S5 Ep12: Claudia's Roids and Jackie's Hobbies: Thursday, January 20th, 2022

Good morning, Millennials.

Welcome back to the morning toast.

Happy Thursday.

You are over the hump.

We are happy to report.

Hey, Claude, how are you doing?

Hello, Jacqueline.

I am doing so good.

I feel like every day on this podcast, you could probably hear it in my voice from like our Monday episode to our Tuesday.

We didn't have an episode Monday, sorry.

Our Tuesday episode to our Wednesday episode to our Thursday.

I am getting better, recovering from my trip, recovering from my rash, recovering from pretty much everything I picked up up on my journey to Mexico, Austin, and back.

And I think I should just start the episode really strong and give everyone a rash update.

We need a rash update.

And I know how like everyone's like waiting with bated breath to see how my irritated patch of skin is healing.

So I will show you.

No, but what's the diagnosis?

Because you have like terms and you have facts.

Yes.

So I went to the doctor yesterday and he said it's, because I was like coming in there with my Web MD.

I'm like, I have cellulitis.

It's not even Web MD.

It's toast MD.

Literally.

And he's like, I actually don't think you have cellulitis.

It's not this right texture and it's not changing shape.

But there's probably just like bacteria from the venom stuck in your arm.

He did give me an antibiotic because

if you wait too long and it is cellulitis, like it can actually be really serious.

Like you can lose your arm.

So it's venomitis.

It's venomitis, but I am on a steroid and a antibiotic just in case it is cellulitis.

And And I kind of just preach for how much I love steroid packs because, you know, my general malaise from the trip, like I had lost my voice a little bit.

I'm 24 hours on my steroid and like I'm already feeling back to basics, you know?

Are you roided out?

Oh, I'm roiting so hard.

Like, especially in the morning when I take those first couple pills, I get like, like, I'm on speed.

Like, I talk so fast and so much.

And, like, I can't focus my eyes.

That's just what we need, a roided out, Claudia.

No, it's, it's been a while since I've been rooted out.

Headline, Claudia's on Reids.

Roids.

Tell a friend.

She's on Roids, and her song comes out tomorrow, and she hasn't even spoken about it as much as she should.

And also, I think point three is important.

And then we'll get to the song, which is that Claudia does not have cellulitis.

Tell a friend.

Yeah, tell a friend.

It's not cellulitis.

But I really want to thank everyone who reached out to me, like panicked in the DMs because cellulitis can be really serious.

And I had never even heard of it.

So if I hadn't even seen those DMs, like I probably wouldn't have gone to the doctor.

I would have been like, oh, it's fine.

And you'd just be living with venom and then you would turn into a bee.

So here is the update on the actual patch.

It's

the bump has gone down completely.

It's just like discolored and it's not that itchy anymore.

So hopefully by tomorrow's episode, I'll be like free and clear, but we'll see.

You never know where cellulitis can take you.

You never know.

And what we do know, though, is that your song is coming out tomorrow.

In what is maybe like the

shortest lead up to anything that you've ever done.

You're dropping a song on us tomorrow.

I'm I'm dropping a song on you guys tomorrow.

If you follow me on TikTok, like you did get a sneak peek of the chorus last week.

And if you follow me on Instagram, you got a sneak peek of the pre-chorus today.

So it's called 100%, obviously.

It's going to be available midnight tonight on all your streaming platforms.

It's going to be kind of the cornerstone of my tour, which picks back up on Thursday.

And then we're going like hot for four months.

So I just feel like it would be incumbent upon every single person listening to this podcast to familiarize yourself with this song because like it will be the song of the year, and I'm not even like joking.

Yeah, I've listened to it a number of times now, and it really gets stuck in your head.

So, just watch out for that.

And I just have one thing to say:

we've got power, sweet and sour.

Sweet and sour.

Thank you.

That's a lyric from the second verse that I think everyone will really, really be connected to.

There's power in those words.

Like, it's beautiful.

No, the song is really so good.

There's sour in those words.

The song is so good and so fun and just like another anthemic moment from our queen.

Thank you so much.

And you know, the last time our song came out, we did a performance on

our podcast, which is probably one of our most iconic toast moments.

If you haven't seen that, familiarize yourself with it.

It's on YouTube.

But now that we're virtual, like I have to figure something out.

It actually might be easier for me to perform my song virtually on the toast on maybe tomorrow or Monday.

Like you could pre-record and we could add it to the episode.

We're going to figure something out.

Yeah.

I think that would really add a special touch.

Yeah.

So stream it, Spotify, Apple Music, everywhere.

Thank you.

Very, very exciting.

I can't wait.

New Music Friday.

New Music Friday.

We also just have a great episode.

It's Thursday, and I caught up on everything.

I finished Cheer.

I watched Euphoria.

Last night was a Real Housewise of Orange County.

So there's a bunch of TV recap in addition to just like the world turning

once again, as it always does.

As it always does.

A little update for me on the hobbies front.

I got so huge.

I got so many great suggestions from so many people yesterday about hobbies really there it seemed like there was like 10 of like these are the hobbies that we're all doing which is like paint by numbers I ordered a paint by numbers um paint puzzles have you heard of paint by diamonds is that the one with the wax it's the one with rhinestones I don't want yeah and you put it on with wax I've seen it on TikTok it looks like you're gonna like that I didn't order it it didn't that's not was not tickling my fancy but I ordered some like brain workbooks I ordered a calligraphy set and a starter kit like to teach me how to do calligraphy.

I feel like that's cool.

Yeah, that would is like something that I think I would excel at.

And the piano has made it into the apartment.

And by piano, I mean keyboard.

The keyboard is here.

Practice starts today.

I ordered piano books that will be here, you know, in the next few days.

You can learn my song.

Oh my God.

But in the meantime, I can like get piano sheet music on my iPad and play like that.

So I think I'm really, I have a lot that is, you know, in front of me.

And I think between all of those things, I will find something that I love to occupy me for the next few weeks.

That's amazing.

I'm so, and you know, you said something on your Instagram story that I really just wanted to echo because a lot of people suggested puzzles.

And I've been telling you for years that like puzzles are so you.

You have such a keen eye.

You're very smart in like a unique way.

And I just think you would love puzzles.

And then when someone suggested it to you, you were like, I'm down, but I don't think that like the current state of my body is conducive to doing puzzles.

And I have to say, you're 100% right.

Like as a non-pregnant person who does puzzles, it's backbreaking work.

I think.

Unless you have some sort of like special puzzle table.

But you know what?

Like my dining table would actually be like a decent puzzle table.

It's a good height.

It's a good height.

There's a bench, but still, like, I could just, my lower back aches thinking about it.

Don't take the chance.

It's not worth it.

Okay.

I mean, if all of the other things fail, maybe I will go the puzzle route, but that's just where I was at currently.

But I will give it a shot at some point in my life because I agree.

It seems like it would play to my strengths.

100%.

100%.

I'm not smart.

100%.

Percent.

Don't let them forget.

Go hard to the end because you know that we are.

Also, I got a lot of feedback on TikTok when I teased my song.

People were like, this doesn't sound like Claudia.

Well, guess what?

It is me.

And there's way less auto-tune on this song than there was on my previous one.

So you can't win.

It is me.

Fuck off.

I find the beginning of the song to be like extremely seductive.

It's very sexy.

It's like the perfect date night.

You want to get pregnant?

Play that song.

Yeah.

It's very sexy and seductive.

And I think you guys, it's definitely, you know, new territory for you.

Yeah.

And I think it's, it's really a song for everyone.

And what was your

inspiration when you were writing this and performing it?

I would say my inspiration when writing it was watching the person who wrote it.

And that was really inspiring for me as a writer.

I did have honesty.

Of course, no.

My friend Felipe, who wrote Toast, also wrote 100%.

You know, and as always, it was collaborative, but like, I would never say that, like, I personally wrote the majority of the song.

Like, I had a few edits, a few notes, but I didn't write the song.

Yeah.

And then, what was the second question?

And performing it.

Like, where, where were you sourcing inspiration from?

That's a really good question because actually, this song in particular is in a different key than Toast.

And it's a key like I'm not 100% comfortable with.

I actually have a very low voice.

And most pop popular pop songs are in a much higher key.

And so at times when I was singing it, like I definitely felt like I was screaming, but, and I was like very unsure of it.

And I was like to my producer, Curtis, I'm like, I don't think this is going to work.

And he was like, just trust the process, trust the process.

And when I heard the first cut, I was like, oh man, this actually sounds so good.

Great.

I think it sounds really good too.

I'm excited to hear the audience's feedback.

And you have to start 100% challenge on TikTok.

I know, okay.

So, somebody last time, this really, really cute toaster, made a sickening dance to toast.

And I don't know if she's still a toaster, you never know these days, but if she is, like, please, we loved your work the first time.

Or, if anyone who's like a big TikTok dancer wants to make up a dance, I will totally do it.

I just like, I'm more of a dancer, not a choreographer.

Okay, I mean, you can't be everything, singer, you can't performer, and I've tried DJ,

DJ.

That was rough.

That was.

But now you're making the music.

But it led me to this place.

No regrets.

It's also like crazy ass snowing in New York today.

So if you're out and about, stay safe.

And if you're ordering in food, don't be a dick.

Like whenever it's snowing or raining, like really crazy, like tip well.

And if you can't, then don't order because it's treacherous out there.

Yeah, it is treacherous, but it's a nice cozy day on the inside.

It's definitely a reading day or a piano day.

For me, it's a catching up on Sex in the City day, so I can talk about it on the podcast tomorrow.

I've been seeing some headlines about Sex in the City, about like what the plots are, and it seems really bad.

I mean, are you talking about Miranda and Chang?

No, I'm talking about, one, I saw a headline like in the most recent episode, like Carrie.

Oh, then don't say it.

Don't say it.

No, no, no.

It's not a spoiler.

It's just like a storyline.

Carrie's like grappling with being called ma'am.

You're kidding.

But I also did see, and and I don't know if you've seen this yet, and maybe it's a spoiler for you, but I'm just so don't say it.

Just please let me say it because literally, don't say it.

You're going to say tomorrow.

It's really telling me.

Literally, tomorrow you could say it.

Okay, could I?

You're always getting on my ass about spoilers.

Always.

Okay, I'm going to just tease it and let me know if you've seen this.

That Miranda starts reading a book.

Quit like a woman.

Yes.

And that's the book you were literally just talking about.

Yes.

Okay.

Okay.

That's all I wanted to say.

Yeah.

Miranda is spoiler alert.

Well, that was having a having, I've already seen it.

Having a problem with drinking.

Yeah, and this book, Quit Like a Woman, we were talking about on the podcast because I added it to my want to read shelf because it's called like the radical choice to stop drinking in a culture obsessed with alcohol.

And I literally got an email to my email because Jackie's the only person I follow on Goodreads that Jackie

wants to read this book.

And I'm like, girl, are you okay?

It still looks really good.

And I probably am going to read it just when I'm pregnant.

Like, it's not like a radical choice to stop drinking.

You have a choice.

And here's the book.

There's nothing radical.

There's nothing radical about it.

Also, speaking of books, really quickly, I just want to congratulate the Redheads because we had 50,000 Instagram followers.

I saw!

I just think that's like the biggest deal.

I think so too.

And it's just such a special, amazing community.

We absolutely love doing the podcast.

We love the books.

And like, you know, to commit to a podcast is a big deal in itself, but to commit to a podcast that also requires you to read a book is like a lot of homework.

So just to know

that the community is out there is strong and that you guys are loving what we're doing and we're loving doing it.

It just, it felt really good.

You know, when you put that screenshot on your Instagram and I'm like, oh my God, that looks like Reese.

Like it looks like a real book club.

I know.

And my goal for Redheads, like I'm just going to manifest something in some way is like, not, I mean, obviously this will never happen like everywhere, but like in, and if you own like a local bookstore, hit me up.

But like to have like a Redheads table in the bookstore where it's like, these are the Redheads choices.

You know, like Reese has that open.

We should have done what?

You know what we should have done?

Because not to like take your promotion and turn it into mine, but my paperback book does come out next week, available for pre-order on Amazon.

And I'm doing a live event with Barnes and Noble.

Get your tickets.

You get a signed book with your $25 ticket.

And this new printed paperback has New York Times bestseller on it, which I was like really proud of.

And we should have put on the back a Redhead's choice.

Like how dumb are we?

Oh yeah, we could have put that like circle.

That would have been like the first, the first one.

We're so dumb.

That would have been so cute.

Yeah, that's like, that's Big Tings dreams.

Barnes and Noble Tings.

To have like a table that says like the Redheads choices with all the books that we've chosen that are available in the studio.

That's really cute.

I like that.

That's a good goal.

Yeah, even if it happens at just like one local bookstore, if you, you know, are just working the front desk and you want to, you know, get a folding table and take some initiative.

Get a folding table, organize the books, take a picture, and put them away.

We'll make a graphic for you.

100%.

100%.

100%.

We need a button now.

When we're back in studio, like how we have all of our sound buttons, we need to add a sound button whenever we're like agreeing with one another, hardcore.

100%.

Don't let them forget.

Go hard till the end.

Cause you know that we know.

So good.

So, so good.

Okay, so those are all of my updates for today.

Mazzletov on 50K.

It's a really big deal.

And you're just well on your way to becoming like ReCO.

ReCO.

A girl can dream.

Yeah, she can.

So I guess without further ado, did it do,

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Thank you, Claudia.

Our first story, a little royal news.

Queen Elizabeth is facing a hard choice in the Prince Harry security debate.

She won't go against the government, a royal expert says.

So

Prince Harry is in a debate with the British government because they will not provide security

when he comes to the UK.

Well, he's not a royal.

Right.

Queenie Vibe is trying to stay out of it, but she's in a tricky spot according to weekly.

And they're coming for what?

Prince Philip's memorial, right?

Yes.

TBD, if they're coming, I think it's like based on the security question.

So can they bring their own security?

Yeah.

They have the means.

Yeah, no, they want free government-funded security.

Oh, girl, come on.

Like, come on.

No, no, no.

I mean, you're not royal.

Like, that's literally when you decided to take a step back, which was totally the right decision for you and your family.

That's exactly what you gave up.

Like, and you were able to then go to America, make more money than you probably would have ever made as a royal, and be able to afford your own security.

I'm sorry, I'm siding with the government on this one, and that's something you will never hear me say.

No, I agree.

They gave up so many of the

burdens of being royal, and they also gave up some of the privileges.

And that's just how it is.

You can't just like not want to do the unfabulous things and then also want free security.

So a royal expert.

100%.

A royal expert, you know, take that with a grain of salt.

Exclusive expertise.

Millie Tromley.

No, Kristen Cantino.

But this sounds, you know, true.

Legit.

Exclusively told us weekly that it's hard for the queen as a grandmother to not really be able to intervene.

She's not going to go up against the government and say, well, you know, you need to give him security.

Because right now the Metropolitan Police are saying they've conducted a review and concluded that the threat is considered low to him.

This makes it one of those situations where the queen is always going to choose being the monarch at the end of the day.

Right.

Over being a grandmother.

Over being grand,

which I think makes sense.

I mean, I'm sure she's come up against the, I mean, we see it in the crown all the time.

Like Margaret wants to marry this person.

The government says she can't.

Like Queenie has to go with the government.

Like she is the head of government, technically.

And you know what?

It's not like the government's decision is wrong.

I think like if she were asked what she agreed with, she would agree with the government.

Like they're not being unreasonable.

You're not royal anymore.

Right, but I'm sure also a part of her just wants.

Harry and Megan to like come and be in the fold and like be happy with the family.

Well, to be honest, it's like low-key annoying of them just like, if they want to come, like, and it sounds like they do because they're wanting security, like they want to come, it would be, you know, a step in the right direction with, I know when him and his brother aren't speaking, like, just pay for the security.

Like to them, how much could it be out of their millions and millions of dollars?

Like, what, a couple hundred grand?

Yeah.

I agree.

Just pay for the security.

Just pay for it.

If you really do want to go.

Unless this is like, you know, well, we were coming, but then we wouldn't get security.

So it's like they looked like they wanted to come, but they didn't actually want to come, which is something I would do.

Like

you can't send me, you can't send me a private jet.

I guess I'm not coming.

Also, they could like just stick close to the family and, you know, piggyback off of their security.

Yeah.

But then they have to be like close with the family and there's a lot of drama still.

You know what's so interesting is like, and I learned this during the Oprah interview too, and it seems to be ringing true, is like so much of these like issues within the royal family have to do, especially when it comes to Harry and Megan, have to do with security.

Like what?

Like when they were talking to Oprah, it was just so many of the issues were like, well, we didn't feel safe because we didn't have security.

It's like security is such a big part of the family dynamic, weirdly.

Yeah,

yeah.

I mean, I think it's a big part of their lives in general.

Yeah.

But I'm sorry, Harry and Megan are wrong for this one.

Unless they just don't want to go, which I totally understand.

That I could see happening, but I do hope that they go because same.

I'm ready for a

reconciliation.

I'm sincere about like, you know, reconciling with the family.

And if they're not, just stop talking about them then.

Right, no.

And so I'm so here for a reconciliation.

Me as well.

Like families are meant to stick together through thick and thin.

Yes.

So we'll see what happens there.

Organism memorial?

I don't know.

Up soon, probably.

Are you ready for our next story?

I am.

Yes, ma'am.

Lena Dunham wants to make an older, wiser version of girls, which enough.

We've been through enough with you, Lena.

Nobody asked for.

HBO's Sex in the City inspired series Girls went off the air in 2017, and writer-star Lena Dunham is already open to reviving it.

The 35-year-old discussed the major possibility of rebooting the show with The Hollywood Reporter.

She said, I look back, and just like the sheer gall of me stepping onto that first day, 24-year-old me landing in, standing in Silver Cup studios, the old Sex in the City studios, she

is saying, Let's do this, and that the recent Sex in the City revival could pave the way for girls to return to the small screen.

Please, no, I'm telling you, girls could never return to the small screen for one reason, and that's because Lena Dunham, like overnight, went from being like the most beloved belle of Hollywood to being the most hated woman in America.

And I'm not sure if it's because of that really weird shit she wrote in her book or that article she wrote.

Who said it?

My Jewish boyfriend or my dog?

For me, I think it was just us that we're upset about that.

Yeah, no, totally.

But like, the world went from thinking Lena Dunham was the greatest feminist who ever lived to literally thinking like she was an evil monster.

So I think it would be an enormous mistake for HBO to, and like when you go back and watch that show, like I know I watched it and like I was living for it at the time.

But if I were to go back and watch that show, I would be like, what the fuck am I watching?

And low-key wasn't good.

I mean, it had good moments that I think really captured people, but overall, yeah, it was like so

insane.

Yeah.

And it got more insane as the seasons went on.

Right, because it was supposed to be like this actual realistic version.

Like in Sex in the City, they all had their own apartments.

Like it was a real, you know, accurate retelling of what it's like to be like a post-grad millennial living in New York after you just left college and like your parents cut you off.

And for that, I think that's what got a lot of people connected to the show because they were all living the same reality.

And then slowly but surely, like that grip on reality they had just completely went away.

Completely.

So I don't think there's a need for this, a time for it, a want, a desire.

I think.

And I think like Lena Dunn, if she wants to come back to the small screen, like give us something fresh and new and

we'll see how it goes.

Yeah, or not.

Or not, of course, or not.

It's always good to just like stay home.

I loves to stay home.

Baby girl with no job.

I think girls, we're good on girls.

I'm all set.

Thank you so much.

Yeah.

Are you ready for our next story?

It's a little Ben news, a little exciting news for Ben.

New email.

Email you said, I thought you were saying Ben is in the news.

No, yeah, I know it's that's what it sounded like.

Sorry, I just can't read the story without thinking about Ben.

What is my crazy husband getting into now?

Nothing.

A new emo festival is reuniting all of your favorite acts.

It's called When We Were Young.

It's taking the internet by storm.

It's going down with some of the most iconic acts in emo and pump.

pop punk music of the last two decades, including My Chemical Romance, Paramore, Dashboard Confessional, Jimmy World, Bright Eyes, Take Back Sunday, The Used, Alkaline Trio, and AFI, to name a few expected to peer Levine at the one day only showcase at the LA Festival Grounds in Nevada on October 22nd.

So there has been like two major reactions to the story.

The first was like, holy shit, like all the emos that I follow, like Ben, Jack Vannick, Aaron Gilfoy, like they are quaking, they can't believe, la da da.

And I was very much there too because I saw Boys Like Girls on the lineup.

And like, I don't know if you know this about me, but like much of my middle school years were defined by that one album from Boys Like Girls.

Like, and if I listened to it right now, I'd I'd probably know all the words.

Like, it's so good.

Like, I spent a whole summer listening to that album.

So I was really excited.

And of course, Ben was excited.

So he was like, can we go?

And I was like, I mean, we could say we will, but we know we won't.

Then the second reaction is people are like, how are every single one of these acts going to perform on a one-day festival?

This is Fire Festival.

This is Astro World.

Like, people are doubting majorly because I've never seen a lineup that big for a one-day festival.

Huh.

I didn't even think about that, the bandwidth.

And also, or, you know,

even say it's not Fire Festival, but it means that like you have to choose between some of your favorite acts if they're going on simultaneously.

Also, I'm seeing here that We the Kings is performing, which is just so exciting.

30.

Do you remember OH3?

Of course.

So, okay, that I hadn't even thought about that.

I do feel like this is too much for one day, but I also feel like Vegas has a lot of the, it's not Fire Festival because they have the infrastructure in place to handle like mass amounts of people.

But if I'm Ben, like I'm excited and I'm overwhelmed.

Nervous, yeah.

So like it's true.

Like, do you have to miss Paramore to see Ever Levine?

Like, how does it work?

How does it work?

I feel like you guys should go.

Well, this was also a big week for the emo community because Paramore announced like they're back in the studio making music and they haven't made music in years.

So that was just like a good time to be an emo kid.

Like I would go, but I do feel overwhelmed.

Like I can't lie.

Well, then Ben should go because this is like I feel like I would would need a whole spreadsheet like i would need a crazy ass spreadsheet with a map and color coordinated tabs to figure out where to go what time to wake up who to miss who to see like i'm tired no but usually these festivals like have apps that give you exactly that where you like build your schedule yeah you say like who you want to go see and they put it on a schedule for you and with like what uh stage it's at and there's usually a map if it's a well-done festival there's usually an app well this is backed by live nation but so is astroworld so you really never know.

And I think it's something in the culture because I'm feeling it too.

Like, I'm just generally now skeptical of festivals, especially new ones.

Yeah.

I think that's fair to say.

I think Fire Festival definitely, you know, put that fear in everyone of.

And Astrow World.

Yeah, but for different reasons.

For different reasons.

Yeah.

Like Fire Festival.

Safety.

Before Fire Festival, no, it was like never even thought that like you could buy tickets to a festival that's being put on and get duped.

And it just like doesn't happen.

And it's just like sandwiches in a tent on a beach.

Yeah, you were bamboozled.

Yeah.

So they're different, but still eventually it becomes an issue of safety, but for different reasons.

Yeah, that's true.

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And our next story is some really exciting relationship news from one of our favorite people, Lady Mary Crawley.

michelle dockery the actress who plays lady mary is engaged to phoebe waller bridge's brother jasper what

yep they've been together since 2019 and news of their nuptials was announced in the times this week and they are engaged that is so cute so cute i i feel like i never seen is he british yeah i i mean i don't actually i don't know because i don't know phoe waller is i don't know her wait phoebe waller bridge i oh that's not Phoebe Bridgers.

Don't ask me questions.

Phoebe Waller Bridge, okay, it's from

the show on Amazon.

Phleabag.

About a bug.

Yeah, Fleabag.

And she is British.

And so her brother is definitely British.

And that is actually cute.

I thought I was thinking of Phoebe Bridgers, the singer.

Yep, don't know either of them.

I'm so sorry to report.

That's like, honestly, like Phoebe Bridgers is like a Gen Z thing.

And I only really figured her out because I'm on TikTok.

Okay, good.

I'm glad that someone has a brief knowledge.

But we never see people from Downton in the news, they're so to themselves.

They're British, like they're just like quiet.

Yeah, and I'm just so happy for Lady Mary.

I really never thought about like her personal life.

I remember after I watched Downton the first time, I went to her Instagram and saw that she's like so high fashion and just like a darling of like being is she, yeah, she's like super serious.

Like the way that she dresses or like it's styles for magazine shoots or red carpets, she's like very um

fashion girly.

What's her real name?

Michelle Dockery.

I was going to search Mary Crawley.

I'm going to follow her.

Like, that sounds like a delicious

person to follow.

Her picture, she gives me

Kristen Stewart vibes.

Yeah.

Like similar seriousness.

So now she's engaged.

Also, I found out the craziest thing yesterday about, you know, like it's on the same level of Tom Womsgams playing

Mr.

Darcy.

Uh-huh.

The woman from Ted, Rebecca, the one who's a singer.

Wait, hold on.

The singer from Ted Lasso.

Sorry, Ted Lasso.

Oh,

Hannah.

Hannah.

Yeah.

Rebecca on Ted Lasso.

You know her because she sings sometimes.

Yeah.

She is also the same woman who played the shame woman in Game of Thrones.

You're lying.

Like the nun?

The nun who was like walking down the street with Cersei.

Growing duty.

Shame.

Shame.

Wow.

That is actually life-changing information.

It was shocking.

That woman was so evil.

Life-changing.

She's a good actress.

How she could be shame and also, like, you were telling me, Ted Lasso is like this great, funny, light-hearted show.

Like, that's shocking.

Shocking, shocking stuff.

Shocking.

Yeah.

So I just thought everyone needed to know that.

I don't know if everyone already put that together and I was just not watching Ted Lasso when everyone figured it out.

Probably.

It was, it was a shocking moment for me.

There are a few moments like that that like you learn things that like people already knew and it like changes your life.

Like when I found out that Brexit was a conjunction of British exit, I swear to God, I lost my mind.

Yeah, no, it's like we're always pushing for stuff like that to happen, like for people to join words together and just like call it.

And there it was.

And there it was happening all around you.

That was also like when I found out that the word Martian is like for people who live on Mars, like residents of Mars, which obviously like would be, but I just thought it was like all extraterrestrial.

Yeah, I'm just gonna wipe this out to you.

All Marvin the Martian.

Literally.

Wait, that's a great segue into our fifth and final story, which is a little space.

Is it about clueless?

No, it's space news.

Okay.

Space news that, like,

I want to be, you know, on the frontier of the future of space travel.

Like, I want to be into this, but this seems unnecessary.

Let me know what you think.

Okay.

A new film studio will

be built in space by 2024.

Variety.

This is from variety.

Well, is it to put together like Oscar contenders or like films of like we get to see what's happening on Mars?

I don't know.

I think the shovel Sandra Bullock up there?

Yeah, no, like

I don't know if it's going to be like a hub where they shoot space movies.

Here's the idea.

It has to be a studio where they like capture footage of what's going on so they can study it, not to make like, you know, country strongs in space.

Listen to the deets and then you can let me know what you think.

Space Entertainment Enterprise, SEE, the company co-producing Tom Cruise's upcoming space movie, plan to launch a sports arena and a production studio in Zero Gravity.

SEE has unveiled plans to build a space station module that contains a sports and entertainment arena.

Who are they filling it with?

Martians?

It literally has Scientology written all over it.

As well as a content studio by December 2024.

A podcast studio?

Named SEE One, the module is intended to host films, television, music, and sports events, as well as artists, producers, and creatives who want to make content in the low-orbit microgravity environment.

The facilities will enable development, production, recording, broadcasting, and live streaming of content.

We can't do the toast.

We can't do the toast.

I thought this was a dumb idea until now.

We're talking.

No, I mean, talk about like such unnecessary money being spent.

This is so unnecessary.

Or if it's necessary, someone please explain to me like what this is going to do for society.

It's like, do you want to go record our podcast today, like at the studio down the street or the one downtown?

The one in space.

The one in space.

Like, what is the difference?

Is the audio better?

And to be honest, I think

there's no ambulances in space.

That's true.

There's no construction.

I just don't think we are at the level of space, like education and knowledge

for this.

Like, this seems like something we might do in a hundred years, you know?

Yeah, not by 2024.

And I also just feel like things aren't really like,

I wouldn't say perfect on earth.

On the ground that we need to now be taking our talents to space.

Well, you know what?

If it means getting away from all this nonsense going on around me, like maybe it's not such a bad idea.

You could use some space.

Yeah.

I could use some space.

Yeah.

So let us know if we're being hard on, you know, the future.

We're not.

We're not.

And if we're being like anti-future.

No, we are not.

Like we are forward-thinking like queens.

We fully embrace the new, but this is dumb.

Yeah, dumb, unnecessary.

Nobody asked for it.

There's enough studios producing enough content that nobody wants to see right here on earth.

Right here at the morning toast.

No, people want to see it.

100%.

In 1080p.

You guys, we got 1080p yesterday.

Wasn't it super cool?

Jack, tell us how you did it.

I've been following your like journey to get our videos from home in 1080p, but I haven't asked you how you are doing that.

So it took a few days because first we were recording in 1080p, then I didn't realize I have to also export in 1080p and then export and keep exporting in 1080p.

I just thought because the files were in 1080p, eventually it would just be 1080p.

So, at every step along the way, I ensured we were in 1080p.

Did it take longer?

It took longer, but the quality was chef's kiss.

So, uh, also, if you're watching on YouTube, make sure that when you're watching our video, you're youtube, just press the little settings and make sure you're watching in high-quality picture, not like the automatic, it automatically will put in like 320.

Yeah.

So we're evolving every day here at the new interface.

And soon we're going to space.

Cool.

Can't wait.

I'm ready.

I would do the first podcast from space.

Of course, but if they would give it to like Joe Rogan, but it should be given to us.

Oh, no, it should be given to Joe Rogan because he's like obsessed with extraterrestrial.

Like, yeah, he's really big into like UFOs and I think he would appreciate it more than that.

And he had Elon on his podcast, so like he has access.

Oh, yeah, I'm sure, like, they already offered.

I'm sure if he wanted to go to Space Tomorrow and podcast, he could.

He has all the I wonder if his Spotify contract will let him do it.

Yeah, but he's like really into all that stuff, so he deserves it more than us.

Because I watched that,

what was that documentary we watched that Ben made us watch about aliens?

Yeah,

Paranormal.

Yes.

And it was fine, but it didn't like change my life.

Yeah, I actually like hate space and I don't care.

And like

alien activity.

Maybe we're not the best ones.

How do you feel about alien activity?

Sorry, that's what I meant.

I think like space exploration is important and what NASA's doing is great.

But like these people who are like Area 51, aliens, like exercise, don't care.

Got it.

It's possible.

I'm not saying I don't believe, but like I have my own problems.

Like I don't need to worry about other creatures on other planets.

Like I have enough going on.

Very fair.

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Great.

Okay, real house.

What should we recap first?

Real houses of Orange County because the rest is, you know,

evergreen.

Okay.

So,

and this was,

this should be short because nothing fucking happened.

So this trip looks like nice, but really torturous.

Like, I'm not trying to be a brat, but like, this house isn't that nice.

And everyone's like, I just expected more from Heather.

Oh, I thought the house was so so nice.

I really like how everybody has space and privacy.

I feel like that's really conducive to like just good mental health on a trip, like for me personally, 100% as opposed to just like being up each other's asses and like not having a moment of reprieve, especially while you're filming a TV show.

So, I thought the house setup was actually really great.

I mean, all the pools, like, how fun does that look?

But this, I don't know, this J.

Corps was just and it's like an indoor, outdoor house, and it's 95 degrees, and there's like nowhere to escape.

All the windows are like open, and there's no doors.

The heat is a lot.

What month was it?

I don't know.

I was like, when I was loosely trying to figure it out, but I didn't put any, I didn't like do any research.

So, when Heather had the girl sit down and she was showing them her architecture blueprints, I was like, My God, this bitch is so obnoxious.

But then, when she said, like, basically, she had her kids late in life and she really wants to be able to leave her kids a place that they can all be with their kids, and then she was talking about her dream.

Like, I actually thought that was really sweet.

I thought it was sweet too.

Like, that's Heather, though, for you, because it's like, she's not just like a braggadocious ice queen like she really like she is warm emo and emo and it's true like her and terry have like built you know this life and they have all of this money and it's like that's really a really nice goal of something that you want to do with all of the money that you have agreed so

i i thought it was interesting i was wondering if we were going to get to go to the um see the houses which would have been obnoxious like if she brought the girls for that but if it was a solo endeavor i wouldn't have mind seeing it so shannon was like actually not bothering me that much this trip.

Like, I do feel like she's her, the best version of herself, like, when she's drunk and on vacation.

And so, she was being funny.

And

like, I like how her and Emily are like hanging out, but like, they both obviously hate each other, you know?

Yeah, no, Shannon is staying low-key under the radar because she, you know, she girl bossed too close close to the sun.

Heather burned her.

And now she has to retreat a little bit.

She needs to like get more ammunition.

She needs to refuel.

The troops need to be fed.

They need fresh socks.

And then she's going to come back in with her next bout of bullshit.

But right now she's just in like retreat mode, which I think is

nice.

Yes.

But she was kind of like irrelevant to the current storyline because she's waiting for her next storyline because the last one didn't go so low.

Do you think it's kind of dramatic of Nicole to not go on the trip because of Noella?

It makes me feel like there's something more going on between them because as far as we know, like they're just like having a weirdness in their friendship.

Like Nicole hung up on Noella, but like they haven't like gone into like a blowout, so it just seems like a really dramatic thing to do.

Yeah, and it makes me feel like that's not the only reason.

Cause I also feel like if Heather knew that Nicole, it's like Nicole or Noella,

then she would say to Gina, No, I'm not inviting Noella because then Nicole can't come and Nicole is my friend.

So,

but you know what?

Heather might not have had a choice because Noella is a full-time castmate and Nicole is not.

Right, I was just gonna say that too.

So, it's like Nicole's presence is optional.

Um, I would have liked to see her there because I think I like her so far,

Yeah, me too.

Even though everyone's like now saying she's like Heather's henchman.

She is, but I don't mind it.

Yeah, no,

someone's got to do the work.

Someone's got to do it.

Yeah.

Also, I just want to like give a major shout out.

Sorry, I feel like I'm writing really hard this episode and just like talking a lot and really fast, but I'm on writes.

So just let me be.

This episode for me was just like another

testament to why long ago I made the decision to stand Emily Simpson.

First of all, she's so funny and like she's so different than she was like her first season.

She's opened up so much more and she's just like great and she looks amazing in a bathing suit.

I've never seen anyone like look like a like so good in a One Piece.

And I just love her.

And for me, I just was like cemented in my stanitude for Emily after this episode.

But I've say that after every episode.

Yeah, you do.

I really love her as well.

I really like Gina too.

I think she just has a good

energy and just a good take on things, generally speaking.

I mean, I wish she didn't go so hard for Noella, but someone had to do that.

I feel like that was like a production thing.

Like, I don't really think she cares for Noella that much.

No, and I think that, like, she likes Noelle.

Noella's going through a hard time, so we're all going to go on this trip without her.

Like, this is Noella's new job.

Like, she should just come, whatever.

Can we talk about the passport?

Because you're telling me, like, you are so fancy.

You have your own jet and you don't know that to go to Mexico, you need a passport.

And by the way, flying private means nothing.

You still need a passport.

So she was saying that when she flew private, she could use her passport card.

I don't think that's true.

Like I literally was just in Mexico.

I mean, I hope it's true.

Otherwise, what the fuck was she doing?

She sounds so dumb.

I'm telling you, I don't think it's true.

Someone who works in customs, like, let us know.

I don't think that's true.

No.

It's such basics.

The one thing you need to fly is a passport.

She's incredibly deranged.

Insane.

She's in so far.

When she showed up at the house after missing her flight and is like, this is disgusting.

Nobody's here to greet me.

Like, you missed your flight.

Yeah, no, you missed your flight.

You didn't come with the girls.

Like, they didn't even know what time you're arriving.

And then you arrive and you're like a real hostess would be there when i got there and you only told shannon so she needs to sit around all day and wait for you to come she doesn't even want you on the trip and she needs to miss dinner she just like walks around the house talking to herself like she she thinks she's so funny like she's not she really does like think that she's doing something and the thing is like she's so stunning

and the outfits are sickening and she just like comes off the plane in like the perfect plane outfit then she's ready for dinner like in the like and i thought some of the other ladies looks like they looked like they were all going to different places Heddie looked amazing, though.

Um, she did look amazing, but it's, it didn't wasn't giving me like a

beach in Mexico vibe.

It was just like a nice outfit for a night out in like New York City in the summer.

There was no like bright colors.

Yeah, I see you, right?

So they all were all over the place.

Noelle understood the assignment, like, shows up.

So it's hard.

I feel like it might be hard for some people to see when this woman is so fabulous on the outside that like her behavior, if she was anyone else, like the behavior is

insane.

Well, she acted like a nut at dinner.

Like with like, well, I don't care that Heather's like, and Gina had the best thing.

Like, if you're not going to eat, just like be cool about it.

Like, like, pretend, like, not making your topic of conversation being the fact that, like, you didn't eat your octopus.

She was just being so annoying with the tequila shot and like being so rude, like pouring out the drink.

When the guy was like, can I bring you some ice?

Like, it's a tequila shot.

It's gross.

Just drink it.

Like, yeah, no, it was a lot.

And I feel like it's hard to, I mean, watching the episode it's like yeah this doesn't seem like a fun dinner anymore but i feel like the energy if you were there is like even worse than what we were able to understand from watching on tv like she i think she just like came in sucked out all the oxygen from the room like made i think they were having a good time before and like vibing and as a viewer it's just like oh she didn't eat her food and she's like complaining about her shot like what's the big deal but i think she's just like someone who just like sucks all the energy out of her room the minute she arrives.

Yeah, because this group is like actually pretty good together.

Like Jen is growing on me.

They're all vibing in like a nice way.

Like I actually think Jen is really similar to Heather in like they're very calm,

sometimes boring vibes.

So they really connect, but then Heather can also be really fun.

And that's why she connects with Gina and Emily.

Like I think that the group is like near perfect without Noella.

She just like doesn't fit in, especially because it's Heather's trip, Heather's everything, and they're at odds.

Yeah, and she like doesn't understand why that matters, that her and Heather are at odds.

And like, right.

She's just just like coming in out of nowhere.

So we also got a really good trailer, mid-season trailer for what's coming up.

Like this trip to Aspen looks moronic.

Dr.

Jen's husband, Ryan, leaves her.

Yeah.

Now when I saw that, then it makes all the last few episodes like make sense where she's like always complaining about Ryan.

I just

wrong.

Like one of them has to work and then he's like mean that she's not home.

So you go to work, bitch.

What do you think?

This house on the beach is going to pay for itself.

No, I don't know what I'm going to see in the next few episodes, but I just know I'm not going to be Team Ryan.

No, Jen has her head on straight.

Like she definitely has mom guilt, but like she has to work.

Like what are we supposed to do?

Just not work?

That's not how the world works.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So he was pissing me off.

And now that I know he's like leaving, I'm fully on board like hating him.

Yeah.

And I think that it will raise Jen's stock because when her family scenes were like making me not like her because like her husband

and the dog in his armpit all the time, like leave us alone, but Ryan, Ryan.

Jen on her own,

we're good.

No, and now I know why we've seen like so many weird scenes of her and her family.

Like they were giving us some context.

Oh my god, Bruno looks so cute sleeping behind you.

Yeah, no, he's sleeping on heating pad.

He does this every day while I record, but you couldn't.

But he's usually not in frame.

You moved back today.

I did.

I moved back today because like my big fat face was just taking up the YouTube screen.

And I actually got

an email from YouTube and they were like, Your face is too big and too close.

And you've got YouTube.

They said, Dear of the Morning shows, YouTube hookers are so ugly and not funny.

Get the fuck off our platform.

We don't want to deal with your bullshit anymore.

But if you can't stop yourselves, the least you can do is scoop back.

Is move back

and give us more brew.

Have a good day.

Literally.

That's what they said to me.

Oh, wait, you know what?

I think Theo's done with his grooming.

Should I go grab him or just like do him outside?

Too do.

No, it's okay.

I'll see him later.

No, don't get him.

I think maybe for tomorrow's Friday episode, we'll bring the boys.

Okay.

Okay.

We'll bring in the boys.

Weed them boys.

We make a noise.

Speaking of cheer.

Speaking of making noise.

Cheer.

Okay, I finished.

I apologize that it took me like two extra days, but my God, what?

Okay, I want to say baseline.

I like the show.

Like, nothing bad against it.

I like the beat.

I like the beat.

But we need to talk about how, first of all, the show is so long.

The episodes are so long because every single scene is in slow motion.

And they like didn't have a lot of content this year and it felt really stretched out.

Like I saw a couple scenes that I had already seen once before.

Like they were choppy with their editing.

Like it could have been five episodes, but like, they just had to dramatize it so much.

And it was just such slow-mo.

Like, it was just a lot.

Yeah, it was a lot.

I will say it was cool that they got to bring the cameras to Daytona.

Yeah.

Because when you're watching the performances, I felt like I was watching Bring It On.

Like, the way that they edited those performances, like last year,

they didn't let the crew in and it was just filmed from people's phones.

And we just had to make do, but like, it literally felt like Bring It On.

It was so exciting to watch all of the like stunts like close up, far away.

It was really cool.

Well, NCA would be incredibly stupid not to embrace the filming now, seeing as how what this show has done for cheer.

Like, cheer has always had like a big audience, like really niche fans, but now it's like a worldwide stage, and they would just be dumb not to embrace that.

Yeah, and they, the cheerleading, like, I don't know how it works over there, the cheerleading Illuminati came off pretty bad in the first season.

Yeah, so I feel like by just like letting them in and not deal, like not making a stink or anything, like now I I feel like

they're coming off in a better light and not being so like tyrannical.

Agreed.

And so major spoiler, for anyone who hasn't watched, just like turn off now.

Navarro lost.

And I was shocked.

I mean, it's funny because TVCC like beat them at their own game.

Like they hired their photographer.

They copied all of like the attitude.

Like they copied, oh, what did I say?

Photographer.

That too.

Well, they did.

Now they were on the Netflix show.

so they really like beat them at their own game because TBCC didn't do anything outwardly original, they just copied what Navarro did and did it better.

But I do think we should talk about like why we think Navarro didn't win, like, because there was a lot of like underlying like plots.

Like, is the fame getting to them?

And I do want to say, like, I actually don't think it is.

Like, I think they all remained relatively humble based on, remember those few months after the show?

Like, you couldn't get arrested.

They were so fucking famous.

So, I think, based on that, they were really not that, you know, egotistical.

But I do think, think, and it pains me to say this, like Monica going on dancing with the stars and missing the first semester, like, and leaving them with Kayleigh Peppers, who is a good coach, but who's literally like two years out of college.

Like, I didn't think that was a good idea.

I don't know.

At first, when I saw it, I was like, and I was watching this.

I was like, at what point does Monica go on dancing with the stars?

How is this going to work?

Cheer.

And then when she explained that she watches every single season, like this is like her biggest dream.

And she's doing everything for the kids all the time.

Her whole life is dedicated to these kids.

And then, like, I think that she spends so much of her like personal time, like with them, thinking about them.

And she, right, she did something for herself.

Like, once I realized that, like, that has been a dream of hers her whole life.

And this is a show that she's always watched.

I was like, I was so glad that she went.

And it was first semester, which is when they're not working on stuff for

NCA, you know, it's just really like getting the team together.

So definitely they missed some team building stuff.

And I'm sure it wasn't ideal to be with Kaylee.

But I also think that, you know, someone like Lidarius, who could have used that as an opportunity to like step up and like show the team how to bond and stuff, it was so, and my thoughts on Ladarius were so conflicting.

When we first saw him again, so there's so many different, this is such a roller coaster, upsounds, upsounds.

But when we first saw everyone after.

Cheer season one drops.

This is before COVID.

And we're seeing how everyone is handling the fame.

And Ladarius comes on and he's like, I don't care about the fame.

Like he, I was like, oh my gosh, Ladarius has just become like this wonderful person.

Like all of the amazing attributes about him from the first season, it seems like he saw himself and then he's going to focus on those attributes.

I was like, is Ladarius the MVP?

Spoiler alert.

The woat.

The woat.

So I just felt like his attitude the first season, the first semester, like when Monica was gone and in her absence, like really just sunk the team even further.

And you know what?

By the time they do go to NCA in to Daytona in 2021,

the fame of it all and the arc of the show's success, like it has completely dropped.

And like now they're in, it feels like a curse.

And you know that like cheerleading is really superstitious.

Jackie, totally.

It's like this like Netflix curse.

And it's also just like the price of fame in general.

And when they first got so famous, like they could do no wrong.

They had every opportunity.

And it's like,

only the good, only the good.

And then like you really see, even though it takes time, like what goes up must come down.

And the down, it's, it makes me feel like if they could do it all over again, like, they wouldn't have done, maybe some of them would have, like, I think, you know, for Morgan and Gabby, like, this is everything.

But I, I honestly, I think for Monica, yes, she's feeling so low for like over a year.

Obviously, I'm sure she's happy for the success of her kids, but like her cheerleaders.

Yeah.

But I think that if she could do it all again, I, she would think long and hard.

I agree, and you know, at first, when they were like cutting to TV CC, I'm like, fuck this, like, I'm Navarro Strong, but then the more we got to know those kids, like, actually, I wouldn't mind having two separate shows, like, because the weenies, D, like, that I thought their whole background was so interesting, like, learning about gyms, like, Flip City, that like just started to keep kids out of trouble, and then literally ended up sending kids to like the Olympics and worlds.

Like, I thought that was so cool.

And then Angel, who like we didn't even get enough of, but who's apparently like

the

greatest tumbler who ever lived.

Like, there was more there.

And I thought those kids, I really liked Jada.

I thought a lot of them were really interesting.

But going back and forth between Navarro and TVCC was like conflicting for me emotionally because I like stan Navarro, but TVCC and Vante, like, I was feeling it.

I was feeling it too.

I really liked Vante as a coach.

His approach is really different than Monica's.

At so many different points throughout the season, I was like, TVCC is going to win.

Navarro's going to win.

I know.

And when like TVCC hit their first full out, like at zero, like no mistakes, and Navarro's was a cluster, I was like, oh shit.

And then when they go to Daytona, or no, their last full out, it's the opposite.

This keeps happening like in the show.

And then the first performance,

then TVCC messes up.

And then in the second one, Navarro messes up.

And it's just like...

Gabby.

Oh, no, not Gabby, Jill, Jill.

Oh, my God.

I love her, though.

I felt so bad for her.

I can't say it's her fault because I loved her so much.

But it is her fault.

And I'm just happy for like some of the other Navarro girls who were in the background season one, who like now are getting like Instagram followers and stuff.

Because that's a really odd dynamic.

Like, Netflix came here, they spoke to all of us, they only want some of us, and now we are going to have more followers, more business opportunities than they'll ever know, like than

one person will ever have in a lifetime.

And you just have to, you know, hold my feet.

Fuck off.

Yeah, no, I agree.

They must be odd.

I definitely think the

way, like the impact that the show had on society made it weird at Navarro for a multitude of reasons.

I think, especially, you know, early 2020, but by the time like they're ready to compete again, I do think some of those dynamics have been ironed out because at that point, it's only Gabby who's there.

And Gabby's always been a celebrity cheerleader.

Yes.

So like the only, yeah, no, and I think when I started to realize that TVCC was going to win was like they were highlighting so many of their cheerleaders who were like the best at what they do.

Like we had the three weenies, we had Jado, we had Angel.

And then I was thinking, I'm like, who is the star?

Like we have Gabby and Maddie.

Like that's it.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And Navarro.

I agree.

There were times I was like, oh, TVCC, like especially with their tumblers, the weenies, I was, there was no competition.

But then in the prelims when D, one of the weenies, like fell, I was like, well, you know what?

He hasn't had like the best attitude the whole time.

Like he's just so good at what he does.

He's not like, you know, smiling.

smiling oh you know i actually thought that conversation about like straight men in cheerleading was really interesting because you know we're always used to seeing the girls who are like

yeah and like i've actually never thought to look at the boys and when i looked at navarro you know you thought of like lidarius and jerry and like they're all just very comfortable in their sexuality and like they don't feel weird smiling but then there's like that you know toxic straight vibe where it's like i'm not gonna smile and perform like that's gay and i thought it was interesting that they spoke about it because i had wondered about it as well yeah it was an interesting take on it.

And I wonder if that's something that happens in like just cheerleading in general.

Because like the smiles and the all of the animation.

And it's a lot for anyone, let alone someone who's like completely not into it.

But I think like one of the best arcs of a character like in television history

is D, like being anti-face.

I guess that's what they call it, like giving face.

That's what I'm calling it.

Then he messes up.

And he's also like,

you know, head and shoulders above other Tumblr.

So like he has this superiority, which and like he just goes out there, he does his thing.

It feels like nothing to him.

Then he messes up and he's like, you know, has this

crisis.

Like, and then when he hits it at the second performance and he finally like gives a little something, oh my God, I had chills in the middle of the moment.

Like slow motion.

Yeah.

And like you, you can see like how happy he was to hit it considering the day before he missed it.

Like I literally had full body chills.

It was like my favorite moment ever that he also like editing he did it in his way you know yes he didn't be any he wasn't anyone but himself it was so beautiful i agree that editing was like honestly golden globe worthy like they deserve all the awards no and obviously that's just like this is reality so that's how it happened but the way that his story wrapped like just warmed my heart and i loved his mom and his brother

Yeah, no, I love like how the brother like went out and figured out all this stuff for his little brother who he knew was like more talented than him.

So like he went to college and then found out the best place to go and sent his brother there.

Like it was just a gorgeous story.

Like I loved his whole family.

Yeah.

No, it was, it was beautiful.

And so I people,

I don't know where most people like landed on who they wanted to win.

Daytona, I didn't have the horse in the race.

I felt like both teams deserved it.

And whoever, you know, stuck it best deserved to win.

But it did seem clear that the judges wanted TBCC to win.

And maybe that was just like an F you to Navarro for like putting such a spotlight on our sport and making us look like the the tyrants that we are.

Pretty much the whole time I wanted Navarro to win until we met the weenies and then when it got down to like the last couple full outs and the actual competition like I thought TBCC's routine was better like it was.

It was hard for me to tell because of all the cutting and pasting and stuff, you know?

So all in all, like it was really good, but it was really long.

It was really long, but it was something to be a part of, you know, and we waited so long.

I wish they would have put it out like as it was happening because it was like the first few episodes, it's like, we know what's about to happen.

This is not fun.

It's true.

You know?

Maybe like four here, four there.

But it was interesting to see like all the like different like college,

like how it's affected college life, COVID.

Yes.

So like even them having a virtual awards ceremony, like that sucked.

I know, but I was happy for Navarro that they didn't have to cry in public.

It would have been so embarrassing.

It like sucks for the winners, but it's like very nice for the losers.

You're saving face for the losers.

Yeah.

And then the last thing I watched yesterday was Euphoria, which was like kind of a boring episode.

I don't know if that's a hot take, but just like a lot happened on the season premiere, and this was episode two, and we were just like

catching up.

And a lot of it was like a fantasy.

Like, imagine if this happened.

But I do want to say, like, I don't, I know you can't answer this question for me, Jackie, but like, does it make me toxic that I stand Cassie and Nate like so much, even though like it's horrible for a multitude of reasons?

Like, I just really

ship and I think that they would be beautiful together.

And that scene of them, like, being in love and like her being pregnant was so cute.

I don't think it makes you toxic.

Thank you.

And then the other thing I wanted to say, and this might be like my hottest take yet,

but the character Rue, played by Zendaya, I think is my least favorite character.

She's so self-destructive and she struggles with addiction.

Like, you have to have a lot of sympathy, but she just she has like so many good people around her like this guy she met in na who's like like like a dad to her almost and she's just like rude to everyone she's so rude to her mom like i can't she's like cheating on jules who's like the only person who's ever been nice to her like

She makes it really hard to be a friend.

And I found myself just like not enjoying her scenes as much as I used to.

Like the whole show is like narrated by her.

But to me, it's like now it's about like Maddie and it's about Nate.

Like it's just about other things.

Interesting.

That does seem like a hot take, but also, as we know, sometimes the protagonist and the narrator is the least

character.

And then, Jackie, I thought you'll find this interesting.

I saw this on TikTok, there's so much nudity in the show.

Like, it's insane.

And

the only person who's never nude is Zendaya.

So, she obviously had some sort of like contract, right?

Like, I'm not showing my titties.

So, what did you see on TikTok?

Oh, people were talking about it.

Like, where are Zendaya's nudity scenes?

Yeah, I think that's stuff that's like you fleshed out.

out common for protagonists.

Like Carrie, we never saw.

Fleshed out, no pun intended, before,

like when you sign on for the show, it's like, this is what I am open to.

But it reminds me of Carrie in Sex and City.

Like, we saw everyone's boobs.

We never saw Carrie's boobs.

Yeah, I guess when you are top billing, that's something that you can negotiate.

Yeah.

And then the last thing I wanted to say was I was truly quaking when Nate confronted his dad about like the tapes and fucking jewels and like his history of cheating on his mom.

I was quaking.

Like those Cal Nate scenes like really get to me.

And I figured out who Cal looks like.

Jackie, I'm going to send you a picture of this person.

Okay, well, my phone's over yonder.

Give me a second.

Okay.

Because I have a call, you guys.

Jackie's headphones are out.

I think he looks like Colton Old Underwood in like 30 years.

And I think Jackie will appreciate that call because I was like watching him in the hospital.

I'm like, oh my God.

Okay, you ready?

I am ready.

So I'm going to text you a picture

to your cell phone jackie sent okay wait don't open that one it was the wrong one oh god okay sorry i'm i'm being moronic is this as good of a call as hannabee and probably not missing rose

probably not okay open the picture i didn't get it yet

okay like it's been sent so

three dots there it's there okay

i'm looking tell me

tell me that's not a grown-up colton underwood

You don't see it?

Not from this picture.

But a lot of my calls have to do with mannerisms and expressions.

And so if he.

So maybe you need to start watching Euphoria.

Yeah, if I saw him in action, maybe I would agree, but I can't go off of a picture.

I'm sorry.

Okay, well, if you watch Euphoria, let me know what you think about that call.

I don't think I'm going to watch Euphorphia.

He also looks like a combination, actually.

Do you know what Colton Underwood's boyfriend looks like?

No.

Well, he looks like if Colton Underwood and his boyfriend had a baby and the man was 50 years old.

That's my call.

What's this guy?

What this guy, what's he from?

He's from other countries.

He's giving Riverdale.

He's giving something.

What is his actor name?

Oh, Eric Dane.

What's he from?

I don't know, but that's definitely a familiar name.

I feel like he's from something that we fucking love.

Yeah.

Burlesque.

Burlesque.

Burlesque.

Oh, but he's the rich man who tries to take Missin Aguilara.

Yes, exactly.

Crying.

Isn't that just a best feeling when you

check it out on your own?

Like without IMDb?

Oh, I used IMDB, but it's a better feeling when you figure it.

Yes, when you figure it out on your own, Lady Shackleton.

So that is my

final thoughts on Euphoria.

Hopefully this week's episode, like something happens, because nothing happened, but it's still like an enjoyable show to watch, even when it's like boring.

Got it.

Okay, cool.

Well, thanks for updating us.

My song comes out tomorrow.

Do not forget.

Well, it comes out at midnight.

Well, tonight.

Yeah, midnight tonight.

Okay, I think I'll be up.

So.

Wow, crazy.

I don't think I will.

I've been going to bed at like 10 o'clock.

I go to sleep so early.

I go to sleep so late.

i know because it's on the weekends i literally go to bed at 6 a.m so i actually get my sleep on the weekdays interesting i'm a twisted individual you're quite twisted okay so i'll be up i'll celebrate with everyone if you're not around cool i'm gonna do my best to stay awake but it's called 100 i think you could do it spotify iTunes streaming everywhere cool

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