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Good morning, millennials.

Welcome back to the toast and happy Wednesday.

It is hump day, a gorgeous day, an absolutely gorgeous day of the week.

Like, there are so many worse ones.

So let's acknowledge that.

Speaking of gorgeous, you're so good, Jax.

Hey, Jax.

Hey, Claude, how you doing?

Good.

Really, really good.

You sound well.

Good.

Just so good.

You sound like yourself.

Good.

It's so good to hear.

Okay, that's enough.

Okay, Kevin.

That's enough.

I had a dream that we were at, like, actually, you weren't there.

I was like at a camp and the whole camp was like a pageant.

And the winner of the pageant gets like hand chosen by Morgan Wallen to be his girlfriend it was such a weird oh and like the leader of the pageant kind of like candace bergen's role in miscongeniality was played by aunt Connie from young Sheldon why wasn't I there

maybe subconsciously I think you pose too much of a threat to my like place in the pageant that's what I'm thinking honestly yeah it's possible yeah and you just like knew that you couldn't compete with me

Exactly.

And so I didn't.

To be Morgan Wallen's girlfriend.

Right.

Who won?

Isn't that just like...

Who won the pageant?

Like, I want to say me because it was my dream.

And, like, if anyone's going to win something in my dream, it bet your ass better be me.

But I do believe I was awoken before Ann Connie was able to announce the winner.

Were there any other participants that we know?

Or a bunch of randoms you were competing against?

No, they were like a bunch of like...

Like toddler and tiara type looking girlies.

Young girls?

No, no, no, no.

They weren't toddlers, but like they were in tiaras.

Okay, because that's an important distinction.

Are we saying tiara or tiara?

No, that's a word I'm starting to say so much, it's starting to sound like gibberish.

Okay.

But is it tiara?

Toddler's

story today where that word will be in play.

And I just want to see how

we say it without you putting me on the spot.

Because now I don't know.

So we'll wait.

So we'll wait.

Wait to find out.

Keep tuning in.

Go anywhere.

We're about to find out if it's Tiara's or Tiara's.

Toddlers and Tiara.

I think it's Tiara's because Tiara's is like.

Yeah.

Tiara.

But now it honestly just sounds like someone's name.

Are you going to Tiara's house later?

This is one of your favorite conversation holes to go down.

Like data or data, Zara or Zara.

Excuse me, I really don't think that's true.

It is.

No, it's not.

Bitch.

As someone who's on the receiving end of your conversation at least for an hour a day, I can tell you that it is.

I don't, I think you're spreading lies about me and you're using my poor memory as like an entry into spreading rumors.

Okay.

So I don't think that's true.

But is it data or data?

No kidding.

It's obviously data.

No, I know that a part of you like wants to continue talking about that.

No, not one inch of me really cares.

But like, do you think it's Zara or Zara?

I don't know.

Chef's choice.

Yes, chef.

That's my favorite chef's choice.

Better than Sophie's choice?

So much better.

Yeah.

So much better.

I think collectively, like as a union, we need to stop saying Sophie's choice because it's rooted in dark history and maybe start saying chef's choice.

No, it's

not yeah exactly yeah chef's choice is like anything is good just take one no it's like you choose it's like the expert chooses like i don't want to make a decision you choose

yeah and sophie had a different choice no a much more difficult one But speaking of the Holocaust, did you see that they're making a movie about that guy?

He's like the British Schindler.

I'm sure you've seen the video of him.

He's like an old man sitting in an audience.

Yes, yes.

And he thinks he's like at some TV special.

And then everyone in the audience stands up and it's like all the children that he saved in the Holocaust as grown adults.

Yes, I did see that video, but I did not know they were making a movie.

Who's playing him?

Anthony Hopkins.

Be right back.

Which is a name and a face that you've heard of and that you've seen.

Oh, that's a nice man.

Let me tell you, I've never seen this man in my goddamn life.

I know, but he's like acclaimed.

And he has a nice looking face.

I'm sure he'll do justice to the role.

I just don't know.

Yeah, but I think he's like a very serious actor.

No, for sure.

That name gives like Oscar vibes.

Yeah.

What's the name of the movie?

The movie's going to be called The Power of Good.

That's kind of a corny name.

Is this on Hallmark?

Yeah.

It's Giving TV movie.

It's Anthony Hopkins, so it's not.

It's giving made for TV.

Yeah.

Oh, is it The Power of Good?

The Power of Good.

Maybe it's not too late to change the movie title.

And also, holding of the power of good.

Hold on, I got confused.

That's not the name.

Okay.

That's not the name.

What is it?

That's just the name of a documentary from 2002 about this man.

It sounds like the name of a documentary from 2002.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

And I'm glad.

Maybe the work.

It's a working title.

Like, maybe it's a work in progress.

They don't have a title yet.

Yeah.

Well, that sounds good.

Yeah, I'm excited.

So.

Me too.

My book club met last night.

How did things go?

And while it is technically the Balabusta Book Club, last night we were the I Hate Emily Henry Club.

Okay.

And we just kind of got to talking about, you know, her books and how they're really not good.

But for some reason, every time she...

announces a book, it's like shoots to the top of every list.

She's kind of even like industry plant vibes.

In the book industry.

And now that you are a big reader, like, can't you see that there's clearly like politics in books?

And like, there's clearly favored authors there's also authors who slay every time who like don't get the respect that they recognition yeah we were all just like how did this book come and the person who chose it doesn't know hasn't read emily henry books it was just everywhere so she's like oh of course let me choose this book it was you have to have a bad experience in order to have your eyes opened yeah i and it actually makes me sad when i think about like all the authors who are like so like

deserving of that sort of recognition and people who can't even get their books on any lists.

And it's like the second like an Emily Henry book comes out, it's number one, Goodreads, suggested, most read this month.

Why?

I have no idea.

And her first book was Beach Read, which I was like, it was good, but it doesn't mean that like every book from this author is going to be something that we have to read from now on.

But people were treating it as such.

So I read the next one, People, We Meet Not Meet.

Me too.

And that was the book that burned me.

The book that burned me was Book Lovers.

It was so bad.

And what was the name of the book that you just read?

Beach Read?

Happy Place.

Happy.

They all sound the same.

Yep.

You should read Beach Read just to see

what started this.

Right.

Like, I've been caught up in her cycle.

Like, oh, her book is out.

I have to read it.

But I actually never read the one that made her, you know, in the cycle, which is Beach Read.

Yeah.

And then the next book we chose is actually another one that's like everywhere, whatever.

But it actually looks good.

It's called Hello Beautiful.

Oh, and Napolitano.

Yeah.

Are you familiar?

What are your thoughts?

I'm familiar with her work.

She's, you know, know, a very swirly girly.

No, she's not, not swirly in the sense, but she's like a literary girly, like a Danish choicey.

Oh, yeah.

We were, because that's the thing.

It's like this book, we literally talked about for 45 seconds, and then we all just like talked about like gossip and like what else we read this month and what are our plans for the summer.

We could not keep the conversation on this book.

It was so insubstantial, if that's a word.

There was not one theme we could talk about.

Like it was just horrible.

Yeah.

I'm so curious that you're going to read Hello Beautiful.

I don't know what it's about.

I don't know whether it's good or not.

I'm sure it's good because she's a good author, but I feel like it's just very

literary.

Well, that's like what we're looking for now.

I just can't, like, you can't have a book club with a book that's like makes no, like that has nothing, it's not thought-provoking.

It's not conversation-starting.

Right, but you guys might be swinging the pendulum too far the other way.

And again, like, I don't know.

I'm going to ask Dana about the book and whether or not you guys would like it.

Because I'm sure it's a good book that she liked, but for your book club IDK.

The thing is, it's too late.

It's too late.

I know.

I'm worried you guys are over-correcting because even though you're looking for a good book, when I say literary, like, you know, it's the type of books where it's like paragraphs of descriptions and feelings.

And like, and sometimes it's a little more.

character driven than plot driven.

It's not about like, ooh, titillating what's happening next.

It's like, how is this person developing over the course of the novel?

That's fine.

that's fine and you know what we're finding our footing in our book club like we and i choose next so like i'm so i'm the last one to choose until we like start the cycle over again i'm so motivated to choose the best book of all time but what's great is that we've had like two like actual zero star stinker books so i really can't do worse than anyone else like i'm not going to be the worst which is all i care what was the other zero star

Before you knew my name.

Was that a snitch's choice?

No, it sounds like one of those.

No,

it was horrible.

Okay, but this is the point of a book club.

Like, one, yeah.

It sparks interesting dialogue.

Two, you should really cover the gamut of genres and authors.

And every month should be different.

So it's not always going to be a rose code.

No, and when we hate the book, it's the funnest book club.

Like, we just like crack up and just make fun of everything in the book.

That's the Redheads.

So it's okay.

Speaking of, we're recording the Redheads today.

Really excited to record with the Swirlies.

really a big day in the community yeah because i think everybody probably liked this book but it was also a good book you know so uh if you want to become a redhead i would start with this book it was a quality book and it was a danish choice so you'll feel smarter for having read it that's the thing i love feeling smart it doesn't happen a lot but when it does it's worth all the work

it 100 you know Like the way ever since I read The Rose Code, I've been acting different and just like bringing up Lutchley Park, you know, the secret underground underground world war ii british decoding center in everyday life is beyond me and i really need to watch the imitation game which is a movie about bletchley park yeah it's not about our girlies though it's about like alan turing i think who were like they their names came up in the book because it was supposed to be like a cool reference because they're like the

who the real people who the historical fiction they're the history in the historical fiction um but i haven't seen imitation game either let me ask you something because when i was just reading about this movie

about the british schindler he did like the kinder transport, which is they sent trains of Jewish children to Britain like without their parents.

And I had read about that recently somewhere and I was feeling like it was the Rose Code.

Since you read it more, no, no.

No.

Where did I read it?

I don't know.

When you're as like literary and scholarly as we are, it's hard to pinpoint our references, you know, our bibliography.

I just get like deja vu because I've been here before.

No, I understand.

Yeah.

We got a lot of good theories about what deja vu is and where it comes from on

and you know I heard and by heard I mean I read in a comment that redheads are actually more

likely to experience deja vu.

They're more susceptible.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Someone said, which I don't really subscribe to, but I liked the thought, is that like you in a parallel universe had already done this.

So you were like.

harking back to that, but not able to point your finger on it.

The way that I sometimes feel about it, it's like

if reincarnation is real, then maybe in a past life you've been in this

mental state and you are like remembering it, but you can't put your finger on it.

Yeah, no, I feel that, but I don't, I don't know if I believe in that.

Reincarnation.

Like different lives for the same soul, you know?

Like, I just feel too connected to Claudia.

Like, there's no way Claudia is just a shell.

Like, I, bitch, I am Claudia, you know?

There's no way that I'm, like, this is just a vessel.

Claudia's is kind of a shell.

Excuse me?

No fucking way.

Like there's literally no way that like this complex dynamic human being that I am is merely a vessel for this universe.

No, no, but the complex dynamic human being is the part that you take with you.

No.

Every

life that you live in.

No, I'm sorry.

No.

Like you were a peasant in the Renaissance and you had this attitude.

But But you're saying like I might not have had this fupa.

Yeah.

No.

See, I don't agree.

Like I feel so connected to different parts of my body.

You feel so you feel that connected to your physical being.

Yes.

I wish I didn't.

Wow.

But I do.

But that could be a part of like the makeup of your soul is that you do get connected to your physical.

No.

Like that's just like telling me.

I'm not just a whore who gets connected to any physical shell I'm put into.

No.

I think that you do and I think that's what makes you so special as a soul.

You feel like can inherently...

You commit to the role.

I also think it's an inherently not Jewish belief.

Okay, but I just want you to know a few months ago, we spoke on the podcast about reincarnation.

And I was saying how like I like the idea, but I know it's not Jewish.

And you said that there is like something about it that's okay in Judaism.

That it's like...

No.

Yeah, that it's not that.

It's not that

I didn't say that because I don't even know what you're talking about.

You made it okay for me to explore reincarnation.

No, I didn't.

Well, I would, you know what, Jackie?

I think you should explore really anything so you can come to the best conclusion.

But no, I did not say that.

I think it makes a lot of sense, reincarnation.

And yeah, ideally, like, what?

We go through this.

Oh, I think what I said,

no.

What I said was like that this isn't, you know, the purpose.

Life, life on this here earth, like this phase of, you know, life isn't the soul journey.

It's not the sole purpose of life.

There's more after this, Olam Haba.

But I don't think I said you're going to become a different bitch.

Like, you're not going to become a bird.

I didn't say bird.

I think human soul became a human.

I mean, it would only be fair.

In my version.

Yeah.

But it's like.

I guess you know what, Jax?

Jax, I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

I guess we'll have to wait to see what people say in the comments.

No, like when we die, like we'll say.

Is reincarnation real?

Sound off in the comments.

Is reincarnation real?

Because also think about how many humans have lived on the earth since Earth's inception.

It would be, oh, I have

trillions.

That's trillions of souls that God had to

create, you know?

Why not recycle a few good ones?

Okay, on that note, you know what I always think?

Trillions of people, right?

There's so whatever, how many people are alive right now?

7 billion, right?

That seems low, but yeah.

Yeah, sure.

How is it possible that there aren't like two people who were born on like, you know, opposite sides of the earth or even, you know, next door neighbors who don't look exactly alike?

There are.

Like, I know there are infinite ways like a person's face can look, nose, shape.

Like, I know all that.

But how is there not like another person who looks just like me?

No, like, there is.

It's called a doppelganger.

But they never actually look that much alike.

No, maybe some of the ones that you've seen, but I'm telling you, like, if you

looked at all 7 billion people, like, you would find Australian turdy.

Like you would.

Maybe I got to head over to Australia, find Australian Turdy, start a podcast with her called Good Night Mike.

But then also, like, you know,

the

course of your life has changed how you look.

Maybe Australian Turdy has her old chin.

Right.

No, but also, like, socioeconomic

factors change how you look based on, like, you know, if you work outside.

Right.

Based on, like, your financial situation, based on what you eat.

Like it does, that's true.

So I guess two people, even they could look so much alike, they could still change over the course of their life based on like different factors about, you know, where they're at in their life.

Right.

And they could take just like different directions.

Maybe Australian turdy is a blonde.

Right.

And I wouldn't even think to like, you know, say we look alike because she's blonde.

Right.

Hmm.

Australian turdy sounds like a very complex individual.

And I think I got to meet her.

Yeah.

And she's a surfer, so she's really tan.

Right.

And of course, very fit, which is why another reason nobody would be like, oh, you look like Australian dirty.

Because she's blonde and thin, so they wouldn't even take time to realize that we have the exact same face.

Right.

Hmm.

Interesting.

That's true.

Humans are interesting.

And you know what else is?

This upcoming episode of The Toast, because we've got five great stories and we've got dear toasters, Wednesday, our weekly advice segment.

And we've got some good ones.

Some girls have found themselves in some pickles.

Some pickles experts.

Yes, which is sold out, by the way.

I wanted to thank all the toasters for like truly showing up and showing out.

And the Pickle X Spritz collab went so viral.

We were on the Today Show.

It was everywhere.

And it sold out.

So sorry, but you can't get it.

And everyone who ordered it, like a lot of people are starting to get it.

And they are all posting like their taste tests on TikTok.

It keeps coming up on my free you page.

It makes me feel so cool.

And they're loving it.

It's really, like, it's shockingly good based on, you know, just the title, the name of it.

It's like, oh.

Pickle wine, question mark.

Right.

Yeah.

What's so funny is pickle spritz made a lot of news.

And if we had nothing to do with spritz, like that would probably be something on a slow day

that would have been fast eye story.

Like today, I saw a story, but it didn't make the cut that Skittles is coming out with mustard-flavored Skittles.

Oh, okay, copy us.

Yeah, but you know what?

Wait, well, first, they couldn't turn it around that quickly.

At first, I thought that was gross.

Actually, but a little burst of mustard, as long as you're not eating it with like fruity Skittles.

Right.

I personally

loathe mustard, but I know there are people who are absolutely loves it.

They put it on everything.

People eat spoonfuls of it.

So like, you know what?

Little mustard.

I mean, people love those mustard pretzels.

No, and it's like I could take a bite of my sonic pretzel and then pop in a mustard Skittle.

It's giving future.

It's giving life in space.

It's...

It's giving ingenuity.

Yeah.

I don't have to deal with like the mess of spreading the mustard, getting the mustard.

Right in my hand.

I have to get a dirty dish, a dish dirty, making a utensil, utensil, you know, get a knife to spread the mustard.

Yeah.

No, it makes you think.

Interesting.

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The movie about the British Schindler is called One Life.

I just had to put a pin in that.

And that sounds appropriate.

It does.

For it's going to be at like the Tiff.

It's going to be a big movie.

So.

Sounds like a reference to the Talmudic verse: to save one life is to save a thousand.

It's to save the world.

Oh, yeah.

Even bigger.

Even bigger.

All of humanity, 7 billion.

Any identical Australian journey.

Okay, let's get into the stories.

Our first story is so crazy.

Some news that's rocked the sports world.

LeBron James's son, Bronny, who's 18, suffered a cardiac arrest during USC basketball practice.

LeBron James's son,

Bronny, suffered cardiac arrest on Monday during basketball practice at the University of Southern California.

The 18-year-old athlete was taken to a hospital where he was treated in ICU before being released to general care.

The rep for the family said yesterday while practicing, Bronny James suffered a cardiac arrest.

Medical staff was able to treat Bronnie and take him to the hospital.

He's now in stable condition and is no longer in the ICU.

We ask for respect and privacy for the James family, and we we will update media when there's more information.

That's so crazy because this is someone like a young person who's in peak physical fitness.

Peak physical house.

LeBron Dream's son.

I'm sure he's probably going to have like an insane career in the NBA.

So scary.

I hope he's okay.

Yeah.

And this reminds me of that story from last year about

the Bills player

who collapsed on the field.

DeMar Hamlin, who also, I believe he had cardiac arrest, correct?

Yeah.

So terrible.

Yeah.

I think think that DeMar Hamlin had like spoken out yesterday about like sending love to Bronnie.

Yeah.

So terrible and so scary.

And

who knows what this could mean, but like Bronny has made so many headlines like for being, you know, the next big thing in sports.

And I'm pretty sure in the background of one of Zach's shows a few months ago, I heard the broadcaster saying that LeBron said that whatever team picks up his son, he will go to.

Okay, that's giving me like Nepo Baby, first of all.

Yeah, but like, why not?

Yeah, no, that's that's very interesting because, like, I was thinking before when we were just talking about him, his son,

you know, nepotism in sports, like, can't really be a thing.

Because you need the talent.

It's just sheer talent.

You just have to be good.

It's based on numbers, points scored, you know, free throw range, whatever.

But this is actually like an interesting way of being like nepotistic in sports.

Yeah, and using like all of his power and influence to get the best deal for his son.

Now, would this be the, I have to assume, yes, the first time a father and son have played on a team together?

And by the time he gets to the NBA, will LeBron still be in the NBA?

I think so.

Bronny's 18.

I don't know at what age.

But he's at USC.

Yeah, but like they can miss, like, is it like football where you can like draft early?

Yeah.

And even still, even in five years, like LeBron's going to be a better basketball player than

people 10, 20 years younger than him.

So, yeah.

That's cool.

Plus, even like to like, say, LeBron's not scoring like he used to, but like to have the Jameses on your team, like that sells tickets.

It's an interesting proposition.

It's pretty cool.

Yeah, it's pretty cool.

Yeah, I feel like at some point, like after LeBron's career, he'll probably become like an owner of a team.

I feel like that happens a lot with like those major, major players.

And it'd be cool.

I don't know if there's like rules against it if he was like the owner of the team that his son was on yeah, well if he was the owner of a team he could draft whoever he wants right

Not really that's like not your job.

It's like general manager for sure, but like you own the team So if the general manager won't do it like you could fire them

You could you could you could you could yeah, so I guess that's where nepotism could play into it as well.

But if he is having um cardiac issues that could affect his sports career.

So I know I think everyone's kind of worried and waiting and seeing.

Well, I wish him well, truly.

Yeah, me too.

Are you ready for our next story?

Yes.

Megan Fox is being ripped to bits for asking fans to donate to her pals GoFundMe.

So this is like a very interesting celebrity trope that I see happen a lot.

My most favorite, you know, one is Lady Gaga asking for GoFundMe donations for her dad's restaurant.

It's like, girl, help out.

Yeah.

Okay.

She's literally your dad.

Here's the details on this one because it always changes.

Megan Fox has been slammed for asking her Instagram followers to donate to a friend's GoFundMe rather than coughing up all the money herself.

The fundraiser, which had a goal of $30,000, was set up for her nail tech Brittany's father who was diagnosed with cancer.

It's seeking to raise the same amount that Megan's fiancé, Machine Gun Kelly, spent on a diamond-encrusted manicure last year.

The story notes.

So Megan took her Instagram story Monday night with a picture of the GoFundMe.

She put it on her Instagram story saying, my friend's dad was just diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

If you guys are able to help, please do.

Fans of the actress, whose net worth is estimated to be around $8 million, were confused as to why she would request donations on social media rather than picking up the bill herself.

A bunch of commenters said the highest donation is only $300 and it's not anonymous.

Sis better contribute herself and lead the way.

Someone else said if I had as much money as her, I'd cover 100% of a friend's parents' medical expenses before I asked strangers to.

So that's the argument that she should pay for this and not ask her fans to.

I mean, there's a lot of arguments to be made, you know, for Megan, what's her name, Fox, to pay the whole thing.

And I think, you know, one of the biggest arguments is that it's $30,000, which is a lot of money, not for a celebrity.

Like, they literally get paid $50,000 just to wear a shirt from a brand.

Like, if she wanted to make this $30K back, she could do it in a day.

So it's tacky.

I'm sorry.

It's tacky.

And to to not have the wherewithal to like donate first, like $10,000 with like, it could say anonymous, but everyone would know it was her because that's what people do.

They go to GoFundMe is you can sort the donations by highest to lowest and you can see who did, you know, the big one.

And so

is it possible that Megan Fox privately helped this girl out?

Of course.

Oh, true, true.

But in this day and age, you got to be a little bit more clugged, you know?

Yeah, especially because this has literally happened before copy and paste.

Iron Kylie was in trouble for this too.

But also, like, this might sound crazy.

I guess I didn't know her net worth was $8 million.

I know what you're going to say.

That seems kind of high to me.

Like, I feel like

I guess she was in Transformers, which is a huge movie.

Yeah.

But, like, she doesn't act that much.

No, that's definitely true.

Maybe Megan Fox is like, I don't know.

You go to the Met Gala, you got 30 grand.

No, I don't think so.

Like, all those things that Megan Fox does, like, aren't like paying gigs.

No, she's always making news, but never for work.

She's always making news.

She's never making money.

It's actually an amazing point.

Like, I don't know the last time she was in a film.

Right.

Except Transformers is like the kind of movie that I think

you until you die.

Yeah.

She definitely...

No, no.

She's known for Transformers, Jennifer's Body, which is like an indie film.

Okay, but that doesn't make like, you know, so much money.

Okay, so Transformers was in 2007,

but she was in two Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movies, 2014 and 2016.

Those feel like big money makers, too.

Okay, but like, even if they paid her a couple million dollars for those movies, like

those were years ago, and I'm sure she lives like a high.

Okay, here's what she's done recently.

I have not heard of one of these things.

Most recently, she was in Dave in one episode.

Okay, so let's just

Johnny Johnny and Clyde.

I don't know her.

Good morning, spelled M-O-U-R-N-I-N-G.

Big Gold Brick,

Taurus,

Night Teeth,

Till Death,

Midnight Switchgrass.

That's the Brandle Emmett one.

Machine Gun Kelly's music video.

Rogue.

Think like a dog.

Machine Gun Kelly's music video.

Okay,

The Battle of Jangsari,

Zeroville, Above the Shadows.

Then, the first thing I've heard of is from 2016.

She was in 15 episodes of New Girl.

Okay, that's seven years ago.

I think that's really the biggest thing.

But I'm sorry, over the course of her career, This is 40, New Girl, Jennifer's Body, Transformers,

Transformers again.

There's three Transformers movies.

Yeah, those Transformers ones, I think, you know,

can set you up for the rest of your life.

She did 100 episodes of a show called Ocean Avenue.

This bitch has 30 grand lying around.

I'm sorry.

And then, by the way, and then there's other things you get paid for, actually, a lot of money for outside of acting, especially somebody

in the Marvel Universe, like all those, you know, events.

She's fine.

Yeah.

And is she married yet?

No.

No, are they still together even?

I don't know.

Yeah.

I'm like, like, I genuinely don't care.

Yeah.

I mean, we could go back and forth on whether she, you know, now, because she was in Transformers, needs to pay everyone's medical bills around her for the rest of her life.

But I think the idea of like kicking it to her fans is weird.

Is weird.

But what if it was like her friend who was like, could you post about this?

Like we could use some more eyes on it.

If somebody said, like, to like, you have to think, like,

they would never ask, can you pay this?

They would say, can you post this?

Because that's, like, nothing.

But, like, a normal human being would be like, let me just pay it if I'm Megan Fox.

I don't know.

I don't think she's that liquid.

That's definitely possible.

I don't know what sort of financial decision she's made.

And she had a messy divorce.

Let's not forget about that, where she was definitely the earner.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So.

But to not even put 5,000 like on, like, come on.

Yeah.

But you're right.

She could have paid offline.

she could have paid offline, even though if there's already like a donation set up, I think it would just be like a lot easier, but okay, yeah, yeah,

instead of having to explain like to your accountant this like wire transfer, right?

Now, I actually read yesterday that all the money GoFundMe is like kind of like a crazy platform, all the money that was raised for that Carly Russell woman who fake abducted herself, like they can't get it back.

That's weird, right?

Because GoFundMe does sometimes like step in and they'll like shut down fundraisers.

So to not like

get it back is weird.

Weird.

But I thought Carly Russell's family was not accepting donations for her reward.

Like when it happened, I thought that was so interesting.

When I read that, I was like, they weren't looking for donations for a reward.

Like they had a reward set up.

But I did see what you saw about like people can't get their donations back.

So obviously they donated somewhere.

I think, oh, I think a lot of people donated to Crime Stoppers.

Like,

in the hopes of supporting the Carly Russell search.

$63,000 raised from donors in Carly Russell case is not being refunded from Crime Stoppers.

Okay, so it's not GoFundMe.

So, Crime Stoppers of Metro, Alabama said on Monday that the $63,000 in reward money raised to help find Carly Russell is not being returned to donors despite her safe return.

Russell, who vanished in Alabama last Thursday, yada yada.

Crime Stoppers initially said that it would give back the $63,000 donated during the search for the missing nursing student before saying in the afternoon that the money would not be refunded.

The investigation is still ongoing, and accordingly, there is no basis to refund any contributions at this time.

Furthermore, the Hoover Police Department has not requested for any donor contributions to be released or refunded.

It's not clear how much money has since been returned through the group's website on Wednesday.

He still displayed a notice of a reward being offered.

But now we know.

Yeah.

But when you donate to Crime Stoppers, is that like a larger organization or like you earmarket for Carly?

I think you can earmark it to be like, you know, incentivize people with a reward.

But yes, you're right.

I guess that $63,000 could be dispersed, you know, 10K or 6 others.

Right, right.

It's not like it's going to Carly as a reward for faking her own abduction.

That's true.

So hopefully it gets used for a good cause if they really don't return it.

But that's really murky.

Yeah.

Well.

So, oh, sorry, go back to Megan Fox.

She definitely has money.

She might not be as liquid as we thought she would, but in the grand scheme of like celebrity money, 30 grand is not a lot.

Yeah.

And she could have donated 10.

But

okay, but like, I mean, I would expect her to be more,

as you said, clug than this.

But like, what if she donated like 20,000 offline?

And that, and like, maybe the bill was 50,000.

And now they're trying to raise the additional 30.

100% a possibility.

And that's why it's just never a good idea for like a big celebrity to post a GoFundMe.

Unless it's like a GoFundMe that's um like millions of dollars needed you know or like I feel like after like a

really big tragedy like hurricane or you know something

there is always a gofund me set up with like an endless goal just to raise the most amount of money for the families who lost someone so that's different but like for a personal friend Kylie's gotten in trouble Lady Gaga now Megan Fox like we need to learn they need to learn it should be like a no-go zone okay I totally agree with you and that's the takeaway here but I just want to give you like a situation.

Okay.

Because what if the total bail was like $60,000 and Megan was like, I'll pay half.

So now they only need to raise $30,000.

And then she posts, like Britney asked her to post the link.

So she posts the link and now she's in all this hot water.

Like Megan can never come forward and say, no, guys, I paid 30 to her before.

Like she can never even defend herself about this because it's like,

you don't.

No, and by the way.

When somebody needs money, like we should not be thinking about things like this.

It's so stupid.

But like that is the world that we live in.

And so if that was the case, like Megan should have done the 30 like anonymously on gofundme because people would have flocked to go see like what the biggest donation was they would have saw 30 assume it was megan and be like oh okay so she donated and she's promoting but what if she donated before she knew there was going to be a gofund me

yeah i mean she don't even know and then she's it's not like she can just like hop on stories and then just start talking about like how much she donated how much she didn't she's never gonna like give air to this so we're just gonna like keep saying that she didn't donate more than three hundred dollars

and then also then say like the friend was like hey could you could promote this like you have you know we could use some more eyes like how do you say no to your friend this is bad for my image that's rude yeah

it's a tough spot i'm just saying not that i agree with her i'm just saying i i can recognize she's in a tough spot You know, I agree.

And there's like a million scenarios where she did the right details that we don't know.

She made 100,000 already.

Yeah, 100%.

100%.

But we are given information and we have to come to conclusions with solely the information we're given.

I think the takeaway is that we can't just jump to conclusions and assume the worst about people.

Agreed.

But that celebrities need to,

you know, even if someone's asking them to post their GoFundMe, like you could say, like, I think this would backfire.

I don't know.

I think

we can reserve judgment.

There's definitely like a litany of details that we do not know.

But I think we can all agree when Lady Gaga did it for her dad's restaurant.

That was weird.

Yes.

Totally.

Yeah.

Great.

I'm glad we worked through that.

Yeah.

It's a complicated thing.

It is, considering we don't know everything.

Yeah.

Are you ready for our next story?

Eagle-eyed history buffs are pointing out an error in Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer Blockbuster that's commonly made in World War II movies.

And it's

unfortunate.

It really is.

I would have never noticed it, but people did.

So

the movie focuses on a time 1945, World War II, and one scene in the movie

after Japan's surrender and the U.S.

victory in the war, they show Oppenheimer being applauded by an audience waving the flag.

But eagle-eyed viewers have pointed out that the flags that they're waving have 50 stars rather than 48, even though Hawaii and Alaska did not become U.S.

states until 1959.

So yeah, okay.

Like, who the fuck is counting stars?

I'm sure that's what Christopher Nolan said.

Like, oh, no one's going to count the stars.

It's fine.

No, I don't think, I think if they knew that the stars were off, they would have fixed it.

They put so much care and detail into these movies.

Like, I'm sure it's killing him that, like, he made this big epic.

It's so, you know, I'm sure I haven't seen it.

I don't know the story, but I'm going to say historically accurate to a degree.

And they're getting fucked by these flags.

And everyone's talking about like, it's giving American sniper Chris Kylan the fake baby.

Yeah, that was weird.

Did you see the tweet of like the woman?

She went viral.

I'm pretty sure she deleted her whole account.

And it was like, just want to let you guys know, there was not a woman for the first 20 minutes in Oppenheimer.

And it's like, yeah, it was literally 1940, whatever, whatever.

What year was it?

1925.

1945.

Yeah, it's like, well, that would make it incredibly historically accurate.

Right.

That's so funny.

Did you see the tweet that was like, you guys, I'm worried about Barbenheimer

and covid like just be like everyone going to the movies and they're being

and there being another covid pandemic

okay

um moving on i think it was from a doctor too like it wasn't just a lay person being like right a freak

um

So the stars.

So the thing is, do I care?

No.

Would I have noticed this?

No.

Do I think it takes away from like the integrity or the, you know, validity of the film?

Also, no.

But it's not like it's not 100%.

To me, like, the bar for inaccuracies and like flops will always be when somebody left a plastic water bottle in the background of Game of Drone.

Starbucks Cup, too.

Whatever.

Yeah.

This is so much better than that.

So I'm okay.

I know, but like, imagine you make a perfect movie and then it's not perfect.

Thus, you know, further proving my point that, you know, we're all just people.

It's true.

How, one, how did people even notice this?

Is my question.

No, I'm saying, like, they're waving flags.

They're not even standing still for a minute.

You can't even sit there and count them.

And, well, maybe the it was because it was 48, like maybe the alignment of stars is different.

Yeah.

But also, like, I'm sure they have so many history buffs on set.

Like, how do like lay people notice this and not the experts?

You know, it's a win for the lay people.

And apparently, according to the Daily Mail, like, this is a mistake that happens in a lot of movies around World War II.

Hmm.

So, how did we not learn from this?

Right, like learn from others' mistakes.

Maybe they could use AI to fix it.

Fix it.

And like when it goes out to on demand.

I'm sorry, this is humiliating.

It's a stain on Christopher Nolan's record.

He should never work again.

Wow.

Hot take.

I mean, yeah,

if you can't get the stars right, like, what are you doing?

Can you count?

Why bother?

Can you count?

Why bother?

Right.

Are you dumb?

So humiliating.

Like, I definitely knew that Hawaii and Alaska were only added to the union in the 50s.

Like, I 100% knew that.

Yeah.

Of course you did.

You read the Rose Code.

No, like that's what I'm saying.

Maybe if Christopher Nolan had read the Rose Code, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

It's like to know how many stars.

He doesn't.

That's his cross to bear.

Not our problem.

Sorry, Chris.

You're on your own.

Say.

Are you ready for our next story?

Mm-hmm.

Ariana Grande's boyfriend's wife feels that he abandoned their family.

TMZ

TMZ has learned that Ari's and Ethan's relationship came as a surprise to the actor's now estranged wife who feels he abandoned his family.

Sources close to the wife, Lily J, tell us she's devastated her family's been torn apart.

She's also upset their young son, who was born in August 2022, wow, one year ago, won't have both his mom and dad around constantly now that they've split.

TMC sources say Lily and Ethan aren't on good terms now that the Ariana relationship is full steam ahead.

Lily feels like he's turned his back completely on his family.

Now that I've had some time to think on this and it's like started to marinate when we were first reported on it like I was like lol you know Ari ruining lives but like Aries ruining lives like it actually is really not sitting well with me and for what this relationship is gonna go nowhere first of all it's like a fun set it's like a camp romance because they were just like all together filming this film it's I'm actually like not to be such a fucking loser who needs to touch grass but like I expected more from Ariana.

She needs to do better.

Yeah.

I mean, of course it's up to this man.

Like he has agency and choice, but like I'm sure he thinks that like Ari loves him and he's gonna leave it all and risk it all for Ari.

But like, we know this relationship is gonna last three months.

And it's really

got to do with a one-year-old.

Like, Ari, you can have any man in the world.

Like, this little nerd taking him from his family, like, you know,

it's not really.

I know.

And especially, like, I'm just seeing the Barbie movie, which was like very much like womanhood is a sisterhood.

Like, and it's on the man 100%.

But, like, Ari knew, and like, she could have looked out for her fellow sister in Christ, but she didn't.

No, she didn't.

And like,

and she's the one with power here.

Like, I'm sorry, this guy's a free family.

I agree.

Like, when Ari comes to you and says, like, leave your wife and child and be with me.

Like, her womanly wiles, like, I would say yes.

Well, no, not Mike.

Of course.

Not baby Harry.

No, but like, she's the biggest star in the world.

She's.

you know, this larger than life.

He was like, and I hate to like place blame on the woman because I have to be honest, if the roles were reverse, gender roles, we would be saying the same thing.

If there was a huge man on set and he had this like woman, and also the man was notorious for just having, no offense, like a revolving door of relationships that seem so serious, but are not.

Yep.

Then we would say the exact same thing.

And I guess what Ariana would say is, screw sisterhood, you know?

Yeah.

And that's what she said.

Very Victor Garber.

That's what she said.

This is just really sad and

confusing.

It's not, by the way, it's really not a good look for Ariana.

Like,

it's just not.

Yeah.

But it really hasn't touched her.

Like, I feel like.

She's untouchable.

Yeah, she is untouchable.

But no one's really saying this.

It's kind of just like funny to everyone.

No, I know.

And that's what it was for me, too.

But now I've sort of sat with it.

And it's like this, this mother, this wife who literally never once asked to be a part of this narrative, one in which she never asked to be a part of.

And now her whole life is destroyed.

And now she's like in the media.

Her instagram's being infiltrated like leave this woman alone she just married this theater nerd and wanted a nice quiet life and she has a one-year-old terrible honestly it's terrible i'm sorry honestly i'm sorry i joked about it like because now it really has not sat well with me no she's a one-year-old and daddy ran off with ariana grande like it's so inconceivable

It's so wrong.

It's, you know what it is?

It's wrong.

Do better, Ari.

Yeah.

There's plenty of single men, and she could have any of them.

Anyone.

Anyone.

Not only is she like so beautiful, she's so famous.

Anyone, like, there's no reason she went for this freak.

No, and it's like, I feel as though anytime she sets her sights on someone, like, they will date.

It's not giving Irene.

Yeah.

It's giving, like, she has.

She's a very...

a charming person.

She's unlimited options.

She's charming.

No, people are really drawn to her.

Yeah.

This is a bad choice.

There was no reason for this.

Especially because let me tell you something.

I can't see the future.

I'm not Raven Simone, but this will not last.

I am Raven Simone, and I can tell you it won't last.

Are you ready for our fifth and final story?

Final story.

Yeah.

Blake Lively jumps over the ropes at Kensington Palace to fix the display of her 2022 Met Gala dress.

Have you seen this?

No.

On Tuesday, the Gossip Girl alum posted an Instagram story of her jumping over the ropes at London's Kensington Palace.

They have an exhibit called Crown to Couture, and they have her Mech-Ale dress from this year on display.

So in the video, she hops over the rope and fixes her dress.

She said, when you're the clown who hops over the rope at the museum to fix the exhibit.

Happy almost Virgo season, folks.

Oh, so the rules don't apply to Blake Lively.

Well, is it her dress?

Definitely not.

Her dress appears alongside 200 other pieces at the exhibit inside Princess Diana's former home, including a former Lizzo look, Lady Gaga.

The exhibition also features a number of

it does sound like a cool display.

It features a number of historic gowns as it tells the story of how rock and red carpet fashion has been influenced by the royals of the Georgian era in the 19th, in the 18th century.

So I guess her Met Gala look this year was influenced by the Georgian era, which is possible.

Cool, but like, you know what?

This is giving, you know,

not only is it a museum where you're not supposed to touch anything, but it's like at Kensington Palace where you're also not supposed to touch anything I don't know I don't really like her bragging about this like like I buy back like I'm a rule follower yeah but what if it was your dress like what if it was your retro feet dress and they didn't have like the bow tied in the way that you wore it and it was an exhibit like about turdy through the years I would ask someone to fix it like you know one time I went to a wedding you don't think that's like more

self-indulged like to have like instead of just like running and DIYing it

no don't put your grubby hands on the display.

Like these are now considered works of art.

They're in a museum.

Like don't touch it.

Yeah.

There are ropes there for a reason.

Wow.

Now, one time I went to a wedding at the Met

and it was beautiful.

And I posted on my Instagram, like that I was at the Met after dark.

It was very cool.

And I like joked that I was like touching something.

I didn't touch it, but I was like, oh, oh, oh.

Somebody from the museum, there was like security everywhere.

Like hours later, I guess it's seen my Instagram came over and i was like oh look a fan she wants a photo she was like please delete your instagram i'm like oh okay i got in trouble like my whole night was around

i'm sorry yeah and so i like and that's how i had to learn my lesson dressed became about turdy

yeah i had to learn my lesson and i think blake should be i think she should be spoken to reprimanded yeah it is also kind of giving like awesome butler vanessa hudgens putting their initials on that tree jay i thought that too i literally thought that too like look how cute we are putting our our initials in a tree boom citation yeah i mean it it begs the question like who does the dress belong to did but maybe blake loaned it to the museum in which case she's free to touch it however she wants or maybe it depends who runs the museum maybe they'll think this is like a quirky thing that she did you know bringing a little like

to the exhibit and to promote like the the exhibit which sounds like a wonderful exhibit and i hope it makes its way to the us which i it actually does and you know what would be fun

like i feel like we could play a game where like we would go to every

dress and see how many of the 200 we could place as to who wore it.

Because what that's what we do for a living.

Like, I'm telling you, I feel like we could do all 200 if they're spanning the last like five, 10 years.

I don't think that they are.

I think they're spanning the last like 200 years.

Then, definitely not.

But

I will click on the link and try and find more

of the dresses.

Oh, yeah, these are like Renaissance looks.

Oh, the no

Luke's from the Renaissance.

Luke's.

Well, thanks, Jax, for that.

Fast five just really ran the gamut.

I feel good about it, but I'm so excited because we're not even done.

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I recently found out that my grandfather made a TikTok account, which I thought was funny and cute.

I clicked on his profile and I noticed that he was following hundreds of people already.

I was shocked and befuddled to see he was exclusively following hundreds of like spicy thirst trap accounts, sexy anime cosplayers, and what appear to be like OnlyFan promotion pages.

They all feature women who are about my age.

What's even worse is I don't think he knows that anyone can see that information of who he follows.

At family gatherings, he goes on and on about how he's a total TikTok addict, and now I'm literally so grossed out and uncomfortable hearing this.

Should I tell him I can see who he follows or should I just keep this haunting information to myself?

Sincerely, a traumatized toaster.

I think.

Now, my rebuttal, my rebuttal includes three words.

Let grandpa live.

Yes!

Same.

I was going to say, let Gramps live, just to add like a little sexy flair.

Let grandpa live.

Like, stop.

He obviously doesn't know that you can see it.

He would be mortified if he did.

Leave him alone.

Yeah.

Also, how old are you that they're your age?

How would you feel?

Probably like 25.

No way.

Jackie, I took everything in me not to read it.

How would you feel if your father came up with someone your age?

Yeah, no, probably like 25 or 30.

Like, it's not like it's underage.

Like, these are consenting females who are looking for audiences.

And your grandpa, your grandpa is awesome.

He's a good person.

Supporting women in business.

Supporting female creators.

Listen, let him live.

I'm not worried.

What is he going to do with this?

Have a little fun?

No.

God forbid.

He's completely harmless.

God forbid, grandpa libs.

Leave him alone.

I assume he's not married or he's a widowed because she would have said that.

Like my grandma.

So he's fine.

Leave him alone.

Old people need vices too, and his is completely harmless.

So you just keep your little trap shut, bitch.

Okay.

Okay, but I have a question for you.

How would you feel if he was married to grandma?

Still?

I would still think it's okay.

Yeah, right?

Like, what is he gonna?

He's not gonna cheat on grandma.

Like,

no, I literally think it's.

He doesn't get his little sticks.

Also, if it's on TikTok, it's not like it's porn.

It's just he probably suggests

he suggested female content.

And I'm sure that they're out there promoting their OnlyFans and your grandpa has quite literally no clue what OnlyFans is, how to download it, how to put his credit card information in.

He's literally consuming TikTok safe content, which can be provocative for sure, but

what are their nudity policies?

There's no tits ass.

Like, you can't show nipple, but you could wear like a thong.

But I think even still, I think still it would get taken down.

Okay.

Yeah.

I think grandpa's living his best life.

Like, why only can you be on TikTok?

Like,

right.

I would just, instead of the feelings you're feeling, which are definitely like discomfort and grossed out, why don't you try and channel like some

positive energy for grandpa?

Being like, you know, he's old, he's getting up there.

There's probably not so many things that bring him joy.

And this is one of those things.

And so, if I can just put my discomfort aside and know that my grandpa's like out here living a full, happy, borderline erect life, then we all win.

It's true.

And as far as you knowing this information and like feeling weird about it, that's your cross to bear.

Yeah, we, that's the thing about getting older.

It's like we end up finding things out about like parents, grandparents that you didn't know when you were a kid.

And it definitely like shakes your core.

You got to get over it.

Yeah.

You don't need to have like a family session.

If someone else in the family notices it and brings it up, like you guys can bond over it, but giggle.

Grandpa is living.

Let grandpa live.

All right, next up.

Dear Jackson Turdy Lou, I'm in desperate need of some advice.

I recently broke up with my boyfriend who was the first person I ever slept with.

I never felt regretful when we had sex because we loved each other.

But now that I'm out of a relationship, I feel so gross and slutty for having sex and not waiting till I'm closer with a person.

I need some advice to help me stop slut-shaming myself.

Thank you.

I love you guys.

I listen every day.

I feel like that's

so harsh.

I feel like there's two routes we can take here.

The first is like, I don't know if you need to hear this, but there's literally nothing wrong with like having sex with another consenting adult.

It's liberating.

People do it all the time.

There's nothing wrong with it.

Go off, queen, get your bag.

But also, I do think there are a lot of people who don't have casual sex and exclusively, like, wait till they're like seeing someone exclusively or in a relationship.

And that's okay, too.

So maybe you might be one of those people.

Well, she is one of those people.

And I think, you know, the idea of two consenting adults go off, queen, have sex, like that doesn't work for everyone.

But she was in a relationship with this person.

So that's why I feel like you're being so hard on yourself.

Like, you said that.

No, no, Jackie, Jackie, you're misunderstanding.

She said she was in a relationship.

She's out of the relationship.

Okay.

And now she's out of a relationship.

She feels gross and slutty

for having sex with like other people,

like dating and stuff.

Really?

I read it as she was in a relationship and she had sex.

No, let me read it again.

Okay.

I recently woke up with my boyfriend who was the first person I ever slept with.

I never felt regretful when we had sex because we loved each other.

Okay.

But now that I'm out of a relationship, I feel so gross and slutty for having sex and not waiting till I'm closer with the person.

Okay, by the way, you could read it as what you saw or what I saw.

By the way, no, because, because, yeah, no.

But I'm, I'm,

because she said we loved each other, so you never regret having sex with someone you love.

Right, but she, it also sounded like when she did it, she didn't regret it, but now that she's out of the relationship, like maybe she didn't think they were as close as she thought and now she regrets it.

But why would she not think that she's close with the person that she's in a relationship with and loves?

Wait, this is like actually confusing.

No, no, no, okay, it could be both, but I will go with yours because I do think that makes like a little more sense.

Yeah, and I believe that's like a thing, you know, of course, they give like a label to everything now.

I think it's called demisexual, but like you can really only be intimate with someone you're like deeply

like care for and love, which like isn't a sexuality.

I just think it's like, I think I'm the same way.

Like I said, I would be demisexual.

It's so crazy that that's a word for

wanting to love the person that you're with.

Right.

So I think like both routes are totally fine, but I don't think you need to like

change.

It might just be that you're that type of person and that's totally okay.

Yeah.

and you don't have to have sex with people if that's not making you

feel good or feel good, or like you're, it's making you feel worse after the fact.

Like, then don't be that person.

There are so many people who don't want to do that and don't do that.

Like,

maybe you feel pressure.

Cause I mean, I guess it's the societal norm now is just casual sex, but that doesn't work for everyone.

No, and I think there's like a huge group of people who still abide by like, you know, not having sex with someone until they're like involved exclusively or in a relationship.

And that's totally okay.

Yeah.

And I think it's

weird or a loser.

It goes for both men and women too.

Yeah.

So I think ultimately like if you if you make decisions like based on how you truly feel, even if it's not the popular one or the cool one, it will lead you to the right person.

Yeah.

So I would just like follow your feelings.

You don't have to change your feelings just because you think they're like weird or whatever.

Like yeah, you feel that way for a reason.

And that's totally

and instead of feeling gross about it, it taught you a lesson.

Like now you know this about yourself.

Like do what that

use that information.

Don't just discard it and keep like pushing through and being someone that you're not.

You can be grateful for the lesson and not feel shame because the lesson brought you the lesson.

The clarity.

The clarity, right?

That was confusing, Jackie.

Thank you.

All right.

Our third and final one is like making my blood boil.

Like we absolutely have to sharpen our pitchforks because we ride at dawn.

Oh, God.

Okay, I'm ready.

Hey, Jackson Claude.

I watch you girlies every day.

I love you both so much.

I'm one year postpartum and I'll be 30 in a few months.

My husband and I were having dinner with our best friends who are also a married couple and I told my girlfriend that I want to start working out

and for her to hold me accountable.

I told her that I wanted to be in the best possible shape of my life for my 30th birthday, which is coming up.

She quickly responded with, but okay, but you don't need to.

You really look great.

My husband chuckled a little and said, she could stand to lose 10 pounds.

I was mortified.

The other husband changed the subject to sports and my husband and I haven't spoken about it yet.

How do I approach this?

Am I right for feeling upset?

So you approach it with a shotgun.

With a knife.

Yeah.

There's so many reasons as to why this is fucked up.

And I don't know which is the worst, whether it's like him even commenting on your weight, but I honestly think it's worse that he did it in front of other people.

Yeah, no, that he's so dumb that he thought that was an okay thing to say.

in general.

He thought it was okay to say it to you.

And he thought it was okay to say it in front of other people.

Like the way this man needs his ass reamed out.

Maybe he really is just that dumb and like not.

I mean, if you've gained, sometimes it's like if you've gained weight.

I'm sorry, you're a father now.

There's literally no excuse for being that dumb.

No, but people.

It's irresponsible.

It's honestly, I would say for you.

It is irresponsible to be so strong.

To walk through the world being so oblivious and so dumb.

Honestly, I think this calls for you sitting him down and playing in this episode.

Now, listen, sir.

You're literally disgusting.

I'm sure you're fucking fat, bitch, okay?

And your wife, who, by the way, just had a baby, is a queen.

And the fact that she hasn't fucking stabbed you in your sleep, you should be so goddamn grateful for

that I need you to get some perspective.

First of all, never, ever in your goddamn life talk about your wife's body, postpartum or not.

It's none of your fucking business, okay?

Oh, so you weren't masked in that situation.

Right.

Oh, no.

You weren't

asked.

You weren't eavesdropping.

We weren't talking to you.

Now, the second thing that is so important for a husband to learn, and the fact that you haven't learned this makes me just, I understand you're dumb and maybe nobody told you.

So I'm going to tell you.

When you're out in public with your wife, your job is to lift her up.

Your job is to protect her.

But if the call is coming from inside the house, if somebody's out here in public embarrassing me and it's the person I fucking sleep next to, the person who's supposed to love me most in this world, you are now the person I hate most in this world.

And your wife, I don't know if she does, but she should fucking hate you.

And you have a lot of work to do sir on yourself

on being a better version for your daughter for or son excuse me for your wife and all i can say in a non-ironic way is do better

yeah no

you can't walk through this world being that dumb

i fear you're gonna get hit by a car you're so dumb yeah you're gonna get taken advantage like you to not know that that's the wrong the wrong thing to say

in front of other people like that makes it so much worse like of course, in the privacy of your own home, it's still a fucked up thing to say.

But then you're adding like another level of humiliation to the rage you already feel.

I can't, girly, I'm so sorry.

This is what we have to put up with: it's just like women who, you know, are married.

I, but it's, it's unacceptable.

I'm so sorry.

You're a stunning queen.

You just birthed a human.

Take all the time you need.

Yeah.

And seriously?

But what if you would have done?

What if it wasn't even like a dumb thing?

Like, Like, what if it's just like a cruel thing?

You know?

Oh, because I'm kind of giving

the benefit of the doubt that he's just dumb enough to say something like that.

Well, if he's saying it in like a malicious, cruel way, this is clearly a person who's extremely like verbally abusive and manipulative.

And like, that's honestly, if that's what he's saying in a cruel way, to me, it's such a red flag for so many other worse things.

But you know what?

What gives me solace is I feel like she would have included in her prompt that like he's always making comments.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

So, so maybe we can go back to dumb because the alternative just like hurts my heart.

If it is the alternative, run.

But if he's just dumb and maybe like had a few beers and thought he was being funny,

we have to kill him.

Yeah, we have to kill his spirit so that he never makes a joke ever again because he worries that it was the worst thing he could possibly say.

Yeah, I want this man to never smile again.

I want him to never contribute to a conversation, to never try and take a stab at a joke.

Yeah, because, oh, by the way, sir, if you're still listening, you're literally not funny.

No, we are.

We know funny.

I'm literally a comedian.

I sold out Madison Square Garden.

Like, I know funny.

You're not funny.

You're dumb.

Yeah.

So I think that's the advice here.

Play this episode for him.

Yeah.

Or if you don't want to do that, because we said some unkind things to him, and then maybe that would cause a different fight.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And maybe you just like, this is your little pocket of peace where we can vent about him.

And then you can like

take the applied lessons and apply them.

You're so smart.

You're so smart.

Rip him a new one.

Sometimes it's the best,

especially if like this was really him being dumb and not cruel.

Like he needs a sit down.

He needs an ass reaming.

Yeah.

And I would really,

I would write your thoughts out because like it's so annoying when like you're a woman who's like mad about something and then you just are like, she's crazy.

But it's like, I have a fucking reason for being mad.

So your reasoning really needs to be like well thought out.

Like the humiliation of saying something like that, period, but then furthermore in front of two people who like I care about and respect is humiliating.

What are they going to think of me?

That I'm just like, you know, some punching bag for you.

And that's what our marriage is.

That's not what our marriage is.

So why would you want people to think that?

And be like, I know you probably think that I look bad in the situation, but actually you made yourself look terrible.

I'm sure they're talking about you and not me and how they feel sorry for me to have to put up with you.

Oh my God, fucking facts, bitch.

Facts.

Because he's the one who should be embarrassed.

Even though it feels like she's embarrassed,

he's the one who should actually be embarrassed because it reflected worse on him.

I just want to say, like, I'm so mad, but the fact that you're postpartum and like the worst thing he could say is that you need to lose 10 pounds, like you're probably snatched.

So just feel good about that.

Literally, that was like my postpartum weight goal was like 10 pounds.

heavier.

Yeah, no, no.

If someone was like, after I'm postpartum, like they would say, you should tend to lose 100 pounds.

Like, you're fine.

So true.

Yeah, no, let's look at who that actually

loses.

Who actually loses the last 10 pounds of anything?

Oh,

not even postpartum, just in life.

In life, everyone could stand to lose 10 pounds.

It's so true.

Like, congrats, girly.

You sound cool.

Congrats.

You got your goal weight.

No, literally.

Oh my God, I hate this man.

I'm so sorry, but hopefully that was helpful advice.

And I would absolutely love an update from you just because I feel so invested in this.

Sometimes it's just nice to commiserate and like have people validate how you feel.

And like maybe, maybe we could move forward.

Like, I mean, do what you need to do, but maybe you just needed to get that off your chest and needed us to get as angry for you as you're feeling.

No, but it requires a conversation.

I agree with that too.

But I do feel like a little better after talking it through because like I'm

like, I'm like clenching.

Me too.

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I think so.

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Yeah, they're like

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Yeah.

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