S5 Ep84: Chubby Energy: Tuesday, June 28th, 2022

Good morning, millennials.

Welcome back to the morning toast.

Happy to Ooz Day.

Hey, Jax, how you doing?

I'm doing good.

We're the green girls today.

We're green with envy.

So green.

If you're watching on YouTube, get a load of this green.

Yeah, maybe you don't see us because it's a green screen.

But if you're listening as a podcast, you're like, what the fuck are you talking about?

We don't care.

Move on.

No, here's what we're saying.

We're both wearing green.

Yeah, we're green girlies.

We didn't even plan to match up like this.

To be so green.

We're so simpatico.

So green.

So green.

Happy Tuesday.

It is only Tuesday, but it is a short week because it's July 4th.

So thank God for that.

So it's making it quite bearable, quite digestible.

And you know what?

I'm so busy this week that I actually don't even have time to like ruminate on what day it is.

And it's one of those weeks where I hate to be one of those people, but there's just like not enough time.

Oh my God, there's plenty of time.

No, no, no.

Like I'm so booked and busy today that it being early in the week actually allows me to potentially get everything done that I need to get done.

I feel that.

Do you have no time to lament?

Yeah, because I'm doing podcasts, podcasts, podcasts, book club, book club, book club, meetings, meetings, meetings, spray tan, spray tan, spray tan.

To piggyback off of that, speaking of

podcast, podcast, podcast, we have a very special announcement today.

So I just dropped an episode on Shannon Ford's podcast.

She interviewed me.

It was super fun.

This was like a few weeks ago.

And we announced on there that Shannon is joining TNN for the second season of her podcast.

She's wrapping up the first season now, and the second season comes out at the end of the summer.

And starting then, she will officially be a TNN girly, you know, mogul energy radiating.

Mogul supporting moguls.

Yeah, it's very exciting.

Shannon is so premium.

Like her podcasts are so good.

She does them all on video and audio.

And she like is always to the nine.

Glammed up.

She's just one of those.

people who is beautiful on the inside and the outside she's so interesting she's born to podcasts her podcast is so good when she's been on this show or even just like her instagram stories everything she does is premium and i can't think of a better home than tnn you know what actually um you just reminded me of something when we had all those guest co-hosts come when you were on maternity leave our most listened to guest co-host episode was shannon so like the toasters crave shannon shannon craves the toasters and now it's just a gorgeous blend of shannon toaster energy yeah i started listening to your podcast episode this morning.

It was so good.

And I listened as a podcast instead of watching because I was like getting ready.

So I was just being like a podcast.

podcast an audio girl an audio girl like as so many of you are out there and it's really a premium experience um but I was just like loving her like admitting that she's obsessed with us and it's like if only she like I know you told her how obsessed you are I know but I don't think she understands no like normalize acknowledging being obsessed with people because like more often than not like the feeling is mutual sometimes it's not yeah but I do feel like sometimes people like overuse that trope like I'm obsessed with you and it's like there's a difference between that whatever that is and how we feel about Channel no I literally reply to every single one of her Instagram stories hey where's that dress from like as if I could wear the same dress as Pecky Shannon Ford she's six feet tall um I'm like hey what are you doing hey are you in the city I'm like I'm a freak you know when I see she's in New York I'm like giddy I'm like good oh a text should be coming I'm like this is great for New York and now we have her in our grasp yeah and she can never let go yeah so that's very exciting and then also speaking of book club I wanted to tell you that so I finished the book that you selected for the Redheads on Sunday and you're recording the episode today and it comes out Thursday right yeah July 7th though like like the first Thursday of July.

Why?

Because I was actually thinking about dropping it.

The Redheads, you know, we are like death and taxes.

You can always rely that we'll be there just every once in a while.

It's the second Thursday of the month, but you know, things happen.

But they push back tax day sometimes.

Thanks.

Every once in a while, every once in a while, like when there's something really big and the girls like can't find a day that works.

We're four people with four very busy schedules.

Of course.

But because we're recording the episode early and it is a holiday weekend, like and people have read the book or are reading the book over the weekend like maybe it's something that you need to take with you into the weekend and like maybe we'll bump bump it up.

So I thought it was coming out this Thursday and I wasn't going to read another book until then because like I find it confusing.

Sometimes I read a book and then I read another one and that previous book is just gone in my memory.

So you wanted to listen to the episode?

On Thursday.

Well regardless of when it drops officially, I can always send it to you.

Oh that's true.

That's true because I really want to experience like in real time the redheads effect because I'm always you know two years late to the party.

I will send it to you when we're done with it but I was thinking about dropping it early.

So let me know what you think about that idea.

And then the other thing I wanted to talk about was how we literally turned into the number one mental health podcast on the planning yesterday.

I cannot tell you how many messages I got from two groups of people, mostly from people who have had intrusive thoughts and were like so embarrassed and petrified to ever admit it out loud and like not even seek therapy because they thought they would be diagnosed as like a serial killer when it's actually so normal.

And I guess I realized I don't think I was ever comfortable about talking about my intrusive thoughts until my friend Abe mentioned one that he had that was so like my brain.

I was like, how do you know that?

And then he was like, no, my therapist told me it's like so common.

So now I feel like cool talking about it, but if you ever had them and you don't know what it is, like you're like, I'm a horrible, scary person.

Right.

Like thinking about like throwing your newborn baby down the stairs.

Yeah, that's what I've seen.

Also, I thought when people were saying intrusive thoughts, they just meant like, you know, general anxiety, worrying about the world, the worst possible things that can happen.

But that's not that.

No.

Intrusive thoughts are the ones that just like, you know, you're having a lovely moment and they just like come out of nowhere and it's like the worst thing you could do.

And it's also like you acting, not something happening.

Yeah.

You know?

So I like I'm really glad I brought it up because I feel like a lot of people yesterday on the podcast had that moment that I had with my friend Abe like years ago so it's totally normal I had that moment where I'm like oh that's what intrusive thoughts are and I know exactly what you're talking about so you're not crazy thank God yeah also the second group of people I got a lot of messages from were like micro influencers being like thank you so much for this segment on influencers like I got a lot of tagged in stories of like people with like you know under 20,000 followers just being like this is such a good episode oh my god that's so great so we're out here representing the influencer community influencer community and the mental health community and that's really all you can ask for from the morning tourists yeah i love that um so that's really all i had to add to life today

oh except i know i've been keeping everyone up to abreast on my sleeping journey and i know like nobody cares but like this is how we got into the intrusive thoughts conversation yesterday because i took melatonin and i slept really good so i took melatonin again and i went to bed at 10 o'clock i woke up at 2 a.m and i was up till 5.

whoa it was horrible you know what i thought there was nothing worse than not being able to fall asleep no Sleeping, waking up for a few hours, then going back to sleep is the worst thing on the planet.

Okay, so no more melatonin for you because also like melatonin, yeah, you sleep so good, so you take it again and again, and then eventually it stops working, and then you're just like hooked.

So just quit while you're ahead.

I know.

I just like want to be able to sleep.

Like I always look at Theo and I

am envious of so many things in Theo's life.

Like he doesn't have to pay bills.

He doesn't have, you know, the weight of the world on his shoulders.

And he also doesn't ever have to worry about falling asleep.

He closes his eyes, boom, asleep.

Yeah, nothing really keeps him up at night.

But that's also because he kind of has his life in order, you know, he's a responsible

adult, and like he doesn't leave these things hanging that keep him up at night.

That's true, but like I just crave that sort of mindless energy.

Yeah.

Well, what if you took like a really hot bath right before bed, not like at six o'clock?

So I'm at a place like in my life and my physical journey where like I just really don't

like fit in my bathtub anymore.

I have a really small bathtub and when I first moved into the apartment, like it was tight.

Yeah.

But you grow.

But it was doable.

I've grown enormously in width.

And I'm sure I could fit, but it's just like, who wants to be like sausaged into like a sardine?

Yeah.

Even though I will say,

today marks the day where I lost 15 pounds.

And I'm really proud of myself because I've just been trying to thank you, cut back a little bit.

You know, it's summertime.

The chub rub is out of control.

And I definitely look and feel the same.

So that's awesome.

It's really great.

So maybe I should try getting back in the tub.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So People are like, what's your goal weight?

I'm like, I just want to fit in my tub.

Yeah.

But like, I don't want to like be dramatic.

My tub is so small.

Yeah, no, but also like, sure, you fit into it, but like you want to splay out.

I can't really spread my legs.

I used to come and use my tub.

Like not to rub it in.

You don't even like baths.

I started taking baths more.

I take baths more.

I used to never take baths.

I used to use this deep tub that

I could literally like drown in it.

It's so big.

And yeah, there's a big window overlooks the city.

I don't know what they can see in.

I don't want to think about it.

Yeah, like their problem, not mine.

Yeah, 100%.

It's really wonderful.

You should come over for a sleepover one night.

I would love that.

And you should use my tub.

I just need a bath.

Like, I used to be such a bath girly, and I haven't taken a bath.

Bath time Q ⁇ A.

Right.

And Brand is suffering.

No, and people are always like, bring back the bath time Q ⁇ A.

I'm like, girly, I can't fit.

So that was part of like the impetus behind seeing the snow before Christmas when I wanted to move last year.

A tub was like.

like a huge thing for me.

I'll even take a good tub in the guest bathroom.

Like I just need one good tub because I'm normally a shower, but like I don't know, there's nothing like a midday tub.

No, but like if you did a late night tub, you might have an easier time relaxing.

No, I know.

Like there are just, I go through periods in my life where like sleep evades me and it makes me

abnormally enraged.

Like it's so annoying.

Yeah.

Also, maybe try a

physical book, not the Kindle.

Because I do, like, I feel like whenever I read a physical book, I'm like, this shit sucks.

That's true.

It's so boring.

I'm sleepy at night.

That's a good call.

And I do wonder sometimes if the Kindle has

blue light.

I read like the most misleading study.

Like I was looking for, now at the Redheads, we do like a book news segment.

And now that I started it, there's no book news, so I have to go searching.

And I saw this dumbass NPR article that was like, reading on an e-reader

makes it harder for readers to fall asleep.

And I was like, oh, okay, click.

Let me read about this study.

They literally sampled 10 people.

That's why you need to read the fine print because that doesn't tell you shit about it.

Agreed, agreed, agreed, agreed.

And like, what were these 10 people going through?

Right.

What was was on their mind?

Maybe they could live together like Theo, or like, yeah, maybe they couldn't sleep because like rent was due or like other things that were keeping them up.

Yeah.

Yeah, that's moronic.

In order for a study to be like actually legit, I think you need to do like 100 people.

That's, I don't think that's like legit.

I think the bigger the study, you know, the more legit.

But yeah, 10's not going to happen in a PR.

And I can't believe they would even like push that forward.

No, that's like embarrassing for the public radio community.

Yeah.

What does the N stand for?

National?

National.

Cool.

I believe.

Believe.

Yeah.

So we've got a great show.

We've got five stories.

We have an interview that we're doing today.

Are we releasing it today, Brian?

We're releasing the YouTube

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I feel like that's fair.

I feel like that's fair too.

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That's the thing about being a subscriber.

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Particularly Particularly unhinged.

Yeah, no, I feel much more comfortable.

Like it's more of a safe space on Patreon because if you're paying for content, like more likely than not, like you're not a troll.

Yeah.

Don't get me wrong, there are trolls who will go to the length of paying $7.

They will.

And they don't know this yet.

I'm here to tell them.

that they are fans.

Thank you so much for your support.

We really appreciate it.

You know what?

We were talking about this yesterday about how like I've recently become obsessed with one particular influencer.

I will like literally never say their name.

And it's like a hate-watching thing.

But you're a true fan.

I guess I am, yeah.

No, and like that's beautiful.

Yeah.

And even though you might have come to it in a non-traditional way through the route of hate, like you're a fan, you're supporting her work.

And I love that for both of you.

Yeah.

You're giving a view.

Yeah.

But you're getting, like, you enjoy.

Yeah, for sure.

It's just like not your typical.

I enjoy it in a negative way.

Yeah, but like enjoyment is enjoyment.

That's

put that on the Canva Pro graphic.

Enjoyment is enjoyment.

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Thank you, Claudia.

Our first story is a story that I'm weirdly very invested in.

Charlie D'Amilio and and Landon Barker are dating.

It's early stages, says Asaurus to People magazine.

So the TikTok star and entrepreneur is dating drummer Travis Barker's son, who's also a musician and budding fashion designer, Asaurus tells people exclusively.

They say, quote, they're seeing each other and it's early stages.

The stars are both 18.

We love a age-appropriate relationship.

This is so cute.

You know what's so interesting to me is how like punk rock is like making the biggest comeback.

Of course, when we think of like Blink 182 and just like that genre of music, I'm in love with an emo girl, it's giving like early 2000s.

Yeah.

But not even through music, but I think like through celebrity, punk is becoming like cool again.

And it's so interesting how it's like trickling down from like 40 year olds like the Kardashians to 18 year olds like Charlie.

Everybody's choosing the punk rockers.

MGK.

Yeah.

Travis now Landon, even Addison Ray's boyfriend is a punk rocker who plays with MGK and

Travis.

Okay, this is, I'm glad you brought her up because this story is really interesting to me because I always like associate Charlie and Addison, even though they're different ages, like they're the TikTok girlies.

And it's like, even though there's trouble in paradise between Addison and Courtney, like Addison is friends with Courtney and then like Charlie is dating her son.

Yeah, no, I thought the same thing.

It's just like two different levels.

Yeah, it's just...

interesting and also now it's like I don't even know if Addison and Charlie are friends I'm sure they're you know acquaintances but now if like the whole punk rock crew is getting together then Addison and Charlie are going to be hanging out.

Well, so do you have confirmed proof that there's trouble in paradise between Courtney and she wasn't at the wedding.

And I'm sorry, like the size of the wedding and considering how close they were last summer, she should have been invited.

Yeah, but there's no like concrete proof that they're not friends anymore.

No, and I don't think they're probably, I don't think they're like enemies, but they were close and now they're less close.

I wonder if Courtney still follows Addison.

I'm sure she does.

I don't think there's beef.

Right.

I think that they are less close.

And that's sad to me.

Yeah.

Because they were so close.

No, and it was like an iconic, albeit bizarre, friendship.

Yeah.

So, yeah, my thought immediately also went to like

Courtney and Charlie.

I know.

And she's like so bizarre.

But like, Courtney loves the TikTokers.

I'm sure Mason is thrilled about this.

Oh, my God.

I forgot how literally this would affect Mason.

It's really, it's quite beautiful.

You couldn't write a better relationship.

I couldn't, like, if we put our list together of 18-year-olds, I would never even have thought to put them together.

No, but also, this is just like an interesting moment in Kardashian history where like they're also now being brought into the next generation in terms of like relevance.

They're not really like aging out of this TikTok age because like now their kids, this is like the, I mean, it's Travis's kid, but it's Courtney's stepchild.

And it's like, it's the second generation of Kardashians like and their fame.

Like this is just the start because like, you know, North pretty soon is going to be on the cover of magazines.

Like this is just the beginning of Kardashian Gen 2.0 taking the lead.

Yeah.

It's so crazy.

I really ship.

I really do.

He's a nice boy from what we've seen on Kardashians, and Charlie's a nice girl, too.

You know, I don't think they're going to be getting into trouble.

Are we going to get season two of the D'Amilio show?

Yes, we are.

I'm going to be watching it.

They went to the Hulu like upfronts to promote.

Because I don't remember what I said about it by the time I finished this season.

I remember.

What did I say?

You were really shocked at how much like mental health.

But did I enjoy the show?

What did I say about that?

I think you did.

I think I did too.

You finished it.

The way that I look back on it, like, was filled with so much tea and insight.

And like, I never would have expected this is these girls day to day.

and i want more yeah i want more i i fully like the show and i definitely will be watching it um i do hope it's like a little more like a little deeper this time i feel like it was a little surface level especially with charlie not with dixie but like this is the thing and it's the same with the kardashians like i don't know when they filmed it but like Dixie just released an album.

She's like playing at all these iHeartRadio jingle balls.

She's doing this cover that's going viral of Before He Cheats by Carrie Underwood.

Like that's what I want to see.

And like I think they stopped filming months ago.

You know what I mean?

It's like this delayed gratification, especially with social media influencers.

It's like, it doesn't work.

Wait, and also they're both like Hulu families.

Yes.

Do you think this is PR?

I don't think they would use 18.

Like, they're too young.

Wait, that's a good call.

No, I don't.

Because the relationship like makes a lot of sense.

I know, but like...

They're both like the first families of Hulu.

Yes.

However,

aside from this report, if you're in the TikToking world, which I am, like, you've seen like videos of them like leaving and going to parties together for like a couple months.

It's not like a random blast.

Okay.

It seemed pretty organic.

Okay.

Okay, great.

Love it.

Yeah.

How do you think Lil Hootie is handling this?

I don't know him.

I'm sorry.

Like, I just don't know.

Okay.

But they're friends, right?

But Charlie obviously has a type because like Lil Hootie is also like a more of like an emo punk musician.

Like really, they look kind of similar, like black, shaggy hair, tall and skinny.

Like Charlie obviously has a type.

Yeah.

We love a consistent queen.

We do.

But in the show, like her and Huddy are friends.

So they could still be friends, even though she has a new man.

Yeah, I think a lot of people took that friendship as like the building blocks to getting back together.

I didn't see sparks between them.

I did not know them.

At the Benny Hanna.

No, I literally don't know them whatsoever.

No sane.

I just also think that like this is an interesting moment in time for the talkers as well because I definitely think just in terms of fame, like the Addison and Charlie's, like they peaked.

And I just feel like for a while I was like, Addison is doing everything right.

But now I'm kind of seeing like how they both played with the cards they were dealt.

Like the D'Amelios were much more, I think, like long-term focused.

Like they started a $25 million venture capitalist fund.

Like they're like in it for the long haul.

Like they're being really smart.

And Addison just feels like she's been so distant lately.

But to me, the Addison distance feels like a choice, not

a byproduct of choices that she made.

Like I feel like she's always on vacation right now, like focusing on herself and her happiness.

I think she has like movie roles lined up, but is working less because she's enjoying her life, not because people aren't hiring her we'll sing we'll have to see we shall see i miss addison though that was like a really fun time when she was everywhere and she's all that was everything was all that she was all that truly I look forward to her next leading role.

Me too.

Are you leading?

Are you ready for our next story?

Speaking of celebrity spawn.

Yes.

Ben Affleck's son, Samuel, age 10, accidentally backs into a Lamborghini in a BNW LA dealership.

Age 10?

Age 10.

Do you not see this story?

Ben Affleck's.

I got a people notification, but it didn't register for me that a 10-year-old was behind the wheel.

Right.

Okay, so Ben Avlex's son, Samuel Garner.

That's interesting that he has his mom's last name.

Oh, Princess.

That's very interesting.

Got into a fender bender while visiting a luxury car rental dealership over the weekend.

So he was with his dad and J-Lo at 777 Exotics in LA, where...

Ben let his preteen get into the driver's seat of a yellow Lamborghini.

While in the vehicle, he hit a white BMW station behind him.

The car was on?

Yeah, he like was tested.

He was trying out cars in a dealership.

The 10-year-old wanted to get in the front seat, so he did, and he accidentally backed up into another car.

It wasn't a big deal, and there weren't marks on the car, but like Ben was really upset, according to all these sources.

But

that sounds right.

I know.

Yeah.

No, he.

I'm not judging.

Like, I'm not parent-shaming.

Like, what the fuck are you doing?

Yeah.

Your kid is 10 years old.

And it's not like you're literally in a Lamborghini exotic.

Like, what the fuck are you doing?

I think this was just like a moment where he just like forgot who he was, where he was, the ages.

And it's like, oh, we're in a dealership.

Like, he's not going on the street.

Like, let him get in the front seat.

Ha ha.

Not funny.

How did his feet even reach the pedals?

Like, this story is so confusing to me.

Maybe he's a tall child, tall for his age.

What do you think the damage was?

Like, monetarily?

You didn't walk out scot-free.

Oh, yeah.

I don't know what the damage was, but I think more like the damage to his image is worse.

No, I mean, this is so embarrassing.

And I feel like Jennifer Gardner is like a very strict moment.

Oh, she's not happy.

So when she heard that, like her ex-husband let their 10-year-old get in the front seat of a sports car that was on,

oh, he got his ass fucking ripped when he got the kid back.

I could just like imagine

how he felt.

And then how she felt hearing it.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

But him like knowing like it's he's in trouble.

The whole world knows.

Like, it's just bad.

It's bad.

What do you think the relationship between J-Lo and Jay Gardner is?

I think it's bad because

of the history.

It's the history.

Because of the history.

Even though, like, when Jennifer Gardner and Ben Affleck did get divorced, it was like very much her decision.

She found happiness immediately with someone afterwards.

Like, she was the one.

But it can't feel good that like the man...

Even if it was your decision to break up the marriage, it can't feel good that the man you shared a life with for so many years ended up back with the woman that he was with before you.

I think before these two got back together, I'm sure J-Lo like resented Jennifer Gardner because like she got, you know, she got life and she got him to the finish line and like that was the the you know the next girl and like she resented her and now like it goes both ways yeah all the years like child spent thinking about jennifer gardner jennifer gardner is now spent thinking about jada i think there's mutual hate but but when you are co-parenting and you're in a new relationship like you have to get along but i also think as co-parents like they probably don't speak they i think they do like the bare minimum communication by the way i don't know these people it's just just vibrant getting yeah but i feel like you know some co-parents like are involved and you know blended and others just like text about the kids and i think think this feels like a text about the kids situation and I think Ben and Jennifer Garner barely speak so J-Lo and Jen Garner no yeah but like if they do get married and like the kids are gonna like spend time with JLO like Jennifer Garner is gonna need to know that like her kids are safe with J-Lo and I know they are but like you have to communicate like that's honestly when I think about co-parenting like in a hypothetical situation like not I feel two ways about it I would make my blood fucking boil like get your fucking disgusting hands off my kids yeah but it's also like wow another person wants to take care of my kids so i can go on vacation sign me up like i don't know where i would fall i think it depends on the person yeah and it also depends on how your vacation ended yes but like

if the person is someone i mean maybe you couldn't ever see them in a favorable light if you if there's all these other residual feelings but if it was some like you know bad meredith blake oh well that that's not even what i'm thinking about i'm just thinking about like i don't know maybe like an airhead yeah well like that's like if someone getting into a relationship like with a much younger woman, which does happen a lot.

Yeah.

And then it's weird.

It's like you also feel like, is this 25-year-old prepared to take care of my adult children, not my teenage children?

Right, right.

There's so many things that go into it.

It can be done.

You can blend, sure, but there's a lot of factors.

But people who do it like seamlessly and very maturely and like put the kids first have my utmost respect.

Like I think there's nothing harder.

Yeah, because there are so many dynamics.

Right.

And people can be, you know, everyone has their individual personality.

No, and parenting is like so personal.

Like your choices when it comes to your kids are like, everyone has the best intentions, but what you choose might like literate someone else might think is so crazy.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I hope I never got there.

Well, speaking of parenting, our next story, Chris Pratt cried over the backlash from his post praising his, quote, healthy daughter.

Do you remember this?

Remind me.

Chris Pratt

went on Instagram to talk like Glow about his wife, and he was like, find someone who looks at you.

Oh, yes.

Catherine looks at me and then he said, like, you know, she's given me beautiful, healthy daughters.

She gave me a beautiful, healthy daughter.

And everyone thought that was like a slight

at his son and with anapharis because he has like some health issues he was premature he was seven weeks premature and he was in the niku okay that's fine so everyone thought that that's what it was and now he's on the cover of men's health and he's saying that that whole situation made him cry i feel like he's always on the cover of men's health you know yeah uh he's always on the cover like of something these pictures are actually really cute

and like dad like.

Chris Pratt is hot.

Oh, for sure.

Everybody knows that.

But like look at him on the cover.

He's like being like men's healthy, but also like dad-body.

And I feel like people don't really talk about the evolution of Chris Pratt.

Literally, it's all people talk about.

When he was like playing only like the fat, funny friend, and then he like went on a diet and became a leading man.

Like, first of all, how fucked up was that?

Like, you can't be chubby and a leading man.

But his...

evolution is really interesting to me.

I don't think about it.

He never lost his chubby energy.

No, and by the way, and that's why he has staying power.

I'm so glad you brought that up.

Chubby energy is so important.

Like, I feel like we talk about celebrities, like, weight loss loss journeys a lot.

Um, and for me, like, as a

chubby, fat, okay, fat person, like, I, I can't lie and say, like, when a, when someone gets famous for being big and then, not for being big, they get famous when they're big, and then they lose weight, like, when they get really famous, like, it does feel like a little bit like a betrayal.

Um,

but what really feels like the betrayal is like they lose that spark, you know?

Yeah.

When you are a heavy person, especially in entertainment, so you're like one of the only, you have to work much harder to be like funnier and charismatic.

You you work extra hard on your personality because other people don't have to do that.

They can rely on their looks in entertainment, which is like a looks-based industry.

So I always feel sad for like the loss of the spark.

Yeah, but do you think that you feel differently when it's a man versus a woman?

Like maybe you feel more like a moment.

Give me an example of a man who's lost a lot of weight and like changed his

like

like and lost his chubby spark.

No, no, just give me, and I'll tell you if he lost his chubby spark.

Jonah Hill.

Lost his chubby spark.

Okay.

Still a little bit there, but not nearly as much.

And then the female category, Melissa McCarthy, like Rebel Wilson.

I don't know if Rebel lost her spark.

It's too soon to tell.

There's too much RMN going around.

We can't sift through and see where the spark is.

I would be lying if I said Melissa McCarthy didn't lose a little bit of her spark.

She became like a really serious actress.

But she's also just like choosing different roles.

Yeah, which is a part of that.

You have more options, which is so fucked up.

Like, you have so many more options at one weight than you do at another.

Like, when you're plus size in Hollywood, like, you are a constantly fat, funny friend.

Yeah.

And you know what?

Melissa McCarthy was one of the most successful overweight actresses because she had movie after movie that was her movie.

Like she wasn't friend of supporting role.

It was her movie, but she was like this comically self-deprecating character.

But you know what?

Good for her.

She definitely moved the needle.

Yeah.

And I don't mean this as an insult at all.

Like I just find it to be like a genuinely interesting observation.

Yeah.

So back to his kid.

He never lost his trebby energy.

And he's saying that, you know, people who were saying it was a dig at his wife.

He said, quote, that is fucked up.

My son's going to read that one day.

He's nine, and it's etched in digital stone.

It really fucking bothered me, dude.

I cried about it.

I mean, I feel that.

That is bothersome.

Because saying, like, I love my wife.

She gave me a healthy child is a very common thing to say.

People, I think, were looking too much into it.

And I do believe that was the takeaway we had when we reported on it like last year or whatever.

And I can see that bothering him, and he has every right for it to bother him.

Yeah.

That's messed up.

It is messed up.

But they also just had another baby, right?

Yeah.

They're still key.

Oh, that's a cute name.

Really cute.

And they have another daughter, Layla, the one who was beautiful, healthy daughter.

Got it, got it.

And what's

his son's name with Anna Farris?

Jack.

Does Anna Farris date?

I'm sure.

I wonder what she's getting into.

I'm sure she's doing her thing.

I'ma do my thing.

I'ma do my thing.

That's Anna Farris getting ready for a date.

Anna Farris

is like such an iconic actress.

Like, I wish she would act more.

No, she really is.

And people who have worked with her say like the most glowing things about her acting.

Like she was in that movie that everyone's obsessed with, Lost in Translation.

You know, the one.

She was?

She was like,

she wasn't like, she was in like a comedic role.

And the movie's about like Scar Joe and Tom Hanks, but I remember reading like Tom Hanks like was taken with Anna Farris.

Oh, I'd love to hear that.

Obviously, like my extent, my knowledge of Anna Farris' work is more like how spunny.

Just friends.

What's my number?

What's your number?

Just friends.

And I think like just friends, that was the same takeaway from like the people on set for that movie.

I love to hear her.

And I'm sure she's a delight to work with.

Yeah.

And I just really wish her the best.

Like I do love a queen who respects podcasts, but I need her to get back on the horse.

Like it's time for another rom-com.

Yeah.

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Okay, our next story, some glowing Kardashian news.

Chris Jenner honors Chloe Kardashian her 38th birthday party, saying, You are the queen of our family.

So yesterday was Chloe's birthday, and the tributes were coming, and they didn't stop coming.

Okay, but did you notice?

Maybe I missed it because I went to bed early that Chloe Norke, Kylie Norkendall posted for Chloe.

What?

Let me just double check.

Kylie Jenner in Feed.

No.

And she has no stories in the last 24 hours.

Maybe she's just like on a social media break.

Kendall?

In Feed?

No.

Last picture is the one of her ass.

Was she at the bottom?

And no stories.

Oh, she was at the birthday party and posted a picture of Chris.

Okay, but she was at the birthday party.

They're obviously not on the outs if she was there.

It's just weird, no?

Like the Kardashians are always on schedule with birthday posts.

Like I'm sure they have like a Google Doc with captions and photos.

I thought that was interesting.

That is interesting.

There was a party at Chris's house last night.

She made a drunken toast to Chloe, who she said is the queen of our family.

And everyone was just celebrating cocoa, which we love.

But check your phone because Kim just posted a carousel of photos from North's.

From last night?

From North's birthday, Camp North.

And look what she, look at the...

Look at the weekend.

Look at the moment.

Camp North.

They flew Kim's plane.

Oh, to like this wilderness outdoor adventure.

It looks like Kem Toast.

It's like all of North's friends.

It literally looks like Kemto's.

It looks like a dream.

She had Jessica Simpson.

That's her kid.

Oh, my God.

I love.

That looks like a dream.

Oh, my God.

And the inside of the plane is decorated with

camp logs and shit like that.

They slept in little tents.

Oh, my, this is so cute.

They went like ropes course.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

So it looks like Cam Toast.

And also, remember that episode of Kardashians where Kim was saying that North is obsessed with camping and they had to go camping with like Tracy?

She should send North to to like camp.

Yeah, she should.

Do you think North could go to camp?

I'm sure there's like very elite camps.

Yeah, where she could have her pretty.

Oh my god, this is so cute, by the way.

I'm like, I'm guffawing over that.

She had Jessica Simpson in two photos.

What's her oldest daughter's name?

Birdie or Max?

They're all named Birdie.

Maxie Drew.

Cute.

I love this so much.

I love this aesthetic.

I wonder where this is.

It looks beautiful.

This campgrounds.

Maybe it's like Wyoming or Montana.

Yeah, I mean, there are near so many, or even like

Sir.

Yeah.

Where they went on Chaza Sunset, where they went camping.

It was like so nice.

That doesn't look like the Sir, Sir La Table.

It doesn't look like Sexy Unique restaurant.

It doesn't look like Big Sir Latable.

Okay, Baba.

Back to this.

Okay, back to Chloe's birthday.

You know what?

This makes me think.

You know, when it's your birthday and like you're seeing someone new and it's like either they do something for you.

It accelerates it.

Or it's like, you didn't recognize my birthday.

You didn't even like get me a flower or anything.

Like you obviously don't care about me moving on.

If she does have a businessman bow, like, this could be a true test.

Yes, I always feel like if it's the right relationship, like your birthday or the other person's birthday will come at a really good time to either like move the relationship forward a little bit faster than normal or completely derail it.

And it's like a sign whether the relationship is meant to work.

So I was thinking that too.

The birthday party looked like so, it was like a dinner party.

It looked very like elegant, of course.

Chef, everyone was wearing gowns and diamonds, but it was very low-key.

And it looked so fun and so nice.

And Kim posted a bunch of stories, mostly of Chris Jenner being wasted.

But she did when they were all sitting at the table and Chris was giving the speech, she flipped the camera to Chloe and she had to like swerve around the table.

I was literally like looking at every person's face.

I'm like, who is that?

Who is that?

All I really saw was Malika, Chloe, and then like this old man in the back.

I don't think that was her business membo.

But you never know.

You never know.

You never know.

Whatever is going to make Chloe happy.

I just like, I really hope he was there.

Even though like that one singular report, like we got nothing, no follow-up.

In the pink shirt.

Yeah.

I don't know.

I was thinking, who is that?

But he got a premium spot in Kimberly.

He's at like the head of the table.

Yeah.

If anybody knows this man, please let us know.

It's so random.

That is so funny.

But I didn't really get to see like a good viewing of who was truly there.

Yeah.

True was there.

That's who was truly there.

I also was obsessed with Chris.

You know, I'm entering like my coastal grandmother aesthetic.

And not, Chris isn't coastal grandmother.

She's like elevated, like...

matronly Hollywood grandmother.

So I'm definitely like, I'm interested in what she's serving up.

She looks so glamorous in that like big gown.

Yeah, and Chloe looks amazing.

Chloe looks amazing all the time.

Chloe is in the season.

All the girls are looking great.

Yeah.

I would love to know why Kendall didn't post.

I agree with you.

Like Kylie's not that alarming because they said on the show like Kylie goes through bouts where she decides like not to put Swarmy on social media, not to go on social media.

So that doesn't really like perplex me, but like the Kendall thing does, especially because she literally posted one day ago a picture of her bare ass.

Like she's obviously engaging.

She has the app on her phone, you know?

Yeah.

I agree.

That is, that is kind of just something to note, but she was at the party, so

whatever that means.

Also, speaking of Hulu, I just told Claudia, but the new season of Only Murders in the Building premieres tonight.

So that's really exciting.

Two episodes.

It is really exciting.

I saw some like footage from the red carpet of Selena looking glamorous.

Gotta keep an eye out for Selena.

And sometimes I just sit back and think about my journey with Selena Gomez.

I'm like, it really.

It shocks me how I used to not like her at all.

And now I can't get enough.

Can't get enough.

Rare Beauty, give it.

Yeah.

Only Murders, need it.

Selena, everything.

Yeah, if you had told me like 10 years ago that there would be a time when I was like more obsessed with Selena than Miley, like I would say, who is this traitor?

Yeah, that's so true.

Out of my face.

That's so true.

Yeah.

I have a couple people like that.

Obviously, Miranda Lambert comes to mind.

Right.

But I also feel like Miranda Lambert's, like my hatred of Miranda Lambert was like a byproduct of her negative media coverage.

Coverage.

misogynistic.

Okay, so she literally wanted to date a bunch of guys in a row.

Who cares?

So I just feel like I was tricked.

Also, Jason Aldeen is up there.

I used used to really like not fuck with him, but I kind of think like I like his music.

Yeah, I used to like really not like him.

Um, like, for literally no reason, other than the fact that I just decided not to like him.

I just like, I'm a hate-filled person.

Like, I'm trying to be better, like, I really am.

Yeah, and just like question

everything, yeah.

But I feel like there are other people that you hate, like, where you have ground, Charlie Booth, yeah, right, right.

No, I have my reasons, yeah, and I don't really feel as bad for like hating men for no reason than I do for hating women.

Cause, like, then it's just like my internalized misogyny.

Yeah.

Like why, why did I hate Selena Gomez?

Because she was a little messy.

Like, aren't we all?

Yeah, but it was also because of the rivalry of growing up.

I think it was like so ingrained.

Yes, because you were either one or the other.

And like, we literally would have taken a bullet for Hannah Montana.

Multiple.

Like, there was no better show, better Disney star, better musician, better person, better celebrity than Hannah Montana.

And I think we felt like the other girls, like Demi and Selena, were just like coming for Hannah's neck.

Yeah.

And we weren't into it.

And then like the Jonas brothers got involved and made it like really tense.

And so we stuck with Miley.

No, I was like T.

Miley.

Like there was no question.

Do you remember when you met Hannah Miley like shortly after Hannah Montana in her like iconic long wavy hair era at Top Shop?

Yeah, I do.

Does that go down in history as like one of the best days of your life?

Yeah, for sure, because there was no celebrity who I was more obsessed with or I've ever.

Maybe now the way I feel about like Kim and Kylie is how I felt then.

But now it's more of a mature.

But it was your number one.

It was my every, it was my personality.

Like yeah i was miley stewart you weren't gonna she's just being miley i was just she's just being jackie like couldn't tell me that i wasn't i know so i'm glad you had that moment yeah do you think that's like the most starstruck you've ever been i don't recall being that starstruck which is weird because i'm so shy and i was alone so no one was there to like help to introduce me that's a great question because it was like it wasn't a selfie no it wasn't it was a blackberry i mean maybe i was with olivia then if some because someone has to take the picture and it doesn't sound like my personality to go up to Miley alone.

No, no.

So maybe I was with Olivia because we were downtown.

Well, Olivia will, like, is actually the perfect person to be with, like, in a situation like that, because, like, she will support 100%, take the picture.

She'll approach.

That's probably how.

That's probably how it happened because I know myself and I would never have approached on my own.

Especially when you were like much younger.

Yeah.

I always think about that.

I think the most starstruck I've ever been was when I met Harry Styles.

Yeah.

That was like one of the best and worst experiences of my life because I looked like a loser and like I acted like a loser and I'm sure he was like not interested in pursuing a friendship.

And you were a loser.

Right.

And I still am.

So it's good to know that I'm consistent.

Yeah, but just know like no matter how cool you were in the moment, like you weren't going to be friends.

Okay.

So

you sat on that.

Normally I agree, but it's not like I went up to Harry like, hey, can I get a picture?

I love you.

Like I went over and I was like, hey, it's me.

And he was like, Claudia, like he knew me.

And he like, it wasn't so much as like a fan moment.

I didn't even get a picture.

It was just like introducing myself as the person he follows on Instagram for for the last couple years.

And he knew me immediately.

At first, he thought I was a fan and he turned his head away.

And then he looked back and was like, Claudia.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And I actually did find out, do you know how Harry Styles found out that

Caitlin Jenner had transitioned and her name was Caitlin from my Instagram?

I know that for a fact.

I have inside sources who told me that.

Isn't that cool?

That's very cool.

Yeah.

So I'm just like teaching Harry things.

I'm Harry's teacher.

I'm Harry's guidance counselor.

That's beautiful.

Yeah.

Are you ready for our fifth and final story?

I guess probably the most starstruck I've really ever been was when I met Harry Ashre Weinrab.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, for sure.

I was like quaking.

Quaking.

I miss him so much.

What other celebrities?

I mean, you've met a lot of celebrities, but what other celebrities have you met when you weren't a celebrity?

Right.

No, like as a true fan.

Let me think.

Yeah.

I feel like growing up, like, we didn't have a lot of celebrity, like, interactions, you know, like I don't recall being young and like meeting so many famous people, you know?

Yeah,

we never like went backstage at a concert or anything.

No,

I feel like the what's so weird is like what's coming to mind is like when we were in like high school and middle school, we went out to dinner and we saw that guy from America's X Top Model, Nigel Barker.

And that's like, and we didn't even care.

We were like, cool.

No, or that one time we were at a restaurant, but it was like, what?

The Veronicas.

Oh, my God.

The Veronicas.

The Veronicas.

We were at a restaurant and we saw the Veronicas.

We were at Nobu.

And we took a picture, right?

Yeah.

Our mom like made us go.

We were obsessed.

We were obsessed with the Veronicas and then we saw them at Nobu and like it was the best day of our life oh my god that was so the Veronica that was the moment like that was I think we were all literally like shaking and our mom like made us go we were like 11 yeah that that it was at Nobu yes yeah look at us fancy eating at Nobu at 11 I was probably having the worst time I'm like can we go to McDonald's yeah that is so iconic I forgot I think it was my birthday yeah

that's iconic it was the Tribeca no boo yeah what were we doing in Tribeca no that's like so not us We were probably like trying to make it nice, you know?

Happy birthday.

Yeah, but we didn't like live in the city yet.

And I want you so much.

Somehow I can't resist you.

It's not enough to say that I miss you.

They were so good.

And we love a sister-sister duo.

So fucking good.

That is like the celebrity moment of our childhood.

The calendar of a life.

Yeah.

So niche.

Like, we're so alternative.

Female.

Indie.

They literally have like side parts.

We are indie girls.

Yeah.

So don't ever come for us and say that we're not.

Yeah.

Like we're not mainstream.

We're not like other girls.

No, not at all.

Like I listened to Mumford.

I listened to the Veronicas.

Literally.

But then also we did encounter them like later in life when we were people.

We did?

Yeah.

Remember we went to that concert with Ryan Cabrera?

And you like interviewed him?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

At Webster Hall or something?

Yeah, but that was like after you went because you were an influencer.

Right, right.

No.

No, it's definitely more fun to like have a real fan moment as like a young person, like nothing to lose.

It's just like you're meeting your icon and it's like the best feeling in the world.

And like those moments stick with you like for your whole life.

Yeah, it's the best.

I feel like Snitch has had a lot of those moments.

I feel like now she like still runs into people and she's like, what do I do?

What do I say?

Can I get a picture?

Yeah, yeah.

Remember when we saw Shay Mitchell?

That's the one I was going to say.

Oh, yeah.

We were at a restaurant.

And Snitch was like so excited.

She was just having brunch with her friends.

I don't think Snitch did anything about it.

No, she didn't.

And I'm sure she regrets it.

Yeah.

We all have moments like that that we regret.

Recently, I think probably the most starstruck I've been in recent memory was when I saw RuPaul at a restaurant.

And like, I couldn't go over because it was like a restaurant that has like a no-approach role.

But even him just like standing near me, like, I was, I was like shaking.

Yeah.

That's like meeting like Madonna.

Like, he's literally like a living legend.

Yeah.

I wish I, like, I think like that one will stick with me, like, regret, the regret.

But you couldn't have done anything about it.

Yeah, I couldn't.

Okay.

Now it's time for our fifth and final story, which is a little tech news.

Spotify launches a new karaoke mode.

To all Spotify users, you'll now be able to sing along to your favorite tunes with the app's new karaoke feature.

The streaming platform's latest update includes a karaoke mode, which allows users to sing their favorite songs with the lyrics appearing on the screen.

In addition to displaying the words, the new feature also gives you a scorecard and rates your singing.

That's kind of mean.

Oh, love that.

That's a little like mean.

When are they doing the judging?

Are they deciding?

Are they putting on instrumental version?

Unclear.

Because I saw this news.

I'm like, this is such a good idea.

They could literally like put the karaoke companies like out of business.

But if they're not offering, like, you should be able to just toggle between instrumental and non-instrumental.

But not every artist puts out the instrumental version of their song.

And I don't think Spotify can just be like tinkering with songs.

I feel like literally moving forward, they could just be like, when you want to upload a song, also upload the.

Is that how much they're going to prioritize this karaoke?

Probably not.

But as a karaoke fiend, I think this is great.

And I'll definitely be using the feature.

And also, it's a great way to learn the lyrics to songs.

Like, you're just starting to get a single song.

Oh, yeah, this is going to put AZ lyrics out of business.

No, AZ lyrics could never go out of business.

I'm Dane is going to be excited about this news.

Yeah, no, and it's like, it's nice to sing along to a song.

And like, if you're not, like, 100% sure of the words, just to have them available.

Yeah.

I like that.

I like the beat.

I like the beat.

Spotify is just constantly raising the bar.

Like.

for everyone.

I'm sorry.

I mean,

breaking bread in music.

In podcasting, in tech.

They never stop thinking about their users.

Yeah.

And it's like, when I think of like the podcasting wars between like all the networks and, you know Spotify obviously has made the most progress in the last couple years and it just makes me think like what is Apple doing?

No, they're doing nothing.

They do nothing.

I don't even partner our Apple podcasts like originals are there?

No, and like why not?

Why haven't they entered the game?

Because it was so easy for them when podcasts started becoming popular.

Like just a podcast.

Like I didn't even realize that there was other podcasting.

Right.

And so now that like all these like Amazon's getting really into podcasts, all these big like streamers are getting into podcasts, what the fuck is Apple doing with their podcasts?

Like a couple, maybe like a year or two ago, they launched like a Patreon thing where like you can now pay for content.

It was so bad, first of all, they were taking so much money away from creators.

Like I would never do it.

And like they're just doing nothing.

They're giving us nothing.

Like they should start doing like either buying up like how they're buying Call Her Daddy, armchair expert, like how Spotify is doing that.

Amazon should be making their own shows, buying other shows.

Not Amazon, sorry, Apple.

And if they're too late,

what are you doing?

Because even them doing the subscription model, like that would have been great before Patreon existed.

Like now you're just copying everyone and you're just too late late, and you're not as good as copying it as Facebook is.

Also, if you go to the browse page on podcasts, like to me, the best part about Apple podcasts are the charts.

Like those are, you can see Spotify, I mean, people's podcast numbers, right?

You can see followers on other platforms.

Like the only thing we have is the charts.

Right.

And Apple redesigned their explore page a while ago and they like buried the charts and they like have their homepage is like messy, chaotic.

They have all these editorial pics of podcasts that they push forward and it's like, get this garbage out of here.

Yeah, and it should be Taylor to me because here's what I subscribe to taste of tailor the morning toast Sophia with an F, The Snatcher, Caviar Dreams with Margaret, Mood, The Redheads,

Hey Babe with Saul and Chris.

So like how is a revisionist history top scientist design their dream experiments something I would be interested in?

Yeah

It should be like targeted and it should be tailored to things that I like.

Like I'm not gonna walk I'm not gonna listen to Axios the cost of the economic war with Russia.

I have revisionist history as well.

And also, like, why aren't we on the homepage?

Like, no, it's like,

what are these podcasts?

And then I'm scrolling all the way down.

Now I can get to the charts.

I find the charts interesting because you're right.

Like, when it comes to podcasts, like, you would be really surprised.

A lot of the creators you follow, follow, no matter how many followers they have on certain social media platforms, that doesn't always translate to podcast listeners.

It's a great equalizer, you guys.

Yeah, so it's like they have fancy, you know, videos, and it looks like it's a really big podcast.

You would be surprised that literally nobody listens to their podcast.

And a telltale sign of like a podcast that you like follow not being popular is like if they're constantly moving networks.

Because a network will drop a podcast that doesn't have enough views to monetize it.

So if like a podcast you follow is always like, oh, I'm at a new network.

Now I'm at podcast one.

Oh, I do.

That's a telltale sign.

I don't see a lot of podcasts that like are constantly moving networks.

I see a couple.

But a telltale sign is how many reviews you have.

It doesn't matter what the rating is because a lot of people like hate review podcasts.

But like, and if you have a lot of reviews, even if they're hate reviews, like you have, you're making noise.

But that's literally Spotify again, be doing the most.

Like, you can only review a podcast on Spotify that Spotify has literal proof and data that you have listened to a couple times.

Yeah, it's gorgeous.

You can't just like ransack someone's page because you like got mad that they said something about pit bulls or whatever, and then start leaving negative reviews.

And Apple should adapt and steal that technology immediately.

Yeah, it's really smart.

It's so simple.

It's so simple.

Okay.

Those are the fast five stories.

So go sing your heart out on karaoke.

Yeah, I will, definitely.

Don't worry about me.

I'm not huge on karaoke, but once I'm there, I can get into it.

I don't know.

No, it's definitely like not fun to do something you're not like great at.

Ooh, but that's the point of karaoke.

That's why like I don't like, you know, spin, you know?

Yeah.

It's not fun doing something like you're not really good at.

No, but to me, I sound good and I do get into it, but it's like, then I have to listen to other people.

That is the thing.

Like, what are you not Mariah Carrie?

Sit down.

Yeah, no, listening to other people is beyond painful.

It's painful.

It's enjoyable to do your own.

I think everyone enjoys.

They feel like a star.

Even other people who have good voices, like, I don't care.

I don't give a shit.

And what song do you choose?

No, it's so true.

Chooses this song.

It's so fucking true.

That's my problem with karaoke.

We should just do it, me and you.

Everything's a duet.

We'll enjoy the whole time.

Or like me and you, separate rooms, separate mics.

A solo karaoke.

Well, now you could do that with Spotify.

But also, the fun of karaoke is having an audience.

Of course.

So it's good.

Something's good to do on your birthday.

You make everyone come and make everyone listen to you.

No one have a concerto.

No one else can have the mic.

I love that.

We have, those are the past five, and we're about to interview Jill Zarin, so we got to prep for that.

Yep.

I don't believe there's anything else we have to cover.

Nope.

Didn't watch any more content, didn't read any more books.

New episode of The Redheads is dropping, you know, who knows when.

Let me know if you want it sometime.

Let me know if you want it sooner rather than later.

But we are recording tonight.

So if you have questions about this month's book, email us, theredheadsbookclub at gmail.com.

You can also ask us like any book questions in general.

We like answering questions.

That's the point of the book club.

So, and next month's is Dana's Choice, and she gave me a sneak peek of what she's choosing, and it looks like a thriller.

Ooh.

It does.

It's not super Dana's choice-y, because she always picks like very intellectual books, but this looks like really good and twisted.

If you're looking for more content, The Snatcher came out today, new episode.

I'm on Shannon Ford's podcast, probably a podcast.

Listening, I heard you guys talk about me and say nice things, so I have to get to that part.

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