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Good morning, millennials.

Welcome back to the Morning Toast.

Happy Wednesday, hump day here at the Morning Toast.

I'm so excited to be joined.

You know, I miss Jackie, but if there had to be anyone sitting in her seat, I'm so glad it is my good friend, radio host, Taylor Strecker.

Hello, Taylor.

How are you doing today?

Hey, girl, hey, I'm doing fabulously.

Hey, girl, hey.

Hey, girl, hey.

I'm so excited you're here.

Thank you so much for being here.

The toasters love you.

I love you.

I know we're going to have a killer show.

You were actually with me on the show like two Wednesdays ago, maybe three.

Yes.

And we did advice for the Dear Toaster segment.

And people, your reviews were so raved.

Really?

Yeah, because we actually had one about someone's brother who might be gay.

And you actually just offered really good insight as a late-in-life lesbian.

Yes.

So I was really grateful for you for being here.

And so excited that you're here again.

Thank you.

Well, I haven't been to the new studio.

Oh, right.

What do you think?

I'm living for and the location.

Location.

Location.

Location.

You look amazing like a gilded goddess, like an Oscar.

You are my Oscar.

Thank you for being here.

You're welcome.

It's such an honor to be nominated.

The Academy sent me.

We have been hanging out so much recently and that brings me so much joy.

Me too.

I love you.

I love for work and pleasure.

I love you so much.

This weekend was so fabulous.

So fabulous.

Taylor and her girlfriend Taylor were both up in Pennsylvania with me, Ben, Brian.

It was literally the best weekend, and I'm so glad I get to see you again.

I know, wait, you're really good at sharing friends.

I just want to say that because that's like a thing that I'm actually truly terrible at.

That's so funny that you say that because, like, I actually think I'm terrible at that.

But when you know that two of your friends are meant to be friends, yes, and it enhances the whole group vibe.

Do you know what I mean?

Right.

I know, but like I was saying to Claudia before we started, I had such deep anxiety.

And like, I used to be the kind of person, if I got anxious, I would hate everybody that made me anxious, even though I make me anxious.

Even though I'm the problem but I was like fully aware that it was me but I had like I was living in the land of bethos driving home like it was like highs and lows like I was like living for the weekend and then I would be like why did I say that to somebody we drank a lot like when we like didn't need to like at every single point in the day it was like a mini bender in the country I mean I was next level Sunday next

you were next level Sunday like I was sober.

I drove Taylor to the grocery store because we needed things for nachos, obviously.

And I was just like the sober person in the car and like everyone was annoying me because like you guys were having the best time.

And I was like, can we just get the things and get the fuck out of the grocery store?

But Taylor was like doing cartwheels.

You're really scary.

You're Stalin at a grocery store.

No, and when I'm sober Stalin, like it's the worst.

No, 100%.

But like I have no regrets because it was such a good weekend.

It was so great.

And I'm so thrilled that you're here.

We've got a crazy show today.

Do you see all these cards, you guys?

Thick.

We got a lot of stories.

It's It's Wednesday.

We have deer toasters, which is our advice segment.

And I'm really excited to do all that.

There's not a ton of, you know, pop culture news, but yesterday was like a historic, crazy day.

I think a lot of people have been waiting for the Derek Chauvin verdict.

And yesterday we got it guilty on all three counts.

Yes.

And it was crazy.

Like I was in a meeting and I was refreshing Twitter like the whole time.

And it was just,

I really did not know.

Of course, the man is guilty, but you just never know with these things.

Like what the court's going to decide.

And I just think a lot of people felt like a huge sigh of relief, even though this was like a trial that should have never happened.

Like George Floyd should be alive.

Totally.

So I was watching it right before I was recording my last hour of my radio show, The Taylor Trekker Show.

And I was

like

such a ball of emotion.

And it was so nerve-wracking watching the verdict come in because I was like, if this goes left, if this goes wrong, like I'm, I don't even want to be a part of this country.

Like, how do we move on from that?

There's literally a video of it happening, and that's not enough to convict someone.

It's, but, like, the fact that I was nervous about that says a lot.

A lot.

And it's like, as much as this is like a victory, it's a small victory because, first of all, George Floyd shouldn't even be dead.

And second of all, it's like this is coming, you know, on the

heels of, you know, four more black people dying at the hands of police.

Exactly.

Yesterday, a 14-year-old, Makaya Bryan, like, Dante Wright.

It's just, it seems like this never-ending thing.

And I can only imagine how harrowing it is to be you know a black person experiencing this in america

but

small very small win i saw you know it's not justice it's accountability right and that's the thing and i think that a lot of people's initial reaction was like justice has been served right and then i think you start to go through the range of range of emotions and so my co-host and i were like we can't even really speak to this right now because we like literally are in shock recovery and it's like we are feeling relieved we're also feeling sad like it was just such a it's a lot to unpack a ton to unpack so so there's still more work to be done, but I think a lot of people feel in a small way this is you know a full circle.

It's been almost a year since we all saw that video.

And so to close that particular chapter feels like it's as good as it's going to get.

Proud of the jury, for sure.

And definitely, I think that it is,

it's the beginning.

It's the beginning, for sure.

So that is good news.

Good news.

Good news.

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Okay, so celebrity news, not gonna lie, nothing crazy happened in the last 24 hours.

But Chrissy Teigen did go and watch Rappin's Live and spill a a little bit of tea

on Kim and Kanye.

Okay.

According to page six, Kim Kardashian, according to Chrissy Teigen via page six, Kim Kardashian gave her all in the marriage to Kanye West.

Chrissy Teigen said it's a shame that Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's marriage is ending, but vowed the reality star gave her all to make it work.

The supermodel who's friends with Kardashian said she's spoken to Kim in the wake of the split.

Quote, I've definitely been in touch with Kim more than my husband John has been in touch with Kanye.

Anyone knows Kanye knows that

anyone who knows Kanye, it's that he goes off the grid, Teigen added, chuckling.

It's hard to ever contact Kanye, but Kim is doing okay.

I know

Kim gave her all for everything.

So she's making it abundantly clear, like her and John are on Team Kim.

Yes, I mean, well, first of all, I just want to say that it seems like my fiancé is Kim and I am Kanye.

You can never get in touch with me,

which is the worst thing in the world.

So, but like, Kanye does seem very like withdrawn, and he's like, it's such an egomaniac.

Yes.

And

I mean, even without Chrissy saying this, I would say I would even be Team Kim.

And by the way, I do believe that Kim really tried her best.

Oh my gosh.

How many times has she been married?

Trust me, that'll motivate a bitch.

No, and it's like, if you think of all the things she's actually put up with from Kanye, like him running for president, like in, you know, in such a difficult climate, and a lot of people were really unhappy with him doing that.

Like, I just think she put up with so much and she never wavered in her support of him and his work and his art and their family.

So I

knew this already.

Like, I do believe she really tried her absolute best.

So So, he recently came out in a story, maybe like last week, and he was saying how in his next relationship, he really wants to be with him.

Date an artist.

Shady as fuck.

Shady as fuck.

Also, like

the fact it's just hard for Kanye.

Like, he has to go from marrying Kim to dating someone else when, in my opinion, Kim is the most elegant, fabulous, sophisticated, famous, stunning, beautiful, smart in the world.

Yes.

And honestly, for Kanye, like, it can really only go down.

But Kanye's reputation in the last few years has kind of been squandered.

So,

Kim, it's up for Kim, you know?

I have, you know, I've had a range of emotions about Kim over the years, but I've settled on, for the most part, I think she's, yes, epic and fabulous and iconic.

So we will not tolerate any other sort of verbiage here on the show.

Which is why I changed my opinion.

I do think that she's going to be like beyond fine.

And it makes me sad because I do like college dropout Kanye is my everything.

I know.

But like, I have to remember that he's not that.

I mean, he yelled yelled at Taylor Swift.

Yeah.

That alone.

That alone.

Disgraceful.

I mean, the running for president was pretty bad.

And there's been a lot in between.

I know.

So.

So, like,

it must have been, I mean, it was painful for us to watch.

Yeah.

He went on those,

and he's publicly struggling with his mental health.

And I think Kim has just been kind of wanting, struggling with, you know, wanting to help in keeping it a private matter.

And then Kanye blowing it up on Twitter and stuff.

So Kim has been through a lot.

They both have.

And honestly, honestly, as much as it pains me, I do think that this is for the best.

It is for the best.

I do feel like when they first got together, though, it was like when he was bringing her out with Jay-Z and Beyonce, I felt like she was the underdog.

And now clearly.

She has surpassed him.

100%.

She always talks about how the first mechalis she went to, she was only invited because she was Kanye's date.

And like, she said, literally, no one would talk to her.

Like, it was the most awkward thing ever.

And now, like, literally, every single designer would die, literally die to have Kim there as their, you know, their guest, which is such a crazy full circle thing.

And one of my favorite things about Kim is like in her E True Hollywood story, and I've heard her say this a lot of times before, is that like when Kanye first started dating Kim, Kim was considered like a trash reality star, totally, sex tape, like it was really considered lowbrow.

And Kanye was this mega artist,

genius, like influent, influential artist.

And he was unapologetic in her love for her.

And he brought her around everywhere.

And he like always stood by her.

And she was like, it meant so much to me that like he was never embarrassed to me.

Like he always brought me out.

He was so proud to to be my my boyfriend and like that's that's the kim and kanya that i love and i love that they always at the end of the day like had this respect for each other yeah and he was obsessed with her obsessed and i hope that they maintain that level of respect if for no other sake than for their kids you know well yeah public divorces are so messy i have a question and i'm saying this as a social climber yeah is kim the greatest social climber of all time uh yeah but you know what at some point It's not social climbing.

It's networking.

I like that.

I like that.

Isn't it funny how they're literally the same thing?

Yes, they're the same.

But one one is like, wow, she's such a great networker.

And the other is like, what a social climber.

It's all about the inflection in your voice when they're literally the same thing.

I'm the latter.

I am a social climbing networker.

I'm a social climbing, networking thirst monster.

And I feel like I'm pretty good at it.

You're phenomenal.

I think that's why we're friends.

I love social climbing.

Like, I feel like there's really nothing wrong with that.

I think it's fabulous.

I've been doing it since I was a wee, wee child.

And like, sorry that I just want to advance my personal and professional life.

Wait, who is your first person you ever social climbed?

I mean, you have to think of it on what scale?

Like in high school?

Or like

a woman go first?

It sounds like you have an answer.

I do have an answer.

My first social climb was Kate Bosworth.

Okay.

She moved to my town as like being in the horse whisperer.

And I was like, I will make that girl my friend because she's going to be a star and I will ride her coattails all the way to Hoffman.

Before she was famous?

I mean, she wasn't that famous.

She had like just an opening scene in the horse whisperer.

And then she moved to your town.

So she moved to our town like as like a Hollywood, whatever.

Everyone was like shook.

Totally.

And she's gorgeous.

And then we all hung out, obviously high school.

And then she did Blue Crush, our senior year.

Oh.

So, yeah.

Was she in your high school?

So I left the high school and I was devastated.

When I was like, wait, a famous person's finally moving to town.

But then I also wanted to be the famous person.

It was a really, it was a struggle.

And she set me up with my first boyfriend.

Wait, what?

You don't know this?

Wait.

I literally will never shut up about the story.

Like, my audience is like, if you say Kate Bosworth one more fucking time,

we're going to kill you.

We have that here at the Morning Toast.

I use a lot of the same stories.

I always talk about the fact that the paparazzi had the absolute gall to show up at Dennis's Bethany's ex-fiancé's funeral and like photograph him and her family.

It's horrible.

It's always like my point of reference when I say like the media is so fucked up.

And it's like, and remember that time the paparazzi went to Dennis's funeral?

Like, and now it's like lost its, you know, yes.

Okay, sorry, continue.

So,

yeah, she moved to town.

She, I left for all-girl Catholic school which is lesbian breeding ground as far as i'm concerned and when i came up to my parents i was like what did you expect when you sent me to an all-girls catholic school and so i was happy to leave the public school because i was just getting tortured by the kids in my class but when she moved in i was like i wanted to hang out with her but i also like i felt strong competition with her i know and my best friend in middle school he would like torture me with her so he would be like guess who's coming over to watch daws and screek tonight and i was like who he was like kate i was like can i come he's like no you left me me.

You went to private school.

And I'm so pissed.

Oh, so she was like really part of like the social fabric of your school.

Yes.

And then we went on this Appalachia tour, not tour, but it was like Habitat for Humanity.

And we went and built houses.

And we were all sleeping at like high schools on floors, like in like sleeping bags.

Right.

And Kate was at my center, not on my team, but at my center.

And so I was like, let's smoke SIGs and become best friends.

And so we were like, like, it was so like.

Did you get Kate Posworth into cigarettes?

I feel like the boys on the trip got us into cigarettes.

We were like all split one, all 15 of us.

That's like not in, not in today's climate with COVID.

You're all sharing a cigarette.

I know.

So sick.

Not COVID safe.

And then I made her my friend and she told me I had great skin at the time I did.

And then she introduced me to her ex-boyfriend who then became like my first real boyfriend.

Wait, this is the craziest story.

Crazy.

I've known you for so long and I didn't know this.

So have you run into her in post?

Yes.

Like a handful of times in different ways.

And it's always a different scenario.

And does she remember you?

She does, but it was like, I remember the very first time because like I, I had like reoccurring dreams of like running into her.

Of course.

So I was out in LA for my junior year of college and my roommate slash really good friend was like interning at a entertainment like legal office.

So her job was to deliver scripts to clients.

So one day she knocks on a door, it opens, it's Kate Bosworth.

And she was like, oh my God, I know Taylor Strecker.

And Kate was like, no fucking way.

Tell her to call me.

I can't believe it.

What a small world.

Blah, blah, blah.

And then of course, never called, but like whatevsky.

Yeah.

And then, like, maybe three or four or five years later, when I was working at Sirius, I was like obsessed with, like, she's gonna come in here at some point.

I'm gonna interview her.

Like, what's it gonna be like?

And I was at the Soho house having lunch with like my team from the radio show.

And all of a sudden, my co-host Kenny was like, Don't look now.

Kate Bosworth is scared.

And I was like, ah.

So I got up and walked over and I was like, oh my God, Kate, hello.

And she was like, it wasn't mean at all, but it wasn't like, oh my, it's not like.

But she's like like very like whisper-tone, fragile, small woman.

It was very like, oh, how nice to see you.

Like, we had just seen each other three days earlier at the PTA meeting.

It was just so weirdly calm.

Yeah.

Like, if you and I, like, if we walked out of here and then ran into each other on the street five minutes later, we would be like,

Yeah, yeah.

I mean, I actually met her once and she pulled a nice to see you.

And I'm like, bitch, we've never met.

But like, that's obviously like what celebrities do because, like, did that to me.

Right.

That's why I'm saying it sounds kind of familiar and that was the first time I ever experienced like that's a thing in Hollywood people always just say nice to see you and said nice to meet you and I felt like such a dope for me like nice to meet you So I learned my lesson real fucking quick

Well, thank you for sharing that.

That is

so fascinating.

You're welcome.

Next story a little royal drama.

An obsessed woman gets into Prince Andrew's home by pretending to be his date.

Of course.

A woman obsessed with Prince Andrew.

I can't believe that that person exists.

Like who would be obsessed with this creepy ass pedophile?

A woman obsessed with Prince Andrew managed to trick her way into his official residence by pretending she was there for a date.

She was wandering around for at least 20 minutes while he was home, according to a report.

Oh my god.

The smartly dressed 44-year-old Spanish woman was so convincing in saying she had a lunch date with the Duke that security guards even paid for her taxi when she arrived at the Royal Lodge

on Monday.

Oh my God.

She then spent at least 20 minutes wandering around his gardens.

That sounds like lovely.

No, that sounds like sexual.

Can I wander around your gardens?

Check out some of your bushes.

She spent at least 20 minutes wandering around his gardens before heading inside while he was home.

She was very confident and walked around like she owned the place, a source said.

She cut quite a glamorous figure, and the guards were completely taken by her.

They had no idea this woman was a total stranger to Andrew and seemingly had a fixation with him.

Oh my god.

She reportedly only gave herself away when she started talking to a member of the staff to try and find out where Andrew was.

To the staff member's shock, the woman then claimed to be engaged to Prince Andrew and said she was there to get married to him, the source told the son.

She said that that was the reason why she had flown over from Spain a couple days earlier.

By By all accounts, the woman had a map of the royal lodge and other royal residences, including Buckingham Palace, in her handbag.

She was also found to have a key ring that was in the shape of a cat, which had spikes on it that could be used as self-defense.

Of course it was a cat.

That potential weapon apparently caused the police some concern.

So, um, you know what I just think is so funny?

Well, not funny, but it's clear that like Prince Andrew just has like women running about his palace at all times that like the guards you shouldn't really be able to penetrate a royal palace.

Interesting word.

Yeah, right, right.

So if there's like a situation where a woman just gets in, like that's because women are just coming there all the time.

Exactly.

Literally.

I'm going to.

I think that under normal circumstances, I feel bad for celebs when they're like, you know, surrounded by creepers.

I agree.

But in this case, he's the number one creep.

So I actually am here for this.

I love her.

She's a heroine.

She is a national hero.

She is.

She deserves a monument outside Buckingham Palace.

She's a treasure.

I literally fucking hate Prince Andrew.

I hate him so much.

For a multitude of reasons, for the obvious ones, but more so because like it's frustrating to see someone like abuse their power so wholeheartedly and have absolutely no

consequences, no reopenations, no punishment.

Like he should be in prison.

Big time.

And like imagine being so cavalier and so powerful that like you are literally the most disgusting person ever and you sit down for an interview like thinking you have nothing to hide.

Have you ever seen that like famous BBC interview?

I haven't seen it, but I feel like what I saw from the Jeffrey Epstein doc, it's just like

he has so much blood on his hands.

It's unbelievable.

It's unbelievable.

And then it super triggered me with the whole Megan Markle, Prince Harry things.

It's like, so wait, you guys literally go out of your way to cover the shit out of this guy's tracks, and you can't even correct a story for them.

And you can't even just like protect family.

Yeah.

No.

No, Prince Andrew is literally like a monster.

He doesn't know it, but he's my arch nemesis.

He doesn't know it.

But he'll know it soon because I'm going to sneak into that.

I was going to say, turn out a wander in his garden.

See how he likes it.

No, he's an actual piece of shit, and I hate even reporting on him, but this was something, I hope he felt unsafe in his own home.

Me too.

Brings me joy to think just merely the idea gives me chills.

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Okay, on to more celeb salacious news.

Hayden Panettier's ex-boyfriend is going to jail.

He's a bad, bad boy.

Hayden Panettier's ex-boyfriend, Brian Hickerson, has been sentenced to 45 days in county jail, according to multiple reports.

Entertainment Tonight reached out to their attorney for comment, but we haven't heard anything.

The 31-year-old was sentenced following multiple domestic violence allegations involving Panettier over the last few years.

On Tuesday, Hickerson pled no contest to two felony counts of injuring a spouse or girlfriend.

He begins serving his sentence on May 7th.

In addition to the jail time, he was also sentenced to four years of formal probation, 52 domestic violence classes, and $500 in restitution and a five-year protective order.

Wow.

This has been like the longest.

Right?

I was going to say, is this the only boyfriend or has there been multiple classes?

That's how long it feels.

It's been a long journey and I feel so bad for Hayden Panettier because she has just been through a lot.

She really has.

And she's really kind of like stepped out of the spotlight because I think she's just had a lot of things going on in her personal life.

She suffered from really bad postpartum depression and then dealt with this bullshit.

Like I just, I love her.

She's in like so many of my favorite, most iconic like movies that I grew up with, like Bring It On 2.

And also Raising Helen.

Like she's just an iconic actress and I love her and then she was great in Nashville.

Oh, I loved her in Nashville.

Do you love Nashville?

Love that show.

Oh, I didn't know that.

Yeah, I know.

I feel like you don't think I like country.

I'm not like a stand the way you are.

I know Taylor Donahue, your fiancé.

Fiancé.

Is, but I didn't know that you were.

She's lying.

We are equal country fans.

Okay.

I taught her about chicken fried just for the record.

Such a good song.

Such a good song.

But I'm like, it's like...

50-50 with me with country.

Yeah.

But yeah, but watching the AMC Awards was

AMC's movie theater.

That's why I kept getting up and leaving.

Yeah, we were all watching the ACM Awards.

Taylor was like, this is great.

And then left.

She like sat outside.

It was good.

You missed it.

You missed it.

But I do like Nashville.

I love it.

And I really did like learn to love Hayden.

Her character was so annoying in the beginning.

Very annoying.

But she, I feel so, so deeply bad for her.

I mean, this is just, I can't really remember like all of the stories around it, but it was either because she really roughed her up.

She's so private now.

Like, and she has been for a while.

So I'm just glad she's like getting her peace.

And I mean, what is it?

How many days in jail?

45 days.

Like, that's not enough.

Because if you feel, like, she's obviously now.

I imagine she feels very afraid of him.

But, but did they say, what, five years?

Restraining?

Probation.

Probation.

And a protective order

that lasts five years.

Protective orders are kind of bullshit from what I've heard.

It's just a piece of paper.

That's not stopping someone from showing up and...

harassing you.

No, we need to really like figure out a way to make that better.

And we need to protect Hayden Panantier at all costs.

She's really the talent of a generation, and I think she's a precious gem of a woman.

Do you think she'll come back?

And like, once things kind of the dust settles, like, hopefully, I hope.

She's a very talented actress.

I really hope so.

And she can sing her patanis off.

Yes, she can.

And she's just an icon.

Do you ever see Raising Helen?

No.

What?

Never.

It's such a good movie.

It's like a really old Kate Hudson movie.

Ooh.

Okay, so the love interests are Kate Hudson and John Corbett, Aiden Shaw from Sex in the City.

Dead, Dead, Dead.

And the kids are played by Abigail Breslin.

Oh my God.

I think the son is Abigail Breslin's brother.

Can you fact-check that?

And Hayden Panatier are the kids.

Is she like a teenager in it?

Yes.

Felicity Huffman is their mom.

Okay.

Spoiler alert.

Yeah, I won't spoil it.

And Joan Cusack.

Stop.

It's literally a star-studded, amazing rom-com.

Maybe one of my favorites.

I talk about it all the time.

Raising Helen?

Raising Helen.

I'll watch it.

You and Taylor will love it.

It's like sad.

It's amazing.

So there's lesbians in it.

No.

Is there?

No, there's no lesbians.

You guys will love it because it's a beautiful story.

The second I heard Joe Cusack

and Feliz Huffman,

I was like, they're a couple.

Taylor, you know, I think of you as so much more than a lesbian.

Oh my God.

Thank you so much.

You will love this movie.

Okay.

We're watching it.

I can't believe you haven't seen it.

Is that a thing people have seen?

Is it her brother or no?

Yeah, they look a lot alike.

Okay, it's such a good movie.

Have you seen it?

Have you seen it?

Yeah, everyone's seen it.

Is it because I'm a thousand years old?

No, because it's actually like an older, maybe not everyone's seen it.

Okay, well, just watch it.

Okay.

I think it's on Netflix.

Okay.

Okay, next up, a little tech news because Apple unveiled like all their new products yesterday.

Like, so much shit we don't need, okay?

Everything Apple just announced.

New iPad Pros, colorful iMacs, AirTags, and more.

So they updated their iPad Pro with a chip from a desktop computer.

Nobody cares.

They also announced a new line of iMacs, like the desktop, that come in different colors, which I actually think is kind of cool.

Yeah, it's like a throwback to

very retro.

Yeah, I like that.

Yeah, I mean, it's like, what other shit don't we need?

They're gonna sell to us Apple.

Right.

They are updating their Apple TV 4K box with a new processor.

Nobody cares.

Oh, with probably a new cord.

Yeah.

Oh, oh, yeah.

Don't even.

Don't even.

New cord.

I want my dingle dangle jack.

I don't want this one.

It's so fucking annoying.

It's so rude.

But people are really excited about this next one.

They're announcing long-expected lost item trackers called AirTags.

So they're basically like little tracking devices you put on like wallets, purses.

So, yeah.

And they have GPS location so if you lose your wallet i'm sticking it on my kid one day yeah right exactly like i'm i'm sticking it on like the backs of my earrings because that's the shit i actually lose

so they're 29 per tag or you can get four for a hundred dollars that's actually awesome there are tags like this though yes a lot of other companies like apple's kind of late they're like hella late but it's apple yeah and i saw it um i saw a company like that on shark tank and they're doing quite well yeah i forget what it's called i can't say it like tracker bitch you know Tracker bitch.

They also have a new iPhone 12 color, purple.

Nope.

This is like

not interesting.

No, it's just like this announcement wasn't that great.

There's just like lots of different colors.

Do you think they feel like this insane pressure to like always have these big announcements?

Quarterly, like bullshit.

They really set themselves up for disappointment.

This one's interesting.

They're launching a podcast subscription service.

So they're putting themselves against Spotify and other competitors in the audio streaming wars.

Okay.

But what does that mean, a podcast subscription service?

Because podcasts are free.

I had a friend that was given a job offer at Apple Radio, and it was a lot of money.

Yeah.

And like, she didn't end up going because she was in a contract with another company.

I can't name the name.

But she did say, like, she was nervous because she's like, well, what is Apple radio?

Like, who listens?

They have so much money and they pay so many celebrities to have radio shows.

Like, Kendall Jenner has one, Luke Hole has one.

I don't know anyone who's ever popped in their headphones and was like, I'm going to listen to Apple Radio.

I didn't really know it was a thing.

Who the fuck listens to that?

Do you think that Apple is like going going to have a Tay Day at some point in time, ever, in our lifetime?

I mean, Apple is like so integrated in our everyday lives.

Like, it's wild.

I don't know how people who don't have iPhones like have, like, survive.

Like, you don't have FaceTime?

If you don't have an iPhone, you never go to Starbucks.

I never go to Starbucks.

I know.

So you're like primed to get an Android.

No, I know.

Actually, I've heard they're much better than iPhones too.

Apple card is now expanding to kids who are 13 years old.

Like, that's fucking weird.

That's so weird.

That's pretty much it.

Like this really wasn't that big of an extravaganza.

The big thing everyone's talking about are the Apple tags.

Yeah.

I mean, I love a tag.

I lose everything.

I lose everything too, but like, that's part of life.

It's fun.

And like, okay, so somebody steals my wallet.

Yes.

They're throwing the tag in the trash a million percent.

But if you stick your wallet in the freezer like I do.

What?

Because why wouldn't you put your wallet in the freezer?

Of course.

It's like, then it's very helpful.

Yeah.

No, by the way, like this literally happens all the time.

My friend, I remember I was at a club with my friend.

Remember clubs?

My friend Alicia.

And her wallet got stolen.

And it was like a wallet purse.

So her phone was in there.

Fuck.

We were able to track the phone.

And it was literally on the corner of the club.

So we run out.

We're calling the phone.

We look in the trash.

Literally, her wallet has been emptied, but they throw the phone and the wallet in the

trash.

Oh, my God.

So it's like, I don't even know if a tracker would help, unless there's no way to get the tracker off.

Well, I mean, also, if it's like new to the market, people won't necessarily even know to look for them.

That's true.

And unless it looks pretty big, but if it's like really indiscreet, stick it in a fold.

Yeah, I love sticking these in my crevice.

I'm in a gloss in a crevice.

In a little crease.

I'm underwhelmed by the market, you know, the Apple market.

Same.

I've been, though.

I feel like I just like want to believe in myself and give up an Apple.

You can't.

No.

Okay, maybe like if for no other reason than like the social implications of not being an Apple user.

No, you're a weirdo if you don't have an Apple anymore.

No, it's true.

And I'm sorry that that offends people who don't have Androids, but there is this stigma.

I will say though, that was also my jealousy speaking.

My brother-in-law refuses to use Apple products.

I respect that.

I really

respect him.

I am such a loser.

Like I conform to all of society's standards because I have crippling self-doubt and anxiety.

And I just want to be, I just want to fit in.

I just want to be liked.

I do.

So like, if I was secure enough in myself to like never conform and just like not have an Android, I actually have a lot of respect for people because I could never be that risky.

They're independent thinkers.

Exactly.

They're the kind of people that like themselves.

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Netflix predict

Netflix predicts, that's hard to say.

It is their worst quarter for streaming growth in its history.

Why?

The stock has fallen 9%.

They only added 4 million new subscribers in the first quarter of this year, which is, I know, I'm so sad for you.

Only 4 million times 11, which is $44 million.

I'm crying for you.

It's 2 million less than it expected, and it forecasts just a million additions in the current quarter, which would be the lowest total yet.

So Netflix has come back down to Earth after stratic, stratospheric gains during the opening months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The streaming giant on Tuesday reported 3.98 million new paid subscribers in the first quarter, which is down from 8.5 million reported in the previous quarter.

And then before that was 6 million.

And they predicted three months ago that they would have 6 million for this year, but they did not.

Well, the thing is, they set the bar so damn high that it's like, where do they have to go?

It's either they stay stagnant or they go down.

So I feel like this type of like self-statistic is difficult.

Like they should be competing against the rest of the industry.

And I'm not going to lie, like, I don't really care what this means for the streaming wars, but here's what it means for me.

People are watching less Netflix.

Like, we're, we're, we're almost out of the pandemic.

Like, that's what this means to me.

Like, when we were reporting on like 16 million people signed up for Netflix in the first three months of COVID, I'm like, oh, oh, fuck, we are like doomed.

Like we're all just going to be in our house getting fat, like watching TV.

Yes.

And now it's like, oh, wait, we are leaving our houses.

We're not watching as much TV.

Like, we're going to Mykonos, you know?

That's what this story means to me.

I agree.

And also, yeah, I mean, it's hard to cry for them when they've still got $44 million.

No, I know.

It's like, don't cry for me.

But do you think it is also like the Disney Plus and the Paramount Plus and like the competition, the HBO?

I mean, HBO has like sick shows right now.

What do you subscribe to?

Like, what do you pay for?

Okay.

Hulu, Amazon Prime, but I really like want to stop supporting Jeff Bezos.

So I think I'm going to stop.

How do you stop having Amazon Prime?

I do not know, but I'm how are you going to like order like cups?

Like, how do you?

I'm going to open my door.

No.

And walk outside and go to the drugstore.

No, I'm serious.

Like, for me, Amazon Prime, if I had to cancel anything, I would never cancel Amazon Prime because...

You get Prime video with your Prime subscription, right?

Right.

But that's what I'm saying is we have that, but I might try to cut the core because I'm going to try to, I'm going to try to like not make Jeff Bezos more of a billionaire.

I think that's a huge mistake because you know what?

He's going to be a billionaire regardless.

And you're going to be the asshole who's run out of cups.

Fair.

You know what?

This week, Taste of Taylor is all about taking down Bezos.

Don't even listen to it.

No, the thing is, it's live.

I get, I get like the message.

But there are crazy things, though, that in the podcast that we talk about, like that he does that you're like, what?

No, am I supporting?

Of course, but.

But you're gonna make no impact on him and it's just gonna like lessen the quality of your life because amazon as much as people like hate it it is the most efficient way of getting groceries these days of getting literally anything you need yeah so why would you just ruin your life to make a point that's literally gonna do nothing what did you say this weekend what did i say oh i actually was thinking about it by artificial buy international we were We were driving home from the grocery store and there was like this really kind of like, you know, like hippie Jeep in front of us.

It had like all these different

stickers.

And one of them like really spoke spoke to me because it was literally the antithesis of everything I believe in.

It said, buy local.

No, no, buy organic, buy local.

And I'm like, literally, no.

If I had a bumper sticker, it would say, buy artificial, buy internationally.

Like, if it's not processed and made in China, like, I don't want it.

So that's my mantra right now.

And that's why I love Amazon.

I respect that you want to have principles.

I really do.

Yeah.

But at the expense of your own, like, convenience.

Yeah.

I don't know if I agree with that.

We're going to see.

But so, but for right now, Hulu, Prime, Netflix, Disney Plus, because my fiancé's a child.

I love Disney Plus, by the way.

I never watch it.

Do you guys pay for it like as a household or like you share with your families?

We pretty much, our families share with us.

We pretty much pay for all of them.

HBO Max, and then I'm going to get Paramount Plus because.

I'm on Paramount Plus.

Oh, yeah.

You getting younger.

Taylor hosts the after show for younger, which is literally my favorite show.

New season is coming soon.

It's out.

So they dropped it on Paramount Plus.

Oh, wait, all the the episodes?

For the first four.

I love that.

For the final season.

And then I think it's going to air on TV land like in its regular season, but like with commercials in the Ho She Bang.

If you want it early, you have to get Paramount Plus.

Oh my God.

I did not know that.

First of all, I will be getting Paramount Plus.

Second of all, Taylor knows the ending.

She won't tell me.

I don't even want to know.

I won't.

I won't.

You don't want to know.

I would never ruin that moment that I get to have with the end of the show.

Because it's basically, it's like a sex in the city.

It's like Carrie, you know, Petrovsky, big.

Like, it's,

okay, I'm excited for it.

It's really good.

You are on Paramount Plus.

That's so exciting.

You're you're on a streaming service i know so getting younger the after show is also on it so okay i'm definitely gonna get that and i'm trying to think what else i kind of want to get showtime just because there are shows that i love there but i don't know

you know i know you want to get rid of amazon but you know you can subscribe to showtime through amazon and pay seven dollars oh fine i guess i give up

i'm just saying it's so convenient but yes i have like every streaming service too but i only like i pay for hbo max and share it with the family like olivia pays for disney and shares it with the family that's smart we all just kind of hold our own.

Jackie had a Discovery Plus and refused to give anyone her password, which was really fucked up.

Because, like, we have a system.

Wait, why?

What was her logic behind that?

She, like, I called her, she was raving about Discovery Plus on the podcast.

Oh, also, I have an update from you guys for you guys about Jackie.

I totally forgot.

I'll get that in a second.

She was raving, raving, raving about how the cooking shows have been so like therapeutic and it's just like a great thing to watch.

So I call her and I'm like, okay, I downloaded Discovery Plus.

Like, give me your password.

She's like, honestly, I don't know.

I like just make your own.

I'm like, excuse me.

I'm like, we have a system here.

We all share everything.

This is the way it goes, girlfriend.

Five profiles on Netflix, profiles on HBO Max.

I'm like, what the fuck?

She wouldn't give it to me.

So I signed up for a free trial and then I canceled it.

She was so rude.

I'm dead.

But I did want to update everyone on Jackie's progress before we dive into Deer Toasters, which is our advice segment.

Yes.

So I don't know if you know Jackie's on this kind of wellness retreat.

I wasn't sure if she was on vacation or what.

Well,

define vacation because she's on this like health retreat.

No, no, no.

That's not a vacation.

Vacation is eating everything inside and drinking like a fish.

Yes.

So I spoke to her this morning because I have been getting a lot of messages, people wanting an update from her.

She's really kind of off the grid.

She's just not posting.

On the ball media, right?

It's just like finding your inner, your inner peace.

But she's doing really well.

She wasn't sure about which facility to go to.

And the one that she wanted to go to was so expensive, I literally would not let her pay that.

So she found a much more reasonably priced one.

But, you know, you do get what you pay for.

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It's lovely.

She said she's found everything she was looking for.

Good.

She was just looking for like a like a calm retreat to You know balance her health her mind to work out and she's so happy there.

She thanks everyone for reaching out.

She's just like taking time away and she said she's doing really good.

I mean, she literally FaceTimes me every day.

So she's like still on her phone, but she's doing really well.

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First up, it's a little bit long.

Okay, but I like long ones.

First of all, hi, I love you guys, and I need your help.

A few weeks ago, I went to look at apartments because I'm moving to my first place without a roommate.

When I arrived for my first showing, the realtor was no joke, the most beautiful man I had ever laid eyes on.

He was so cool, and I felt like we really hit it off.

Once I signed for the place and was no longer at risk of seeing this man ever again, I decided to shoot my shot and ask him for drinks.

He said yes.

I was shook both that he said yes and that I found a man in the wild.

Since then, I have gone on a few great dates and I had some solid makeout sessions.

When I'm with him, he seems so cool, very normal, and we have great conversations.

Honestly, potential boyfriend material.

We both discussed that what we were looking for and seemed to be on the same page.

The issue is that when I'm not with him, he is the worst, only replies to my messages with repulsive attempts at flirting and being cute, and they are so cringy, they make me want to die.

No, I can't even ask him how his day is going without him turning it around into some sort of attempted flattery.

Of course, it's nice sometimes, but every message, he calls me weird nicknames, constantly tells me that he misses me, even though we've only hung out a few times, and other things that make him seem like a total schmooze.

When I see his name pop up on my phone, it gives me a pit in my stomach.

My question is: what do I do?

This man seems so normal in real life but the way he acts when i'm not with him is painful he is a stage five is he a stage five clinger or just a bad flirt how do i politely tell him to chill the fuck out sincerely a toaster who just wants a normal man i hate this because i know i i get it like yep oh my god like Texting, it's so it sucks because it's such an important part of like relationships when it really shouldn't be.

It really shouldn't be.

Because it's just like about the connection, but this is a problem.

We live in a 20, she's a 21st century gal.

I know.

God, well, the thing is, is I've, I dated this guy one time and he was like so good on paper.

And he like said he would buy me Chanels, which is like really the way to my heart.

So I wanted to be with him, but he in person was cringy.

Right, that's right.

And he gave me a pit.

And one time he like did the biggest like spit string in my life.

And I like wanted to die.

I don't know what I did.

So I know the feeling.

Yeah.

But it's, I, I'm trying to like figure out, is it different in person than it is on the phone?

Cause like the thing that hooked me to my fiancé now and made me a lesbian was her texting skills.

Oh, wow.

It is important, but you're right.

Like, it could be so much worse.

Like, would you rather have someone who's terrible in person but a great texter, or someone who's great in person and who just texts weird?

Some people just grew up and didn't learn the proper social boundaries when it comes to texting.

Maybe just like stop texting him so much.

I actually feel like great relationships really flourish.

When you text so much, then you meet in person and you literally have nothing to talk about.

I agree with that.

Call him.

I know that sounds scary.

It also sounds like an attack.

Task time.

Ooh, ah, eat.

Voice memo.

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Yes.

Mystery.

Solved.

Yeah, I would just like trying to wean off the text messaging, which is hard for people our age.

I know.

It's such an integral part of like connections.

Well, in all voicemails are for grandmas and moms.

And I get like cold calling people feels like an assassination.

So how about just do the voice memos?

Cause maybe then he'll learn through example to do them back.

But what about FaceTime?

What FaceTime me?

We aren't, we aren't compatible.

Why?

That is like, what a terrorist you are if you FaceTime me.

I know.

Oh, my God.

But I actually feel like people have really cute, like, FaceTime, like, conversations.

No, they do.

I mean, Tay's family constantly FaceTimes and I love them so much.

I'm like, why are you, why do you have to look at me right now?

I know, but it's like, once you're comfortable with someone, it can actually be like a really great way of communicating.

Yeah, me and my 15 shins have a blast FaceTiming.

But that's why you could also like, you know, work it with angles and lighting.

But that is exhausting.

Dating is exhausting.

So get on board, Taylor.

I say

try a new method of communication when you're not in person and give this guy a chance because I feel like if it's- It's not worth breaking up with someone.

No, no, no, no, no.

And it's such a great story.

Like, he sold me my apartment.

Like, it's so cute.

And he's cute.

Yeah.

And he's obviously successful.

Like, he has a real job.

Do you know how rare that is?

Seriously.

Sounds like there's more good than bad here.

I wouldn't let it bother you that much.

Try.

All right, next up.

Hey, Claudia and Jackie, Taylor.

I have a weird one for you.

I'm 27 and currently live in Los Angeles.

I don't consider myself someone who's so LA, but I don't know if I can claim that after this.

Back in 2018, I casually dated this guy in the film industry.

Let's say his name is Andrew.

We dated for eight months.

Super casual, friends with benefits.

He worked on a bunch of TV shows and movies, but it was his dream to be a director.

That Christmas, he flew home to New York, and while he was there, he reconnected with his college girlfriend and it nearly turned his whole world upside down.

He came back to LA and told me all about it.

This kid looked borderline shell-shocked because his reconnection had made him nearly uproot his whole life and move back to New York to be with her.

But he never did it.

And six months later, we stopped hooking up because it was amicable.

But it was amicable.

Right.

Flash forward to now.

We've long parted ways and date other people.

And I see on social media that he's finished filming his first indie movie.

So obviously, I'm curious what it's about.

I just about lose my mind when I see the storyline.

It's identical to what happened over the holidays.

I just about lose my mind when I see the storyline is identical to what happened over the holidays while we were dating.

And the three main characters are him, the ex-girlfriend he couldn't move on from, and the new girl in his life, aka me.

Oh my god.

She's got the same hair, the same eyes, and based on some set photos, nearly the same outfits I wore on some of our dates.

I should also mention he texted me out of the blue last year, letting me know he got funding for a film and asked if I would consider him using my apartment living room for a few scenes since they needed a feminine space.

I said no because of COVID, but now I'm wondering if this was supposed to be the living room for the character version of me.

The movie comes out sometime this year, but what do I do with this information?

Do I just message him being like, Am I a character in your movie?

Or do I just wait for this premiere and hope to God I'm portrayed well?

Sincerely, a very LA toaster.

Wow.

I have to say something.

It's a crazy story, but it's an indie film.

So like, don't worry.

No one cares.

Like, it's not, it's not legit unless you care about like this guy and like you maybe like could see a relationship with him in the future.

This could just be like a fat like a story about like who you are now like one of your crazy stories.

Like I don't think you have to like figure it out.

As somebody who lives my life to tell my story, which then involves other people's story, I'd be a hypocrite to like say this guy's in the wrong.

But what I really don't like is that he asked to use her apartment without giving her intel.

It would have just been nice to get a heads up, period.

Especially since he asked you like.

That's my thing.

Like if you just like saw it on social and he didn't ask, it's like, well, it's his, like, his version, his story, his right.

Yeah.

But the fact that he did involve you for your apartment, then he should have like ponied up the information.

Yeah.

But I don't know.

If you don't really care about this guy anymore, I don't really feel like you need to hash it out.

Like, this could just be like a funny story you tell when you're drunk.

Yes.

And you could always use more of those stories.

I know I can.

Yep.

What's your, what's your go-to drunk story?

My go-to drunk story.

Probably the fact that I reset my engagement ring for my ex-husband.

That's a good one.

It's also your go-to sober story.

Well, I'm always drunk.

Yes.

Really?

That's no true difference.

Our third and final dear toasters is an update from a previous one.

Hi guys, I had previously emailed about my friend who really smelled.

She smelled, her clothes smelled, her car smelled.

It was bad.

I'm happy to report that in the past year, she did a complete 180 and made her health and hygiene a priority, and she no longer smells or wears clothes that smell.

Unfortunately, there's a new problem.

I recently started dating someone and a few nights ago, I told my ex smelly friend that my new guy sent me a sexual text.

He sent it when I was with her and I was caught off guard because we haven't even had sex yet.

So I mentioned it to her.

She said that if her boyfriend had texted that to her, she'd break up with him.

This is where the problem comes in.

I started fuming as she recently got back with her loser ex and maybe she has pretend amnesia, but I have text messages from her where she unfortunately shared that he went to orgies and got tied up and got his butt licked by people.

His smelly butt?

I'm sorry, I just, I need to start from the beginning.

I have text messages from her where she shared that he went to orgies, got tied up and had his butt licked by other people.

And I swear to God, she told me that he ties a belt around his neck when he masturbates so he can pass out to each their own.

But I could have gone my entire life without knowing that.

And hello, isn't that dangerous?

Should I remind her of these things that she told me about her then ex and what he did when they were broken up and she hated him?

I don't get why she would react that way to a text message that was nothing compared to what she would judge her boyfriend for when they weren't together.

Please help.

I mean, that, there's a lot.

That took a turn.

We went from smelly to asphyxiation.

Now,

this friend, okay, so basically the quandary here is that like her friend is being really judgmental about this guy she's seeing sending her sex, but it's like, we know what your ex-boyfriend did and you were totally fine with it.

So it's like now Judgy Wudgie was a bear when your boyfriend was getting his butt licked.

Well, here's the thing.

So stinky McGee's mad at you for telling her that she was stinky.

So

she hates your breast.

Oh, that's it.

So, she is going.

She is just sitting here,

like, waiting for you to give her any information, either your life or your boyfriend, that she can judge and make you feel as bad as you made her feel.

But the thing is, you're being good friends.

I didn't even think of that.

You need to tell your friend that you smell.

You need to tell your friend that you smell.

But I do remember saying that, like, sometimes people smell not because they're dirty, but because it's like some sort of like halitosis or some shit like that.

Yeah, it's like a.

Do I smell?

No, no, but not like a disease.

It's like a.

They're rotting from the inside out.

No.

Some people have like disorders that make them smell.

I actually know someone who does.

So like...

Really?

Not like not like from the mouth.

Not in a body way.

Yes.

So there are like it's side effects of different medications.

Like it's all, it could be all these different things.

So you have to be really sensitive when you tell someone they smell because

if it's hygienic, I think most of the time it's not hygienic because most people will know when they smell.

Like a normal person who like has a working nose.

Not if they had COVID and they can't smell and taste anymore.

I am like every day.

I'm like, do I smell?

Do I smell?

Do I smell?

You don't smell.

You look great.

Swear.

Yeah, but I just think you have to be sensitive in how you do it.

You can can just be like, you stink.

I remember.

Stinky, McGee.

Husband, like, my mom would come and stay with us in our managed apartment.

And one time he was like, your mom's perfume.

My mom wears a chantilly from Walgreens.

It's like such a thing.

And my mom is so fucking fabulous, but like, it's the one thing.

It's like my dad, when he was poor in medical school, bought a fern.

So it's like their youth, their youthful romance.

I love it.

Even though it's like cheap, cheap drugstore shit, it's just like their thing.

Yeah.

So he was, and she douses in it.

And so he was like, you have to tell your mom she's not allowed to spray her perfume in the apartment.

And a mean thing to say.

And I was was like, you can tell my mom.

Like, I'm not going to, and that was something that doesn't even smell bad.

So I get how hard it can be

to tell somebody that they stink.

So like the fact that you did that is, it really is brave.

It's a good, brave friend thing to do.

But she

hates you.

She's mad.

Yeah.

Like, that's what it is.

Yeah.

We all know that.

That's a good point.

I totally didn't even think of that.

Yeah.

But honestly, these girls have like trouble.

Like, is a friendship worth pursuing?

First, she smells, then she's judgmental.

Like, is honestly like, I don't think it's worth the trouble.

I don't either.

I mean, there are plenty of fishes in the sea, especially when it comes to friendship.

Yeah.

Like,

not every friendship is meant to last forever.

No.

But we're sorry you're dealing with that.

But thank you for being vulnerable and opening up to us and giving us an update.

If we have read your prompt on air and you want to update us, you can email us deartoas at gmail.com.

Or if you just are having some trouble and you need some thoughtful advice from two fabulous gals, deartoasters at gmail.com.

Taylor Strecker, thank you a million times for being here.

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Yes.

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Yep.

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I love you.

Thank you.

I'm honored.

Guys, this is our last show of the week.

I am headed to Florida for some sun.

I'm jealous.

I really thank you all for putting up with me this week.

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Sorry about Tuesday.

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