Love Ya, Bye!: Friday, December 15th, 2023

Good morning, Millennials.

Welcome back to the toast.

And

yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Happy

Friday, Friday.

Gotta get down on Friday.

Everybody is looking forward to the weekend, weekend, Friday, Friday, getting down on Friday.

Not only is it Friday,

this is the most Friday Friday we shall ever have because it is the final day of the final week.

of the show for the year.

It's the season of the six and it's coming to a close.

I was thinking last night that the next time we do a toast episode, it will be our seventh season.

We are back the first week of January.

Today is our last episode of the year.

Jackie, how does that make you feel to enter our seventh season?

It makes me feel proud, excited, strong,

old.

No,

wise, bitch.

I wasn't saying like you're the only one who's old.

No, sorry, sorry.

I mean, because you would be saying the both of us.

I mean, I'm saying we're rebranding old and we're calling it wise.

Common, bitch.

Love that.

Comma.

Comma.

Cap.

Comma.

The toast is bussing.

No cap.

That we've...

That we've been new.

Oh my god, she's 17.

She's 17.

We've been new.

That the toast is bussin'.

We've been knowing.

We've been knowing.

Toot toot.

Beep, beep.

Running my hands through my fro.

Oh, wow.

Dancing on 24.

What song is that?

Ignition.

Oh.

Oh.

I just want to say, I just want to say, R.

Kelly's the worst person on the planet.

He is a monster who should never see the light of day ever again.

However,

that song is good.

That song is buzzing.

Wait, also, if you didn't just give me that O face, I wouldn't have realized it was R.

Kelly who sang it.

I'd just be like, I don't know.

Maybe I would have googled it.

Probably not.

So let me go back to that moment where I was just singing this fun song called Ignition.

No, Ignition is a very unique song in the sense that like pretty much everyone stopped listening to R.

Kelly.

Like it's not acceptable.

Like we are all deeply enraged by what he did.

Like, everyone knows about it, but there's something about that song people can't let it go.

Like, he has a lot of songs now that nobody listens to.

Yeah, I feel like Ignition kind of slips through the cracks as not being like so R.

Kelly-branded.

Like, I Believe I Can Fly is a toast.

It's done.

It's, it's R.

Kelly through and through.

But I feel like.

I could have thought Ignition was by someone else, and I might have thought that.

Everyone personally.

I'm just letting you know my association.

Like, for me, I believe I can fly is inextricably R.

Kelly.

I think for most people, Ignition is more so inextricably R.

Kelly.

Got it.

Okay, I'm sorry for those people.

Me too, because it's a good song.

Yeah, it's busting.

It's so annoying when people who are like disgusting do something, you know, like have a talent.

Yeah, as far as losing the music of a disgraced artist, like for us, there was only like three songs for R.

Kelly.

There was two.

No, I feel like there's a third one.

I don't know.

I know the third one.

I believe I can fly.

Like, I can live without it.

I don't really even like that song.

No.

Oh, that's a loss.

For me, the world's greatest.

That's the third one.

That was a tough loss for the community.

Yeah.

So there's three.

It's not like, you know, anyone who had to grapple with Michael Jackson.

It's like

song after song.

I never really got into MJ.

Yeah, but for the people who did, who also like didn't want to support his music, like that's a lot of hits to miss out on.

That sucks.

Yeah.

That's what I'm saying.

So I don't know how our final episode of the year became about R.

Kelly,

but it did.

And we're just, I'm excited for today's episode.

You know what I love is that whenever we take a break, our last episode before the break always gets like double the amount of downloads because, you know, we're essentially giving people a month.

Like your maternity leave, people had a month to listen to that last episode.

This time around, people have three weeks to listen to the final episode.

So I want to make it so good.

I want to be my best.

I'm going to just be hilarious.

Okay, but don't try too hard, please.

Like, okay.

We're best off the cuff natural.

And yeah, I guess.

And what's so exciting is that while the toast won't be on till the first week of January, there are a few things happening that should satiate you over the break.

If you're a Patreon member, we have three episodes remaining for the rest of the month.

You will get three episodes while we are away.

So what's also exciting.

Even more exciting, I would venture to guess, is if you're not a Patreon member, if you sign up today, you will get not only those three episodes aforementioned, you will get the two that we already recorded this month and you will get the hundreds that we have done over the last six years.

There's so much content for you.

If you're missing yar girls, now is the time to join Patreon.

I know you're probably thinking like, I don't have Patreon.

What is Patreon?

I've never, you know, used the app.

It's really so simple.

Go to patreon.com slash the toast, make a login.

You do have to make a login.

You're done.

It's all there.

Videos, blogs, audio episodes, audio video episodes.

So many different topics.

You're going to find so many things that you love.

It's really so simple.

Don't be intimidated by the fact that it's like Patreon and you might not have ever used Patreon.

Right.

It's very easy to use.

It's a subscription service.

So it's $7.99 for the month.

And you'll get access to everything we've ever recorded with that $7.99.

So it might be a good way, you know, forego a coffee if you can and get a Patreon.

And

there's more.

So you can, of course, listen to old episodes, join the Patreon while we're gone.

But next week, you'll be able to watch something really special, really fabulous that I recorded, not recorded, filmed, excuse me, I was on set that I filmed a little while ago.

My comedy special will be out.

You have to stay tuned for all the details.

They'll be on my Instagram.

You'll be able to find out every, all the details once they come out.

But that'll be next week.

So it's just very exciting.

Like we're leaving you guys, we're leaving you guys, but we're also, we're giving treats.

We're leaving you in good hands, I feel.

I think so.

We're not just ducking and running.

We have support systems in place.

We have nets after nets to help you on your way down.

Exactly.

Back to January 4th, I think would be our first episode of the year.

I don't remember, but we'll figure it out.

I know we took a generous lead time after New Year's.

Yeah, because we've got to get back.

Travel.

We've got to, you know, get ready.

I think it was January 4th, but actually.

It's giving 5th.

4th.

Okay, 4th, yes.

4th.

Okay, 4th.

May the 4th be with you.

We'll see you then.

So don't worry.

And then we still have today's episode, which is going to be super fun.

How are the stories?

The stories themselves, I wouldn't say, are the strongest batch.

However, they are all rife for commentary.

Themselves?

The stories themselves are rife for commentary, which is I prefer rather than like a hard story of hard news that's like, congrats, grads.

Congrats, grads.

Or rip.

Or rip.

Like, what more is there to say?

Today we have five stories and I believe we'll have something to say about them.

That's such good news.

Yeah, I thought you would think so.

So before we dive in, let's talk about this year.

Okay.

So I want to say, Jax, congrats, congrats on making it to the end of the year.

I was thinking about this this morning.

You know, this is a very challenging year for you.

You went through a lot.

You came out on the other side stronger and wiser than ever before.

And I'm so excited to be spending the holidays with you and more importantly, your children.

And I dreamt of them last night.

And I just, I'm really proud of us.

Like, this was a challenging year.

You know, we talked about this a little bit on our most recent Patreon episode, but just looking at the year at a glance, like, you know, this year was, it's so important to remember, it could always have been worse.

Of course.

But it doesn't mean that you can't remark on the challenges.

You know, you were rooted from your home.

You had a very complicated pregnancy.

TGTG Baruch Hashem.

Chirals made it here with us.

But then we also, you know,

Theo.

Israel.

Israel.

It was a challenging year, highs and lows.

We had a great year work-wise.

The toast is just bigger and bigger.

The toast is bussin'.

The toast is bussin'.

How did I live without that word for so long?

I don't know, but are you gonna start using it like in everyday life?

Of course it is bussing.

So if you do really want to use it.

That's my version.

If you really want to use it correctly, most of the time it's referring to food.

So you would say, this beef stew is bussin.

My saqar meals are bussing.

Are they though?

Yes, they are.

Okay.

They're hearty.

Oh, yeah.

No, if something's like really hearty and delicious and savory, it's bussing.

But my beef stew is bussing, and I'm so excited because I will be cooking beef stew on our trip.

And I'm going to show you like what I've been talking about.

We have been so organized for our upcoming trip.

Shout out to Margo and Olivia, who have really been carrying the load in terms of corporate queens.

Created a calendar for us.

It's color-coded, and they even got like what who's cooking what night and what they're making.

It literally says, like, Jackie's beef stew, Ben's chili.

It's actually, I'm doing the chili because Ben is on the hook for like a lot of breakfasts and lunch.

Yeah, that's so, Ben.

But Ben is, I mean, I would love to do a chili cookoff with Ben.

I'm ready.

I've been preparing for years.

I don't know if I've had your chili since the great chili cookoff, which is available on Patreon.

So if you join Patreon this month, you will be able to go watch it from our family trip like five years ago.

I don't think you have.

And even though my chili, like I've perfected it and I...

I love it.

I don't know that you will because it's not taco meat.

No, but here's the thing.

I meant to tell you a spoon.

I meant to tell you this.

I had a spoon.

I meant to tell you this.

I have a spoon.

So I grab a spoon.

A week ago, I went over to Taylor Strecker.

She's like, I'm making my famous chicken chili i'm like oh great and then i was like will i like it like i don't know if i have ever eaten actually like chili chili that's not the one ben makes for me which is essentially taco meat it was so good and it's really not that different than what i eat so just a little soup beer yeah and i still ate it with a fork okay and you could put my chili like through a sifter yeah a strainer a strainer

yeah

so We're very excited for our trip.

But we were talking about the year when we were saying, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Oh, yeah.

We went to Busting, but we were were talking about the year.

So highs and lows, I feel excited about how we're going to end off the year.

And I just wanted to say, I love you and I'm so proud of you for what you really championed.

You went through so many hard things this year and you never faltered in your strength and your perseverance and you still remain just so positive.

And I just think you're a role model for young moms and I love you.

Oh my God, that is so nice.

Thank you.

Honestly, like.

I'm really excited for the break.

I feel like I've been burning out a little bit.

So it's really nice to hear you say that.

I'm getting like, I'm just like, it was a crazy fucking year.

I'm tired.

I know, but it was a crazy year.

We need to acknowledge how, how much we went through and how far we came.

And I feel like I grew up a lot this year.

My year of yes.

You've had a big year.

A year of yes after 26 years of no.

Yes.

She's only 26.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And of course, this last quarter has been incredibly emotionally difficult and no one has gone through it more with more strength and grace.

And every time someone asks me like how Claudia is doing, I'm like, she is so sad, but she's so measured like and level-headed.

You know, it's, you haven't like lost your mind, even though you so easily could.

Yeah.

And even this entire time.

And so every, I know 2024 is going to be the year of the turd.

And I don't want to only focus on the challenging parts because it was such a great year.

Like,

you know.

professionally, personally, Charlie, like so many fabulous things happened this year.

We're so blessed.

The toast, everyone just like coming along for the journey, watching, being so supportive always.

Like any, the book, the book, the camera, the counselor, like we had so many amazing things happen this year.

So I don't only want to focus on the bad.

It was just a fabulous year.

I'm sad that it's coming to an end, my year of yes.

I do think I will be bringing the yes energy into next year.

I feel pretty pleased about the decisions that I made this year, the trips I took, the businesses I ventured out on.

Like, I think it's good.

Keep saying yes.

Yeah.

I love that.

So your resolution was a success.

Yes.

That was like the first time I think I really followed through on a resolution the entire year.

I was just saying that I have a resolution.

I already forgot it.

Do you remember?

Not that you would remember more than I would.

Not that I would remember something you said.

Right.

That was like personal detail.

I remember when I said it, you were like, you know, yuck.

It wasn't for you.

Are you going to start homesteading and making your own toilet paper?

No, I forget what it was.

Oh, I just remembered something I need to buy for our trip.

A sourdough starter kit?

No, duty wipes.

Like, I don't know.

I think I've said this.

I have from the boys.

Oh, I guess I could steal the kids' wipes.

Did I get wipes in my order?

You know what?

I don't think I did.

I always forget the wipes.

I also wanted English muffins.

I need to, I don't know if I've said this on the toast, but your friend Sam, who you were just talking about on your Instagram story, is married.

I forgot wipes.

Thank you for the reminder.

I'm literally a mother.

Bitch, I'm a mother.

Not

stealing the kids' wipes.

That they don't even have.

But back to wipes.

There's already a run on the wipes.

I don't know if I've ever said this thing, but your friend Sam's husband, Ben, has this like theory about wipes.

Has he ever told you it?

I don't know.

And he told me at one time, and let me tell you, it changed the way like I wipe my ass forever.

Okay.

He was just saying like how crazy it is that like you take a poop and you just like wipe it with toilet paper when there's like duty on your skin.

Like if you got duty on your finger, you would run it under hot water, scrub, scrub, scrub, like crazy.

But there's literally duty on your skin and your butt.

And like some people just use toilet paper.

Like it's disgusting.

i guess well it's different if with your finger because you're gonna use your finger again okay let's say you get it on your arm

and you just like wipe it off you wouldn't just wipe it off you would scrub it but technically not that i'm advocating for uncleanliness but technically if you're wearing long sleeve all day and you happen to get duty up here and you wiped it off and then you put your long sleeve back on and you were gonna wash your shirt so now there's duty on your shirt But you're gonna wash it just like you would wash your arms.

Like, yes, but just it's it's funny to think about like how we just very nonchalantly like clean our asses very haphazardly, if you will.

When if in any other scenario you got poop, fecal matter on any part of your skin, like you would scrub it off.

And that was him basically advocating for wipes.

I like the advocation, but it's like the part of your body that's designated for fecal matter that you're not using for anything else.

So we can wait until you shower.

Yes, but it's just kind of crazy.

I love wipes, so I'm here for this.

Anything that's for cleanliness is for godliness.

I love duty wipes.

Like, they're my favorite.

What do people call them?

Wet wipes?

Wet wipes.

No, they're duty wipes in my house.

They're wet wipes.

They're just wipes.

Yeah.

Use the same wipes for really everything.

So add it to the list.

I need a duty wipes for adults and children.

I will.

I just added it to my card.

So we've got a great show.

I'm like kind of hesitant to dive in because this is like the last time we'll be able to talk about ourselves for the rest of the year.

Oh, that's hard.

But I'm all capped out on talking about myself for the year.

I'm excited.

I'm taking a vow of silence.

No.

Except for the three Patreon episodes we have to do and hanging in with my family.

And of course, all the content you're going to make promoting my special.

Of course.

What do you have in mind for me?

Some TikToks?

Yes, I do have a lot of TikToks in mind.

I'm going to be torturing everyone with my TikTok this holiday season.

That's fine.

Speaking of self-promotion, I just wanted to give an update because my book, I was on Amazon last night.

It's back in stock on Amazon.

Amazon, I don't know if they were just doing this to be like thirsty and you know, hype it up, but they were like one copy left.

I don't really know how that's possible when it just came back in stock, but it is coming back in stock.

Oh, maybe they weren't lying, anyways.

It will be back in stock for real before the holidays.

So just keep checking.

Oh, no, arrives before Christmas.

Yeah, it's available now.

And it doesn't say one left.

So the warehouse is bussing.

The warehouse got all my copies.

Who am I?

Claudia with a cold.

No, I'm the warehouse, and I'm sick because I have all these sick books inside me.

Sick books, the camera and the counselor, it's on Amazon.

It doesn't say one copy anymore.

So go get your copy on Amazon.

If you want a signed copy, I believe the store Books and Greetings, where I did my signing, still has some signed copies left.

So if you want to give like a very special gift to someone with a copy with my John Hancock, call up the store and they'll order it out to you.

You can order it.

Just call them.

Go to Google Books and Greetings in Livingston, New Jersey, call them.

I know it's kind of like a Rube Goldberg way to get it, but like that's really you get a signed copy and it's like you're you're working hard you're going out of your way to get a really thoughtful gift for someone that's not just like buying a book on amazon though that works too no and also you could if you live in new jersey you could go to the store that's true but i feel like everybody who lives around there came to the night

so you could call what if you just called up books and greetings it's an idea yeah so i don't know how many copies they have left but give it a shot whoever you gifted to would be like so

honored to get a personalized copy from your girl.

So all's that to say before we dive in.

All's that to say is that even when we're not working, we're still working and there's always content for you.

Yes, but that's not what I was going to say.

All's that to say,

happy holidays, happy new year, Jax.

The end of a chapter, the beginning of a book.

I love you dearly.

And let's dive in.

Oh, now you're ready to dive in?

Yeah.

Was there anything else?

No, but like two minutes ago, you weren't ready.

It's crazy what can happen in two minutes.

Yeah, me talking.

So true.

Also, Hanukkah ended last night.

I hope everyone had a happy Hanukkah.

Oh, you know what?

You know where I went last night?

I went to like a Hanukkah.

It was like a little Hanukkah party.

Oh, I saw.

It looked so meaningful.

It was so nice.

It was the last night of Hanukkah.

We all lit candles and it was.

We were hosting a group of, they were like, honestly teenagers.

They must have been like 16, 17, or 18, who all have either siblings or friends who are currently being held hostage.

And they all just spoke a little bit about their

experience, what they've been doing.

They basically just been traveling around the world.

They went to the UN that day advocating for the release of the hostages.

And a lot of them were, you know, it was their brothers and sisters who were kidnapped.

Some of them, it was their parents.

And everybody knows that video of the beautiful brunette girl on the back of that motorcycle being taken into Gaza after the music festival.

Her name is Noah.

Her friend was there and he was speaking on her behalf.

And he was like, you know, she doesn't have any siblings.

Her mother has, you know, brain cancer.

So some of her friends have been, she just got back from Australia.

Like they're all traveling around the world advocating on her behalf because she doesn't really have a lot of people to do it for her.

It was, it was very moving.

And I'm really glad that I went.

It was so, and these kids, they're 16, you know, they're so tough.

Like they were speaking and they like were on the verge of tears, but they didn't let a single tear shed.

Like they were so tough and so strong and had such mental fortitude and they were so young.

It was so impressive.

I was like, I was so tired.

I was like, should I go?

Whatever.

I was so glad that I went.

And they were just like, so precious.

A lot of them, their first time in New York.

Obviously, I think they were wishing they were here for a completely different reason.

Right.

But a lot of like the Jewish organizations that brought them, I think, had planned like fun activities for them because they're still just like 16-year-old kids in New York for the first time.

So they went to the Madonna concert last night at Barclay Center.

And

really cute.

I'm so glad that I went.

It was an amazing event.

And I feel like there was like a couple of days where a lot of the hostages, not a lot, but like some of the hostages were released, mostly the women and the elderly.

And people have just kind of forgotten about all the men there, like people's dads.

It was most of their older brothers.

There's still 135 people chilling in Gaza.

And also, also, any women above the age of 20?

Yeah.

What about them?

And so one of the girls speaking, both of her parents, she was from Kibbutz Barry, which is really where a lot of people got hit.

Yeah.

And both of her parents were taken.

And then her mom was one of the people released a couple of weeks ago.

And she's like, my mom is here physically, but like mentally, she's not okay because one, of all the things she experienced, and two, like her husband is still sitting there and she knows the conditions.

Right.

It was so heartbreaking.

These kids were just so strong.

I couldn't get over like how young they were because they just appeared so mature and so tough.

Yeah, we can't let the energy die down.

I feel like that's why they keep traveling the world and speaking to everyone.

Like it's just so crazy.

There's over 130 hostages of civilians, people who were taken from their bed in their underwear and being held hostage by a terrorist organization.

And that just.

Seems to be, what is it?

I saw a tweet that's like, how did the hostages become the sublot of the war?

Like they are, that's the reason we're in, the IDF is in Gaza, like trying to rescue hostages.

No, and these kids were hostages.

These kids were really frustrated.

They're like, this is not how we want to be, like, going through this experience, like traveling around begging people to believe us and begging people to care and share in our pain.

They were like frustrated.

And, like, the fact they think even have to go to the UN and explain to these officials what's going on and why it's important to advocate for the hostages being released.

They were, they were mad.

No, I would be so mad.

Did you see the video?

I saw it this morning, morning.

Netanyahu, who's the prime minister of Israel, was meeting with the Red Cross, those

useless pieces of shit.

And he was like, you guys need to put public pressure on Hamas to release the hostages.

And the Red Cross woman, who this was her first time, the head of the Red Cross, her first time going to Israel since the start of the war, said, we can't put public pressure on Hamas and they'll just close the door to us.

And he was like, why don't you try?

Right.

What if you just tried something?

No, these are people who have been shot, who have been stabbed, who are receiving no medical care, who are sitting in dark tunnels, who get no food.

No, they get medical care from a local veterinarian.

Right, right.

You shot in the arm, the local vet will stitch you up.

It's beyond.

So I was really glad that I went.

And you're right.

Like we really can't stop talking about the hostages because while it's great that some of them have been released, the majority of them have not.

Right.

So I was glad that I went.

It was a great event.

And yeah.

And anyone who wants peace, like start with hostage release and then

maybe we can get towards peace, but there can't be peace when there are hostages in tunnels in their underwear with bullet wounds who have been separated from their family and kidnapped in the middle of the night release release then peace

release then peace then cease oh i love

it would probably be release then cease then peace

That could work.

That could work.

Cap, no cap.

Bussing.

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Our first story, a little young love.

Olivia Rodrigo and Louis Patridge confirmed their relationship with a cheeky makeout session in New York City.

Emphasis on the cheeky.

Yeah, it was giving cheat crack hole.

It was giving cheek crack hole.

Olivia Rodrigo Rodrigo confirmed her romance with her new beau, Lewis Patridge, during a steamy makeout session in New York City.

The pair, both 20 years old.

Good to know.

Were photographed packing on the PD.

Olivia Rodrigo's 20?

Yeah.

Well, I didn't know that, but yeah.

I thought she was like 24.

Oh, I thought she was 19.

Snitch said yesterday she was 19.

And how old is Sabrina Carpenter?

Because I also thought she was 20.

She's an 40.

She's older.

Remember, she's an older girl.

That was in the lyrics.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

I think she's

24.

Yeah.

okay.

Wow, this is like kind of a very mature, advanced makeout session for 20-year-olds.

Like, I was not making out with anyone like this when I was 20.

I was like a freak.

Really?

I feel like this is how like 20-year-olds make out.

No way.

20 is so young.

No,

you're an adult.

You're still in college if you're not Olivia Rodrigo.

Yeah, but so you're on your way to adulthood.

College is where you transition from an adolescent to an independent adult.

Now, let me ask you a question because everybody seemed to know who this Lewis Patridge fellow was, and I had never heard of him.

I don't know her either, but I think he's from the show Enola Holmes.

Oh, and I thought you were saying Enola.

I'm like, yeah, that's why I added the Holmes because

that's so that you would know.

Yeah, the show is Enola Holmes.

Yeah, with Millie Bobbs.

He's also in Paddington, too.

Did you know?

Do you know the origin of the bear Paddington?

I know nothing.

I just know he's a bear in a raincoat.

Let me tell you the sweetest story that I didn't know.

I always like Paddington because he's a bear in a raincoat and it's so cute that he did that sketch with Laquin.

Laque, just remind me.

I have something to tell you that I just found out also.

Okay, so basically the character of Paddington, do you know what the Kinder Transport was?

That was during the Holocaust.

During the Holocaust,

a train full of German Jewish kids were sent to Britain to save them from being exterminated.

It was only kids, no parents.

They all came with a backpack on and a tag around their neck that like said their name and who they were.

And it was called the Kinder Transport.

And the creator of Paddington saw those kids.

And that's why Paddington is, he like is at the train station.

He has a tag.

He's based on the kids from the Kinder Transport.

Oh my God, I'm going to cry.

No, I'm literally going to cry.

So Paddington is Jewish.

Paddington is a Jew.

Oh.

And you got to get Harry a Paddington bear.

And he's a Zionist.

I'm obsessed.

Obsessed?

I thought that was, I had no idea.

Okay, well,

my fun fact is like so dumb compared to you.

Okay.

I just found out that Barry Manilow, the singer of At the Copa, Copa Cabana, who like looks Jewish, but I feel like is not,

he is responsible for many of the famous jingles on television, including like a good neighbor, stay by was there.

Musical icon.

I am stuck on Band-Aid, but Band-Aid's stuck on me.

Oh, that's cute.

Yeah, remember that one from when we were growing up?

He was talking about it in an interview, how like a lot of people don't know that, but these are songs that have been on TV, like the State Farm one for 40 years, and he considers them his greatest hits.

As he should.

Isn't that cute?

That is cute.

Great.

This is a lot of...

Oh, Louis Patrick was in Medici.

I watched that.

Oh, he was one of the younger brothers, though.

I recognize him.

Okay.

I mean, he's a very handsome fellow.

I just feel like I was really showing my age, but by never having heard of this person.

Yeah.

And also, like, that we didn't watch Enola Holmes.

Yeah, yeah.

But the pictures were really cute.

They're frolicking around New York, getting her suitcase out of the car.

She's holding a box of Ritzcrackers, relatable, and they're making out, and his fingers, like up her butt, and it's cute.

Yeah, it's cute.

They're laughing.

They look just like a bunch of kids in love, honestly.

It's like, it's a very cute photo shoot.

Yeah, I'm so here for What's Not to Like, really?

What's Not to Like, really?

I mean, I guess she'll tell us when she writes a song about what he did.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

All of a sudden, we're all hooked on Lewis Patridge.

Right, right.

Hashtag Lewis Patridge's over party.

Bloodsucker, fame fucker.

Yeah, bleeding me dry like a goddamn vampire.

Yeah, so let's enjoy it while it lasts.

I was actually listening to Guts on my Way to say that her relationship won't last, but I'm just saying, you know, like it's

what goes up.

I was watching, I was listening to Guts on My Way to Work this morning.

Like, really, it's giving, it's giving female empowerment.

I was just like kind of stomping through the street, you know?

Oh, it don't mean a thing.

God loves fucking empowerment.

She's so good.

Like, she really is like the real deal.

Yeah.

Not a one-hit wonder.

Not a one-hit wonder.

Even though I never said she was a one-hit wonder.

And what I said was it was too soon to say whether or not she would be a one-hit wonder.

And I disagreed.

You thought that the game was called already.

Because Deja Vu had already come out, and there was like all this type of thing.

Right, no, no, because technically she had two hits, but a one-hit wonder isn't a technical term.

It's like colloquial.

No, a one-hit wonder is like a one-hit wonder.

It's okay.

Like Billy Ray Serris.

I cannot relitigate this.

I cannot relitigate.

Listen, it's the end of the year.

We're supposed to be harmonious.

Let's not bring up acrimonious beefs from years past.

But I just, I feel like the way that that conversation gets remembered is I was saying she was a one-hit wonder when that was never my point.

My point was the jury was still out.

Yes, you're right.

Like everybody clowns on you.

Like, Jackie, she wasn't a one-hit wonder.

But that isn't what you said.

But I don't feel like a clown because I'm like, you guys aren't.

You guys are not.

And maybe if you had a job that you were passionate passionate about, you would know what it's like, but you don't.

Maybe if you had an argument that you could argue correctly, you would know what it's like to remember what you said.

But you don't.

You don't.

But you don't.

I'm starving.

What are you going to have for your last lunch of the work day of the year?

I don't think I'm going to be having my last lunch of the year, like in the studio.

Usually I have lunch in the studio every day, but it's like

you're not going tomorrow.

It's not your last lunch of the year.

No, but you should have a TWB.

A warm bowl?

Yeah, to commemorate.

I'm just like kind of over the warm bowls.

Like, I've really, I hyper-fixated so hard on this one meal for the last literally two years.

And I think I'm actually finally kind of sick of it.

Yeah, because then it starts to taste like your environment.

Like, it just tastes like work.

Work.

Yeah.

And you can't change it up because you're you.

Right.

It's not like I could get something else at this place.

I go to a restaurant.

I can't add like, you know, a dressing.

No, I go to a restaurant and there's one, if I'm lucky, maybe two items that I can eat.

This place, there's only one.

Why don't you go to the other place that we used to go to before the other place opened?

I actually had it like, like twice last week.

But that's a place with a lot of options.

You could get a pizza.

Yeah, I know.

But if I'm going to get a pizza, like, okay, I'll just go get good pizza.

Like, I don't have to go to the workplace.

Why don't you go across the street to the fancy restaurant?

I should.

That place is good, but that's reserved for special occasions.

Like when you're in town and me, you and Harry have lunch or like a work thing.

I always take people to that place.

Yeah, but it's a special occasion.

It's the last work day of the year.

Okay, and I just suppose I'm supposed to go eat by myself.

Actually, I hit my Kindle.

What's Ben up to?

He has a meeting on Long Island.

Strong Island.

Yeah.

Strong Island.

Okay, are you ready for our next story?

Is it number two?

Yeah, yeah, number two.

Don't get your bragas in a twist.

I won't.

Even though this story has my bragas in a twist, honestly, for real.

Okay.

Watch What Happens Live producers remove Andy Cohen's after show from X after the platform is deemed not safe due to anti-Semitism.

Yeah.

Have you seen this?

I have.

It felt so bizarre.

It's

random.

Counterproductive.

Here's the deets.

Producers at Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen have pulled their after-show from Elon Musk's X, formerly known as Twitter, to prevent their content from showing up alongside anti-Semitic posts page six can exclusively reveal.

A source told Page 6 on Wednesday that production was concerned about their content living adjacent to inappropriate, hateful, or anti-Semitic advertising or content.

Staffers wanted the content to live in a safe space.

They're also told Andy, who is Jewish and both an executive producer and host on the show, was involved in making this decision.

Honestly, this feels like so performative of Andy.

Like it's just like making news.

I don't think it's like actually making any change.

And I think we all know like in terms of the social media platforms that we should be advocating against when it comes to anti-semitism like x is so not even our problem

and everyone has made like x the poster trial for anti-semitism when you when if you look at the data the amount of anti-semitic anti-israel sentiment on tick tock is whopping and staggering compared to even instagram which is whopping and staggering compared to x like this is not even we need a better word than performative because performative just is like doing something just you know say that you did it and not really caring but this is actually like if you care about anti-semitism it's counterintuitive.

It's counterintuitive.

It's, for lack of a better word, dumb.

Yeah, yeah, it's so true.

Especially if you're staying on, if you're show and you're, you still have an account on TikTok, then like, right, you make no sense.

No, it's so true.

I just read, like, a young person, like a minor who goes on the app is like 70% more likely to walk away after spending 30 minutes with like a negative view towards Jews and Israel.

Like

the data is there, the statistics are there, and like nobody really talks about it.

And everyone's just sort of focused on X when like, who who cares like no one's even on X no

one's even about influence X says that's not true not for you not for you but it does that's not even the issue it's like if you care about anti-Semitism on social media then you start at the top you don't start with the platform that is the least problematic for what what are you accomplishing yeah this was just like so random like

I don't really feel like Andy has said or done anything to like,

you know, about anti-Semitism.

And so I think this is like him like making a statement.

And I don't think it's saying much.

No, and he consistently does the least, like does the bare.

He meets the bar and it's very low, but he meets it all the time.

And now you want to like step your pussy up with this.

Yeah.

No.

Like take an actual stand.

What does this do for this?

Doesn't move the needle on anti-Semitism.

Sorry.

No, it doesn't.

That's that's the most important thing.

It doesn't actually do anything.

And like if you guys sat down and the fact that the staffers want a safe place for their show, like get a grip, my friends.

Yeah.

Look around.

Safe base for their, like for their show about like silliness and ding-dong doorbell gay shark like calm down yeah

you're safe you're safe you're marked as safe it's just it's just meaningless

yeah but they just like went nobody asked they went so far out of their way for like why that's that's it

That's it.

Here's the thing.

It's layered.

It's one, nobody asked.

Two, even if we did ask, like this was the incorrect move.

Because

it doesn't move the needle.

It is established that of all of the social media platforms, X is the least anti-Semitic, even though, you know, people want to frame it to be like Emilon is an anti-Semite.

Right.

He's really not.

Right.

When you look into it, he's not.

But like, I guess people don't look into it is the problem.

Right, right.

So this looks performative.

Yeah.

Having said that, Nikki Minaj was on Watch Rapps Live and she did an amazing job.

She's really like such a character.

And it was a great episode.

What did she do?

Just because she's promoting her album, Pink Friday 2.

And she watches a lot of housewives.

And they like, there was this thing last week where Kathy Hilton was leaving like insane comments on Nikki Minaj's social media being like, Nikki, please, I need to speak with you.

And Andy was like, did you ever get in contact with her?

She's like, I did.

I don't know what she wants for me, but she had so many nice things to say about my album.

So whatever she wants, I'll do.

They love that.

Yeah.

Nikki Minaj, whenever she enters the Bravo universe, really, it brings joy.

Whenever she enters anything, really, like, and makes herself known, it's really enjoyable.

I'm going to listen to some Nikki Minaj today while I'm driving.

That'll be fun.

She is like a character.

I feel like I've missed out on years worth of music and driving because of the car.

Because I just started driving.

And now it's like all these hits from when I was a teenager, when other people were driving and had the windows down listening to them, like I need to go experience those moments.

Like I need to go listen to Pink Friday with my windows down.

You're just like 16 years old.

Like, you're gonna be like, this one is for the boys in the boom system.

Like,

I've never, I've never wrapped Super Bass from the driver's seat.

Driver's seat, right?

I know what I'm doing today.

Yeah.

She's catching up.

Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

She's got some catching up to do.

Are you ready for our next story?

This one is for the turties.

In the boom system?

Top down AC with the cooling system.

Okay, wait.

This one is for the girls in the.

This one is for the boys.

So this one is for the boys in the booming system?

At this point, it's all muscle memory.

It's all one word.

This one's for the boys in the booming system, top down AC with the cooling.

Like, it's all one word.

It's like when you learn a song in another language and you don't know what the actual words are, like, what are words and what are

sentences?

You just

keep saying the sounds.

Yeah.

Yeah.

But this song is for the turdy.

Okay.

Not song story.

And for the snitch.

Okay.

Should you keep giving clues?

Oh, am I supposed to be guessing?

No, but should we do that?

You know I love a game.

You do.

All right.

Him, give me clues.

Okay.

It is, I'll give you, it was reported the initial report comes from Deadline.

That might give you a sense of like what it's about.

TV, like, business.

It's for snitch and it's for turdy.

And it's...

Some book news.

Yes, the things we never got over is being made into a TV show.

Yep, Yep, Amazon MGM Studios is developing Lucy Score's bestseller, Things We Never Got Over for TV.

So this is a book that Snitch and Turdy love.

And it's just like, it was what it's similar to me to It Happens One Summer.

It just like swept the world and the smut world took it by storm.

It was one of the biggest like romance books probably last year.

Yeah.

Agreed.

And now we put Lucy Score on the map.

She's been like a romance writer for many, many years.

She has so many books.

And I think this was like her first major hit.

And then everybody went and read all of her other books.

I've I've read so many of her books now.

She's amazing.

Yes.

So Amazon MGM Studios is in development on Things We Never Got Over, a series adaptation of the best-selling romance novel by Lucy Score.

Set to adapt the book and executive produced the show is Amy Rardin from Echo.

This is the first book in Amy Score's New York Times best-selling knock them out series, which has sold over 5 million copies in total.

Wow.

I thought that was interesting.

The second book was not good.

I just want everyone to know that.

Well, if the first show is good, then maybe the second one will be made into an also good show.

Yeah.

Jolly good show.

I think it will.

I actually think this being a TV show is a great idea.

I love this.

And you just reminded me, I saw a video yesterday inside.

It was like all the girls who work at Reese's book club.

They were like in the office talking about their work.

It literally, like, if I...

had to quit and get a job, I would want to work at Reese's book club.

They like read all day.

Their office is so cute.

It's just like books everywhere and it's like reading nooks everywhere.

And they love their job.

It was the cutest thing ever.

You know who needs that job?

Not that she's looking for a job.

Sitch.

Dana.

Yes.

Dana needs to be like the work for like either Oprah's book club, Reese's book club or any publication or even if she worked at a publishing house where she had to read a bunch of manuscripts because not only does she love to read and she reads really quickly and like actually understands what she's reading, but she's such a good judge of books.

Like that is the right job for her.

I need to use my platform to get her that job.

You do.

It's giving younger.

Or she could work at Book of the Month also because they do the same thing yep but recently book club was just like so aesthetic like it was so cute oh yeah for that her transport's not gonna cut it yeah so

so perhaps not but she also loves her job so

so like she's fine you guys will have to make her a really good offer yeah one she can't refuse or yeah she could be like read with jenna's like chief reader right

She actually could probably do that as a hobby.

Yeah.

As a side hustle.

But back to Lucy's score, I just feel like we are always talking about things getting adapted, things getting picked up,

book rights being bought.

I feel like I never see results.

We see very little in terms of production.

Well, that's something that happens.

Just because your book gets bought doesn't mean necessarily it will get made.

But I feel like Amazon, someone there is

on the pulse and is like, these books are huge.

There's built-in audiences.

I can't believe more people aren't clamoring because reading has, and especially like these romance books, these YA novels, smut books, like cult audiences,

the work is done and the stories are written.

And I feel like two years ago, we were talking about that It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey had been bought also by Amazon.

Never came true.

Let me check in on it.

So many things, like they just, you're right, they take them off the market so that like Netflix can't buy it, but they don't always

create something.

And that's frustrating for like fans of the books.

Okay, this was in June 2022.

Okay, a year and a half ago.

BCDF Pictures and Frolic Media.

But let me see.

But it happened one summer?

Yeah, they were producing it.

So not Amazon.

So like those people have to make the movie and then someone buys it.

That's not so long ago to need to like

strike.

And

it could still happen, T.L.

Yeah, it's just.

It's frustrating.

I wish it would move faster.

Of course.

But we have, I think, next year, It Ends With Us is coming out the movie.

Oh, yeah.

You want to hear something crazy?

I've never read Things We Never Got Over.

I don't think that's so crazy.

And I don't think you need to read it.

Because my gripe with it is that it's too long for a book of its nature.

It's like 700 pages.

Yeah.

And it's just, if I'm reading a 700-page book, it's Elon Musk.

And that's who I'm working on right now.

Or like the Iliad.

Right.

Yeah, no, I wouldn't recommend it to you, actually.

Thank you.

But it's one of the books when I, you know, when my minions come to me and they say, turty, turty, help us.

We want to get it into smut.

It's probably like the fifth book I recommend, only because it's very long.

Yeah, and the first one is it happened one summer.

It happened.

Actually, I just went through this.

Hold on, because somebody was texting me, like, I'm going on my honeymoon.

I want like sexy books.

That's a good post to do on Redheads.

Like, honeymoon picks.

We've done honeymoon pics, but not sexy honeymoon picks.

Oh, I also say say Crossing the Line by Lucy Score.

But yeah, it happened one summer.

And then probably a co-ho is in there.

Sometimes I recommend Ugly Love, but once you really get into smut, you realize Colleen Hoover is actually not smutty at all.

I never read Ugly Love.

Oh, I loved it.

I can't remember.

I think my last co-ho.

was November 9th, and then I had had enough.

November 9th was cute.

Yeah.

All right, so hopefully this one comes to fruition because this book is really popular.

Did you read Layla?

No.

It was cute.

You should.

It's about a ghost.

Yeah, but it's they make it make sense.

I know.

Just one thing about me is like what I've learned, especially this year by reading like a couple books that are not based in extreme reality.

Things with magical realism, like I don't like, I didn't like One Italian Summer.

I didn't like

Iron Flame.

So you liked In Five Years.

That's the only one I was just going to say, actually.

And you liked Fourth Wing.

Yeah.

Like the second half.

Did you like Nothing to See Here?

I did like Nothing to See Here.

I didn't like the measure.

Okay.

So it's just book dependent.

Yeah, I guess.

Such is life.

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I won't.

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prince harry wins his lawsuit uh against the mirror saying i've been told that slain dragons will get you burned so oh god he had to go and be cringe he did it's a kind of good saying i've never heard that before what say it again slain dragons will get you burned

Is that good or bad?

I don't get the phrase.

It's like you can't, you know, do anything worthwhile without taking a couple punches.

Something?

Okay.

Prince Harry speaking out after his lawsuit win against a UK newspaper publisher over allegations of phone hacking and other unlawful actions.

Oh, wow.

Yeah.

The Duke of Sussex, who was awarded $180,000, he was unable to be present in London's High Court on Friday due to the short notice of the hearing, according to his lawyer.

However, he issued a long and powerful statement that was read aloud at the courthouse.

Well, phone hacking is insane.

It reminds me of, you know, I wish I was a tampon inside your vagina.

Right.

But that wasn't a hacking.

No, it was just like a bad coincidence.

Yeah.

It was nothing illegal was done.

Because, you know, before I realized that they had like actually done something illegal, I thought he was suing for like slander and, you know, libel.

Well, I'm pretty sure, yeah, he is currently involved in three other cases against newspapers in the UK, including the Daily Mail.

But I had seen some headlines that some things like weren't going his way.

And that's why I was surprised to see this today because I didn't realize there were four different ones.

But if in their documentary, they do talk about a couple of the different lawsuits.

But I think the Daily Mail, they published, are they the ones that published the letter?

Which letter?

That Megan.

Or yeah, that Megan Murray's dad.

Yeah.

Maybe that's what they're suing over there.

So the thing is, is like for actual things like hacking into, like breaking the law, you absolutely should sue.

But I always find it so interesting.

Anytime I get into like Harry and Megan and just the royals in general, how much reverence they have towards the tabloids in British media.

And it might be a cultural difference because to me, the mirror is the same as like OK Magazine.

Like I would never read something in OK Magazine and be like, oh my god, Angelina Jolie is, you know, a mother of 10 children.

Like, they just say like such absurd things.

And I'm always surprised how much weight and like deference the royals put on British tabloids.

And maybe it's a cultural difference.

And maybe the British tabloids carry more weight in the UK.

It is.

We've had this conversation and people always chime in.

It was also a big part of their documentary.

Just like tabloid culture there is not what it is here.

And it's very much taken seriously.

And the Royals like play their part in it too.

Like they work with them.

Yeah.

For stories.

It's like a necessary evil.

It's just, it's different there.

I still don't understand it.

But I can understand it's different.

No, but that's really insane to hack someone's phone.

So like honestly, good on him pursuing and pursuing this and winning.

Yeah.

He wrote a long statement.

You want to read it?

It's really long.

So sure.

I'll just read it until like we feel like I should stop.

Okay.

This case is not.

I feel like you should stop.

I could rate it as Gusto.

No, no, read it, read it, read it.

This case is not just about hacking.

It is about a systemic practice of unlawful and appalling behavior, followed by clever-ups and destruction of evidence, the shocking scale of which can only be revealed through these proceedings.

The journey to justice can be a slow and painful one.

And since bringing my claim almost five years ago, defamatory stories and intimidating tactics have been deployed against me at my family's expense.

You should have used our line about the wheels of justice, you know?

Yes, but I have to say, this is actually a very well-written statement.

And so, as I too have learned through this process,

patience is in fact a virtue, especially in the face of vendetta journalism.

My commitment to seeing this case through is based on my belief in our need and our collective right to a free and honest press and one which is properly accountable when necessary.

That is what we need in Britain and across the globe.

Anything else is poisoning the well for a profession we all depend upon.

Okay.

You lost me there a little bit at the end, but you got the gist.

Yeah.

Good job.

You taught the wheels of Justice doing that bang.

Yeah, no.

Can't be hacking.

Sorry.

Can't be hacking.

No, not cool.

Not cool.

Are you ready for our fifth and final story?

Wow.

Fifth and final story for the fifth and final episode of the year.

Well, no.

You know what I mean?

Yeah, I'm ready.

Yeah.

It's not the fifth and final episode of the year.

Oh, it's the 205th and final episode of the year.

Actually, I wonder what episode number we are at.

I think it's like 200.

I think yesterday was 204.

Oh, so I was right here.

Yeah, we'll talk about

the fifth and final story of the 205th and final episode of the year.

Let me triple check, but you can start reading.

But even if it's not the case, Turdy, just like go with it.

I just want to be factual and let people know.

But like, who would know?

Unless it's more.

Don't diminish our credit.

Today's...

Oh, we're about...

This is our 208th episode of the year.

That's insane.

No, it's absolutely bonkers.

Bonkers, it's madness.

It's crazy how much we podcast.

I know.

And the fact that people still listen is nuts.

No, no, no.

Of course you do.

What else are you doing?

What else is there to do?

What else is there to listen to?

Nothing.

Nothing.

Our fifth and final story, which I feel passionate about, and I hope that you will at least pretend to, because it's cute stuff, okay?

Okay.

It's a little collab news, a little retailing collab.

There will be a Bridgerton theme collection launching at William Sonoma for gentle readers everywhere.

Oh, that's cute.

I was, when you were saying Bridgerton Collab with, I was like, who's it going to be?

I thought maybe it would be that brand of like prairie dresses that everyone's obsessed with, Hill House.

Oh, that's cute.

Or like Salvi or Love Shack Fancy.

That would also be cute.

Yeah, but this is better because I immediately went clothing because the clothing in Bridgerton is like such a main part of it.

But this is so cute.

It's so good.

There are so many products varying in like seriousness and price.

And it's like the vibe of Bridgerton is so good.

So you have to wait until May 2024, as we know, to watch the next season.

But you can start spilling the literal tea right now.

On Friday, William Sonoma released an exclusive collection of foods, tableware, baking mixes, and gifts inspired by the Netflix series, which is set among London's high society in the early 1800s.

So they have like sweet treats that you can get, like cookies and biscuits.

And.

Because William Sonoma does also sell food, but they also have like tablescapes.

So tablecloth, table runner.

They have a

vibe.

Oh, it's like

girly swirly tea party.

Oh, tea party florals.

That's really cute.

I think I'm going to get this tablecloth because I have a round table and I need a tablecloth and it's so cute.

And these plates.

I love, like, I feel like collabs have gotten to a point.

Maybe like Barbie ruined collabs.

It was just like so in the case of the brand.

Barbie ruined collabs.

It's just like nothing was original.

Nothing was special.

And I feel like now collabs are just kind of like meaningless.

But this is a very, like, these are two powerhouse brands.

I don't think William Sonoma does like a ton of collabs.

and bridgerton i don't think ever has and they're two brands with such like distinct brand identities that bringing them together and they're two brands with like huge followings i love this but also like williams sonoma it's quality stuff it's not just like here's a bunch of bridgerton crap yeah no it's like everything is made well and it's you know it's pricey but you're you get what you pay for yeah so you want williams sonoma quality tings but like with the bridgerton style because it's gorgeous and pleny yeah i'm personally am obsessed yeah and it's really cute they have this Bridgerton picnic basket.

This one's $350.

So cute.

I mean, who on God's Green diddly dally earth needs a piscet picnic?

My God, I'm having a stroke.

Picnic basket?

Mm-hmm.

No, I know.

Especially one that's like not insulated.

Yeah, no, I guess it's for people who just like romanticize their life and like throw cheese and a baguette into a thing and go to the park.

Right, but also for people who like romanticize their life for Instagram.

Who make content.

Who make content.

And I just want to say, like,

kudos to those people.

Even though they're like, it's so hard to like make content and like to do things like that and make it look nice.

Cause I saw someone not to for the third day in a row bring on,

bring up homesteading.

But I saw someone was like clowning on ballerina farm because it's like she's, you know, doing all these things and making content.

It's like, it's hard enough to make your own bread and raise seven children while you're pregnant with your eighth, but you're also filming all of it in a quality way and putting these videos together that are like so aesthetic.

Kudos to you, Ballerina Farm.

Okay, then there was like else about ballerina farm people were like mad because they found out her husband's dad like started JetBlue or whatever and she's like not a real farmer or whatever like because she comes from because she has access to money Okay, like I'm jealous like I'm not what I'm actually gonna do kill her cuz she married someone rich like who cares and it's I saw a comment that she's like

inauthentic to the homesteading life inauthentic to homesteading life cosplaying being poor but it's like I think she really lives this life and she's showing other people who might might like need these tools how to do it and she's making it look manageable.

Also, and they're like, she has nannies probably.

They're just not in the frame.

The woman has seven kids and she's pregnant with her eighth.

That's insane.

And she's making her own dinner rolls.

No, like the way, whatever the opposite of like homesteading mom is, is what I'm going to be like, come on, kids, we're going to McDonald's.

Like, I just can't.

I like, who's the energy?

Just wait, turdy.

Just wait until you have, you work so hard to have a child and and you want to try and give them everything that's good for them and not poison them.

Like that's how it starts to feel.

But then a little poison is good sometimes.

But then sometimes you see the joy of a friend's fry.

Yeah,

go in.

Yeah, yeah.

You know what?

Like anything else in life, balance.

I agree.

I mean, I'm sure that Ballerina Farm gets in her car and drives over to McDonald's and houses a McFlurry.

I'm sure of it.

I mean, I don't know how you can have seven kids and just not, you know, just to keep your sanity.

Yeah, but I I also saw her pantry.

Like, she's like, is her name ballerina?

So that's her handle.

Okay, but like, who's ballerina?

Oh, I don't know.

I've only encountered her in the last few days.

So I'm sure there's a lot about her that I don't know.

But I'm so impressed with this woman.

And like people try and like diminish her accomplishments.

Like even if she just had seven kids and sat on her arse all day.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

While pregnant with the eighth.

Right.

Her name is Hannah.

And she's a former Juilliard Ballerina.

Wow.

Turned rancher.

Where does she live?

She lives, it doesn't say immediately in her bio.

But like in the West?

Is it like Wyoming vibes?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

She lives on a ranch.

Daniel and I are in charge of the morning milking.

The boys do the night milking.

It's a 20-minute opportunity we get to spend with each other.

Sitting on either side of our milk cow lady, we talk about our goals, make decisions, breathe.

It's beautiful.

I don't know if I'm milking a cow, I'm like down there.

I'm certainly not breathing.

Well, she said breath, but I feel like that was a meant breathe yet.

But what do I know?

Cool.

Like, so interesting to see how other people live, you know?

Yeah, I find it just interesting.

And I also want to say someone told me, I guess I hadn't gotten to this on Becca Martinez's homesteading Instagram.

Yeah, you severely undersold Becca Martinez's

homesteading.

She raises rabbits

to eat.

and skin and repurpose in a good way, you know, not in like a Jeffrey Dahmer way.

I guess that's cool.

Okay, because she's doing it.

She's out here doing it.

She's doing it.

She's doing the thing.

And I just,

respect to the homesteaders, respect to the coal miners.

They could be.

Respect to the mothers.

Yeah.

It's all.

So I'm saying.

What was the story?

Richerton Williams Sonoma.

Now,

I've thirsted out for William Sonoma before on the show and they don't listen, but maybe someone at Ridgerton PR and Collabs like wants to send me something.

You want to.

I will be buying the tablecloth, though, because I need it.

cute

cute really cute you love to see good collabs

yes there's nothing

better there's nothing better than a good pointed collab and there's nothing worse than crap on ice

crap on a stick

crappity crap crap crap in your lap anything to not end the show i know you guys our episode is over It is.

I just think it's important to acknowledge the space that you're in.

Like, it's over.

We're done.

Goodbye.

And on the one hand, I want to stay in this space because it's a good feeling.

So much we've accomplished these this year: 208 episodes plus

12 times plus 70 plus on Patreon, plus any, you know, guest episodes we've done.

Yeah, that's a lot of podcasting.

It is.

So

lay us to rest, toast season six.

That's

a wrap.

12 times five is 75.

No, I don't fucking know.

No, I thought it was 60.

60, but it's 60.

Math

is so hard.

Yeah, but there's one equation that

solves them all.

One plus one equals suck.

Every time.

Every time.

So I just wanted to say to everyone, I hope you enjoy the holiday season with your families or whoever you choose to spend it with.

We love you so much.

Thank you so much for going on this journey with us.

We hope you enjoyed every episode this year.

I hope you enjoyed this particular episode.

Thank you for being toasters.

Jackie and I I are so grateful for you guys.

We are looking forward to our break, but we are so looking forward to coming back next year bigger and better and better than ever.

Better than ever.

And we love you.

Seriously?

We say it every day, but we mean it with our whole chests.

Thank you for listening to the show in any way, every day, once a week, once a month.

We prefer it every day, but we really, we love you.

You better.

But, you know, you're busy people and you take the time to listen to us.

And it's really, it means a lot.

It really does.

I I love you, Turdy.

Thank you for the kind words you said about me at the top of the show.

I didn't even get to repay them.

Thank you.

I didn't say them.

I didn't say them for anything in return.

That is beautiful.

Thank you for holding it down while I was on maternity leave, while I was out, you know, sewing up my cervix and making sure the show must go on.

And you do it with class and grace.

And we all, we all love you so much.

And

in the words of Tony Braxton, Jax,

you mean the world to me.

You are my everything.

You are the only thing that matters, matters to me.

I'm going to go listen to that in the car.

It's

in the words of R.

Kelly.

Hey, I made it.

You're the world's greatest.

And in the...

I'm that star up in the...

You just can't stop singing.

I'm that mountain creek up high.

Hey, I made it.

I'm the world's greatest.

The world's greatest podcast.

Stream Charity's version, not R.

Kelly's version, so we can still enjoy the song, but proceeds go nowhere near Mr.

Kelly.

Yeah, I think that's called compromise.

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