of the job but there's a part that they don't tell you about and it's literally this like the things that you miss

they tell you about the girls they tell you about the girls you get but not the ones you'll come to miss

chills

so that's it and I also feel like most other not amazing people like Luke would be like bummed they miss the birth and then you know move on but the fact that like it's 10 months later and like he can't get over it it just and he's still crying about it what a man what a man what a man what a maddy good man

maddy good like seriously stan till the day i die yeah and you know he's always like opening up exclusively on the zane

what's his name low show

um because i remember the really only time luke has ever spoken about his weight was on zane low and i think it was when nico was pregnant and he was like you know she her being pregnant and just this like feeling of having kids is really making me think about my weight and my health more than ever.

And it was like a really sort of relatable and profound conversation.

And it

was on the Zane Lowe show.

So, maybe like him and Zane are like real boys because he's obviously comfortable there.

Yeah, but he does a couple long-like he did Joe Rogan.

Yep, he did a barstool show,

he did

uh Theo Vaughn.

No,

he did

Nelk Boys, Nelk Boys.

I forget what the podcast is called, but.

And he did the toe CMA Red Carpet.

A couple of times.

A couple of times.

Okay, well.

Well, this.

Heart hands to everyone.

Lilas.

Lilas.

Are you ready for our next story?

Sad news.

Oh.

Donald Sutherland has passed away.

Did you see this?

Yeah.

At the age of 88 in Miami following a long illness.

I'm surprised of like of the stories that I sent you.

I didn't send this one that you chose this.

Yeah, President Snow.

I just feel like death stories are so

dead end, literally.

Like, what could we say, Rip?

And it's not like this is someone who's always being spoken about on the toast.

Like, when Queen Elizabeth died, like, we could have done a whole episode.

Like, I don't know.

I feel like this was a bad pick.

There's people in between Queen Elizabeth.

and some of the other deaths that we don't announce.

But I mean, I was bummed to see Donald Sutherland.

Of course, nobody wants anyone to die except like Hitler.

So, Rip.

Rip Donald.

Rip Donald.

An iconic, like, seriously, an iconic actor.

Of course.

Was he also Dumbledore?

Was he?

Like, after OG Dumbledore died, like, in the movies, Dumbledore dies in the middle.

Like, not the character, the actor, I think.

I thought Dumbledore made it all the way through.

No.

Ooh.

That's

rough.

Donald Sutherland, like, either played Dumbledore or is Dumbledore coded, you know?

Well, that's for sure, but I'm not seeing on his

list of things.

Yeah, he was in one of my favorite movies, The Italian Job.

What a great movie.

Have you seen it?

Oh, Turte.

You should watch that.

Auterte?

Auterte.

Yeah, you would like it.

It's in the same vein of how you really like Kingsman.

Okay.

You know?

Okay.

Just mid-episode update.

This pillow is not helping at all.

I'm in more pain than ever.

I'm sorry, La.

And he was also in a movie called Ad Aftstra, which just feels like something I should watch, just so I could say and talk about it.

Sag Astra.

Ad Aftstra, greater than Sag Astra.

Totally.

That's the Brad Pitt, like space movie.

Actually, I saw it.

LOL.

LOL, not memorable.

There was a period, like a year where a lot of space movies came out.

I was giving Snow White.

Interstellar Gravity.

And the Martian.

The Martian.

And then Ad Astra.

Yeah, Elon's influence.

Elon.

It's always Elon.

Oh my God.

Speaking of Elon, something that I actually wanted to make a story that I will make subset B to Donald Sutherland for reminding us of Elon is that Chloe Kardashian is getting a video series on X.

Weird.

Weird, but I like it.

So X is like doing some original programming on X.

They're tapping talent because other people like have shows on X, but I think it's just stuff that they...

Political.

What?

It's mostly political, no?

No, but it's also like people give themselves.

Like, anybody can post a video on X and say, I'm doing a show on X.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

It's not like exclusive.

They're not being paid by X.

Right, but this is coming up from on high at X.

She is launching a video podcast on X.

The Elon Musk-owned tech company has inked a deal with Chloe, who will host a video podcast on the platform beginning this fall.

The 26-episode series is still light on specifics, though it will blend Kardashians' boundary-pushing sense of humor with her signature relatability to tackle dilemmas ranging from the everyday to the ever absurd.

It's part of the platform's original, the platform is called Originals on X, in which creators maintain ownership of their video content with a 24-hour exclusive window on the platform before they can post it elsewhere.

That's

so she's basically, she's doing a podcast.

Like it's going to be everywhere else too?

Yeah.

Well, I feel like a lot of social media platforms like create original content with creators on their platform that only like Snapchat does it, TikTok does it.

So this is really smart.

And them tapping Chloe, like the people's princess, also very smart, because there has been like demand for a while.

The Kardashians, none of the Kardashians have a podcast, and they're sort of like the face of social media and like invented influencing, whatever.

Kim Goddard.

And podcasting,

she had a podcast, a spot.

Barely.

Criminal.

Social justice.

Yeah, that's not what people want.

Like when I think about the Kardashians, they're really not in the podcasting space at all.

You want them to like sit down and gab.

Yeah, like, and it's surprising because they're so

like open to all new like social media platforms, new media.

That's like kind of their thing and why they've been so successful is they're on everything and they're everywhere.

And so them, like not one of them, like even Chris, like not one of them having a podcast is like kind of weird.

Yeah.

And I think when you think about who should be the first sister to do it, Chloe is the personality sister.

You know, she had Chloe After Dark.

She had cocktails with Chloe.

She was the host of X Factor.

Like she's the one whose personality is super marketable.

So I think that this is a great idea.

I love the fact that, like, Elon sees Chloe, Chloe sees Elon.

And it really could and should become sort of like their version of red table talk.

Because I feel like there are so many times when we want them to speak on something

and they end up, you know, months later talking about it in a random interview.

But if it's their own show, then it's like rising tides, raise all shides.

Like, if you know, Kim went on that random podcast that I hadn't even heard of to talk about like Balenciaga Gate.

If she had spoken about it on, and all these people were listening to a podcast for the first time that they hadn't heard of, if it was their own show, that's just better for business.

and it could be really good and chloe you're right chloe is the only really the only option for the host or chris to start or chris but i also think courtney could do a podcast because she's huge into wellness like a poosh podcast i mean i'm shocked there isn't one because the wellness space is like huge for podcasting to have on all these experts i see these videos all the time and has anyone been seeing this guy i now get like he goes on a lot of podcasts and then his clips of when he's on the podcast like are coming to me and he's just like a wellness guy um

he's now telling me I shouldn't use like pink Himalaya salt.

So now I'm like,

he said I should use Celtic salt.

And I'm like, who is this guy?

Where did he come from?

He's now on every podcast.

And what are his credentials, most importantly?

I don't know if he's listening.

I just know what he looks like from seeing the videos.

He's bald, if that helps.

I don't know him.

Let me know if everyone's been seeing this guy.

Like, who is he and where did he come from?

And why am I about to switch out my salt because of him?

No, no, maybe look into his credentials first.

And he's also like a parenting expert.

And I've seen some of his takes on parenting.

And it's like nothing crazy.

you know, it's like just good sound advice.

He's not a radical.

He went on that podcast of those two, that married couple that are always like

going viral, Abby and Matt.

Oh my God, we have to talk about it.

Actually, I could probably find this guy.

We have to talk about, I don't really want,

I feel two ways about talking about them because I have like

so many unkind thoughts

about him.

Him.

But I don't want to be like, I don't want to say them because I feel bad for her.

Yeah, yeah.

yeah they're for those who don't know a couple who make they got you know their start on tick tock and they make uh tick tocks together they do a podcast together and a lot of their content most of their content is about you know balancing work and marriage and kids they have two under two um and the the wife people love the wife and the husband recently decided to like start making music um and a lot of their podcast clips have gone viral um he's definitely toxic that's what i'll say but you're right no i i actually don't have um one positive kind thing to say about him.

So I'll just shut my mouth.

About him.

Yeah.

I see,

and I like her videos.

She works hard.

She works so hard.

Oh my gosh.

She's like

full-time content creator.

Full-time mom, like always breastfeeding, dealing with her husband who's like, doesn't want to celebrate Father's Day because it's too close to his birthday.

So they're literally making a separate special day for them to celebrate Father's Day so he can have some distance from his birthday.

She had to apologize to him last year because he had to barbecue on his birthday slash Father's Day and he had to be put to work to barbecue.

She doesn't stop like having babies giving birth making food uh making content working breastfeeding doing the dishes working out she's just

he he just started um he just rented an apartment um a couple of roads down where he skateboards to so he can make music in silence while he leaves her at home all day with the kids like i'm saying

like leave please get the fuck out of here this singing i feel bad like i don't have a kind of we need to stop you know the thing is everybody's life works for them you know what i mean like we can't understand it but they absolutely have to stop sharing parts of their life because seriously it makes them look really bad and maybe it works for them and like maybe we can't understand it but like stop yeah and i just i don't want to say like

these things that i just said because i feel like it just adds more stress to her plate her because i'm sure then he comes to home and he's like everyone said this about me and then she has to like help him no and he's just like making music for nobody and like the thing is i like made music obviously i i never shirked my responsibilities in work or in my personal life for the sacrificing of my music because i know i'm not a serious songwriter and neither is he.

He, his music making doesn't bother me at all compared to

shirking his responsibilities as a husband and a father to go make music and especially the things that he says like that are so out of touch.

Even I remember I saw a video like right after she gave birth and he was talking about his, they're in the hospital and he's, you know, self-testimonial style, like talking about his experience and how like he

you know um got Abby to

use formula because her milk wasn't coming in.

And like that's how it goes when you just give birth and you're in the hospital.

Like your milk comes in slowly.

You have colostrum.

And like he's like pressuring her to use formula when she's trying to breastfeed.

I'm like, hate.

I saw that on TikTok last night and somebody stitched it and was like teaching people how little food a baby needs when they're one to three days old.

Like because their belly is the size of a peanut.

So like even if she has so little milk coming in, the kid is fine.

Yeah, no, and it's thick milk coming in.

It's designed for baby.

She also had breastfed.

She was breastfeeding into her pregnancy.

She would do like, here's what I eat in a day, breastfeeding on pregnant.

She would eat so much.

So like she's got a good supply.

I'm not worried about her supply.

She's sort of like this superwoman, super mom with this deadbeat husband.

And they insist on making content about his lack of contributions to the household.

And I don't mean financially, I mean in all senses.

And they keep getting dragged and they keep sharing.

I imagine maybe hopefully somewhere there too in a room watching this, laughing, being like, it's working.

Everyone's talking about us.

We've bothered.

Like this is engagement.

Cause I just saw, so I saw the clip of him him saying we need to reschedule Father's Day because it's too close to my birthday.

I sent it to someone to be like, hate.

Yeah.

Or, yeah.

And then

I saw.

I like how we said we weren't going to talk.

And then I saw this morning another podcast was watching the clip and about to react to it.

So I guess this has gone like very viral.

If people

have heard about it, yes, because it exists, it started on TikTok.

So

I

see, like, I think maybe, I hope somewhere somewhere they're like such a happy, strong couple and they do these things to go viral because it's good for their business.

Yeah, pray.

Pray.

Praying handsomely.

Anyways, I was to say she's such a queen, like the most patient woman in the world.

I could never.

Renting a second home to go make your music that brings in no money, jail.

Oh, all is to say, the guy who's now been on every podcast giving me advice, and I have no idea who he is, but he speaks with authority, and I'm listening to him.

I don't know who he is.

He's like the new Huberman.

He saw, like, Huberman took a day off.

Put me in, coach.

Oh, Huberman's getting canceled?

It's my time now.

He's Fuberman.

Fuberman.

I love that.

And then backtracking once again to Courtney, who I think could have a podcast because wellness podcasts are all the rage.

There's so much to talk about.

And I would listen to her advice.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So.

I think this could be, this could be the start

of something new.

I hope she like takes it seriously and not just just like it's because she's obviously getting paid by X.

And so hopefully it's not just like a contract fulfillment.

And I hope she really like wants to be a podcaster and can make this sort of the center of their media company.

They are this media empire.

No, I think there's so much potential here for like good conversations.

As long as it's not just like, you know, someone else books the talent, prepares the questions, then she's saying

like, I want to go deep.

I hope she looks at this more as like a real opportunity for her to grow as a celebrity and an influencer, more so than just a job.

Yes, I agree.

I think it could be.

Because it can exist off of Twitter.

Yeah.

It has a lot of potential.

And it could really be like transformative for her.

Because I feel like these days she has a lot of anxiety about what the public thinks about her.

And this is a way to put yourself out there, be a little bit more understood.

In control.

I think it's good.

I'm really excited.

Same.

And I ship Chloe and Elon.

I just want to say.

We gathered.

In case anyone was curious.

Cool.

Are you ready for our next story?

What number?

Four.

Yeah.

A little funny fashion mishap, I guess.

Brie Larson and Alexandria Didario accidentally twin in the same dress at an event in Italy.

So the two.

I just, I'm sorry.

I chose better stories than this.

You chose Kylie, which we mixed already.

Lindsay Hubbard selling

story.

Okay, what else did I send?

And then the other one was

Emma Stone saying she's fine about her birth name thing.

We love talking about people's names.

I actually watched the clip too.

She like was like embarrassed.

One of the interviewers was like, what the hell am I calling you?

He like kind of just called her out.

And she was like, honestly, I don't care.

I just wanted everybody to know that my name is not Emma.

But in SAG, which I also didn't know, you can't have the same name as somebody registered.

It's basically like a username.

And I just want to say I think that's stupid and a role that should be changed.

Yeah, that's weird.

Like people have names.

You can't help what your name is.

Right.

And so you have to be registered under like an and I guess that's why a lot of celebrities don't go by their real name Sometimes I think it's like an intentional stage name sometimes they get screwed Yeah, and who the hell is this sag registered person with the name Emily Stone?

Like what has she done?

Right, but I'm sure when Emma Stone was registering is like what who knows who's gonna be the better Emily Stone Yeah, but like I could tell in the interview.

It was on some morning show she like kind of felt embarrassed It was like stupid like I think she felt stupid because she like made this like kind of like kerfuffle about it and everybody picked it up and it was everywhere and then they're like Wait, what are we calling you?

And I don't know if when she said it, she like wanted it to be newsworthy.

I think she was just kind of like letting everyone know that her name was Emily.

Yeah, just like a fun fact about me.

Yes, but she was like, You don't have to call me that.

Got it.

She like, she was like, Please, I think she wanted just every, she was like, Please shut up.

Like, stop.

Yeah, I feel like anytime someone tries to give clarity on their name, whether it's like Ariana Grandi, Brendan Frazer, Rihanna, it never works out.

And then we wind up being confused.

We still call you what we used to call you, and now we're confused

and it it just never has the effect that you think it's going to yeah that's kelly brianne i was gonna say that too but in terms of pronunciating things like yeah i feel like we find out every couple of years we've been saying someone's name wrong arianna grandi is the perfect example and it's like she told us that and nobody moved right

and i i don't think that we should Like it is what it is.

We're too into this

to go home now.

It's like at this point that your name is a business.

So that's the name of your your business is Ariana Grande.

Your personal name is Ariana Grandi.

Cool.

I don't know you as a person.

And it's probably nice to have a little bit of a separation.

From distance.

I agree.

Those who really know you call you like by the correct pronunciation.

Like you can make a reservation at a restaurant as like Miss Grandi and the hostess doesn't know that you're a famous person.

Perfect for a little work-life balance, don't you think?

I agree.

Emma Stone can make a massage for Emily Stone

and they don't know that it's

until she arrives.

I do want to say, I think probably the best thing to happen to Emma Stone is having to change her name.

Because the name Emma Stone, I want to say, like

audibly, like hearing it, but also seeing it visually, is such a cutesy little movie star name.

Emily Stone is a little bit harsher.

The why, I don't know, it doesn't slap, I think, in a glamorous way the way Emma Stone does.

Well, here's a good comparison.

Emily Blunt, it's the same thing.

Would she be better as Emma Bunt?

No, actually, because Blunt as a name, but also as a word, it means something like in the dictionary, is sort of sharp and harsh.

A stone is sharp.

Emily,

no, but I mean like, I can't like explain.

No, I know what you mean.

Like, like, um,

dialectically.

Yeah, it's like Emily, and then also the way it's written, blunt.

I feel like the exact same way about stone.

No, because stone ends in an E.

It's sort of like light and feathery.

But there's a T in there, like blunt.

Yes, that's true.

It's true, but I feel as though it slaps differently.

I really do believe that.

And Emily Blunt works.

It works.

The Y is very sort of final, and so is the T.

Blunt.

I like it.

Okay.

I think I'm just

used to it.

I think Emma Blunt would have been as successful as Emily Blunt, and Emma Stone would have been as successful as Emily Stone.

I don't know.

And the fact that there's an opposite of them proves the point.

Who is another famous Emily?

Emily in Paris.

That's what I was going to say.

Emily Radikowski, but she's got a whole other thing going on.

Like Emmerada, you know.

Yeah.

Not applicable.

I feel like that's it.

I feel like.

Like really famous.

Famous Emily.

Not any household names.

Right.

To us.

I'm sure people will be like, you forgot about Emily Dickinson.

Didonato.

Emily Didonato.

Yeah.

I don't know.

I never registered her name as Emily.

Do you know what I mean?

And that it could be Emma.

I think Emma.

I think they're both such a great name.

And then we have Emma Watson.

I'm having like garage.

I know.

It's like I'm saying Emily so much.

I'm like, is Emily a name even?

It's giving rascal.

I'm kind of like having some an existential crisis.

But I just want to say I think the name Emily and Emma, both names, which are very similar, are both beautiful classic names.

Agreed.

I have no beats with either of them, and I feel warmly towards both of them, the same degree of warmth.

Thank you for clarifying.

Do you feel the same degree of warmth?

I feel a little bit like warmer towards Emma.

Cute.

Okay, I can understand that.

Yeah.

Okay, so Brie Larson and Alexandra Dodario did not wear the same dress to an event.

No, seriously, like, I don't understand how Emily, Alexandra, what's her name?

Didario is famous.

Like, she just showed up one day as like the girl with the blue eyes who's famous, and we all like knew her name.

I never knew her name.

Because of True Detective, I think.

Yeah, no, because then she was in White Lotus and she was like the pretty girl with blonde eyes, blue eyes, and everybody was like, Yeah, we know her.

I'm like, you do?

What's her name?

And everybody just like knew her name.

And then she was also in

that show, Why Women Kill first season.

No, she's actually in so many like amazing projects,

but it just like doesn't

stick.

She was in that movie, The Layover with Kate Upton.

Did you watch that one?

No, but you're right.

She doesn't like translate.

She's like a successful actress, actress, but not a famous person.

Yeah, she was also in Baywatch, like these huge projects.

I'm telling you, I have like a conspiracy theory about her.

I can't figure out what she is.

But it doesn't stick.

She was also in the movie adaptation of one of my favorite Sophie Kinsella books called Can You Keep a Secret?

And the movie was so bad.

And then after that, like I was mad.

She climbed into bed and she started feeling mad.

Yeah.

So.

Yeah.

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Like if we had Canned Lions Award, Toasty Lions for best brand partnerships,

which by the way, we should.

Yeah.

Toasty Lions.

Because I saw this and I didn't even know it was like a paid thing or a sponsorship slash partnership.

I just thought it was like a thing.

This would be a contender for top three.

Summerhouse star Lindsey Hubbard is selling her own wedding dresses for charity following her broken engagement.

So on Thursday, Lindsey Hubbard announced her partnership with Kleinfeld again.

So Kleinfeld is the storied wedding dress shop in New York City.

It's where they film Say Us to the Dress.

Turdy is on an episode of that.

Really, Turt, you should go watch it.

No, you shouldn't.

That's how so many people know who we are.

We're cutting that out.

We do not recommend people watch out.

Okay, anyways, everyone was Kleinfeld.

I was never on it.

Now Kleinfeld is starting a resale program called Kleinfeld Again, where people can sell their wedding dresses.

I mean, this is huge business because it's something you only wear once.

Some people want a vintage dress or something that's not like from the showroom floor right now.

And they've partnered with Lindsay Hubbard to sell the three wedding dresses she planned to wear at her own ceremony with Carl Radke before he called off their engagement in August 2023.

She told people that I was, quote, talking to the girls from Kleinfeld, just telling them that I needed to sell my wedding dresses.

And they were like, funny you should mention that because we're launching a website for that.

These dresses were just sitting in my closet waiting for me to figure out what to do with them.

I thought the reunion and watching the reunion was going to be the final step in my breaking up process, but it was a whole year of reliving and re-watching and talking about it over and over.

And this is the final step for me, getting these dresses off my hands.

No, so genius.

And there's also a charity element.

Yes, so the proceeds from the sale of these dresses will be donated to Chick Mission, a nonprofit organization that helps women with cancer freeze their eggs before starting treatment.

I've chills.

I'm obsessed.

See it's firing in all cylinders.

Like give this the Ad Week Award of the Year.

There's a

philanthropy element.

It's such a great partnership.

It's a great idea.

It's a necessary idea.

So this is like, I think for me and a lot of people, like I had never heard of this program that Kleinfeld does.

I think it's absolutely genius.

I remember a couple of years ago, I watched an episode of Shark Tank and the girls came in with this idea.

They had basically like a wedding rental website.

Like you only wear it once, make some of your money back, give it to someone else.

And it was so smart.

I don't know if anybody ever invested, but the company itself like never took off.

But this concept of like

buying a wedding dress, probably the most expensive thing, most expensive dress anyone will buy in their lifetime, wearing it once and it sits and it's like, like, yeah, for the memories, my daughter's going to wear it.

Your daughter's not wearing it.

Okay.

She doesn't want to wear it.

And if she is, she's tearing it apart and making it into like some thoughty dress of the future.

So you might as well get your money back.

Seriously.

Yeah.

I want to get, I want to send my dress too.

It takes up so much space in my closet.

I've never taken it out of the garment bag since the day of my wedding.

So you have it in your apartment?

Yeah, it takes up a whole closet.

It is so stupid.

Yeah.

Where's yours?

Here, yeah.

I have them.

Like two.

One of them, I wouldn't part with my.

I don't know why, even.

I just like, it's so me.

I love it so much.

If I ever go to the Met Gala, it's what I'm wearing.

It's Carolina Herrera.

Oh, okay.

That's actually smart.

That's like not why I'm keeping it, but like, I don't know.

I'm, I'm not, it's my dress.

Like, and maybe that's a lot of people.

But the second dress, um,

also super nice.

I could part with, I could see how I could, I don't know that I would ever wear it again.

It's like a hoop skirt.

It's such a wedding dress.

I couldn't wear it anywhere else.

Kleinfeld being the company to do this is so brilliant.

The partnership with Lindsay tends across the board.

They could never make me hate Lindsay.

Like everything she does these days, I'm just like eating it up.

I think I'm like her little, if Lindsay Hubbard has no fans, I'm dead.

No, it's so true and it's so crazy.

And also, it wouldn't be a Friday if like we weren't talking about Lindsey Hubbard at the end of the show.

Yeah, because like I had watched Summerhouse on and off throughout the years.

I've never been a consistent viewer and I've never really been drawn to her as a castmate.

She's never just been somebody who's like, you know, content resonated with me.

I only recently started following her on social media.

Even though I follow Paige, I follow Amanda, Hannah, Sierra, Sierra.

I am obsessed with this woman, and I really hope she doesn't return to the show, like, for real.

It'll be interesting to see what she does.

I feel the same way in the past when I would watch her because the first season I started watching was when like the Austin um

yeah, and she was the villain in that, yeah.

And I was like, oh, like, I don't want to get drinks with this girl, you know, now, like, yeah, I would like we lay our careers on the line every Friday defending her to defend her.

I love her.

Also, did you see Jesse Solomon posted that picture?

Everyone's like, he's a toaster.

Because he posted with a cigar in his mouth saying, how you dern?

Yeah, I guess that phrase does exist outside of our universe, correct?

Not that I, like, maybe, but that's, I just, like, used to say, how you dern on Zoom.

Yeah, but did you make that up?

I didn't get it from somewhere.

Like, it could be, like, parallel thinking, Sparky Pilastery syndrome.

What would Jesus Solomon do?

Yeah, people are saying it's like Lil Wayne.

I didn't get it from Lil Wayne.

I think we could say that.

Yeah, we can.

But I think Lil Wayne and I are parallel thinkers.

I think that's true.

We are creative and original and violent in our work.

You are definitely, you definitely have that in common.

And so does Flaubert.

So those are the fast five, really a collaborative effort.

And I feel like where we landed, I feel good about, even though we ended up doing like seven stories because I was complaining about every single one of them, which I apologize for.

Normally I'm not so like invested in your responsibility, but like I chose a stories today and I'm like, where are my stories?

Yeah, but I told you three out of five had made them.

But I thought the other two like would be so much better than what I, and they weren't.

Oh, I just, they resonated with me more.

Like I miss those days of who wore a bret better.

I feel like that doesn't happen anymore.

So do I, except that like I like can't see the dress that the two are wearing and neither can anyone listening.

Like, yeah, we can give them homework.

Like go Google it, but like, who wants to do that?

You know, I'm just trying to enjoy a podcast.

Okay.

Well, you do have to go watch my piece of violin original content on my reels.

And correct.

So that's your homework, but I had just one more thing that I wanted to say.

Queenie and Weenie.

About our originality.

Yes, before we get to Queenie and Weenie, what were we just saying?

Oh, that there were so many stories.

We wound up doing like seven.

Honestly, before I sat down for the show, like I had like seven stories on my tabs.

It was, there was an abundance of stories today.

Thank God for that.

You know, let's just be grateful and stop complaining.

Yeah, acknowledge the space that we're in for a Friday, abundance of stories.

T-Y

SM.

Speaking of Friday, it is time for Queenie and Weenie of the Week, a weekly segment where Jackie and I dole out two awards individually.

So, really, four awards: Queenie of the Week and Weenie of the Week.

Who dazzled you this week as a queenie?

And who seriously gave you secondhand embarrassment this week as a weenie?

So, as always, let's start with Queenie because it's less fun.

Okay, you know, after this last conversation, I'm so tempted to give it to Lindsay Hubbard per usual again.

She's setting records, like, seriously, three times times in a row.

She is the winner of the Toasty Lions Award.

Yes.

But the winner, my queenie of the week is a person I was introduced to this week who has exhibited queenie-like behavior apparently for years and his entire life.

And that's Zach Hyman, the Jew on the Edmonton Oilers, who is pro-Israel, a children's book author, and a PJOM.

I love that.

My queenie of the week is one, Kelly Brian Clarkson.

Like she made my life.

Like this was one of the best weeks of my life.

Like I got home and I was buzzing and Ben was like, wow, you had a banner night.

I'm like, you don't even know.

The way she made me feel, like, the way your music makes me feel, like, is so fabulous.

But to have that experience, IRL, and so often you meet people that you look up to, and even if they're good, like, they're never better.

She was even better, she was so real.

Like, again, her Luke Holmes and Lindsey Hubbard, like, there's nothing those three people could do that would make me hate them.

Seriously, would you say that Kelly Clarkson is your favorite kind of high, rushing through you like a fire?

And I need you to know.

Yes, I would.

She's your favorite Clarify.

She's your favorite kind of hat.

It was such a pleasure.

And that just never happens.

I love that.

And I'm only sorry you weren't there.

Oh, well, thank you for bringing Kelly Brayan IRL to the masses and letting us know that we are rightful in our stanhood.

Now, Weenie of the Week, who to you, Jackie, acted in a weenie-like manner this weenie of the week?

Let's say it on the count of three.

One, two, three.

Justin Timberlake.

I mean, so many

elements.

Even though you said you had two?

I honestly was considering Kevin Costner for Weenie of the Week.

Cause honestly, like, he was annoying me this week with all of his press.

And then, like, to wrap up the press week of, like, after being a thirst monster with, like, some piece of shit news, it's giving weenie.

I understand that, but Justin Timberlake is so far in ahead, the Weenie of the Week.

If it had been a slow news week, it could have been Kevin Costner.

If Kevin Costner is my number two, like, one is all the way up here and two is, like, there, it wasn't even close.

I agree.

Yeah.

I'm up here and you're down here.

Go to sleep.

Take a Xanax.

Go to sleep.

Yeah, Justin Timber, like, like, obviously, driving drunk is a weenie thing to do.

Like, you're always going to be a contender for weenie of the week if you get, if you start driving drunk.

Um, but so many other elements really, obviously, just made this the obvious choice.

Mainly, you know, this is going to ruin the tour.

Um, mainly just him in general,

like being him.

There was someone shit, someone gave a good example of a person with a DUI who I know you're going to overlook.

Go.

Um, Karen Huger.

Oh, yeah, that was recently.

And you already forgot.

You know what?

I, seriously, like, I'm unapologetic.

I feel like I'm so authentic.

Like, I always tell you guys, like, I'm a hypocrite.

Like, I'm, like, I constantly contradict myself.

Yeah, I have these rules, but yeah, they don't apply to Karen Huger.

Sorry.

They don't apply to gods, okay?

Understood.

Like, please don't compare, don't insult Karen Huger by comparing her to Sam Hunt, okay?

Willy-nilly and proud.

Yeah, like I'm scrupled sometimes.

And I own that, by the way.

Like, I don't say, like, I am the most consistent person.

No, it's true.

It's true.

I love when you're just like, okay, I'm being a hypocrite.

Cool.

Yeah, I can acknowledge it.

Oh, and I'm also always saying, like, I'm so open to changing my mind.

Like, my,

I'm so, it's not even that I'm willy-nilly.

Like, yes, I hear a compelling argument, you can change my mind.

Yeah.

I think that's good to be so open-minded, by the way.

Some of you could use that sort of energy.

No, no, willy-nilly in the sense like you say when someone has a dui like they're done to doesn't matter like who they are that does not apply though to some people including now we have our example karen huger that's where the whale hurricane

i i wouldn't even apologize i feel like it's self-explanatory karen huger you know what i mean like think of all the good she's done why would we let this one small little thing

um okay that is our show that is our week what a great week i hope everybody was able to get the merch that they wanted there are some pieces left so if you head to shop toastmerch.com you can order some of our fabulous items We are going to be in person next week.

We've got our live shows.

So much excitement to be excited about.

Excitement excites me.

We will see you next week.

Thank you.

Oh, no wrap-up?

No, wrap-ups.

No, no, no.

You could wrap up.

I'll tell them I love them twice.

I'm not ashamed.

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Tell me, you love.

Have you found that I've been more musical?

I have.

What do you think?

It's not my favorite, but who the fuck am I to say?

Is it because like

not you being musical or you just don't like musical?

Are you like one of those like toxic toasters that's like stop singing?

No, I definitely find it like annoying and disruptive to the flow of conversation.

Like dead ass.

Brick.

I know, but but seriously, I do it.

So

like I feel like with me, it's just a phase right now because I'm not usually this musical.

I just like.

No, and I need need to calm down.

It's like rules for thee, but not for me.

Literally, rules for Sam Hunt, but not for Karen Huger.

Because, like, I think you should stop, but I won't.

So, you know?

Okay.

Love ya.

Bye.