S4 Ep11: When One Ship Sinks, Another Sets Sail: Tuesday, January 19th, 2021

Good morning, millennials.

Happy Tuesday.

Oh my gosh.

Welcome back to the morning toast.

This is just a Tuesday.

You know, the last show we did was a Friday, and I felt like that Friday was very well deserved.

This is a Tuesday that I just don't feel like I earned because I didn't do anything yesterday.

No, it's such a treat.

We do deserve it because it's just so special to have a four-day work week.

So special.

And it really feels like a Monday and I...

almost forgot that it was a Tuesday and it's just so wonderful to hear that it is in fact Tuesday.

And this week I feel like it's just going to fly by.

Yeah, and you know what?

It's like every time I do have the wonderful privilege of enjoying a four-day work week, which is a few times a year with the national holidays, it really just makes me realize like how fucked up the five and two day schedule.

It just doesn't work.

And

do you know that, you know, our mayoral race is coming up and Andrew Yang is running for mayor and he like is running for his platform.

The four-day workweek.

Yeah, it's really something to think about.

Imagine a world like we've like I feel like I've been dreaming about that like since I was a kid, but like imagine an actual world where it's four to three like that just makes so much sense no I know and we'll experience it this week and we'll let you know how it goes but I have a feeling it's just gonna be fabulous fabulous much like the long weekend I had such a productive weekend and I have so many personal updates to share with the class you finished your cleanse obviously I finished my cleanse uh my last day was Saturday and I just want to say I absolutely loved the cleanse like overall I would recommend if I ever found myself feeling this way again like I would do it again but not for a long time well can I say like after watching you do the cleanse, and now Ben is doing it, I really feel like it's not a cleanse because, like, when you think cleanse, you think like three of those juices a day.

Like, no, you can have those big, chunky, duty juices, but you can also have like fruits and veggies and like eggs.

Like, it's not, it's, I feel like it's more of like a diet than a cleanse.

No, it's actually the opposite because you're cleansing, since you're only eating fruits, vegetables, and eggs, and raw nuts, it's all like natural foods.

So, you're cleansing your body of toxins.

I know, but I just mean the same thing.

No, like it's actually a literal cleanse.

If anything, anything, it's not a diet because consumption-wise, you can eat more fruits or veggies.

There's no limit to how many.

When you say a cleanse, it's like the Yolanda Hadid, like literally a juice a day, like no solid food.

But you're actually, Ben's eating a good amount of solid food.

But that doesn't make it not a cleanse.

You're still in my mind, you're still cleansing your system.

In my mind, it makes it not a cleanse.

Okay, well, I don't know if your mind is like the authority.

It is.

Definitely on cleanses.

100%.

So Ben's doing it now, and he called me last night, and he was just feeling fantastic.

And I actually feel like, as much as Claudia likes to talk big shit about this cleanse like I kid you not I would put like I wouldn't be surprised if in a few days you're like I'm doing the cleanse oh my god no you have been so influenced by us no no no no I'm definitely shook that I tasted the spinach dip what smoothie smoothie and it really was not that bad like I've always seen these people like put spinach in a blender and to me that's just absolutely disgraceful like it's disgusting but I guess Jackie really explained it to me like a few days ago like when you put spinach and ice like in a blender it doesn't become like spinach water.

It just becomes like water.

No, because of the way that spinach is when you blend it with water, it just becomes green water.

Like it doesn't have really a taste.

That was shocking to me.

I just learned that.

But it has so many nutrients.

So it's like so beneficial to do that in any smoothie that you're having because you're automatically just like having all these vitamins.

That makes sense.

And I didn't know that.

Now I know why all these people are always, like, not everyone likes spinach.

Like, I just thought it was so wild.

Like, yeah.

People were doing that.

Yeah.

But it actually makes a lot of sense now.

It makes a lot of sense.

A lot of people keep keep out.

I post the book often, but people, like, I guess, didn't screenshot it.

It's the 10-day smoothie cleanse by J.J.

Smith.

Get the book on Amazon and/or wherever you can find it.

And read the book because it will understand and better, it will better explain the purpose of the cleanse better than I am capable of explaining.

And I know, I know you're just bursting.

You can't say buy this book on Amazon and have me not.

I know you're just bursting.

Plug my own book.

I even made Ben read the book because it's not enough to just say you do this.

Like, it has all the recipes, all the reasons for why you're doing what you're doing and if you it's a really mentally tough thing to do so you want to have as many reasons why you're doing it as possible so overall I'm so I'm so proud of myself that I did it in 10 days you guys apparently 10 days is the longest stretch of time on earth I could have told you that it's so crazy 100% and I've I feel like I've tried a few things like this before and I never stuck with it and I think this is the first time I've actually did and I think it's a testament to the fact that this cleanse is very doable and

like that, my willpower is just on point.

The willpower is real, the willpower is real.

So, that's a wrap on the cleanse life.

I know a lot of you are also doing it.

I'm not trying to make everyone do it.

I just, I really needed to reset my system.

And also, I feel like now, one, I don't want to undo the progress that I've done, but I've taken away so many things from this cleanse.

Like, first of all, I think I'm going to go into just one coffee a day.

Like, I think having withdrawn from caffeine, like, I lowered my tolerance.

I agree.

Um, also, like, I'm gonna try and do some sort of modified version where I'll have

a smoothie in the morning.

So, I'll get that spinach.

And I was getting really hydrated on the cleanse, like, so much water and

good nutrients in my smoothie.

So, I'm gonna incorporate that into my diet.

But it really just gave me an appreciation for fresh food.

Like, I'm not really craving what I usually would crave, just sit down, like, with a bag of pretzels, like the dry food.

I cannot relate to McDonald's yesterday.

Yeah.

No, no, no, McDonald's is fresh food.

Agree.

More.

And shockingly, it has given me an appreciation for

fruit.

Okay, so you know what's so crazy?

Like the fact that you don't like fruit is shocking to me because like honestly, it's not better than like, you know, chips, but fruit is like not the worst food in the world.

There's just, I now fuck with a few more fruits than I did before.

Like a few days on the cleanse towards the end, I saw that I could have unsweetened peanut butter.

So I had apples with peanut butter and it was just like so delectable.

That's a fire snack.

It was so delicious.

And I think that's something I'll incorporate into my life.

And that's better than me going for a bowl of salt and vinegar chips.

So a little while ago you mentioned that there's a book.

I just feel like I forgot to interject.

You mentioned that there's a book that goes along with your cleanse.

You can get it on Amazon.

Yeah, no, I did say that.

That's so crazy that because like Amazon's such like a boutique online website.

No, and they let you build a cart where you could add other books.

Which is crazy.

I just find it strange that like this little small website would have your book and my book out one motherfucking week from today.

Girl with no job, the crazy beautiful life of an Instagram thirst monster.

Also, I just have an update because I did speak to my editor yesterday because I know I told you guys like in the middle of the hard copy book, there is like 20 photos.

I don't want to spoil it.

But I did find out that if you have the Kindle version, there is digital versions of the photos, not in the middle, but at the end of the book.

So don't worry if you bought the Kindle version.

You will have a copy of the photos, but they won't be as beautiful as they are in the hardcover.

But you still get it.

Just nonetheless, I wanted to update everyone.

And I just wanted to update everyone.

Like, I don't know.

I'm just like about to be an author, you know?

I think it's kind of crazy.

It's kind of crazy.

So with a week to to go, do you have anything that you want to do like to tease or excite or delight?

I'm going to do it on my Instagram story.

You gave me a good idea.

Like every week for the- You don't want to do it on the toes?

No, because I haven't decided like which excerpt I want to read.

And I would actually like to get, you know, feedback.

Like, what do people want to hear?

But yes, on my Instagram stories, like every week for the last couple of weeks, I've been doing like giveaways or reveals of like, you know, different parts of the book.

And today is my last one.

I'm like kind of feeling nostalgic.

But it's my last Tuesday to reveal something about the book before the book actually comes out, and it doesn't need to be revealed because you guys are gonna be reading it.

So, I'm gonna be doing a dramatic reading, an excerpt on my Instagram stories later today.

So, just make sure you're following and maybe send me a DM of what do you want to hear?

And what's an excerpt?

How long do I read?

Like a chapter?

I think just like a short, like maybe start at the beginning of a chapter and then like

stop where like the thought ends, like a few paragraphs.

Also, I think that you should just open like to a random page.

You should

okay, no, just say it, say a page number: 82.

Sounds like a good one.

82,

77, 79, 81.

Okay.

Oh, this is the chapter on

like my very short-lived dating life before I met Ben and then how I met Ben and then like getting married, say yes to the dress, torture, being like Bridezilla, the worst bride ever.

Just give us a sentence.

Okay.

Okay, this was my first kiss.

It all started with my first kiss.

This sounds like a perfect excerpt.

His name was Maverick, and he was fine as hell.

We were in the seventh grade, and I hated him.

Literally despised.

He was a little bit shy, but also a dick.

My middle school was very, very small, with only about 30 kids in each grade.

There were only two good-looking boys, Maverick being one of them.

He had that pale complexion that turned bright red when he was embarrassed or nervous, which was really cute.

A big group of us were hanging out at Maverick's house one weekend when we decided to play Seven Minutes in Heaven, the classic hookup game that pairs up two kids and sends them into a dark closet for seven minutes to to hopefully make out.

And wouldn't you know it, I was paired up to go into the closet with Maverick.

That would like be a good place to end, but I want to keep going.

The second we got, that's like, by the way, if that's not me, like in a sentence, like, this would be a good place to end, but I'm going to keep going.

The second we got into the closet, I was hoping we'd kiss.

I had seen enough young adult movies to know that this was going to be a pivotal moment in my adolescent life.

I didn't want to fuck it up.

We kissed in that dark, musty closet, and I literally fell in love with him on the spot.

It's true what they say.

Kids secretly love the kids they openly hate.

That kiss opened up my floodgates.

I was head over heels in love with Maverick.

But back in school, he continued to be a dick.

Nothing had changed for him.

Shockingly, he hadn't had the same change of heart that I had.

At that age, boys are just not emotionally mature enough to understand the inner workings of a seventh grade girl's mind.

My secret crush was tearing me up.

After school, I'd wait for him to instant message me, but he never did.

That's fucking sad.

Yeah, that's sad.

But it's a happy ending, the chapter.

So make sure to find out what happens with Claudia and the other.

Stay tuned.

Girlwithnojob.com slash a book.

That is the spoiler alert that we needed.

Yeah.

So what other personal updates?

I mean, I just watched so much godforsaken television that I want to talk about.

Like I watched a lot of lost and then I started Bling Empire, which honestly I need you to watch.

Okay.

And of course, The Bachelor was on last night, so we'll do that in our TV recap.

I have more personal updates to share with the class because I started Downton Abbey and that was really like my weekend.

I'm on season three now and it's just.

wow that's fast it's just fantastic as i knew it would be and i'm thoroughly enjoying and like it's it

it's one of those shows that's like incredible and so to have that all in front of me is just so exciting and you're such a downtown girl like i don't know why yeah but i have to thank bridgerton for getting me into that mood that headspace and i have and so bridgerton is set in like the 1800s maybe like 1820s and downtown abbey is like 1920 so it's really interesting to see how much changes in a century and also what stays the same like there are so many things that I didn't wouldn't have maybe understood if not for Bridgerton like they talk about they're going to London for the season and they we don't see that they just come back however many months later and I'm like oh I know what happens in London for the season like we're gonna we're gonna um promenade you know like is that what they do yeah that's what happens in Bridgerton the season oh the season is in London in Bridgerton it's all about the season yeah in London in London but then they go to their country homes like and downtown Abbey is the country home so in downtown Abbey they're like we're going to London for the season and oh oh and I'm like oh oh, I know what that is.

And so what do they do at the country homes?

Just chill?

Oh, it's just so fantastic.

Dinners everywhere.

Farm chemon vibes.

Farm chemon vibes.

And there's just so much drama.

Need a palace.

Need a palace.

Yes.

And so,

and then also like us being 100 years from when Downton Abbey was.

It's just really an interesting.

lens into how much we've changed.

That is interesting.

Yeah.

And then also my other personal update since I finished the cleanse and I was just, while I was cleansing, I was just so excited to cook.

And so I made two recipes from Ina Gartin's modern comfort food cookbook, Barefoot Contessa.

First, I made penne arrabiada.

And

I subsequently found out that I don't like arrabiata sauce.

Neither do I, but I've like spoken to you like four times about your adrabiada and you say it's so weird.

You say penne arrabiata.

Like you would literally.

I pronounce every syllable.

It's penne arrabiata.

Okay.

Well, I didn't know.

It's spicy.

In the book, it just looks like a delicious red sauce.

And I thought I had, you know, I assumed I had had it before.

It's extremely spicy, and I it's nothing of the sort.

I didn't like it.

I ate as much as I could, and I also, I don't think I made it wrong, but I just arbiata is not like a pomodoro.

It's not just like a standard sauce.

I just thought I was making a delicious sauce, and I wasn't.

Then I made her broccoli and kale Caesar salad, where I made my own Caesar dressing, and I made my own croutons.

And I thought that, no offense, Aina, her Caesar's dressing recipe calls for too many anchovies.

I could like smell the anchovies in my salad.

It kind of ruined it for me.

Well, you can just take them out.

No, no, no.

Like in the blender.

I know, but you can just do less.

Of course, next time I'm going to do half the amount of anchovies, but like I kind of ruined my salad.

Yeah.

So like it was kind of a bust, even though I'm proud of myself because I think I made everything correctly.

Yes.

No, I watched we were on FaceTime and it's it's an amazing feat when I literally ate McDonald's and the Chinese food for dinner and I've truly never been in a better place in my life.

No, like and I'm jealous that you had a satisfying meal whereas I just like was on my feet for hours and doing dishes.

Oh my God, the dishes.

The dishes.

Like So that's what Aina does not take into account because Aina probably has a live-in housekeeper.

Yeah.

And she probably has like two dishwashers, which is what I needed because I had to do one load, let them.

That is where I draw the line.

Like, I will literally throw out the dishes instead of cleaning them.

Like, I cannot do that.

Yeah.

Also, so I just wanted to ask the toasters because now I'm starting to worry that maybe Aina and I don't have the same palate and that I should get a different cookbook of someone who's like a little less,

you know, uh

fancy.

No, like to be honest, it's one thing to appreciate Aina from afar, but it's another to like bring her into your home and like into your dishes.

I don't know if that's really like the move.

Honestly, I feel like you'd be way better off getting like a kosher cookbook.

I have a kosher cookbook, but those recipes wouldn't put meat and dairy together, whereas I would have dairy together.

So you're like limiting yourself, even though you don't need to.

Yeah.

So I just, if anybody has a cookbook that they love that just makes like recipes for the perfect pasta sauce, the perfect mashed potatoes.

Not the perfect, like the basic, yeah.

Yeah, the classics.

Like, I don't need anything too fancy.

So, let me know what you guys think.

Um,

I'll still go with Aina.

I just, maybe even a different Aina cookbook that's like, this is like her whatever, 10th cookbook.

So, I'm sure she's trying to get crazy with the rest of the stuff.

She does back to basics on Barefoot Contesta.

She probably has a back to basics.

She does have a back to basics cookbook.

So, maybe that's right there.

Okay.

Well, I do think.

I mean, we could continue with the personal updates because I'm not going to lie, the story is like, they could wait.

I don't have any personal updates except for the fact that I just like ate like shit all weekend, drank like a fish, and watched a bunch of TV that I'm going to talk about in the TV recap segment.

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Okay, first story, the big news of the day.

Ben Affleck and Anna DeArmas split, says a source.

Quote, they are in different points in their lives.

Okay, I'm going to make an analogy and you tell me if you see this at all.

Okay.

Anna de Armas and Ben Affleck, like as a couple, like they are tie-dye.

Oh, I was going to say they are 2020.

And like, it's like.

the year ended and so did they.

Yeah, like don't care, really not at all.

Like takes me back to like to March.

To March.

When we were wearing tie-dye and like we were so naive to everything that was coming.

Yes.

Tie-dye is just like symbolic of things that trigger me.

And Anna to Armis and Ben Affleck.

Like, I remember sitting in our old studio being like, we love this colour.

Like, literally, my priorities have so shifted from them.

Like, I cannot allot one more brain cell to this couple.

Like, I saw the cardboard cut out, like, drama.

The cardboard cutout went in the garbage.

Yeah, like, his trash got taken out and like the trash man was holding up his big life-size Anna to Armis cutout.

Which we had it reported on back when they got it.

I guess it was like a joke for the paparazzi.

Well, they're so thirsty.

Their whole relationship was so fake.

Like, I'm sure that that garbage man photo was also staged.

That's so crazy.

So, I read Ben Affleck.

Like, he is probably, he's an A-list actor, and I think that she's A-list as well.

And, like,

bound, like, on her way to being one of, like, the greatest movie stars in our time.

And the fact that they do stuff like that.

It's disgraceful.

It's disgraceful.

And I did also read somewhere that the man taking out the garbage was Casey Affleck, Ben Affleck's disgraced younger brother.

So, all of this is just like so messy.

And

like I said, I have a lot of too many brain cells to these two people who are just like playing with us, you know?

I don't know if they were playing with us.

I do feel like they were in a real relationship.

Yes.

But it also feels like now that the cameras went down and their movie probably was done shooting and now it's time for the press for the movie, they're breaking up.

Yeah.

You know, and I just feel a little played.

That's it.

No, definitely.

I feel used.

Yeah.

And I did feel like I, I'm not, I know you didn't, but I had a ship for them.

No, I actually, I thought they were such a cute couple

and I thought they could be great.

I thought they were like a cute couple, but I was definitely not like shipping them, like putting my hard time, energy, money like into a boat.

When I first heard about them, I shipped so hard and then everything else was kind of annoying, but like, I thought maybe the pop, like, you know, it was everyone else making them annoying.

Like they're just trying to leave their house and get talking donuts.

Right.

The paparazzi and the media have a way of doing that.

Like, is this person annoying or is the media just making them annoying?

And that's how we've definitely struggled.

Seem annoying.

We've definitely struggled with that with like Chrissy Teigen.

And I think we came to the conclusion that Chrissy Teigen is actually not annoying.

Yeah.

The people who write about her are really fucking annoying.

Yeah.

So they've called a quits after nearly a year together.

They said that she broke it off, quote, a source tells people their relationship was complicated.

Anna doesn't want to be in Los Angeles based.

And Ben obviously has to since his kids live in LA.

So it seems like, but I think that's like an actual reason.

Yeah, they're saying that it was something mutual and completely amicable.

They're at different points in their lives.

There is deep love and respect there.

Ben wants to continue to work on himself.

He has three jobs lined up and he's a solid father at home.

That's good.

They're both happy with where they are in their lives.

I really want the best for Ben Affleck emotionally in terms of his family and mostly because I love Jennifer Garner so much, but I really, I want, I want success and prosperousness for Ben Affleck.

I really do.

Yeah, I agree.

Also, Anna DeArmas followed up the breakup with a new haircut.

I don't know if you saw that.

I did see the brave choice in chop.

Yeah, I figured you would have some thoughts about it.

Well, like, this is the thing.

When you're literally the most gorgeous girl in the world and like you cut your hair, like it does not make a difference.

Yeah.

And this is one, you know, bad haircut because it's making a small difference.

She's still literally the most gorgeous girl in the world, but like imagine how beautiful you have to think you are to confidently walk into a barbershop and be like, yo, give me this chop, middle bangs, choppy bowl cut.

Like, it's like the kids from Nothing to See Here.

Yes.

Yeah.

I literally, like, that is the, I'm always working on my confidence.

I really am.

And, like, that's the level of confidence confidence I want to have where I would literally walk into supercuts and be like, give me the bowl cut special, knowing that I'm going to leave the place being as gorgeous as I always was.

Yeah.

Maybe even more gorgeous.

Like, that's an admirable

level of confidence.

And I think that's what we should all work towards when we're working on ourselves.

Yeah, I agree.

And she does still look adorable with the haircut.

No, she's literally the cutest girl alive.

Like, it's not fair.

No, it's not.

And like, no joke, like, that is a fucking terrible haircut.

And if anyone else got it, I would be like roasting them.

But I don't know.

She's just like so pretty.

Like, I don't know.

Thanks for like making yourself like bringing you down to my level.

Like, I appreciate it.

Totally.

Well, I look forward to leading these two in 2020.

I'm triggered by them.

And you know what?

I actually really like a lot of Ben Affleck's work.

I mean, Jersey Girl is like such a stellar movie, even though I don't think people would consider that his best work.

I would.

But when it comes to his dating life, like after the Jennifer Annis, I mean, Jennifer Garner stuff, and then he was with the nanny, like, and then the SNL writer.

Like, I don't know, he kind of bothers me.

He's messy.

In terms of dating, like, I, I want stability for him.

Like, go away.

Yeah.

Yeah.

But love his work.

Yeah.

I think we had hoped that he had found it, but no.

No.

And honestly, now I think Anna D'Armos can do better.

She should date Brad Pitt, like, for all.

Oh, my God.

Yeah.

I look forward to seeing who they each date next as both eligible single people now.

I agree with 50% of that.

Like, I just don't care what Ben Affleck does, but like, I'm waiting with bated breath to see who Anna D'Armos chooses next.

Yeah.

Because it could literally be anyone.

Like, imagine being like the most beautiful belle of the ball in Hollywood, like any guy you want.

Yeah.

Prad Pitt, hello, call me.

Like, exciting.

Exciting.

Well, when one ship crumbles, another ship sets sail, Michael B.

Jordan and Laurie Hawks

are packing on the PDA in St.

Bart's on a literal ship.

And they just are looking like they're having the time of their lives on this trip.

Like these pictures.

Gotta get to St.

Bart's.

You guys, these pictures are like forever in my mind.

Me too.

They live in my mind rent-free.

They remind me of the level of

iconism,

icononism,

whatever,

that those Megan and Harry photos were when they were in the rain on their last royal actual official outing at that like movie premiere or whatever.

And the paparazzi took this like stellar photo of them and the rain and the umbrella and the lights.

It was just like so glamorous.

Like that was like a...

That'll be in like time.

Yeah, but the difference is like that was posed.

Like they knew there was a camera lens right in front of them where this is like candid or even if they know the paparazzi is there, they're still like on a surfboard, on a jet ski and like these pictures just

are stellar.

Over the weekend, the couple was photographed vacationing on a mega yacht in the Caribbean, where they appear to be having a blast while partaking in water sports.

In the photos, Lori can be seen sitting behind Michael B.

Jordan as he drives a jet ski.

They were also spotted surfing and swimming.

They're also like on the deck of the boat.

They're also like on a surfboard.

He's just like looking at her.

It's we'll post the Instagrams on, I mean, we'll post the photos on our Instagram, but I agree, like these photos just like really spoke to me and ever since she's been like publicly dating Michael B.

Jordan.

I follow her on Instagram and like she's like no doubt like one of the most beautiful girls like on the planet.

Like it's like I don't know who's more of the catch.

I kind of like obviously you want to say Michael B.

Jordan because he's like this famous like man of the moment.

Like everyone loves him.

Sexiest man alive.

Sexiest man alive.

But I don't know, like Lori Harvey's literally like a bachelorette.

Like, I don't know.

I kind of feel like she's more of the catch than he is.

Yeah.

I think they're both so catchy.

Catchy.

Catchy vibes.

Catchy vibes for sure.

Happy for them.

Really happy for them.

And I just think if anybody is very upset about Ben Affleck and Anna De Armas, like we can find peace.

We can find peace in knowing that we have a new ship.

It is out to sea in the Caribbean and it's going jet skiing.

And this is just like a powerful young Hollywood couple.

Like we just, we needed this in 2021 so badly.

Like, thank you, Michael.

And thank you, Lori.

Like, you don't even know, like, us pop culture deviants.

Like, we just needed this hardcore.

Yes, for sure.

So, so, thank you for doing the work that you do.

Some good news of the day.

Next story.

Kelly Clarkson is saying that celebs were really mean after American Idol.

You know what?

Every now and then,

Kelly Clarkson speaks out on like celebrity culture and like how she's kind of been like a misfit all these years.

And I find it fascinating.

The last time she did it was when she was on Watch What Happens Live.

And now I guess she's doing it again.

I haven't heard this.

This is really fascinating.

Kelly Clarkson didn't have the easiest transition into fame, but Jennifer Love Hewitt was a huge help.

Oh, wow.

She thanks Jennifer Love Hewitt for her kind words during her stint on American Idol in 2002 on Thursday's episode of the Kelly Clarkson Show.

Which ratings are just through the roof.

We're so happy for you, Kelly.

Kelly said, quote, you probably don't remember this, but it stuck with me for so long, almost 20 years now.

But right after, you have no idea, I'm about to say this, and you probably don't remember, but it was at some kind of MTV awards or something or VMAs or something.

I don't know what it was, but you ran up to me and it was right when like the final three of Idol and we were just so slammed and everything was happening in like a whirlwind and people were really mean to us because we're from a talent show and it was the first season.

She said like everyone was so rude to us on the carpet at the show.

It was so bad.

It was a horrible experience and you came up to me and ran up to me out of nowhere and were like, oh my gosh, I'm really rooting for you.

And then she gave her some really good like famous person advice.

She said, please keep the ones you love so close and it'll end up being about a few people in your life, unfortunately.

But this business can be really hard.

And just remember to keep those people who really love you.

And you just gave me this advice that was really really kind in such an unkind time for me personally so thank you so much it meant the world to me that is so sweet and i just like i it makes me angry to imagine a world where like people disrespect kelly clarkson like of course now she's a queen but she's right like no i'm sure the first season of american ivy there was no voice no x factor like it was like who are these freaks yeah and they're on the red carpet and

You just don't you never know which way they're going and I'm sure a lot of people felt like they didn't need to be kind to her.

Who were the top three?

It was obviously obviously Kelly and Justin, and then who was number three?

I don't know.

Do Kelly and Justin

ever date, like, officially?

They had that, I can't believe that.

I think they like, you know, fueled the rumor mill, but I don't think they were dating.

No, and I think now probably one of the greatest, as a pop culture fanatic, one of the greatest things we can experience is like a full circle moment for a D-list celeb.

And that's Justin Guarini being, it's the sweet one, on the Dr.

Pepper commercials.

A lot of people don't know that's him because he's not sporting his iconic curly hair I believe they actually gave him a wig

but yes the Dr.

Pepper commercials are Justin Guarini from season one American Idol and the famous movie that kind of reflects a porno from Justin to Kelly such a good movie so good and by the way if I've said this on the toes before maybe even on the breast so it was a while ago but if you watch from Justin to Kelly and you just imagine that every time there's a man and a woman in a room alone together, like they're going to start fucking, like it literally is such a porno.

Like

the set, the wardrobe the acting like it is pornographic like you have to watch it it's such it's honestly like the worst movie of all time should choose zephyr toast movie of the week 100 100 they should remake from justin t kelly but with like a new like if it was

where it's like Gabby Barrett and her husband who was also from the talent competition.

But they're too religious and that movie was kind of risque.

No, I know, but like someone like like a couple that dates from a talent show like making from what's her husband's name?

Kate.

Kate?

Cade.

Cade.

From Gabby to Cade.

Yeah, nice.

I don't know if that's gonna be a hint.

I think it would be so good.

And I know one person who would watch it.

Margo.

Yes, too.

We have two fans.

Yeah, no, I agree.

Like, Justin, from Justin to Kelly definitely needs like a 2020 reboot.

We have all these stupid ass reboots.

Like, give us the one we actually want.

I so agree.

From Justin to Kelly.

Okay, next story.

Jamie Lynn Spears tells Elon Musk that her Tesla is a quote secret cat killer as she talks about tragically running over multiple family pets in a new video.

The 29-year-old actress recently revealed that she has accidentally run over numerous family pets with her Tesla vehicle due to its nearly silent design.

She said,

someone's got to let Elon Musk know that the Tesla is a secret cat killer, and it's a problem we've really got to fix, she pleaded in an Instagram story.

She said, we have now lost, I don't even want to tell you how many cats because they don't hear the Tesla crank and unfortunate things happen.

Wait, explain to me the part when

the cats are dying.

So the car car is starting, but it's a silent motor.

So the cats don't hear it.

They don't move, and they get run over.

But so the cats are, okay, sorry, I just need more explanation.

Because when we were kids, one time there was a cat.

In the engine.

In the engine, because I guess it's like super warm and like a stray cat can, like, I guess that's like a thing.

Like, cats, like, go into the hoods of cars.

I don't know how it works.

But, like, it happened to us once.

So, like, I know that it's a thing.

But, and then we couldn't turn the engine on because the cat was staggered.

He was like call the fire department.

Like, it was a whole drama.

But so is she saying that the cats are in the engine

already?

No, she never knows.

She's when she starts.

She says she's running them over.

Yes.

The cats are in the driveway.

They're in the yard.

The car starts.

Usually it's.

So that's the driver's fault.

No, but if the car starts usually and an animal hears it, they'll run from it because it's a loud noise.

But the Tesla, I guess part of its feature is that it has a silent motor.

The cats don't know the car is starting.

They don't move.

They get run over.

Yes, she's running over cats.

So I think there needs to be a small bit of accountability from the person running over the cats.

This is a crazy story.

Yeah.

I should say, love Jamie Lynn.

She's a toaster.

No, I know.

And she also, so e-news had posted this and she commented on their post being like, that's not what I said.

That's not what I meant.

Like you guys are, you know,

taking this out of context.

So I feel like that's not what she said.

That's not what she meant.

But I also just would wonder, has this happened to other people?

Like, is this an ongoing issue where with people with Teslas, they accidentally run over their animals?

So I don't think so because like when this story became big, people were like responding to the story, not because they related to it, but because they're like, what?

Like, I don't think it's like a huge problem.

I really don't.

I mean, you never know because I don't have a Tesla or a cat, and we know I'm never going to get the latter.

But I don't think this is a worldwide issue because Elon would have addressed it.

Yeah.

So, I mean, but let us know if this is something you've experienced.

That would be really sad.

It's, at the end of the day, like a really sad story.

So when I was was talking about the story from our childhood, did we ever get the cat out of the car?

Uh,

yes, I don't think it ended in tragedy because I think that would have scarred us.

So, I think it all worked out in the end.

So, they just like climb into like the insides of the car from the bottom?

I'm unfamiliar with the behavior of cats.

You're asking the wrong questions.

Yeah, I know.

This is the wrong show.

I'm unfamiliar with the behavior of cats and cars.

Yes, that's true.

Yeah, very true.

Very true.

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Okay, our fifth and final story, Justin Timberlake reveals that he had a child over the summer and he is sharing the name of this child, a son named Phineas.

Cute name, cute couple, cute baby, happiness.

Yes, the actor opened up about life as a dad of two during a virtual appearance on the Ellen DeGeneres show set to air on Monday.

He said, quote, well, so I guess it aired yesterday, quote, he's awesome and so cute.

Nobody's sleeping, he quipped, but we're thrilled.

We're thrilled and couldn't be happier.

Very grateful.

I mean, I'm thrilled for them that they were able to have a child and it really remained a hush hush.

That must be nice for them.

I think Phineas is a super cute name, and I'm so happy for them.

I want to talk about two things here.

The first I want to talk about is Jessica Beale and Justin Timberlake.

I kind of don't like them as a couple anymore.

Like, ever since those pictures of

the handholding in New Orleans, like I've just gotten a weird vibe from him.

And also, don't you feel like for a few years, Justin Timberlake was doing the absolute most at all times, like trying to make himself like the next Michael Jackson in the Super Bowl.

And then he got like the Vanguard Award.

Like, he was just like doing the most song with Jay-Z.

And now he's like, literally disappeared off the face of the earth, hasn't released a song in years.

Yeah, I just feel like he took the temperature, and maybe he listened to the show and was like, Oh, I need to take a step back.

Well, because maybe I need to go work on Bad Teacher the sequel if I want people to love me because he then went on that tour at Madison Square Garden and like all around what was called Man in the Moon, Man in the Woods, yeah, something like that.

That had like record low sales.

So I think he actually realized, like, the people don't want what you're selling.

Like, please go home to your family, like, reevaluate.

And that's what he did.

And so, I just wanted to like mention that, like, I appreciate that because for I feel like for like a year we were on the show, like, he was always in the news, just like bothering us because I find him so annoying and he's just like gone.

And it's, it's really appreciated.

Yeah, no, it is appreciated.

And absence makes the heart grow fonder.

And I wasn't going to say anything negative about him today on the show.

Did we?

No, no, no.

But usually when his name comes up, like, I can't help myself.

No, I agree.

When I saw this headline, I didn't like immediately rolled my eyes.

Like I waited like five minutes and then I did.

Yeah, so I think that's what they call growth.

Yes, I think so too.

And then the other thing I want to talk about this interview, which someone I also went from hearing about all the time to never hearing about her again, Ellen.

She like has been really quiet.

I feel like it's such an interesting like case study, like what's happening to her.

I don't know how her ratings are, but I feel like she's just kind of like more pulled back, more reserved.

I mean, I don't watch her show, but I'm sure her interview style has changed immensely from like so condescending to like maybe, I don't know, welcoming to people on her show.

I just haven't heard her name in so long.

I know she had COVID, but she's good now.

She's back in studio.

But like, what's up with Ellen?

I feel like I've been seeing her around like in the, in the news cycle.

I just don't really like click click it.

Yeah, but it's not this news cycle that it was over the summer.

No, of course not.

But I think that like that's what she prefers, just to go back to work and

at some point like end her show on a good note.

Yeah.

She couldn't go out like this.

No, no, no.

It would be a disgrace to her legacy.

Oh, no, no, no, no, no.

Okay, let's dive into the TV recap segment.

Before we do, obviously The Bachelor, I want to talk about Bling Empire, which is this show on Netflix.

It's a Netflix reality show, very similar vibe to Selling Sunset, just in terms of like the style.

And it's basically like, it reminds me of Shah's of Sunset.

It's like focused on a subculture in LA, lots of wealth.

And this is like the crazy rich Asians of Los Angeles.

And they really found like a motley crew of people.

Honestly, I feel like one of my critiques of the show is that there's so many castmates and it's hard to keep track of them all, especially when a lot of them are not interesting, like whatsoever.

There is this girl, Sherry, who at first I thought was interesting, but she just ended up like being boring.

She literally, she was pregnant and gave birth.

So she, every time we see her, she doesn't film outside of her house.

But she had a really interesting backstory how like she grew up and was signed to like Sony Music Asia and she was going to become like and when you see her she has the exact look of like a k-pop star and she was going to become like the biggest superstar and her parents like didn't allow and now she like moved to the states and like had a baby but um

There's a lot of people who like I just don't find interesting and she is one of them.

Jamie is another one of them.

But what I find find so interesting about the show, first of all, they've really stumbled upon some absolute gems in their casting.

This woman, Anna, she is Karen Huger, meets Marisol Patton, meets Mama Elsa.

Like she is just

so rich.

She's Japanese-Russian.

She has a really interesting background, lives in LA, is so, so, so wealthy, and is really kind of like the grand dome of this, you know, they said there's a very small group of like wealthy Asians in LA and like everyone knows each other.

They have like events all the time.

And she's kind of like the grand dame because she's just like one of the older ones and she's one of the wealthiest and she's always throwing parties.

But there's kind of like this new girl on the scene who

her name is Christine.

Her husband is a plastic surgeon and he's, her husband is everything of the sort.

And she is like, in terms of like looks, like.

everything of the sort like the house the cars the bags like it's just insane and she's really gunning for anna for that top spot and like you know that christine like not a day goes by where she doesn't think about how she can outsmart Anna and like become like the top queen.

Whereas like Anna's just like in her palace, like doesn't even think of Christine ever.

Like, it bothers Christine so much.

Like, the two of them, it's an iconic fight.

I can't stand Christine, but I do love the two of them.

And they spend a lot of time on the show on other castmates, like Kevin, who I just like don't care about.

Kelly, who I just don't care about.

And like, but.

Kelly is this other girl.

She was actually married to like a very wealthy man

before she moved to the States.

And

like literally, it was like a made-off situation like like everything was taken she had no idea who she was sleeping next to so she really like started fresh in LA and built her own company and is like so successful and she's dating this guy who's like a out-of-work actor he's was the red power ranger so you don't know what he looks like because his face was covered

and he is I think definitively and I've watched a lot of reality television perhaps the most toxic person I've ever seen on reality TV.

Like he's abusive, like, and he's so outright.

He does it on camera.

Like, it's crazy.

And he's just so insane.

But, like, their storyline, like, at first was interesting, but I just, I find some of these characters to just be, like, so uninteresting, especially when we're sitting on gems like Anna and Christine.

Like, give me the Anna and Christine show.

Like, that's what we need.

Then there's another girl who is actually really interesting.

They call,

they say she's like the Paris Sultan of Asia.

Her name is Kim Lee, and she's like the female DJ.

Like, she's so famous.

And she has such an interesting backstory.

And she's kind of a bitch.

Like, what she did at Anna's house, you guys, was just like so disrespectful.

Like, she invites you over, and like, you go rummaging through her visits.

By the way, it sounds like a fantastic show.

I'm going to watch it when I finish down to the next video.

Don't give up spoiling.

Don't give away too much.

Yeah.

But all I want to say is, like, if you're ever walking through a department store or like a designer store and you see, like, of course, I understand people who like, you know, spend money on like designer bags, but you ever see those things, like, who is buying like designer t-shirts?

Who is buying designer, like, the most random, like, loungewear type things, pajamas?

Like, these are the people who buy them.

Like nobody is wearing their pajamas at home, Louis Vuitton.

Everything, headband, scarves, sunglasses bikini, like everything is just Louis Vuitton.

It's so crazy.

And then one other thing that's worth noting about the show is it's obviously like the standard reality show template, but it's very strange in a lot of ways because it's on Netflix that it doesn't need to be censored.

So there's quite a few scenes that...

I'm just like shook by.

You know, the first is when they're at like a hotel rooftop, just like having a day, and one girl

isn't going to go swimming, and she's like, I forgot my bathing suit at home.

And it was just like a lie.

You know, you could tell she was lying.

And then they throw her in the pool and they pick her up and she's wearing a dress and you see she's wearing underwear and a sanitary napkin and they do not edit out the sanitary napkin.

What?

So you see like the wings like folded over the bottom of the underwear.

It was just like so invasive.

And I'm like, oh, of course she was lying because she was like, my closet's so big, like I forgot to go to the other side to get a bikini.

And, like, then we say, like, no, you actually just have your period, but like, you were lying.

Like, it was like, really, it was really funny.

They did her dirty.

What I thought you were going to say.

They did her dirty.

Yeah.

And then, like, Anna, who's the queen, um, she has like Dior come to her house so she could shop because she doesn't go to stores.

And

she's, like, putting on this shirt.

And, like, she just, like, takes her shirt off and like, puts on the other shirt.

And like, we just see her boobs.

Like, it's just crazy.

Like, no censor.

No censor.

No blur.

Like,

call me like, you know, conservative.

It's just

not used to it.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

But I mean, I kind of liked it.

Yeah, no, this sounds amazing.

It's so good.

Maybe I'll, I'll, maybe I'll even start it like in the midst of downtown because I don't like to watch these downtown Abbey episodes like if I can only watch like one and a half at a time because it's just, I want to watch a whole stretch of them.

Yeah, and don't get me wrong, it's like very contrived.

Like I wouldn't be surprised if maybe some of these people were like actors.

Like, I don't care.

So good.

And like the way they're like, Christine, Jackie, you will die.

She was like, do you know who like the oldest designer in Paris is?

Like they're just like one-upping each other with their richness.

And Anna just like gives no fucks about Christine, but Christine, like, eat, breathes, and sleeps.

Like, how to become Anna.

Anna, I believe, is also part of the production.

I think that they tapped her to like find the people, and she wasn't going to be on the show, but she's such a character that they like threw her in.

So I think like she has a very favorable edit.

She's like, gives me like the vibe of like being the Patricia Altschul of the show.

Got it.

Got it.

Wow.

It's just so good.

That sounds really great.

Did you finish it?

No, I have like two more episodes.

Then you're going to like want to follow them all on Instagram, like especially Christine.

She takes a private chat everywhere and has a photographer come with her everywhere.

And like all of her designer, she just went to Aspen and like designer earmuffs, designer gloves, designer ski, designer jacket, like craziness with the photographer on the mountain.

Like it's insane.

You would love it.

It's such a good show.

Highly recommend.

Great.

Now,

The Bachelor.

Okay.

So we ended last episode with a little bit of a cliffhanger, like a Sarah, okay?

She was fine.

She like got overwhelmed.

And I did think a lot of the girls were being like kind of mean

to Sarah when it came to her fainting.

But as the episode progressed, I guess sometimes this happens on the bachelor where, like, we don't know something because we can't feel the vibe.

Yeah, like clearly, she was getting on people's nerves before she fainted.

And then to find out that she fainted because

she was nervous, like, because she was, we didn't really find out.

It wasn't because it wasn't like a

rose thing.

She had a rose, she just was like overwhelmed by the process.

Like, I don't know.

So, it did sort of raise like a red flag.

I thought Victoria, like, at first, was being so hard on her.

Yeah, me too.

But, like, wow, what Sarah did for Victoria in this episode, Victoria should send her flowers.

100%.

Because Victoria, Victoria is mean, but she's usually on the wrong side of history.

But when you're like, as a viewer, you're mad at Sarah and you have Victoria going in your corner, you're like, yes.

But I did think also at the end, like, the girls took it way too far.

Like, yes.

And it wasn't like, she can't,

what I'm struggling with is feeling like, is Sarah genuine or is she literally an actress like is she so sneaky because I felt like what she just I saw your poll and I don't think she's genuine but I also don't think that sneaky is not the right word for her I think that she's dramatic I think that she is um

just like oh I don't want to say selfish because like she's taking up all this time and it is like selfish but it's not her job to like really care about the other girls' time but it's just like she's just being like Brazen.

No, I don't it's hard because she's just like crying and she can't even even articulate like why she's having such a hard time.

And it's like, she went on the show, she went on one date with Matt and like, it's too hard.

It's too much.

And it's like, but that's the show.

So come on.

And you can feel that way like when you're one of the top six.

Like, not when there's still 30 girls left, five more coming in.

She's just being like so weak.

Yeah, I agree.

And don't get me wrong.

When it's like, when you put on, when you factor in the fact that like her dad is terminally ill and she is struggling with, I have these feelings for Matt and I really want to be here and I really want to see them through.

But also like I might be missing time with my dad.

And it's, and, and I understand that push and that pull, of course.

But the decision, you made the decision to leave your dad, like, when you came on the show.

And so

I just feel like either, I mean, she may, and then she wound up leaving.

So maybe sometimes you make a decision and it turns out to be the wrong one.

And then you struggle with it.

You change their minds.

And then you, and then you go back on it.

I just felt like it was all very emotional and the way she went about it was just all wrong.

And there were so many times where it felt like she just wanted to, she was just going to get time with Matt, and then she was just going to apologize to the girls and cry her way out of it.

Well, so, I mean, at the, don't get me wrong, like when she barged in on the group date, like I got mad.

I got mad for Katie, I got mad for the girls.

That's insane.

It's insane.

And that's why it's annoying that they're in like all in the same resort because if they weren't able to recognize that, it would never happen.

So, and I totally understood their frustration, and then she was like hiding in the room.

Like, okay, so I totally get why everyone's mad.

Then she came down.

It took her a while.

She came down and she apologized.

And even though I don't like take her as the most sincere person, the apology seemed real.

Like she said, I'm really sorry.

Like I was just like having a hard time.

And they just wouldn't let it go.

Like a dog with a bone.

It's just doing a lot of nothing.

It's just like, no, no, no.

She's like sitting there crying and it's like 15 girls going in on one girl.

At the end of the day, like just give it up.

Like,

you're not going to get what you want from her.

I agree.

But when she came on the group date and she's like, I just want you guys to hear from me.

And Victoria's like, we haven't heard anything.

I really appreciated that because like she was saying words, but she wasn't saying anything.

Right, of course.

But then you see like she's struggling with her dad.

and it was only like when Katie spoke to her that I think, like, the viewers at home started to sympathize for her.

But I did feel like it was a little bit of a pylon at the end.

Like, at the first, I'm like, okay, get your answers from her, but then it's like, okay, we're not getting anywhere.

Like, you're going to keep just going after her.

And then she's like in this room crying by herself, and then like talking about her dad.

And like, Katie connected with that.

It was just like really, like, the whole thing, I just like felt bad for her.

I know, but then when she went to Matt to tell him she was leaving, like, I really thought she was going to wind up sick.

And then I was like, okay, yeah, I'm done with that.

So now I'm like, this is fake.

But she actually speaks.

But because she left, like,

I'm fine with her.

Like, I feel badly for her.

I think she had a really bad time.

But I also feel like she came on the show, and I think at best case scenario, I'm going to meet someone and it's going to be love.

And I'm going to, it's going to be so worth it that

I'm here.

And she couldn't have had a better connection with Matt.

So, like,

it wasn't about that.

Yeah, and honestly, I think that if Matt wasn't really feeling her, he would have...

been courteous enough to send her home and not waste her time while her dad is, you know, dying.

Yeah, no, I think that he really, really likes her.

And I think now it's annoying that she did leave, leaving this like open-ended question mark, you know.

I think she's going to come back.

I feel like she might come back too.

Next week, five new girls come.

Oh my God.

I know.

It's like Love Island costs out more.

Like, just seriously kill me.

Like, I can barely, I have to watch Drag Race where I have such a hard time keeping track of everyone because in and out of drag, they look so different and their names are so complex.

Then I have to remember all the girls from The Bachelor.

Now five more.

Like, I don't know how I'm expected to remember everyone's name.

Yeah, I don't think you're expected to remember everyone's name.

I don't don't know all of Matt's girls, even though I think he has a great group of girls, and I feel like there are a bunch who he feels really strongly about.

And so that's exciting.

But I also feel like Matt, I feel like people were really getting frustrated with him.

Like, viewers were getting frustrated with him last night.

And the fact that he was never a contestant on this show

is really starting to show, like, he can't see through the bullshit.

He doesn't see that.

He said, Marianne Home.

I don't think they had a connection, but that was sad.

She like lost.

Yeah, that was really sad.

I think he

can't, he's being a frustrating bachelor because he doesn't know what it's like to be on the other side.

No, you are so right.

I forgot that.

And as much as I like him so much, it's, it's frustrating that it's not someone who has been in the house, who knows what like the villain looks like.

And

if you should trust women coming to you about other people and at what point.

So it's, it's become frustrating, but it's also like not even about Matt.

Like it's just about the girls.

It's not even about Matt.

It's just about the girls.

I totally agree.

Kit was being so cute last night.

Like she was getting annoyed and she had like some Greg One liners, like real singers.

We had the one-on-one with Serena, who is just perfect.

Like I just was like, cut the cameras, like just go home together.

Like I really thought that was a great date.

She's like a very, very sweet girl.

But you know what?

Matt gives me Tayshia vibes because they're both so nice to everyone.

You're like, oh, you're in love with everyone.

Whereas like a lot of times you can read the lead.

You're like, oh, she's not feeling this, or he's not feeling this, or he's going to send her home.

But with Matt, and I felt that way with Tayshia, I'm like, till the end, I literally had no idea who was going to win because Tayshia is so genuinely lovely to everyone.

You're like, oh, she's in love with me.

Yeah, no, I feel that way, but it also is nice.

It makes, it keeps you on your toes.

But I do think Matt gives us like some indication.

Like when he leans in to kiss someone,

he likes that person.

Whereas other times, like, it's, you know, the...

the girl is leaning in more.

He likes Rachel.

Yeah, he does.

And she hasn't even had a one-on-one.

Oh, my God.

We need to talk about the date, the group date.

The erotic novel date.

So many things.

First of all, the fact that Chris Harrison wrote a book, which we all knew he wrote a book, but like.

It's called The Perfect Letter.

I thought it was just like a Nicholas Sparks thing.

It is, but I guess it has like some porny sounds.

Erotica.

That's just something that we all needed to know.

No, I actually disagree.

I think that I could have lived my whole life not knowing that.

And Margo read the book.

The date was like, it was uncomfortable to watch at times, but by the end, I thought that Victoria like was hysterical.

I was laughing out loud.

We need the non-bleeped version.

What did she say?

In addition to Sarah like really helping Victoria out this episode, she really helped herself with that at the end.

Yes, Queen.

Yes.

She was really making fun of herself.

And I just had a whole new outlook on her.

And you could tell that the date really brought everyone together.

It was like the ultimate icebreaker where it's like, we're all going to be uncomfortable.

We're all in the same boat of like, we each have to do it.

So even if I'm laughing at you, like, you're going to laugh at me.

And I thought it was wound up being like such a great date for them all to be in.

And that's why it was.

even more frustrating that Sarah was interrupted because I think it was who said like you ruined the vibe.

We had a vibe going on.

They were flying on a high.

Like they were all just like on this great like date level and she just came, it came crashing down.

Yeah, which really bothered me because

I feel like so many group dates especially like in these resorts Are so weird are so tense and it's hard to get the ball rolling and everyone was just having a great time and and it really was annoying Yeah, also on the group date There was like five girls I did not recognize like who is Kylie don't know her whatsoever But there was a girl who I hadn't seen her name was Anna She was wearing like a really cute brown dress with like a copywriter Is she a copywriter?

I think so.

She went first.

Yeah.

I thought she was so funny and it's so hard to go go first.

Like, I thought she was great.

I wish she would get more airtime.

I think she actually is like hilarious and like interesting.

Yeah, she seems like she has good like positive energy.

Yeah.

I think I saw people like are comparing her to Hannah Brown.

They think that they look like

actually, they kind of do look like.

Yeah.

But so, yeah, I feel like there's already so many girls.

Like, I cannot keep track of them.

And now we're getting five more.

Like, that's so annoying.

That also makes me think, like, me, like, maybe it's like Matt told the producers, like, I don't think anyone here is going to be my wife.

Like, we, like, and I I want this to work, so they like fly in more girls.

No, I think honestly, The Bachelor saw how many people loved Love Island this summer, and they were like, Let's

copy their format a little bit.

That's a really good call.

Yeah.

Like,

maybe the best call you've ever made.

100%.

Yeah, because that's what they do all the time.

It's just new girls.

I find that annoying.

Yeah, I really think that Matt's wife is in the, I mean, we haven't met the new girls, but there are so many people that I think he has like really strong connections with and so much respect for.

Rachel, Abigail,

Serena Abigail but she hasn't been on a game and she this happens a lot on the bachelor where the woman who gets the first impression rose is is not a frontrunner yeah you're right you're right you're right you know yeah no I think Rachel's a winner

you do like I just because she's literally the star of the show and she's been on like only group dates

and he like when they were on the group date and they got time together like he went in to kiss her like so fast yeah I think she's a winner even though like Brie is my queen like I'm I think she's like literally the most gorgeous girl I've ever seen in my whole life.

Like, I just, I literally fought, like, on my fake Instagram grandma account, like, I follow a Brie Springs fan account.

Oh, my God.

That's really funny.

I think,

I think it'll be real.

Like, there are so many just like great

choices.

You know, and she kind of faded a little bit, but I think Maury also goes far.

Yeah, but she also is fading.

Yeah, she's fading.

But it's also because they haven't gotten dates.

They haven't gotten dates.

Rachel hasn't, but she's,

but you can still like stand out in the group setting.

Yeah.

No, I actually thought it was a pretty good episode.

But I definitely feel the audience frustration with Matt.

Like, he's starting to annoy me.

Like, make some decisions.

Like, be more

decisive.

Like, not just

go with the flow.

And to show up to a date or a one-one.

And also,

go check on the one person who's not being a team player and make out with her in bed and like not be able to stop kissing her right before your date with someone else.

Like, so disrespectful.

It wasn't right.

I so thank you for bringing that up because like, you know, I didn't remember.

But I was like, first of all, that's so rude to Serena.

Second of all, not only are you not with Serena, you're like literally in bed on top of her.

Like it was really, really zello-covered.

Yeah, I agree.

But otherwise,

still going strong.

Me McCollin's looking beautiful.

Oh my god, she's gorgeous.

Just gorgeous.

And that house mat has like gorgeous.

Yeah,

it's a great setup.

Yeah, so much better.

Like La Quinta Who?

La Quinta Who.

That that is our TV recap segment if you're looking for more content on the bachelor our

Snatcher is here for you.

We have a podcast called the Snatcheler on Toast News Network, which is our podcast network hosted by our little sister Margo, who is really like a bachelor influencer.

So it's available, I think, today or tomorrow.

Which one?

It's supposed to be today, but we'll see if Margo's on time.

But yeah, it's supposed to be today.

So look out for that.

She usually is.

Look out for that.

And yeah, anything else?

Are you on mood this week?

Oh, I'm on mood and taste of Taylor.

I think Taylor Shreker's comes out today.

And tomorrow I'm on Lauren Elizabeth's podcast, Mood.

And I have to say, I've been doing a lot of podcasts, radio, for like just being annoying, like press of my book.

But it's just called press.

Like you don't have to degrade yourself.

Oh, my God.

Thank you.

I'm sorry.

I'm just like, I'm so insecure.

Like, it's crazy.

Yeah, it's hard to break habits.

But in terms of the podcast with Lauren Elizabeth and the podcast with Taylor Shreker, two of the best interviews like I've ever done, just because

I would consider both of them like my best friends.

Like, so I felt so comfortable and it was really deep like Lauren's was really deep on mental health and

uh Taylor's was really deep on like cancellation like Taylor has literally become like a punching bag for her problematic friends like Stasi me and we just like no that's literally she's always like having to make excuses for her friends and it's honestly like a terrible position to put to be in um so we like go really deep on that and i think that one comes out today mood with lauren elizabeth comes out tomorrow and i really encourage you to listen to them like i really think they were great great that's really exciting.

I'm looking forward to listening and recording the Redheads with you this week.

That's good.

We made an appointment.

We're going to record the Redheads, you guys.

Yeah.

The literary world is fucking quaking.

This is the collab of the century.

No, legit.

Like, yeah.

I mean, I know it's only January, but it's literally like the podcast/slash book collab of the year.

For sure.

For sure.

For sure.

Okay.

Like, should we wrap up?

No, I think that's all she wrote.

I have a dentist appointment I'm excited about.

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