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morning, Millennials.

Wow, you really.

You really put your back into into that one.

It's been forever since we've been able to do it together.

I have so much pent-up energy from not saying it for the last, I don't know, three months that it just came out of me.

I honestly, I'm not even sorry.

No, it came out of you like, should I do it again?

It's just, no, no, no, it's good.

Okay, I think.

Leave it all on the pod.

Always.

I leave it all on the pod.

Good morning, Millennials.

Happy Thursday.

Hope everyone's having a fabulous day.

I am.

And that's it.

That's it.

That's the whole show.

Thank you so much for listening

oh my god

it's coming out of you you're screaming i know i'm screaming far away from the microphone i feel like people can't hear me should i no no no they can hear you don't worry i'm actually so worried that they can't don't worry they can hear you i think my biggest fear in life is not being heard but i'm telling you you're being heard i think i'm just gonna i'm gonna move it this way so that feels more even is that okay sure sure okay hi everyone hope you're having a good day we have a great show for you guys we have uh what do we have we got some stories we actually have some some great stories and then we also just are together so the energy is better always um no tv recap just gonna go live our lives but we have um kelly's mindless news today which i'm thrilled about yeah we've got some big kmn news and i think it's it's exciting and there actually a lot happened in the last few days that i'm excited to talk about

the last one day really because no but there was a story we forgot to do yesterday that the crystalia story no it didn't it hadn't come out yet i had seen it oh i had the tweets i hadn't seen it so we're gonna talk about that.

Kim is becoming a podcaster.

It's all very exciting here at the Choast News Network.

And I don't have anything else to say.

I'm kind of just like rambling on.

I'm kind of ready to get right into it because we have some really great stories and nothing really to share, like personal updates.

Like we're the same bitches we were yesterday.

Yeah.

Did anything...

Hmm.

Let me think.

I didn't get my period, which was really upsetting because I'm expecting it.

That's upsetting.

Yeah, like the cramps are there.

You know, like the pre-cramps.

Oh, so then it's on its way.

She's on her way for sure.

She's just like a little late, but she always runs like 10, 15 minutes behind.

Much like the woman she's inhabiting, she's very slow.

Yeah, so she'll be here maybe by the end of this show.

Oh, that would be crazy.

But not if it's a my super short show.

No, no, no, but I don't think it will be.

Okay, but let's do it.

Well, there's only one way to find out.

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okay first story crystalia is denying allegations of sexually harassing teenagers

Comedian Crystalia has denied claims of sexual misconduct.

His name began trending on social media on Tuesday night after multiple women accused him of trying to engage with them sexually.

Some were as young as 16 at the time of the alleged encounters.

Many of the women accused him of sending inappropriate messages to them and attempting to solicit nude photos from them.

The Twitter account at She Rates Dogs maintained a running thread of many allegations.

Chris Dalia responded in a statement on Wednesday to TMZ saying, I know I have said and done things that might have offended people during my career, but I have never knowingly pursued any underage woman at any point.

All of my relationships have been both legal and consexual consensual and i have never met or exchanged any inappropriate photos with the people who have tweeted about me that being said i really am truly sorry i was a dumb guy who absolutely get let myself get caught up in my lifestyle that's my fault i own it i've been reflecting on this for some time now and i promise i will continue to do better um

okay so normally like a statement like that might satiate me but First of all, the girl who wrote the Twitter thread like was just the catalyst.

I have seen so many now screenshots of conversations with Crystal Leah.

He was always asking for nude photos, asking to meet up after his show, because he would have people he would talk to in different parts of the country because

is a touring comedian.

So this is not enough for me at all to just issue this blanket statement when by the time he released the statement, people were still...

Sharing their experiences with him.

Yeah, and there's like straight screenshots and facts and ages and it and it all lines up and he's not really addressing like how could those people how could those things like not right how did you not know yeah and they say there's three sides to every story but like what about the screenshots like that it's fact yeah and the and you know what the screenshots are just so bizarre um

in the way that he's not only speaking to underage girls but like who speaks to women like that like literally like hey i'm in town send photos want to come to my show like chill the fuck out i think that part is what he's addressing in the statement like he let himself get carried away with like the success and so he just started like talking to women like that.

And that's the part that he's apologizing for, but he's maintaining that he never knew that any of these girls were underage.

But like I saw that someone shared an experience where her friend like weirdly was getting DMs from Crystalia when she was 14.

That's crazy.

And like that's disgusting.

So I'm just, I've never been like a big Crystalia fan.

This definitely doesn't make me one.

And I will go on living my life without really consuming anything he does or says.

But I was reading a lot of Toaster's responses to this.

He has a podcast that people seem to really like, so I don't think they're going to really like it anymore.

Well, maybe he'll take to the podcast and like really explain hash out what some of these allegations.

Yeah, a podcast is actually a great format for him to try and do that.

But yeah, I'd never stand.

I don't intend on standing now.

Yeah.

And he's also like kind of weird.

How so?

Like his comedy and like his whole vibe, like it's just weird.

I just think we're like the last people who like would be his target audience, you know?

It's just not our cup of tea yeah it's not our cup of tea but um people up until recently seemed to really like it i just um i think he's weird and now i know that i was right not to make it about me but he's a freak

yeah he's he's a freak and i wonder how this will um

just like affect his career moving forward i'm curious i'm curious too like if um

like venues don't want to book him anymore like things like that like comedy is weird you know sometimes people don't care like certain venues still let louis ck right perform so sometimes they just like turn a blind eye and then sometimes they don't so i'm just he's not he used to be on a tv show but he's he's really like his own boss now like he has a podcast and his own tour so like he can't really get canceled per se um other than like by the fans yeah which this is uh this is grounds for cancellation yes for sure people have been like um because there's so much of canceling going on in this time People have been like, I thought you and Jackie were anti-cancel culture.

And it's like, we are, but like,

there's there's a line.

No, there's a line.

And also, like, every situation of someone being canceled is a different, is a different situation.

So, like, there's no blanket statement, like, they should be canceled or they shouldn't be canceled.

But also, like, when you have done something, especially once you, when you've done something, once you've been in the public eye, like, and you know that your actions, like, have meaning and your, like, your words, and you're held accountable, it's just a different standard.

And, like, especially when you work for a big company, like, that is how big companies work.

So there's not much we can say that's going to change how a company is going to feel about their employee reflecting poorly.

Yeah, I just, I saw a bunch of people like disappointed in our reporting of Stasi because like we're anti-cancel culture, but it's like, we're anti-cancel culture, but I'm pro accountability.

Yeah.

Even myself, like I fuck up all the time, even now,

and I'm not above apologizing ever.

Yeah.

So I just wanted to put that out there because I guess there's been some confusion.

But I 100% am against cancel culture.

But it's like,

are we talking about old tweets?

Are we talking about 30-year-old men DMing 14-year-old girls?

Right.

I mean, there's a difference.

I'm against this culture that is so excited to cancel people.

Yeah.

But like, there are certain situations where people have made mistakes and there is going to be punishment for their actions.

I have made mistakes and I have been punished.

You have made mistakes.

You have been punished.

Right.

And that's part of living this life and doing this job.

But there's such like a the amount of the people who are getting canceled range from people who have like really embarrassing old tweets tweets to people who yesterday did something illegal yeah you know like there's a difference yeah and we're looping like these canceled people into like one group when it's like there's actually many different subgroups and i would it's quite nuanced and i have said some really ignorant things in my life and i'm really not proud of it but i do not want to be in the same subgroup as crystalia please okay yeah because he's a predator yeah i'm just dumb yeah sometimes

Okay, are you ready for someone who's not dumb, who's just our queen and continues to be our queen as she makes the jump into our space?

Actually, and we just want to welcome her with open arms.

Open arms.

Because Kim Kardashian West inks an exclusive Spotify deal for criminal justice reform podcasts.

Spotify continues to book up its podcast roster, signing a deal with Kim Kardashian West for an exclusive series looking at a case involving criminal justice reform.

A Spotify spokesman confirmed the company's deal with Kardashian West and TV producer Lori Rothschild and Saldi for the podcast to be made available exclusively on the Spotify platform.

Kardashian West and Rothschild and Saudi will co-host and co-produce the show with Spotify's Podcast Studio.

I mean, this is fabulous because true crime is like so popular, especially in the podcasting industry.

Like some of the biggest podcasts and most successful podcasts in the world do this.

They study.

old crimes and Kim is so involved in criminal justice reform that I think this will be like a great effective platform for like change in prison reform and entertaining because people love like unsolved crimes.

But when I did read this, of course, I was like, great, Kim's going to do a podcast like with her sisters, like talking about nonsense.

And we didn't get that, but I do think we might get closer to that.

I don't know.

When I first saw she got a podcast, yeah, I just saw the headline.

I was like, oh my God, Kim Kardashian is just going to do a podcast talking about life.

And then I was like, I wasn't so here for that because...

We have the show, like,

we're with them all the time on social media.

And like, there's only so many different ways you can tell the same story.

But I love this format for her.

Like, I love, this is truly her passion project.

And like,

a podcast is the perfect

like

medium for her to tell these stories and I she won't like get tired of doing it because she's so passionate about it yeah and I think this is just like it in news that makes sense today yeah it's fabulous and you know Kim really has like passion for everything she does and I think that this podcast will be absolutely no exception and I don't really do like um true crime it's like I don't really like I love SVU so you think that I actually would but I don't do true crime podcasts but I just know that the people who love true true crime podcasts like are gonna love this yeah and also people who just love like informative podcasts true stories also the sound of her voice is quite soothing I think she's gonna hit this out of the park I think Spotify is just like continuing to show that they know what's up yeah and big time I mean I would love to know how much she's getting paid but you know what I guess it wasn't being offered to me I apparently it's none of my business

but like maybe that news will come out just because I'm really curious what something like this is valued at Like, what is the value of this podcast with Kim Kardashian?

Because it's just interesting podcast news.

Yeah, like, how much does Kim Kardashian's voice cost?

The world may never know, but I would say at least a million dollars per episode.

Oh, yeah, maybe she's getting paid per episode.

Yeah, because it's like a limited series run.

I guess it's like a trial.

I'm just excited for her.

Maybe she'll be like going on other podcasts to promote the launch of her podcast.

And of course, it goes without saying, but like, Kim, we are here.

We are waiting.

We will fly to LA.

I will literally like lick your toes, whatever you need, just to come on.

I will make it happen for you, Queen.

But we're so happy for you.

We are so proud of you.

And welcome to the podcasting space.

You're going to love it here.

Welcome to the podcasting.

It's really fun.

It really is a fabulous

medium.

Medium.

Yeah, but like for us, but I think also for celebrities.

Like,

I always get annoyed.

It's funny how I react to different celebrities getting podcasts because for the most part, I do find it annoying that like this is really a space for like creators who like made their own ways in life and like who couldn't get a radio show.

So they just started their own, you know?

It really has like that entrepreneur mentality in podcasting.

And so when celebrities join, I do feel like, fuck off, like we built this.

But at the same time, it just depends on the celebrity because, like, I didn't.

You know, we're clearly deeply biased because

deeply.

And any celebrity that's ever joined the podcasting world, I think it's someone who we didn't like.

We didn't participate in their content at all, ever.

So now when like cool celebrities are coming, I'm like, hey, come over.

What's good?

Yeah, that's good.

Come hang.

This is good for like the podcasting, like the branding.

This is good for the industry.

It's good for everyone.

Like it's, it's great.

So I'm here for it.

And now I'm realizing I have absolutely no problem with celebrities on podcasts, just like the ones that were having podcasts.

Yeah, no, like they were like Conan.

I never got over that whole Conan on the cover of Variety Magazine saying that he was the pioneer of podcasting.

Like that just, it ran deep, I'm not going to lie.

I don't know that they use the word pioneer.

You have to, you have to.

Fact check that.

When you search it, variety Conan.

Was it not?

It was like audio boom, the future of podcasting.

I don't think anyone is saying future?

I don't know, but it wasn't a pioneer.

That would be crazy.

Okay, I'm sorry.

I found the cover.

It says, Conan is among a new wave of podcasters helping to transform the niche medium into a viable business.

All right, I guess they didn't say future or anything.

They didn't say pioneer.

It was implied.

He's among a new wave.

It was implied.

I didn't get that implication.

And also, apparently his show is good.

I'm sure it is.

Yeah.

I'm happy for him.

Know that I am.

Okay, next up, really crazy story.

One of our favorite guys, Elon Musk, is denying threesome rumors with Amber Heard and Cara Delavine.

Oh, that sounds fun.

Right, Elon Musk has denied allegations, unfortunately, it's probably not true, that he was involved in an alleged three-way affair with his ex, Amber Heard, and model Cara Delavine.

The Tesla billionaire gave an exclusive statement to page six after astonishing new claims were made in depositions in the defamation case between Heard and her ex-husband, Johnny Depp.

It was claimed in legal depositions that Heard, Musk, and Delavine were allegedly involved in a secret three-way relationship in 2016.

It also alleged that Heard's affair with Elon Musk started before she split with Johnny Depp.

But the Tesla billionaire exclusively told page six that the threesome allegations, he said, quote, Cara and I are friends.

We've never been intimate.

She would confirm this.

Also, I wish to confirm again that Amber and I only started going out about a month after her divorce filing.

I don't think I was ever even in the vicinity of Amber during their marriage.

I mean, like this is so messy.

So messy, but you know what?

It's so crazy about it.

It's like the dichotomy between Elon Musk being literally like one of the world's leading brains.

Like he is a genius.

The space, the Tesla, whatever it is that he does for a living.

Like, he is like, I would say, like, the, you know, 0.1%

of the 1% in terms of like wealth.

No, he's like the Albert Einstein of our generation.

But at the same time, he's literally like the tower reed.

Yes.

He's so trashy.

Like, it's the weirdest like parallel.

Yeah, no, but, like, I think that's kind of cool because it's like, imagine hearing, like, Albert Einstein had a three-way with Marilyn Marie.

With Marilyn.

Right.

And it's like, go, Albert.

Daniel.

Go, Albert.

Go, Albert.

It's your birthday.

Go.

Hey.

Oh, man.

That's so funny.

That's so true.

Like, it's honestly, it's made Elon Musk into this like real playboy, international.

Socialite.

I don't even know what to call him.

He's like an international man of mystery.

Bachelor.

Yeah, this bachelor.

And it's just so funny because he's also like one of the leading geniuses of our time.

Yeah.

Go, Albert.

Get you a good book.

Get you birthday.

Go, Albert.

Hey, Albert.

What's good?

Yes, Albie.

Go, Albert.

So I actually really,

I'm grateful that he is like, you know, steps out in celebrity to the celebrity scene.

Like, he's very tabloid-y.

He's still with Grimes.

They just had a baby.

They just had their baby.

So, like,

I'm

here for all of it.

Wait, there's a third side of Elon Musk, the one that nobody really ever talks about, which was like the pre-fame but still genius Elon Musk, who like had five kids with a woman and was like a dad in suburbia.

Yeah.

There's three Elon Musks.

Thrilon Musk.

That's the name of today's episode.

Thrilon Musk.

Yeah.

Okay.

Yeah, because he had a threesome.

Oh, yeah.

It's double Entendre.

Yeah.

It's a double entendre three Lon Musk.

Okay.

Cool.

Well, I'm sad that this is probably not true.

I mean, it's possible that it's true, but I just have to say, like, if it is, like, that's just fabulous.

That's a beautiful couple.

Yeah.

A beautiful thrupple.

Thrupple, excuse me.

Oh my god, I didn't mean to use the wrong, huh?

Quite beautiful.

Word.

Okay, ready for our next story.

Major news is that Kristen Stewart is going to be playing Princess Diana in a new bio pic called Spencer.

Pablo Lorraine is set to direct, and Kristen Stewart is going to play Princess Diana in Spencer, a drama that shapes up to be a hot package for the virtual can market.

The Stephen Knight scripted film covers a critical weekend in the early 90s when Diana decided her marriage to Prince Charles Charles wasn't working and that she needed to veer from a path that put her in line to one day be queen.

The drama takes place over three days in one of her final Christmas holidays in the house of Windsor in their Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England.

Production is expected to begin in early 2021.

Okay, I want to talk about two things.

First, the casting.

Yeah.

Second, I fucking hate when movies are about a three-day period of a person whose life is beyond interesting.

That was like the movie Jackie.

Yes, exactly.

My husband.

Yes, by the way, even though what you just described actually does sound fascinating, like, I don't necessarily, I mean, we've gotten 1,700,000 biopics of Diana.

Like, we all know everything.

If you love Diana, like, there's no shortage of content

to consume.

I actually think that this is an interesting take.

I disagree.

I feel like as much as people try and talk about the Diana years, there's still so much.

back and forth about what actually happened and who was at fault.

You know, like some people are really Teen Crown and others are Team Diana.

And I feel like there's not one movie that's come out that it's like, oh, this is how it went down.

Oh, I feel like there's literally so many.

What movie?

Diana.

I haven't seen it.

Yeah, no.

By the way, that's why I've been waiting for the crown.

I'm not a Princess Diana stan by any means.

Like, I've never watched any of her biopics.

Like, I'm much more of like a new generation Megan Markle Kate Middleton girly, but I don't need another Diana movie.

It's like every couple of years there's a Diana movie and they just take like a different creative route.

And so their creative route is like focusing on this weekend, which that's not necessarily what I'm mad about.

I am mad about this casting.

I'm not going to lie.

And you know that I love Kristen Stewart.

Like I am a Twilight number one girly for like my whole life.

We both are.

And she's a chameleon.

Like she will, she will look like Diana and she will

transform.

But this is just not who I would have chose.

I don't even know who I would have chose.

Honestly, like it's so obvious, but like Margot Robbie.

Yeah, some people are like upset with this casting.

I wasn't upset with it.

Like I wouldn't have necessarily chosen it, but to me, it like makes sense.

I don't know.

Because Because the picture you're looking at has her with a Diana-esque haircut.

That's yeah.

I feel like she'll do a really good job, honestly.

I mean, she's a lot of things, but she's not a bad actress by any means.

She's not a bad actress.

And if you think that, then, like, you just were closed-minded towards Twilight.

Yeah, that's true.

And you, like, will always have the Twilight stigma when you don't even realize that Twilight was so much more than like a teen franchise.

It was literally the greatest love story of our time.

Exactly.

Um,

so I'm weirdly here for this, and I'm definitely going to see this movie.

Um, the casting doesn't bother me.

Sure, there were probably better choices, but

I like this.

And this might be the thing that takes Kristen Stewart to the next level of being like an Oscar contender.

I feel like she's there.

I don't think she's been nominated for an Oscar.

She does serious movies, but like not the kind that are like...

you know,

best picture.

Always at Cannes Film Festival.

Like, she's literally, when I think of Cannes Film Festival, I literally think of her.

Oh, when I think of Cannes Film Festival, I think of the jewelry brand Bulgari.

Yeah.

And like Bella Hadid.

Yeah, I think of like the models too, like like Gigi, Bella, Kendall, like Aniat.

But I, when I think of the movie part, like Cam Phil Festival is like a social event, but there's also like movies happening and like lots of movie business.

When I think of the movie part, I think of like Caitlin Chat, Kristen Sewer.

Yeah.

Interesting.

Well, she's, yeah, she's like a film actress and she goes to the film festivals, but she's not Academy Awards status yet.

And this could be the thing.

And I like that for her.

I feel like that would be a logical next step for her.

She's so serious about the craft.

She's so serious.

I'm actually shocked to think that she might not have ever been nominated for an Oscar.

She's definitely never been nominated for an Oscar.

No, you're right.

She has been nominated for a BAFTA, a Cesar, and a SAG.

Yeah, well, she was clearly snubbed because Breaking Dawn Part 1 and 2 both deserve nods from her, but nope.

No, you're right.

She has never won.

an Oscar.

And I find that just shocking because she's just like, she gives off that vibe.

But she did win Best Kiss with Robert Pattinson at one of the BMAs, which is really a big deal.

So it's pretty much the same thing.

So she's pretty much one Oscar.

No, but I do think this could be like the Oscar role for her.

And I'm like, when you think about the actors and actresses of our generation who are going to be like the Brad Pitts,

the Meryl Streets,

who are those serious people going to be?

And she's throwing her hat in the ring.

And

I'm not obsessed with her or anything, but this just makes sense.

It's fine.

I don't know who I would have thought, like, that would have been better.

And I would have loved someone with a true British accent.

Mm-hmm.

And she's not British, is she?

No, but like something about her is British.

She gives off British vibes.

Yeah, she does.

But I don't think she actually is British.

So I would have loved an authentic Brit,

but it's fine.

They could have done worse with the castle.

You know who would have been good?

Who?

Sophie Turner.

That is brilliant, my sis.

That is just absolutely on point on the nose.

Someone on it.

Also, like Gwendolyn christie like anyone from game of thrones yeah but no sophie turner would have been great did you see that her and joe just stepped out yes and she's bumping she's bumping i love that she's like not formally announcing it she's just like yeah bitch this is my bump i just can't believe that they're going to be parents like part of me you know is is just heartbroken because like that should be me carrying his baby but i i've officially moved on do you know what i think about a lot like probably like more than once so it's too much um in the song long live like when taylor swift is like well tell your kids like about me and about us and it's like this is the kid it's coming and like is joe gonna like tell them but long live is not about joe yes it is last kiss is about joe who is long live about it's about the fans that's why it's like such a big deal oh i thought long live was about when we were the kings and the queens like when i thought it was about a moment when she was performing with joe and and she's like no no no no no long live is just it is for the fans by the fans i can't believe you don't know that no i thought it i told you that's why i made it at the vegan vegan.

It's like for the toasters.

It's like, it's like for the fandom.

Interesting.

I'll have to listen again with fresh eyes.

Listen to it all through the lens of like her career.

Okay.

The cynics were outraged, screaming, this is absurd.

Because for one minute, a band of thieves in ripped up jeans got to rule the world.

It's about like her and her band and the fans.

Okay, I'm going to listen with fresh eyes.

I always assumed it was about like her and Joe performing together and like it was this fabulous moment where they were the kings and the queens and like even though we're not going to end up together like tell your kids about it.

I actually do like that hypothetical scenario better but it's just not true okay I don't like honestly I've been programmed for so long to believe no I know it's hard to change your belief system I don't know if I can deprogram I understand but I will I will try and you know what I kind of like when a song is more about like a vague as opposed to like this love story because a lot of times I listen to her music and I'm like oh this is her and Jake Jillentahal walking down the street drinking Starbucks yeah and it makes it like harder to just place yourself like every song on red is about Ethel Kennedy yeah and I just like can't stop thinking about like Connor Kennedy.

Actually only one of them is really about Ethel Kennedy.

But they all starlight.

But they all feel like they're about Ethel.

And that's the power of Taylor Swift.

Yeah.

Okay.

Then the final story is a little good news.

Good news?

It's good news that I absolutely love.

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is donating $120 million to HBCUs.

Wow.

Yes, he says, we hope this will help more black students follow their dreams.

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, good to know that that's the name of the Netflix CEO.

Total.

Did you like just get a cold?

It's like coming in waves.

I like hear your symptoms.

But I don't feel coldy.

I just, it's like getting caught in my throat.

Reed and his wife, Patty Quillen, on Wednesday, committed $120 million to two historically black colleges and the United Negro College Fund, making it the biggest individual donation ever to support scholarships at HBCUs in a bid to reverse generations of inequity in the U.S.

That is just absolutely fabulous.

I love record-breaking donations.

You know, this is a fabulous cause.

The HBCUs are so important.

And where did I learn that?

Homecoming from Beyonce.

Thank you, Beyonce.

I just think this is wonderful.

Is he black, the CEO?

No, from this photo, it appears he's white.

Wow.

So, like, that's just so much

so inspired by what's going on in the world right now.

And I just think that's, I keep using this word, but it's just fabulous.

It's fabulous.

It's beautiful.

And it's inspiring.

It is inspiring.

And you know what?

Maybe this will inspire other, like, incredibly wealthy people to donate thoughtfully during this time period as well.

Definitely.

They added to their statement,

Reed and his wife.

HBCUs have a tremendous record, yet are disadvantaged when it comes to giving.

Generally, white capital flows to predominantly white institutions, perpetuating capital isolations.

capital isolation.

We hope this additional $120 million donation will help more black students follow their dreams and also encourage more people to support these institutions, helping to reverse generations of inequity in our country.

Right.

Like if you don't understand why HBCUs are important, like, that's exactly why.

And honestly, like, with the streaming wars, like, I just want like a donation war.

Like, where does Hulu now?

Like, and they see HBO Max.

Like, I got 151 million.

Like, I think, like, they're so competitive all the time.

Like, this should be no exception.

Totally.

I want to see Hulu like trying to beat him out here.

HBO Max pops up.

Peacock, Corsetette.

Quibby.

Yeah.

Crackle.

Everyone's just trying to out-donation each other.

That would be like

utopian.

That would never happen.

Yeah.

The donation wars.

The donation wars.

Love that.

Um, okay, so it is officially time for a little

Kelly's Mindless News, like the fourth of July.

Now, this one really caught me off guard.

And you know what's so funny?

Is every day we don't want to do Kelly's Mindless News every day because then it becomes like not funny.

Yeah, um, but when I search, I go to just news on Google, Kelly Rip Up, but I find myself literally just typing in Kelly's Mindless News, and they're like, What?

There's no results on Google.

But this one just really took you took me, took me by

storm E.

Webster.

I couldn't believe it.

Like, this is such shocking news.

Kelly Rippa is now wearing swimsuit cover-ups on Live with Kelly and Ryan.

No.

Yes, according to Yahoo Entertainment.

So it should be true, but you know, there's so much misinformation being spread all the time.

Not with Kelly, though.

No,

only mindlessness.

It's mindless, but it's real.

Kelly Rippa just swapped out her caftan for another comfy choice.

During Tuesday's episode of Live with Kelly and Ryan, the talk show host said her black and white striped top was actually a beach cover-up after revealing last month that she has been living on flowy caftans while cooped up inside amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

I'm wearing a literal beach cover-up as clothes now.

I just slip it on over my nightgown.

That's what I'm doing.

Ripa49 confessed to co-host Ryan Seagrast.

To use the word confess is such an abuse of language here.

Like confess?

No, you confess a crime.

You confess your feelings.

You don't confess that you're wearing a caftan.

No, and like by the way, a few weeks ago on the toast, toast, like, I actually did wear a swim cover.

I've like,

I literally do that all the time.

And it was beautiful, stunning, and smart.

And like, I didn't feel the need to confess to anyone.

But here's where the story gets kind of controversial.

She also shared that Tuesday, Mark's daughter, Lola Consuelos's 19th birthday, and told Seacrest how her family plans to celebrate sushi to go, of course.

And wait for it,

a homemade red velvet cake.

My story just blew wide open.

She just cracked the case.

She cracked the case.

I mean, if this doesn't scream mindlessness, like, I literally don't know what does.

Right.

And I just want to reiterate: like, it makes sense that she's sharing these little tidbits on her show.

Of course.

But the fact that, like, they're written up as news stories is why it's Kelly's Mindless News.

Yeah.

And just the fact that, like, there's so much other worthy news going on in the world right now.

Like, the fact that this is taking up space is like, it's honestly, it's a disgrace.

Yeah.

It really is.

It's a disgrace towards like journalism and um the English language, yeah.

But you know what?

Kelly's out here doing it, and we're just jealous.

So that's Kelly's Mindless News.

Now, a reminder that this is our last show of the week because tomorrow is Juneteenth, and along with many other companies around the country, Jackie and I are going to commemorate Juneteenth for the day that it is.

And we're not going to do a show, a lot of businesses.

Ben's office is actually closed, which I think is really great.

So, um, I encourage your companies or to encourage your bosses to do the same.

And if you don't know what Juneteenth is, on June 19th, 1865, about two months after the Confederate General Robert E.

Lee surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas to inform enslaved African Americans of their freedom and that the Civil War had ended.

General Granger's announcement put into the effect the

Emancipation Proclamation, which had been issued more than two and a half years earlier on January 1st, 1863, of course, by President Abraham Lincoln.

So the holiday received its name, which we love here at the Morning.

We call the the conjunction.

Conjunctions.

And Juneteenth is absolutely no exception.

They received its name by combining June and 19.

The day is also sometimes called Juneteenth Independence Day, Freedom Day, or Emancipation Day.

But don't be fooled.

It is still a conjunction.

Juneteenth is tomorrow.

So we will not be doing the show.

And we just want to highlight the importance of Juneteenth, if you didn't know, which it's always been in my planner because I think it is technically a national holiday, but it's not one that people take work off for.

Yeah.

So I'm like Juneteenth and I just was like, oh, cool, a conjunction.

But now knowing what it is, because everybody assumes that's what they teach you in middle school.

Emancipation proclamation equals slavery over.

But it took two and a half years for like logistically the slaves to be freed.

And that's fucked up.

And so that's why we celebrate tomorrow.

So that's what we'll be doing.

Conjunction junction, what's your function?

And we will be recapping our toast movie of the week, which was Just Mercy.

We'll be doing that on Monday instead of when we'll usually do it on Fridays, but there's no show tomorrow, so it'll be on Monday.

So they made it free to stream on a bunch of streaming platforms.

so it should be really easy for you guys to find i've heard it is like the most amazing movie i have not watched it yet because you know my memory is so bad i have to watch it literally like sunday at midnight yeah or like monday morning 9 00 a.m because i just have such a bad memory so i haven't watched it yet but i've heard it's really good and i'm really looking forward people are like you're gonna be destroyed like you need tissues like i need to be in a or like a I need to be isolated.

I don't want Ben to see me cry.

He like always makes fun of me for crying in a movie.

You need TO with you.

Yes.

Emotional support.

Emotional support.

So make sure to find some time this weekend to do that.

And otherwise, just enjoy your weekend.

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