Cringey Millennial Barbie: Tuesday, July 25th, 2023

Good morning, millennials.

Welcome back to the toast and happy Tuesday.

Hope everybody's having an amazing week thus far, chugging along slowly but surely.

And speaking of Shirley Swirly Girly, it's Jax.

Shirley Twirly.

You know, a lot of people love Shirley Temple.

Me, I'm more of a swirly Temple.

Oh, well, ain't that the truth?

She's the modern day, Shirley.

She's the modern day woman.

She is.

Speaking of the modern day woman, I saw Barbie yesterday.

I know.

Where do you want to place your recap?

Because that's really what we're here to hear.

How about right here, right now?

Oh, wow.

You want to dive right in?

I mean, I've thought of nothing, nothing but, because like I literally just watched the movie, saw so many TikToks about it.

Like kind of a divided country we are on Barbie.

A lot of people did not like it.

But it's also bringing people together.

Yeah, okay.

Look, I had a lot of thoughts.

The movie was not as good as I thought it was.

I thought there were like really, really good things about it.

As you thought it was

going to be.

Oh, okay, okay.

I thought you thought it was good, and then you realized it wasn't good.

No, no, I definitely left being like, oh.

But it was like still like a good, cute movie.

And like the message was really cute.

There were a lot of highs, you know, and lows, in my opinion.

And it just wasn't what I thought it would be.

And

overall, like, I actually really liked where they took the movie.

But but in terms of like plot and, you know, like Barbie leaves Barbieland, here's why, and here's how she gets back.

Was anyone else like confused?

Like, there was just like,

it wasn't clear, like, why she was malfunctioning.

And then it was like, America Forever's fault.

Not really.

Spoiler.

No, it's really not a spoiler.

Like, for real.

She's malfunctioning?

Like, that happens in the way beginning.

That's why she has to leave Barbieland.

Oh, okay.

You remember like she gets the Birkenstock or the heel?

No.

It's in the trailer.

The trailer gave away nothing.

Whatever.

She has to leave Barbie Line for a reason.

And then you find out the reason.

And like, I seriously, like, it was not clear to me.

And like, it just didn't make a lot of like linear sense in terms of plot.

Okay.

I found myself confused.

And then also like some of like the

things like we just have to believe because it's a movie.

Like she's a doll.

Okay.

I just like, I was confused like how other things were happening if she was a doll.

Like it was just confusing.

Having said that, here's what I liked about the movie.

It was literally sickeningly done.

Like, it was just beautiful, the outfits, the music, everyone was just on their best, giving their best performance.

And the general, you know,

takeaway and message of the film was very like girl boss, fight the patriarchy, you know, equality for women in that like kind of cringe, millennial white woman way, which is my least favorite type of feminism.

But I was able to look past it because, like, you know, I approve of the message.

And having said that, I realized what I'm about to say is extremely problematic, given that it was like a film about women.

To me, the best part of the film was Ryan Gosling.

And I'm shocked to say that because I was so critical of like his casting.

We were.

He was stellar.

I've never seen him in something funny.

The movie was very funny.

I've never seen him in like a comedic role.

And I didn't know if he was, you know, if he had those chops.

He was hysterical.

Like literally all the laughs were from him.

Another thought I had about the film was I'm not entirely sure who the movie was for because there were so many like cultural references and like jokes that I did not get.

Like, there was this like Matchbox 20 song, I didn't know that.

There was like all these jokes, and the guy behind me, who was like much older, was hysterical laughing.

I'm like, maybe it's for an older crowd.

I found myself really not getting a lot of the cultural pop culture-y references and jokes, which is shocking because that's so me.

Yeah, well, maybe they were trying to do a little something for everyone, but also you are on the tail end of being a millennial.

Like, I think the movie is really for millennials, but that spans like what, 10, 15 years?

And like Matchbox 20 is a little older than me.

Older.

Yeah, there was a lot of singing, mostly on Ryan Gosling's part, which was such an interesting, creative route, but I didn't dislike it by any means.

The production value was just like...

out of this world.

There was like a bunch of like choreographed moments.

Like I loved that.

It was really beautifully done.

Margot Robbie was amazing.

You know, Barbie's kind of going through this, you know, journey where she like has highs and lows and she's crying.

Margot Robbie is just like an amazing actress.

And Helen Mira narrated the movie and every now and then she would like cut in and like acknowledge that this was a movie and it was actually very funny, like breaking the fourth wall.

So I liked that.

There was a lot that I liked about it, but overall, I found the film in terms of like an actual movie, you know, like plot, point A, point B,

how do we get here?

Story.

I found it a little like broken and a little confusing.

Okay.

Another major shout out to Michael Sarah, who was hysterical.

Yeah, I saw this morning, like, he plays a doll named Alan.

Right, and there's like a million Kens, but there's only one Alan, and he's like this, like, outlaw.

And now, Alan dolls are, like, going for five times the price on eBay.

Oh, that's funny.

Well, another thing I really liked about it was clearly they worked, you know, hand in hand with Mattel, and they obviously had access to like all these archives of Barbies that have been discontinued, different things that they tried.

And you honestly like wouldn't believe some of the Barbies they put out that have been discontinued.

Like, it was so funny.

And Will Farrell plays the CEO of Mattel in the real world.

And he was hysterical too.

Like the movie was very funny.

It had a lot of heart too.

It was good.

And you know, my girl, my girl, America Ferreira, like literally love her.

She was probably my least favorite character.

She has this like monologue that's like really like the summation of the female experience.

You know, you want to be a mom and then you, you know, you get told that's not enough.

And then you don't want to be a mom and people look down on you.

And she has this like monologue that's like

an amalgamation of womanhood.

And it was giving millennial cringe.

Like it was,

I saw like so many people on social media being like, this made me tear up.

And I was like, it didn't.

I was like, oh, I didn't tear up.

It was giving like really cringe, you know, and it did.

Like it.

factually does encapsulate like, you know, the female experience, all the things about being a woman that are so frustrating.

But I didn't find it moving.

I really found it like giving like Olivia Wilde, you know, her story t-shirt energy, you know?

Yeah, no, I understand.

So in that sense, I think maybe I'm not like the exact demographic for the film because I'm always talking about how that version of like feminism is so cringe.

But there's a pool for that.

Like there were people around me during the monologue who were like literally clapping.

They were like, yes, yes.

I'm like, okay.

The theater was packed.

Oh my God.

And okay.

I did not know that you could reserve seats.

Like I assume, I bought them on Fandango, like, I had to reserve my seats.

So I assumed it was those like big plushy recliners, right?

Yeah.

I got to the theater.

I I was shook, it was like this old ass, like janky ass, like there was a thousand people sitting on top of me.

Like, I didn't know you could reserve seats for like some shit theater

when it's just chairs that fold down, yeah.

And it's like not been renovated in 30 years, but it does kind of make sense, yes.

But we used to just raw talk it when I was a kid, like yeah, but now with reserved seating, like for everything, it would be weird if you bought a movie ticket and you didn't get to pick your seat.

Like, if you went to buy that movie ticket and you didn't pick your seat, you would be like, Did I get a ticket?

Yeah, yeah, no, for sure.

But I I thought I was going for a luxurious experience.

So, you know, me, I'm very conscious of movie times and in an uncomfortable chair.

Oh my God, my ass was like starting to hurt me.

It was like a really old hard chair.

I actually wasn't like counting down the minutes, which is a good sign for the film because I'm always checking like, what time did this start?

It was just like, it was good.

Like it ended when it should have ended.

Great.

Yeah, it was good.

I obviously, it just wasn't like as amazing as I thought it would be, but it was still like a good film with a positive message, very funny.

I saw a lot of discourse on the internet being like, it's a man-hating film.

It's actually not.

There's like this whole moment at the end where it's like, Ken is kind of this moron who like only exists for Barbie.

And they really, they give him like a powerful speech too.

Ryan Gosling was hysterical.

Simu Liu was great.

Issa Ray was great.

America Ferreira was good, but like her character was bothering me a lot.

Who else was in it?

I feel like those were the main characters.

It was good.

It was good.

It was just really, there was like this whole thing with like John Cena and Dua Lipa, who like popped in like four times for two seconds, and it was really stupid.

Like I could have done without that.

The music was amazing.

Like Lizzo has this song where she's like narrating the film, but also singing a song about what's going on as we're watching it.

And it was very funny.

The music was amazing.

Okay, cool.

I feel like it would be nearly impossible for the movie to meet the hype that it's created.

That's true.

You know, which is through only a fault of their own with their $100 million marketing budget.

So the fact that it is still like good and it's not, you know, a total flop, I actually think is a win.

Yeah, that's true.

And it was actually just very exciting.

I couldn't, I mean, I was looking at theaters all over town for tickets.

I had to go to the Upper West Side.

It was packed.

Oh my God, there was a 5, a 5.30, a 6, a 6.30.

They were all super busy.

There was like a step and repeat outside.

People came dressed up.

We're taking pictures.

Like it was actually really cute and fun and like just felt exciting.

What did you wear?

The bar sweatshirt and leggings.

In pink.

And

so I went with my friend Margo and she was like, are you wearing pink on purpose?

And I was wearing my pink, the bar sweatshirt, but no, I literally just picked up one of the bar sweatshirts because it's always so cold in movie theaters.

For sure, but I do feel like you chose pink for intentionally.

I swear to God, I did not.

Like, it was completely accidental.

I didn't even realize I was wearing pink till she pointed it out.

Look at you participating, being a part of something.

I was, but like, so unintentionally, I guess I'm just so naturally drawn to participation.

That's you.

So me.

Well, thank you for going to see it.

Thank you for reporting back.

I would say it has turties.

It has turtie's approval.

It's just like,

keep your expectations.

Like it's a movie, you know?

It became this larger than life thing.

So I don't know what I was expecting, but it's a movie, you know?

Yeah, it's not going to be like Greatest Showman, you know?

It's not going to change your life.

It's not Greatest Showman.

No.

Okay, I also wanted to play a game with you.

I could not sleep last night because I had this song stuck in my head.

This girl on TikTok, her name is Maddie.

I followed her forever.

She's so funny.

She's British.

She created this game and it's so us.

And she created this little jingle to play before you play the game.

And it was stuck in my fucking head

all night long.

When you know the words to the song, sing along,

sing along.

So I'm going to sing the first word to a song and you have to guess what the song is, okay?

Okay.

Let me think of something like easy.

Okay, hold on.

I should have had a song.

Yes, you became so prepared.

Let me think of like a song that's so us.

Okay, I got one.

We.

I know it's one of your songs.

No, no, it's an our song.

Think of it like that.

An our s.

We.

That's not enough, I'm sorry.

Okay, so Maddie says, say, give me a little more.

Give me a little more.

We were.

What was the second word?

We were.

We were.

Okay, Okay, maybe I chose like a random song.

Are you okay?

No.

Le

Gins, me, and you, baby.

That was a random song.

But I'm trying to think of like an us song.

And let me choose, let me, let me try something else.

And you kind of started in the middle of a sentence.

Yeah, yeah, no, I fucked it up.

Sorry.

Okay.

Let me try one more.

Okay.

You're.

That was the same note.

You're.

Same note as we, by the way.

You're.

No, I mean more.

You're in you're in love.

You're in I'm singing.

Let's you're in love.

True, love.

No, that's what you're saying.

So you're insecure.

Zono what for.

Well, you didn't give me a second word.

You said in instead of I can't give the whole word.

It's just like a beat.

You try.

This is a horrible game.

And

is the intention to stump me or do you want to be working together?

No, I'm trying to work with you.

We're on the same team.

Okay, now you're going to give me a song, but before you do that, you have to sing the jingle.

When you know.

No, but I'll give you a song.

Okay.

You know how I feel about games.

Like, you're not gonna get everything that you do.

I know.

You're literally like the least fun person who's ever been born.

No, I'm just, I'm serious.

I mean, business.

You are serious, and it's so annoying.

It's seriously annoying.

It's just like, listen, Claudia, we're not gonna like be the same exact person.

Sometimes we're gonna be sticking points.

I do wish you would meet me halfway on games.

I'm literally halfway halfway.

I'm going to give you a song.

I'm just not singing the jingle that I don't know.

I met you on Reading.

I met you on Downtown Abbey.

And like, you were right.

Like, Like, if you would just lean into games, you'd be like, Clerdy, you're right.

No, that's not the same thing, but I am meeting you halfway because I'm playing.

I know, but you have to sing the jingle.

It's literally the only thing you're doing.

I don't know the jingle.

I don't know this wench who's ruining my day.

So, listen, okay?

Repeat after me.

When you know.

No, I'm sorry, I can't.

Come on.

Okay, I'll sing it.

When you know the words to the song, sing along,

sing along.

Okay.

Okay.

You'd

you'd do it again.

You'd

again.

You'd.

Give me a little more.

You'd love

this bar

has to move on.

Okay, so good.

Team player.

Should we do one more?

Like, you're giving me

old one direction.

Okay, I got one.

Okay.

When you know

no words to the song,

sing along, sing along.

Okay.

Out.

I need more.

Out.

I said I need more.

Outrun.

Outrun in your memory.

So it's the same song that I

just.

Did you just sing that song?

Yeah, you'd love this bar.

Oh my gosh.

I'm really dumb.

Like, I'm not okay.

Well, thank you for playing, even though, like, you took all the fun out of it.

No, it's fine.

I just, you weren't being a team player.

You were trying to humiliate me.

I wasn't trying to stump you.

I was trying to.

And also, you, are you supposed to sing one word at a time or one syllable?

Like, it depends on the word.

Like, you, like.

Because

outrunning is one word in this song.

Okay, that's too easy.

But we're a team.

Yeah, but like, still, it has to be like a bit of a challenge, according to Maddie.

And where's Maddie?

Who's Maddie, and where does she live?

She's actually from the UK.

She's one of my favorite creators.

I'm glad that you have her.

Yeah.

Feel free to play that game with your friends and family if your friends like games, because it's fun when, you know, everybody sings a jingle.

It's also fun when like people play properly.

Agreed.

I'm a stickler for the rules.

Sure.

When you know.

That was like literally running through my head.

I could not fall asleep till like two in the morning.

It was so fucking annoying.

That is annoying.

Why couldn't you sleep?

So I had like was feeling tired at like 11:30, but Ben's flight landed and he was gonna like scheduled to be home at 12.10.

I'm like, okay, I should wait.

Yeah.

So I kind of missed my window for sleeping.

And then Ben got home and he was so tired from his flight, he passed right out.

And I'm like, I lost my window waiting for you.

Understood.

So it was kind of like a disgusting thing on Ben's part.

So it's Ben's fault.

Precisely.

It always is.

It always is.

Well, I'm sorry for that, Turdy.

I finished my book last night, that book that you said that you read, The Perfect Marriage, or

Would You Just Cross Out?

I didn't, I actually, on the whole, didn't love it.

Okay.

I didn't love how it ended, like you said.

Me neither.

And I thought along the way there was just like some really dumb shit happening.

I gave it four out of five stars because like I enjoyed my time reading it.

I got through it quick.

I didn't feel like I wanted to put it down.

And then I took one star away because the ending was stupid.

Yeah, I wound up giving it three stars too.

The ending didn't scratch the itch for me, and I found it frustrating, but also, like, there were a lot of weird things happening throughout the book that I was like, hopefully, the ending will explain these things.

And I guess it did, but not in a gratifying way.

Yeah.

Oh, my book club meets tonight.

We're discussing Happy Place by Emily Henry.

Um, hated.

Yeah.

And I'm just like,

I don't, I don't even want to say what I want to say.

Okay.

Well, I hope you have fun at book club.

Yeah, one of our members gave birth, so it's not full book club back in Sash, which is okay.

You know, obviously childbirth is an acceptable excuse to miss book clubs.

She's on maternity leave from book club.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I understand.

Well, speaking of book clubs, Redheads records tomorrow.

So if you have questions about this month's book, we read I Could Live Here Forever by Hannah Halperin.

Email us, the redheadsbookclub club at gmail.com.

Email us.

Why not?

What did you just emailed us?

What have you got to lose?

Nothing.

Nothing.

If it's a good question,

if it's even a decent question, it will likely be in the episode.

The bar is low for the Redheads, is what you're saying?

No, it's not low, but like we don't get like

whomped with questions.

I can pretty much make room for all of them.

The only time I take them out is if throughout the episode, it feels like we've already answered this question.

Addressed it.

Yeah.

So if it's like an obvious question.

Got it.

Well, we've got a great show.

It's Tuesday.

Nothing major.

Nothing major, but one of my favorite types of episodes.

Lots to discuss.

So watch me dance.

The music was so good in Barbie.

Okay, I might try and see it, but I also don't see myself

actually getting there and going, but I do want to see it.

Well, if you go and see it, like make sure you're going to one of those theaters with your ass

will not fucking be okay.

My tailbone is killing me.

I need to recline, of course.

I actually, but my theater had curly fries.

What else?

Yeah, it was shocking.

So we had at 6:30.

So we were like, okay, this is going to be our dinner.

So we like ate a lot.

We had popcorn, curly fries,

butterfinger, and sour patch watermelon.

And then for a nice dessert, my friend Margo had cut up an apple and brought it from home.

And it was actually like a great palette cleanser.

And she took the skin off.

Yum.

Yeah, it was also like a cold apple from the fridge.

So it was like cold, skinless, honey crisp apple.

It was so good.

I want to see Barbie, but I also do want like movie theater popcorn and like movie theater snacks.

That is a driving force behind if I do go see it.

So while the curly fries were high, the popcorn was so incredibly stale.

Margaret was like, when did you get this?

I'm like, five minutes ago.

Ew.

Yeah, it was really disappointing.

We actually didn't eat any of the popcorn.

That's disappointing.

Curly fries on point.

So just stay away from the Lincoln Center Theater.

Okay, well, for a myriad of reasons, you also said they don't recline.

And I'm not.

I feel like they probably have some, it's a huge theater.

It's like takes up a whole city block.

I feel like they have some audit, they call themselves auditoriums that are renovated and some that are not.

And I was in like a losery ass.

I should have known when I bought the tickets on Vandango that like $19 in this economy is not going to get you a recliner.

True.

I just assumed like you couldn't reserve a seat that wasn't special.

I wonder if the seats were different prices based on the location in the theater.

Hmm, I don't know.

I had a good, I also, I could have gone, oh, and because I thought it was like these big ass recliners, I'm like, I don't need to be that far back.

I bought fifth row.

I'm like, that's right in the middle.

But because it was like this tiny little chair, I was like kind of craning my neck.

Yeah.

And honestly, I do feel like my atmosphere marred my rating for the film.

Like I was uncomfortable.

Wow.

I would see it again.

I feel like so much happened.

It was so beautiful.

I couldn't even like look at everything.

Like there was this one scene where she was wearing a Chanel necklace and like it was all I was looking at.

Like I missed the whole scene.

There was just, it was like a feast for the eyes yeah you should see it again i know zach really does want to see it so i would go again okay i'll tell him i would okay maybe i'll join you guys but now without further ado here are the fast five stories that you need to know

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Our first story.

Tori Kelly is in really serious condition after collapsing and being rushed to the hospital.

So TMZ reported yesterday that doctors found blood clots in the singer's songwriter's legs and lungs.

Per the outlet, at the moment, they are still working to determine if there are clots around her heart.

According to TMZ, she was out for dinner with friends in downtown LA when she complained of having an abnormally fast heartbeat.

At one point, she fainted and was out for a while.

Tori's friends deliberately chose to drive the singer to Cedar Sinai in West Hollywood as opposed to calling an ambulance that would have taken her to a hospital downtown.

She did not want to go to a hospital downtown and she made it to Cedar Sinai.

And now

we are, she's in really serious condition and in the hospital.

That is so scary.

So, you know,

like risky to take to a further hospital, but I assume has better care, right?

I assume.

I don't know the hospital scene in LA, but but

Cedar Sinai seems to be the place.

And I don't know what the downtown hospitals are like.

So scary.

I really hope she's okay.

I'm sure we won't, like, you know, hear what's going on for a while, but just thank God she made it to the hospital in a timely fashion and quick enough.

Yeah.

Whoa.

Whoa is right.

I'd love Tori Kelly.

She's a queen.

This is so sad.

Yeah.

She's been in and out of consciousness during her hospitalization, TMZ says.

This is just a crazy, scary story.

Yeah.

I really hope she's okay.

Like,

that's all.

Yeah.

I don't know, man.

Crazy time.

Tori.

Tori.

Are you ready for our next story?

Like, no further updates, but we will keep you posted, but that's it for now.

Yeah.

I'm surprised we even have this level of information as to like her friends driving and wanting, not wanting to go to this hospital.

Yeah, I mean, you know, she collapsed in a public place.

So I understand like why we know about it, but the whole detail about the hospital, I, when you were reading it, I didn't want to be insensitive.

I'm like, that's like weird that they know that.

Not that they did it.

And also that they already know what the cause was, that it was blood clots in her legs and her lungs.

Yeah.

But I feel like Cedar Sinai is like a very celebrity-friendly hospital in the sense that they have like

special wings, special, yeah, like it's,

I feel like I've never heard of a celebrity who lives in LA not being at Cedar Sinai for birth, for illness.

I don't think that they have special wings for celebrities, but I think they have protocol and like they're used to it.

You know, I think if you, if you, if a celebrity showed up to a different hospital in the country, it would be like a huge deal.

That doesn't happen all the time, but like at Cedar Sinai, like they know what to do, they're not phased by it.

And like, and they probably know how to deal with like media and press and stuff.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

So

thinking of Tori.

Yeah.

Are you ready for our next story?

I am.

Raven Simone claims she can tap into energy fields to see psychic visions like her character on That's So Raven.

Yep.

That is so raven.

That is so raven.

Raven is a psychic in her own right.

During an episode of her podcast, The Best Podcast Ever with Raven and Miranda, I just want to challenge that.

This is the best podcast ever.

Bless you.

The Disney Channel alum revealed that she possesses the ability to see into the future just like her beloved That's So Raven character.

She said, I...

I believe it.

She was such a convincing psychic.

Yeah, it felt like she wasn't acting.

Yeah, I mean, I could just see Raven Simone, nay Baxter, being in her living room and having a vision, you know?

Oh, snap.

Yeah.

Yeah.

She just life imitates art.

Art imitates life.

It's so true.

That show was, you know, weirdly autobiographical.

Her name was Raven.

She was psychic.

It was like Miley Hannah.

Exactly.

Anyway, she said, I believe in psychics, puns fucking intended.

I truly believe.

I believe actually humans have the ability in their brain to tap into energy fields that allow for truth to connect when you know how to translate it correctly.

I can walk into a room and it's reading energy and energy in the psychic plane because it's not a physical material plane.

Okay, this is giving like Raven 2.0, like granola energy.

Like if Raven did, I think Raven grew up in like Sacramento.

This is like if Raven grew up in

like Joshua Tree.

So it's a different kind of energy, but I could, this is like a spin-off, you know?

Yeah, this, yeah, this is a spin-off, but not of the same Raven because then her abilities have kind of like gone backwards because she said she can't see into the future like her character, duh, but she also

can't flip to the script.

Thanks for clarifying.

She can't flip to the back of the script like her character, but she often witnesses moments play out in her head or gets bouts of deja vu where she feels as though she's already lived the scene.

Do you ever get deja vu?

Never once in my life.

I get deja vu all the time.

Okay, not like every day, but like I really experience deja vu a lot.

Yeah.

And it is so weird.

Yeah, no, I've, I've know what the phenomena is.

I've, you know, been with people who are like having it, never experienced it in my life.

I'm like, what the fuck are you talking about?

I can't even describe it really, but it's just like you'll be in a moment having a feeling about something and you're like, I've

I've felt like I've had this, I've been in this mental place before.

Like, okay, well, I can like identify like an anxiety or a feeling that I'm having and be like, oh my God, I remember the last time I felt like this.

Like, that's fucked.

No, no, it's not like I feel stressed and I felt stressed last week.

It's like this exact predicament.

Like, I don't know what the situation was.

No.

When you have deja vu?

No.

So maybe deja vu is just code for bad memory.

No, but you know me and you know you.

Yeah.

Maybe you can only have Tejavu if you have a good memory because you're like remembering how you feel, but it that doesn't even sound like if you had a good memory, you would know what moment you're remembering.

It's not about the moment, it's about the feeling.

I can't even explain it without sounding like Raven from Joshua Tree.

Talking about like, you know, the physical planes.

Yeah.

No, one thing about me is like, I'm going to stand Raven Simone till I die.

Like, I don't even care what she does.

Like, she literally raised me i loved that show more than anything it was probably up with hannah montana's my top two favorite shows on yeah disney i love that she like went back to it and is now doing like an adult version raven's home i love this woman like i don't care what she says i don't care what she does i love her yeah agreed and i think this just adds to her character and the authenticity of the role It's so true.

Maybe she's like method acting so hard.

No, she, oh, yeah, maybe, maybe.

Maybe that's what this is.

Raven.

Yeah, she never had to become Raven, though.

That's why the show was so good.

It was so authentically built around her.

Yeah, it's really true.

But anyways, another news, she has a podcast with her wife.

I knew that her and her wife are like big on TikTok, and they're always posting clips of their podcasts.

A lot of former Disney stars have podcasts now,

most notably Christy Carlson Romano.

I've seen she is a digital creator.

And hers is a little bit more

dark.

I think she does a lot of interviews and conversations about the really unspoken dark side of being like a child actor and how the industry exploits you.

And she interviews a lot of former Disney Nickelodeon kids, now adults, who share their stories, which are not, you know, the good ones.

Yeah.

So she's doing the Lord's work, Christy Carlson.

Wow.

I also, I saw a headline today.

Like, I think there's already, I think there's a full house, you know, rewind show with cast members.

Fuller House.

Yeah, there is.

No, no, sorry, podcast.

Oh, is there?

And then, like, Dave Collier is now starting a podcast too,

like, a competing one to whatever that one is.

There's also a Wizards of Waverly Place hosted by Selena's dad in the show and best friend Harper in the show.

Yeah, I've seen that.

Yeah, Dave Collier is launching a full house rewatch podcast amid the strike.

I don't know if that has anything to do with the strike.

Well, it definitely does, by the way, because a lot of actors who are not like crazy rich

need to work.

But that's true.

The charts are about to get...

Oh, it's going to be like 2020 all over again.

Bloodbath.

But that's a pretty quick turnaround, one.

And two, I actually feel like Full House is the sort of show that does have residuals.

That's...

No, the thing with residuals is, yes, when Full House gets played on ABC Family, that's residuals.

But residuals in streaming are what they're fighting for.

Yes, no, I know, but they've been having residuals on like ABC Family Naked Night for like 30 years.

Yeah.

They're like the friends

cast.

Yeah, yeah, no, that's, that's fair.

But they're not making what they should.

I think Full House is on, it's on Netflix because of Fuller House.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Um, they're not making what they should.

Yeah.

Oh, here's an interesting thing.

Yeah, back in the day, back in the day, if you got on like one of those shows, that's why Modern Family was such like a crazy thing because it was kind of the last of its time.

Sitcoms that got syndicated, it had hundreds of episodes, ton of viewership.

That's like a ticket to Narnia.

Yeah, this is interesting about podcasting and the SAG Astra.

Okay.

Members can engage in promotion of publicity services for work under their TV theatrical cont contracts.

That includes podcast appearances.

However, podcasts that are not produced by companies that are part of the Alliance motion picture and television producers are okay and given the green light, which means that Dave's Full House Rewind podcast is in the clear as it is produced by the independent LA-based Podco.

Wait, but what does that mean for Smartless?

Because they are produced by Wondery and Amazon is a part of the Alliance because Amazon is considered a studio because of Prime Video.

Let me just check.

Have they released any episodes?

Yeah, they keep releasing their live episodes from the documentary.

They just released David Letterman.

Damn, those are big ones because those are huge guests.

Oh, no, they had Greta Gerwig, July 26th.

Oh, it comes out tomorrow.

For other television rewatches.

Also, Greta Gerwig's obviously doing

Steven Soderberg.

They are releasing episodes.

The Screen Actors Guild has to give permission for television rewatch shows podcasts to proceed.

Oh,

interesting.

Yeah, well, I feel like in the next couple of weeks and months, the only things that are going to be released are like comedy specials because those are not union, mostly mostly union projects.

Interesting.

Yeah, it's a good time to be a stand-up.

That's you.

Literally.

But I, because I was just looking, I saw Jim Gaffigan posted his new special and it's on Prime.

I'm like, isn't that not allowed?

But then I was reading some comments and it was like, most stand-up comedy specials are non-union work.

And so Jim Gaffing is not a member of the union?

No, he is, but this is a non-union project.

I believe you're allowed to promote non-union projects.

If you are a union member.

he definitely is because he acts and stuff

that's i'm confused how so like that you could promote non-union projects like then non-union isn't standing with a union no you you can promote non-union projects because the whole point of the strike is to have the studios feel the burn feel the strike and jim jack jim yaffigan promoting a non-union project

actually you know what i mean Yeah, I don't know.

I'm like, there's again, admittedly, so much about the strike that I don't fully understand.

Every day we are getting our heads around.

We're getting closer.

We're getting closer.

Yep.

By the time the strike is over, we'll have it figured out.

Are you ready for our next story?

Yeah.

It's little Barbie news.

A couple of Kens that were not.

Bowen Yang, Dan Levy, and Ben Platt almost played Kens in Barbie, but they couldn't do it.

I heard also Jonathan Groff was supposed to play Allen.

Oh.

And honestly, when I was watching the Allen character, Michael Sarah was perfect, but Jonathan Groff would have been amazing too.

I love Jonathan Groff.

That's funny.

I love almost castings.

The search for the perfect Barbie and Ken actors in Barbie fell to casting directors, who recently revealed to Vanity Fair that Bo and Yang, Dan Levy, and Ben Platt were all in the running to land different roles as different variations of Ken.

They were definitely really different, but they had to feel like a cohesive group.

You wanted to cast people who were really going to get on and be great and enjoy it.

Barbie was shot in London under strict COVID protocols, which meant every cast member was required to spend three months in the city close to production.

Flying back and forth to the U.S.

was not an option.

That created a logistical issue for Yang, Levy, and Platt, all of whom did not end up playing Ken in the film.

I don't feel like any of these are like a major missed opportunity, except for Bo and Yang.

Yeah, but Dan Levy would have been good too.

No, but like knowing what I know about the movie and all the Kens,

all the Kens,

besides Ryan Ryan Gosling, were really like kind of supplemental,

except a little bit Simu Liu was like kind of a main character.

So

I don't know.

I could see Bo and Yang actually adding a lot of value.

Yeah.

I could not see Ben.

The thing about Ben Platt, and this is what we were talking about earlier, he's so serious.

Like, for what, dude?

It's like not that serious.

He would not have been able to like chill for this movie.

This movie was very chill.

But what if he could sing?

Nobody sang except Ryan Gosling.

Actually, there was like,

by the way, and I also wanted to know if that was Ryan Gosling's real voice because it did sound like it and it was like extremely good.

And then I remember he was on the Mickey Mouse Club.

And La La Land.

Oh, yeah.

He has a good voice.

There was the Matchbox 20.

There was one singing where everyone sang, but mostly it was Ryan Gosling singing.

And no, I just, I can't see Ben Platt in this movie.

Like, he really is far too serious for it.

I do agree with you.

So while that seriousness has like obviously gotten him really far, I think he needs to loosen up.

Yeah, he still hasn't put out his statement blaming the casting crew.

Like I said, I told you he would not release his statement.

He does not play that game.

He's like, I don't talk to fans.

I don't talk to media unless I'm promoting a project.

Like, you can all suck my dad.

Yeah, and I think he'll be talking to the media even less now.

Right.

Yeah.

He got burned.

He did.

Are you ready for our next story?

Is it number four?

It is number four.

That was quick.

Yeah, I'm ready.

And four and five are kind of like sister stories.

Okay, but I have somebody to say between four and five.

Is that okay?

We can make it okay.

We could work with that, but

they are sisters.

Do you want to split up the sisters?

They're sisters, not twins.

No, we're not doing the same story for four and five.

I think you should say what you have to say so that the sisters can stay together.

Because imagine if someone tried to split us up.

I dare them to try.

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I think it was really important that you shared that message then.

I do feel like I got something off my chest and I'm feeling lighter than air for these sister stories.

These sister stories.

First, Love Island stars Molly Mae and Tommy Fury are engaged.

I'm obsessed.

I don't even watch the show.

I don't know who they are.

I'm obsessed.

I don't watch the Love Island UK either, but you told me about Molly Mae and Tommy Fury, and now I'm so obsessed.

So after four years together, they're engaged.

The fashion influencer and pro boxer, both 24, announced the exciting news with a sweet video.

So young.

No, I didn't realize that.

With a sweet video proposal shared via both of their Instagram accounts.

The caption was forever with the date.

And in the video, Tommy is surrounded by bouquets of flowers holding their seven-month-old daughter, Bambi.

And he gets down on one knee and passes Bambi to Molly.

And she says, yes.

No, it's so cute.

And the way, like, I'm obsessed, but now, I mean, I know, I never watched their season.

I was like, didn't even know he was a reality star when that whole fight happened.

But now I'm like being targeted with content from their time on Love Island, and it's like very clear from the second they were in the villa, they were like, no drama, like, they were just obsessed, and they were like, so funny, like, immediately slid into this role of like old married couple, and like, the nation was just obsessed, the world was obsessed.

And now, their love story, like, panning out in such a unique, non-traditional, but like, uniquely them kind of way.

Like, he was a boxer, and then they had a baby, and now they're they're getting engaged.

Like it's so cute.

I feel like they're so famous.

Like mostly like they're famous here, but really in the UK.

I think they're incredibly famous.

They're kind of giving me just, I know this is going to sound crazy, but I feel like they're the next version

of Kiara Faragni and her husband.

Like I know it sounds crazy.

Oh, I do like that comparison.

Because they're like international, but like known everywhere.

She's like started out as an influencer, which is considered, you know, like tacky business.

And Molly Mae and him are like reality stars, but they're becoming like serious business people yeah no so like he has his own career as a boxer just like chiara's husband is a singer singer also i don't know if you saw but tommy's older brother

is a big boxer like a really yeah that you told me that yeah and he got a reality show on netflix uk it's his family's reality show it's like

I don't know what the name is, but I'm loving this.

And Tommy and Molly are in it.

Got it.

And so I just watched the trailer trailer the other day.

I wonder if it'll be available to Netflix US, in which case I need to get back into my account because I would 100% watch this.

Yeah.

And then I think during her rise to fame, she was then hired Molly Mae as the creative director of Pretty Little Thing, UK, which Pretty Little Thing is big here, but it's huge in the UK.

And that took her to like another level.

She's not with them anymore, but...

She they just kind of like turned this random reality show fame into like astronomical fame.

Yeah.

No, I follow her her and I love following her just as like a fashion girl and as a new mama.

Like she's like just is so her content is so wholesome and she's a beautiful wife.

I didn't even realize they I didn't ever think about whether or not they were engaged or married or whether or not they should be.

So to see them get engaged like was just so sweet.

No, and he's like so hot and she's so cute and pretty.

Like I'm obsessed.

Obsessed.

Yeah.

We should watch their season.

I know.

People say that we should.

People have said that to me.

No, the way I know everyone's mad at us for not watching Love Island because like everyone, there's so much crazy stuff happening every day and we're not talking about it.

Then I see like other people watching it every day.

I think they're up to like episode 55.

Like I can't.

Yeah.

No, it is a lot.

I have no regrets, but I do apologize to the community of toasters who are waiting for us to watch.

Like I will not be watching.

But I might watch this.

Maybe I should watch a season if I find myself with a lot of time on my hands.

So I do feel like those.

Are you saying US or UK?

Just the season of Molly and Tommy in in the UK.

Oh, oh, oh.

You know?

Yeah.

I don't know if I would waste my time again with U.S.

Well, U.S.

they are doing the most for, which leads to our fifth and final story.

Yep, Ariana.

The sister story, bombshell Ariana Maddox gives first look at Love Island USA appearance.

Quote, I can't believe it, she says.

So the Vanner Pump Roll star gave fans a glimpse into her guest appearance on Love Island USA on Monday.

She said, I can't believe I'm popping into the villa this week.

She posted a photo of herself sitting at the fire pit.

Like, I am gathered around the fire pit.

You can watch the fun on Peacock.

She is in front of a sign that says, It was always you.

Now, what do we think she's doing there?

Nothing.

Like, people, I think they're trying to make it seem like she's going to be a contestant.

She's not.

She has like a full-ass career.

They're filming right now.

She's got to get back.

And she's not a contestant.

Perhaps it's like a challenge, or she just comes in and gives advice.

Like, it's just a cameo.

Yeah.

This is, you know, a perfect synergy.

You know, Bravo is a part of the NBC Universal Universe.

Love Island USA is on Peacock.

It's just, it's called synergy, people.

Don't be fooled.

It's okay, but like still, she has to like fill some sort of role when she's on the show.

Like they're definitely doing a challenge.

Like, and she, and, you know, it's perfect synergy because when Tom Sanoval and her were fighting, he was like, all you do is sit at home and watch Love Island.

So everyone was like, yeah, that's all anyone does.

Oh, okay.

That's good synergy.

So there's like a connection.

It's a reference.

It was a good call by the marketing team for Peacock to use Ariana.

she's kind of like a press magnate these days yeah well love island usa i think it just started again and they are really i feel like for a few years like they were doing love island usa it didn't really get like the love that it should have or even like the support from like the network it wasn't big really talked about or anything and i feel like this year they're trying they're pulling out all the stops you know yeah i've been seeing it everywhere they just did a big brand trip right right to the villa with influencers so they're finally trying.

They've never competed with UK, but for a lot of the time, it felt like they weren't even trying.

Yeah.

However, the season that we watched was actually very good.

We watched, was that the last season?

No, I think there was one last summer.

The one with Shannon and Josh, who are still together.

I'm obsessed.

That was pretty good.

And people were like, That's not even close to as good as UK.

Yeah.

The best season of U.S.

is not even as good as the worst season of UK.

Right.

Why?

Why can't they make it better?

Honestly, it's the accents.

I really feel that way.

Oh, really?

I feel like it's.

Capital Chat.

I feel like it has to do with whatever networks they're on.

Like, I think that

maybe now that they're on Peacock, it could be a little

more mature.

But when it was on, like, NBC every night, it has to, you know, like The Bachelor, even though The Bachelor is kind of stupid because it's extremely PG.

Yeah.

But like too hot to handle on Netflix, it's fucking bonkers.

Yeah, it's like a porno.

Right.

And they're talking about like, I don't know if maybe they, the, the, the level of like sexual activity is the same on both shows.

It's just a matter of what we like see and what they talk about.

Um,

but I don't think they could do that on MBC, which is why I think moving to Peacock, maybe it'll be a little bit more mature.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Mature.

That's just my theory, but I, again, don't know what happens on the UK one, but maybe I'll, maybe I'm about to find out.

Yeah,

yeah.

So I'm happy for Molly Mae.

What was the story?

Ariana, yeah.

Sister stories.

Were they not sisters?

They were definitely related.

They were Hallie and Annie.

One's the UK one, one's the California one.

They were Hallie.

Not California.

Yeah.

Ariana's in California.

No, they don't film Love Island, USA, and California.

No, no, but she's the Californian girl.

Yeah, but Love Island, USA.

Okay.

Okay.

I understand.

We're splitting hers.

Because if you want to split yours, it was an amazing analogy.

I'm sorry.

She's the Fuji's sister.

No, I don't know why I was like trying to make the analogy bad when it was clearly good.

I'm sorry for poking a hole in it.

Like that was low-key disgusting of me.

Just because I can't make a good call doesn't mean I should take down everyone else's.

Wow.

Thank you for that heartfelt apology.

You're welcome.

So that's our show.

Those are the fast side stories.

Feel as though you needed to know them.

And

what else?

what do you got going on today am i gonna see you

i hope to i hope to see you that would be nice that would be nice i think we can make it work we can definitely make it work god forbid you come to my house no i'll come to yours you know what i was thinking yesterday i don't think i've been to your house once since i've been in new york no you haven't it's fucking rude i know but like how would i get there

a car i know but like what would i be doing there

Chilling?

Okay, so then I'm bringing Harry.

Duh.

So then we have to.

You have to think of coming over without him.

Right, okay, so then we're in a car.

I have to bring the car seat.

And I can't, like, carry both of those things.

So, like, Zach's coming with me.

Is Ben going to be there?

Then it's after work.

No, no, but seriously.

You're eating all the fun out of it.

Right.

But then it's after work.

And like, then we're getting close to Harry's bedtime.

That's this is why I haven't come over.

And you know what?

With that attitude, don't come.

Okay.

I'm just saying, no, it's not.

There's a reason why it just doesn't make sense, especially when you just like fool, you like

uh levitate on over here with

if you wanted to, if you wanted to, you would.

I just really don't feel like that applies.

Okay,

okay, but okay,

but enjoy your victimhood

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