Talking Cents and Making Sense: Thursday, July 20th, 2023

Good morning, Millennials.

Welcome back to the toast.

Happy Thursday.

Hope everybody's having a gorgeous day thus far.

Hello, Jacqueline.

How are you?

I'm using your government name.

My government French name.

Jacqueline.

It's very French.

You're kind of like Jacqueline Folet.

I kind of am.

Yeah, except you would never do what Jacqueline Folet did.

What'd she do?

Take the job that was given to her?

That was rightfully hers.

No, she like, you know, she was fraudulent and she was a part of a scheme that, you know, undid Stanley Chuchi's lifelong work.

Oh, right.

Stanley suffered.

Not cool.

Right.

And you, like, you have this kind of deep connection to Stanley Chuchi since that one time you claim you sat next to him on a six-hour flight home from L.A., even though he was sitting in coach.

It was comfort.

And it was the day after the

Oscars.

Oscars, so seats were hard to come by.

So I understood why Stanley had to slum it with the likes of me.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I agree.

But no, I would never take Stanley's job.

So no, it is not in my character.

Hmm.

So you're not Jacqueline Filet's kind of the message here.

I guess not.

No.

Does literally anyone in your life call you Jacqueline?

No.

No one.

No.

I legitimately forgot it was your name.

Yeah.

It's just like my serious name.

So underrated.

Like you have like a nickname, you know?

Yeah, no, it is really underrated.

You're just like one of those girls with like a shortened, like with it, with a government name.

Yeah, with just like an official name.

How exciting.

Yeah, it's pretty cool.

I'm very multifaceted.

You are.

I feel like there's so many layers we're constantly peeling back.

Well, we actually peeled back some layers yesterday on the Patreon because we did a general QA part two, taking all of your questions from across the board.

We talked a lot about fashion.

We talked about each other's wardrobes, like what we love about each other's wardrobes, what we don't like.

That was fun.

We did a bunch on like New York City hotspots.

We were like, you know, ran the gamut on all topics.

Also, something that we never talked about, our favorite scents.

Yeah, we talked a lot about scents.

S-C-E-N-T-S.

Because we're always talking about C-E-N-T-S and how we can get them.

And we're always making S-E-N-C-E.

S-E-N-S-E.

S-E-N-C.

We are always.

Always.

We are always making S-E-N-S-E.

Yes.

Yeah.

Because one thing we're going to do is we're going to make sense.

Yeah.

So if you want to learn more about us, check out the Patreon.

And also on the Patreon episode, we were kind of tossing around this idea of Mukbong.

Right.

One of our kind of most critically acclaimed vlogs we've ever done is our Mukbang from what was at now, like two years ago.

Yes, that's a very good perception of time, Claudia.

Thank you so much.

And we talked about perhaps doing a second one, hitting up some fast food chains we haven't actually been to.

And yesterday, you know, we did the work, we we routed what, what could be our potential Mukbang route.

And if all goes according to plan today, Jackie's going to see my car for the first time, first of all.

And I'm going to scoop her up and we're going to head to some kind of tier two

chains.

Not tier two.

I don't know.

I don't think they like compete with like the McDonald's'.

No, tier two.

Yeah, because last time we did McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's.

Wendy's.

The, you know, the trifecta.

Yeah.

So this time we're kind of doing more niche fast food.

Tier two.

I think it's three places that we've never been.

I've never been to any of these places.

I can't remember the third place, but the two that I'm thinking of, I've never been to.

Oh, sorry.

The third I have been to.

So have you.

What is it?

Oh,

I've been there.

Definitely.

It's a part of a human experience.

I already know what I'm ordering.

Me too.

So I'm like not eating a lot.

I didn't have breakfast this morning.

Like I'm leaving my belly full for the Mookmong we're about to film literally right after today's episode goes up.

Yeah, I'm very excited about that.

So join the Patreon so you don't miss it.

I did have a bagel this morning because yeah, our girls gotta eat, but don't worry, I have room left.

Now, can I ask you a question about today's stories?

Sure.

Do we have anything about the strike?

No.

Okay, because I've been sitting on a thought.

And it might be like an extremely, extraordinarily hot take.

And maybe I'm just misunderstanding because, again, I'm not like well versed in, you know, unions and the picket line.

Yeah.

But then I saw this other video yesterday and it really kind of,

I don't know, it's making me think.

And I think maybe we should talk about it, okay?

I would love to talk about things in a hot way.

Did you see this other video on TikTok?

Which, no, yes, I saw it.

Yes.

Okay.

And it was from SAG.

You know, SAG has social media accounts and they are, you know, posting pictures and videos with celebrities and, you know, just talking about, you know, why we should care about the strike.

And it's all pretty, you know, it's good content.

And I had seen this conversation being had before about influencers and then i saw it come directly from sag and i was like okay that's interesting what are they saying so i had seen this girl that i follow who i love um

and she was just like she had never made me think about it she was like content creators i think she put it on like her close friends version on tick tock she was like content creators like be really careful now that the strike is happening you might get opportunities that you probably wouldn't have gotten because you know none of the celebrities or the actors in the films can promote the movie so now you know studios are looking towards other ways of promotion that aren't reliant on the actors who are in unions and who are now currently striking so she was just basically like by the way like watch out like i know it might seem you know tantalizing and exciting but just know like you'd be crossing the picket line and i think they call a person who does that a scab it's like like a deplorable thing to cross the picket line even if you're not a member of the union Right.

So I was like, oh, that's so interesting.

I wonder, you know, how content creators and influencers play in this whole thing.

And then I saw SAG put up a video yesterday of them outside 30 Rock, one of their, I think someone who works for SAG with Bo and Yang.

And it was like a message to influencers and creators being like, you know, you guys, you know, might be getting reached out for opportunities that you never would have gotten, but just know, like, you know.

Stand with the union.

And, you know, a lot of influencers are in SAG, but a lot aren't.

They were saying they have like an influencer contract.

So some influencers are eligible for SAG.

Most, I would argue, are not in SAG.

And it was just kind of reiterating the point, like, stand with the union.

We know you might be getting opportunities that are exciting and

new for you, but just keep in mind, like, you know, we're all in this together.

And it really made me think, like, why are we all in this together?

Like, no, no, I'm.

Since

I am genuinely trying to understand, like, this is not, I'm really trying to understand.

So an influencer who's like running a business who just due to circumstances completely outside of this influencer's control, a situation that has nothing to do with a random influencer, gets a work opportunity, whether it be money or opportunity or, you know, just like a potential new exciting venture,

and they are being told like to stand with a union that really has nothing to do with them.

And I'm not encouraging influencers, but it's like kind of this conversation.

It's like influencers, you know, remember, don't cross the picket line.

And it's like, is it considering crossing the picket line when the whole situation has really nothing to do with you or your line of work?

Well, I guess, yes, it's considered crossing the picket line.

But when when you ask, like, why are we all in this together?

I think that's just like, you know, a blanket statement.

It's like, just stand with the strikers because in their purview, it's the right thing to do.

Right.

But I don't know if you've never been a member of SAG, if you wouldn't have gotten opportunities before and like SAG wasn't giving you opportunities.

Right.

It's every man for himself, honestly.

Right.

That's, it's just like a conversation that I'm seeing being had.

And I'm like, I like, I guess, but what's, you know, every, everyone in SAG right now is trying to do what's best for them and their family, get themselves, you know, the best sort of situation, the best setup, the best royalty deal so that they can continue to work, make a livable wage.

I totally understand it.

So isn't that influencer and just content creators in general just also trying to do the same thing for themselves?

Yeah.

And then I get in SAG.

Their cause just doesn't seem as noble.

Right, right.

No, I thought it was like so interesting.

And I'm like, I, I wonder if anyone else is thinking this, or am I completely wrong?

Like, is there an element of this I'm not understanding?

No, I feel like you're understanding it, but it's just like, you know, harsh truths.

Right.

Okay.

And also, if someone who's not affiliated with SAG, like an influencer, does cross the picket line, like,

and they're a scab.

Right.

What, then what happens?

Like, I do believe that you are then banned for life from ever joining SAG.

Oh, no.

I don't know if it's like that with SAG.

I know it's definitely like that with WGA, the Writers' Union.

Okay.

Yeah, so it's like there are consequences for

not standing with a union you are not affiliated with whatsoever.

Like that to me, I just, I'm not, I'm really not understanding.

No, no, okay, so you can't join SAG.

Okay.

No, but I think for a lot of content creators and influencers, there are opportunities for them in their future if they grow that you have to be a SAG member for.

Like you could get booked for a role.

They want, you know, content creator Ashley to play something in SVU or whatever.

You cannot take most like Hollywood roles if you are not a member of SAG.

It's like a requirement to be in the union.

Interesting.

So it's, it's layered.

It is layered.

I think everyone just has to make the best decisions for themselves, much like the writers and actors are doing.

Right.

You know, but if it's an opportunity of a lifetime, like if they want to put you as the star of a feature film.

Right, because nobody else is available.

Like, I'm sorry, but you got to do it.

But first of all, that's actually not the opportunities people are going to be getting.

Promotional.

Promotional, yeah, being paid.

And I think to be paid by a movie studio is like one of the top, most prestigious, like coveted types of brand partnerships for influencers.

And they're very few and far between.

So I can see, you know, an influencer who might not have the following that usually is required to get those sorts of deals to be on the, you know, on the list of promoters now.

I could see that being very, you know, tempting.

Yeah.

I think just like anything else, you have to measure the risk reward.

What's the opportunity being presented to you?

Is it worth

muddying the waters with sag and maybe jeopardizing potential opportunities or is this like you know is this the opportunity that you never would have gotten even if you play by all the rules right you have to weigh it for yourself and like how important is being a member of sag to you right dear influencer now let me ask you a question what about reality tv like the there was just this like love island promotional trip

And they're promoting the streamer, Peacock.

Reality TV.

I read, like, SAG posted this whole big, like, carousel of things, like, what you're currently allowed to do during a strike and what you're not allowed to do during a strike.

Reality TV is a non-SAG, um,

most reality TV, I think, is a non-SAG production.

Reality TV will continue to be, like, filming is continuing.

Promotion is fine.

Like, it's totally weirdly separate.

But a lot of reality stars get opportunities after becoming famous reality stars that require them to be in SAG, which is like when we were talking about Lala Kent not going to the MTV movie awards.

I'm pretty sure, like, to film that Uber One commercial with Sheena, you have to be sag.

So I'm sure they've all been sag for a while, having nothing to do with filming Vanderpump Rolls.

Got it, because they are filming Vanderpump Rules, and that is a story today.

Great.

Okay, well, I hope that the strike is able to.

Oh,

and I would argue that in the next coming weeks and months, more reality shows will go into production because studios.

Aren't making new content that's scripted and they need content to film all their streaming services.

So I would argue we're going to be getting a lot more, you know, selling Sunset Tallahassee.

Yeah, yeah, like it's given COVID, you know, we're going to get Spring House, Fall House, right?

We're doing, you know,

they're doing the best that they can with given the current situation.

Now, I also spoke to some industry folk the other day, and they said that the strike is expected to conclude, you know, sometime mid-September.

And what happens in mid-September that concludes the strike?

Nobody like is like hustling right now to like make, this was just what I heard to make amends.

It's summer, you know, people of extraordinary means are not, you know, pounding the pavement trying to, you know, put dinner on the table for their families.

Like everyone's summering in Italy.

And by the time everybody comes back, late August is when everybody gets back to work.

And once everybody's like on board to like, you know, start making money again, it'll take a few weeks and they'll figure out what the deal is, you know?

Got it.

Now, I think somebody could argue back to what I was saying about influencers is like what they're fighting for in SAG is like certain things are kind of universal.

Like AI is a big topic of conversation.

And I saw that like what the studios want to do with the renegotiation is like pay a background actor because SAG, these negotiations really aren't for the A-listers.

Like they're well compensated and sure, could it be better?

Yeah, but like they're making hundreds of millions of dollars.

It's really for working actors who don't have you know big

TV royalties coming in to set them up for the future.

It's people who do small roles, like background actors, and they want to use AI to like hire a a background actor.

Like let's say MTV wants to hire a background actor.

They have them come in for like one day of work, film a bunch of different stuff and then use AI to take this person's likeness and put them in literally an unlimited amount of background work, which would give them one day's worth of pay for like a lifetime of content, which is totally unfair.

And so I think like a argument is like, well, stand with SAG because whatever happens with SAG and AI could happen to your

job and AI.

And it's this conversation about like computers and robots taking over for human jobs, which I feel like has been happening for a very long time.

I feel like Amazon's a great example of that, you know?

No, I mean factory workers, yeah, right.

Have been replaced by machines for years.

People have been replaced by machines.

So was there a call out for the influencers to stand with the factory workers?

Not that I recall.

So I just think it's a question.

Yeah.

Also, I mean, it seems like that's something that they couldn't figure out.

It's like, as much as you use my likeness, you pay me for my likeness.

Yeah, AI can make me do whatever you want, but if you're going to use my

physical work for me, but they do have to iron out the logistics of that, and that's new.

Yeah.

So I understand why it's going to take a minute, but I feel like there's a way to make that work.

Yeah.

Even though I saw a video today for Andresher calling,

what's his name?

Bob Iger.

A new word.

She's been using kind of, she's been getting her thesaurus out.

She called him an ignoramus.

Oh, no.

She's kind of choosing like the best words.

Like, I'm keeping a list of all the insults for Andreshra has been slinging, and I'm using them the next time I get into a fight with one of my friends.

Repugnant, ignoramus.

It's just, it's giving sandbox.

Like, she's calling him these things because she has a crush on him.

No, it's happily ever after.

It is.

Like, the more she goes in, like, the more the payoff is going to be.

Like, we're 30% through the book.

They still hate each other.

He's an ignoramus.

But they're 70%.

Like, don't worry.

They will get steamy in the boardroom.

It's so true.

Also, the one concern that I had seen, but I haven't been keeping, you're really like kind of a sagactra

aficionado in terms of how much you know about the strike, but also that like AI could write scripts.

And that's what the writers started.

That was one of like the writers for stripes.

Now the actors are a part of it standing with the writers and the background actors and their likenesses and such.

But AI could write a movie script.

Okay, but like, I doubt it would be nearly like in order to write a a perfect movie, you need things that AI does not possess, like heart, feelings.

You know what I mean?

Like, AI is learning heart and feelings.

No, still, if I had, like, if I had to invest, you know, in a movie, I'm a producer, and I had to give, you know, my hundred million dollars, I want a movie that was written by a person, not AI.

Like, I'm just, I trust AI for a lot of things, honestly, like that picture of William with hair, perfection.

I don't trust him to make, to write scripts, like about the human experience.

You can't.

You literally can't.

You can't know what that's like.

They're learning.

I agree with you.

And I don't understand how they could learn emotion.

Feelings.

Like, I literally don't understand AI, but like everyone just keeps saying, like, they're learning and they're going to learn.

Well, but you know what?

They'll never fucking learn?

Our sisterly bond and our sisterly ways.

100%.

Yeah.

So

I feel good, you know, job security wise.

Yeah.

And you know, if AI wants to create a version of the toast, that's another great podcast, like, hosted by two robot sisters.

Okay, I would listen to that.

100%.

Maybe we could take a few weeks off, you know?

We could use AI toast for maternity leave.

For maternity leave for like our holiday break, if any of either of one of us gets sick, you know?

Yeah, like some days we're in studio, some days it's audio only, some days it's an AI.

It's AI.

Just like throw it into the rotation, audio only, video only, AI.

This is kind of awesome.

Yeah, as long as the episodes don't stink it up.

Yeah, but then if they do, then we also like don't have to worry about AI.

You know, it's kind of like AI coming for our jobs.

Yep.

It's kind of a way.

Either they help us or they hurt us.

Yep.

Damn, AI.

Big moral dilemma.

I heard it's going to be bigger than the Industrial Revolution.

Really?

Yeah, I was reading a think piece on how the whole world's going to change more than we've ever, like a giant leap.

For, you know, not me, but those of us who might not be familiar with what the Industrial Revolution is, do you maybe want to give like a little

revolution pretty much like took us like for hundreds of years, we had like the same means of tech, not we didn't have technology, but the same means of like transportation.

Like how long were people on horses and horseback for?

Like literally thousands of years.

And then there was like a revolution.

With the industrial revolution, all of a sudden with steel and trains and then we have cars and electricity and all of this happened.

Like it was a giant leap within 50 years.

Like the whole way of living completely changed.

And like, how many years were the Industrial Revolution taking place?

Well, we could see when it started.

And I don't know when it would, like,

finish.

It must have been such an exciting time to be alive.

It occurred during the period from around 1760 to

1820, 1840.

So

60, 80 years.

All right.

It was a period of global transition of human economy towards more efficient and stable manufacturing processes that succeeded the agricultural revolution.

So that was the last revolution.

So I guess this next one is the AI revolution.

Right.

Our kids will be reading about that in textbooks.

Right, but I also feel like the internet was a revolution.

Definitely.

I don't know if that one's like called something.

The digital revolution.

The digital revolution.

It's crazy to go so like we're so back to back with our revolutions.

Like it feels like digital just happened and now we're going into AI to artificial the artificial revolution

Damn

Not me.

I'm real

much like Simon Van Campen.

I am real and I'm intelligent Extreme.

These are my affirmations.

I'm real.

I'm artificial.

I am real.

I'm intelligent.

Keep telling yourself that, girl.

Keep telling yourself that.

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All right.

Okay, our first story, a little Vanderpump rules news, a little two-fold because the cast is filming and they have taken a cast trip to Lake Tahoe.

The gang really is all there.

Sheena Shea, her husband Brock, James Kennedy, Allie Luber, Tom Schwartz, and Lawa jetted off to Lake Tahoe for a summer getaway.

It also looked that Sandoval was there.

Yes.

Sandoval was there.

A fan, I was reading Twitter this morning because this photo of everyone who's on the trip, including Sandoval, like arms around each other smiling.

He's like not on the end of the group photo, like he's in the middle.

So everyone was like quaking and Sheena responded because someone was like, looks like you're getting really chummy with Sandoval.

And Sheena was like, actually, like a fan of the show came up and found us and asked us all for a picture.

So we're not going to like all look miserable for this fan.

We were just like, you know, putting on smiles, which is actually a pretty good explanation because I was like, damn, everybody's looking real chummy.

The fact that he's even on the trip is just questionably.

Crazy.

Well, Ariana and Katie are notably not.

True.

And I guess this answers the question of what is the vibe

for the next season going to be?

Because it felt like not a single person would film with Sandoval.

Yet here we are.

Yet here we are.

Also, a little Vanderpump news is that Raquel's dog, Graham, is back with James and now his girlfriend Allie.

They posted a celebratory snap kissing the dog, Graham Cracker, and Allie and James.

He said, look who made his way back home, back into my life.

I'll take care of you forever and I love you.

That's so, you know, sweet and must be really nice for James, but it does, you know, beg the question of Raquel's mental state if she can't, you know, take care of her dog.

Yeah, at first I was like, well, maybe she's not home and like maybe she's still in the facility.

So it's good if the dog is back.

She's back.

She is back.

And she's also like holding out on negotiations, waiting for more money.

So I'm confused as to like, why now

does he have Graham?

Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

Like if this whole time Graham was not with James while she was like away, the exact time you would need someone to watch your dog while you're not home, when she returns, the dog is then given to James.

It makes me think like she can barely take care of herself in the state that she's in, let alone a dog.

I don't know what to, I don't think that, but I don't have a better answer.

So we could go with that.

I can't think of anything else.

Literally, the day we see paparazzi photos of Raquel for the first time in weeks after being in a treatment facility, she's out in L.A.

She's, I guess, back is the same day James posts that he starts watching Graham.

Yeah, but isn't having a dog and emotional support and companionship like a mentally healthy thing to do?

Very true.

It could be very good for your mental health.

Or sometimes you're in such a depression, you can barely get out of bed to take a shower, let alone take care care of another living being that needs to be fed and walked.

But the dog forces you to get up and get out, and she's but maybe it wasn't, maybe it wasn't.

Maybe, but that's really dark then.

I know.

Well, I'm happy for James that he gets to spend some time with Graham.

Yeah,

I like

Raquel

has a lot of family.

Yeah, and Raquel has like a lot of family.

So the fact that

she opted to leave the dog with James as opposed to like a sister or her parents, I actually think it's sweet, you know?

Yes, I agree.

So, and I think the dog will be happy and the dog's, you know, well-being is of utmost importance as well.

So

it seems good, but it just begs the question, like, why can't Raquel?

Yeah.

What's going on with Raquel?

It's so funny.

Like, there was such little interest in Vanner Pump rules prior to this scandal and like after the peak of the show.

Like, we we never used to like really get this much social media footage of what was going on during filming.

Like it would all genuinely just be a surprise when we started watching the show.

No, it would be.

And now it's kind of like, it's kind of like Beverly Hills.

You know, there was so much news, you know, before Lisa Renault left, so much news coming out while they were filming that we would know what to expect.

Yeah, like the way I would never have cared about where Raquel and James's dog was living before.

That would not have signaled anything to me.

But no, they're really like a top-tier reality show now.

Yeah.

Well, speaking of- Emmy nominated.

Emmy nominated.

Speaking of Bravo, our next story.

Andy Cohen tells flirty Rony star Bryn Whitfield that Mauricio Yumanski is available.

Andy informed Bryn that Kyle Richards' recently estranged husband, Mauricio, is on the market.

While on the red carpet of last week's Roni premiere, he was asked by a Marie Claire reporter which house husband he thinks is the hottest.

He let out a prolonged um, but then he turned to Bryn, who was doing her own interview, and she said, Mauricia with a smile.

And he shouted back, he's available.

Okay, but he's not.

Like, I literally just saw an interview with Erica Jade, and she was asked about it, and she actually had the most, like, political, perfect response.

She was like, I'm not going to speak on it because it's like not my business, and I want Kyle to be able to, like, tell her side of the story, but like, they're together.

And Kyle told Paparazzi, she's like, I'm not single.

Like, they're together.

So I don't know what Andy's talking about.

Okay, so why put out this statement that they're having a hard time?

Like, that they're

because it came out like in a People magazine, and then everybody started reporting that they're getting divorced, like, as if it was 100% factual.

She's like, We're actually not, but if you must know, like, we've been having trouble.

Yeah,

she was, I think, she was provoked, like, she didn't do that unprovoked.

Like, she might have even kept it from everyone if it didn't come out in every single magazine that they were hardcore, 100% getting divorced.

Got it.

Well, then, Kyle's not going to be happy with Andy about this.

Now, it begs the question, Jackie, who do you think is the most the hottest

house husband?

Frank Catania.

100%.

But I would actually say either Mauricio or Evan Goldschneider.

And I don't know if that's only because they're both like the Jewish kings and that's just what I'm attracted to, but they really are both like the most handsome.

Yeah, no, they're both incredibly handsome.

I think those would be like classic popular answers.

Yeah.

Evan Goldschneider, I feel like, is a little underrated because Jackie got demoted.

Yeah, and because he hasn't been on the show for like a million years.

Yeah.

But that's a good one.

Honestly, all the Jersey husbands are

so great.

But let me just make sure I'm not missing any other husbands.

I mean, I'm sure, you know, someone done around at hottest, husbands, housewife.

Like, who are, are we forgetting?

Somebody like so obvious?

It's always Mauricio, people say.

Oh, people say Harry Hamlin.

Oh, I don't think he's hot.

People say Harry Hamlin.

Okay.

They also say Jeremy Locke, who is Deandre Simmons' husband.

And I actually agree.

He was very hot.

1,000%.

Eddie Judge okay

oh Denise Richards husband Aaron he was cute but his personality ruined it it's hard when it's like someone who hasn't been on for that long like I don't know them enough you know but like we know Mauricio we know Frank of course Joe Gorga Todd Tucker, who's Candy's husband.

Oh, Juan Dixon is on this list.

I don't disagree.

I mean, I don't agree.

Harry Hamlin, I do not find Harry Hamlin sexy and everyone's like, he's so hot.

Oh, Mario Singer.

You know, later in life, he's actually gotten very good looking in the middle of the moment.

He's a good-looking man.

It's hard to, like, look at him just with your eyes because there's so much like that is going on with like him and Ramona.

Croy Bierman is on this list.

Yeah.

I said Eddie Judge, right?

Yes.

Mauricio, Mario.

Yeah, it's the same people.

Oh, Apollo.

Apollo is hot.

Phaedra's ex-husband.

Yeah, all these lists are saying the same people.

Todd, Tucker, Harry Hamlin.

Juan Dixon's on these lists.

I'm sorry, I'm not.

Who's Todd?

Candy's husband.

Okay, okay.

And Edwin, yeah.

I don't think Edwin is cute.

Edwin's cute.

They're all good-looking guys.

But then it's also what becomes a little bit like everything else, like about what's on the inside.

Yeah, because if we're talking about like what's on the inside, you know, Shane Simpson is the hottest.

No, but that's why for me, Frank and Tang is a hottest because

it's what's on the inside and the outside.

And like their contributions to the show, truly.

Yeah.

Like I would rather, I don't, like, this is going to be such a, an unpopular opinion, but, like, I don't love so unlike you.

I don't care for like Mauricio's scenes.

Like, when other people are like, dying over him.

Oh, that is unpopular.

I do.

When other people are like dying over him, like, being high and funny, like, I'm just, it doesn't do it for me.

But, like, when Frank is having boys nights.

You know who I think you would consider the hottest house husband, like, if insides counted?

Joe Benigno.

Oh, well, sorry.

Joe Benigno is actually extremely handsome, inside and out.

But no, PK.

Oh, yeah.

PK is his favorite.

Jackie's favorite.

No, he's one of my favorites.

I thought about him, but

he, like, yeah, he's

in there.

He's in the mix.

Yeah.

I just feel like any of the husbands who are still around as husbands are likely good husbands and have been married for a long time.

And like, they're good guys.

Yeah.

You know what I mean?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

So they're all pretty.

I mean, like, and we, and we know them for so many years, like, we feel like we love them.

Yeah.

Are there any husbands on the new Roni reboot?

Yeah.

Are they married?

Most of the girls are married except for Bryn.

And Jenna Lyons is married?

No, I don't think she is in a relationship currently, but I'm not sure.

Okay.

And what are their husbands like?

Are they like young?

Are they hot?

Are they rich?

Oh,

yeah.

Yeah.

I'm trying to remember everyone's.

husband.

Aaron's husband is nice looking.

Sy's husband is nice looking.

Oh, Uba Uba is not married.

Not, if she is, we have.

No, we were in her apartment.

We didn't see a husband.

Brynn is nice.

Yeah, Bryn is obviously not married either.

Oh, and Uba is cousins with Chanel, I think her name is from Real House Ties of Dubai.

I never watched Real House Ties of Dubai.

Oh, no way.

Yes, they kept calling each other cousin.

And I was like, is that like a colloquial term?

Or are you actually cousins?

And I believe they're actually cousins.

Oh, that's cool.

Yeah.

Huh.

So, yeah, it's a good marriage.

There are, there's, it's a married mix on New Roni.

That's good.

Yeah.

Anyways, Bryn's got her.

Well, I mean, I feel like also answering Mauricio was just like kind of the go-to answer.

Oh, no,

if it means that she actually has a crush on him.

If I've learned anything about Bryn just based on like social media, it's that she's like doing the most, trying the hardest, and so she wants to appeal to the fans.

Like Mauricio is like such a, you know, a basic answer.

Yeah, I think Andy.

But it's also the truth.

It's also the truth.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

But Andy, like, made it a bigger deal than it is than now.

Yeah, yeah.

And now we've said it.

Are you ready for our next story?

Yeah.

Kim Kardashian Skims soars to a $4 billion valuation, which would give Kim a $500 million windfall.

The curvy reality TV star turned business mogul shapewear brand Skims.

Whoa, that's a mouthful.

What about just Skims raked in $270 million in its most recent funding round to lift the company's valuation to $4 billion,

Kim said on Wednesday.

Skims' largest shareholder is Kim.

She has 35% stake in the company, according to Forbes.

That means that

this would be about half a billion dollars worth for her, bringing her net worth to $1.7 billion.

Skims' new valuation makes the company she co-founded twice as valuable as legacy retailer Victoria's Secret, which saw sales drop 6% last year and has a market cap of $1.6 billion.

When you think of Skims's like number one competitor, do you think Victoria's Secret?

No, but that is a very good comparison and to me feels more analogous than Spanks.

See, I don't.

I always consider Skims and Spanks to be like the two.

We know.

Yeah.

You're always considering

against each other.

No, I just want to see Spanks' valuation.

But you know what Skims was reminding me of?

Because I've been shopping a lot at this brand.

Okay, yeah, but it just Spanx's valuation is 1.2 billion.

Oh, wow.

But Spanks is one, oh no, it's not just one category.

Never mind.

No, they have clothes, swim.

Skims reminds me a lot of Norma Kamale.

In terms of what?

Like just in terms of the breadth of what they do and also the fabrics and like, it's like style, it's fashion, but it's also basics and like simple things because I've been shopping a lot at Norma Kamali for

pregnancy stuff.

And I'm like, I feel like this is stuff that I should also or could be getting at Skims.

Skims should also really do a maternity collection, like all the like bump suits and stuff.

They do have a maternity tab on the site.

I have one of their, um,

their little rompers, but it's like not my favorite thing that I got it.

Okay.

Um, very interesting.

I think the journey and like the um

skyrocket to fame of skims is so impressive, especially when you think about, you know, the beginning, kimono.

Yeah.

No, especially when you think about everyone else, like who's trying to like turn a product line from what they're famous for it's so hard and even if you can launch have a successful launch and product and you send it to everyone everyone wants to try you know what your new thing is but like to have returning customers who like literally integrate it into their lives every single day it's a really massive

No, for sure.

And I think it's also a lesson to like anybody who wants to launch a brand.

Like Kim had a few flops before she like really kimoji.

Yeah.

Like when she was just selling things that were so like inauthentic to her brand.

And then she like really leaned in, like shapewear, her curves.

That's what she's known for, like her style, her body, and like how she looks the way she does in clothing.

Like it was really a perfect

representation of who she was.

And up until that point, it had felt like some of the things she was doing were like a little bit inauthentic.

Yeah.

Also, there's talk that maybe they'll take the company public.

So that would be like a lot of money for Kim.

Should we buy some Skim stock?

I think I would.

I would too.

Well, you can't buy stock if it's not public, right?

No, until.

So

once it goes public, you could buy the stock.

Interesting.

No, it's so impressive.

Uh-huh.

And I love Skims.

Like, I'm literally, I've been wearing Skims raw for like a week, and I own a lot of stuff from there.

And it's really, it is that bitch.

Like, it is.

Yeah, it is.

And I actually do think the Victoria Seeker comparison is a very good one.

And there was a gap in the market then.

No, yeah.

And it's like, I feel like we all bought Skims, you know, to support Kim and just to be like, oh, Kim has it.

I have it.

And then we all kept buying it because it's excellent.

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Our next story, Netflix has gained almost 6 million new subscribers since cracking down on password sharing.

This irks me.

I'm going to tell you why.

Netflix's recent earning report revealed the streamer gained a whopping 5.8 million subscribers subscribers in the second quarter of the year.

Variety reports this boost in users brings their global subscriber total to 238 million, marking it an 8% increase in subscribers year over year.

So as we all know, password, Netflix is narcing on all of us.

And I'm really struggling.

With this because I'm not home right now and I can't use Netflix because they think I'm just like password sharing.

I already said, no, it's me.

I'm on vacation.

They gave me three weeks and now my vacation is up, they said, and I can't do a vacation again.

No, it's a faulty fucking program because, yes, I understand, like, they're running a business, and for so many years, everyone, there was like 35 people on one account.

Okay, I get it.

You need to crack down in some way, sure.

But this is full of flaws.

Like, first of all, I travel with a Roku in my

suitcase at all times.

So when I'm on vacation and I'm at a hotel that doesn't have, I just plug it into the HDMI.

And this is going to create a huge problem for me, for people who travel for work.

A lot of hotels have Netflix and you just like log in, or what about Airbnb's VRBO?

Like everybody is always logging into their streaming services at hotels and any, you know, rental home that has an Apple TV or a Roku.

This creates a problem.

This creates a problem.

People vacation for more than three weeks.

People travel for work for more than three weeks.

Like, what is going on?

Yeah.

And like, the thing is, my Netflix profile, like, is me.

I'm a...

paying customer.

We have a big family plan and like we're all connected through a lot of TVs, but like we are

the people who are the customers.

Like it's not like, you know, I got somebody's Netflix password 10 years ago and I've been holding on to it.

Like no, no, it's like even for someone who's following the rules.

If I can verify that I got the code that you sent, like then I should be able to get into my Netflix account.

Yeah, if it's, yeah, okay, so people who are annoyed, who are trying to scheme the system can't, fine.

But paying customers, even having trouble, unacceptable.

Yeah.

They crack down too hard.

Yeah, they cracked a little too close to the sun.

And like you, you log in in so many places now.

You log in, you have like TVs in your house, log in on your iPad, log in on computer, log in on your phone.

Plus, if you have a family plan, it's like, maybe they should let us know what the exact number of logins per profile you can have.

And then maybe I would tighten my

belt a little bit.

Yeah, no, I think about how many places I'm logged in right now.

I have my iPad when I travel.

I have my TV here.

I have my TV in the living room.

I think of all the places I've never logged out of my Netflix from, you know, like random Airbnbs and and stuff.

It's really annoying.

It's really annoying.

I guess it kind of illustrates, though, that there's nothing on Netflix that I'm desperate to watch because I'm just living without Netflix.

No, and now with this strike.

It's not like there's going to be new content anytime soon.

I guess

if there was something I really wanted to watch and I really want, I needed Netflix, I might like make a new profile.

Which is so crazy, which is what they want you to do, which is why I'm not part of the 5.8 million who joined this quarter.

No, and I think that this

timing really couldn't be worse, like begging people, forcing them to make, you know, more profiles, spend more money, knowing in the coming weeks and months, they're going to have no content because of the strike.

So true.

So what are we paying for?

Silence?

So true.

I'll just listen to a podcast or something.

Yeah, maybe I'll watch the toast.

I'll read.

Yeah.

I'll knit.

Your favorite hobby.

Yep.

I'll do a mukbang.

I'll do literally anything except spend money.

No, it's not about the money.

It's about the principle because I subscribe to subscribe.

It's not about the money, money, money.

We don't need your money, my money, my money.

I subscribe to every

streamer.

I'm happy to.

Like, I want to see your support.

And I'm a cord cutter, so that's why I cut my cord so that I would have the budget to subscribe to every streamer.

To spread the seed.

But not if you're going to treat me like this.

No, not if you're going to treat your customer like some sort of

criminal.

Yes.

Common criminal.

Not just a girly on bed rest who had to relocate and is just trying to watch selling sunset for Christ's sakes.

For crying out loud.

Are you ready for our fifth and final story?

I really, truly, honestly, desperately am.

This story is really crazy.

It's a little crime news that's taken the country by story.

Carly Russell?

It's Carly Russell.

Damn.

This story is wild.

So last week, I'm sure everyone has seen this story.

Carly Russell was a missing person last week.

She had was on the phone on the highway.

She pulled over on the side of the road because she saw a toddler just like walking along the highway.

And she got out of her car to help the toddler and she went missing.

Yeah.

And it was just like the saddest, craziest thing ever.

You know, I think some of her belongings were on the ground next to the car and she was never to be heard from again.

Then this weekend, Carly turned up at her house, like a few, I don't know, maybe it was three days after she initially went missing.

And now cops are saying that there's no proof to her abduction story.

Yeah.

So I think when she just like showed up at her parents' house, like the immediate feeling was relief.

Oh my God, I called you.

I was like, we had been talking about the story.

I was like, oh my God, like they found her.

And, but also like the toddler, you know, there was like kind of this missing piece.

Yeah.

And it's like, okay, we're so relieved.

And then I feel like, It took everybody a second to get past like the relief phase to be like, okay, so what happened?

You know, she just like showed up.

I don't think she needed medical attention.

And everyone was like, okay, who's going to say it?

Like,

this is a little weird, you know?

Like, there's no explanation for anything.

Yeah.

And then other stuff has started to come out now about her, like Google searches and the searches leading up to her quote-unquote abduction.

She searched the movie Taken, looked for one-way bus tickets to Nashville.

I think she literally searched how to abduct yourself.

Yeah, no, she literally searched like how to go missing without anyone knowing.

Like, it was, you know, quite incriminating evidence.

And the police did a

press conference last night being like, this is a hoax.

And everyone was like, what?

Yeah, they revealed at the press conference that there's no proof to her story.

They stopped short of accusing her of maliciously lying, instead, questioning her mental state, but said that they were eager to speak to her again.

However, she's not participating in further interrogation.

Her parents are said to be shielding her from the interrogation.

They said we have asked to interview Carly a second time, but have not been granted that request.

As you can see, there are many questions left to be answered, but only Carly can provide those answers.

The family state is

right now in her mental state because of trauma.

She's not ready to talk.

That's what we've been told.

Well, if this is in fact a hoax, which the police believe it to be,

I'm sorry, there are consequences for wasting police resources and time for people who actually need it.

And then, of course, you know, the larger issue, which is like,

It's so hard to get attention when someone goes missing.

So many people go missing all the time.

You had this national news coverage and you were lying like the implications

of that you know that you there's not a you know uh you can't

you can't be arrested for that but like you should be and there are like you are a disgrace yeah and it definitely you know will probably make other people question other things in the future which it should not right but unfortunately it might but do you know how many women go missing and don't get the coverage like that yeah

especially black women like girly come on

it's so

it was such a crazy weirdest story and you know what it's it kind of reminded me and i have to credit um heather mcdonald called her carly smollette yeah i've been seeing comparisons because when juicy smollet

had this thing happen

There was like a brief period where nobody wanted to say it, but they were like, something's not adding up here.

And no one was going to be the first person to say it.

Cause like, you know.

Okay, but

I never felt that way about this case.

No, when she came home, okay, and there was just nothing,

I think everyone had that moment.

They're like, well, this is bizarre.

Because, like, what happened?

Like, there was this, you know, we found out the second she got home, and it's like, okay, what happened?

And then nothing, silence.

Yeah.

So everyone was like, okay, who's going to be the first to say it?

The police had said

that I'm going to put a toddler at risk.

Well, thank God, you know, but doesn't make it better.

Yeah.

And I feel like, you know, human trafficking is such a topic of conversation these days.

And so this really struck a chord with people, this story.

And it's like, you could see, you know, it's, it's horrible every, like anytime someone goes missing, but like this woman was trying to help like a toddler toddler, and all these other cars hadn't stopped.

And the one, like, right.

Just and then you see pictures of her, and she's like this really young, beautiful girl.

And

every element of this story was like really designed to like hit home for a lot of people for whatever reason.

And it became huge news and it was fraudulent.

Yeah, I really would like to understand what she was trying to do.

Yeah.

Well, I assume there will be a documentary about this.

I know, but I'm sure it's already in the works.

I know, but she needs, like, she needs to shed some light on the situation just out of like sheer curiosity.

Cause like, if you want to like leave town, you could always leave.

Yeah.

What were you trying to do?

Right.

Like, maybe she has demons she's running from.

Like, I don't know.

Yeah.

It's been a crazy roller coaster, this journey.

Yeah.

And then why come home?

Yeah.

She kind of successfully abducted herself.

Yes, yes, that's true.

Like, nobody was thinking anything until she showed up.

Right.

Hmm.

I don't know.

It's just this story is crazy to me.

No, it is.

And I'm so confused.

Yeah.

So I, you know what?

I just, I'll wait for the documentary because I, hopefully, it'll answer some of my questions.

Also, how can she just like decline to be interrogated again?

Like I know, like it's not really like optional, girl.

Like

get back in there.

Yeah.

No, didn't she has committed a crime?

I think if they open up like an official, like if they press charges against her for like wasting police resources, then I do believe she doesn't have a choice.

Got it.

But you can, I guess you can plead the fifth.

It's your right to remain silent.

Yes, yes, but you still have to go down to the station.

Yeah.

Then they can try and persuade you.

They said that she declined to be interviewed again.

Right.

Like as if it's,

you know, optional.

For an interview for the New Yorker.

It's not optional.

Yeah.

No comment.

Right.

All right.

Well, I guess we'll see what happens.

I'm sure more stuff will come out.

Yeah.

So those are the past five stories.

Feel as though you needed to know them.

Our second to last episode of the week, tomorrow's episode, will be recorded right before I...

Excuse me, am I going to throw right before you burp?

Right before I head to Boston for Luke Homes.

I'm so excited.

Like, literally, I've been thinking about it all week.

Like, this is gonna be so much fun.

I'm so excited.

Sorry that you won't be joining us.

I'll stop talking about it.

Sorry.

I realized what I did there.

It's fine.

I'm disassociating.

So, if you want to keep talking, I'm not here.

No, it's okay.

I'm not here.

Okay.

It's okay.

So I can come back now?

You can come back.

Get Jacks.

Come on back.

Okay.

Okay.

That was a great episode.

Love you, Jacks.

Always.

Love you curd.

I'll see you soon.

I'm going to put on like a little bit of a face for the mukbang.

For the mukbang, yeah, of course.

So we'll figure out a timeline.

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