S3 Ep130: The One About EGOTs: Monday, July 27th, 2020

Good

morning, millennials.

Welcome back to the morning toast.

Happy Monday.

We hope everyone had a fabulous weekend and is feeling refreshed, maybe hungover.

That's okay.

Welcome back to the morning toast.

I'm so excited.

Hi, Jax.

Hi.

How are you doing?

I'm great.

I'm so great because I'm with Theo.

Of course.

And I didn't want to just like jump into something so negative so early.

I literally knew what you were going to do.

And I think it has to be done because something so devastating happened this weekend.

You and I were hanging out on Saturday.

We had a fabulous day.

We were having such a fabulous day.

And luckily for me, you had made some plans that evening and you asked if I could take do, to do, to do Theodora.

And I was overjoyed.

You know, he came over.

You told me he was going to sleep by me.

And we started watching Yellowstone together.

I took him out for a late night walk.

I washed his paws.

We got into bed.

I moved the love sack from my living room to my bed.

And if you have a movie-sized love sack, you know that's a big thing to do.

It's huge.

It's huge.

And we're in bed.

It's 12.30.

And my sister texts me and she says, hey are you up and it's like i knew what you were texting me for but i'm not gonna ignore your text because you're my sister like you know i'm gonna be there for you

and yes i was up uh she calls me and says that her and ben are coming to take theo like we were literally in bed together perched watching yellowstone cleaned happy boys and girls and it was all just it was ripped away from me i just i'm not gonna lie like it was so hurtful i think you are intentionally leaving out an integral part of the story yeah but to fit your own narrative it was part of the story when you asked me to watch him and have him sleep over.

Yes, when I asked you to watch him, it was never fully clear whether or not he was sleeping over.

Like, we were going to figure it out.

And I would have let you keep him literally for the whole weekend, but you don't have any of his food at your house.

I know, but he wasn't going to eat breakfast because, and like, only because you wanted him?

Like, that's just so selfish.

No, he had just had dinner when he came over, so we would have woken up and I would have taken him home.

He would have done a little intermittent fast, like a mini.

No, I just mini fast.

I didn't think it was good for him.

And he had carrots.

And I got home earlier than expected.

Like, if it was four in the morning, I would have just left him there but I got home in a reasonable hour at 1 a.m.

I'm a reasonable mom like sorry I'm sorry that that happened to you obviously it's okay I mean I understand like I I understand here's the thing I understand it just it just hurt are you like snatchler will you learn your lesson and buy some food for your house oh for sure for sure except like when you don't have a dog and you just have dog food like the food does smell but no it's called like a ziploc just like you'll zip it up i can like i know i don't have food turkey in my house because i don't smell it well you obviously don't care enough that's what i'm saying no i will have food next time.

I will learn my lesson.

I just,

you know, when you give him a bath and he gets so riled up, like he's like, runs around and like scrapes his head on the ground.

And he was like barking in my apartment at midnight.

And we got past that stage, you know, calmed him down.

He was liking Yellowstone too because of all the horses and the animals, which by the way, I'm like knee balls deep in Yellowstone and it's so fucking good.

And I need for you to watch it.

We'll recap it.

We have so much to recap in our TV recap segments.

I watched so much TV this weekend.

So did you.

We have our Trust Movie of the Week recap.

So that'll obviously, as always, be at the end of the show.

But yes, we have a heavy, a fat recap section today.

Very, very fat.

We also have the fast five, obviously.

Lots of things did happen over the weekend.

You know, stones were unturned.

Yes, stones were turning.

They were turning stones.

And so it's going to be a great show.

I just had to get that off my chest.

But other than that, I had a really nice, relaxing weekend where I feel like I consumed a lot of content and participated, you know, in...

the content consummation of our nation.

I too consumed a lot of content, but I also made a fabulous piece of content last night.

You did.

You were a content creator.

And the reviews are in, and they're pretty spectacular.

You know, Olivia, our sister, is a new mom, and she's been really offline, and she talks a lot about why she made that decision.

Her podcast, Maternity Live, has been on pause.

And she spoke a lot about

she's like struggling with whether or not she should come back because, you know, once you have a kid, like your priorities are so different, not only like time management-wise, but like you just want to protect your child.

And she got, you know, a really unnecessary amount of hate towards the end of her pregnancy.

And I think that kind of like scarred her.

And we talk a lot about that on the podcast episode in addition to her birth story.

And for those wondering why she didn't do it on maternity live, you'll hear why on the podcast.

She's just unsure.

And I think doing things on Patreon makes everyone feel a little safer because it is behind this.

wall.

It was really funny.

I mean, we literally recorded the whole episode while she was pumping and like her nipples were straight up in my face.

That's so funny.

You love that.

I love that.

I'm just like constantly marveled by the spectacular nature of the female form.

Like it just, like what was happening in front of me was a miracle.

Yeah.

It was crazy.

It's a miracle, but it happens every day in every way.

It's no, it's just so common.

It's like, yep, my boobs make milk and it's just crazy.

It's easy my baby and it's the only thing baby can eat.

No, it makes so much sense.

Like, you know, evolution is fantastic.

So we did her birth story.

We were just talking about like new mom, all the like the funny gadgets she has.

Like she has a special machine to pick Michaela's nose.

It was really great.

It's a podcast episode.

It's up on the patreon, patreon.com slash morning toast if you want to check it out.

People are loving it and I had so much fun doing it.

Like any excuse to go over to Olivia's house now.

Yeah.

Now that she's got that baby.

I mean always just hanging out with Mick.

It's she's the coolest chick in the world.

It's life-changing.

It is life-changing.

And it's like really, it's so funny.

Leaving her department, her apartment is really like an emotional roller coaster because when you're sitting on her couch, just like holding Michaela, like truly nothing else in the matter world matters.

There's no Instagram drama.

There's really like, there's no pandemic.

It's like you're just looking at this fresh life and like the second you close her door behind you, it's like back to the terrible real world.

Stark contrast.

It's so stark and it's like you really never want to leave her house.

No, I feel you.

That's why she doesn't leave the house.

And we spoke about that too.

Oh, perfect.

Well, I'm really excited to listen.

I've been getting into podcasts.

Well, on Friday night, I spent the majority of my night watching Joe Rogan

because he too films his show and it's on YouTube.

He does three-hour episodes.

I know everyone knows everything about Joe Rogan.

How many times a week?

I think he does like multiple episodes a week.

Wow, that's a long time.

Yeah, and he's just like so great at the job.

And it was a pleasure to watch him.

And I just feel like I have a renewed podcasting energy.

I would love to.

I'm hitting watching Joe Rogan.

I just, I'm feeling more emboldened than ever, you know, to do the job.

We love an emboldened Steen.

Yeah, he's just so, like, he.

He is the real deal.

He's in Mecca.

I love podcasting.

Even though, like, I didn't know that much about him before watching the show, like, he was everything I thought he was, even though I had limited information, you know?

I feel that.

So it was just really enjoyable.

Um, I know it's the number one podcast in the world, so I don't have to tell you guys to listen to it because you probably already do.

But it's crazy how long the episodes are because sometimes I feel like our episodes are long and people don't even have that much time.

But like, millions of people sit down and listen to these three-hour intellectual conversations on the daily.

No, when you really think about what Joe Rogan has done, like for the medium and just like the business he's carved out for himself, like you can't think about it too long because it's so impressive.

Like, just the sheer volume of people who have watched his show for so long and how many new people watch just like you, like every day, just discovering it.

It's really the most incredible thing.

And he weirdly has like legs in a million different things.

Like, he does sports, right?

Yeah, well, he started as an MMA fighter, and now he does sports commentary.

I was on his Wikipedia.

He used to be the host of Fear Factor.

Oh, I listened to an episode, and he was like, when we were filming Fear Factor, I was like, what?

Yeah.

Interesting.

Very interesting.

I thought maybe he was a contestant, but no, he was the host.

Fear Factor is, well, I don't know if it's still on, but like when it was at its heyday, I think it was on like MTV or something.

It was the craziest show.

I know we weirdly used to watch it

I would that's like the last reality show I would ever go on Yeah, I would rather go on the bachelor and like have to be in a bikini all day than lay in a bathtub of roaches.

Yeah, and then eat them disgusting

sickening the things and the things that used to make people do like oof oof oof.

Yeah

sick.

I don't know what the prize was, but it wasn't enough.

The presence of Joe Rogan is the prize.

So yes, anything else we want to talk about?

Recap from the weekend before we dive in?

No, I think that's all she wrote.

I started the Redheads book last night because we're recording this week.

The episode drops the first Thursday of every month, so the first Thursday of August.

And it's actually, it's really, really good.

I'm not that far into it yet, but I really like the writing style.

It makes me feel like it's a quote-unquote easy way to read it.

And I'm really looking forward to the discussion after the episode.

So if you want to become a Redhead, you know that it's never too late.

Just pick up a book and start.

Never, never too late.

Never too late, Claude.

Oh, me?

Yeah.

I don't know how you guys read the book so fast.

Like, that's what, I know you give everyone a month and like you read a book in a day, but like I literally need three months to read a book.

Yeah.

No, I do.

Well, the Jessica Simpson book was really long, but it still took me like more than a month.

I don't like to be rushed.

And you know what it is?

It's like, I don't want to feel like I have homework, you know?

No, I know.

Sometimes it does start to feel like homework, but then we do the homework and we're so much better off for it.

And I'm like, oh, I'm so glad, you know, I hadn't read a book in like a week.

And if it wasn't for the Redheads, I wouldn't be reading right now.

I just would have like finished watching Yellowstone.

And it really, it forces you to get back and read these books that are also different from one another.

And I think it's just a great passion that I'm passionate about.

I have to say, even though, you know, Facebook groups are a thing of the past, the Redheads group is going strong.

It's so cute.

It's literally the nicest group.

And it's just like filled with people who want to share things that they love and recommend things to other people.

Yeah.

No, it really is the nicest group.

I don't want to jinx it, but like everyone in the Redheads is a sweetie.

Yeah.

Don't jinx it.

The jinx is fucking real.

Okay, so I guess without further ado, because there has been much ado about kind of nothing,

we could get into the fast five stories that you, yes, you need to know before you wake up and take a bite out of your morning toast.

And that's true.

And, you know, as always, today's episode is brought to you by our Patreon, patreon.com slash the morning toast.

The month of July has four episodes already.

There will be one more coming this week.

And then we start again, August, five fresh new videos or podcasts.

And I think you guys will really enjoy it.

Again, it's $7.99 for a monthly subscription of five extra episodes from Jackie and I, vlogs, audio podcasts, anything you can dream of, and of course, access to our last remaining Facebook group, The Toast After Dark, which is super exclusive.

Only Patreon members allowed, and it's fabulous.

Yes, quite fabulous.

Are you ready for our first story?

I'm so ready.

It's a sad one because Regis Philbin has died.

The iconic TV host, actor, singer, and all-around media personality who was once dubbed the hardest working man in Showbiz, passed away this weekend.

This is according to a statement from his family.

They told people, quote, his family and friends are forever grateful for the time we got to spend with him, for his warmth, his legendary sense of humor, and his singular ability to make every day into something worth talking about.

We thank his, that's really beautiful.

We thank his fans and admirers for their incredible support over his 60-year career.

A source tells CMZ that Regis died early Saturday after suffering a heart attack at his home, possibly the one in Connecticut, although they have not confirmed that with the family.

How old was he?

At that point, he was 88 years old.

I mean, what a life, what a legacy.

When I think of Regis Philbin, I think of his very small cameo and miscongeniality.

I don't know why.

Yeah.

That's literally all I can think about.

Maybe because I didn't really grow up watching live with Regis and Kelly.

You know, that's so funny because when I was thinking about him this morning, I was like, I associate him with Miss Congeniality, but that's William Shatner.

But no, they're both in it and they're both very similar.

Same exact person.

And I'm so glad to understand why I assumed Regis was in that movie.

That was.

And he asks the iconic question, if you, what is your idea of the perfect date?

Oh, yes, that was him.

Yes, yes, yes, April 25th.

Because it's not too hot and it's not too cold.

All you need is a light jacket.

I mean, this is, of course, death is sad, but sometimes we report on death like when it's a tragedy.

And to me, like Regis Philman lived such, I mean, I didn't know him, but what a powerful, meaningful legacy he leaves behind.

88 is a long time.

And I think that people and the industry were forever impacted.

I mean,

when you think of Regis, what do you think?

Live with Regis and Kelly.

Right.

And so I actually didn't see it, but I got so many DMs of people sending me Kelly's post about Regis.

Like really disappointed in her response because she posted a picture from like a million years ago of her Regis and Ryan yes and Mickey Mouse I see it here with a statement that Ryan also posted like so it was just like

this is the statement yeah we are beyond saddened to learn about the loss of Regis Philbin he was the ultimate class act bringing his laughter and joy into our homes every day on live for more than 23 years we were beyond lucky to have him as a mentor in our careers and aspire every day to fill his shoes on the show.

We send our deepest love and condolences to his family and hope they can find some comfort in knowing knowing he left the world a better place.

Which is obviously lovely, but when it's copy and pasted on both Ryan and Kelly's Instagram, I think a lot of people took that as disingenuous.

Well, also because Kelly worked with him for so many years, whereas Ryan never hosted the show with him like permanently.

No, now Ryan takes over his legacy of the hardest working man in Hollywood.

Oh, for sure, which is actually perfect that Ryan filled his shoes.

Totally.

So I agree that people might have wanted something more personal

from Kelly.

But you know what?

How people grieve is just no business of ours.

I mean I literally saw two Instagram posts from Stoki who was like devastated because when they used to do press for Jersey Shore I guess they went on and she had some sort of connection with him and I thought her post was literally so sweet and more genuine than Kelly who worked with him for years.

Again you obviously don't know how people are grieving.

I just thought a lot of people I thought it was interesting how many people like sent it to me and thought it was just interesting.

Yeah I guess so.

I just I'm

I'm remiss to criticize the way that's what someone posts on social media because so many times like it's social media is nonsense.

It's not indicative of how anyone feels about anything.

And if someone doesn't want to bear their soul on their Instagram account, they don't have to.

That works for me.

I agree.

But Kathy Lee Gifford also posted something really sweet.

It's just he was a loved man and he lived a large and long life.

And that's really all you can ask for in this world.

But it's still

a loss for sure.

Yeah.

I mean, now I'll never be able to watch that movie again without just being sad.

Miscongeniality.

Miscongeniality, yeah.

An iconic cameo.

Okay, next story is some exciting egot news because the Daytime Emmy 2020 winners they did a virtual show, etc.

I just have to say, they did a virtual show, and one of the hosts was Tabitha Brown, my favorite TikToker, getting the respect that she deserves.

She's like the vegan.

Yes, yes, yes.

Oh my god, I fucking love her.

And she was just in Vanity Fair, and now she's hosting the virtual Emmys, and it's just a great year for Tabitha Brown.

Yes, the second round of winners for the 47th annual Dayton Emmy Awards were unveiled on Sunday night as the ceremony handed out trophies honoring children's lifestyle and animation programming.

The ceremony also paid tribute to Regis Philbin, who passed away this weekend by sharing his acceptance speech for the Lifetime Achievement Award he received in 2008.

Oh, wow.

So the winners of the Dayton Emmys are out, which is interesting, sure, but we have a new egot in our myth.

Who?

Alan Manken, the composer.

He's composed everything.

Fabulous.

He did Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, the Little Mermaid, the Pink Han.

The Beauty and the Beast.

He's obviously a world-renowned team.

Everything of the sort.

Little Shop of Horrors, Newsies, Hunchback of Notre Dame.

So what did he win now?

Oh my God, he composed Enchanted, which is the most underrated film of all time.

I don't think I've ever seen it.

Yes, you have, with Amy Adams, where she goes being a cartoon.

I know, I really don't think I've ever seen it.

Claudia, it's beautiful.

I know.

It's so good, and James Marsden is in it, and the music is so good.

Anything James Marsden is in is fabulous.

Ever

After.

That's absolutely.

I know that

wow, how interesting.

So, what did he win the Emmy for this round?

Oh, Interasand.

Let me scroll down the list.

He became

the 16th person to achieve an egot, which is Interissant.

We only have 16.

Hopefully, 17 soon.

David Foster, we're pulling for you.

Or 18, Lady Gaga.

She's kind of close.

Is she?

Yeah.

She has the Oscar.

She has Grammy.

She needs the Emmy.

She didn't win that time.

No, but she does do TV.

So it's like, it's not so far off.

She already has her toe in the pond.

Yeah, I agree.

The Emmy could happen.

I'm not sure what Alan Minkin just won for.

Whatever.

Another interesting thing that I saw who won an Emmy very randomly was Allie Brooke from Fifth Harmony.

Ooh.

She had co-written or written

a theme song for like a children's TV show that won an Emmy.

He won for Best Original Song

along with Glenn Slater for Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure.

Fabulous.

So fabulous.

I mean,

like, I'm so familiar with his work and not the man, and he just seems so deserving because he's a part of everything that's fabulous.

So who are egots?

I know John Legend is an egot.

Whoopi Goldberg is an egot.

That's literally the only one I know.

Whoopi Goldberg.

And I only know that from that episode of 30 Rock

where Tracy wants to become an egot, so he calls Whoopi Goldberg.

Okay, here are the egots.

I feel like we probably won't know the names.

Yeah, no, we're not going to know a lot of these people.

Richard Rogers, who's a composer.

I believe that's Rogers and Hammerstein, you know, the Roger.

I'm thinking.

Do not quote me.

Even if it's not, like, I like that narrative.

It might as well, but you know, even if it's not, like, I'm going to pretend like it is.

Helen Hayes, so she was an actress.

Don't know her.

Rita Moreno.

Don't know her.

John Gilgud.

Don't know him.

Audrey Hepburn.

Wow.

Fabulous.

Fabulous.

Marvin Hamlick.

Unclear.

Jonathan Tunick.

Who?

A lot of these people are composers and conductors.

Yes.

Conductors.

Mel Brooks.

Oh, I mean, if you think about it, like, who really can transcend four totally, entirely different industries?

And it's really the music.

It's really the music.

So it makes sense that, like, John Legend has one.

Mike Nichols, Whoopee Goldberg.

Love.

Yeah.

Oh, they mentioned this article from mentalfloss.com mentions the episode of 30 Rock.

That's the only reason I know it.

She walks around with the e-got necklace.

Scott Rudin, Robert Lopez, Andrew Lloyd Weber, John Legend, and Tim Rice.

I have heard of Andrew Lloyd Weber.

Oh, and there are some she-gots.

Barbara Streisand, Liza Minelli.

James Earl Jones.

Oh, oh, I'm sorry.

These were people who are

close.

Sorry, it's worth the there are a handful of other famous faces who have also earned all four awards, but because at least one of them is a special or honorary award only, not a competitive one, their inclusion in the club is questionable.

Right, like a lifetime achievement, Emmy.

Okay, so that's Barbara Streisand, Liza Minelli, James R.

Jones, Alan Mankin, but now he's legit.

Legit, Harry Belafonte, Quincy Jones.

And then we have Almost Egots.

Do you want to hear those?

Sure.

I'm so obsessed with Egot dumb.

It's fascinating.

Okay, Almost Egots, Julie Andrews, Lynn Manuel Miranda.

Oh, he'll get it.

Martin Scorsese.

Oh, that's interesting.

He needs a Tony.

Francis McDormand.

Oh, she'll get it.

Viola Davis.

She'll get it.

Randy Newman.

Don't know him.

Al Pacino.

I think I've heard of him.

John Williams.

Unclear.

Cher needs a Tony.

Share.

I mean, Share the Musical just came out.

Did it not win any Tony needs?

Ego is so true.

They got to step it up.

Elton John.

Oh, I thought he wasn't Egos.

For sure.

He needs an Emmy.

I feel like he could get one in his mouth.

Repeat.

Like, no, literally give one of your old songs that you threw in the trash to

Ryan Murphy or something.

Ron Howard and Brian Grazer and Trey Parker and Matt Stone.

Also, I think it's worth mentioning, you know, who I think is going to get one in their lifetime, but they're pretty new on the scene.

Ben Platt.

Those guys, Pasick and Paul.

Yes, from Greatest Showman and from Dear Vin Hansen.

But can I also just get recognized for my fabulous answer?

Ben Platt already has a Tony.

He was nominated for a couple Emmys.

He might have won one.

He has a very long career ahead of him and he does so much musical theater,

which is the key because it's the music that you really need to get an EGOT.

Yeah, but he has the Tony, so

I think he could get a Grammy.

What do you think is the hardest one to get?

It depends on who you are.

I think for a lot of people, it's that.

The Tony, David Foster.

David Foster.

Yeah.

You know, but for Ben Platt, it's the first one he got.

Or it would probably be the hardest for him to get an Oscar because he's transitioning from musical theater to TV and then into movies, which is the hardest jump to make.

But he's so talented, I have no doubt.

Yeah, it's tough.

I wonder if when they're like granting the awards, if the

consideration.

I wonder if they want more egots or they want to keep it like so competitive.

I'm sure they want to keep it like prestigious.

Yeah, but it sounds super prestigious already.

Not as prestigious.

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Okay, you're ready for our next story.

It's like an opportunity for you to talk about the only thing that you probably want to talk about.

The Beermans?

No.

Oh, that's always what I want to talk about.

Folklore.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

I'm sorry.

We have another story.

I thought you were like setting me up for the Vanessa Morgan story.

Oh, no, no, no.

Sorry.

I didn't realize you wanted to talk about the Beermans more than you want to talk about Taylor right now.

No, no, I just, I was trying to like.

You were throwing me a bottle off.

Oh, I know.

I understand.

A law, but I was trying to dunk it and I just totally failed.

I understand.

I'm sorry.

It's my fault.

Don't be sorry.

No, but like, it was my fault I set up the shot and you missed.

100%.

It's on both players.

No, I think it's on you.

Blake Lively praises Taylor Swift's folklore after singer reveals the name of actress's baby girl.

Blake Lively has nothing but wonderful words to say about Taylor Swift's latest release.

The actress shared a supportive message to the musician whose new album folklore, which was released on Friday, included a track that confirmed the name of Lively and Ryan Reynolds' third daughter, who was born last year.

In her note, Lively extended her gratitude to Swift, album producers Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff, as well as singers Bonnie Ver.

Now that I know how to pronounce Bonnie Ver, like, I can't be stopped.

Bonnie Ver, Bonniver, Bonner.

By the way, that's not how I pronounce it.

Bonn Iver.

No, that's not how I pronounce it either.

Boni Ver.

Oh, fuck, I don't even know how to pronounce it right.

I'm not sure.

I mean, my friend Jason Abramson is Boniver's number one fan.

Like, he was talking about Boni Ver when I was in high school.

I'm like, oh, you think you're so cool?

Now he has a song with Taylor Schwift.

I'm like, oh my God, Boni Ver.

And he says Boni Ver, and then high school everyone was like, Bon Iver.

So I'm going to go with Jason on this one.

Up until recently, I think that he,

it's a he.

Yeah.

Like, it's not a group.

No, no, it's a he.

Played Coachella, and that was when I learned that it's Bonibert.

You know, I could see how, you know, a jaded American such as yourself would think it's Bon Iver, but as Phoebe Buffet once said, you Americans always butcher the French language.

Okay, so this is what Blake Liley had to say.

Can we all please crawl inside that piano with you and live in this album?

Like you, folklore is full of heart, soul, humor, passion, intelligence, wit, whimsy, reality, imagination, strength, vulnerability, and above all things, things, love.

That's really sweet.

After the album dropped, the singers' fans, who are pros at picking up on the clues, were quick to note that the track Betty appeared to drop some major news about their nine-month-old.

They said that the lyrics to the song featured three names, Betty, Inez, and James, the latter two being the names of Reynolds and Lively's three and a half and five-year-old daughters.

Right, so everyone thinks that Inez, I mean, the thing is, is like there are obviously, there are three songs on the album, True Swifties know, that there are.

Break it down for the people who just listen to music and enjoy it.

Okay, and I want to go through all the the songs really quickly, but there are three songs on the album, August, Cardigan, and Betty, that are supposedly about a love triangle from three different perspectives.

And all the characters in the love triangles have names, and she references them.

Betty is obviously one of them.

James is one.

And what's the third?

Inez.

Inez, thank you.

Well, no, she's not in the love story.

She's just the girl who's constantly saying rumors.

You heard the rumors from Inez.

You can't believe a word she says.

But this time,

it was true.

So she's not a main character.

I don't think she just used the baby's names as like inspiration.

It's totally possible.

Inez really starting stuff at three and a half years old.

I don't think so.

Okay.

Again, unclear because Taylor is very overt sometimes, but it's always so subtle.

It's like, we could be making this all up in our heads.

We never know.

And I feel like if she's writing about three people and it's like that, and this is kind of what she did when she had the kid on the song, that was like famous.

Where it's like a fun fact for this kid who gets their name in like an iconic piece of songwriting.

Totally.

So I think she probably just borrowed the names.

Yeah, no, I don't think it has like any you know weird meaning.

Yeah, yeah.

I'm not saying that the baby's starting stuff.

No, and the word, I mean, the word, the name Inez, is so fabulous for songwriting because it rhymes.

Yeah.

It's not like Claudia.

What the fuck rhymes with Claudia?

Daudia.

Thank you.

And just quickly back to the album, it's been really fabulous to see so many people like coming out and supporting the album, like celebrities, people who aren't traditional Taylor Swift stands.

I mean, of course, as an OG, like, you know, you feel a little bit of resentment.

It's like, everyone's like, this album's amazing.

I'm like, yeah, I know.

Like, of course it is.

But I'm ultimately happy that like everyone's getting on board.

Because everyone are the people, who are some of the standout people who spoke about it, who aren't in her usual circle.

Angie Cohen was listening to it all weekend on his Instagram stories, and he tweeted about it.

Like, I can't stop listening to it.

That's really cool.

Yeah, no, and it's just been like.

Like even my friend, I don't know why I'm talking about him so much, but Jason Abramson, who like loves Boni Ver

I'm always trying to get him to listen to Taylor because he like loves music and he like gets it and appreciates it from afar, but like I I was like, you have to listen to this album, listen to X, Y, and Z.

And he's like, I already listened to it.

The song with Boni Bear is so good.

Beautiful.

It's called Exile.

It's a collab between the two.

I think it's, you know, the two of them talking about a relationship and a breakup from like two totally different perspectives.

And it's funny how you could literally go through something with someone and you two see it so differently.

Yeah, you have two completely different stories.

I learned that that's what the song was about from Snatchler's folklore reaction video, which you should definitely check out after you finish this episode.

So again, I don't think I've even had enough time to come up with a couple favorites because it's such such a,

first of all, it's 16 songs.

It's a big album and it's filled with just so many nuggets.

Like, I can't even begin to tell you what my top three are, but here are some standouts immediately.

The Last Great American Dynasty.

I mean, the fact that Taylor can write a bop about a woman who lived in the house before she lived in it is just songwriting at its finest.

Exile, I love.

My Tears Ricochet is...

is a favorite for a lot of people.

I'm obsessed with the story and the lyrics.

I'm not obsessed with the song.

I just, I can, I I think that the song is about Scott Borschetta and the whole drama of like her losing her art and losing Scott Borschetta who was like a part of her family for like the last 12 years.

And there's a line in it that it's like when you can't sleep at night do you hear my stolen lullabies, which is like definitely about Scott Borschetta.

And it's just really beautifully done, although it's not like my favorite melodically.

Okay.

I love the song August.

I feel like it should have been like the ending credits of a 90s rom-com.

Like a bottle of wine, because you were never mine.

It's just so, it's so 90s.

It's so creditable.

She does a music video for it, and she, I mean, she would never do this because it's like too Ariana Grande.

But do like what Ariana Grande did and do like a recreation of a fabulous 90s movie.

Or like make your own rom-com like an and have the song, like the song.

I just can't hear the song without literally thinking I'm watching the credits.

Yeah, she needs to call up Hannah Lux Davis and make it happen.

She needs to call up Hannah Lux Davis.

And probably my favorite song on the album right now is is Illicit Affairs.

I just think it's so good.

And anytime Taylor talks about

like something adolescent, like when she talks about the high school or like frames a song in like a school scene, it just tons at my heartstrings because that's how she started writing about like high school.

And in Illicit Affairs, she has a fabulous line about meeting someone behind the mall.

And it's just so like OG Taylor.

And that's what I love about it.

And Illicit Affairs has a little bit of a beat.

You know, it's a slow album, but you can dance to Illicit Affairs.

Nice.

And I love Peace and Betty.

Those are my tops.

Peace is just really, really beautiful.

And Betty is an actual country song.

Like, there's a harmonica on it.

It's so good.

I feel like that is the one that is sort of rising from the others.

The creme de la creme, even though it's all so creme.

You know what they say about creme?

It rises to the top.

Yeah, creme.

I don't, that means cream.

I know you guys are from New Jersey.

Quote from my comedy special, Disgrace Queen.

killed me.

And you want to hear a little fun fact?

That was improv.

Like that was, I didn't have that joke written.

No, it was, it was was so good.

It was so funny.

I remember like now I remember that while I was at the show, it killed me.

It was like one of the things I was hearing for the first time.

And then when I watched the special, that is just so fabulous and life-changing.

It killed me once again.

Thank you so much.

Again, Disgraced Queen, now streaming.

I can't believe, you know, I know I'm being so annoying, like talking about it so much, but you know, when you release a project, there's like a couple days where there's so much buzz about it.

And then like everyone forgets about it and what's on with their life.

I can't, what is it?

Especially in the influencer world.

And especially in the pandemic, it's like everyone's just on to bigger and better things.

Yeah.

It's kind of like everyone's just trying to get it over with.

Like they have something that they they need to launch and like they're like, please just let it pass.

Yeah.

And so, I mean, what are we three weeks out now?

It came out June 30th.

Almost a month.

A month.

Literally, I tagged in so many stories over the weekend, like people who hadn't found the time to watch it yet.

And like, it really just means so much to me that like people like it because I've done a lot of things in my career, most of which I'm not proud of, but like I am so proud of this one because like I think it's so good.

Speaking of things that you've done in your career, I watched Say Us to the Dress.

Oh, God.

I watched our, well, our friend Kristen was just on

her face.

She's so fabulous, and Liz is in it.

And her friend Healthy.

From Dynasty, Fallon is our friend Kristen's best friend from like

that's just like such a treat and it's such a sweet episode, but it got me in the spirit of Say Us to the Dress.

And I don't think I've watched our episode in full, other than the clips that people send me on Instagram and Snapchat.

I haven't watched the whole thing in full since it came out, for sure.

I don't think I've ever even actually seen it in full.

Like, it's so

I'm so ashamed of it.

It's so crazy to, I understand why, why you don't,

why it's not your favorite thing, because, like, it really was so crazy how the woman was like, this might be the first bride I've ever been afraid of.

When you legit said,

yeah.

When you legit said, like, I just want long sleeves, the rest, I'm open.

And then she was like, so constrict.

Like, you know, like, running around the store, like, I asked for the most complicated black snake skin dress.

You were so particular, she said, when you had one criteria, like, honestly, you didn't have enough specifications.

You know, people come in, I want a sweetheart neckline, mermaid tail.

I'm like, I don't care.

I just want long sleeves because it's a religious wedding and I don't like my arms.

So it's like, therefore, me being insecure about my arms is me me being difficult it's also just i think it's just the trope of of the show i hold nothing against the consultant she was lovely she was lovely but it was just so funny to like see us also the sisters i guess it's four years ago more

more i think it does it feels like 10 years ago okay but i think in reality it's four years ago my hair is so short oh yeah i got married it was before i started using a full coverage foundation it was 2016.

okay four years ago Like, legit almost to the day.

Literally to the day.

It was fall of 2016.

And it's just like the way that we were all talking, we're like, totes.

Like,

gorgina.

But they, like, made us do that.

They did.

I couldn't.

Maybe you know what?

You know, that's a fabulous Patreon episode.

Me and us watching.

And we'll tell you the stuff that they made us do.

Oh, that's a good idea.

And all the social media stuff.

Stop.

Like, seriously, stop.

I know, I know.

They just forced us to be so cringy, but like, I was so excited to be on the show.

The episode came out really, really cute.

I mean, obviously, we're our own worst critics, and it's your episode, so you probably look at it the most harshly, but I think other people really enjoy it.

Like, we look more cute.

You know, I think I would have loved to have been there for you as a bride.

Like, I think being like a sister or a bridesmaid is like the best part.

You don't have to try on dresses.

You just get to sit and enjoy like being on TV.

Yeah, it's exciting.

Yeah, and it's like they're not trying to make you out to look bad, even though sometimes they really pit like bridesmaid against bridemaid.

In certain episodes, that didn't happen with us.

but i do really want to see kristen's episode yeah you should watch it okay next story a little update on a story from last week but kanye is apologizing to kim on twitter saying please forgive me he tweeted i would like to apologize to my wife kim for going public with something that was a private matter i did not cover her like she has covered me to kim i want to say i know i hurt you please forgive me thank you for always being there for me i mean the irony is that he's publicly apologizing for being public.

Yeah.

I'm sure they've spoken about it privately and that he's apologized privately, but I think he needs to close the loop with the public, you know, because we still haven't heard him, you know, I think they were just closing the book on this chapter.

I also heard,

I also heard that he like checked himself into

the hospital in Cody.

Did you hear that?

No, I didn't hear that.

There were paparazzi pictures of him.

Like it's unclear if it was like for him and for his mental health, but there are pictures of him at Cody,

whatever the the hospital is called Cody International Hospital Cody General Cody Jenner

Cody General yes yes yes yes yes um there are pictures is that what it's called I'm sure I don't fucking know

Cody Sinai I don't know

Cody Hill okay I'm done

I don't know if it was for him or if it was maybe he broke his wrist I don't know but there are photos of him walking into a hospital which is a good sign that is a good sign yeah no I'm glad that things are quieting down and he's he has apologized on Twitter which I think is good for the world, even though I personally like

it.

And I think they have, you know, they're husband and wife and they communicate and

I think it's okay.

But

I look forward to, you know, putting this in the rear view.

Me too.

I'm like over-talking about it, I'm not going to lie.

Yeah.

So I know you want to talk about our fifth and final story.

I do.

I'm going to jump right in.

Riverdale star Vanessa Morgan is pregnant and Claudia Ashre has a lot of thoughts.

Well, here's why.

It's so- Let me read, let me just read the announcement okay.

It's multifaceted my interest in this story, but please.

Riverdale actress Vanessa Morgan is pregnant and expecting a baby boy with her husband, Michael Kopek.

She wrote on Instagram, quote, was debating keeping this part of my life hidden, but I knew people would want to see pictures eventually with my belly, and I wanted you guys to hear it from me.

I do want to keep this chapter of my life private, but did want to be the first to share the news.

She said, It's almost like everything I thought mattered in this life has completely changed.

We're here for such a greater purpose, and life is so precious.

I can't believe how much my growth and strength, how much growth and strength you've already given me as your mom.

It's like God knew I needed you, my angel.

She added a few more sweet notes.

But overall, she's so excited and so happy.

So here's why the story really piqued my interest.

One, I always forget that Vanessa Morgan from Riverdale, Tony Topaz, got married to Michael Kopak, who you might think is just like a low-level MLB player, which he is.

But it's very important to not forget that he was on one season of Don't Be Tardy for the Party with the Biermans because he himself was dating Brielle Bierman when he was in the minor leagues and like there was talk about him getting to the major leagues and she like kind of like found him and like started dating him and then like they were together for so long and they were like really going strong and a lot of people shipped them and then one day he broke up with or I don't know who broke up with you but one day they broke up and five minutes later he was with Vanessa Morgan and then they got married and it's like oh damn like this is so real yeah so of course anytime we speak about Vanessa Morgan I'm always interested because the Bierman connection is so fascinating a reality star and a TV star like it's just so rare you know yeah no it is quite rare.

It's an interesting little young Hollywood moment triangle, but it's not a triangle because, like, no, there was never seemed to be any beef, but it's just an interesting factoid.

You know, we do like to just remember where everyone came from.

It's so important to remember where you come from.

In order to understand where you're going.

1,000%.

So, another reason why I thought this photo was so interesting, and when we posted it on our Instagram, people were very quick to point out,

In the

Instagram caption, she pretty much only uses I as a pronoun, not like, we're so excited.

We are keeping this private.

It's like, I'm so excited.

I feel like this is meant to happen to me.

It was just all very first person, which begs the question, are her and Michael Kopek not together anymore?

She still has their wedding pictures, and their wedding was kind of recently.

So she still has the wedding pictures up on her Instagram.

He is not tagged in them, but he deleted his Instagram as far as I know, like a while ago.

Okay.

And there's just like confusion.

Got it.

I hear why that's weird.

You know, typically people say we.

I mean, maybe there is something going on or maybe, you know, he doesn't want to be, they don't want their relationship to be out in the public anymore because everybody has an opinion, and that's actually something that I can respect.

I mean, that's something we spoke about on the Patreon with Olivia yesterday because we were talking about Marin Morris, how like she's decided to no longer share pictures of her son on social media because she got backlashed literally for the dumbest thing ever and she was like just over it and people were just so mean and quick to judge like and olivia's like honestly like i totally get that and i respect that and olivia's probably gonna do the same so um i totally respect respect people's need for privacy.

And also, maybe it's like he doesn't want to be, he doesn't want to be on Instagram, he doesn't want to be on social media.

She

like she said, she thought about keeping this private.

That's probably what they maybe both wanted at first, but now this is like her journey, and she's going to share just her piece of it.

She might not, but like, he might not be down for that, so she's just sharing her experience.

It's very possible, but I do think that is an interesting factoid that you pointed out.

Also, um, I just want to update everyone because Kanye did visit the hospital after his apology.

Um,

A source said that Kanye has been experiencing a lot of anxiety lately.

He has been surrounded by a lot of people and started to feel really overwhelmed.

He decided to go to the hospital to get checked out.

Upon his arrival, Kanye decided he'd rather be seen at home.

He headed back to his home.

An ambulance followed.

Kanye was treated, and his doctor says his vitals are normal and he's feeling much better.

Oh, good.

Okay.

Love to hear it.

We're going to jump into our TV recap segment.

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Let's do it.

Black Panther, what were your thoughts?

Okay, so I love to just watch a movie that is like has completely just taken over the world.

Like so exciting to see like what all the hype was about.

Yeah.

Now, I'm not so into like superhero movies is what I've learned.

I haven't seen that many.

Some, most like I'm, the last one I watched was like Aquaman.

I wasn't like crazy about it.

Cause like all of the like fighting and the technology and then you have to understand the technology in order to understand how they're going to be defeated defeated with the fighting.

Like that's just not really like my genre.

But I thought so much about it was so cool.

I thought some of the casting was so great.

One of my favorite things about it was that the villain Claw, you know who he is, right?

No, Richard from 13 Going on 30.

Richard.

The boss.

The boss.

Jackie.

At first I was like, who is this guy?

He's so familiar.

He's so right there.

And I couldn't put my finger on it.

And I googled him.

And once I saw his face outside of being a superhero I was like it's Richard.

I'm so glad he's still working.

That brings me so much.

Yeah, he was a really good villain and Zach always says like

a great like superhero movie is only as good as the villain.

So I try and like watch everything through that lens sometimes and I think the fact that we had like two villains was so great, but I wasn't totally like against Michael B.

Jordan, you know, I think he made some valid points.

I think he did too.

And so I didn't like the way that whole thing played out.

I feel like it could have been solved in a kind of better way as far as just like storylines go, you know?

You know, I feel like they couldn't decide whether they wanted Michael B.

Jordan to be like all bad because while, yes, he was irrational with like the burning of the Black Panther liquid.

And he was like, oh, he was the mad king.

Like he was crazy.

Yeah.

He literally said burn them all.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

He was really driven by this concept that I kind of agreed with.

It's like, yes, what's happening in Wakanda is amazing, but to not share the resources.

outside of their own community with their black community that is suffering in other places, isn't that wrong?

Yeah.

So I feel like they stole his idea and then let him die.

Yeah, so at first I was like, well, he kind of has a good idea.

Why do they have to make him take it so far?

But I guess that's like a commentary on just human beings.

Like, nobody is perfect, even if you have the right idea.

People get carried away with power.

Yeah.

You know, but I didn't think that he had to die.

No, and I didn't think that.

I didn't think he was gonna die.

Yeah, I didn't think he was gonna die.

And even when he said, like, come on,

we'll help you.

And he was like, I don't wanna be in chains.

I thought that

Chadwick was gonna be like,

no, I want you to, you know, be on my counsel.

No, they like let him die.

I thought that was weird too.

Like, I wasn't fully satisfied with the ending.

I thought Chadwick Boseman was amazing, like a really fabulous actor.

I had one major problem with the movie, and it was Sterling K.

Brown, because to me, like, he is just so cemented in my brain as like a suburban dad.

I don't know why, like,

partially from his character and this is us, but just like seeing him on red carpets, he's like kind of nerdy.

And like, I was just not buying that he was like a traitorous villain for one minute.

Like, I was not buying anything he was selling me.

And I'm like, is that Sterling K.

I just, I wasn't buying it at all.

And it was like, he was like acting and it was like making me laugh.

Like it just, I wasn't, I wasn't into his casting at all.

I, I, I hear that, but I also think maybe it was good because he was kind of like undercover in the U.S.

Yes, it's like you would never suspect.

So you wouldn't, yeah.

So it didn't, that didn't bother me necessarily, but I hear what you're saying.

I thought Lupin Nyango was fabulous and it could have really dealt with like more airtime for her love story because the love story seemed kind of random.

Yeah, and kind of rushed.

You know, at the end, they like get back, they get back together.

I think they had been together in the past because like of everything that they had been through, but like it would have been nice to see them like fall in love more along the way.

Yeah, there were two things that I thought the movie was really important and I think why it resonated with so many people.

The first is like clearly the metaphor of like Wakanda being like everyone thinks they know what Wakanda is, but like it's actually like this flourishing community, I think is like a metaphor for, you know,

the black community.

It's like everyone thinks that they know and everyone has like kind of judgments, but it's like you really don't know what the black community is, like it's thriving, you know?

So I think it was like,

I think, I think if I'm reading it correctly, it was like a metaphor.

And

Ben watched with me because Ben's, I don't, I'm not really into superhero movies like at all.

And Ben was just like excited that I had to watch one.

So he was watching with me.

And he was really pointing out, it's like, can you just believe like this movie was made in 2019?

It's like, why is there such a lack of diversity in Marvel, which is like this, there's not five Marvel movies.

There's five Marvel movies a year.

Like it's not that hard.

So, it was this kind of like cultural reset.

And for that, I think the movie is spectacular.

Yes.

You know, I agree with that.

And it shouldn't have taken so long.

Yeah.

And there were like funny bits throughout where it's like, when she says about the shoes, like, what are those?

And it's like, oh, it's, it's still, it's like so culturally relevant, even though it's taking place in like a, you know, a far-off world.

Well, so that was the other thing.

It's like, as far as I knew, I thought it was about like a made-up place.

So then it's like the movie opens in Oakland, California, and I was so confused.

I'm like, I thought this was like a fantasy.

Yeah.

And then they can't like the real world.

Yeah, or like sometimes it takes like a superhero movie like takes place like in a different time in the future.

Yeah, right, right, right.

But then I guess like Ben made me watch Batman and like it takes place in New York and like it's very like I just I get confused between like superhero movies and then like cartoons.

And like

sci-fi.

Like fancy like Star Wars.

Totally, totally.

Oh, it's hot in here today.

Yeah, but that's also like Wonder Woman takes place during World War II.

So I never saw Wonder Woman.

Like I really don't like superhero movies.

Yeah, but I actually do like the aspect where it's kind of, it kind of is like historical fiction.

They're telling a story about a certain time in history and the outcome of these superhero events affects

the course of history.

Again, not my genre, but I totally, like, I got the hype and the music was so good in Black Panther.

That was like a great element that really elevated the movie.

So good.

Two things.

One, the whole storyline with the CIA guy who they brought and healed, and then he was like part of the crew.

I just like, I didn't understand his purpose.

And it's never really made clear whether or not he like ran back to America and told them, like, because he was like a foreign spy.

So it's like, do they tell the CIA back at home like all about the gadgets and gizmos of Plenty and the who's it's and what's its galore?

I don't think that he did because he seemed, maybe he even stayed.

Like he was like a true ally.

Yeah, he was.

He really was.

And maybe he was there so that they could have information about Michael B.

Jordan, but it just, it was kind of strange.

And then the second part was that

the tribe, what are they called?

Jabari.

I just, I loved them so much.

Me too.

The king.

Was everything of the sort.

So hot.

Literally, I loved them.

And it's like, at first, I was like, are these guys bad or good?

Because they wanted to overthrow Chadwick Boseman, but when they lost, they didn't rebel.

Like, they just.

They took it.

They took the loss.

And then it was like they went back and needed the Jabari's help.

And they really reminded me of the Dothraki when they came in on horseback with their feather.

Yeah, no, it actually did remind me of Game of Thrones a little bit when they're having that battle outside the castle, I guess.

Yes.

And they're all being circled in, which literally happened in the Battle of the Bastards.

And then

from the side comes Jabari.

Jabari, but also that's literally what happened with the Battle of the Bastards when from the side came Little Fingers Peeps.

Yeah.

It was good, you know?

I don't think it was my favorite that we've watched yet, but I get it now.

Yeah, I get it, and I'm glad I saw it, and it was really cool.

Our next film is If Beale Street Could Talk, which has come very highly recommended, was nominated and won a bunch of Oscars maybe last year or the year before that.

So yeah, make sure to watch it and we'll be recapping a week from today.

Can't wait.

I also really want to talk about the kissing booth and Indian matchmaking, which are two things that I watched this weekend.

Well, I can't say watched for the kissing booth because I barely made it through 45 minutes.

Really?

But you've been so hard on the kissing booth.

Well, you know what?

You're right.

I have.

You have been because this is what happened for people who are just tuning in you know recently you loved kissing booth one you loved it so much i watched it so many times and i felt like it transported me to like a time in my life when like i was in high school i'm like i just i thought it was the most amazing movie you thought it was so well done obviously like the you know Bella and Edwards style of real-life love between Joey and Jacob really transports the movie makes it extremely believable and it is really well done in terms of how they portray high school events and you loved it you loved it so much I did and it also like created an entirely new genre on Netflix

that then all these movies came to follow like To All the Boys I Love Before.

So then what happened was you saw To All the Boys I Love Before and you turned on Kissing Booth.

Because you want to know why.

The Kissing Booth really had to walk so that To All the Boys could run.

And when I went back and watched The Kissing Booth after seeing To All the Boys I Love Before, I'm like, this movie's a piece of shit.

Like it's, it's just.

It's cubic zirconium versus diamonds.

Like it's just,

it's not even the same.

And so with the sequel, I feel like like it's so strange what's going on because the sequel took 100 years to come out.

We got to all the boys I love before one after the kissing booth.

And the to all the boys sequel came out before the kissing booth sequel.

I don't know why it took so long.

I had so many problems with the sequel.

I mean, what made the kissing booth great was that, like, you knew that Jacob Alordi and Joey King were dating and that, like, it was so cute that they met on set.

And now we know not only are they not dating, he's dating Zendaya, and they do not get along like Joey and Jacob.

Yeah.

It is so palpable in the movie, Jackie.

Jacob Alordi feels like he just would be anywhere else besides this movie set.

Like he's just dying to go back to Euphoria.

It's just, there's this palpable weirdness.

Joey King is wearing a wig the whole time and it's just very ill-fitting.

And I just was so disinterested.

It just, the magic was so lost.

Yeah, that's really rough.

I feel like even when they were dating post kissing booth one, I wasn't feeling the need for a kissing booth two because all that's left to do is to break up this couple because he goes to college.

And now that the magic is lost, like I understand they're going to make a lot of money from the movie and something did good, so let's keep doing it again until we beat it into the ground.

There's a third one already filmed.

But like what we had, the magic of Kissing Booth 1 was so special.

Like sometimes you just have to leave it at that because it can't be recreated, especially because these two broke up.

No, sometimes you got to leave well enough alone.

I totally agree.

And I haven't even watched Kissing Booth 2 and I don't know if I will because I have like so much on my list right now.

It's just like I keep saying.

I mean, I didn't even finish finish it, but to me, there were just so many things that made no fucking sense.

Like Elle's like, she was always going to go to UC Berkeley, and then she's like going to apply to some Boston schools so she could be near NOAA.

And I don't know what ended up happening, but she's like applying to Harvard.

It's like, you can't just apply to Harvard because you decided to.

It's like she was applying to Boston College, BU, and it's like, you don't apply to BU and Harvard.

They were talking about Harvard, like it was community college.

Like anyone could just apply and get in.

It was bothering me so much.

That's so funny.

And then there's this girl at college that like Joey King is obviously jealous of because she's like so beautiful and worldly and she like walks into the restaurant and is speaking French and Joey just feels like a true high schooler in front of this girl who's been hanging out with Jacob Alordi and his new friends and literally in no world is this a college student.

She's 100 years old.

Like no, she's like 25, but like she's just the least college college student ever.

Got it.

Wow.

You know what I'm just thinking about now?

Like

There I just saw that the next one's gonna come out in 2021 and like I'm assuming Elle will be in college But like college is so different right now like we the students didn't really have a spring semester.

Fall is pretty much going to be virtual.

Yeah.

I wonder if like, I mean, probably Kissing Booth won't do it, a virtual college session, but some of these shows are going to have to like incorporate what the quarantine into, if it's a show about, you know, a crime, not like I'm watching billions right now.

And what's crazy is it must have been filmed in January or February because in the last episode that they put out, Wags mentions coronavirus.

Oh.

So now it's like, obviously coronavirus would affect Bobby Axelrod's entire business.

Like, is Bobby Axerod in quarantine?

Is next season just Bobby Axarod in quarantine?

Right.

I mean, we know for sure Carbure Enthusiasm is going to be acknowledging the pandemic.

This has now gone on far too long for any show to really just skip over it because like what were their characters doing?

And but the thing is, I don't want to watch about people in quarantine.

I know.

Especially once we're out of here.

It's depressing.

But like

this.

You know, that is the situation.

So it's just interesting.

The other thing I watch me is.

How will the coronavirus affect Yellowstone, the Dutton Ranch?

Who knows?

Who knows?

Who knows?

Me and Ben fell in love with Indian matchmaking on Netflix this weekend.

I just heard good things about it.

Like some people had like negative things to say about it in terms of like its cultural meaning.

To be honest, I absolutely loved it.

And I loved learning about Indian culture, especially as it pertains to marriage, because so much of it reminded me of Jewish culture.

It's just like every mom nagging their son, like, when are you getting married?

When are you getting married?

It's literally all they talk about.

And I mean, I just loved it.

First of all, it was so interesting because when you think of arranged marriage, you think of kind of like a traditional version of it, which I don't think has existed for a while, where it's like forced by the parents.

No, she's really, I don't even, I don't even think they should be using the word arranged marriage because she's a matchmaker through and through.

She's like a virtual dating app, like she finds you matches, she sends you the bio data, which is like name, picture, age, job, fun facts about you.

You get choices, of course.

And you go on a date if you don't like them, you say bye.

Like, it's really not an arranged marriage, but they talk about two types of marriages in India, even though the matchmaker is very prominent in India, but she comes to the States for American Indians.

She said there's two types of marriages: there's an arranged marriage and a love marriage.

And a love marriage is like you just meet someone,

but then it implies that the arranged marriage doesn't have love, which it really does because it's not an arranged marriage, it's a setup.

I understand.

Honestly, from what I understand, some arranged marriages or setup marriages are the most successful.

Well, so they started every episode with an arranged marriage couple who have been married for 40, 50, 60 years.

It was so funny.

They're like so hilarious and so cute.

And just, and of course there are bad marriages whether you get married via arranged marriage or love marriage.

And I don't know.

I just think that like the show aimed to

deconstruct.

It doesn't feel right to call it a love marriage because

I feel like the word needs to be like a felon like a marriage where you fell.

Right.

So like I just feel like the show was meant to deconstruct some of the things you might think about like modern arranged marriages in India.

And I feel like it did a good job of that.

And I, I mean, some of the characters that were on the show were just true characters, aparna,

the woe, like, she was bothering me so much, she was from, but whatever, I don't want to get into it because, like, towards the end, like, the show really did lose me, they just like kept changing.

There were like three singles here, three singles there, and if you spoiler alert, none of the couples are together now, like, not a single one.

Um, so at the end, it started, it started to feel like a waste of time, but yeah, in the beginning, you need at least one to root for to rally.

That's like any show, Love is Blind, even The Bachelor.

Like, without those successful couples in the past this show it has it doesn't have a leg to stand on so like it ended kind of weirdly but like the first six out of eight episodes i was living for it and the best part of the whole show was this matchmaker she's like very world renown like her she flies all around the world meets with clients is in airports if she sees an indian person she's like hi i'm sema blah blah and she walks into someone's house and she comes to the house she meets the family it's really Indian marriages are not between really a man and a woman.

It's between two families.

So it's like when they meet for the first time, the families come and then they go out on a date by themselves.

But so she walks into the house and she's like, hi, hi, I'm Sima from Mumbai.

She literally, everywhere she goes, hi, I'm Sima from Mumbai.

Seema from, she always says she's from Mumbai.

It is so funny.

I'm like, she keeps saying, is that her last name or she keeps saying Seema from Mumbai?

She just says, hi, I'm Sima from Mumbai.

She herself was an absolute legend.

Like just giving some of these singles, like the cold, hard truth, like you gotta.

get it together.

You gotta stop being so negative.

Like some of these people like had, you know, walls within themselves that she had to break down.

But again, like what you learned about Indian culture was so fascinating.

Like literally, if you make a match, she would take their pictures to a face reader and he would be able to tell within minutes if they're a match.

He's like, he showed a picture of a parna and he was like, this girl's very stubborn.

Yeah, she is.

Like, he could just really know so much about them.

He didn't say.

He didn't reveal the methods.

But it was just crazy, like the different methods.

And then they really believe in astrology.

So they give the charts of two people that are really getting along and show it to like a world-famous astrologer.

And it's like, what does it mean?

And there was a couple, you know, know, Vyasar, who was starting to get along with this girl, and they did not match like at all.

And he was right because literally, like, they were FaceTime dating for two weeks and they couldn't stop fighting.

Like,

there really is so much to it, and they believed so firmly in these things, and it was really cool.

Like, I really enjoyed it.

It sounds really good.

It was.

I'm gonna add it to my list because you make it sound really good.

And then you just learned so much about the region.

Like, there was Nadia who was like everyone's favorite.

She was just like this sweet, sweet, sweet girl who just couldn't

find the right guy.

and she was Guyanese.

And I honestly had never, I didn't know what that meant.

And it's like this region in Southeast Asia, I think, where a lot of Indians were transported or something.

So it's like a lot of people in the Indian community don't consider her to be Indian because she's Guyanese.

Got it.

And then Seema

ended up finding her, a Guyanese guy, in New York.

It was just, it was beautiful.

And of course, none of the couples ended up together, but.

Not even those two?

No.

And she didn't even like, the Guyanese guy didn't work out.

She ended up up with this cutie from Chicago, Shaker, his name was, and they like went off into the sunset and you just assumed that they were together forever and

they're not.

Damn.

It's hard to watch now knowing that it does not work out.

But it was just, there were funny moments.

It was just really, really good.

Okay.

Wow.

Great wreck.

Thank you.

Yeah.

Anything else you watch this weekend?

Well, just Yellowstone, which a lot of people have been suggesting it is on Peacock, originally on Paramount Network, and it's like Kevin Costner and

other people who so many actors who look like other actors like the son Casey to me looks like a mixture of Garrett Hedlund and

Tim Riggins oh sounds hot and Avery from Nashville No, it's really good.

It starts off really slow and it's really kind of brutal and intense.

And at first I was like, this is not suitable for campers.

But I think it tells like a real story of what goes on in Montana.

And because there's so much

like forestry and animals out there and livestock, and it's really, really interesting.

I think the show is really well done.

It's so beautiful.

It's the farm chemin, like, it's the farm chem in life you've been dreaming of.

Some TV shows like impact your mental health in the sense, like, when I watch where I am, when I watch Vanderpump Rolls, I always want to go out and get drunk with my friends.

And I feel like if I watch Montana, like, I would just want to retire on a farm.

Yeah, well, like, that's always what I want for myself.

No, if I watch Yellowstone, not if I watch Montana, sorry, it's always what I want, so it just like

reaffirms that in me.

So, hopefully, I can find like a Yellowstone scenic ride on Peloton to get me over.

But I think that you should watch it.

Okay.

Because right now I'm in the middle of season two.

I'm not sure if there's a season three.

I hope that there is because it's one of those shows where it's like, it's not like everything's popping off left and right.

But like when you're in it, it transports you're in a whole new world.

Kind of like the crown.

It's exactly like the crown.

It's like not everything's moving.

If you don't understand what someone said in one line, you don't need to rewind.

Yeah.

But overall, you're just in another place.

Fabulous.

Yeah.

Also, over the weekend, Shay Koule was announced the Drag Queen All-Stars winner.

Of course, this was the least shocking news I've heard all day.

The season was literally made so that she could get justice because she deserved to win on her season.

And that's that on that.

I said it from day one.

She's toasty as hell.

And we, in this house, we fucking stand Shay Koulae.

And I'm just, look at me.

Do I look surprised?

No, because I'm not.

You don't.

I'm not.

I don't look surprised.

Because I'm not.

No, you don't like it.

Actually, I look a little surprised right now.

My eyebrows are kind of high, but I was just, it was her time, you know?

Like the San Francisco 49ers.

Oh, speaking of eyebrows, watching Say Yes to the Dress made me feel so good about my decision to get Botox and to continue to get Botox because the frown line was crazy.

And it's like, I'm so much younger there.

And

my forehead's all over the place.

And it wasn't even like, I wasn't even on the show.

But you could see my frown line.

You were on the show.

Yeah, yeah, but like it, not even.

Anything else?

It got really hot in here, and I'm ready to go.

We've talked about so much.

I really think this is an episode where we've talked about the most we've ever talked about.

Like every story had like a sub-story.

We talked about like a million different shows.

So, I believe that is all she wrote.

Her hand must be hurting.

I mean, my thighs are chafing, so her hand must be hurting.

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