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Good morning, millennials.

Welcome back to the morning toast.

Happy hump day!

Happy hump day.

What a beautiful, beautiful hump day.

Kind of.

Like it's gross outside.

On a hump day, I would rather it be raining so that I'm staying in and I'm humping someone I love and not like feeling like I should be outside.

No, I think in this whole like work from home age, like the rain really isn't that annoying.

If anything, it's like less of an excuse to be productive.

So it gets like dawn.

It's like moody.

Yeah, no, I kind of feel that like a little bit.

Yeah, today's rain is like not that disruptive.

So I'm kind of here for the vibes.

Of course, the show like gets a little darker outside, but I think

it sets a nice tone.

It does.

It gives like a very forks era.

Forksy.

Yeah, forksy vibe.

So we look like ghostly.

But maybe I'll suck you blood later.

I mean, I don't know if I look ghostly.

I think I look super cool today.

Don't you think?

I think you do too.

I think I do too.

Vetimin sweater, joggers, Yeezys, yeah.

Are those spring-summer?

Spring-summer joggers.

She by charae?

She by charae.

I'm wearing she by charae today.

September, that's spring-summer.

I'm not wearing she by charae, by the way, but I would be if

they sold it anywhere.

I'm wearing Chanel, top, bottom, everything.

Head to toe, Chanel.

Yeah, everything's expensive, everything rich.

No, but this is one of like the most premium brands out there, Morning Toast Merch.

It literally does not get better than shopmorning toast.com.

I'm wearing the Harmer Hunt teal jumpsuit.

And it's literally, every day I get home from the toast.

I'm like I work from the couch, I put this on every day.

Like this is so dirty because I've been wearing it for a week straight, but I just love it.

Love it.

It looks so cute on you.

And your sneakers are super fancy.

I feel like you don't really give them credit because like you wear them a lot.

This is just my first time wearing my Yeezys, so I'm not going to stop talking about them.

Yeah.

But you're always wearing fancy sneakers, including today.

Well, so if you read my book, which I know you did like four times, I have this really big philosophy about like not spending like money on designer clothes because like my weight fluctuates so much.

But jewelry, shoes, and handbags are really, you know, timeless when you're a big fat girl like me.

So I, yes, I pretty much every day wear Louis Vuitton sneakers because I can't.

It's so fancy.

And because you really, except maybe if you're pregnant, you really can't grow out of sneakers.

Like these are worn down.

I wear them every single day.

Yeah, your sneakers are actually fancier than mine.

I don't like to brack.

Well, I just feel like I'm wearing Yeezys and everyone should know.

No, like, let's talk more about it.

Where did you procure them?

I feel good.

I feel really good.

No, I got into

an investment war on StockX and they just, other people were outbidding me.

And I was like, you know what?

I have to part like with this shoe.

I got these on the Real Real where you, where you get it for the price that it's listed at, and you don't have to like start competing.

Yeah.

Speaking of investments, I don't know if you know, but when I checked this morning, you know, Dogecoin.

I have to keep you a breath because so many people are buying Dogecoin because I'm talking about it.

Now I feel feel bad like if it goes down.

So I bought it at 0.044 cents.

As of this morning,

it is at 0.65.

That's the highest it's been at.

Wow.

And Elon Musk is going on SNL.

So that could affect the price of Dogecoin.

So even though it's at a high right now, like if you want to get in, I would say before SNL.

So should I buy more?

How much have no?

You only spent $200.

And here's what you know what?

You'll jinx it.

You will ruin Dogecoin for everyone if you buy more.

I targeted my $200

into $2,585.

Let's go shopping.

But should, like, imagine if I had put in $400.

Okay, and imagine one of his friends put in $180,000 and he made $2 million.

Imagine if you had put in $100.

Like, you did what you did.

I blamed Robin Hood.

You played with what you had.

I blamed Robin Hood.

I was going to buy, like, $500, but I didn't have any money left in my account.

So then I transferred more, but it takes a few days.

Like, give me the instant transfer, Robin.

I think stick to your guns.

If you make any changes, you'll ruin it for everyone.

That's fair, but I kind of want to ruin it for everyone.

You know what I'm kidding?

Stop.

No, like, be happy with what you have.

Okay, okay.

Always know, like, yes, of course, it could be better, but you also could have put in less and it could be less.

So I know.

I just like him hearing, and I'm so proud of the fact that.

Why don't you start talking to people who invested less?

And then you can stop comparing yourself to people.

No, because people invested $180,000.

Look, I'm so competitive.

So I'm like, so reckless.

I'm like, I got in at 0.04.

And like, that's really good for $200.

And they're like, oh my God, how much?

And I've been lying.

I've been saying $500.

Okay.

But even then, they're like, that's it.

I'm like, yeah, I know.

I was like, just being conservative.

Yeah, you're a conservative investor.

It is what it is.

It's fine.

Like, because at the end of the day, if it all goes to shit, like, I only lost $200.

That's what I'm saying.

And now you get to be involved in this cultural moment at a bargain price.

That's fair.

Okay.

I guess.

Be happy with what you have.

Speaking of what you don't have today, where's your coffee?

Oh,

Theo.

Oh, it's already discussed.

And I'm so busy today.

Like, I'm probably going to have to order like a, I've been trying, wanting to try Duncan.

So I might order like, you know, a donut for lunch and then get a coffee, like the Charlie Cold foam or something.

Oh, nice.

Um, because I'm just so busy today.

Like, we have such a big show.

We have a guest.

We have dear twisters.

I have to run home after this.

I'm filming a Patreon vlog with my closet organizers, Done and Done Home.

I love them.

They're like the best mother-daughter duo.

And like all morning, I was just getting ready for them because like, of course, like it has to be messy, but I don't want them to think I'm disgusting.

Of course.

And also, you're going to show us the before, so you don't want us to think you're disgusting.

I filmed the before this morning and like I woke up and I had asked Ben all week.

I said, can you come home Wednesday in the middle of the day for an hour because we're reorganizing.

We also need to go through and donate stuff.

And he said, of course, of course, of course.

Of course, last night he says he can't come.

So I'm like, that's fine, but like, you have to clean out your closet right now.

And he didn't do it.

So I woke up this morning and he was cleaning out his closet and it was actually like really sweet.

Like, and he did it.

Like, he got through like four or five

bags of donations.

So we are like cooking.

Like today is a day I've been dreading because it's so busy, but after today, I'm going to feel amazing.

It sounds like you had a busy morning.

Sounds like one in which you needed a coffee for.

By the way, literally, I sat down today and I'm like, honestly, I don't think I have it in me to do the show.

I think I'm addicted to coffee, and I don't think that's going to work for me.

I don't want to be that girl.

I could always bring you one of mine.

You would literally vomit my coffee.

Do you want to try it?

Sure.

Is it hot?

It's lukewarm now.

No.

Why?

That's weird.

Hot coffee.

Yeah, no, never heard of it.

No, like, I'm not drinking that.

But just try it.

Because you're doing this experiment.

I'll tell you what it is.

It's Nesprezo pod.

I use the flavor Odacio with almond milk and a stevia in the raw.

It so smells like coffee.

Such a strong, like, I don't even like it that much, but it does the trick.

I'm only doing it.

I just want to say.

If you take one sip of that, you'll be ready to do the show.

I just want to say, like, I've literally no interest in drinking this, and I'm doing it purely for the entertainment value of the show.

So everyone, you guys.

Please like and subscribe to our channel.

Please be entertained by this, you guys.

Oh my God, it's so strong.

It's not hot, right?

No, no, no, it it won't burn you or anything.

It's lukewarm.

I'm literally doing anything not to take a sample.

Ew, ew, ew, ew.

Wait,

that doesn't even taste like coffee.

It tastes like duty.

What is that?

Espresso with almond milk.

And the sea.

I will never get that taste out of my mouth because it's not even coffee.

It's literal dirt.

It's literal coffee.

It's dirt.

That's That's coffee.

Dirt, Egypt.

Well,

that was entertaining.

Thank you for that.

So that's why I do what I do.

I'm an entertaining nerd.

When you order from Duncan today, I think you should order a few drinks just to like knock a bunch out.

And might I, you know what I know that you will like that I sometimes order when I'm hungover because it's such a sweet treat.

A blue culada?

No, a Duncachino, which is half coffee, half hot chocolate.

I mean, like, I'll try anything, but I don't really want anything hot.

Right.

You did say that.

like hot drinks give me like weirdness and I'll like only drink them when I'm sick okay okay but we'll say I'll try anything take some suggestions people have been giving you really good suggestions I mean Dunkin Donuts has been like thirsting the fuck out on my TikTok comments like every video like try the Charlie Cold foam it's like pay me to try try the Charlie Cold foam yeah you should try

like she's a teenager and so are you and I want to drink like a teen yeah no and you have the palette of a teen by the way we have literally an amazing show like we have fast five obviously because that's what we do we also have the Real Housewives of New York season premiere recap and the Real Housewives of Dallas Reunion Part 1 recap.

And then we have Dear Toasters, which is really a highlight of everyone's day.

And then we sat down for an interview with an iconic actress and toaster, Madison Brown Kirby.

from Dynasty.

Yesterday, she came and chatted with us.

She brought her dog.

It was super fun.

So if you're listening as a podcast, it'll be at the end of this episode.

And if you're on YouTube, the video will be up probably right now.

So fun to speak with a fellow toaster and a fellow star

fellow star for just to get all the tea on dynasty the dynasty

my super fan like started to become exposed throughout the interview became clear like I don't just casually watch dynasty like I'm literally obsessed with it.

Yeah, it was kind of embarrassing.

I'm kidding.

No, I think it was flattering.

No, no, it really was.

No, like you guys, if you have not watched Dynasty, we encouraged you like years ago to watch, but if for some reason like you couldn't get to it, you were busy, you had a lot of homework, like watch Dynasty, treat yourself.

It's one of the best shows that's out right now.

It really is.

And then watch our interview with Madison Brown.

And then, speaking of shows, I started the bold type last night.

Speaking of shows, I watched a long shot, Big Bang.

Blue shot.

Oh, what did you think?

Okay, it's literal trash.

Yes.

None of these people are remotely qualified for this job.

I agree.

Like, maybe one of them are qualified to be her intern.

Yes.

And I would say so far, my frontrunner is, I forget her name, but the woman who had like worked at a magazine before, who was just like very calm and collected.

Miloxy or the younger one?

Not the younger one.

Oh, I like the younger one.

I like her too, but she's just not.

Maloxy is her name.

Maloxi used to work at a magazine.

She ran her shoot to a T.

She has just like good calm energy, and I think Bethany needs that in her

group of people.

I agree.

She does have good calm energy, and it really feels like Bethany knows that like the winner is not in this group.

I think she's not going to pick anyone so they can do another season.

I think, and I actually know, so if you want to know the spoiler.

No.

Okay.

I don't want to know.

No, but it's not really a spoiler.

They bring in more contestants.

Oh, great.

Because like none of these people are.

None of these people.

She would need maybe all of them together to make up the job.

Like, Corey is really sweet, but he's just not, like, quick enough for her.

And Jenna is also like precious gem of a woman, but like, not it.

The one who's like the skinny girl.

Yeah.

Why did I think her name was Allie?

No, I think it's Jenna.

I think you're right.

Yeah, I agree.

Like, really sweet, the spirit of skinny girl, but like, none of these people are a chief brand officer.

Right.

Also, and you know, I love Bethany, and I didn't agree completely with like what you had said yesterday about like how she, she does come off like extra Bethany like on steroids but like I felt like at the photo shoot and I'm not like a fan of Nichols or anything and I and I think that for a lot of reasons like it's her time to go but I felt like Bethany was acting like really immature like laughing giggling with her friends like while like making fun of the contestants like literally in front of them and also like expecting them to read her mind on the one hand she says i'm just a model i'm just a model but then also treat me like the boss yeah like it was just like really all over like you have to be be a mind reader in order to know what she wanted next.

Like, I felt like, on the one hand, she was like, I'm just here.

I'm not going to tell you what to do.

And then the other hand, like, why aren't you doing what I want you to do?

That's like, are you just a model?

If that's the case, put on your clothes and wait your turn.

Yeah, no, they weren't given any real clear direction as to like what Bethany's role was in the photo shoot and what their role was in the photo shoot because they were the director, but there was also like a full-blown director.

Yeah, no, I feel like some people like managed to do a decent enough job to not annoy Bethany, but like, why couldn't Bethany put on the dress herself and then come out?

Like, and and then say she's ready.

Right, like, a model wouldn't go and like sit on a couch, like, waiting to be called on.

Like, you, you're just like a little more proactive.

So, like, are you the boss or are you a model?

Like, it required a lot of mind reading when she was like giggling with Luke, who, by the way, like we know from Ladies of London, 100%.

And San Barry's makeup artist.

And then he was like Dorinda's, and then I guess Bethany snatched him.

Yeah.

And also, like, that's always his role is like.

snickering with the ladies like he's getting funny and interesting.

No, totally when Caroline Sanberry was like in Apperton and like her and Luke like just could not be bothered.

Like that's what I was watching last night.

but like she was meant to be the boss yes so it was just really all over the place required the candidates to be mind readers and they can barely even do like a social media post a social media post let alone read a mind did you die no I died also like why didn't why did everyone think that they were the star like why not turn the camera around Why not make like a little like aesthetically pleasing like photo video like montage, you know of how the like you know a real Everyone was suddenly an influencer like I care about your endorsement.

I don't know you Totally.

Like, I love,

I don't care what you love.

But did you enjoy the show?

Like, no.

Really?

I did.

I mean, I want, I finished it, but it's, it's too stupid because they're so unqualified.

Yes.

You know, like, get some MBAs in the room.

Of course.

Like, just because you're an event, like, you need to be an event planner, a social media manager, a PR person.

You need to be.

An accountant.

All of those things, not just one from each category.

Otherwise, she should hire everyone, but these people don't even seem to be the best best in their category.

100%.

I couldn't have said it better myself.

The bold type, which I honestly, I was skeptical about.

Like, it was giving me, like, before I knew anything about it, like, I did judge a book by its cover.

It was giving me just like lame-ass freeform vibes.

100%.

But here's what really shocked me.

One, that the episodes were 60 minutes.

I just, I don't know why I expected them to be 30, which like makes the show like so fake.

Yeah.

The soundtrack to the show like really puts you in your feels.

Like they nail the song of the moment.

And it's always a song you know.

And I'm just like, they played an Andy Grammar song.

I'm like, this is everything.

Right.

Or it's a song that you don't know, but now you're glad that you do.

Yes.

And at first I was like really unsure about the characters because like Jane is so fucking lame and I didn't really understand Sutton and I liked Kat off the bat.

But then as things started to change, I'm like, wow, I really hate Jane.

I like die for Sutton and I still like relate to Kat.

So I'm just, I'm just having this journey, this kind of renaissance with the show and I'm really, really enjoying it.

And I just love like this fake world that they live in where like, you know, they're all 25 and like would actually like be talking to the editor-in-chief editor-in-chief of their magazine, let alone be mentored by them.

Jan, that's her name on the office.

I don't know what her real name is.

Jacqueline on the show.

No, like what's her name in real life?

I don't know.

She is such a good actress.

I literally die for her.

And she's just like this really kind of maternal.

No editor-in-chief is like that.

But I'm playing into the fantasy of the bold type and I'm just loving how she's there for the girls.

She's just like such a mentor.

She bailed Kat out of jail like no questions asked.

Yeah.

I'm just like, I'm really living for the character development from everyone except for Jade.

Yeah, you know what?

But like, just keep watching because I do feel like at some points, like, you feel vindicated, and like, the characters, like, they learn the hard way.

Good.

That's what I love.

And that's why, like, I really loved so many of Darren Starr's productions because he makes his protagonists, Liza and Carrie Bradshaw, so unlikable, but then, like, the most embarrassing things happen to them, and it makes you feel so good inside.

Carrie falls on her face, and you are embarrassed, and everything, the whole season, the whole series is set right.

100%.

Like, 100%.

He knows how to humble his most annoying protagonists.

And for that, like, we have to stand Darren Starr.

100%.

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So glad you took the suggestion.

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First story.

TikTok user claims Ben Affleck sent her a video after matching on Raya.

I saw it.

Single Ben Affleck is allegedly swiping white right on dating apps when he's not meeting up with his ex-fiancé, J-Lo.

A TikTok user named Navine J went viral on Monday after sharing a private video the actor allegedly sent her to confirm his identity on the Raya dating app.

She said, Thinking of the time I matched with Ben Affleck on Raya and thought it was fake, so I unmatched him, and he sent me a video on Instagram.

Then she plays the video where he said, Navine, why did you unmatch me?

It's me.

So I had a few thoughts when I saw the video.

The first was, wow, Ben Affleck is actually a lot more handsome than I like think of him as.

I don't really think of him as cute.

Like, I know he was cute when he was younger, but he's just like so messy these days.

And like, I don't know.

I just haven't been able to like look at him the same way since he like ran out of town with an annie, you know?

But I was like, wow, he looks like tan and toned and young and fit.

And I was like, damn, he's super cute.

And then I'm like, wow, this really cute man is an absolute freak because the way he's talking to the camera is serial killer.

Naveen, why'd you unmatch me?

It's me.

Like he's being so weird.

And I'm like, oh my God, I'm so glad she unmatched him.

Like he is a serial killer.

Like just the way he was like staring into the camera and the way he was talking so slow, it was such like.

Jeffrey Dahmer vibes.

Like it was so scary.

Oh my God.

I had the total opposite reaction.

I was just like, this is so cute.

And like, I feel like when you're on dating apps, you match so many people.

Who would even notice if someone unmatched you?

Yeah, like he really took the time.

Well, that girl was like stunning.

He took the time to follow up with this girl.

Like, she made an impact, and he went out of his way to reach out to her.

Like, if I were her, I would not have put that on TikTok, and I would have accepted a date.

Well, of course, then it's like, kind of makes me feel bad because

even though I'm like living for it, like it is like an invasion of privacy.

It is, but I think it's the sort of thing that makes him look good.

You think it makes him look like a serial killer.

No, no, no.

That's just my personal.

That's me being judgmental.

Of course, I think it's a nice, the story is like a personal touch.

His story is very nice, but like just the way he was acting, I was like, don't ever leave me in a room alone with this man.

Okay, I thought that it just showed that he cared and that like she really stood out.

Obviously, he can never go out with her now because anyone that would post this, like, obviously.

This is giving me a Ruthie-like situation.

It was over before it started.

Speaking of Ruthie, Jonah Hill just bought a $9 million house.

Ruthie could have been living there.

It should have been Ruthie's house.

Ruthie should have been Lady of the Manor.

I was looking at pictures of the house.

I'm like, Ruthie at the dining table.

Ruthie on the staircase.

Ruthie at the grand piano.

Ruthie in the pool.

Ruthie in the hot tub.

Ruthie would have loved that pool.

That roof deck, Ruthie would have plots.

Ruthie.

Where is Ruthie?

Like, where is she?

She literally disappeared.

If you don't know this Ruthie saga, honestly, I can't get into it.

Like, just ask a fellow toad star.

All you need to know is justice for Ruthie.

She would have loved that Roofie.

By the way, I don't even know if there is a roof, but I'm sure there is.

Oh, I mean, $9 million if if you don't get a roof.

I don't think so.

Actually, I'm pretty sure I did see a roof because it showed that there were a lot of other houses like nearby.

And it's like, if you're Jonah Hill and you're buying a house for you and Ruthie, you obviously get a roofie.

Obviously.

Oh my God.

That is so funny.

It's so funny.

I miss Ruthie and Jonah.

Roofie.

No, obviously not.

We're not laughing at like Roofie like the drugs.

No, it's Ruthie on the roof, period.

Roofie.

So, yeah, Ben Affleck.

I say PJM, you say P Jeffrey Dahmer.

No, he definitely gave like half PJOM energy, half like serial killer energy, where it's like, if I met this man and he stabbed me, I would be like, I was right.

But then if I met this man and he was so sweet, I would also be like, I was right, you know?

Right.

He gives me both energy, and I'm just like, where is this soft spoken voice coming from?

The Jeffrey Dahmer side of him or the PJOM side of him?

We shall never know.

We shall never know.

No, but his like dating life is really all over the place right now.

I'd like to see him settled soon.

Me too.

I think like...

Honestly, I miss him and Anna.

That's what I was just about to say.

I think Anna D'Armis was like the last good thing that happened to him.

Yeah.

I don't think he's getting back with J-Lo.

No, me neither.

Especially after something like this.

I feel like even if they had a chance, like J-Lo is just done with men who reach out to women on Instagram.

Oh, 100%.

And this is, this is like...

She needs to date a man who does not have Instagram.

This is a pattern.

Like, literally...

Even though it's sweet, like, Ben Affleck being on Raya, really, like, Raya's for fake famous people, but Ben Affleck is like an actual A-list megastar.

Yeah.

Why are you on there?

Maybe it's for real famous people.

Honestly, J-Lo needs to date like Brad Pitt.

No, J-Lo needs to date someone who doesn't have Instagram.

Brad Pitt, no.

Okay, but I think she needs an accountant still.

Yeah, me too.

Like a businessman Bo.

Everybody needs one.

It's the solution to every problem.

100%.

We're wishing our best to Ben Affleck.

And the vine.

You blew it.

Okay.

Are you ready for our next show?

You fucking blew it.

Yes, you can join Ruthie over with the people who

publicized a celebrity relationship before it even started.

And unfortunately, it didn't come to fruition.

This is a sign that the only thing you should be publicizing is your nest.

100%.

And the nest happens once the relationship is fortified.

100%.

Only our Jewish jesters will understand what the fuck we're talking about.

Are you ready for our next story?

Yeah.

Peloton drama over at Peloton.

They're recalling all treadmills after reports of injuries and one death.

So the Peloton treadmill

has been a source of drama and injury.

I have to send this link to Brian.

I'm sure he's seen it.

No, no, no, literally.

Did he just order a treadmill?

Because I've literally been dying for one.

Bad choice of word, but

I really, really want one because when I go to a gym that's like not,

I don't, when I'm at a hotel or whatever, I use the gym, I use a regular treadmill, and I do a Peloton tread class on a regular treadmill, and it's such a good workout.

And I just feel convinced that if I had a Peloton treadmill, like my body would change.

I just sent that link to Brian because Brian is in the Hamptons, and he hasn't been at his house in a while and he's there with his friend John.

Everyone knows we talked about him on the podcast.

And John wanted to try the Peloton treadmill and literally mysterious, like can't walk.

Like he literally, like they don't know what happened.

His leg, Brian had to like run out and get him like an ace bandage and like all the shit.

Like literally he did the Peloton treadmill and now he literally like can't move his leg.

Whoa.

And they're like, they don't know what happened.

I thought the issues with Peloton treadmill were because like

you need to put the safety on and if you don't the treadmill just starts moving.

So, like, dogs and kids were just like getting mixed up

in the pet treadmill.

Yeah.

So, I thought they were coming out with a new treadmill called the tread coming out at the end of this month.

That's one that I wanted to get, but called the tread plus, but tread plus is being recalled as well.

Interesting, you know, I think treadmills are like very underratedly dangerous.

Yeah, like one finger in the wrong place, like a kid, like, I don't know, treadmills, that's why I don't have one.

Treadmills give me spooky vibes.

Yeah, that I hear you.

I was literally like about to to use the treadmill today.

I probably still will.

Today?

Yeah.

In my gym in my building.

I signed up for a slot yesterday.

Like, I was like, I want to use a treadmill because I just need to switch up my workouts.

That's like what I've realized.

Like, the bike, it's not enough.

So I was like, I'm going to go to the gym in my building and use a treadmill.

I went down there.

It's like locked.

And then it turns out it's like one person at a time due to COVID.

You have to sign up.

The list is like weeks in advance.

I just can't.

Can't.

July 1st can't come fast enough.

No, and like, okay, where am I going to be on July 1st?

Like, who am I going to want to be in the mood to work out?

Like, who knows where I'm going to be?

Yeah.

Emotionally, mentally, and physically.

Yeah.

So I was so close to ranging a Peloton treadmill.

I'm just so relieved that I didn't.

No.

Are people getting their money back?

Yes.

So the company is advising customers who already have the products to stop immediately using it and contact Peloton for a full refund or other qualified remedy.

The U.S.

Consumer Product Safety Commission had previously warned about Peloton's Tread Plus product last month after one child died in an incident involving the machine, and there were dozens of other reported injuries.

That's terrible.

Peloton pushed back on the recommended recall at the time and told customers there was no reason to stop using its treadmills.

But now they're saying, We want to be clear, we made a mistake in our initial response.

We should have engaged more productively with them from the outset.

For that, I apologize.

And now the Tread and Tread Plus are being recalled.

Oh, that just got a pit.

Yeah.

The kid died?

Yeah.

That's terrible.

Yeah.

Terrible.

So

if you have a Peloton tread, be careful.

Are you ready for our next story?

It's some good, I feel like New York City news.

News I've been waiting for, sort of.

Okay.

The banks are coming back to work.

Oh,

the banks are going to save us.

The banks, like the Wall Street workers are coming back.

Office culture is resurging.

Goldman Sachs, Top Brass, has formulated a plan to have US and U.K.

employees return to offices next month as Wall Street's march back to its skyscrapers gathers pace.

U.S.

staff should be prepared by June 14th to work from offices again, while those in the U.K.

should be ready by June 21st.

The move follows a mandate last week from J.P.

Morgan Chase and Co.

Chief Jamie Diamond seeking to bring back his workforce in rotations from early July.

So the reason why I want to talk about this is I feel like New York is coming back.

And when it's a beautiful Saturday, people are out.

Like, the vibes are good.

But I think a really big piece to New York coming back is people getting back to work in the offices.

I agree.

And I think Wall Street is the first.

It's the biggest industry in the city.

So like once they start, I think others will follow.

And I think that that is like a really important step to getting back to normal.

Happy hours and just like work things.

No, and like corporate like lunch culture, restaurants, even like places that are, there are so many restaurants that were only open Monday through Friday to serve.

Serve like these huge office buildings because they like make a salad in five seconds.

Yes, exactly.

And so I feel like for businesses, for just like community and culture, like people getting back into the office is a really important next step.

Yeah, I mean, honestly, though, like I see it from both sides because obviously as a New Yorker, I agree, like people, office culture, going back to offices is like a huge step in the right direction.

But like I can just be, imagine being a person who works in an office and like having to go back.

Like I imagine that people are dreading it.

I think it's, I think people feel like both ways.

I think on the one hand, they're dreading it.

They used to, they can just like roll over, work in pajamas, you know,

their dogs, their kids, like,

even though it sucks, like they're having benefits.

Yes.

I think people are also having cabin fever and are ready to like have that delineation in their life again yes at a cost of waking up earlier and being more tired and all of those things but like it's not all just fun and games working from home no of course not but there are benefits especially if you have kids there are but it's also downside if you have kids your kids bother the fuck out of you like yeah and you have to like start schooling them too right no it's both you're a banker and a teacher but I just know if this were me like I would be like devastated to go back to the office.

I don't know.

After a year of working from home, I think I may be excited to get dressed up again, you know, see people like, hey, like water cooler, Sally, what's good?

Like, what's the tea?

All this drama.

Like, I don't know.

I think that people might be excited for that.

And I'm personally just excited to like see like people in the street, you know?

You know, me too.

And I'm honestly like what you said about they're really like this funnel for so many other things.

Like so many restaurants rely on corporate culture.

So I think that'll be really good.

And it is just like the step we have to take to get back to normal.

So it's all great.

And I think it's, it's a big step.

And also, I think some companies will have like rotations of like some work from home.

So you'll still get like, I don't think it'll go full nine to five, 24, five.

Well, because that's the other thing.

It's like now that we all realize that we can do pretty much anything and then some from home, I really hope this gives like work culture and just like people more flexibility.

Like we lost a year of our lives.

Like we should all be able to like travel the next year and like take trips, but also work.

We can work from a plane.

We could work for anywhere.

Like being in the office shouldn't be so required because as we've proven over the last like 18 years

we can do anything from home yes so i just think we should keep that in mind moving forward and i think here at the toast we are keeping that in mind and we know we can do the show from anywhere now and we're gonna we're gonna take advantage of that i want that for everyone i want i want jp jp morgan to follow that example i want goldman sacks to follow our example like i just want everyone to realize they can do their jobs from wherever i want scarlet magazine to follow that example totally don't you want to work at scarlet magazine like don't you feel like watching the bullet, like, that's the exact sort of thing that needs to come back in order for New York to really like

start to be New York again?

Yes.

That, like, even though it's not like that, you know, office, most office cultures are like quiet and gray and boring.

Yeah.

Because of, you know, HR.

Yeah, but not here at the toast.

And I think we set the tone for a vibrant work.

I think we set the tone for our generation.

100%.

And we definitely are setting the tone for J.P.

Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche.

Like, they're all looking at us being like, how can we be more like the Morgan?

Deutsche, for sure, and Swiss.

Swiss is like kind of annoying.

Like, how much

they're kind of like copying us.

I couldn't agree more.

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Also, our next story sort of relates to the previous story, just the flip side of now we can do anything from home.

NYC schools are scrapping snow days in favor of remote learning.

So now

I would be

furious.

Attention, school kids of New York City.

You can put all the spoons you want under your pillow, wear your pajamas inside out, flush ice cubes down the toilet, but you're not getting any more snow days off from school.

The city Department of Education said on Tuesday that it will take a page from the pandemic playbook for the 2021-22 school year and replace severe weather days off with all remote instruction.

Okay, like I'm never going back to school, but like, I'm furious about it.

I'm furious for the kids.

Snow days are just like these small once a year, just moments a year.

Not even.

Not even, maybe, for the kids.

And now it's turned into a remote learning day.

I'm devastating.

But they knew this was going to happen.

Think of the parents who have to like stay with their kids.

Like their office might be closed.

They're working from home.

Like, oh, my God.

That is just so not right.

Because honestly, like,

there is really nothing comparable to the joy you get when you wake up as a kid and school is closed.

Like, it's just, like, I'm smiling just thinking about it.

It's so...

overwhelmingly joyous.

And to rob kids of that, when kids growing up in the pandemic have really been through a lot and they're not going to grow up to be entirely normal, they deserve the snow days.

Give them the snow days.

Bring back our snow days.

People are really upset about this.

This is wrong.

Wrong.

And New York City schools, like, again, like, they really set the tone.

This is so, this is de Blasio written all over it.

It's so sick.

Whoever passed this legislature hates children.

Yeah.

And happiness.

Yeah.

And whoever's like running for mayor should add this to their platform.

Andrew Yang, Barbara Cabovit.

Bring back just a snow day.

It could be one day.

What's one day?

No, and honestly, like snow days a lot of times happen near the holiday season.

So it's just like nice to be home with your friends.

You cultivate a vibe.

Who wants to cultivate a vibe with remote learning?

No.

Honestly, if I was in school right now, like I would literally start protesting.

People are going to take to the streets.

You know what?

I support them.

I'm very upset for them.

Yeah.

No, this isn't not right.

The campers are quaking.

I heard AC was inconsolable.

Inconsolable.

Yeah.

That's awful.

That's a terrible story.

Yep.

I thought you needed to know that.

I did.

And are you ready for our fifth and final story, which is going to lead us into our TV recap?

Because big news out of the Real Housewise of Dallas reunion.

Carrie Brittingham is divorcing her husband, Eduardo, after 12 years of marriage.

She says, we were not happy.

I mean, if you watch the show last season and this season, there was definitely something up.

They hinted towards it.

with the editing by the end of the season.

But honestly, like, I was not even a big fan of Carrie this season.

I think she acted like atrociously, but I felt really bad for her.

Like,

when she was like, I'm just gonna have to work in my jewelry line, I'm like, girl, no one is buying your jewelry.

Like, I just like felt really bad.

But I think she was wearing her jewelry in the reunion, and I thought it looked really nice.

She wears her jewelry like every scene.

Yeah, I never really noticed it before, but I thought that her necklace and bracelet looked nice.

I just felt like really sad for her because, like, all the other women were like pitying her.

And, like, really, none of these women of all the franchises, like, this is one of the wealthiest.

Like, they all are so good money-wise.

And, like, I just like felt really bad for her because her life is obviously going to change so much.

Her kids are older.

I think they're all over 18.

She can't collect child support.

She's just one little one.

Oh, well, then she can collect child support, which I just, like, I felt so sad for her.

Cause like she kind of predicted this.

Like, she's been talking about her divorce since we met her.

Like, if we get divorced and I don't have the house, nothing's in my name.

I have nothing.

I have a prenup.

Like.

Literally, what she said was going to happen is exactly what happened.

Yeah, really

sad.

It was nice to see all the women like rallying around her, but also, and I mean, maybe it does excuse all of her behavior this season.

Like, she was having, like, she was in an unhappy home.

And when she was with the women, like, she just wanted to let loose and she let a little too loose.

But it did feel like

she's absolved of everything that she did this season because she was going through a very rough time.

Yeah, I don't think it excuses her behavior at all, but I do understand it more.

But you still are a grown-up and you have to apologize to people for hurting their feelings and breaking their things in their home.

Yes.

And also, I think, I mean, I'm assuming she'll be on next season because now, like, things are interesting.

And she did contribute to a lot of the the drama.

Yes.

I think a lot of people, like, have issues with her, but she's, without her, there's really not that much drama.

And so did Deandra say she's going to live in a townhouse behind Deandra's house?

Behind Deandra's cousin's house.

Got it.

Deandra's cousin said that they bought a house behind hers.

I'm just like,

I'm like, I just don't want to be sad.

Like, it's a pot, it's a, like, I just feel, I felt really sad.

And, like, I don't even really ever

like care that much about Carrie.

She's just, like, kind of all over the place.

But I did feel really bad for her, but I was not surprised.

Yeah, especially because they didn't film together this season at all, her and her husband.

And when they did in the past, last season was her first season, and it was not good.

Oh, last season was her first season.

Yeah.

And remember, they went to those dinners and it was just like not good.

Oh my god, it was awful.

No, no, no.

We've known this was going to happen.

Honestly, just didn't think it would be so fast, and that we would get an announcement on the reunion.

Yeah.

But the reunion otherwise was like really silly, honestly.

Nothing of note went down except for the the divorce announcement but I'm really looking forward to like Brandy Renman did not say one word on the reading one word she was introduced and then that's it yeah and they cut to her a few times like show her laughing like to prove that she was still there but like she was so quiet and I wonder if she would have been that quiet if she was in person but they just like she didn't have anything to say I think she might have like chimed in here and there but like I'm sure they encourage them like not if you're a virtual like don't talk over because even one time it happened and it was really confusing so I think because nothing had to do with her, she was just like, I'm going to sit this out.

Like her baby's over there.

She probably was just like, I'll speak when spoken to.

Yeah, I mean, they looked so turnt in their hotel rooms, like with their hair and makeup, their awful lighting.

Like Brandy's lighting is so bad.

I just like, why couldn't they have like delivered a ring light to both of their rooms?

Yeah, I feel like maybe they did.

And it's just still like not good.

It's really bad, but honestly.

It's fine because

like the the beef between Cameron Westcott and Tiffany Moon is just like not what I realized, like, I so desperately needed.

But I just find it weird that, like, Cameron Westcott, who I like adore these days, has really never

gotten that heavily involved in drama.

She's always kind of like the narrator of the show, and she gets in like petty arguments, but like, she just woke up and decided, like, she wanted to take down the moons.

She's taking the moons down.

And, like, it's kind of a weird hill to die on because, like, although there were moments where I didn't agree with what Tiffany did, or like, I found her to be definitely patronizing,

I just don't know if like that's like a battle worth taking on.

Like Tiffany is for the most part like very well liked.

Yeah, I hear what you're saying.

I feel like

she

I feel like she's like really hurt by like the things that Tiffany said.

Calling her dumb, basically.

Like while they were filming.

And I think that like afterwards, remember there was all that beef on like Twitter when the show premiered?

And I think that like she just took that stuff really personally and she's just not going to let it go.

She took it very personally.

But I agree.

It did sort of come out of of nowhere.

Like, Tiffany could not get away with anything.

Yeah, and like without Cameron,

which was annoying because if you have a legitimate gripe with someone, like, wait till the moment's right and say your gripe.

But then if you just go after everything they say, like, you just look like you're going after them for no reason.

Yeah, I also just need to say, like, Cameron Westcott's look from top to bottom

was...

Maybe like top five reunion looks of all time on Housewives for me.

Tiffany Moon also looks wonderful.

I really was into like Deandra's alternative take on the theme, except why is she wearing a Capri?

That's the only like she wore a tuxedo.

I think that's very cool.

The Capri, maybe they're just riding up when she's like crossed her legs.

I don't know.

I didn't notice that.

It's so off-putting.

I'm wearing some capries today.

Okay, but you're not at a reunion.

Or am I?

I really also just, I felt like the whole episode was really about Tiffany.

And Carrie.

Oh, and Carrie.

Yeah, but there was just like a lot of Tiffany like stuff and a lot of people, like

Cameron Westcott, like saying that she thought Tiffany's TikTok was inappropriate.

Like Cameron, chill out.

But I did kind of want them to go in on like

how we got so much of Tiffany's personal story and it was really kind of messy.

Like her mom seems lovely.

Her mom seemed to support all of her decisions.

And of course her parents aren't happy with her.

She literally went on a reality show and chose violence.

Like she literally chose to throw her mom onto the bus like so hard season one, episode one.

Like that.

Of all the things, like that's the one thing I just can't kind of get past with Tiffany because one, it seems like her mom is a nice lady.

And like, of course, you never know know what goes on behind closed doors.

But, like, why sign up for a reality show and like literally make a conscious choice to make your mom look bad?

Right.

And, like, finally bring up all this stuff that you have not spoken about before.

I understand why her parents would be upset about that.

I thought it was really interesting that, like, the hospital and, like, this is like not good.

But I feel like, and so I wish that Annie just pressed her a little bit further on, like, why did you join this show?

What are you hoping to get out of it?

Because from my POV, I feel like Tiffany has started her own business with

candles that are like, anise that are like almost like medical in terms of relaxing.

I think they have like a bit of

aromatherapy.

Yes, exactly.

So I think this is like her new business endeavor.

And maybe she wants like a platform for that so she could maybe stop working at the hospital.

I don't know.

I would have liked some more clarity on that because it's like, if everybody in your life hates that you're doing this, why are you doing this?

Yeah, that's true.

Like your family, your work.

Yeah.

That's fair.

But I do feel like on a personal level, she's gotten so much out of the show.

Like the friendships, I feel like she grew so much on the show.

I agree.

It's honestly a pleasure to watch.

She didn't, and I don't think that's why she came on the show.

I think that was just like a happy

byproduct.

But she didn't

give us enough to understand why she's here.

I completely agree.

Because she has such like a wonderful, fabulous life.

Right.

And she doesn't really need to work.

Her husband is a hotelier.

Yeah.

I believe like their wealth comes from that, not from her being an anesthesiologist.

I'm sure it's like both.

No, I think it's the hotelier.

Like, it's

well, so I just would have liked just to understand her

reasoning.

Decision making.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Because she's just like a tough nut to crack.

Yeah.

Which I kind of like.

You know, not everybody needs to just lay it all out there.

But it is the reunion.

We went into this line of questioning, which I wasn't even really curious about before.

Housewife seems like a fun thing to do.

A lot of the women are really respected in the community, so it's not like a bad

bad group to be a part of.

So I just would have liked more clarity there.

Yeah, I agree.

Hopefully we'll get into it in part two, but there's only part two parts, which is like kind of crazy.

Yeah, the treatment of the Dallas housewives and the reunion last night was like so.

10.30.

10.30 after Watch What Happens Live.

And why not just put it on Monday?

Let's talk about Watch What Happens Live when literally Andy asks Ramona, in your opinion, what do you think is the worst franchise?

And literally not two minutes before their reunion heiress, Ramona says Dallas.

Yeah.

Watch Happens Live was so fucking messy.

Like the remoteness, all the women live in New York.

Are we not at a place?

Maybe I'm wrong, but like, are we not at a place where six people can sit in a studio together?

No, I believe that we are.

So, like, because they do reunions.

Like, right, they do reunions.

It was so bad.

Oh my God, it was so blurry.

Luanne could not get a Wi-Fi connection to save her fucking life.

Everyone was talking over each other, and there was like good nuggets there.

And we were just missing everything.

I'm God, I didn't watch them.

It was, I had no choice because I watched it from 9 to 10.

And then I had to watch the Dallas reunion, but they stuck fucking watched Robins Live in there.

Yeah.

Awful.

But let's talk about New York.

Yes.

the most shocking thing:

Leah's outfit to the brunch.

You didn't like it?

Wait, what?

Are you joking?

I thought it was like cute and fun.

The patterned skirt with the plaid skirts.

The plaid skirt with the leather boots and the moon Kylie Denner top.

I just thought, I wouldn't wear it personally, but I thought she was, I thought, I thought she looked really good.

I thought her glam was on point, and like she has her own sense of style.

I thought she looked cute.

I thought she looked cute.

I'm actually speechless.

She just like brings her own sense of self to

the group.

She looks nuts.

Nuts.

She's so pretty and cute.

Like, she really.

Stunning.

Stunning.

Nuts outfit.

I thought she looked cute.

And the confessional outfit.

I wouldn't wear that for a married reasons, but I thought it looked cute on her.

No, that turtleneck was so cute.

When I saw her in the previews, just sitting up brunch.

I'm like, oh my God, I love that turtleneck on her.

Like, she should have worn some like leather pants, like something.

When she got up and walked in, I was like, but like that.

Oh, and then the the pink bomber.

What was going on?

But that's just like her.

When she said, yeah, I could wear a black bag, but that'd be so obvious.

Like, cool.

I'm into it.

I, again, like, I would go with the obvious black bag.

I like to like be super coordinated, but not everyone's the same.

No, I'm not.

I'm not.

I thought she looked like really good, honestly.

I really did.

That was my, I hear what you're saying.

I do.

But when I saw her, I was like, oh, wow, she got glam.

I loved how her hair was done.

And she's wearing an outfit that's designer, but also true to herself.

You're supposed to be the fashionist of the two of us.

I'm saying, like, I wouldn't wear it because I also don't have her body and she could really wear anything.

Yes.

Nothing really looks bad on her.

But I like that it was fashion forward and also took a chance.

I love that she's converting to Judaism.

Like, I don't really understand why yet.

I'm sure we'll get into it more, but she's on a spiritual journey.

Yeah, and she likes the challenge.

Yeah, which is really interesting.

I hope we get into it more.

She did upgrade her apartment slightly.

She heard you.

She heard me loudly.

Bravo heard you because Ebony's apartment is so sickeningly stunning.

Stunning.

It looks like a hotel.

Yeah.

I was shocked.

Like, I haven't seen a house that nice on Bravo, I mean, on New York

since, I don't know.

It was just a relief.

Luann upgraded.

Sonia's back in the townhouse.

They heard you about the real estate and they said, ladies, let's step it up.

I mean, Luann's is a rental looks like one.

I think better than her Upper West Side apartments and Sonia's Upper West Side apartment.

Of course, I'm so happy Sonia's out of Columbus Circle and back in the townhouse.

The townhouse looks great.

Sonia feels like Ramona and Luan, even though I'm like actually really jazzed about the two of them being friends, them coming for Sonia just to like to have something to talk about.

Like, don't do that.

I didn't feel like they were coming for her.

I did where she's going through something.

She just doesn't want to talk to you.

And everyone's going through something.

It's the pandemic.

When she was talking about Century 21 and how, like, literally, she worked so hard just to get like this one thing.

And then the second she got it, Century 21 files for her bang up.

So you like, I wanted to cry for her.

Like, I feel her.

And so she was like taking time for herself during the pandemic, putting herself first.

And like these two.

Going on a wellness retreat.

These two like social butterflies just can't understand that.

And so they think she's going through something more.

And it's like, let's not make it.

No, it's like, it's just what you see that she's going through.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And she's up front.

She's like, no, honestly, like the rug was pulled out from underneath me.

You know what I also can't stand when like someone's going through something and then like

their friend is like mad at them for not like leaning on them enough.

And it's like, it's like give them more to give the person who's going through something more to work.

Make it about you.

100%.

That's like the most selfish thing you can do.

I agree.

Ramona looks amazing.

Ramona looks like they all look, we all look amazing.

Yes, Luanne like grew her hair hair out like three inches and it looks so good.

She no longer looks like her ex-fiancé Jacques.

She looks so good.

I love the energy that she's bringing, the openness about the drinking.

When she had that conversation with Leah and just like right off the bat, I was like, I'm having a really hard time.

It's like, that's not a Luann that we're familiar with.

Like she will not admit defeat

until she's in the back of a cop car.

She literally said she was an alcoholic just because she was like under arrest for it.

And then the second her like parole was up and everything, she said she wasn't an alcoholic and she didn't have a drinking problem.

But I honestly have respect for her for saying like there was a couple nights when I didn't know how I got got home and like that was unacceptable like at this age she was being like so honest and just like open about everything which is new for luan so i was really i really liked that moment between the two of them i thought the episode in general was really good i'm loving ebony me too like she won me over with her outfit to brunch her friendship with leah and her house like oh my god her house i just am not I feel like I'm being spoiled.

You know, the only thing I care about on housewise is like, if people have nice homes.

And she just really hit it out of the park.

No, she hid it out of the park on all, firing in all cylinders, which we love to see.

I also love that she's short.

Like, all the women are so tall.

And as such, like, short people, like, it just, I felt represented.

I felt represented.

Honestly, like, some of these women who just like, when, when Leah and her were in the back of the car and Ebony was like, have they met anyone like me before?

And Leah was like, a black person?

No.

Like, and you can definitely see like some of these women like don't know how to, like, when Sonia was like, I have diverse fish.

Honestly, like, I died.

Like, I look, she's like, and I'm, and then Ebony was like, and you have body positive fish.

Like, it was so cringy.

And, like, I see her trying to make an effort, but like, it was literally, it's old world meets new world.

Like, two, like, it was so cringy.

I could have died.

Yeah, but I think that the group together has like a good rapport.

It's clear that the women, like, like Ebony off the bat, and I'm excited for them to get to the Hamptons, even though it looks like things go south so quickly.

So quickly at Luann's.

Right.

And Heather Thompson is coming back.

And no, Heather Thompson is kind of like the cornerstone of all the drama this season.

Like her and Leah, like literally, I think she's like

suing Leah for assault or something.

Like there's crazy.

And she like leaves mid-season.

Yeah.

I love Heather Thompson.

I feel as though she wasn't given a fair shot.

And I just cannot wait for the scene where Ramona, I have been like loving Ramona, even though I feel like the world has started to turn on Ramona.

I used to hate her.

I'm like, now I kind of like her.

When she's walking up the stairs in her Audrey Hepburn black dress and pearl necklace, what happened to class?

To elegance, to elegance and class.

I can't wait.

Like, Ramona is actually turning into someone I love so much when I could not stand her.

No, it goes up and down.

She comes in waves.

She is the Ramona coaster.

She is.

And she's always true to herself, which you just gotta respect.

Gotta.

And she's in a good season.

Yes, her life.

Yes, 100%.

She looks so amazing.

I agree with you.

I'm totally here for everything she's bringing.

On what?

And Luann and the friendship.

And I just feel like she's in a good place.

Yeah, do you think that Luann knew that her balcony looked into Tom's?

I actually don't.

I actually don't.

I reported on this when TBG was here and we're like, obviously, but then actually seeing, it wasn't directly across the street.

It's like a few blocks away and across the avenue.

So I actually think there's a strong chance she didn't know.

It's not like it's a direct across the street view into someone's window.

It's like two blocks up and one block.

So I believe her.

I don't think Luann is hung up on Tom.

Me neither.

I really, really don't.

Like I've forgotten about him.

I think she's forgotten about him.

I think that if she were hung up on him, she would still be married to him.

Yeah, and she's with Garth.

She just, like, couldn't fucking stand him.

Yeah, no, no, no.

I mean, he's so annoying.

Yeah.

So it was like a good episode kickoff.

Nothing major happened, but apparently it goes down in the Hamptons next weekend.

So can't wait.

Can't wait.

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All right, first up, counselors.

I'm in desperate need of some advice and I feel that your wisdom will resonate with many other toasters.

Okay.

Moving season is upon us and there are uncomfortable roommate conversations on the horizon.

I currently live with my best friend of over...

I currently live with my best friend of almost 10 years.

Let's call her Margo.

And another girl that we have lived with for the past three years, let's call her Knowles.

Knowles moved into a house with us right after college when one of our planned roommates fell through.

We were set up through mutual friends, but hit it off right away, and the three of us moved together into a house the following year and have now lived here for almost two years.

In the past two years, mine and Margo's feelings, Margo has been best friends with this girl for 10 years, mine and Margo's feelings towards Knowles have changed quite a bit.

We find her to be extremely negative and just generally on a different page than us.

This is blasphemy.

She has a boyfriend.

She is still in school.

She doesn't really like to go out unless it's with her boyfriend, etc.

Margo and I are single as fuck.

We drink way too much.

We smoke weed.

We work full-time.

We have pets.

The list goes on and on.

We need to get out of living with her, but we've also gotten so comfortable with the situation, even though we're constantly bitching about it, that it feels really hard to come clean on our plans.

We all get along and prefer to brush things under the rug rather than address things head-on.

I don't know how to approach the conversation that Margo and I want to move, but she's not invited.

I'd like to think that she sees it coming, but I'm really not sure that that's the case.

She doesn't have any other girlfriends, it's been three years, so we just kind of feel responsible for her.

I do want to remain friends with her and her boyfriend, so we just need to figure out how to tell her without hurting her feelings.

Sincerely, a people-pleasing toaster.

So she basically needs advice on how to tell the third roommate that the two of them just aren't moving on without her.

And bluntness, honesty, policy, get with it.

Like, yeah, I would try and find find a reason that you could pin it on, you know, maybe something about your late nights or whatever.

Well, you found a great place with two rooms.

Yeah, something like that.

Try and find an excuse to soften the blow.

But yes, at the end of the day, you just need to be honest.

And the more heads up you give someone when it comes to women, the nicer it is.

Like, if you leave them high and dry, like, the second the lease is up, like, that's rude.

So be courteous.

So let her know in advance that you guys have plans to move on and give her enough time to find her own accommodations.

But yeah, just rip the band-aid off.

Yeah, you don't have to live with anyone.

It's not a crime.

You just don't want to hurt someone's feelings.

So just say it in a nice way.

Yeah.

All right, next up.

Hi, Jackie and Claude.

This is my first time writing in, but I've been a toaster since the beginning.

I love you both very much.

I have a dilemma that isn't very urgent, but something that needs to be dealt with nonetheless.

I appreciate any advice in advance.

This girl feels like a lawyer, like very funny.

So I've been doing long distance with a guy for about a month now.

We met when I was back in my college town and he's been visiting me consistently for the last four weeks since then.

He's amazing and a super sweet guy.

However, However, he's quite sensitive.

So this is where the problem arises and is also just weird in general.

He currently lives at home with his mom, but both times he's stayed with, but both times he's stayed with him.

I've

that she stayed with him?

She's probably.

But both times I've stayed with him.

I've noticed all his clothes smell like they've been left in the laundry for too long.

What?

I realize.

No.

Oh, I guess if you leave your laundry in the machine for too long, it could get like moldy.

If you leave it in the wash.

In the wash.

I realize this can be an issue with the washing machine.

Oh, look, I think she means like moldy.

Okay.

I realize this can be an issue with the washing machine, but honestly, it really starts to bother me when the smell permeates to my room/slash bed.

He's so amazing, and I really do like him, but I don't know how to address this.

Like, I can't just straight tell him.

I feel like that's such an awkward conversation.

Any advice is welcome, sincerely.

A toaster with a smelly man.

The thing is, you don't have a smelly man.

You have a man with smelly clothes, which is such a better predicament to be in than a smelly man because telling someone they smell is hurting their feelings.

Telling someone their clothes smells is like just a matter of fact.

Okay, also, I might have some practical advice because I went through this this year in quarantine when I was like doing so much laundry and my stuff started, my towels started to have that like moldy smell.

And I just like the toasters told me that like you can overwash towels and you do like a

strip it with borax.

Yeah, what's it called?

The vinegar.

Apple cider vinegar.

Not apple cider.

Baking soda.

White wine vinegar.

Yeah.

You run the washer.

You run the washer with white wine vinegar and baking soda and then you run it again and that will get the moldy smell out.

I think that's his problem.

So, you could even do that without telling him.

Like, you could, but she's gonna go to his mom's house and clean it up.

Fix his washing machine, yeah, and then the rest of the money.

He's not a repair man.

Like, just, I mean, do you want to have an uncomfortable conversation or you want to fix a problem?

Just, I don't think it's me, your clothes smell, bro.

Like, everyone, and you know what?

It's too early in the relationship to talk about smells.

No, you know what?

Like, everyone in this generation, the men need to grow the fuck up.

But it's his mom doing the laundry.

So, you really want to insult his mother's laundry?

Maybe she doesn't know.

Maybe her nose is broken.

Maybe she has COVID.

That's not funny

listen it's too early in the relationship to talk about smells if you want to if you just want to why do we have to put up with so much if this was reversed the man wouldn't even think about it two seconds he'd be like yo bitch

your panties smell like he would say something like he would say he would say yo bitch get the fuck out of my house no like honestly

i think that like if the rules were reversed Actually, men don't really pick up on those things.

Just go behind his back and fix his laundry machine.

No, I think that you need to start off the relationship being honest.

Like we we are all grown adults.

We are all responsible.

We all have agency over our own lives.

Like, you want to be walking around in smelly clothes.

Like, you're going to pay the price.

Like, I'm going to tell you your clothes are smelly.

Okay,

you have two paths forward.

Yeah, what kind of man do you want to be with?

Like, a wussy who, like, you can't even tell that your clothes don't smell good?

Or, like, a grown man who's like, takes it like a man.

Oh, my clothes smell.

Like, let me find the problem.

Like, or, you know what?

You could just break up with him because this is just more trouble than it's worth.

Plus, it was long distance.

That's the best advice I've heard all year.

It's long distance, it's only been a month, like close smell.

What else is waiting for?

He lives with his mom with smelly clothes.

Honestly.

You haven't given me one redeeming quality about him.

You can't even sense that his clothes smell.

He's very sensitive, too.

Like, honestly, I could never be with someone sensitive.

Clearly.

All right.

Okay, now you have three paths forward.

Let us know which one you choose.

But if you really love him, just clean out that launching machine.

No,

I think you're setting a really bad precipitation.

It's just like one cup of white wine vinegar and one cup of baking soda.

You You just dash.

Google it.

I think you're setting yourself up for failure.

Or you could be like, or you could be like, I saw this thing on like Facebook watch.

Like, if you're laundry, he's like, smelling, we should try this.

You could make it like a group activity.

Okay, then he'll realize what you're doing and then he'll feel stupid.

I don't think he'll realize.

All right, third and five.

Maybe he didn't realize his clothes.

Maybe he is not.

Maybe you should take him to the doctor.

His nose is broken.

Dear, beautiful, stunning, and smart Claudia and Jackie, love the show so much.

Listening since day one.

Here's the deal.

Yesterday, my friend's mother threw a post-COVID party themed everything pee.

Everything was pink, purple, pastels, pineapple.

How weird.

You could dress up pee-themed.

The party was really pee-themed because it was supposed to end in my friend's sister getting proposed to.

So obviously.

Yeah, my friend's sister had no clue what was happening, and she thought it would be hilarious to show up in a giant penis costume.

I love this girl.

Yeah, that's right.

A penis costume to her own proposal.

Obviously, no one really knew what to do because no one wanted to ruin the surprise proposal.

He ended up proposing anyway because it was the only time his friends and family would be together until the holidays.

Needless to say, my friend's sister ended up a little embarrassed being proposed to as a penis and isn't super happy with the photos.

And her grandmother is throwing a huge fit over the entire situation and said he should have just waited until the holidays when everyone is together again.

That's in like nine months.

That's insane.

What do you think should have happened and what's the best way to fix this hard pun intended situation?

Would love to pass off your advice to my friend and her sister.

Anyways, wild weekend.

Love the show.

Thanks.

Okay, I think this is a great story.

So beautiful.

Get into it.

Loves you for who you are.

What a funny story for the kids.

And by the way, like, once you start like doing your

like engagement photos and your wedding photos, you'll never look at these proposal photos again.

And like, you'll just have the funny story.

Just roll with it.

If you're the kind of girl that shows up in a penis costume, like you can handle this.

I agree.

Like, first of all, nobody even uses the proposal photos.

Everyone like fake proposes again later when you have your hair and makeup done.

So get just the problem, the solution to this problem is an engagement photo shoot.

You wear a white dress and he wears a suit and he pretends.

You send those pictures to grandma.

Yeah, and that's when you put on like your wedding website.

But like, I think this is a great story of two young lovers who are just jokesters and he loves you.

I love this story.

He loves you for who you are.

Oh, and I love that he still did it.

I think it's like, this is so beautiful.

This is one of the best stories I've heard.

A happy ending.

I wasn't expecting.

A literal happy ending.

LOL.

Lean into it.

I think it's great.

And that was Dear Toasters.

If you ever want to write in, by the way, deartoasters at gmail.com, write to us with your problems.

Also, if you've ever written to to us with your problems and we answer them on air and you have an update for us, you know, someone got married, something, send it to us.

We'd like to hear what goes on in your life.

Dear Toasters at gmail.com.

And we're not ending the show because if you're listening as a podcast, coming up momentarily is our interview with Kirby, Madison Brown, from Dynasty.

Great show.

She was a great gal.

She's a huge toaster.

She brought her dog.

If you're watching on YouTube, the video is separate, but it is up right now.

So check that out.

If you want to see the pups being mad cute, check out the YouTube.

Yeah, the YouTube was kind of precious.

Yeah.

Thank you guys so much for listening to The Morning Toast.

We'll see you tomorrow.

Goodbye.

Goodbye.

We are so excited to be sitting down today with an iconic actress, former model, and toaster, Madison Brown from Dynasty.

Literally the most chaotic, most amazing show on television.

This amazing show premieres this Friday.

We are so excited to have it back in our lives.

Welcome to The Toast, Madison.

It's very surreal to be here.

It's such an honor.

It really is such an honor.

This show really got me through like the pandemic times.

So it's very exciting to be here.

Thank you for being here and thank you for saying that.

And thank you for being a toaster and also contributing to one of the greatest shows of our time, I think.

Oh my god, wow.

Such big dynasty fans and I'm so excited that it's coming back.

What can we expect from this new season?

What was it like filming in a pandemic?

Oh, true.

It's so, we've been filming since October, so I feel like I've forgotten like what's actually happened.

It'll be very interesting watching it back.

Me and my co-stars, we've been talking about this all the time.

Like we literally have forgotten like what actually goes on because so much happens every episode.

Yes.

And this season especially is crazy.

I mean like I really can't say much because I know

you lose my job.

Yeah.

I'm very happy with my job, but

it's it's crazy.

It's crazy.

And shooting in a pandemic just like added another layer to the already craziness of of shooting the show.

Like we have a very hectic schedule as it is.

And with the pandemic and all the restrictions on top of that, it's been interesting.

And it was an adjustment at first.

I mean, I remember the first few months, I didn't realize how much I would miss like seeing people's faces.

And not being able to hug people at work has been quite the adjustment.

Who do you hug the most?

My on-set dresser, LaSharon.

So she like does all the final touches.

Like when they say rolling, she'll like run in and fix my outfit.

And she was like,

okay, good.

The puppy energy in this podcast studio is so iconic.

It's so cute.

He is so cute.

I'm just really scared of like

showing her teeth on camera.

That's gonna be mortifying.

But I hug my on-set dresser, LaShawn, I think, the most.

And I can't anymore, but she's really funny.

She's like adjusted to the pandemic thing.

So when she wants to give you a hug, but she can't, she does this.

So she'll just look at you like this, and you're like, oh, you want to give me a hug right now?

But you can't.

It's cute.

It was a hard adjustment the first couple of months.

I think we're all getting as used to it as you can in these crazy times.

Yeah, these unprecedented times.

But you know, like I'm just really happy that they managed to make it work because there was a real period there.

We were all like, is this ever gonna like are we

and and again, like we've spoken about this a lot on the show where we realized like in March last year, I mean, we were shooting like a crazy episode.

We were shooting episode 20, which is like in a strip club with like 200 extras and background and everything and thousands of people inside.

Super spreader event.

Super spreader event, inside 200 people,

and then like this stuff about COVID was coming, and then there was like the flight ban with Europe, and that's when, and then Tom Hanks got it, and then we were like, okay, like now it's real, shit is getting real.

And the film industry and entertainment in general is usually like unaffected by world crises, crises that happen.

But we were

itchy butt.

Hi, Kitty.

It was uniquely impacted by the pandemic.

And we realized we were actually quite vulnerable.

Like, if this is really

this may never be the same again.

And that was very scary because it took them like

we weren't working, we weren't shooting for like eight, nine months.

And there was a real period there, I think, after like three, four months, where I was personally very worried.

Like, are we ever going to go back?

Is this ever, are we ever going to be able to figure this out?

Because it was so bad, especially in LA, which is like the epicenter of the film industry.

Yeah.

It was so bad.

And I was like, how are we ever going to get back to work?

And it was very scary.

But then we did.

And we have one of our amazing producers, Pascal, and our unit production manager, Kristen, who just like, and our CCO, COVID compliance officer, which is a new thing on film sets now, Tracy.

And they just like run such a tight ship.

And touch wood, we're one of, I mean, touch, touch, touch, touch, touch wood, if there's other wood nearby.

Oh, and we say, we say knock on wood.

Oh, touch wood.

Oh, that's on.

Touchwood.

Knock on wood.

We're one of the only productions in the U.S.

that still hasn't been shut shut down because of COVID.

So like, we're running not

vaccinated now.

So, you know, we're

not out of the woods yet.

We still have to be really careful, obviously.

But

yeah, they run a really tight ship, and I felt personally very safe, and they've been very on top of it.

But it was definitely weird at first.

Of course.

Is COVID a storyline on the show?

Thank God.

I know.

And we all spoke about it as cast because we were like, should it be?

Because it would make things easier as far as getting back to work if we're all wearing masks in the background.

But the thinking was like,

you know, we don't know what stage the pandemic is going to be at by the time it airs.

So like, what if we're sort of coming to the end of the pandemic and then we have a whole season to get through where everything's about the pandemic?

Like, it just wouldn't be.

And also, I think, again,

Dynasty is a show that's very much about like escapism.

And I just, I think that you want to watch it because you want to be distracted.

And I think that's also why when it dropped on Netflix in May of last year when the pandemic happened, it really blew up because it was so like removed from

fantastical.

Yeah, and just very, everything's over the top.

And it's really like its own like hyper

world where things are very heightened and dramatic.

And yeah, so I think in hindsight, that was a good decision.

I agree completely.

And I'm so relieved to hear that we will not be covering the pandemic in season four because

I've seen some other shows where they've included it in the storyline and they've made it a big thing and it's like i don't want to like watch tv and be tortured reminded if i want to be reminded i'll just like switch on the news you know what i mean like i'll just read the new york times and be like okay like

like the world is ending literally so you're starting season four airs on Friday.

Friday.

You joined the show season two.

Yes.

Now I have a few questions.

The first is, how did you, you just auditioned?

Like, how did the process happen?

I was in Sydney at the time.

I was living in Sydney.

I just moved back from LA and I auditioned with a self-tape, like sent it off to casting in America and then I got a call back and then we did the test on Skype.

They had, I think they had people in LA they were physically testing but I couldn't make it in time so we literally just did it on like Zoom

but it was Skype before Zoom was Zoom and yeah then I got the part and and it's funny because I thought that we would only shoot for like three months.

I didn't like I was so green Like, I had worked, I had done a movie and a mini-series in Australia prior to that, but I had never worked in like US television, like US network television, like 22 episodes, shooting for 10 months.

That was something that I had never done, and I had no idea what to expect.

So, I get to Atlanta, like, join the cast.

I'm at a cast dinner, and I'm like, Yeah, like, I'll probably be home by like this was July.

I'm like, Yeah, I'll be home by like December.

And my one of my co-stars, Sam at a Goki, who plays Jeff Colby, was like, Um,

we shoot for nine months.

And I was like, what?

He's like, yeah, you're going to be here for a while.

Like, and we're probably going to keep going.

So, you're probably going to be here for a couple of years.

And I was like, what?

I thought it was three months.

And then, like, three years later, I'm still there.

And I think about that all the time.

Like, I really had no idea

what you would be in Atlanta for like the next three, four years.

I really was like, three months, like.

Shoot the show, go back to Sydney.

Like,

no.

And what is it like going from Sydney to Atlanta?

I mean, the adjustment was,

it was difficult at first, especially because where I was in Sydney, I was really close to the beach.

I was at the beach every single day, and I really

love nature.

But I do, like, I love Nate.

I love being able to go to the beach.

Do you buy Bondi Beach?

Wow, I'm so proud that you said it right.

So many Americans say Bondi.

Bondi.

Bondi.

Let me tell you this.

I watched this show on Netflix called Instant Hotel.

It was such a bad show.

But one of the characters, they were Australian, was a mother-daughter duo.

And the daughter's name was Bondi.

And they would call her Bondi, Bondi.

And so me and Ben kept saying that around the house.

So that's why I know how to properly pronounce it.

I'm sorry.

It's interesting.

Yeah, Bondi, that's correct.

I would go to Bondi, but I lived, I was sort of more like

North Sydney area, like on the other side of the bridge.

And so I went to the beach like basically every day.

And so that was the hardest adjustment moving to Atlanta, because Atlanta's like inland.

But then I got a dog and that really helped.

Because when I figured out, like, okay, I'm going to be here for a while, like at least the next year, I got my dog Poppy.

And that really helped me adjust.

Sorry.

It's beautiful.

But it was difficult at first.

And I had lived in LA and I had lived in New York prior to that.

So I was kind of like used to the America thing.

And I'm a US citizen.

So I didn't have to worry about any of that stress of like trying to get here.

Like that was all taken care of.

It was, Atlanta is different from LA and New York.

Yes.

It's, it's, it's, they say it's like the New York of the South, but it's still the South.

And so that was an adjustment.

But I got there eventually.

And I really like Atlanta.

Like, I've made a, I've made it my little home.

It's really like, when I go back, it's like, oh, it's like a warm hug, you know?

It's kind of like a slower-paced lifestyle.

And they say, I think Atlanta is like the fifth most green city, or like Georgia's like the fifth most green state in America.

So like you really notice it after being in New York or LA when you get off the plane, there's just trees and trees and trees for miles.

It's quite pretty.

That sounds nice.

Yeah.

That does sound nice.

One of my favorite things things about a dynasty is that it's so really like a soap opera and like characters are just so interchangeable.

Like what are we on now?

Our third crystal?

We're on our third crystal.

How many crystals have you been privy to?

That's two.

That was my question.

Two, because I wasn't in the first season, but I met Natalie.

Like, she was shooting the baker and the beauty pilot in Atlanta.

Everybody's talking about the bakery.

Well, it went on Netflix and now it's like, I mean, Netflix is like, They love the soap operas.

Yeah.

But so they love like a Tella Novella style show in English.

Are these crystals let go because they're fired or because they just love changing the crystals?

Seems like it's now like an annual thing.

Well, we kept the third crystal.

Right.

She's here to stay.

Okay, good.

But I don't know about that.

I honestly don't know what happened with anything else.

Why, yeah, and like, they don't tell us this stuff.

It's just like.

Another day, another crystal.

Yeah, exactly.

But Danielle is doing a fantastic job.

And we all make a joke, like, we finally got one for more than one season.

Like, we finally got one.

She must be special.

Yes.

Yes.

And the cast is also just like littered with iconic actors left, right, and center.

Like you probably, most of your scenes are with your dad, Alan Dale, who is.

Caleb Nicol.

Caleb Nicol.

Yes.

He is from Lost.

He's literally been in everything iconic.

Everything good.

Everything good.

That's how you know Dynasty is like a good show because Alan Dale approves.

Yes.

What's that like?

I love Alan.

And when I joined the show, like he was one of the only other Australians and we just really clicked.

Like there's just something about, oh, he's actually technically from New Zealand.

He would shoot me if I said he was Australian because he's like, I'm from New Zealand.

I'm like, okay, sorry, you're from New Zealand.

But something about like a fellow Antipodian, you just really click and get along.

And

yeah, I love Alan.

Like, no, no bad words to say.

He's great.

And we grew up with him on the OC.

I didn't even know he was from New Zealand.

Yeah, he's from New Zealand.

Wow, that's iconic.

Well, he was on Neighbours in Sydney first.

He played Kylie Minogue's.

Oh my god, Neighbors Shoots in Melbourne.

I'm so sorry.

My Australians would shoot me if I get that wrong.

Neighbors shoots in Melbourne, Home and Away shoots in Sydney, but he was on Neighbors and he played Kylie Minogue's dad on Neighbors.

And Kylie Minogue's

wedding on Neighbors was like one of the most watched television events in history, I think.

Oh, wow.

Yeah, like that's how huge the show was when he was on it.

I'm pretty sure he played Kylie Minogue's dad.

I'm pretty sure that's right.

That's so crazy because I exclusively know him as Caleb Nichol and he always just pops up as like a rich older man.

Well, you know what's funny is I was, how, I mean, how old would I have been when the OC came out?

But it but it aired in Australia like just a little bit past our bedtime so I never watched the OC never

until

yes until and I joined dynasty I was like I gotta I gotta do because everyone like every time I post a photo with Alan or

all of my friends would be like Caleb Caleb Caleb like who the fuck is Caleb like I have to fucking watch this show and I became obsessed with it and I love the OC and they were talking about doing a reboot and like if they do an OC reboot I'm gonna like I'm gonna buy like the OC reboot merch I'm going to be like...

No, you need to audition.

Yes.

I would love.

I would love to.

You could honestly be like,

here's the pitch, guys.

You could be like Summer and Seth's daughter now.

Ooh, I don't know.

You think?

You could be.

Maybe I could be Marissa and Ryan's love child.

Well.

Did you finish the show?

Well, I know, like, what?

Spoiler alert.

I know, like, that's, but maybe she was, like, secretly, like, heavily pregnant when that happened.

And, like, someone, like, came in.

That is a storyline that would happen on Dynasty.

It totally would.

Oh my god, like the baby off the roof storyline where they're like, it's a doll, it's a doll.

No, literally the storylines, my favorite is like how everyone was jockeying for the

like the Fallon Unlimited like Netflix subscription.

Like they were both competing and then like in the next episode never spoke about it.

Totally, totally.

Actually, my favorite moment is when Adam is in the dining room, like losing his mind and he pulls out a gun, and Fallon just waltzes right into breakfast, and like literally does not give him the time of day, even though he fully has a gun.

Wait, what?

Yeah.

Do you know what Tamil talks about?

I think I do.

The breakfast is.

The breakfast.

They're in the dining room, like having breakfast, and he whips out a gun and Fallon just waltzes right in.

Adam, the brother?

Yeah.

The crazy brother.

Can't stand it.

I know, but he's turning.

I think they're trying to make him more likable now.

Adam, towards the end of last season, like you start to like him.

Yeah.

You can't say anything.

I don't know.

I don't know.

Maybe you can answer this.

That house, is it real?

Is there any of it real?

So when we shoot outside, like by the pool and like at the front, when a car pulls up, that's a real house that we shoot in in Sugar Hill, in Suwannee, in Jowja.

Wow.

Huge, huge, giant, giant property, like massive.

But everything else, like all the interiors, all the rooms in the house, it's all on a sound stage.

We have huge stages.

and there's like three full stages full of sets like the kitchen the great room like the stairs that you see that's all a set that's i love being in that the great room set because we have like the stairs that goes upstairs right oh my god i love that set and when i shoot in that set i really feel like like wow i'm on dynasty and i remember my first um day

not on the show but like coming for a fitting i got the pa to like show me around at um the sets and i walked in there and i was like wow this is crazy like it's huge and gorgeous gorgeous huge stunning beautiful stunning and smart and beautiful stunning and smart the costume design is also sickening like everyone's outfit do you get to keep any of it um I don't know no not yet I think and like I've never been on a show let alone a show that's been cancelled and so I think if the thing like if the show ends then I think maybe we get to keep some of it because they keep all of it in case we need to go back and like do a flashback scene they need to have everything so sometimes and I like this about dynasty like the characters re-wear like the same pair of shoes i follow those dynasty closet accounts yes how amazing is that account

that's how good the fashion is on dynasty like i know what brand it is like literally it's so amazing she is so quick you'll show like one like they'll be like in the sweater and she'll figure it out their instagram story like from set before the episode airs and like she will figure out what it is every single thing from the tiniest bit like i'll post like a like something and i'll have to scribble it out if i don't want people to see the outfit because

she'll get it.

So it also goes to show how the characters, like, Kirby, like, has boots that she wears.

Oh, the Chanel boots.

Yeah, that Kirby wears.

I have worn them.

I don't even know, like, probably a dozen times now.

I wear them all, like, every second episode.

I'm like, should we do the Chanel boots?

And

Erina Costume Designer's like, fine.

I'm just like, you know,

and she's like.

Again, fine, okay, fine.

No, it's really like one of the most well-done shows in terms of costume.

Like, it's just fabulous.

Yeah, I think the costumes really, really make like elevate the show.

Completely agree because it's so visually stunning to watch, and like our DPs do such a great job, like making everything look beautiful.

The way they light the house, the way they light us, they the way they light the outfits.

It's like it's a visually stunning show to watch, really think is which I think is also part of the appeal and part of that, like escapism because it's so beautiful to watch.

You love seeing rich people just do rich things, exactly.

And we got a new costume designer this season, so Meredith was the costume designer for the first three seasons.

Meredith costumes,

we have a real fan here.

Big time.

You should get security.

Turns out I'm the one running the second time.

Check the account.

Isn't that a great account at Dynasty Costumes?

That's D-Y-N-A-S-T-Y.

C-L-O.

C-O.

C-L-O-S-S-E.

I'm not going to talk about it.

Dynasty Closet.

Sorry.

Someone is not a fan.

Not run by fan.

Not a super fan.

Super fan, regular fan.

Super only.

Super fan.

Well, is the show popular in Australia?

Like when you go home?

But I haven't been home since January 2020.

Right.

So I have no idea what to expect.

I was being occasionally recognized, but I think people would be so shocked to see me in Australia because they'd probably think like she lives in America.

But I would come home and see my family every Christmas.

And so I'd be like walking around.

I remember I was at the grocery store with my mom, like in the suburbs where I grew up.

And these girls like chases up and down every aisle.

And And they were like, What are you doing here?

And I was like, I'm from here.

I grew up here.

But I haven't been home since January 2020, which is when like the season dropped in May 2020, which is when it really had that explosive response.

And they released the stats on Netflix, which they never did prior.

And so it was number one on Australian Netflix for a full week, like number one out of anything on Australian Netflix.

And so I haven't been home since that.

And so who knows?

I don't know if I would like be recognized more.

I don't know.

But it's pretty big in Australia.

I know in France and the UK, it's huge, and we're basically like the Beatles.

Like, if we were in France, like it would be pandemonium.

Like, they shot an episode in France, and they said, like, there was like fans waiting outside the hotel, like that level.

Well, that's what's crazy.

Like, honestly, a lot of the shows on Netflix, I mean, on CW, blow up on Netflix.

Like, Riverdale's first season, like, became hugely popular once it dropped on Netflix.

Yes.

And yeah, yeah.

Streaming is,

and our show as well, people just binge watch it.

I think

because it's that soapy, you want more, you want to find out what happens.

And it's hard to watch one at a time.

Exactly, because there's 35 different storylines every episode.

So you want to know, like, how, how are things going to go?

Yeah.

No, it's so good.

And honestly, like, it's just a really fun experience to watch.

And you just really are Kirby.

Like, I have a hard time calling you Madison, honestly.

Yeah.

Really?

Call me Kirby.

Well, Kirby's Australian.

And so I think, you know, how many like tall Australian redheads do you meet in your life?

It's probably hard to separate.

Yeah, but you bring a lot of yourself to Kirby.

I do, yeah.

And we all do.

At this point, like, we've been on the show now.

I mean, for me, three years, everyone else for almost five years now.

So it becomes blended.

It becomes like a weird, like, who's the

different from their character?

Good question.

I think probably Elaine, who plays Alexis.

Right.

Love that she plays Alexis.

Oh, yeah.

But Elaine is like, couldn't be nicer.

Animal rights, like dedicates her life to veganism and animal rights.

At Elaine for Animals.

Elaine for Animals, exactly.

She really is for animals and she has, yeah, Elaine couldn't be like, Alexis is a little bit like not quite together, like scheming.

Like Elaine is literally like the sweetest, nicest person in the world.

So she's not like married.

That was my other question.

Was Parent Trap big in Australia?

Oh, yeah.

I mean, Parent Trap was like one of my sister's favorite movies, Parent Trap and Superstar, which was also with...

Oh my God, she's

Evian.

Evian!

Yes, Evian!

At least my mom didn't name me after bottled water.

Literally, she's such an iconic actress.

Yeah, she is.

She's iconic.

So that, when she joined the show, I was very excited.

Yeah.

Does she talk about Meredith Blake and Evian at all?

Oh, yeah.

I mean, like, if you see her Instagram and her Twitter, like, she's like, yes, Meredith Blake is me.

Oh, my God.

The rumors are true.

That is so, I totally forgot she was Evian.

Like, that's literally one of my favorite movies.

Oh, yeah.

You're horrible.

Oh, my God.

It's just so good, honestly.

Like, you can't even explain it.

And that must be so fun to work with her because I feel like she's a delight.

She's such a delight.

She's so fun to work with.

And she's also really fucking nice.

That's so nice to hear.

Always nice to hear.

Love to see it.

Always nice to hear.

I'm sure some of the former Alexises weren't as nice.

There's so many.

There's so many.

Well, congrats on the fourth season.

Here's Friday.

And the fifth season now, too.

Wow.

Oh, you got renewed.

Yeah, we already got a pickup.

But it's not filmed yet.

We're not filmed yet.

We're on like episode

17 right now, I think.

Of the next season?

Or episode?

Of season four, episode 17.

And then we'll start shooting episode five, I guess.

So crazy how we're going to be able to do it.

I mean, season five.

I don't know what am I saying.

That's so exciting.

Yeah.

If you guys haven't watched Dynasty yet, treat yourselves.

Binge it on Netflix.

The first three seasons are on Netflix.

You have what day?

It's Monday, right?

Tuesday.

You have enough time.

It's Tuesday.

I've heard people that have seen a season in a day.

So

no excuses.

It's so good.

Enjoy it.

And then tune in Friday, next p.

Friday, 9 p.m.

on the CW.

Thank you so much for being here.

Guys.

Thank you.

I'm so excited.

I have to give a quick shout out to my friend Montana as well.

She like lived with me for a while and we would wash the toast together every morning.

And

she's a big fan, so I can't like, I don't feel right coming in here and not being like, Montana.

That's fair.

Hey.

And thank you, Poppy, for being such a good girl.

I was so worried that

she was going to know the two gifts.

She was going to ruin her career before it even began.

Thank you guys so much for listening to the morning shows.

We will see you tomorrow.

Goodbye.

Bye.

Goodbye, baby, bye.

Bye.