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Good morning, Lennials.

Welcome back to the toast and happy Monday.

Hope everybody's having a gorgeous day.

It's a big week.

It's a big week.

It's a big week for Law.

It's also a big week for the toast because this is the unofficial, official end of my maternity leave yes i'm back now five days a week so get ready for some more jackson claude original recipe because we're back back in the toasty groove

yeah we're back

back in the toasty groove

if nothing else that's a good title for today back in the toasty groove check But we'll see what happens.

We could say something so funny, so dynamic, so powerful.

I wouldn't put it past past us.

I never do.

So yeah, it's a big week.

I know everyone's fucking tired of hearing it, but I'm finally moving.

I think it's three years in the making.

I am moving.

This is the week after five years.

And we've already begun the process, you know?

Yesterday, Ben and I, like, I want to move into my new place with as little crap as possible.

I feel like when you move, you always just like acquire stuff.

So if I can go in with as little, like I'm becoming like one of those people, like Shaylene Woodley, like I'm giving up all my material things.

You're Marie Kondo.

Yeah, but I want to live like a clutterless life.

And I live with Ben Saffer, which makes that nearly impossible because I said this on my Instagram.

Like if it were up to Ben, like he would keep a used diaper from his childhood because of the sentimental value.

And maybe, you know, in a bind, he could use it to clean up a spill.

Like he's so insane.

And.

It's making it difficult, especially because today is like our big declutter day.

So I started this morning and Ben is overseeing it now.

My, I use Dun and Dun, the closet organizers, and they do move management.

I didn't know that was a thing.

And they basically like help you from start to finish to declutter, pack, unpack, organize.

So we started this morning, but I had to leave to podcast.

And I just know Ben is like taking things out of the trash bags, out of the donation piles to keep.

I just know it.

Well, hopefully they'll keep him in line.

Hopefully they have like, you know,

husband.

A strong constitution that would allow them to keep your husband in line.

I believe that the ladies from Dun and Dun Home Organizing have a strong constitution.

I believe that they do.

It takes a special kind of woman to like put someone else's husband in check, but you need to give them, you need to give them free reign.

Like, this man needs to be put in check.

You have full authority.

Before I left, and then I also texted Kate, and I was like, listen,

push, push.

And I guess there's only so far you can take it with someone else's husband, but she has, she has my power of attorney.

She's a pusher.

She pushes people.

I hope so.

Great.

I'm so excited for you.

A new tabula rasa for Lachard.

Lachard.

Yes.

I'm so excited.

I have not been able to think of anything else since.

Fabulous.

So that's kind of like what's up with me and what I will be talking about every single day this week.

I think that's fair.

Like it's a big life change.

You know, law doesn't enter into change easily.

Like we've really been pushing her.

So we, she's allowed to talk about it.

And I just want to say.

If any, what I've learned from this process is that I need to be even more steadfast in my like stubbornness of change.

I've never worked harder than I have.

Like this move, not only like the physical of decluttering, getting rid of things, donating things, but also like the paperwork with moving, certificate of insurance, deposits.

Like, oh my God, it's been so insane.

I need to live in this apartment for the next 15 years because that's how long it's going to take me to recover from all the physical and

paperwork.

Clerical.

Clerical.

Clerical.

Clerical.

All the physical and clerical work I've had to do like in the last month.

Yeah.

But it's a good problem to have, and I'm very excited.

And I just can't wait.

So will we be getting like an empty home tour?

When, or we're going to have to like wait a few months until you're settled?

I have something crazy to say.

And I meant to tell you this offline, but I guess telling you online is.

Yes, I'll put you on the spot.

You're not going to do one.

I don't think I'm going to do a home tour.

It's like a little too invasive.

I feel like as...

you know, creators ourselves, I think we've evolved past the need for home tours.

I just, it's, it's very personal.

I don't like having that kind of information about my, my whereabouts on the interwebs.

And I don't know.

I know that people are going to be disappointed, but I don't think so.

So, what you're saying is it's none your fucking business.

No, for the people who are on Patreon, like it is their business, like 100%.

But I don't know.

I just, I feel like it invades a level of privacy and safety.

And I just don't like it.

Okay.

You have my blessing.

Like you didn't do one.

No, I didn't.

Yeah, like I don't like it.

And also

with my current apartment, I had done a move-in vlog, not a move-in, a home tour.

And my apartment, I recently went back and watched it.

Like it was so ugly.

Like

my home is always evolving.

So I had to like

put out a piece.

It's like, oh, look, my home is done.

My home is never done.

Yeah, that I completely agree with.

I feel like so many times I've put off home tours because of that reason.

Like it's never done.

And then when I do eventually film the home tour and then I watch it back, I'm like, that's old.

Inaccurate.

Inaccurate.

An inaccurate representation of my home.

Okay.

Fine by me.

I'm sorry.

Like I would love to share, but you don't have to apologize to me.

Like I'll be seeing it.

I wasn't really apologizing to you.

I was apologizing to the listeners who I love and who I respect.

And

I'm sorry.

It's, I just, it's a personal, you know what?

I'm creating a boundary.

We have have so few.

We have so few.

Also, totally random, but this week's episode of the Good Guys podcast came out today.

They have Taylor Lautner on.

Did you see their promo photo that they posted together?

Yes, I did.

It's breaking the internet.

It's on Instagram.

It is so funny.

They had Josh Ben and Taylor Lautner recreate the new moon poster.

It's so funny.

And I've only seen part of the episode.

I'm going to listen to it after today's episode.

They are saying it's one of the best episodes of Good Guys Ever.

What did they talk about?

A lot.

Of course, they had to ask Taylor Lautner like like a thousand questions about Taylor Swift, like how they reconnected, when he dated her.

Actually, I never would have thought to ask this question, but like when they were dating, when they were really young, like who picks up the bill?

And you get his answer yet?

Yeah, he was like, it's a good question.

And like, I don't remember, but I have to imagine it was me.

Yeah.

But he's like, I don't remember.

Yeah, it was, it was a great episode.

And then they just talk about like, how long did they date for?

Very briefly.

Like, how brief?

I feel like six months.

Oh, that's not that brief.

It wasn't a year.

No, I didn't think it was a year.

I thought it was like a week.

It's hard to know with those types of relationships because there's always like a couple of weeks or months that we don't know about it.

Oh, yeah, for us.

Yeah.

Taylor Lautner knows how long they dated.

Maybe he said it on the podcast.

I have to listen.

I'm actually really looking forward to it.

I'm going to watch the video.

They have a video version, too.

So I'm just like proud of my husband out here making waves in the podcasting steer.

Aw, proud wifey.

Aw, proud wifey.

That's you.

That's literally me.

Wifey for lifey.

I'm always lifting my husband up.

I'm never bringing him down.

No, you have to have a nice balance of both.

You trashed his hoarding ways in the beginning of the show.

True.

And you're elevating his voice later in the show.

I think it's beautiful.

I actually, really, actually do agree with that on a serious note.

Like you have to destroy your husband's confidence while also lifting it back up because you can't lift him up too much.

He'll leave you.

And also it's like, you have to destroy it, but then you have to be the one to lift it up so that he like gets all of his confidence from you from you.

And like you go on vacation and he starts feeling sorry for himself and he doesn't know why.

And then you come back and all's fine.

Yeah.

Totally.

It's a mind game.

It's a mind game.

The games never end.

No, baby, let the games begin.

Just kidding.

I don't play any games in life or in relationships.

Like by the way, that ain't me.

No, and there are girls who like play games.

And guys, of course.

But like a lot of girls are very methodical.

You gotta be.

And I'm not saying it as a negative thing.

I'm saying it as a good thing.

Like strategic, game, answer, text, ignore.

Like there's a whole formula.

And if maybe I would do that if I wasn't so fucking lazy, but I'm just seriously, like I don't have enough energy.

I'm moving.

I don't have time for shit like that.

And I think some women must also like gamify their husbands.

No, of course.

You think that the games are over when you get married, but they're just beginning.

Yeah.

Now, I will say, before I got married, I was hanging out with my friend, Alicia, and I love her mom.

And I was like, do you have any marital advice?

And she was like, ignore.

Ignore.

And honestly, it really stuck with me.

She's like, ignore.

I'm like, okay, ignore.

It was brilliant.

I love that.

I love that.

Well, how was your weekend?

It was good.

It was a good mix of like home.

I'm really, whatever the opposite of nesting is.

Flying the coop.

I'm best, I'm fleeing the coop.

So I was just, just, you know, getting my home in order, organization, things like that.

We also celebrated a little Halloween early.

We had a Spritz Hampton Water Halloween party, which was really fun.

So glad I got out of the house.

Didn't leave the house yesterday.

Watched football.

Made a chili.

Made a chili.

I have to say, I don't want to be rude because I need to be grateful when someone makes me a meal.

It wasn't his best.

Oh, I wonder why that is.

I know why.

Well, we're trying to get rid of everything in our freezer.

Oh, also, I have a question for you, but remind me of the question.

Just remind me, ketchup.

We're trying to get rid of everything in our freezer and we had one pack of meat left.

And Ben used the same, he usually uses two or three because then we make like a whole vat, but he used the same amount of like beans, onions, pepper.

He used the same amount of everything, but less meat.

So I like my meat to veggie ratio in a chili to be 70% meat, 30% other.

And this time it was like 50-50.

So it was like a real chili.

Oh, I guess.

I feel like real chili is like meat.

No, you like your chili to be like taco meat.

Yes, yes, yes.

Yeah, but the chili is more of a stew.

I mean, we could wax poetic about liquid ratio.

And we do.

Maybe not.

Maybe not today because we have a lot to discuss today.

But I feel like he made a good chili, but it wasn't like turdy style, chili, turdy's version.

Yeah, yeah.

I like just like a meat-heavy chili.

Call me crazy.

She likes taco meat and then she eats it on top of.

taco chips and she just has tacos.

Yeah, I wasn't thinking about me actually, I love tacos.

But then me and Ben were having a discussion about like cleaning out the fridge yesterday.

And Ben was like very adamant about when you move, like you buy all new condiments, like spices.

And I was like, okay.

Okay.

But I have a brand new

ketchup.

It's open.

I've used it for like a week now, but like, do you,

I get like you put ketchup in a moving box.

Like I get the thing, but it's illogical.

Condiments and spices are different because I'm going to give you a different answer.

Condiments, I really wouldn't take fridge goods because how long are they going to sit on the moving truck?

Like it's going to be hot.

And typically they're not, they're almost done.

So just let them go.

Make your peace.

Get Kumza Fresh in your new place.

Spices you take with you.

Spices you take with you.

Ben's like, no, we're getting all new spices.

Why?

No, they sit in a cabinet.

Why not sit in the box?

And if some of the spices are on their last leg, sure, I'll get a new onion salt.

But like, I don't know.

It just felt super, superfluous, superfluously wasteful.

Especially if he's trying to save ketchup.

Or

I was trying to save ketchup.

Well, I think this is perfect compromise.

We'll save these things and maybe won't save those things.

I just can't believe I have to get all new everything.

This is just, it's a really expensive, laborious time for me.

Yeah, moving is expensive.

Yeah.

Don't get new spices.

Okay.

Thank you.

Yada welcome.

Yada welcome.

So we have a lot of great things in which to discuss today.

Okay.

Good stories.

Taylor was out doing her thing again, giving us plenty of fodder.

Yeah, the Jackson Mahomes of it all, we will be discussing.

I know the fans are not happy.

It was crazy.

It is kind of crazy.

Wait, let's save it because it's our story, right?

Yeah, because, but like, where else was he supposed to go?

No, I understand logistically how we got to this point.

That doesn't make it any less crazy.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So we're going to get into everything.

Lots of, not actually, actually not that much 11 news from the weekend, but you know, Taylor gives us, gives, gives us enough gives us enough every Monday morning it's crazy she gone to like four football games now I know and I feel like they won all of them except for maybe one no actually I think the one that they lost because they're like six and one I don't think she was out yeah I'm I was wondering about that too because it's like they haven't had to experience a loss together yet No, it's always fun in the good times.

Yeah, they're like driving out of the stadium.

Wee!

Getaway car.

Woohoo!

What happens when they lose?

That's when a true relationship is tested.

Yeah, but the team is so good.

Like they literally aren't losing.

Yeah, and he's on fire.

Fire.

His coach Andy Reid said, like, Travis gets better and better.

Taylor can stay as long as she wants.

That's really, really cute.

Who do they play yesterday?

The lack.

The lack.

The church.

The chargers not charging on my iPad.

The LA Church's are not charging on my iPad.

They certainly weren't charging yesterday.

Not in the slightest.

They should call themselves the Los Angeles

whatever.

The batteries.

Charge.

Yeah.

Like, they were charging nothing.

No, they were not charged up.

They were charging nobody.

And the MC, what do they call that?

Announcer?

Host?

Broadcaster?

Broadcaster.

Broadcaster had a slip of the tongue.

He called them the San Diego Chargers, which was their name for many years.

Yeah, I would have slipped and called them the Los Angeles Rams.

I would have slipped and called,

it said LAC.

I'm like, oh, the Clippers.

I call them Lack.

Yeah, I call them the Chargers, to be real.

Like, that's actually what I call them.

I call them Lack and Lar.

I call them Lactation.

Lack and Lar.

Lack and Lar.

They sound like celebrity baby twins.

They do.

Lack and Lar.

I'm sorry.

I watched football all day yesterday.

Like, I'm so in the know.

It's crazy.

I watched a little football last night.

Very calming sport.

Really was good energy.

I watched the Eagles play the Finns.

Who won?

The Finns.

Dolphins.

Finns up.

By the way, if they say that.

That's a good question because I have a problem with eight o'clock football.

Like, I'm going to sleep in the fourth quarter.

Yeah.

The Eagles won.

Okay, of course they did.

But I think the Dolphins put up a good fight.

Yeah, it was also.

I literally, Ben came in and I was like sharing all this info.

He's like, You're a freak, Katie, and all this.

It was kind of like a special game for the Eagles because they wore a different color.

I saw their green was brighter.

It's called Kelly Green.

I don't know why it's called that or why they wear it or when they wear it, but it was a special sort of affair.

I wonder if it wasn't their usual like teal.

Hunter.

Yeah.

No, it's not Hunter.

It's like teal.

No, teal has a bluish tint.

So does the Eagles, no?

I think they have more of like a Hunter Green.

Hmm.

I wonder why they wore that bright one.

I thought maybe the color on my TV like

was deceiving me.

Your eyes were not deceiving you.

It was a Kelly Green moment.

Huh.

You learn the more you know.

The more you know.

You learn that from the broadcaster?

Actually, I learned it from Fran from Chicks in the Office on her Instagram story.

It was like Kelly Green.

I'm like, what the fuck is that?

She didn't explain why, though, what the reason is.

No, so the thing is, I have no information on who, what, when, where, why, how.

I just know that they did it.

Got it.

Okay.

Yeah.

Mystery.

Yeah, that's so eagles, you know?

Yeah.

So we have a great show today.

It's also been a while since we've talked about what's going on in Israel.

Honestly, like, I was thinking about this when I was getting ready today, like two weeks ago, when we were talking about it every day.

Like, I was really not okay.

Like, I only realize now,

like in hindsight, and I have a little bit of perspective, how like I was really,

I guess the word is grieving.

Like I was not okay.

I was enraged.

I was sad.

I was just like a little nuts, rightfully so.

And now I feel like much more like level-headed and able to talk about it without getting so emotional.

Yeah, no, it's still really emotional.

We didn't talk about, I didn't talk about on any of the shows I did last week.

I don't think you did either.

Like, no, I didn't want to select friends.

And like, bum out the guests.

Yeah.

And yes.

And we are trying to like do a mixture of, you know, talking about it and also buoying and

talking about other things just for, you know, 45 minutes to an hour to cheer all of us up.

But so much has come out in the last two weeks about what happened on October 7th and then also subsequently like what's going on in the war that's going on now.

And I know that a lot of people who listen to the toast like get a lot of information about.

these things from us because the mainstream media is trash and the people you follow on Instagram are trash.

And I don't think enough people really know like what happened on October 7th and well now that they're like starting to like clean up essentially yeah like they still haven't even you know buried all of the dead or accounted for every single body you know the death toll keeps going up now it's at 1500 I think when we talked about it on October 8th like it was 300 No, I feel like it was 600.

It just like it keeps

going up.

A lot of the first responders who are tasked with, you know,

post-mortem things are doing interviews because what they're seeing is unlike anything, and these are people who for a living, you know,

treat people, see dead bodies, and these people are like breaking down during press conferences.

They can't even describe the type of violent behavior and the violence that the people who were killed were subject to.

And a lot of them are giving interviews and it's very graphic and it's very difficult.

But like you said, like unless you say it, people wouldn't believe it.

Yeah.

And

they still don't believe it, even though they live streamed it.

We've seen videos, but also a lot of the terrorists were wearing body cams and GoPros that

the Israeli military has since collected.

And they're actually holding a press conference today.

And they've been showing it to journalists, just like unedited footage.

This is what happened.

Like because nobody believes it.

Because nobody believes it.

And like you can't deny it.

They're not releasing all of it to the public because I think it's too graphic.

Yeah.

But so they're relying on these journalists to

spread what happened.

I mean, I don't know why you would rely on a lot of journalists for anything, but.

Well, that's a great segue into what happened last week, which was, you know, caused riots all over the world, not even just here or like everywhere,

because a report came out that Israel had bombed a hospital, which

it's a war crime.

You can't bomb a hospital when people were sheltering there.

And when I heard it, I was like, there's no fucking way.

Like, there's no way.

And because you you know the Israeli army, they go out of their way to minimize civilian casualties.

They would never, ever target a hospital.

That's what Hamas does.

They actually bombed a hospital in Israel the week before in Ashkelon.

I'm sure you didn't hear about it, but they did that.

So I heard that and I thought to myself, like, there's just no way.

And it all happened so fast.

It came out that like within minutes of it happening that Israel had bombed a hospital, leveled it completely to the ground.

500 people were inside either sheltering or just receiving medical care and 500 people died and the number was climbing.

And I was like, what the fuck?

That's horrible.

No way.

And then very, very slowly, because now I think today is the first day we have actual confirmation from major news outlets that that...

What was confirmation like that night?

It was all, by the way, it was all on video.

So you see Hamas is from Gaza launching like a million rockets into Israel.

And you literally see, because it's nighttime, so they're lighting up the sky.

Go, boom, boom, boom, boom.

And then you see one fall a little short and like four seconds later, an explosion on the ground.

Right.

So it's all on camera.

It's very obvious what's going on.

But immediately it's being wide, widely reported, confirmed.

Israel bombed a hospital, killed 500 Gazan, Gaza civilians, like horrible.

And I'm like, what the fuck?

And people were very hesitant.

They were immediately confirming that it was Israel.

And then when all the evidence proved that that wasn't the case, they were so slow and so shy about issuing corrections.

And now I think it's like eight days later, because it happened when I was in Israel.

I mean, when I was in LA.

So like like eight days later, now, you know, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, everyone is now issuing corrections.

And even the corrections are so weak.

Because first, in the following days, when it was clear that it wasn't Israel, they were like, Israel and Hamas blame each other for the rocket hitting the hospital.

And it's on video, literally.

Al Jazeera has a live stream of like this guy and the border.

And it's like, and they're no friend to Israel, but it literally proves

it what happened.

And like in the day after, it was,

there was footage coming out when, when the sun sun came out like because this happened at night during the day that people were going to you know the area where the hospital was and the hospital is still standing so it wasn't completely leveled the it hit a parking lot it hit the parking lot and it came from inside of gaza from another terrorist group so

people died and and it was at the hands of their you know quote-unquote leadership and

the way that without question it was just immediately blamed on Israel is problematic for many reasons.

One of them being it's just not fucking true.

And two is that it brings on this wave of hatred of Israel, hatred of Jews, and in turn, anti-Semitism.

So all these rallies across the country, gas the Jews, death to the Jews, you know, making signs, calling, you know, Jews trash.

It's,

there are consequences for that type of misunderstanding.

Misinformation, that's their favorite word, misinformation.

What do you do when the call is coming from inside the house?

Right.

So it's so irresponsible.

And it has real consequences, you know?

Yeah.

Yeah.

There was a lot of anti-Semitic hate crimes that happened in the last few days.

That Jewish woman, she was like a rabbinical leader, was stabbed in her home multiple times and dragged out into the street.

She was murdered.

An 80-year-old couple in France, their door was poured down.

Burned down.

Yeah, they poured gasoline on the door and lit it on fire.

Just, you know, on social media, New York, swastikas, like graffiti.

People sublime.

People pulling down the posters of the hostages, which is the nastiest, most vile, vile, evil thing that a person could do.

Who are these people?

Who raised these people?

These are posters of children.

Like, what beef do you have with a child who's been kidnapped by a terrorist organization?

Like, what's the problem here?

Yeah, that's been real, like, that's a whole part of the conversation that I feel like not enough people are talking about.

Over 200 people are still being held hostage by Hamas they're ranging from nine months old to 90 years old there's children there's whole families there's grandparents there's Holocaust survivors they're still in

Hamas custody the flyers that everybody are putting up you know around the nation are to raise awareness for that and people are going around tearing them down like excuse me no and then also there's this movement to call for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas you know so that they can what have peace for a second Hamas can rearm themselves and what about about the hostages?

What about, like, how can you call for a ceasefire when 200 civilians are being held hostage?

Anyone who's calling for a ceasefire is either not a serious person, does not have an understanding about what's going on, or is just a terrorist sympathizer.

One of the three.

Take your pick.

And so over the weekend, two hostages were released.

They were American citizens.

And

there was very weird social media activity going on from it.

I remember someone screenshotted to me.

I was like, what?

Sean King, who's like an activist.

I believe he's, you know,

he's like Rachel Dolezal.

Yeah, he's a Rachel Dolezal, but he's widely known as being like a scammer.

He like stole money from people during Black Lives Matter.

He like raised money and stole it.

He's like a, there's a million, Pusky did like a huge investigation into like his money laundering.

Yeah, they call him Talcum X.

And

like even the families of people who were murdered, who he's like raising money for, they're like, they hate him.

Everybody hates him.

So two hostages were released, two Americans, and he went online like saying he got them released, like he, his network of people, like he communicated with Hamas.

And I was like, what?

Yeah, like through Qatar, because the girl, it was a girl and her mother.

He said, the girl is a follower of mine.

We marched together in Chicago.

So like I called up Hamas

and I brokered her release with the help of like the Qatari government.

Right.

And then the family immediately was like, we don't know this Mr.

King.

Cool.

And it was the most, there were so many weird elements of it like first was this man like admitting he talks to hamas like i was like wait what it was so weird to

kind of saying how he immediately got to work to get her out because she's a follower like she's somehow her life is more valuable because she follows him like i'm only gonna get out the people who follow me on instagram like yeah so weird

And that's just not how like hostage negotiations work.

Like people on Instagram don't like negotiate for hostages to be released.

No, so either like Sean King is in touch with Hamas and needs to be investigated by the FBI,

or he's lying.

Which if history were any indication, I would venture the latter.

He's known as just like a liar.

Right, which is despicable.

Despicable.

Like to capitalize on some like a tragedy going on in the world for like your movement or your following is so beyond fucking weird.

Crazy.

I don't know.

That was fucking weird.

No, it's still weird.

He still maintains that the brother, her brother reached out to him.

Right.

Okay, so let's say you're her brother reached out.

How did you do it?

Do it again.

Do it 200 more times.

Literally.

Did you do that?

You're capable of that?

Do it again.

Yeah.

Keep going.

Do a flip.

Do a flip.

That was.

So weird.

A lot of weird stuff is going on.

Instagram is really weird.

People are behaving really oddly.

People are showing their true colors.

Yeah.

Still, it's a battle of good versus evil.

If you see the stuff that's been coming out from October 7th, there's no.

Yeah.

Some of the first responders had said they were, you know, tasked with cleaning up.

I don't even know what the right word is.

So I'm sorry if that's insensitive.

Like cleaning up what...

And they found women who, and children who were raped so violently that their pelvic bones broke.

Bodies burned alive.

Mother and daughter.

in an embrace burned alive after being raped.

The most horrible, violent, there's no word.

I can't believe that.

Babies cut out of their mother's stomach,

fetus beheaded, mother beheaded.

Yep.

Barbara.

I don't even know the right word.

Barbara.

There isn't a word invented because human beings weren't meant to act this way, but it is barbaric.

It is savage.

It is monstrous.

It's all of those things.

And if you think that there's a way to have peace with the people who did those things,

then you're foolish.

No, and if you care about innocent civilians, then

chanting from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.

You're not helping anyone.

Did you not just see the hospital that was bombed by Palestinians?

Like, it's if you care about the children and the people living in Gaza, then support Israel.

Right, because Israel is trying to get rid of Hamas, and Hamas is the one who are oppressing the people of Gaza.

So we actually, we maybe could align on that and we could free Gaza from Hamas.

Right.

The people of Gaza can't thrive and have an economy and be a flourishing whatever when the people in charge are terrorists who are in the middle of the street.

When the people in charge are terrorists who dig up their water pipes to make them into rockets to launch them at Israel, who raid aid trucks as they come in and steal the fuel and steal anything that they can to turn it into weapons.

Like

all that aid, all that money, all those charitable donations, like they're not going to the people that you think they're going to.

So we need to get rid of the people who are doing that.

Are harming every innocent life in the region.

Yeah.

so we'll keep you abreast on what goes on in the Middle East and do our best

to do our jobs as well.

Yeah, but I think, like, you know,

an update was required.

And don't forget, like, they still have 200 hostages.

So, I really don't know that there's any other diplomatic negotiations that can happen until the hostages are released.

They're civilians.

Well, maybe Sean King can help.

Yeah.

No, I would love if Sean King could get out 200 hostages.

I'll take back everything I said.

Me too.

Me too.

Everything that I said.

because you know what he has an instagram and a dream and a phone call with a line to hamas yeah

so

weird yeah

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Thank you, Law.

I was just looking for a fifth story, which I found, but I was jump scared because my sis was on the homepage of page six again.

I am?

You are.

Claudia Ashre dresses up as Ozempic skeleton for Halloween after tremendous weight loss.

And not tremendous.

There's the picture that you posted.

Theo is in page six.

Theo's in page six.

Okay, I didn't even know that I was there, but yes, I dressed up as a skeleton for Halloween because I had to get a last-minute costume because I was like, maybe not going to go to the party.

And then I just ran to spare at Halloween and got a skeleton because

whatever.

I just didn't want to be creative.

And then I forget who gave me the idea.

Maybe it was Ben.

He was like, Ozempic skeleton.

I'm like, oh my God, that's how I make the costume like not basic.

Yeah.

Yeah.

That's how you make the costume into page six.

Thank you, page six, for highlighting my very creative costume.

Yeah, they seem to like it that you took the haters comment and that you made it your own.

Clapping back at the haters.

Yeah, that TikTok did go viral over the weekend.

And there was actually some interesting comments that made me think.

Sure.

Because someone was like, and she, she wasn't being mean.

Like when somebody can be, you know, critical in like a nice way, I actually, I receive it very well.

She was just like, I'm so upset because I feel like you used to like really ride hard and defend like the big girls.

And now you just like, she felt betrayed.

You switched teams.

That's so relatable, by the way, because I used to feel that way.

Like, I feel like I've said that, like when Adele lost weight, I was like, fuck, we lost another good one, you know?

Yeah.

Um, so I totally get the sentiment.

I still ride for everyone, you know, like big, small, tall, short.

Like, love you all and I'll ride for you.

But I understand the sentiment of feeling betrayed because I was like a very vocal, like annoying, loud big girl and people love that.

Yeah.

So just because my body has changed doesn't mean my mind has changed, you know?

But has your mind not changed at all in your journey?

In terms of what, like body positivity?

Yeah.

I can only speak from my personal experience.

And I think what this girl was referring to and what she had said was like, the way I now talk about my former self with like a negative, and she's right, but that's something I'm totally, and I feel like I've spoken about a bit is like struggling with, like how to not be mad at myself anymore.

Yeah.

And how to not hate that former version of me because I wouldn't be me without her.

Right.

And also like when you were that former version of you, like you didn't hate yourself.

No.

You loved yourself.

So like it's not fair for you to hate her now.

No, it's not.

But it's a lot of

feelings.

It's a lot of feelings.

Yeah, but I just wanted her to know like she was right.

And I need to be better about like being kinder to my former self because my former self she was amazing.

She performed at Madison Square Garden, you know?

Yeah, I agree with that.

That's something I really need to work on.

I'm struggling.

I'm not perfect.

I know everyone thinks I am, but I'm not.

Well, that was fun just to see La on the cover.

La, she's giving tabloid princess.

Do you ever make it into print?

Do you ever check?

I never check, but maybe in my new apartment, like I'm going to start getting the newspaper.

You should.

I used to get the post.

It's a good newspaper.

And then you can look for La every day.

Yeah, it's a good newspaper because like their celebrity section is just like way bigger than other people's.

And now that I'm like kind of like a page six media darling, I think I'll start subscribing.

Yeah, you need to support.

Now, how do you subscribe to the newspaper?

Like, does somebody come around and collect, you know?

You do it online.

It's so, it's such a like

antiquated

business that like, I don't know why I feel like the paperboy would come around and collect my 75 cents every month.

No, you're going to be obsessed.

And how much is a newspaper subscription?

Well, if the paper is about, probably these days with inflation, like $2 a paper,

and you're getting 30 papers a month, but it's not going to be $60, you're going to get a good price, probably like $50 a month.

You're lying.

I literally thought it was going to be $3.

Let me go look.

I mean, they've got to offer competitive prices because you can get it all online, but there is something about sitting down with the paper.

So let's see.

I go to newyorkpost.com, home delivery.

I want to subscribe.

What does that say on the computer?

$5 a week.

$5 a week.

Oh, they're doing it weekly, so you don't put it together.

So

$20.

$20, $20, excuse me.

$20 a month.

$20 a month.

That's interesting.

That's better.

Maybe since you're saving on cable, you could

put that money towards a different form of entertainment.

Yeah, you guys.

I didn't get cable in my new place.

Cord cutter.

Cord cutter.

Cut the curds.

Add it to the list.

And also

the things I roasted Jackie for.

When she cut her cords, I'm like, oh my God, I don't know you anymore.

But honestly, the cord cutter life

is so long.

Yeah, because

I'm a person who can acknowledge her faults, you know?

I think that list is a testament to my ability to change.

Change and be critical of myself.

Yeah.

Let's get into the story, shall we?

Because like, I mean, it's only been 40 minutes.

Has it been 40 minutes?

39.

That's crazy yeah we gotta get to it that's a new record okay well our first story is the big story of the weekend taylor and travis holding hands leaving the chiefs versus chargers game they exit in a getaway golf cart she was in a box with mrs brittany mahomes in front of jackson mahomes wearing a friendship bracelet that said 87 has a friendship handshake with brittany was taking pictures of brittany and brittany's baby question mark or a baby i think i can confidently say brittany's baby okay cool and it was just a great weekend had by all in the Kansas City Chiefs Wags box.

Yeah, there was a lot that was interesting.

A lot of people were like guffawing.

I need to stop using that word because it's incorrectly.

Were dying.

No, but like that's a bad word.

Thank you.

Flick flabbergasted?

What are you trying to say?

Like shocked and awed?

No, like...

Guffawing, I'm sorry.

Like, that's the word.

Wait, let's see what guffawing means, even though we've done this.

Loud and boisterous laugh.

No.

Let's go to thesaurus.com and put in like the basic meaning of what you're trying to say.

Excited?

Fawning.

Fawning.

Fawning is the word.

And you know what?

I think that's the word you're reaching for when you go for go-fawing because they sound the same.

Everybody was fawning over the handshake.

Personally, like that wasn't the most noteworthy moment for me.

Taylor loves a handshake.

She had one with Jack Engineoff, like whatever.

To me, it was the Jackson Mahomes of it all.

Yeah.

I thought the handshake was kind of crazy because it speaks to more amount of time that's spent together yeah where they're like making up dances and doing handshakes and like not only are you getting to know like your boyfriend's best friend's wife but like to get to a level of like making handshakes like i don't even have handshakes yeah but you're also not a person who does you know a lot of shaking hands like taylor loves a handshake like when she wins the grammys her and jack antonoff have this little thing okay it's it's like something she does okay okay but still i'm sure you have to reach a certain level with her to get a handshake yeah no of course and they're on that level jackson's not getting a handshake.

Right.

And they're on that level, which speaks to like more time spent together than we even know.

Of course, of course.

So that was the moment that I think everybody was dying over.

Also, she was wearing a friendship bracelet with his number on it.

To me, none of that was crazy.

That's just girlfriend tings, you know?

When I saw her in that box, I was like, oh, great.

She either got her own box, but then I was like, oh, it's probably the Mahomes' box because they go to every game.

And then

I saw the footage.

And then I saw the photo of Taylor sitting sitting right in front, not two feet from Jackson Mahomes, who's somebody we talk about endlessly on this podcast.

He's a very controversial TikToker.

He is brother of Patrick.

He's a controversial

guy.

Jackie sometimes thinks his name is Austin.

Jackson Austin Mahomes.

And isn't Taylor's brother named Austin?

Yes.

That's confusing.

It is confusing.

The plot thickens.

And I was just shook to see, you know, these two people in a room.

Like,

you know, Jackson has been, you know, a fiercely thirsty person for many years.

And he really did that.

Like, he made it to the Taylor Swift.

Now, a lot of people were upset that she was in the same box as him, feeling he's not deserving.

And he is a controversial figure.

Let's me not forget he was accused of sexual assault a year ago.

Like, really kind of, it's all caught on camera.

It's very violent and disgusting.

So that was shocking.

Now, I don't, there's only so much you can do.

It ain't her box.

It's the Mahomed family box.

Right.

And I'm sure she thought, you know, of the potential outcomes her and her publicist Trey thought, you know, this could happen.

I thought it was interesting.

He was sitting right behind her.

So all the pictures he was in.

And that was definitely a strategic move from one Mr.

Jackson.

That was Jackson Jacksoning.

That was the Jackson effect.

Yeah, because she's in a tough spot, right?

Like she has her PR and she has, you know, she can, her image, she can do certain things like, you know, in the realm of her relationship with Travis, but like, how can she say like like your best friend's little brother can't be in his own box right and it's the family box his family so I understand completely because it's like she's a superstar but she's also just a girlfriend you know and you got to behave Yeah, no, and in boxes and in suites, there's a hierarchy.

And like the person who's paying is the person who's in charge.

Now, of course, Taylor has powers unbeknownst to us because she's Taylor.

But I also imagine she don't want to ruffle any feathers with her new friends.

No, even if she like got her own box to like get away from Jackson, like

that's gonna be a sticking point between her and her boyfriend and best friend.

And Brittany, yeah.

And Brittany.

So I thought it was interesting.

And honestly, when Taylor first started dating Travis Kelsey, I believe on this here podcast, I said that she would be, you know, hobnobbing, rubbing elbows with one Jackson Mahomes and just chalk this up to another one of Turdy's predictions coming true.

Yeah.

She's going all in

on Travis.

Like they're so

lovely heavy.

And there's rumors that he's going to go on tour with her.

When does her next leg of her tour start?

Pretty soon.

I believe in about a month.

It's international.

He's not free till February.

Right.

So maybe that's why they're going so hot and heavy because they know they're going to be apart for a while.

If he makes it to the Super Bowl, you had looked at her calendar for her to perform at the Super Bowl.

But would she be able to attend?

Let me look it up.

I think that she could attend because she doesn't have a show on that day.

But she's out of the country.

Like she's going to come back.

For her marriage.

And

that's assuming that Travis is in the Super Bowl.

I'm sure he's going to be, but I'm getting the feeling, by the way, that it's going to be the same Super Bowl as last year.

Chiefs versus Eagles.

I hope it's Chiefs versus Eagles and that the Eagles win and then Jason Kelsey can retire.

Yeah, I love that.

Okay.

That would be so a perfect way to end.

Oh, these are U.S.

dates.

The U.S.

starts back up in October of 2024.

so another year.

International is coming up.

November 9th.

Yeah, literally less than a month, two weeks.

She's going to Argentina and she's gone.

That girl is going, going, gone.

Till,

oh, okay.

Just all of November, she's out.

December and January, she's free.

Okay, so she'll be spending holidays with the Kelseys.

Mm-hmm.

And then February, she goes back again for

March, April.

Oh, no, April, she's off.

So, you know what?

They're going to be spending time together and apart.

Okay, that's healthy.

Yeah, I agree.

Also, you know what I was thinking about?

You know how Jason has little girls?

Little girl.

Little girls, little girls everywhere.

I'm sure I think of Mary Cosby when I hear little girls.

Miss Hannigan.

Also good.

Little girl.

Well, I'm sure they're huge fans of Taylor's.

Like before all this, they're probably freaking out.

dying I also need to see Jason Kelsey and and Taylor together that's something we haven't seen and I actually think they would really like each other yeah I'm sure they've met

and I'm sure also Taylor would get along with Jason's wife

yeah she seems like a real cool like chill girl and a swifty she seems like a swifty

ah actually she doesn't seem like a swifty Who isn't a Swifty in the sense of like enjoys the music?

Yeah, also, I feel like we need to talk about how

like celebrity celebrity fatigue is a real thing.

And I'm getting nervous about like a Taylor Swift fatigue.

It's fine.

You can't stay this popular and this loved for long.

John Mulani said it best.

Don't make me say it again.

Likeability is a prison.

Yeah.

And I fear.

Yeah, but it's fine.

Even if they like, you know,

become a bit overexposed, like as long as they're happy and then they'll go into a hole and just be together.

I also think her international tour, like we will not be seeing a lot of her.

Like when Beyonce was international, we were saying how it felt like her tour was irrelevant.

And maybe when Eras goes international here in America, it'll feel not irrelevant.

That's the wrong word, but just not like top of mind.

For us, agreed.

Yeah, so it might be like a good, maybe that's the strategy.

You know, like people won't be talking about you here in America that much when you're on international dates.

So let's bang it out before.

Right.

And then she'll come back for the Super Bowl.

Right.

Maybe she'll come out and her and Usher will do a duet.

Ooh.

Maybe.

No, she, I don't think she would do her first Super Bowl like cameo as a guest.

And I don't think think she would want to take away from Travis's moment if it's him.

If it's him.

Should we make our official Super Bowl predictions?

Sure, because we've been watching a lot of football.

In my wildest dreams, Aaron Rodgers makes a great return to the Jets, and he takes them all the way.

Now, I'm also a realist, and I know that's not going to happen, but I do think he'll make it back in time to fuck some shit up.

Oh, that's exciting.

I think it'll be

either the Chiefs or the 49ers for that conference.

Oh, the conferences, really, I haven't gotten that.

Right, because I would like to see a Super Bowl of Chiefs versus 49ers.

I would love to see the 49ers out there shaking that thing.

They're also, I would give you a chance.

But that means no Travis.

I like the 49ers deserve a chance.

And I also think having two Super Bowls with the same exact teams, like that's boring.

And it's not fair.

Like, other teams deserve a chance.

It is boring except for the Kelsey factor.

Of course, no, there's so many interesting elements if it's the same two people.

But I'm just saying, conceptually, I don't agree with like that the two best teams are the same two years in a row.

But it's also kind of crazy that they're not because it's like, oh, you guys were the two best teams last year.

Like,

why wouldn't they be the two best teams this year?

Not that much has changed.

Every year, so much changes.

I don't feel like that much changes.

No, no, not that much has changed on these two teams.

Yeah.

The Niners are playing tonight.

Who are they playing?

Minnesota.

Minnesota.

I'm literally a man.

Minnesota?

Yeah, Monday Night Football, MNF.

See you there.

Yeah, see you there.

Go bang bang.

Bang bang.

Niners gang.

Purdy Lou takes the stage.

Purdy Lou.

I'm obsessed.

Are you ready for our next story?

Yeah.

Ariana Grande and SpongeBob were spotted getting touchy Feely on a New York City dinner date.

Ari

and boyfriend Ethan Slater were spotted getting touching Feely during an intimate date night in New York City.

They dined at the M.O.

Lounge inside the Lux Mandarin Oriental Hotel in photos obtained by TMZ that showed the couple gazing at each other over glasses of wine and nashes.

I do love to just know like where celebrities go to eat.

Like what's the spot?

Never heard of M.O.

Lounge, have you?

No, I mean the Mandarin Oriental, if it's what I'm thinking of, it's in Columbus Circle.

I think there's only one in the city.

It's like one of the nicest hotels.

So the fact that they ate there makes a lot of sense, even though like the restaurant itself is not a trendy hotspot.

It's not Carbone.

Maybe they were staying there having a lover's weekend.

So, this is interesting because they've been very quiet.

The news of the affair broke and people did not take to it well.

I think it was very bad for her Q rating.

Yeah.

And then, you know, they were just shook that this was the man, you know, who won the heart of our election.

She'd risk it all for.

Right.

And so they went underground.

And I think a lot of people assumed that they broke it off or whatever, but they were just giving us time to digest, time for his divorce to settle.

And now they're just trying to wet our beaks a little bit, you know?

And I don't approve for a million reasons.

One, marriage infidelity is never okay.

Two, okay,

if Brad Pitt wants to have an affair with me, like I'll think about it, you know?

This is just, it's shocking to me.

Yeah, I do think that they, this wasn't them necessarily wetting their beaks because they were like not facing the restaurant.

They both have their backs towards, like, I really do think they were trying to.

They're out in public together.

I can't imagine.

I have to imagine this is the first time they're out in public together.

Yeah.

But I don't know.

They also both kind of look like normies when they're not all done up.

I feel like they could kind of fly under the radar, especially with her blonde hair.

Yeah, if I saw him at a restaurant, I'd have no fucking idea who he was.

No.

So he's safe.

And I think her with a hat, she's just like a little girl.

Like, I feel like she could get away.

She's a little girl.

Oh my God, why do I keep saying little girl?

Little girl.

You know, I feel like...

She's someone who if dressed differently like you might not recognize It's possible.

I agree.

I also think she looks very different than like the Ari most people know, you know, high-pones, red hair.

Yeah, and the outfits.

Like, I feel like if she was just wearing toned down and a hat, maybe.

Yeah, no, that's fair.

They could get away with it.

So, you know, they do have to eat.

Yeah.

You can't have every like room as room, every meal as room service.

Yeah.

So here they are going strong.

Love.

You love.

Love.

Yeah.

That's how you know I like wasn't paying attention.

Sorry, I know that's something I would do.

I'd be like, okay, I was thinking, I was thinking about what's going on at home, like with the organizers.

Are you stressed?

No, it's all good.

She's had so many shoes gone, and she's sending me pictures of like these big trash bags.

Okay, okay, okay, okay.

Love that.

Love that.

Sorry, that was rid of me.

Love.

No, it's fine.

Also, I think Wicked would be on hiatus because of Sag Astra.

That movie's never coming out.

No.

It was already like two years.

Two movies.

Don't you learn from Hunger Games?

Right.

And now

it's never coming out.

I'm not even waiting for it.

I think it's a little bit doomed.

And I think this affair is like not, is a cloud over there.

There's a curse.

Yeah.

Ariana dropped the spirit stick.

For sure.

For sure.

Are you ready for our next story?

Yeah.

What number is it?

It's number three.

Okay.

No need to, no cause for alarm.

To rush.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Britney Spears' song, Baby One More Time, turns 25.

And the story of how the rejected demo birthed the pop star of a generation is actually quite interesting.

So Max Martin explained to MTV News how the song came to be.

He wrote the song and he had made a name for himself with Backstreet Boys and Robin.

And he was shopping the song around, but like nobody wanted it.

He brought it to TLC.

They didn't feel like it was a hit.

a song for them.

He brought it to Backstreet Boys and Robin, who both rejected it.

And then he brought it to Britney Spears, who was a promising 16-year-old vocalist from Louisiana.

And she had just signed to Jive Records.

So they worked together in Sweden, and she recorded the song.

Then after she recorded, Simon Cowell wanted it.

He said to Max Martin, I will give you a Mercedes if you give me this song.

He wanted it for a band called The Five.

And he said, nobody's going to like this song from a girl named Britney Spears.

Well, what's so interesting is that the song itself is not like the best song ever.

paired with like Britney's burgeoning image at the time.

Music video.

So it was a perfect storm.

I don't know if the song, maybe, I think TLC might have been right.

Like if they had released it or if Backstreet Boys had released it, I don't think it would have hit as hard as it did.

It being like her big song,

it made,

I think it only could have been that big with Britney.

Like the song itself is not like, you know, all too well 10-minute version.

I think it would have been big with a number of big artists.

Like I actually can see Backstreet Boys recording this weirdly, but like Robin, maybe not.

Yeah.

Perhaps not.

Perhaps not.

Because also everything the Backstreet Boys did like became big.

Right, right, right.

But like this being like a 10-pole song for Britney.

It is interesting to think like what would have Britney's career been if this wasn't like her big one first song.

I didn't realize that that was the song that catapulted her.

The

pom-poms in her hair, the schoolgirl outfit, like it was a dream.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I'm really in my Britney era as the book and the press for it.

I think the book comes out this week.

I'm literally, I'm counting the days in the words of Camper.

I have to say, they're doing a very good job.

It's very hard to market a book when the person can't sit down for an interview.

So there's limited things that you can do to create hype.

And I think what's being done is actually very

good.

I think it's making an impact.

It's good marketing.

Yeah, I also read that her Instagram account is deactivated during this time, which I actually think is smart.

I think it is too, because it's very hard to read these stories and hear from Brittany and then kind of switch gears and see what she's putting out on Instagram.

I feel like it kind of delegitimizes the stories.

So I think that might be a good idea.

Yeah.

And also, it's like when you see the captions and the writing, it's like, oh, this isn't an author I want to read.

Right.

However, it does actually underscore, you know, the importance and the truth behind what she's saying because after all the things that she went through and the lithium and the abortion, like what we're seeing now, like that's a broken person.

And it's a result of all the things she's telling us in the book.

Yeah.

And I'm sure, so the way that the book was written is she sat down pretty much with a therapist and a ghostwriter and told these stories about what happened and as she remembers.

And I'm sure they were extensively fact-checked because, you know, she's

saying a lot of big things.

So I, you know, it's by a reputable publisher.

I think that the book will be a pretty accurate representation of what she went through in those years.

Me too.

Like, when you write a book, the legal department goes over and accepts it.

That's how we got Maverick.

Right.

You can't just be like saying stuff and naming names.

Yeah, like you didn't even say anything crazy about Maverick, but we had to change his name.

They made me change his name, yeah.

Because you were just like saying that he was your one true love.

And you know who would never hoard shoes?

Maverick.

No, Maverick's a minimalist.

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No.

No.

Oh my God, is my iPad dead?

No.

No, I'm not, Jackie.

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I'm starving.

What are we having for lunch?

Ooh, I was just thinking about that.

I think I'll have a wrap.

This is like my first week in a while.

I don't have Saqqara doing this week, so I don't have the lunch waiting for me.

That's so sad.

That's hard.

That's hard.

Yeah.

I need to do it again next week.

I was taking it for granted, honestly.

You are.

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Are you ready for our next story?

Yeah.

Kim Kardashian turned 43 this weekend with a star-studded affair and reveals why Courtney missed her birthday party.

So Kim posted a bunch of pictures from this weekend.

She had a birthday party with all of her friends and family except for Courtney, which, you know, no tea here.

Courtney is on bed rest, which.

Yeah, we were all like, where is Courtney?

And then we all remember.

Like, she's super pregnant.

She had a complication that landed her in the hospital a few weeks ago.

And then Kim commented on Courtney's post, like, can't wait to join you on bed rest for, you know, a swirly night.

It's all good.

Swirly night.

Yeah.

I think even if they were still fighting, like you go to your sister's birthday party, I don't think there was any actual beef there.

All the girlies were looking gorgeous.

Some celebs were intent, were in attendance.

Kendall's boyfriend, Bad Bunny, showed up.

Oh.

Timothy did not.

That I think that's fine.

He's been doing like press.

He's been a press girl.

Yeah, he's working.

He's working.

Yeah.

Yeah, he's busy.

They all wore Kim masks.

She had her lifers there.

She had, you know, her

the mom's chat that she's in.

Yeah, it's also,

it's very interesting to see who was invited because this wasn't like a big blowout party.

It was a seated dinner.

So this is like ride or dies like.

OG friends.

So Haley Bieber being there was very interesting.

The Foster Girls being there was very interesting.

Lauren Sanchez was there.

By the way, Lauren Sanchez was there.

Claudia and I were actually on the phone when she posted the pictures of

all the friend groups.

It was like about mitzvah.

Like, come on up for your candle, take a picture with me.

Yeah, so there was like the sisters, there was the lifers, there were her like Instagram friends, you know, like Nat and Liv.

Nat and I think there were also like, I would call Lauren Sanchez like Ivanka Trump.

Those were kind of like.

Those were like an international crew.

Yeah, like her business friends.

And leave it to Kim to not tag a single person.

Right.

And then we're like, some of the unknowns we were like having to do investigative work for.

Like, hello.

And Liz Woods.

I still agree with, so she wasn't there breaking it down for us.

I was, I still don't know who in that picture with Lauren Sanchez and Ivanka Trump, who that older lady in the sequin getup was.

I still don't know who that is.

Yeah.

Me neither.

But like, come on, throw a tag, bitch.

Like, I can't see anything.

Yeah.

No, it's not right.

It's not.

It was right for them.

Like, let them grow their I cheese.

Yeah, no, of course, I know, like, her for life or group, like her friend Allison.

I know those are like private girlies.

You don't need to tag them.

But come on.

But come on.

Like, we want the tea.

Yeah.

So it looks like a very nice affair.

It did.

It was very low-key, you know?

Even though it was probably cost a million dollars, it wasn't like a big blowout party.

It was very, very low-key.

I was

in a very rich way.

Yeah, intimate.

Everyone looked gorgeous.

Yeah.

So happy birthday, Kim.

HBDK.

HBDK.

Are you ready for our fifth and final story?

Yeah.

We can't stop talking about sports.

And now five new sports have been officially added to the program for the LA Summer Olympics in 2028.

Olivia and I were just talking about this.

And it's, I'm so excited to talk to you about it because I find it quite interesting.

And it's already making news.

So the International Olympic Committee announced it has accepted a proposal by local organizers of the 2028 Summer Olympics in L.A.

to add baseball slash softball.

Was that not a sport?

I guess not because baseball is, again, is a very American thing.

It is, but that's weird because, you know, a lot of NBA players and NHL players here in America either play for their home countries or play for America.

And it's like a cool thing.

I remember like when Carmelo Anthony and like Kobe and it was like such a big deal.

So I just guess I never put together that the MLB didn't do that.

No, and I guess so baseball for the men, softball for the the women.

Yeah.

That's why it's baseball slash softball.

That feels like inequality, but go on.

Right.

Like, why can't the girls play with the baseball?

Oh, it's soft when it's for a woman?

The ball is softer and bigger.

Yeah, because it's a different sport.

But like, it's the same sport.

Different ball.

Exact.

That's a weird thing.

Yeah.

I need the women to get on that.

Then cricket will be an Olympic sport.

I have no interest, but I understand that, you know, other countries find it really fabulous and interesting.

So I'm happy for them.

And cricket's the one from Heathers with the wooden.

Yes.

They probably feel about baseball, how Americans feel about cricket.

Because they watch cricket on TV, like every night of the day.

Yeah.

Jackie, there are cricket arenas.

Like, it's a huge sport.

Okay, cool.

Happy for them.

Yeah.

Flag football.

So I guess that's, you know, football is finally going to be in the Olympics, but flag.

Why flag?

I don't know.

Maybe because other countries don't want to like engage in the head trauma of it all.

Oh, please.

Have you ever seen people play rugby?

It's insane.

That's true.

I don't know why flag.

Feels like less fun.

But Gronk already said he's going out for the team.

Oh, my God.

That's the cool thing.

Like, people who are famous for their things get to become Olympians.

It's really cool.

Like, a cool thing, like, you know, when you talk about Kobe Bryant, you say all of his accolades.

He's also an Olympian.

A gold medalist, right?

Yeah.

He won gold.

Yeah, it like almost wasn't fair when all those NBA players played in the Olympics.

Like no one else was ever going to win.

Even though there's like a few people in the NBA

who are foreign, like Pau Gasol.

And they're, so they play for their home countries, but it's not even a question, you know?

Yeah.

I feel like it's going to be that way with football because nobody else plays football other than

which is why like LA is like, let's add football to it.

Yeah, right.

La Crosse.

I don't need it.

I'm happy for the lacrosse players because I was just talking about this with Olivia.

I feel like so many people play lacrosse growing up so competitively.

Like that's their sport of choice.

You can even play lacrosse in college.

And then it's just a dead end.

It's very similar to gymnastics, how you train your whole life for gymnastics and you cannot compete if you're not an Olympian past college.

Like there's no career for you.

Right, but lacrosse didn't even have the Olympics.

At least gymnasts, they have that to aspire to.

What about cheerleading?

Is that an Olympic sport?

No.

And that's what the movie, the documentary, Cheer, really highlighted, the same thing, where like you go so hard in college, it's your whole life, your whole life.

And then there's nothing for you.

Actually, I mean, there's still a career.

Like, you could be a cheerleader professionally, but it's actually less competitive than college cheering.

Professional cheerleading doesn't do like stunts and shit.

They do dance.

It's more like dancing.

Yeah, that's true.

And there is technically professional lacrosse, but we were saying like you also need another job.

Yeah, right.

It's not like playing in the NFL.

So I'm happy for lacrosse players that they can now devote their life to becoming Olympians.

What are the squash?

What about pickleball?

I think it's too new.

We were just talking about that too.

I think eventually it could become an Olympic sport, but it's too new.

And how are you really scope Olympic level at pickleball?

Like it's.

Oh, but I guess if there's ping pong, there could be pickleball.

Right.

Once they entered ping pong, I think it just kind of all bets are outside.

Yeah.

I think they need to.

They need to tighten it up a little bit i agree like because what's next field hockey

i wouldn't be surprised if that's

right i think we need to have like a little bit of a higher bar i'm sorry but i mean what's the downside to having all these olympic sports if you really think about it it either you don't watch it you don't care but it allows for more people to enter into the olympics it's more content for advertisers like yep it's just more

is more rising tides rise all tides but it could also sort of delegitimize the the legitimacy of the other things.

Right.

I guess we'll have to see how it goes.

Like,

but is there a limit on how many Olympic sports there can be?

No.

This will be the first time that flag football and squash have ever been played, but baseball and softball were at the Tokyo Olympics and cricket was played during Paris Olympics in 1900.

So is it just up to the host country?

I think it's up to the host country.

Like, they can take or add any sport that they have to get approved, but like they can do whatever the fuck they want.

Well, should definitely do pickleball right and now it makes sense why la would go so hard for football because like this is america you think travis kelsey is going to play in the olympics i do uh it's in five years a lot can happen

so true some high schooler right now could be playing in the olympics

so true it could be us

crazy you never know crazier things have happened Are they going to ever put podcasting as an Olympic sport?

Because that's a lot of work.

Yeah.

We're gold medalists.

Oh, for sure.

In people's hearts, Claudia.

Yeah.

So that's exciting.

I hadn't also really internalized the fact that the 2028 Olympics were in the US of A.

Yeah, well, because everybody's prepping now for Paris.

That's the next one.

Paris 24 Summer Olympics.

Yeah.

I'm starting to see some commercials when I watch the football.

Right.

You know what else I saw last night when I watched football?

Is that Smartless?

No, what were they doing?

They had like a T-Mobile commercial.

I'm happy for them.

Yeah.

I saw that Peacock is going to start airing Premier League soccer games from the UK.

Oh.

So Manchester United and Manchester City will be playing this weekend.

And those are two different teams.

They're not.

Like they just can't possibly.

And I just, I feel like, I don't know if it's like that, I think you call it the Mandela effect when like everything.

Something how you remember it is nothing like how it actually is no that's not what I was thinking it's like when you notice one thing then you start to like notice it everywhere that's not the Mandela okay I don't know what effect that is but that's how I feel about like soccer Manchester United David Beckham then I sent you that story um Bobby

shoot that football that soccer player that David Beckham's dad was like obsessed with um yes Charlton passed away passed away I saw that he passed away this weekend if I if I didn't just watch Beckham I wouldn't have known who that was like it all,

everything's coming up football with a you.

Yeah, no, I understand.

Everything's coming up, football.

Oh, my God.

I'm so fucking hungry.

Like,

I can't wait to eat lunch.

So, is that you're saying that you're done with this?

With this story?

I'm done with this story.

Well, then, once the story is done, the show is done.

Do you want to talk about anything else?

I don't think so.

I didn't really watch much.

Nothing to recap.

So, you can go.

I didn't really watch much.

Have your lunch.

I'm just

so excited.

For lunch?

Well, yes, but to move.

Yeah.

Like, I can't think about anything else.

I'm so happy.

Okay, so go do your thing.

Have your lunch.

Do your move.

We'll see you tomorrow.

You wanna you sounds like you're wrapping up, too?

Oh, now you're putting it on me.

Even though I was ready to keep talking about

football.

I have no food in my belly.

I have no energy.

Okay, well, also, the Kurds are going to run out.

So it's not even about us.

It's about the Kurds.

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