Objection! Relevance?: Thursday, July 6th 2023

Good morning millennials and welcome back to the toast.

Happy Thursday.

Jackson and Claude are back in studio.

The girls are at it again.

The girls are what?

They're at it again and we're gonna make you laugh.

Maybe we'll make you cry.

I don't know what's gonna happen, but we're gonna have a good time.

My kind of improv singing skills like songwriting on the fly have really improved since I've been spending so much time with Harry.

Yesterday I wrote like a banger for Harry.

Yeah, that was better than yesterday.

Yeah, yesterday I was using the Lil Einstein guitar and I just want to say Lil Einstein's an amazing company.

Their guitar sucks.

No, you're wrong for that.

I can't get creative.

You're wrong for that.

I can't get creative.

You're wrong for that.

The guitar is so good.

Don't listen to her.

She doesn't know.

No, the drums are amazing, little Einstein drums.

I think the guitar is better than the drums.

And at home, we have like a little guitar with strings.

I guess it's like a little ukulele, which was always fun.

But then here we got the little Einstein electric guitar.

We actually have a different electric guitar at home, too.

It's like in the shape of a dog.

It's funny.

It's unique.

Okay.

It's fun though.

This is the best guitar for kids, little Einstein.

I don't agree.

It doesn't spark creativity.

You're wrong for that.

I'm just saying.

You're wrong.

It is 1,000 degrees in New York today.

It is satanic.

It's disgusting.

Honestly, had I known it would have been so hot, I would have told you not to come into the studio.

I can't even imagine how uncomfortable you are.

I was already uncomfortable just like being

pretty right now.

So many different ailments.

Now, when you were thinking, like, me and Zach, we want to try for baby number two, because I think a lot about the timing.

Yeah.

So tell me when exactly you conceived so I can avoid that month like the fucking plague.

Because then you are, you're most uncomfortable in the dead of summer.

End of November.

All right, girls, we're waiting.

We're not getting pregnant in November.

But like, okay, if you got pregnant in January, you would be like seven, eight months in.

six, seven months.

What month would I have to get pregnant to avoid the summer entirely?

I want to be.

September.

Okay, because fine, I'll be postpartum in the summer.

Okay.

September?

September, yeah.

Okay.

Like, that's it's not gonna work for me.

Or I need to move to Antarctica.

Well, you should move there anyway.

I completely agree.

You guys, it's so thick and it smells like this is really, truly the worst time to be alive in New York City.

Like, it's so hot.

My thighs are, even right now, like, the air is on in here.

It's not enough.

No, the air is barely on in here.

We are just two sweaty oafs trying to do our best.

I'm not sweating right now, but like, I feel my, the air feels thick, like it's hard to breathe, but it was already hard to breathe.

So true.

Well, you're a hero, seriously.

I'm glad I decided to wear my hair up, though.

That was more out of laziness because it was like, I was gonna, I washed my hair last night, I was gonna do it today.

I'm like, why would I do it for one show?

Yeah.

It takes so much out of me to do my hair right now.

Are you sitting or are you standing when you're doing it?

I've been standing, but I think I'm gonna get it.

We gotta get you a chair.

If I were to do it again, I would sit, but then like I can't see the mirror.

It's just problematic.

So but it is.

Bun it is.

Well, you look great.

You look so cute.

Thanks.

I'm so happy to be back in the studio.

There's really nothing quite like it.

There is nothing quite like it.

And we've got a gorgeous show.

Yesterday was such a long episode.

We didn't even get to Deer Toasters.

And we had three amazing submissions.

So we're going to do that today.

We're going to talk about the stories.

Tell me, use three words to define today's stories.

Topical?

I would hope.

Varied.

Ooh.

Maybe perhaps layered?

We shall see.

We shall see.

That's to be discovered.

The meaning we find behind the stories.

If we can find meaning.

Yeah.

Random would be the third.

And you think we're just going to sit here and soak up each other's awesomeness, you think?

Do we ever do anything else?

No.

No.

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

Like, kind of the most important thing going on right now is us.

Yeah, and I would say the most important thing going on today, aside from the toast, of course, is the new episode of The Redheads That Dropped.

Yes, that's so true.

We recorded last night.

It is so long because we were loving talking about the book.

We also shared all the other books that we read this month.

We were like nearing an hour and a half.

It was craziness, but it was a really great episode.

I don't want to spoil anything for the Redheads.

I don't.

However,

Jax kind of learns a new language.

Jax learns a new language.

It's true.

The book is centered around the Jeff community.

Yes.

And they teach a little ASL in there.

And Jackie's over here spelling Bruno's name.

Do it.

I got that one like instantly.

Yeah, that one's pretty easy.

Jackie is taking me like a little bit longer, but I've also only been practicing Bruno.

It's just fun.

Yeah, I know.

Did I do it?

Sort of almost.

Tell us what she spells.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

ASL is fucking hard.

It is.

It's like not what you would think.

Like, oh, love, heart, like, no.

Some things are like me, you, like, there are some.

But some of the gestures are not as obvious as you would think like they could be, you know?

Yeah, but it's more layered.

If you read the book, you learn a lot of gestures, but you also learn a lot about just like ASL, how it's very dynamic.

Like it includes your shoulders, your head tilting, your eyebrows, your facial expressions.

Like when your eyebrows go up, that's a question asked.

Right.

It's kind of like choreography.

Yeah,

it's a full-body experience.

And I think then some people are like better storytellers in ASL because they really gesticulate a lot.

It was reminding me of the clip of the ASL interpreter from the Super Bowl.

Right, well, that's why like so many, like of the, the bet, you could be like a better sign language speaker than others and that's why the best go to like the Super Bowl.

Yeah, that's just like you could be a better orator than others, a better public speaker, just more compelling.

That's like anything, any language.

It's so exciting that the Redheads are back.

The Redheads are back with a great episode, so definitely check it out.

And even if you didn't read the book, but you want to hear us chat, we do a summary at the top of the show.

It gets harder the more pregnant I get because I talk for such long minutes.

Periods of time on the Redheads.

And by the end, everyone's like, are you okay?

Do you have to edit out your heavy breathing?

No, it's not heavy breathing, but it's just like I'm catching my breath all the time.

Kind of like Kelly Clarkson.

We decided that next month someone else is going to do the summary.

And you know what?

Like, why not?

Let them.

Like, why does it have to be me every time?

It's a lot of pressure.

Speaking of catching my breath, I have finally, like, now in the last couple of days, sat down and really listened front to back to Kelly Clarkson's album, which I hadn't done yet.

And that's a shame on me, but I've been realizing tonight, Speak Now comes out, and I'm going to be listening to that for the next month.

So I need to get all.

So I listened weirdly to Miley Cyrus's Endless Summer Vacation a few times, and it's literally amazing.

I can't believe I just like literally didn't care.

And I've been listening to Kelly's.

It's so good.

Like, you can catch me playing cowboy in the wild, wild west.

Like, it's so good.

I'm obsessed.

It's so good.

I've been listening a lot too while I get ready.

This morning, I did something different.

I wanted to hear like the new music.

I also thought it was Friday.

It's giving today's giving Friday energy.

Yesterday was Monday and today's Friday.

Like, it makes no sense.

So true.

I'm just like, is the week over yet?

Right.

Because it just feels like it's so short, it should be over, but it's not.

So I was listening to my new music Friday, the new old Dominion album I was listening to.

Oh, I got to do that.

And then like Maybe Webb has a new song.

So good.

So good.

It's you know summer.

Everyone's releasing bangers.

Yeah.

Tonight's like going to be so exciting.

There's so much on the horizon for the Swifties.

Yeah, I guess tomorrow will be all about Speak Now TV.

Also Kardashians I'm going to watch today.

Me too.

I really can't put into words how this schedule is not working for me.

Inconvenient and annoying the new, not new, but like ever since they moved to Hulu, like how they dropped their episodes at midnight.

Like, because, you know, all these articles come out about the

episode and like what happened in it.

Because, like, they send out screeners to like, you know, e-news and everything.

So, you really can't even watch it.

Like, if you have a job, like, you go to bed and you wake up, like, you can't watch it till literally 24 hours later.

Yeah.

It's so annoying.

Like, I really, we never, ever, ever recap Kardashians on Thursdays.

No, how could we?

Right.

And then by Friday, it feels old.

I would have to stay up till 1 a.m.

Right.

And we're not doing that.

We're little girls.

That's crazy talk.

It's so annoying.

Yeah.

So I'm excited to watch, though.

Looks like I think that the sit-down between Court and Kim is this episode.

Right.

Even though like they made it seem like it wasn't.

Yeah, they're kind of dragging it out, but I'm lapping it up.

Me too.

But that's kind of the theme of the new Kardashians on Hulu, like dragging things out.

Dragging things out.

Everything's a commercial for their brands.

Which, by the way, I kind of like that part.

Like I do find, especially with like skims, like...

I feel like not enough people talk about how skims has become like literally, even though I'm like about to get blacklisted.

I have to tell you a story.

I told you yesterday, right?

yeah so I placed an order I love skims like I cannot I'm wearing a skims bra right now oh and I just want to say like this isn't like clinical information or anything but I was having crazy back problems and I literally got bras from skims and I don't want to jinx it but it's been like weeks and I haven't had a single back problem like I think maybe I've been wearing the wrong bra for for years for sure but you also have been doing physical therapy no I haven't I literally stopped you've also been walking more I have I have

a lot of things but sure

so I

I placed an order for skims and I you know what actually I really don't want to tell the story it's like long-winded and boring I love that.

You never get that.

Yeah.

And you know, I know it's going to be one of those stories where I like say the end and like no one's going to realize the story's over.

And it's like, I'm like, so yeah.

You know, we usually do a good job of hiding.

You don't really tell bad stories, but if you did, like, I don't even think we would notice.

I just think.

Because I'm not in the mood to sit through a story about your customer service experience.

No, I know.

And I don't really feel like there's anyone worse on the planet than people who use like their platform to complain about

small, everyday, mundane customer service thing.

No, like if I see someone like on Twitter or on Instagram stories like adding Delta, like can't believe my flight was delayed.

Like what are you going to do about this?

Literally unfollow.

Like I just think there's like there's no worse way to use social media than to complain about customer service.

If you're like a person with a platform, I think some you know regular folk will be like at Delta.

Like what's going on?

And they actually use it for real customer service, not to just like complain and try and like shame a brand because you're an influencer or something.

Right.

Hate that shit.

Hate.

And I think when it's lay people who do it, sometimes like those things go viral because it's such a crazy thing that they've experienced.

Right.

uh but influencers are typically just complaining about things that people like just experience every day like nothing's perfect no brand or service is perfect and like just move on just like fuck off i literally hate shit like that yeah

so glad i got that off my chest i'm glad you did as well and i guess we could get into the stories and get those off of our chest i guess i was gonna share that um My birthday's coming up.

Yeah, I know.

It's on Monday and I'm taking the day off because I'm not the type of person who works on my birthday.

But that's not the point of why I brought it up.

Why I brought it up is like, you know, every year without fail, like the week of everyone's like, Claudia, what are we doing for your birthday?

And I'm like, I mean, that was the month before.

When we were with my friends, I think when we had brunch, like a month ago, they were like, Claudia, are you doing something for your birthday?

Because, like, I want to block off that weekend now.

And you're like, no, I don't want to do anything.

They're like, you always say that.

I do.

And I, but I said to them, like, she's not going to plan.

If she plans anything, it will literally be the day before.

So do it that way, you will.

Yeah.

And so, just major shout out to Jackie and Ben, who yesterday were like, Enough, enough.

And they planned me a little dinner party, and I'm actually really excited about it.

So I'm really excited too.

I just want you to know the my

the way I came at it was not from like an enough standpoint.

You actually like wouldn't even, you don't even realize that you wouldn't even let us like plan it for you.

I texted Ben so that he and I could plan something together, like for you, maybe, God forbid, a surprise or something that you didn't know about.

Oh, I didn't know that was an option.

Yeah, and then you kind of just like took over planning, but that was not my intention.

Like I was trying to plan it for you, make it nice.

That's completely fair.

And I reached out to Ben and I guess he just told you everything I was saying.

He did, he did.

And he kept saying, like, we might go away.

I'm like, I know her.

She's not going away.

Well, I feel like

the most important thing here is that, like, we now have a plan.

And I'm excited about that.

And we have a good plan.

Yeah, it's going to be great.

I need to get an outfit, but like, I'm excited about it.

Yeah, that's because we were talking about your birthday yesterday on the show, and I was like, she deserves a little soiree.

She's not going to plan something for herself, nor should she.

Because she hates to be the center of attention.

I was like, I think it's on me to do it.

No, I love that.

Why not me?

Why not you?

With a sprinkle of Ben's offer celebrity.

Right.

And, you know, Ben one, two, three, got the place booked.

Right.

That's so bad.

Right.

So I think we made a really good team.

I'm excited about it.

But you were not meant to, like, make your own invitation and stuff.

Like,

I was, like, trying to do it.

Like, so.

No, like, I'm, I'm good with how we landed.

Yeah.

I feel good about it.

Me too.

That's all that matters.

That's true.

So.

Now without further ado, I keep feeling like this is the last show before your birthday, but it's not.

It's not.

I'm also like 32.

seriously, I'm so fucking hot.

Like, I'm not.

Put your hair up.

I know.

It's

satanic outside, and it's like the windows are bringing like the hot air in here.

Yeah, it's not much better in here.

How does that look?

Okay, I wore hair stuff.

It's just too hot.

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Okay, our first story of the day is like really awkward.

Okay.

Kiki Palmer's boyfriend is shaming her for wearing a risque outfit to an Usher concert.

So, Kiki Palmer's boyfriend and father of her son, Darius Jackson, seemingly shaded her for wearing a sexy outfit to Usher's Las Vegas residency show.

He said, It's the outfit, though.

You a mom.

Then he tweeted to explain and clarify and kind of like double down on because people were quite like the second he went out, people were like, what the fuck?

Literally.

And he said,

let me get the full quote one second.

There.

Excuse me.

You want to find it?

Yeah.

It was like, it was giving like very toxic, masculine.

Yeah, okay, here's.

Okay.

He said, we live in a generation where a man of the family doesn't want the wife and mother to his kids to showcase booty cheeks to please others and he gets told how much of a hater he is.

This is my family and my representation.

I have standards and morals to what I believe.

I rest my case.

Listen, you can have standards and morals all you fucking want, but to go on a public platform, especially when, you know, the girl, your girlfriend is like a major celebrity, like that's where this is becoming problematic.

You want to have these conversations behind closed doors, whether I think you're right or wrong.

That's your prerogative, sure.

The whole public thing, and I just want to say, I never saw an outfit so fucking cute as to what Kiki Palmer was wearing.

She was wearing basically like,

it was a bodysuit.

It was like a strapless bodysuit, black that really hugged her curves and like made her boobs look amazing with this sheer dress over it.

Maxi dress.

Maxi dress.

I went to the floor and it was long sleeves.

It really wasn't that crazy.

No, as far as the crazy things that people wear, especially celebrities, this is not even that crazy.

And then she kind of responded.

She posted a series of pictures from the evening saying, I wish I had taken more pictures, but we were running late.

I'm telling y'all right now, if you haven't seen Usher, you must go.

He was was so fabulous.

Everyone's talking about Us, by the way, like his concert.

His residency.

I'm sure it is really good.

I think you really forget like how many bangers Usher has.

Yeah, but we had this conversation a few months ago in Florida, remember?

If you really want more, sing it up louder.

These are my confessions.

Yeah.

So Kiki's just being a queen about it.

To me, it's so weird that he posted this on social media.

It makes me feel like they are not together.

This is something an ex-boyfriend would do.

Right, but then he also called her his wife, which she's not.

Right.

Also, I just find, I was shocked by this whole story because Kiki is such like an outspoken, like independent person.

I feel like she needs to write a book.

I think she's like been through a lot, like when she was a child star and stuff.

So I just find it shocking that she would be with someone who kind of like minimizes her.

I found this whole thing so confusing.

And I didn't, I knew she had a boyfriend who like wasn't famous who was, because when she got pregnant, I was like, wait, does she even have a boyfriend?

So I know that she's in a relationship with like, you know, somebody less famous than her or not famous at all

But I never thought much about their relationship and now I am and I'm like ew.

Yeah, he's giving like like no, I'm not just like a red flag that he would take to social media to shame her.

That's like something that a hater does like you're a mom.

You're better than that.

And I agree with you.

He's entitled to like his opinion.

Sure, whatever.

What he's entitled to like what he wants in a relationship and from his partner, but like leave us out of it and like don't embat.

That's so embarrassing for her.

I know.

It was, I was shocked i was in tears and at the end of the day like we said like this outfit actually isn't that crazy especially like for a night out in vegas with your girl technically she's like literally wearing her

she's covered from head to toe the dress goes to her wrists it's long sleeve and down to the floor up to the neck yeah so it's just a it's not that crazy of a thing to wear b like

Why can't anything be private anymore?

Like, okay, you want to have a fight with your wife?

Sure.

Like, why do we have to be here?

Yeah, I feel like they can't be in a good place right now if this is what's happening.

Or maybe they're not together.

I don't know.

She like just gave birth.

I really don't know.

She also is very private about her relationship, which is why I think her pregnancy announcement was so shocking.

Yeah.

And I think also why her response is just so glazing over the situation.

Like she's not going to give this air.

Yeah.

But you shouldn't be like having to,

you know, get in PR crisis mode from your own partner.

No, like when the call is coming from inside the house,

it's a problem.

Like being a public figure is hard enough with like all these scandals and people trolling you and backlash, whatever so for your own partner to be starting stuff oh for me deal breaker yeah if ben ever fucking said anything even remotely trolly like publicly bitch you're sleeping outside you're sitting in the hallway i'm not talking to you for a month yeah if he if you like went to vegas and you were wearing something like sexy sexy and he said

i'm sorry but you're theo's mom

Yeah, I would literally, I don't, but the thing is, like, honestly, it's so unbelievable that it would be funny.

It's so unbelievable because Ben is always like, take your shirt off, like, show some skin.

No, it would be like, oh, Ben's being funny.

Yeah, like, ha ha.

LOL.

LOME, DARIS.

No, Darius isn't being funny, though, because he doubled down

with this whole thing about how he has morals and standards.

Is it to say, like, the rest of us don't, Kiki doesn't.

Okay, now, this might be like an incredibly weird reference, but what does this remind you of?

Naya Rivera.

Naya Rivera.

It's literally word for word what Naya Rivera said to Kim.

I'm sorry, but you're a mom.

Yeah.

Like, okay, and

objection.

Relevance?

What moms can be sexy?

Look at Jackie O in that jumpsuit, okay?

Please.

Jumpsuit is the epitome of this.

It's very revealing, according to Darius.

It's just as revealing as Kiki Palmer's outfit.

Maybe not.

This was a weird series of events.

This was a weird series of events.

It wasn't exactly how I expected to learn the name of Kiki Palmer's boyfriend, but here we are.

Darius.

All the best to them.

Wishing them well, truly.

Are you ready for our next story?

Kind of the big news of the day.

The B-N-O-T-D?

Yeah.

Threads.

Yes.

All the celebrities are already using Meta's Twitter rival called Threads.

So the app launched yesterday, I guess it was supposed to launch today.

It's called Threads.

It's literally Twitter, but a different app.

The interface looks exactly the same.

It's connected through your Instagram.

It's really easy to sign up.

Yes, I am on it.

I actually got early access.

I was the 2,000th person to join Threads.

It's like not a big deal or anything.

And what do you have to show for that?

I have about 40,000 followers.

Wow.

It's all

imported from Instagram.

So like when I joined, it's like, do you want to follow everyone you follow on Instagram?

I'm like, sure.

So every time one of my followers signs up, it's like, yeah.

Sure, follow.

So it's kind of like easy if you already have a platform, which is why I like it.

Like I built my Instagram.

Now I'm a threads influencer too, you know?

But I do have a lot of thoughts.

The interface is exactly the same.

It's really the same purpose.

And I think, you know, everyone being imported from their real instagrams makes it more um

i feel i forget who i was having this conversation with but it makes it more um like accountable it's like a real person you know it connects to their instagram and the thing about twitter what makes twitter great but also scary is the anonymity of it all like you literally need to provide no information to sign up and that's where like a lot of like the most hilarious tweets come from but it's also where like a lot of like the really fucking mean ones and like the doxing culture but there are also finstas like you could have a finsta and a fred yes yes yes but i think right now it's like everybody who's on it.

Right in this moment, everyone's signing up with their real ones, but just like anything else, it will become polluted with trash.

So right now, it's a little boring.

Like everyone's being like, how great is this?

I'm like, no, be mean.

No, it's like not only, but the thing, it's just this cycle.

It's just Twitter 2.0.

It's like, I feel like just like when people have to just like take to share their thoughts, like it kind of just devolves into meanness sometimes.

I know.

And that's how you get yourself canceled.

No, so true.

I don't know, like every, like literally everyone joined.

Not any.

No, not Jackie.

But like when I was on and I got on early, there was already like every J-Lo, like everyone.

So I think it's just really

whenever like a new app launches, like kind of like Clubhouse or

Be Real.

Or like Lemon.

Lemonade.

Lemon last week.

Yeah.

It's always exciting, like the first week and everybody checks.

But the real proof is in the longevity.

So like say what you want about Twitter.

It's been around forever.

It really is like the go-to place for updates and news.

And

also the people that I follow on Instagram,

I don't want to follow them on threads necessarily.

I'm not following them for their amazing thoughts and opinions.

Like I'm following because of gargeous photos and things that they're creating.

So I don't think that it's a like in the Twitter ecosystem already works because the people who have something to say have the follow-like, you know, always new people can come up, but like the people who are influential there are like thought leaders.

And Instagram influencers are not necessarily always the thought leaders.

Yeah, I think it'll take like a while for everyone to like, oh, and the platform is like very beta.

And I saw Adam Mosseri posted a thing today, like so excited that you're all excited about threads.

Please keep in mind, like, this is, you know, really early version.

Like, there's not even a following page.

Like, all my timeline is not everyone I follow.

I'm like, what the fuck do I care about these people?

Like, I never even heard of these people.

There's no, um, there's a lot of features that aren't there yet.

So they launched prematurely.

I know they did launch like 24 hours early, but there's still like a lot of features missing.

So I, it might be like one of those cases where people get like fed up, where the platform's like so beta.

It's like, come on.

on i don't know what it means for twitter i there's pros and cons for me like i think some of like the most you know people on twitter who have like a ton of followers are like literally some of the worst people on the fucking planet so like i like love that they have to start over you know

um i like that it's connected to instagram just selfishly like i like that i already have 40 000 followers and i've literally posted one thing so there are things that i like about it but then there are things i like roll my eyes at are you gonna post it on it yeah like if i have a thought like a funny joke and and threads is gonna be the the place where you go.

You're not going to make a reel or a TikTok or post your Instagram story.

I haven't had a Twitter in years.

So whenever I've had a funny thought, I've made it into a piece of content for Instagram or TikTok.

And that's really worked well for me.

So now I need to start factoring in threads into my social media strategy.

Yeah.

I don't know.

I'm not sure.

It's not clear yet whether this is going to be like completely ubiquitous, take over Twitter.

You know, everyone's like, Twitter sucks, like, ever since Elon bought it.

I'm, I have, we have a a toast Twitter, and I'm always scrolling Twitter just like to see what the tea is.

It remains completely unchanged.

People are like, it's been like shitty since Elon.

I've had no problems, and I use it every day.

I think just people like hate Elon and they just wanna rag on it.

It literally is the same.

So I don't know.

I don't know.

Very interesting.

It'll be interesting to see how it develops.

I feel like one of the biggest things that people don't like about Elon is like his

stance on free speech.

Exactly.

So I wonder, like eventually threads, if it's meant to be exactly like Twitter, like is going to have to confront like censorship.

And Meta actually has a pretty strong track record of censoring.

So then maybe that's the old Twitter.

Well, maybe it's like, maybe

now you have two options.

Yeah.

Like maybe both can coexist.

Maybe both.

Maybe.

It'll be interesting.

I feel like right now everyone's running to it.

No one wants to be left behind.

Yeah.

I'm.

I just don't really care right now.

And

I like

that's why everyone's on it.

Like, everyone's whenever like a new app, people always join it just in case it becomes the next TikTok.

Yeah.

And

either it takes off or people just slowly stop using it.

We don't know yet when

everything now is like, hey, this is threads.

Cool.

Everyone's like, well, hi, guys.

This is my threads.

And then they're posting it to their Instagram.

I'm like, well, this needs to stop.

Yeah, no, because I'm not on Instagram to see like, hey, guys, what's up?

Your threads.

Yeah.

It's giving like when they launched status updates well that was like a major flop that we don't talk about enough when instagram did that first week i was like what is this and people and then people would be like you know going to the mall and like i will have some days where i have zero status updates from the people i follow like there's nothing there oh i've never seen one Really?

Yeah.

I'm pretty sure my Instagram, I told you Girl with No Job is like literally always the last person on Instagram to get new.

I never got the status update feature, but I got it on Claude with No Job.

And there's like two people I follow who always have one up.

Yeah, it's a weird thing.

So, jury's out.

Yeah, we'll have to wait and see what this means for the social stratosphere.

I don't think it will really mean anything for Twitter in a meaningful way, but I do think that it could be its own thing of like, and here's where the Instagrammers go to put their thoughts.

Right.

Okay.

As if there's like not enough flazes.

Right.

Right.

So we'll just have to wait and see with this one.

Yeah.

Our next story: there's a Barney movie coming out starring Daniel Kaluya, and it will be a play for adults.

Yeah, I read something about this.

So, Daniel Kaluya's upcoming Barney movie will not be family-friendly.

As the release of Barbie, which stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, nears,

Mattel Films is sharing more about its other upcoming projects, including the film about everyone's favorite purple dinosaur.

In an interview with The New Yorker, Kevin McKeon, an executive for the Toy Focus brand, said that the movie will be surrealistic, comparing it to the films of screenwriter directors Charlie Kaufman and Spike Jones.

So they did Anna Melisa, I'm Thinking of Ending Things, and her adaptation.

Well, Daniel Kaluya was also get out, right?

It's like a spooky.

But he's an actor.

He doesn't know.

Yeah, true, true.

He also shared that the target demographic of the Barney film will not be that far in age from the original audience of the dinosaurs hit show Barney and Friends.

The kids' program ran from 1992 to 2009.

He said, We're leaning into the millennial angst of the property rather than than fine-tuning this for kids.

It's really a play for adults.

Not that it's R-rated, but it'll focus on some of the trials and tribulations of being 30-something, growing up with Barney, just the level of disenchantment within the generation.

What the fuck does that?

Like, seriously, they've told us what the movie is about.

What is it about?

Like, what is it?

I have no idea.

Does it sound a documentary?

I have no idea.

I have no idea, honestly.

It will be surrealistic.

What does that mean?

Let's see.

At first, I thought it was going to be like a horror movie where, Barney goes and murders a bunch of kids in the woods or something.

No, it sounds like

I have no idea.

No, it's like very confusing.

Surrealistic is having a strange, dream-like atmosphere or quality like that of a surrealist painting.

Well, Merriam-Webster, you're not supposed to use the word in the definition, but okay.

Now you're coming from Miriam.

Sorry.

This sounds horrible.

It does sound horrible.

And like, don't compare yourself to Barbie, you know?

No, but it's Mattel.

No, I get it.

But like, they're obviously using the momentum of Barbie to like make some press for their losery movie.

Don't.

No,

it's so bizarre.

I can't even

imagine.

I can't even fathom what it is.

What is it?

And the fact that it's like Barney for adults, is everyone okay?

No, and like the way you've done a whole interview with telling us what the movie is and we still don't get it.

That's not a good sign.

Yeah.

But I do want to say I am like so here for the resurgence of Barney.

You know, we had the Barney dock, you know, the dark side of Barney.

Barney was a cultural icon, like a real cornerstone of the zeitgeist.

And so for him to be slowly slowly being brought back that i'm totally here for yes like barney is a p-jom yeah i think kids these days need barney we grew up on barney we loved barney oh my god we were obsessed a few times i've like put on some old barney on youtube like for harry and it still hits like it slaps the songs are good clean up clean up everybody everywhere clean up clean up everybody do your share yeah and it's a good message wow and that's crazy because to me that's like a ubiquitous song like years now what has it been 20 years since barney i feel like they use that song at every preschool yeah i mean maybe it came from somewhere else, but to me, and like the way I remember it, it's popularized by Barney.

Clean up, clean up.

I would love to do, okay, you know how there's like a Barbie soundtrack?

Yeah.

I would love to get like

maybe Fallout Boy to be to do like a punk rap, clean up, clean up, everybody.

Like, love that.

Simple plan, maybe.

Yeah, Panic at the disco, even though they're splitting up.

Yeah, like they're done.

Tata.

TTFN.

Tata for now.

So,

so

I have no words.

We'll just have to wait and see.

This is kind of the episode of like waiting and seeing.

Waiting and seeing, though, I will not be seeing this.

I can tell you.

No, I like I'm dying to see Barbie and I probably won't even see it, you know?

Like, I'm definitely not seeing Barney.

No, not, especially if it's a surrealist for like distressed millennials who are having a hard time being a 30-something.

No, honestly, using the, and I know we say millennials every morning, but like using millennials in a non-ironic way in the description of this movie is like a surefire way way to get me to not see it.

No, and

catering to something, leaning into millennial angst.

What the fuck do millennials have to complain about?

I don't know.

Are you okay?

No, like I'm just a story giving you heartburn.

I'm just like, no.

Yeah, it's going to be a no from us.

But, you know, good luck on your project.

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You sound like a Hannah-Montana transition.

Oh, whoa.

Yeah.

You know how people have like music transitions between ads when the show starts?

We should like start adding.

We should rip some of the Hannah sounds.

Yeah.

That would be so funny.

Iconic.

Let's do it.

Let's do it.

What are the other ones?

I keep seeing the same one.

Ooh,

ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, yeah.

Okay, we have one more ad break today, right?

Yeah.

So we'll put it in this episode for that ad break.

So that's something for you guys to look forward to.

Yeah.

For you millennial, angsty millennials out there.

Our next story: some Star-Crossed stars.

Star-Crossed Stars.

Honey Boo-Boo's dad will be checking into Lamar Odom's rehab facility for a prescription drug addiction.

So, is Honey Boo-Boo's dad Sugar Bear?

Sugar Bear.

Sugar Bear Hair?

Sugar Bear Thompson is seeking help for an addiction, and he's turning to one of Lamar Odom's rehab centers for treatment.

We reported like a few months ago that Lamar Odom had opened his own rehab centers.

Oh, I thought you meant a facility that Lamar went to.

I'm like, why do we care?

Oh, okay.

Now I understand why this story is relevant.

Relevance?

Objection.

Relevance?

Sources close to Sugar Bear Hair tell TMZ that he reached out.

It's really hard not to say.

I'm about to say Sugar Bear Hair.

I just want to say, I love Sugar Bear.

Yeah.

He reached out to me.

I'm trying to remember.

Is Sugar Bear the one who got the show canceled?

I don't think so.

I think it was one of Mama June's boyfriends who was like acting inappropriately.

He reached out to Lamar over the weekend about going to one of his treatment centers, and on Thursday evening, he will check into a facility in Kansas to focus on his recovery.

Love that.

TMD is told honey boo-boo's dad is hooked on prescription drugs he started taking as part of his diabetes treatment, and he also has severe depression and anxiety.

The sources say that Sugar Bear first met Lamar last summer through their manager, and they've since established a friendship,

which led him to start rehab at the

Goldbridge Treatment Center in Lewisburg, part of the Odom Recovery Group.

Okay, I love this.

I I don't know how these two connected, but the fact that they did and like were able to help each other, like find each other, I'm like going to cry.

This is so sweet.

It's so sweet.

I'm glad that Sugar Bear has someone that he could turn to.

And I'm also like happy for Lamar that he's found his purpose.

No, totally.

I'm like, this is so unexpected.

Right?

Star Cross Stars.

I know, like, I wouldn't, if you had, like, said to me, how do these two know each other?

Like, I never would have.

paired these two.

But I'm so, you know, sad for Sugar Bear that he's been going through this.

And I'm glad that Lamar could be there for him in his time of need.

Yeah, and I'm glad that he's getting the help that he needs and has like, you know, turned himself to treatment.

Honestly, I think like a honey boo-boo family documentary like is like this family has been through a lot.

And I don't watch any of their current like shows.

I know they have some shows and they're like all the girls are like rebelling against Mama June.

Like there's a lot going on in the boo-boo universe.

And Honey Boo-Boo is not speaking with her dad, with Sugar Bear right now.

They're not on speaking terms.

She wasn't from at her graduation.

That's so sad.

The estrangement could be tied to his addiction.

The sources say that he's hoping that he can mend fences with his daughter once he's completed his rehab stay.

This is the family like I genuinely wish the best for.

If you were there during the TLC years before their show got canceled because Mama June was dating a Predator,

but before that, like it was literally the best show on TV.

The fact that it was in English and the whole show had subtitles was like one of my favorite parts.

Yeah.

Because they were talking so fast and so country.

Like you literally literally could not understand a word that came out of their mouths.

Yeah, but I watch everything with subtitles these days.

So do I.

I was just having that conversation with a bunch of my friends.

Like, that's a part of growing up.

Like, you know, you're getting old when you officially watch everything with subtitles.

Yeah.

Like, I can't compute.

I can no longer watch and listen at the same time.

I don't know.

I think it's just because a couple shows that we've watched, like, you've needed subtitles if you want to really get every ounce of information, like Game of Thrones.

Yeah.

Obsession.

And then it's like, oh, well, this is an

elevated experience.

Yes.

But then there are some shows I cannot watch subtitles with.

Oh, because it's moronic.

Like, like, like.

Yes.

Like, I don't watch Housewives.

I don't watch any reality shows with subtitles because they barely say anything of substance.

I'm not going to miss anything.

Yeah.

Also, I do feel like with reality TV, and this just might be like, I might be wrong, but I feel like because it's not scripted, they don't have the script to plug into the subtitles.

And sometimes it's not 100%.

Yes.

At least with like, you know, succession, it's like they have the script and this is the exact word that was intended.

Yeah.

But even the succession subtitles were infuriating.

Oh, oh, oh, yeah.

Stutters.

Uh, uh, uh, thinking.

Like, it's so unpleasant.

No, but like, you know exactly what they're trying to say.

Whereas with reality TV, like, sometimes

they, they just misinterpret them.

Yeah, and like Game of Thrones, there's so much, like, dialogue and information in that dialogue that you really do need the subtitles, but there's not, you know, crazy, substantial conversations being had on Housewives, and that's why I like it.

Yeah.

Agreed.

Agreed.

Are you ready for our fifth and final story?

Some business news that's pertinent to everyone that I hadn't heard yet.

What?

Bed, Bath, and Beyond will be bought.

Oh.

By overstock.com.

Oh.

And overstock.com will change their website name to Bed Bath and Beyond.

You know, I've become one.

I don't think, like, as a society, we really ever spoke about enough how bad of a brand name Overstock was.

Yeah.

Like how ugly.

Like, oh, I love your

Shaise Lounge.

Where's it from?

Overstock.

Like, it's so disgusting.

Overstock.com.

Right.

I couldn't even get myself to the store.

What a gorgeous, you know, Persian silk rug you have.

Wherever did you find that?

Overstock.com.

No, and they actually do have really nice things.

Yes.

And they, like, it does fit under the umbrella of bed and bath and beyond.

Right.

Bed, bath, and beyond.

I feel like we've been talking about the demise of bed, bath, beyond for two fucking years.

Like, first it was bankruptcy, then it was like they're back, and then it was all the stores closing, and now they're getting bought.

Like, they're kind of being dramatic like just figure it out and leave us alone no but i'm happy that there will be like a next chapter for them because i think it's a really great brand overstock will not be buying the stores though this is just like a an e-commerce deal and they're buying pretty much the name for 21.5 million dollars which sounds low but like they're just buying the name and like the digital assets no i get it but like that definitely sucks because I was like a big Bed Bethmeon customer and I've never once placed an order on their website.

It was always on like I'm going to camp for the summer.

I'm packing for college.

I'm moving apartments.

I'm going to Bed Beth Beyond and spending at least $2,000 like for everything I could possibly need.

Yeah.

But

now they're not even having stores.

Superstock has really good online presence.

They're all online now.

And they have good shipping.

And Bed Beth and Beyon has really good brand recognition.

I actually think this is

a love match.

Okay.

They're not buying Bye-Bye Baby.

I'm like upset about Bye-Bye Baby going out.

I feel like so many times I turn to Bye Bye Baby like, oh, I need a stroller.

They got it from Bye Bye Baby.

I feel like Bye-Bye Baby is more relevant and successful than Bed Bath and Beyond.

A couple of bidders have expressed interest in buying the Bye Bye Baby store.

I think I should buy it.

But it remains unclear if any will be bought.

No, but I don't think they need the stores.

No, but like there's a store in the city, and like so many times, like when I first had Harry, it was like they could do same-day delivery.

And like, that's where I would go to.

I don't know why.

I would rather buy it from like Bye-bye Baby than Amazon.

Right.

I just felt like if it was in Bye-Bye Baby, like, it was the goods.

Yeah.

If it's on Amazon, you get, you could pick from anything.

I really feel like Bye-bye Baby like should be bought by Amazon.

The same way they bought like Whole Foods.

Oh, I guess.

And you could do like pickup from Amazon same day at a Whole Foods.

You could buy your stroller and it'll be at your local Bye-bye Baby in 30 minutes, you know?

Please.

Somebody needs to say Bye-bye Baby.

I know the moms, like, they need it.

We do.

Like, a store dedicated to baby tings.

Because there's like not.

No.

And of course, there's like baby boutiques and like whatever.

But like something that sells everything you could possibly need for like newborn, everything.

Yeah, and like every brand, pretty much.

Like, I know Bloomingdale's has the baby floor and they have strollers, bassinets, cribs, whatever, but like they have like three of each.

Right.

No, you need the Amazon for motherhood, and that's Buy By Baby, and Amazon needs to buy Bye Bye Baby.

But also, we need brick and mortar because sometimes you just want to run to the store.

That's what I'm saying.

It's like exactly what Amazon did with Whole Foods.

They just closed down all Whole Foods.

Yes.

And Whole Foods run very efficiently now.

Yeah.

I'm telling you, free idea, Jeff.

Free idea.

Bye-bye baby is a great brand.

Yeah.

So,

anyways, we'll see what happens with Overstock and Bed Bath and Beyond, but now Overstock will be called Bed Bath and Beyond.

So

that's like confusing.

It is, but I think it makes sense.

No, and I'm so here for the Overstock rebrand, like one of the worst names.

Like the fact that they made it, that they're so successful.

And you know what?

I actually feel like Wayfair kind of eclipsed Overstock.

Overstock has been around, I feel, longer than Wayfair, but Wayfair, like Wayfair's shipping is literally like Amazon level.

yeah but I don't associate the two as the same like when I'm going to Wayfair for something it's not like I

it's not what I would be going to overstock for something I'm still furniture but like when I'm going to Wayfair like I know it's going to be like

kind of cheap not that great but like oh I disagree it's going to it's going to solve a problem I disagree overstock like you could really get nice pieces yeah but like the thing is

Are they even overstocked items?

Like they're not.

It's such a misleading title.

No, but it makes you feel like you're getting savings.

Yes, yes i guess that's true and i do feel like i'm getting savings i don't know what savings i've gotten but right but it feels that way right well i just think overstock needs to step their pussy up and they are they are they're losing to the wayfares the all moderns of the world right but what overstock has that wayfair does not have is you know no one's wondering if they're trafficking children yeah okay and that's just kind of like a cloud that hangs over wayfair yeah but the what a lot of people don't know about wayfair is that they're part of like a family of brands they're like the they're technically the same companies like allmodern.com and Jocelyn Maine.

Joce in Maine.

And they're all different price points, but they're literally all the same crap.

Like, it's actually really smart how they have like different websites for different price points, but they're all coming from the same factory.

So they really have it all.

Because I would consider like all modern on the same level as Overstock.

I don't go there.

I go to Wayfair.

Yeah.

They have it all.

Except for

the trafficking.

But what Wayfair does have that nobody else has is Kelly Clarkson as their spokesperson.

You see those commercials where she gets in bed with those old people and starts singing?

Uh, no, but I've seen her associated with Wayfair.

Well, she has a furniture line on Wayfair while also being a spokesperson.

She's in all their commercials.

Yeah.

And they're like, hey, you're Kelly Clarkson.

Yeah, but you could really get anything on Wayfair.

It's crazy.

No, a child?

No,

no.

No, that was a joke.

But like, you really can't get anything.

Yeah.

They like, I get these targeted ads for like some of the more random products that they have, especially like for kids and stuff, like play, water parks.

Yeah, you could literally have a water park in your backyard.

No, I, for Michaela's birthday, I got her like the sickest playground from Wayfair.

Yeah.

She hasn't set it up yet.

Rude.

All right, those were the past five.

You definitely needed to know them.

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Definitely random.

Definitely varied.

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We do what we can.

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Who?

Well, I wasn't done.

Like, okay, fine.

Whoa.

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And then I didn't have like a beef brick in my stomach, you know, like I felt so much better.

It was so good.

It's better for the planet.

So we only eat kosher beef, so when there's not kosher options, impossible is a great option.

You have never been able to have a beef burrito on a flight

because I'm just not privileged like that.

Right.

But impossible beef is out here.

So start making meat history today.

Head over to the meat aisle at your local store, grab some impossible beef or patties, and get grilling, girl.

It's hot grill summer.

Hot grill summer.

All right, ready for dear toasters, our advice segment where we have toasters in need every Wednesday, but today we're doing Thursday.

Yeah.

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And we've got three really good ones today.

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Hey, girlies.

I have been married for eight years and I have three kids.

Yesterday, my husband decided to tell me he finds me extremely unattractive because of all the mosquito bites I get on my legs in the summer.

He doesn't want to have sex certain ways because of it.

Trust me, I'm attractive.

So I wasn't offended at first, but now I'm just stewing.

I'm a stay-at-home mom.

We have a big yard.

It's summer.

I'm outside with the kids all the time.

Things will get me.

And I don't want to drown myself in chemicals every day.

So am I crazy to think that this is rude?

Or anyone have any natural mosquito repellent suggestions so I can have sex in certain positions?

Okay.

What the fuck?

This isn't a thing.

There's something else completely going on.

Mosquito bites.

I mean, first of all, look at my legs.

I'm covered in bruise, fake spray, and

fake tan, and mosquito bites.

And literally, I don't think Ben, I could have literally, my calf could be cut off.

And if we're having sex, Ben wouldn't even notice.

So this is not a thing.

There's something.

I've had mosquito bites that look like welts.

So like maybe, let's say it's about the mosquito bites.

You know, they're married eight years.

Hopefully they can like say.

how they feel to each other.

I don't know, like turn the fucking lights off if it bothers you.

Like, and the fact that he would even vocalize that is so delusional.

It's so nuts.

He needs to be spoken to harshly.

The thing is, like, I don't.

I don't think that you should make any accommodations.

You shouldn't turn off the lights.

You shouldn't wear mosquito repairs.

No, he can turn off the lights.

No.

No, how about that?

No, but if he had just turned off the lights before he complained about it, like, we would have never known.

No, but now that you know, like, you have every right to be offended.

I don't think you should make any sort of accommodations to make him feel better.

He, seriously, he's unwell.

Yeah, you need to lay into him and be like, I'm with the kids all day, every day.

I have mosquito bites.

Like, sorry, I'm working so hard to raise our children.

And like, I'm willing to have sex with you.

Oh, right.

You should have told me.

You're welcome.

Right.

And at least it's summer.

I'm not sitting in the house letting the kids watch TV 24-7.

They're out of school and I'm still challenging them and getting them physical activity.

Fuck all the way off.

He needs his ass reamed out and then say, I don't want to have sex with you because you have a reamed ass.

Yeah.

Okay.

You need to rip him a new asshole and then you need to be like, your asshole is weird.

I'm kind of unattracted to you.

So I don't think we should be having sex until you get that fixed.

But your asshole is ripped.

Yeah, it's kind of gross.

Yikes.

This just stern talking to.

No, this screams toxic.

Like, there's in no way, shape, or form was this an even remotely okay thing to say.

Yeah, for sure.

But like, they're married eight years.

They have three kids.

Like, this isn't.

We can be honest with one.

I get it.

No, no, no, that's not what I'm saying.

I'm just saying, like, okay, it's, it's not a good, it's a red flag, but like.

We're past red flags.

It's not a deal breaker, I'm saying.

But like, you need to literally annihilate this man.

Yeah.

He needs to be destroyed.

Emotionally, he needs to be destroyed.

Like you, like you actually,

you need to make him cry.

Like that's how.

You need him to make him feel.

So he's so bad about himself that he's someone that would say such a thing and think such a thing.

To the mother of his children.

To the mother of his children whose crime is running around outside with her kids all day.

Right.

Like if anything, those mosquito bites should make him hard as a fucking rock.

Oh yeah, that's my wife taking such good care of the kids while I'm out all day, running around, getting my kids active and fresh air.

Oh, I'm going to come.

That's like he should be saying.

Yeah.

Dick.

Ugh.

Sick.

So make him cry.

That's kind of the, that's the lesson here.

But this isn't like, you know, a deal breaker of any sorts.

Sometimes men just like really need to be yelled at.

Yeah,

sometimes people need to be put in their place.

Yeah.

Like sometimes people get carried away about one thing or another.

Yeah.

And sometimes you just like say things without realizing like how...

deeply hurtful they are because they seem like innocuous you know but they're not this literally happened to me in ben like literally last week.

He said something totally like, it wasn't that big of a deal, but like

once I explained like why what he said, I don't want to say it because like, because whatever.

It will sound bad.

No, no, no, it won't sound bad at all.

But I don't want to, I'll tell you, but like I, whatever, it's so stupid.

I'm like, whatever.

You're entitled to your prize.

So once I explained it, he was like, oh my God, that was like so fucked up of me to say.

Like, they just need to be yelled at.

Yeah, yeah.

No, and just like,

see your POV.

It happens all the time.

Yeah.

All right, next up.

These next two are like really bizarre.

Hey, Jackson Claude, I recently found out that my fiancé got a girl pregnant in college.

It was someone he dated for two years, and they decided together to not go through with the pregnancy.

I know it might not be any of my business given the sensitivities on the topic, but I can't believe he never brought this up before.

I find myself wanting to ask more questions about the girl and the circumstances of the decision, but I'm not sure how much I can pry.

Anyway, love ya.

Bye.

How did she find out?

I don't know.

He must have told her, but like.

No, but she's saying like she doesn't want, she feels like she can't bring it up.

I feel like she found out not from him.

No, she she said, I can't believe he never brought this up before.

Oh,

I don't know.

I feel like it's the sort of thing that you tell someone, like, when the conversation comes up.

It's not something that, like, you have to disclose if there hasn't been like a prior conversation about it, but it is something that you should have a conversation about.

And whenever he did bring it up,

I feel like you could have asked more questions.

And even now, you could be like, you know, I've been thinking about what you told me.

I appreciate you sharing it with me.

I just like, and then ask your questions.

Yeah, I know what you're feeling, though.

It's just this weird thing where like you spend your life with someone, but there's like 20 years or however old there are when you meet them like of life that they lived without you.

And when you find something out, like even Ben, like every now and then, we've been together for 10 years.

Every now and then I will find something out like crazy, not crazier, just like random from his childhood or whatever.

And I'm like, it's the weirdest feeling.

to not know because like you you're supposed to know this person better than anyone yeah you really can't know everything about everyone even though this is a big thing this is a big thing they're engaged so it's not like they're you know you're finding out this like secret about your husband Like, I feel like it's an okay time for it to be coming up, and I do feel like you should ask your questions and like go circle back to the subject and

be, like, have whatever conversation you need to have to feel more comfortable about, like, the whole thing.

Yeah, and you might end up, like, you know, learning things about your partner that make you really like him.

Like, he was really there for the girl and took care of her and, you know, whatever.

Like, maybe, maybe he'll end up being the hero of the story, you know?

Yeah.

Or you'll end up just finding things out like you're really proud of him and how he handled it, you know?

Yeah.

You never know.

But ask all your questions.

I think that's fair to like pester with questions.

To circle back on it.

No, and I wouldn't like get, I wouldn't harp on the fact that he didn't tell you.

Like, I don't know, fiancé, actually, whatever.

Just, it's not a big deal, you know?

I could see if it, like, if the, if the topic had never come up really,

how it might have slipped through the cracks in a non-nefarious way.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Because you don't want to be talking about your old partners like in your new relationship.

Right.

I would let it go.

But ask all the questions you have, but don't be mad.

Yeah, don't like, and don't have feelings or thoughts about it that you feel like you can't share.

Like let it out and move forward.

All right, our third and final deer toasters.

Hey, Jackson Claude, my husband and I are expecting our first child and we just found out it's a girl.

We tried for about a year and we are over the moon excited.

We started discussing names recently and my husband informed me that he wants to name her after his high school girlfriend, first love, who tragically passed away their senior year.

While I understand the sentiment, I do not want to name her that.

His mother just told me to settle with a middle name, but that is still weird to me.

What do I do?

That's really hard.

I know.

But it's like your decision.

Yeah, no.

And if you don't like the name, like if that doesn't work for you, whether it's you don't like the name or you don't like the

meaning behind it.

I don't think the meaning is bad.

Maybe you guys could go with that letter.

Right, do you like the name?

It sounds like no.

Okay.

It's a weird feeling to feel like threatened by a person who's like dead, but like I get it.

I don't feel like it's a threatening thing.

I think it's like, one, it would be like a constant reminder.

Two, who knows if she has people she wants to name for that like, and now we're going to meet our firstborn daughter.

Like,

I understand why this is not for you.

I do feel like it would be really nice if you could find like a small way to honor her.

But at the end of the day, like you're the mother, like it is your call.

Don't worry.

Like you can do what you want.

Yeah.

In the hospital, like they're going to let you sign the paperwork, you know?

Yeah.

And like you're doing all the work.

So if you don't like it,

by the end of all of the, like by the time, you know, baby's here and everything, like you're not gonna feel bad about whatever decision you made.

No.

And like, I feel like if you wanna compromise, this is the perfect example of like, you know, marriage is a compromise.

All right, so let's say your name was Lauren.

You don't have to name your baby Lauren, but why don't you have the baby's middle name be Leah?

You know?

Yeah, start with an L.

That's what I'm saying.

The first letter.

But like middle name.

If you even want to do that.

If it's a firstborn in your family, I feel like there's so many people, grandparents, aunts, uncles, whoever, like who you want to honor with the name.

But But it also doesn't sound like that's what it is.

I mean, that would be like a good excuse to have if you have something like that.

But also, I understand like you guys, you not wanting

this.

This does sound like something that would happen in like one of my novels, you know, like he meets a girl and he's so closed off because his first love tragically passed away.

And, you know, this new girl solely prizes open, makes him prize him open, makes him believe in love, and then they realize they're pregnant and you know, they name the baby.

Yeah, but in the epilogue, but it's like everyone's happy that the name.

shit doesn't happen in real life.

It doesn't have to be that way.

Yeah, no, I don't think you have to do it, like by any means, especially if like you don't want to, which it sounds like you don't.

Yeah, I think that's fine.

But

that's awkward.

Yeah, it's definitely weird.

Yeah.

Well, those were dear toasters, our weekly advice segment.

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And when does it come out, Jax?

October 10th.

And what kind of feelings will I feel when I read this gorgeous novel?

It will feel

really warm and fuzzy.

Nostalgic.

Nostalgic for sure.

And emotional.

Emotional.

Yeah.

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