S5 Ep21: Covid Aladeen: Friday, February 4th, 2022

Good morning, Millennials.

Happy Friday.

Hey, Clog, you want to bring us into today's episode with song?

Yes, I do, you guys.

It is

Friday, Friday.

Gotta get down on Friday.

Everybody's looking forward to the weekend, weekend, Friday, Friday, getting down on Friday.

Wow, it's Friday, you guys.

We fucking did it.

We did it.

That it's just so exciting that it's Friday, honestly.

It's another like gloomy day here in New York, which made waking up really difficult.

And it was made easier knowing that we have two days of alarm-free living coming up.

And isn't that something?

It's really rainy here in Pennsylvania, too, but it's a mood for sure.

And we're just rolling into the weekend, you guys.

Like, we're feeling blessed.

We're feeling de-stressed.

How are you feeling, Jackie?

Another day, another LC update.

I am feeling okay.

Like, I'm really starting to, you know, be at my wit's end.

Breakdown.

And the mornings are when I'm feeling my best.

And if I'm coming on here saying, like, I don't know, then back, I can't even imagine what the afternoon has in store for me.

The evenings are just like so uncomfortable.

I can't even, like, I just,

I can't.

I'm so sorry.

You're so close to the end.

Your maternity leave starts at the end of next week.

We're here.

We're supporting you.

If you need to take a day off, you let me know.

I'll just talk to myself for an hour i think people will just love that um but we're so proud of you we're so proud of you thank you thank you this no but doing the show really like gets my spirits up and it's nice to like have something have some purpose so um i just need to shake off these like cobwebs i mean like my neck is kind of just everything fucking hurts and it's all coming down at once and it's just really really crazy and then like the my sleep is getting worse which is affecting my mornings which were my best part of day

when you like walk around your house and like go pee and stuff do you think like oh my god my water could break at any moment i don't think you're there yet are you i don't think i don't feel like i'm there yet and people say um the baby drops like lower into your belly before it's time to get ready and i don't know that baby has dropped okay i don't feel like i feel like i would know and i don't think that he has so i think you would know for sure So I think I'm not worried necessarily about that, but when I'm walking around my apartment, I'm just like waddling.

Like it's so cliche the way that you move around, like hands on belly, hands on back, just like from side to side, like a big, big old lady.

You're a big woman, and we're so excited for you.

Like, this is just the first toast baby.

Like, that is so crazy.

It's so crazy.

Can I ask you a question?

Me.

Yeah.

When are you going home?

And

what are you doing this weekend?

I don't know.

You don't have shows.

You don't have shows this weekend, right?

No, next weekend.

So like, that's why I've just really been like taking it easy.

Ben is away.

Ben was in Florida working, and I was on a golf trip with his friend.

So I would have been home alone all week, which you know, I fucking hate.

Right, right.

No, no, no.

And you know, I fully endorsed your decision to make a week of it.

I'm just like wondering when you come home.

Well, I'll probably come home after the weekend because I have a lot of stuff to do next week, and we have an amazing guest coming in the studio next week.

So I have to get back to the real world.

We have to be able to do that.

Yeah, you're sadly not going to be there.

I'm not going to be there, but I think I'll just submit like a list of questions, and you can can just like say, these come from Jackie.

Please.

Okay, cool.

No problem.

I have such FOMO.

I know.

So I do have to come back next week.

So I'm going to spend the weekend.

No plans yet, but I'm sure it'll be a grand old time.

And then I'll officially be back in the real world.

But I don't know.

That's the remote podcast life.

You could do it from anywhere.

A farm.

I'm not complaining.

And because you have no clothes, like we're getting skeletons every day.

I have no clothing because I was literally supposed to leave my house on Thursday, do shows Thursday, Friday, which requires no clothing, just like my costume, and then come home like Saturday or Sunday.

And that was a week ago.

So thank God I brought Spooky Scary and thank God Brian has a premium washing machine.

I have been washing them almost every day, which like pains me because the more I wash it, the more disintegrated these cheap Target pajamas come and I cannot find another pair for the life of me.

So it pains me to throw them in the wash, but like I'm walking around the farm, there's horses, like I gotta, I gotta wash them.

Yeah, you do, but I understand fully.

I also wanted to give an update because I said yesterday on the show that I don't think that there's anyone out there who's read every single Redheads book and listened to every single episode.

And you offended an entire community.

No, I was really overwhelmed and like flooded with responses of people saying, No, I am the person.

I have done every single book, every single episode.

And there were so many more people than I would have expected.

I would have thought, like, one, two, maybe three, but like, I got DMs to my personal account.

I got DMs to the Redheads account.

So I'm just like so honored that 28 books, 28 episodes, you guys are riding with us.

I literally told you.

I just, I couldn't wait.

It's a lot.

It's a lot of homework.

Of course, but that's what I've been trying to tell you.

Like the Redheads can't be stopped.

They can't be stopped.

And I actually gave you a book suggestion

last night.

Red, White, and Royal Blue.

It was our second ever Redheads book.

And like, the crew didn't love it, but I think that you would.

And I I think you should read it next.

And then you can listen to the episode.

My next challenge, not challenge, but my next thing on my to-do list is to watch the hating game movie.

Okay.

Because people actually said it was really good, even though when I was like reading the book, I couldn't see Lucy Hale being played as Lucy, which is just weird.

I don't know who the man is, but like I just wasn't getting Lucy vibes from Lucy.

Got it.

Interesting.

You've been watching a lot of TV.

Yeah.

Like no shade.

So I want to do a TV recap.

Okay.

Literally.

And for me, it's nice that I can watch a lot of TV and not feel like a piece of shit because it's literally my job.

Like I have a full TV recap planned for today.

Okay.

I've got two of the craziest documentaries I watched last night.

One of them is trending right now, the Tinder Swindler.

Have you heard of it?

So I've heard of it and it looks good.

So you'll share with us.

I mean, it was painful because this man was like so evil and like Jewish.

And I was like, and he was making his like fake names so Jewish.

And I'm like, we have our own problems.

Like stop.

Like seriously, it was painful.

It was painful that part.

Um, but it was really good.

Basically, and I'll do a whole recap, but he ran like a $10 million Ponzi scheme through Tinder.

Like, it was so crazy.

Oh, my gosh.

Okay.

Yeah.

And then the second thing I watched was Taken at Birth, which I haven't finished yet.

Like, we were, our eyes were like closing, but we needed to finish.

So we still have like an hour left.

It's a six-hour documentary.

It is the most fucked up.

It's like three identical strangers, but on like a huge scale.

Taken at Birth.

So fucked up.

By who?

Dr.

Hicks.

Where is he taking them?

So he ran a clinic in Georgia in the 60s, and it all happened so long ago.

They're having so much hard, like such a hard time finding information.

He ran a clinic in the 60s that was known for doing illegal abortions in like a safe way.

And he then turned that into running like an enormous adoption ring, like selling babies at the back door for $1,000.

Oh, wow.

That sounds interesting.

Over 200 babies.

Well, I'm not going to watch that at the current junction, but it sounds interesting.

No, no, no, no.

Oh, so I want to talk about both of those in the TV recap.

And then we have a special guest at the end of the episode, and we've got the fast five.

So it's going to be a gorgeous Friday.

Yeah, a gorgeous Friday.

And I feel like a lot of the stories are just like tying up loose ends from the week.

And then we can embark on the weekend, like feeling like we can put this week behind us.

We've had answers to some of the bigger questions that have been asked this week, as you shall see.

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it is time for the fast five stories that you need to know before you wake up and take a bite out of your morning toast.

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Okay, first story, some breaking-ish news from Kanye because he's taking to Instagram

to really ask for help here.

He posted a screenshot of North's TikTok and said, Since this is my first divorce, I need to know what I should do about my daughter being put on TikTok against my will.

I mean, I don't think promoting her account is

helping.

No, but this is definitely something that comes up in divorce proceedings.

Like, we see it on, you know, housewives all the time, like when two people get divorced and then it means that the kids can't film.

Um, this is a really interesting subject.

I agree, it's drawing more attention to it right now.

And, like, we know how North loves her TikTok, so that's kind of a bummer.

She's not being forced on TikTok against her will.

Literally, North is forcing Kim against her will to make a TikTok.

No, but she's on TikTok against Kanye's will.

Like Kanye doesn't approve, not against her own will.

I just think that's kind of hypocritical.

Like, he doesn't want, okay, I would understand if he was always keeping North in the dark, not in the public, but like, didn't he literally have her perform at his enormous fashion week show?

Like, so just because it's not your idea, like, you're unhappy with it, he exploits North all the time.

Ooh.

Not in a bad way.

Points are being made.

Why TikTok?

Why is TikTok different from all other platforms?

I don't know.

He'll have to explain himself for that because that is a good point.

Because ultimately, I kind of feel this a little bit.

I mean, I just think kids are on these platforms too young in general.

I agree.

I also think that going, taking to Instagram to share your...

your qualms is not the place to do it.

But I also agree with you that North has very much been on a bigger platform under bigger spotlights thanks to Kanye.

and that was okay with him.

So it's a little hypocritical.

Yeah.

And also like things like this just give me a pit in my stomach because whenever Kanye is like publicly feuding on social media with his family in the past, it's just correlated to you know some of his mental health struggles.

And I hope that's not what's going on here, but it just does give me like reminiscent of you know his Twitter rants, which we know was like a really negative headspace for him.

So

I hope that they can work it out privately and and that this doesn't mean Kanye is struggling again.

Yeah, but he said this a few weeks ago also.

I think when he was making those videos in the car on the way to the birthday party, like he's been saying he doesn't like North on TikTok.

No, and I believe that, but like, handle it.

You telling us about it is not going to help your cause.

Like there's nothing we can do.

And he needs to take it up with the boss herself, North.

Chris.

No, North is in charge of North's destiny.

And if he is having an issue, he needs to talk to North.

And I really believe this is one of North's passion projects.

And as someone who's like a firm believer in following your passions and, you know, following through on your passion projects, I do support.

Like, I do believe North,

she wakes up every day and can't, she can't wait to make a TikTok.

Like, it makes her so happy.

I really think that.

So she's going to have to explain that to him.

I think she's the only one who could really get through to him and be like, dad, I love the talk.

The talk life is the best life.

It is the best life.

I agree with you, North, and I understand.

And if someone was trying to take away my TikTok privileges, like they'd have to fight me for it.

So I'd fully support North in her passion projects and I fully support Kanye in his wanting limitations for TikTok of course so do I but like really handling it like makes me feel like he's not serious because he's posting it on Instagram agreed I don't like the way he's handling it but the message itself I think has merit I think this is probably something that a lot of parents like this is might be relatable for a lot of parents of you know uh eight-year-old girls yeah I mean that's like something that when I think about in the future like having to like talk to my kids about social media like I'm gonna be even though it's like so hypocritical, because it's literally my whole job, like my children will not have access to social media.

Like after I saw the social dilemma and like what it's doing to the minds and mental health of our young girls, like I will literally, and I say that now, but then like once they're gonna start crying, I just throw them the phone.

Like that's definitely something I think about a lot.

Like how am I gonna have that conversation?

And like what it, what are my parenting rules going to be as it pertains to social media?

And is that immensely hypocritical of me?

Here's the thing.

It sounds hypocritical because like your whole life is social media and like you've made your career and your living with social media.

But I think the more invested in social media you are, like the more aware you are of all of the negative consequences as opposed to someone who just like it partakes just for fun and when they feel like it.

So I actually think that most people, including like celebrities, influencers, like they have seen the darkest sides of social media.

So they are the most

equipped, wary.

of letting their kids use it.

That's actually a really good point.

But like, I think about that a lot and I'm not even a mother.

Yeah.

No, it's, it's scary out there.

And it's also like every day, every week, every month, like it's degenerating further.

Like, we're not trending in an upwards position.

It gets worse and worse.

We're not trending in an upwards positive direction with the social media comments and behaviors.

No, it's not a linear.

It's not linear progress.

No, it's dissension.

Delinear.

Delinear.

Thank you.

Is that the right word?

I don't know.

I like literally got Wordle in two tries today, so I think I'm like an actual wordsmith.

Oh my God.

So I shared my Wordle yesterday.

First of all, I just want to let everyone know I did not guess shart.

Okay.

And I couldn't.

Oh, by the way, it took everything inside me not to guess sharp yesterday.

Okay, because I couldn't share.

Like I posted my experience on Wordle, but I couldn't share about the shark because I didn't want to give anything away.

Now that it's a new day, I need to let you know, like I did not guess sharp, but I had S-H-A-R for four tries before I got it.

I had share, I had shark, I had sharp, and then it was sharda.

But I still don't know.

I like, that's not even a word.

Like, that was the most annoying word they could have chosen.

I know, but I just didn't want to be associated with a shart.

So no, but you are.

It's too late.

I had to clear my name.

Okay, are you ready for our next story?

A follow-up to yesterday's story.

Our little bubble of joy is over because Chloe Kardashian is denying dating Harry Jowsey.

I mean, she definitely left it open to interpretation when she wrote in caps.

Absolutely not true.

Yeah, no, I'm not sure where we landed, where we netted on all of this.

It's still possible.

Yeah, I think that they're probably, it's like early days.

For sure.

But you know, what's so funny is like Harry Jousey's such like a fuckboy, like living for the attention.

He had posted a photo dump like of his week, and buried in the middle was this photo of like his, he's sitting in the driver's seat and in the passenger seat, there's all these flowers and it's like a really nice car.

So the Dumois tip said flowers and Bentley and he literally put up a photo of what appears to to be flowers and a Bentley.

So he was obviously like pulled that from Pinterest and just like was trying to

like he's living for it.

It kind of reminds me of when like Jeffree Star

was like, I'm going to Sunday service.

That was funny.

Yeah, that was really funny.

I mean, this was fun while it lasted.

Also, I got some DMs that Harry Jowsey had been linked in the past to Larsa.

Yes.

Okay.

And they actually spoke about it on what TV show was it?

It was Love is Blind.

Oh, oh, wait, no.

That was...

Okay, never mind.

Yeah, no, it was Larsa.

Okay, on, like, the Love is Blind reunion.

Do you remember Damien who was engaged to Giannina?

Yeah.

He had paparazzi pictures, I think, with Larsa.

And it became like a whole thing.

With Francesca.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Okay, I'm getting my reality stars confused.

But yes, he had been linked, but I think they just like went to dinner and he like helped her to her car and the paparazzi were outside.

Like, I don't think it was a thing i don't know i could i could ship that too now that i'm a larstistan yeah i mean

literally the one and only um so yes this is not true our heart is breaking but you know what what you said yesterday is entirely possible maybe this is their meet cute yeah maybe this is their meet cute just like a hallmark movie and i so i would say on this like there's definitely a chance

You know,

yeah, no, I don't know if I would say that, but I think there's a chance that they just met yesterday.

Like, you see this crazy rumor about us?

Yeah.

We should get drinks and talk about it, you know?

Yeah, talk it through for sure.

Thinking it through.

That is so funny.

Well, you know, it was fun while it lasted.

And to whoever made it up and submitted it, like, that's just really fun.

And I believe it's harmless gossip.

I mean, I hope it didn't cause any harm to anyone.

I can't imagine how it would have, but.

It was just like a fun thing for us to all experience.

I was thinking about that yesterday.

Like the person who actually pulled this rumor out of their ass and decided to just fuck with everyone obviously didn't think it would become like as big of a thing, like to the point where Chloe's responding.

Nobody thought that.

And she's probably like either hysterically laughing in her bedroom or like freaking out that people are going to find out that it was her.

And she started this.

I think that she is working on her next rumor and it's not going to be as good.

And she's going to get herself into trouble.

So if you're listening to this, I would say quit while you're ahead.

You've had success here.

Don't keep going because usually it doesn't end up like this and people get big mad.

Well, she's a powerful woman.

So if she is listening to this, like, I wouldn't mind you starting a harmless rumor about me.

Like, here's some suggestions.

Okay.

Claudia Autre, you know, and Ben Saffer add third to their relationship.

John Mayer confirms something like that.

Okay.

Love it.

I could believe it.

I know that's all.

That's the only one.

That's the one I want out there.

Okay.

Maybe I'll do it.

I could believe it too.

Yeah.

I don't give a fuck.

I'll do it.

That's like the most niche movie reference that, like, only our family giggles at.

And I bet, okay, does anyone in the world know what this is from?

I'll do it.

I don't give a fuck.

I'll do it.

No, because it's literally the most random moment in Borat from like 15 years ago when he gets in like this RV with a bunch of college kids.

Like a bunch of so random.

Crazy people.

Yeah.

I'll do it.

I don't give a fuck.

I'll do it.

I feel like we say it a lot on the toes, but we've actually never like explained explained what it's from.

It's from Borat, and it's like literally the most unremarkable scene.

And I don't know why, like, as a family, we like we're just very impacted by that quote, and we use it all the time.

It's so funny, and I think it's also a great moment to like have a Borat appreciation moment.

If you're looking for a great movie to watch this weekend, add it to your list.

Yeah, if you're looking for a great Sasha Baron Cohen movie to watch, I would suggest, which one is Aladine, the Dictator?

That's my favorite one yeah that one is so good and also oh my god so you know how we always say every time and this is like another family random joke that we always say like when we take a covid test and it's um negative we say positive negative we say we're covet aladine

and i was actually talking to someone and i said it i was like oh my god aladine and they were like someone said that to me and i didn't know what it meant And so someone else is going around saying COVID Aladine also, but you only say it when you're negative, even though it means positive and negative.

You only say it when you're negative.

Because if you're obviously COVID positive, you're not making a joke about it.

So, for those who don't know what Al-Adin is, it's from the movie The Dictator.

Basically, Sasha Baron Cohen plays a dictator where he just like changes all the rules in his country and he makes his last name, Aladin, mean like 50 different things.

So, it means positive, it means negative.

So, they cut to this guy at a clinic getting tested for STDs.

He's like, Sir, your test was Aladin.

Yay,

no,

such a good movie, such a good movie.

Definitely watch it.

I hope everyone is COVID-Aladine this weekend.

And then also the theme song of the movie is Bada Da Da Da.

It's the motherfucking D O Double G.

Aladin, motherfucker.

So good.

Maybe you should have a Sasha Baron

Cohen watch weekend.

Sasha Baron Covid?

Well, actually, everything he does is so funny.

But do you know that he has, I actually never saw it.

He has like a serious role.

It's a short series about

the spy.

Yeah.

Is that what it's called?

Yeah, I saw it.

I heard it was amazing.

Oh, you know, it's amazing.

Yeah, it's amazing.

It's a lot, but you should watch it.

It's so good.

Yeah, I always think like I need to watch that.

Yeah, you definitely should.

Add it to the Sasha Baron Cohen marathon weekend.

Yeah.

Okay.

It can be annoying, but you know, I met Sasha Baron Cohen once.

And how did that go?

I've never actually in my life been so starstruck.

Like, I just stood there.

I didn't even, I can't, honestly, met is a strong word because, like, we were in a circle of people and everyone was talking, and I was just like sitting there because I was like nervous.

That's how meets usually go.

It was really overwhelming.

Like, I had a whole speech, like, my Jewish king, but I didn't.

No, no, he doesn't want to hear it.

Not at all.

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The 50s Shades of Greystar is reportedly intact to appear in a Spider-Man spin-off entitled Madam Webb for Sony Pictures.

The character was first introduced in the 1980s, the amazing Spider-Man comic.

She's described as a mutant who can predict the future of spidey superheroes and is usually drawn as an old woman who is blind and paralyzed.

She's essentially surrounded by web-like machinery to help her live and stay safe.

Okay, I don't know what I'm feeling all over the place.

I think the concept of like a female Spider-Man is great.

Love it.

Yeah.

Especially one that's like based in something that comes from the comics, not just like, we're going to make a spider-woman take.

Yeah, no, totally.

That's like offensive to women.

The thing with Dakota Johnson is like, I want to hate her because she's like really the face of nepotism.

Like she got a lead role in an enormous franchise and I don't think she'd ever acted a day in her life.

Like it's the most shocking, nepotistic.

Both of her parents are famous, but for some reason, it doesn't bother me because she's like kind of a queen.

She's like so beautiful and funny.

And she was the queen who really unraveled the um Ellen story.

And so, for that, I feel like we just have to support this project.

Yeah, I feel like I don't have strong feelings one way or the other, but I do feel like recently her um

modern family relationship with Gwyneth and Chris and everything just like really reflects positively on her as a person.

I think it's like a really hard situation to come into.

And Gwyneth had just posted like this week how much she loves Dakota.

Yeah, no, by the way, I completely agree with you, but I think it says a lot about Gwyneth.

Oh, well, of course, but we already knew that she's like a modern queen.

For me, like if Gwyneth gives her stamp of approval to anyone, especially someone who's dating the father of her children, like this person must be exceptional.

That's exactly what I'm saying.

And because we already know that Gwyneth is exceptional.

And it's just like, you know, most people, I don't know if they or is it the person who's like not welcoming the new person into the family or is it the new person that's coming into the family?

Like it depends most of the time.

It depends on the circumstances.

I'm sure we can do a deer toasters with both, you know?

Yeah.

And I'm sure it's also like a little bit of both.

Like, nobody's perfect.

So maybe like your idiosyncrasies just like totally clash with the other person's flaws as well.

Yeah.

I mean, I don't know if I could see Dakota Johnson playing a superhero, but maybe she's a versatile actress and we don't know.

How to be single was a great movie.

Right.

That's funny that you think of How to Be Single.

I'm only thinking of 50 Shades, but I only saw the first one.

I've never seen.

That movie was plagued by the fact that the two of them had absolutely no chemistry.

If anything, they had the opposite of chemistry.

They had beef.

And that really just pops off the screen.

You know, the thing is, we talk about this all the time, like what it takes to make a great franchise.

And Twilight being, you know, the perfect example of two people who...

were deeply in love and that chemistry translated so much on screen.

It can have the opposite effect.

If, I mean, Kissing Booth 2 and 3, Jacob Alordi and Joey King couldn't even stand each other and the movies flopped for a reason.

Yeah.

And also, I don't want to spoil it for you because I don't know if you will be watching Victoria ever.

I will.

It's actually not a spoiler, but I mean, you know who Victoria marries.

No.

Thank you for asking.

That's the thing about historical movies.

Like, okay, we watch The Irishman, spoiler alert, if you've never seen it.

There's some character, Jimmy Hoffa, and Olivia blurts out, oh, I wonder who ends up murdering Jimmy Hoffa.

I'm like, what?

Jimmy Hoffa dies.

And she's like, he's a real character.

You didn't know that.

She was being like an intellectual snob.

So I think that like this whole thing about spoiler alerts and real move, like real historical,

there's a gray area because not everyone knows who Victoria married and who the fuck Jimmy Hoffa was.

Okay, so I won't give a spoiler on the, on what happened and who Victoria chooses, but the person that she chooses and that plays out in the show, the entire time they're filming the show, like the two of them are very much dating in real life, Jenna Coleman and the actor.

Love that.

And like

you can, you can feel it come off the screen.

Like you really, really can.

And so then they broke up recently, which is just like so sad.

And Victoria's season four, there's been like whispers and it's been delayed and everything.

But in the time that, you know, they haven't gotten their shit together, like Jenna Coleman was spotted leaving his townhouse.

And so maybe,

maybe everything will be okay for season four if we didn't get a season four.

Most, because I like it and I found it.

It's gone.

It's a bit happen.

It's a goner.

Finish.

Also, most recently broke the box office.

Spider-Man, Tom Holland, and Zendaya being a couple.

couldn't hurt.

I mean, I didn't see it, but I imagine the chemistry was palpable.

Palpable.

Agreed.

So.

So if you want a successful franchise, fall in love with your co-star.

Yeah, but you can't like fake that.

That's the thing.

Hollywood can fake a lot of stuff.

No, I think that's the

genesis quai.

That's it.

It fascinates.

Secret sauce.

Yeah.

And they can do all their CGI.

They can like make shit happen, but they can't fake love.

And I think that's the moral of the story.

And you know what's so great about Twilight?

Even though, you know, Robert and Kristen are long over.

She recently, not recently, but a couple years after the breakup, she did a really in-depth Howard Stern interview, and there was a lot of speculation because it was like so perfect.

You know, this huge franchise, two people fall in love.

She was like, no, no, no.

Like, it was full.

And now she's recently come out as gay.

So I think a lot of people questioned the relationship.

And she said, in no way was any of it for press.

None of it was fake.

Like, we were so in love.

It's a great interview she does with Howard Stern.

And just to hear that as like a Twilight stand, like, it brought tears to my eyes.

Like, I got misty-eyed.

That's so beautiful.

Gorgeous.

I think that's a perfect segue to our next story, which is about another iconic couple.

And David Beckham is kind of like spilling the tea on his wife and saying that she's eaten the same thing for the last 25 years.

And of course, like I was like, click.

Oh, I believe it.

What is she?

What is she eating?

Okay, while appearing on the latest episode of River Cafe Table 4 podcast, David Beckham revealed the meal his wife has eaten since they met in the late 1990s.

He said, I get quite emotional about food and wine when I'm eating something great, I want everyone to try it.

Unfortunately, I'm married to someone that has eaten the same thing for the last 25 years.

Since I met Victoria, she only eats grilled fish and steamed vegetables.

She will very rarely deviate away from that.

He said, The only time she probably ever shared something that's been on my plate was actually when she was pregnant with our daughter, Harper.

And it was the most amazing thing.

I feel like this is you and Ben.

I was just like, nuts make everything about me, but like reading this, and I said, Ben easily could have have written this only because I know it's actually really hard for Ben.

He's such a foodie.

And when he goes out, he'll order three things, not because he wants to eat three things, but he wants to try.

And if he had a partner who could, you know, split an appetizer or two, like it would change his life.

But he doesn't have that.

So we literally pay for a meal for like four people because I get the same thing every time.

I go to a restaurant and I look at the menu.

I find either the salmon or the chicken.

Like that's, I will never, ever deviate from that.

It's just who I am.

Like I'm a creature of habit.

Ben has never ordered the same thing twice.

Even if we go to the same restaurant two nights in a row, he'll get different things.

Yeah, it really is such a shame because they do say opposites attract.

And I'm sure on some level, like, you know, subconsciously, that's what makes you guys work is that you're so different.

But what about the convenience of like, he could order three things that he wants to try, and then you could also order things that three things you want to try.

And then we tried six things.

Where does that account when our opposites attract?

Our food and beverage bills would be half the price if we could share.

Like, we just, I don't even know.

The only thing we really share is like a side of French fries.

And I don't even like to share those.

Like, they're mine.

We get two.

Yeah.

And, like, he, like, loves going to new restaurants and trying, like, you know, hate.

So, like, who?

Hate.

And now that I think about it, like, he's, oh, you're never going.

When he's going, oh my gosh, like, you're never there.

No, like, if me and Ben go out to dinner, I go to the same four restaurants.

Like, I love Sirabond.

I like Kaima.

I like

like Gemma, Serafina.

There's like five restaurants I'll go to, and they're not even like the best restaurants in the city.

They just have shit there that I like, and I get the same thing every time.

We couldn't be more different.

And I know it actually, like, it plagues Ben.

That's so unfortunate, logistically.

But you know what?

That's why he has so many friends that want to share appetizers with him.

He has so many friends.

And now, like, knowing Victoria and David Beckham, who have really stood every test in Hollywood, stood the test of time 25 years happily married.

There might be something to this.

And maybe it's just like the fact that you have your own things.

Like maybe if you guys were too similar, you know, then you would fight over what you, what you would want to order and try.

You would also like fight over like what was the best thing.

Now like you each have your own thing.

He can tell you what the best thing on the menu was and you just believe him.

Well, we order in a lot, especially, you know, since the pandemic started.

like even more.

And if it were up to me, I would order the same thing every night.

I get chicken teriyaki from sushi sake.

Like it is my absolute, I could eat it till I die.

And every time I come home, Ben's like, what do you want to order?

I'm like, Seki.

And it like pains him because he's eating the same thing multiple times a week.

And I actually got a notification from Uber Eats that I'm in like the top 0.01% of people who order from sushi sake.

And do you know how many times I've ordered from sushi sake in the last year?

And this was like a couple of weeks ago.

How many?

100.

I've been getting those.

I think that's crazy.

That's crazy.

I got, I get a lot of those badges these days of like, I'm in the top 5% of customers.

Every restaurant I order from, they're like, you're in the top 5% of customers.

I'm like, what's everyone else doing then?

Where are you going?

Like, I'm 30%.

Some people are leaving their house.

Some places I do order from a lot, but sometimes I'm just like, you know, once every few weeks.

And yeah, I guess they are.

They are leaving their house, but nothing is more embarrassing than getting those badges.

I don't know if Uber Eats and Postmates like

as a point of pride, but it's humiliating.

Humiliating to know that I'm in the top 1% of people who order bagels from this bagel place.

When I saw three digits of the amount of times that I've ordered from sushi, I wanted to literally die.

And it's definitely, you know what?

It's not good business.

It's not good business because every time I thought about ordering food, I was like, you know what, I'll just go pick something up because I couldn't stand the shame of my Uber Eats app.

So they should really stop.

Yeah.

Agreed.

On that note, are you ready for our fifth and final story?

I'm not going to sing.

Yeah, I'm fine.

Please sing.

Everyone wants you to sing.

It's Friday.

They don't want you to sing.

Jackie, do you know know what I did yesterday?

What did you do?

I read some recent podcast reviews.

Okay.

Oh, I read some too the other day.

There was one that really bothered me.

There was one that bothered me.

Me too.

But I can't remember what it was.

Mine was yours.

Did they recently start doubling up how many ads they do?

It's literally the whole show.

I'm like,

okay, so we do a 60-minute episode.

We do three, maybe four ads, one minute each.

So four minutes out of 60 is the whole show, Wench.

And this is a business bitch.

Like, we have shit to do.

Wench.

wait i'm dying such a wenchy comment you guys i'm going to give you a little like uh trick of the trade for podcasts pretty much for every 15 minutes is one ad so if we're doing an hour show that's four ads and so we're not doing any more or less ads than we're supposed to be doing i don't really want to okay i just pulled up um oh my god i'm not even gonna look quickly i can't remember what it was that hurt my feelings i can't remember what it was that hurt my feelings but um and there were a lot of negative ones but sometimes they don't hurt i'm like okay that's your opinion cool Yeah, there was just like something that, um,

I think I know what it was because I saw it too.

Was it like really complimentary to me and like really nasty to you?

What was the nastiness to me?

It was just like, Claudia is a born entertainer, which was so nice.

Oh no, I haven't seen this.

And then it was like, and Jackie's just like monotone, and she ends every sentence with a G.

I don't even know what that meant.

With a G?

Okay, now I'll have to look out for that.

No, that wasn't, that wasn't even it.

Well, what actually, there was like two that actually really bothered me because I guess some people didn't like what we had to say about Jenny Wen.

And they were like, okay.

Well, if this was about the Jewish community, you know, they only care about things that relate to them.

And then it's like literally the next week we had a whole segment on Whoopi Goldberg's anti-Semitism.

And I think we literally gave the same amount.

We literally said the same thing to Jenny that we said about the same principle.

And because we are principled people.

That's what's nice about having principles.

You can just apply them to everything and you'll be consistent.

I saw those comments on the Jenny Wen episode and I was just like, is this your first time listening?

Because when have we ever gone harder against someone?

If anything, I feel like we're more forgiving when someone insults the Jewish community because we just like don't want to believe that like people have that amount of hate in their hearts.

You know, and I really feel like I'm extremely inconsistent in most facets of my life.

Like I'm extremely hypocritical.

But I actually feel like when we talk about cancel culture, I feel like I'm very equal when it's like a community that I'm a part of or a community that I'm not a part of.

That's like something I actually like to pride myself on.

So I didn't appreciate that.

And I'm never reading podcast reviews again.

Yeah.

Well, I just like scroll down to some and now I'll try and find the one that's.

Just don't do it.

No, Jackie, you're pregnant and you need to protect your aura and your energy.

And seriously, I'll kill you if you do it.

Okay.

Okay.

Great.

But there's like whatever.

Sometimes there's something in there.

I'm like, you know what?

That's actually some pretty good feedback.

Yes, of course.

It's important to incorporate that.

It's important to know, like, sometimes people actually do give critical feedback, like in a helpful, nice way, and they don't give you one star.

They're like, I love this show, four stars, but could you just do this?

Thank you.

Yeah, agreed, agreed.

Okay, are you ready for our fifth and final story now, which you're not going to sing because you've been...

Because I've been silenced.

You've been silenced.

Well, it's about the Winter Olympics, which kicked off last night, opening ceremonies of the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Today is our first day of activities.

They are taking place in Beijing, which is 13 hours ahead of the East Coast.

So it's like very,

you know, there's the live, but then there's also going to be prime time, and it's going to be confusing because the opening ceremonies aired last night.

I don't know.

Brian didn't want to watch it.

We were like stuck in this documentary that I'm going to talk about in five minutes.

I do not see one thing

about anyone watching.

Where's the opening?

I have no idea.

Yeah, no, I thought the same thing.

There's like very little energy being put towards, I think it's because it's like controversial.

Well, here, no, here's.

Yes, it is controversial, but also the opening ceremony will air in prime time tonight.

Oh, okay, good.

It's ready to happen.

Okay, yeah.

And I was thinking, why would it premiere on a Thursday?

That's just like not good television.

That's not the show business.

If you're looking for premium coverage of the Olympics, I highly suggest following Leslie Jones on all social media platforms.

She watches every single minute of it and she records herself and her reactions.

And seriously, the fact that NBC hasn't hired her like an official capacity as an Olympic correspondent is devastating because she's so funny.

It's like my favorite thing to watch.

And as far as I know, she's literally the only person talking about it.

Yeah, but there hasn't been much to talk about yet.

But today we will have activities starting at 12 noon Eastern time.

But then the opening ceremony will air tonight.

So it's just, it's confusing.

All over the place.

Very much so.

Okay, well, that's very exciting.

There's also a historic moment happening for Israel.

The first modern Orthodox woman is an Olympian and she is competing.

So I just, you look to see

that's as far as I know.

Okay.

I only read the headline.

We'll have to watch the opening ceremony to find out.

Yeah, very exciting.

So I love the Olympics.

I will be tuning in, but I do agree there's like a lack of energy, a lack of momentum, lack of spirit for the Winter Olympics.

And I just think the Winter Olympians deserve more.

It's also Sean White's last Olympics.

Like there's a lot.

It's a historic season.

Oh, wow.

He's, oh, I didn't realize that he was

competing.

I thought he was going to be like broadcasting.

No, I think, you know, let me just double check my facts because, you know, I like to make things.

No, you sound right.

He's like, still does his thing.

He's so cute.

You know, he's dating Nina Dobrev.

Of course, I know.

Ships so hard.

Sean White on 22 Winter Olympics.

It's tough to say goodbye.

So yeah, I think this is his last one.

Very cool.

And him and Nina Dobrev are actually extremely cute.

Extremely.

I'm happy for them.

Me too.

Okay, well, those are the past five stories.

I feel as though you needed to know them.

And now, Claudia is going to share everything that she's been watching.

Before you do, let me just say, I started season five of Pull Dark.

I finished with my break.

I know how you love when I talk about Pull Dark, Claudia.

You're just like, can I tell you something?

What did Ross do?

What did Damilza say?

Can I tell you something?

Yeah.

I have literally no idea what Pole Dark is.

Like, you keep talking about it.

I'm like, it took me a while to figure out it was a TV show.

Like, I'm seriously, like, I'm so confused every time you talk about it.

Okay, it is a TV show.

It's a period piece.

It is set now.

We're 1800 in London.

They do live in Cornwall most of the time.

And it's just,

They know.

But of course, that's what I was thinking.

It's just a historical fiction television show.

What channel?

On Amazon Prime.

There's five seasons.

And if you're into that sort of thing, like it is a really good show.

It has really good moments, but it's also incredibly frustrating.

And so I watched four seasons and I needed a break from it from Ross Paul Dark and his antics.

I just came back for season five because I just want to close the book on it.

Season five is somehow even more frustrating than all of the other seasons.

So I just need to plow through and get to the end because they're really just like driving the show into the ground, no offense.

And

the shade.

Yeah, but I would still like recommend it if you're into that sort of thing.

But this is what happens with all television shows, you know?

There's only so much you can do.

And it's like, you don't want to cause too much

strife and controversy within the show because then like your faves might get broken up.

And like, I don't want to see that for Ross and DeMelza.

I do ship.

So it is what it is, but it's also very frustrating.

So I will finish that this weekend.

I'm actually really excited to start Real Houses of Miami now that I am like, a Larsis Stan.

I'm going to make an Instagram fan account.

Stop.

Larsa Stan for life.

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So the two documentaries that I watched, the first one, which was like a little bit lighter, was The Tinder Swindler.

And I told you, it's this man who literally used Tinder in Europe to

do a Ponzi scheme of over $10 million.

He told everyone he was like the son of this really rich Israeli guy.

So he took his name, but the guy had no sons.

So like literally...

These girls who he was, he was meeting them on Tinder, took them on a private jet, their first date.

And it turned out like with every girl he was like swindling, he was using money from a previous girl.

So he would get in relationships with them, buy them everything they want.

And then the money runs out.

And he's like, oh, my God, all my diamond, he's in the diamond business.

All my diamond enemies are onto me.

They're trying to kill me.

He sends pictures of like fake blood.

He's like, oh, my God, I don't, I can't, they're tracing my credit cards.

Can you just like lend me your credit card?

And he would run up these crazy charges, make the women take out loans.

Most of them are now in debt for $250,000 each.

It was the craziest story.

And the women really got the story to be told and got him arrested.

They contacted the biggest paper in Norway.

Two of the women sat down.

And then once the article came out, all these women all over Europe, Europe, like London, Oslo, Norway, started to come forward.

And they, the woman who actually ended up facilitating his arrest was this queen, like queen.

Okay, but she was so pissed before she turned him in.

She was like, literally, I'm $140,000 in debt.

And if he gets turned in, like, I'm fucked.

So he was telling her, like, I need money, I need money, I need money.

She's like, okay, I have a great idea.

Let me sell all your designer clothes for you.

I work in luxury fashion.

I will sell all your designer clothes.

I'll come to, I think he was in Amsterdam.

He's like, I'll come pick it up and then I'll send you the money.

So he's so desperate.

He's like, okay, amazing.

She goes, she takes three enormous suitcases of all of his designer clothes that he's acquired over the years and starts listing them on eBay.

And she never told us how much she ended up making.

She said she didn't make back the full amount, but like it was enough to make a dent and really like screw him over because after that, he was like spending $12 a night to live in a hostel.

And she found out what name he was going to use for his next life.

He kept changing his name and she reported him to the police and he got arrested.

He literally did 15 months in prison.

He got sentenced to 15.

Sorry.

He only stayed for five.

He's out and about.

He's free now, living his best life.

These women are still in debt.

And when they take out these loans, they have crazy interest rates.

So they keep making payments, but they're fucked.

Like they're

whatever.

So the whole thing was really interesting because his Instagram, he was posing as Simon Levive.

the son of this heiress of the LLD Diamonds.

LLT Diamonds is a real company that has absolutely nothing to do with this.

And they had to post a statement on their Instagram being like, we're like a small business.

Like we have nothing to do with this man.

Leave us alone.

But I went to Simon's Instagram last night and he had 159,000 followers and he was on private.

And I was like, fuck, I wanted to stock.

Then when we finished the documentary, I checked again.

He had 175,000 and he was on public.

And I saw that we had a mutual friend.

And I was like, oh my God, I'm freaking out.

So I texted my friend and I was like, so funny.

I'm like, how do you know Simon Levive?

He goes, ha ha,

I don't.

I'm like, but why do you guys, like, why do you follow him?

I just watched a documentary and and I'm obsessed.

And I just want to say, like, the fact this person is like a man about town.

He runs in fabulous circles.

Like, he wouldn't know.

It wasn't shocking at all.

Yeah.

So I'm like, why do you follow him?

I just watched a documentary and I'm obsessed.

He goes, because I just watched a documentary also.

Oh, my God.

And I immediately followed him.

I thought, I literally thought we had a mutual friend.

He was like, no, no, no.

I just watched a documentary and I thought it was so crazy.

I thought you were going to say that you

found someone that you're friends with who like thought this guy is who he says he is and like was going to be his next victim.

I thought I was about to blow my friend's mind being like, Simon Levive is not who you think he is.

His name is Simon Hayute.

Like, but it wasn't.

That is so funny.

And then the next thing I watched is this three-part TLC documentary called Taking a Birth about the Dr.

Hicks babies, which I had never heard of.

But in 1997, this article came out and blew this whole thing wide open.

Basically, there was a man in Georgia.

who was running like a clinic, but it was well known underground for being like a safe place to get an illegal abortion.

Cause, you know, back in the day, you couldn't get an abortion if you did.

It was really dangerous.

And he was like known for like taking care of all these women.

And it turns out that he was running this incredibly fucked-up adoption ring where he was either women came to him to give birth and he would tell them that their babies died and then be selling the baby out the back door for a thousand dollars to like random women across the country who were infertile.

Or women would come for an abortion and he was like, I guess some like pro-life activist who would be like, no, listen,

keep the baby and I will take care of it for you.

So he would keep these women pregnant until like 30 weeks and have them like induced.

So these babies would be like tiny.

This woman said, I came to pick up my daughter and I could fit her in both my hands.

Like, and they like, it was just so, it was so fucked up.

And so now all these Hicks babies who have like recently found each other are trying to find their lineage or trying to find their birth parents.

There's no documentation because all of their birth certificates are fraudulent.

Like,

and because it has their, it has their adopted parents' names names on their birth certificate so thanks to 23andme and like ancestry like some people are able to find like close relatives but this is also the 50s so most of these people's parents have passed away without ever finding out that they had a child they literally thought this woman thought she gave birth to two stillborn twins and we found one of them steven like it's so fucked up Oh my god, but wait, so the people who gave birth to, and then he said that the babies died, like they wanted to keep their babies?

Yes, they just came to give birth.

Oh my god.

It's so horrible.

And like the town is really weird because, like, there's a lot of old people who live in the town who were around during that time.

And

it was like a well-known thing that he was doing.

And like, they all kept his secret.

And he was like this honorable man who everyone loved.

But like, people knew about it.

Like, it's not like this is coming as a shock.

The town is like trying to cover it up and it's like really fucked up.

There's just like a lot of creepy things happening.

But where I left off last night is that

there's a chance.

They exhumed the body of Dr.

Hicks' son to get DNA because he died about 40 years ago.

Dr.

Hicks himself died like a million years ago.

So they exhumed his body to get DNA from the son because they think a lot of these babies are related to Dr.

Hicks.

Like he was fucking around on the side.

Him and his son were both fucking around on the side and were literally like taking these babies from the women that they got pregnant and giving them to families who were struggling with fertility.

So last night they exhumed the body.

We have to get the DNA.

I don't know what's going to come of it, it, but it's the most.

Do you think that they were intentionally getting women pregnant so that they had babies to sell?

I don't know.

It's the thing is, is like this happened so long ago.

There's like no information.

They're literally like grasping at straws.

Oh my God, that is so fucking spooky.

It makes my stomach hurt.

It's Pittsville.

Don't watch it.

Like, it's really fucked up.

No, no, no.

I don't think I'm in a position to.

But if you're not pregnant,

if you're not pregnant, I highly recommend.

TLC did a stand-up job.

Wow, that's insane.

Insane.

So that's my TV recap.

Sorry, it's a little dark, but I was in a documentary mood yesterday.

You can't help these things.

Honestly, a documentary mood is a pretty good mood.

I need to, I need to,

I need to see where my TV path is going to take me next.

I really do not know.

Check out the Tinder Swindler.

It was kind of crazy.

Yeah, I might.

I like that.

That sounds like American Greed.

And they all, like, he was

communicating with all of his different girlfriends on WhatsApp, and they have everything.

They have all, he loved to to send voice memos.

So, like you hear him yelling and going crazy.

He was always sending videos like, Miss You Baby, on like an on a private plane.

So, like, it's really embarrassing for him.

And they have like a lot of footage from all the WhatsApp chats.

Oh, wow.

So good.

Thanks for sharing.

It's a pleasure.

So that's our show for now.

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Welcome back to the Morning Toast.

We are so excited for our next segment, which is brought to you by the Bacardi Party Tour.

We are sitting down with Joe and and Andrew from Loud Luxury, who are headlining the Bacardi Party Tour and just happen to be two of my favorite people to follow on TikTok.

So welcome to the toast.

Thank you guys so much for being here.

Thank you for having us.

So can you tell us a little bit about the Bacardi Party Tour?

Like where have you been so far?

What stops do you have left?

What are you looking forward to?

I mean, we've been all over it.

It's been a pretty wild ride.

All the shows have...

been probably some of the best shows we've done this year, which we're super thank super thankful for just coming out of the pandemic and actually being able to tour again.

So we're super super excited for the rest of the shows.

That's so fun.

What has it been like working with Bacardi and how are you guys going to close out this tour?

It's been awesome working with Bacardi.

You know, they really believe in what we're doing, not just

on the show side, but also on the music side.

We've collaborated on some really awesome things.

We even actually made our own drink together for the tour.

So it's really a top-down experience from the second that you step into one of these parties where it feels like it's a true collaboration between Loud Luxury and Bacardi.

So we know the tour is in full swing.

Can you tell us your favorite stop along the Bacardi party tour and why?

Well, I mean, all of them have been amazing.

The shows have been literally 10 out of 10.

One of them that was really special was in Pennsylvania.

We got to be there for Halloween.

We got to spend some time there, and that's always a great place to just kind of hang out.

But I mean, Indiana, Texas, we've done

Georgia, Minnesota, all of them have been great.

Seeing this great nation.

I personally loved College Station because we got the most Texas experience of all time there.

We ate fried gator.

We went to this country bar after.

It was like the most Texas experience you could possibly get.

And that was really cool to us because normally we're just in Dallas and more like the metropolitan cities.

Wow, that's such a fun way to see like all of our different cities in our great nation, like through the lens of the colleges.

Through partying.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Exactly.

This tour sounds like honestly a dream, like the most fun a person could possibly have.

The Bacardi brand ethos is do what moves you.

How do you guys feel like loud luxury embodies this?

Does what moves you guys?

I mean, the only thing we're thinking about when we're in the studio is just, are people going to dance to this?

Is this going to get people going?

When we're playing songs for people we're literally just watching and just seeing how their body reacts like that is literally the fundamental thing of what you do in dance music so i think bacardi and us have that in common now not to get too personal but what moves you both of you

i mean we we honestly really love this tour because it kind of brings us back to our college days um i mean that's that's the big big thing for us is going back to all these great colleges and um really just like getting to play all of our new music because all the music that we made was during the pandemic so we didn't really have um

a time to really play it out for anybody other than like on live streams or like anything like that so um for us it's really been special being able to play all the new music out for people and i know this is like asking your favorite child but what is your favorite bakani cocktail well the luxe lemonade because that's the one that we did together Yeah, the Luxe Lemonade for sure.

But it sounds delicious.

It's actually really simple simple to make.

How do you make it?

Walk us through it.

Yeah, the Luxe Lemonade is actually super simple to make.

Yeah, all right.

So what you need is you need Bacardi Limon, which is actually amazing.

And I wasn't really a rum drinker until this.

So I love Bacardi Limon.

And then you just mix it with some lemonade.

I think it's one and one and a half ounces of Bacardi Limon with three ounces of lemonade.

And you put in a tall glass, tons of ice, give it a quick stir, and then you're set.

And we've been drinking that the whole tour and loving it.

That sounds so good.

I'm about to give birth, but once I do, that sounds good.

Definitely can't be drinking it though.

It's in a refreshing way.

Celebrate.

No, you're not going to make it.

We'll make you a nice lemonade.

You know, I'm getting prepared.

I'm getting prepared for

what I can look forward to.

And that sounds like something I should add to my list of things.

People get excited, like, what's going to be my first drink?

Oh, yeah.

No, I don't.

Do people get excited?

Like, what's going to be my first drink after birth?

Yeah.

A lot of people have asked me, like, what's going to be the first thing I'm going to eat that I couldn't eat before, like, activity that I couldn't do before.

But for first drink, like, this is definitely up there of something that I've got to try.

That just honestly sounds really refreshing and a great foray back into the world of alcohol for sure.

We'd love a good foray.

Well, if you make it to the Bacardi party, we'll have one all together.

Hopefully, we can see it at one of the shows.

Claudia would love that.

She's just dying to

live her college days because she went to a school in a city.

She did not have the real experience.

I think Claudia needs to become a groupie for the book.

Headline Marie.

Hey, you're welcome on stage anytime.

Groupie?

Jackie, I'm married.

She just means you're going to come to some shows with us.

You know, I did just release a song that is, it's critically acclaimed.

Like, it's up for a Peabody.

It's up for a Nobel Peace Prize.

And maybe you guys just listen to it and you let me know what you think.

It's on Spotify.

It's called 100% by Claudia Ashra.

You check it out.

You let me know.

We will.

100%.

Pun intended.

You got to get yourself on this tour.

I think it'll catch you up for like years worth of college partying that you missed.

I think it's also what my music career really needs.

Yeah.

The FOMO is real.

What do you guys usually do

to get ready to celebrate game day?

Ooh, that's a good question.

I mean, for us, we like to wake up.

The good thing about game day is that it's early.

So you get to wake up and have a really nice breakfast.

I'm personally a sucker for the Chick-fil-A breakfast.

That was one of my favorite parts of going to Athens, Georgia, when we played there, is that it's just Chick-fil-A at every street corner.

That was the only thing that we could get a reservation on.

I think we took up on a nice breakfast.

You got to make a reservation.

Yeah, because it was right before game day.

And that's the one tip.

You just gotta make a reservation because literally we tried to eat pretty much at every single bar that was or like food spot or whatever it was just on the strip.

Everywhere was a minimum hour wait.

And the only thing that we didn't have to wait in a crazy, crazy line for was Chick-fil-A.

There's still a line, but we

got to eat there.

That sounds like a

blessing in disguise.

Yeah, I've never been to a number one ranked football school.

The atmosphere is totally different, especially before every game day, because there's just so much riding on that game.

So the city, it feels like it's like, you know,

a stick of dynamite that's about to just explode.

Like the energy is contagious.

And we felt that playing the show too in Georgia as well is that everyone is just so hyped, has so much energy.

It was really special.

And beyond the Bacardi party tour, you guys also just released your EP, Holiday Hills.

Can you show me that?

So like I was saying earlier,

we made that pretty much over the entirety of the pandemic.

I mean, we had nothing but time.

So, it was a big adjustment just kind of going from playing shows all the time and traveling and

doing that whole thing to basically having all the time in the world on our hands.

So, we were able to really just like kind of sit down, make some music, and

work on some new stuff for everyone.

So,

that uh a blessing in disguise also because i mean that's one thing about being on the road and and touring so much is it's actually really hard to really sit down and focus on making music

yeah wow what's your favorite what's your guys' each personal favorite loud luxury song it's like asking to pick between your favorite child i know a deal

that's what we call it here at the morning toast yes

Well, personally, my favorite type of music is music I create myself, so I feel like that's an unfair question.

But you guys got to remix it.

Okay, so you get it.

Then why would you ask us that?

Yeah, you know.

That's true.

That's actually fair.

Touche, Andrew.

Touche.

Washington.

Okay, so

there's a lot going on with you guys, but what can your fans really expect to see and hear from you next?

Well, we got two more stops on the Bacardi Party tour.

We're keeping that train running.

Even starting with this weekend, we're playing at Columbia, Missouri.

And that's going to be a really awesome show because last time we came there, it was a a Halloween show on our bus tour.

Yeah.

Yeah.

It was a Halloween show on our bus tour.

And it was honestly one of our favorite shows we've ever done.

Hopefully we'll hear a couple of time of year.

Oh.

Yeah.

Well, so for anyone listening, the McCarty Party Tour is making its next stop in Columbia, Missouri, February 5th.

Yes.

21 plus RSVP only post-game celebration of the Tigers versus Aggies basketball game from 9 p.m.

until midnight.

So you don't want to miss it.

It sounds super fun.

I think I might have to fly out to Missouri.

Tempe.

Yeah, and then after that party, we're keeping it going on the 19th.

Yeah, on the 19th of February.

The 19th of February, we're going to be in Tempe, Arizona, which is honestly one of our favorite places to play.

We love

that one as well.

That's always a crazy time.

So you have two left that you can

come on stage with us.

So if anyone wants to RSVP for the last events, go to BacardiPartyTour.com.

Joe, Andrew, thank you guys so much for being here.

Good luck with the rest of the tour.

And just let me know about that collab.

You just let me know.

Thank you so much.

Anytime.

Thank you so much.

Bye, guys.

Have a great one.

Bye.

Yes.

Bye, everyone.