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Good morning, millennials. Welcome back to the toast and happy Monday.
And if there ever was a Monday that felt like a Monday, today is the one. It is the Monday after Super Bowl Sunday.
Jackson Turner here. We're back on video.
Jackson's back in studio. She's still not feeling well, but she showed up because she knows like this is a Monday after Super Bowl Sunday is seriously like our Super Bowl.
Right. As the number one sports podcast among women, I couldn't not show up for the Super Bowl recap episode.
And because I was so sick all weekend, like last night, I just laid in bed and watched the Super Bowl. Every minute.
I did fall asleep for the first two quarters. That's just I'm sick that's funny not you saying I watched the whole thing I was asleep for half the game well the first two quarters are like the least important quarters especially in this game um but then I woke up and I watched the halftime show and literally Zach and I were watching till the last player was in the stadium like we were oh that's so funny I really wanted to see MVP I'm like, of course, it's Jalen Hurts.
They never even gave the ball to Saquon. Yeah, even though last night was like a big intro for me to Saquon and the Barkley of it all.
And let me just say P-JOM energy. Like love that he couldn't do what he did last night, like for our team, the Giants, when they were in New York, but whatever, like he's such a cutie.
And I watched actually a lot of the pre-show. It's that quote that I keep looking for.
If anybody knows the quote, it's like, if you're not blooming where you're planted, you need to replant. Like, Saquon replanted.
And that's what Saquon did. He's a beautiful flower who couldn't bloom.
The replanting of Saquon Barkley. We saw all that growth last night.
It's so true. Yeah, he has blossomed in philadelphia so they had like all these different pairings they interviewed like saquon and jalen hurts and then travis obviously and um patrick and so they had tom brady interviewing patrick mahomes like the goats then they had gronk interviewing travis kelsey as like well up until travis kelsey like gronk was the greatest tight end.
Yeah, like silly tight ends. Then they had Michael Strahan interviewing.

Interview Saquon on the book.

Because Michael Strahan is like the greatest giant of all time.

And he's like New York, New York.

And so I learned a lot about Saquon.

Let me just say P. Jom.

So like really genuinely happy for him.

We're going to dive into the game.

Obviously, the performances, the commercials, the actual game, the celebrities in attendance.

And that'll be a part of the story. So we don't want to, you know, give it all prematurely ejaculate.
Right. Yeah.
We'll get into it shortly because I feel like that's the big news of the weekend. But how is your weekend otherwise? Well, there actually is some other big news of the week for me.
I need to get everyone prepared to be sick of me because in a couple of days I am taking my glucose test. And just feel like up until that point, like I will not stop talking about it.
You're going to make the glucose test your personality? Well, because, okay, I actually forgot to tell you this. I found myself in a little bit of like TikTok drama a couple of weeks ago where I made a TikTok when I got back from the doctor and I told Dr.
Fox, Dr. Fox had told me that my next appointment would be my glucose test.
And so I was just like learning about glucose and he was really like, you know, you could try different things, but you either have it or you don't. Nothing you can do now.
It's just you're either born with it or you're not. It's not like a big deal.
So I made like a funny TikTok because it's gestational diabetes. So I made a TikTok being like, I'm taking my glucose text next week.
Like it's only fruit and seltzer from here on out, girls. And it was it was a joke obviously oh my god like all these nurse rns were like stitching being like this is actually a really common misconception like and apparently fruit actually has a ton of sugar so if i was if i was gonna be it's gonna make it worse um and so like olivia was giving me some advice people do say like there's nothing i can do right now to change whether or not I have it.
But there is something I can do now to change whether or not I fail the first test. In which case I would then have to do like the longer lengthy really painful one.
So they say I should just like you know decrease sugar and carbs a couple of days before which would be now. I had a bagel for breakfast.
Like if I'm decreasing sugar and carbs what else is there to eat? Protein. That's the correct answer, Alex.
What is protein? But I know you're not going to sit down with a rotisserie chicken. Like what am I on the carnivore diet? It's just not happening.
No, I think just be mindful. Like don't eat extraneously.
Don't go on a bender. But like I think if you're eating your usual, just eat your usual.
I did go on a bender last night. What you eat for the Super Bowl Ben made me Crunchwrap Supremes I had two and then we ordered Carvel for dessert like I really just sort of went balls to the wall what did I eat tea with honey and lemon and saltines like seriously my Super Bowl was taken from me I was honestly not even because I was sick like but including the fact that I was sick was the worst Super Bowl of all time.
I will say start to finish from all different elements, the game, the commercials, the performances. It was, for me, the least entertaining Super Bowl in my in recent memory.
Yeah. Plus being sick, like didn't help.
I didn't get to eat like anything, nachos, hot dogs, nothing. Yeah, I couldn't even, I can't even taste.
That sucks. So yeah, I could have eaten like Zach could have brought me something home, but I can't even taste.
That sucks. I like really went hard in the paint.
Yummy. Yeah, and I figured it's sort of like a sending off to my glucose test because I'll be like, I'll try and eat very balanced for the next couple of days, even though like I know it does nothing.
I either have it or I don't. I feel like the front traps aren't so bad.
Like there's some protein there. A thousand percent.
And I will say fellow redhead and friend of the toast, originator of the song My Duty Brown, Dana, she had gestational diabetes. And actually, in hindsight, she tells me now it was kind of one of the better things to happen to her because it really hindered her in the final trimester from overdoing it and gaining so much weight.
She actually says like by the time she gave birth, she was kind of back at like a normal weight. Yeah, no, she's in that shape of her life because you really can't eat anything but like meat and healthy.
She was so slender. Right.
So while it would be a very unenjoyable experience for me, it wouldn't be the worst thing. I don't know how I'm ever going to go back to eating I can't believe I used to live a healthy lifestyle I can't believe I ever like used to make good choices I don't remember that girl at all that's good there's different seasons for everything like you're pregnant eat what you want no I know I will but at some point I'm like you know after being pregnant I'll have to go back yeah but you will be a changed person like don't even worry about her you don't even know her yet you don't even know her i don't i don't she's a problem for another day but that's a song for another time i'm literally like sweating sitting here like because i have like the sweats and the chills i have a heating pad on which is actually really nice um but i'm like if you if you guys see me sweating, just just ignore.
OK, yeah, yeah, yeah. Dropping.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's probably like one of the worst things about being sick is desperately needing a heating pad for like your aches and things while also dripping sweat.
The temperature control issues of this flu are unlike anything I've experienced. Every time I get out of bed, I'm shivering, like freezing cold.
It's so crazy. This is like the sickest I've been in years.
This flu this season is not to be messed with. It took Kelsey Ballerini by storm.
I don't know if you saw. She canceled her Buffalo show mid-show.
I can understand. Terrible.
Oh, my God. I'm just like, really? Not that I have so many big plans, but I'm really saying no to a lot of things because if I get the flu you guys it'll be bad for everyone yeah yeah truly um but otherwise weekend was very chill oh you know what I wanted to ask you something I actually didn't talk to you at all this weekend um and I meant to tell you I was getting so much shit on Instagram yesterday so I went to Maddie Ben's Ben's sister, my sister-in-law's bridal shower.
It was lovely. And I was like posting pictures.
And so many people were coming at me being like, so weird that you called Ben's sister. Because I was like, I was like narrating the events on my Instagram story.
And I was like, off to Ben's sister's bridal shower. And I guess like a more normal thing to say would my sister-in-law's bridal shower.
I understand why you didn't do that.

And ultimately you're right

because the sister-in-law

is like a very mature term.

Oh, I wasn't even thinking mature.

I was thinking like negative.

I was thinking it's a negative.

And then I was thinking

like even when I talk about

Ben's family on the show,

I don't say my in-laws.

I say Ben's family.

I feel like it's a more endearing term.

In-laws has such like a,

maybe it's the dear toasters in me.

Like it has such a negative connotation. People are like, Jackie, I got so many, so weird that you call her Ben's sister.
Why? It's literally not weird. But I do feel like when someone is younger, they feel less like an in-law.
And it's just like Ben's sister. You know, if you had an older sister, it's very mature.
Sister-in-law. But when they're younger, it's like, what if you have a 12-year-old sister? Like that's a sisterlaw oh it's such a good point i don't think so and also like when ben and i met maddie was like 14 so to me like i know she's a she's a grown-ass woman now yeah but like she's getting married but she's still like little sis 100 that's a good point too they just don't know you and so much backlash they don't know her like you do.
They don't know. They don't know.
But then I do realize,

like even when I was talking last week

about how I had dinner with Ben's parents,

like I exclusively call them Ben's parents,

not my in-laws.

I don't know why.

I think in-laws is like a dirty word.

No, but I understand what you mean

that it's more like familial to say Ben's parents.

And don't you also feel like it's a little waspy, like not Jewish? To say in-laws, well, you say machetunem. Machetunem, right.
But I don't know. I don't know a lot of Jewish people who say my in-laws.
Well, you could start saying machetunem. Well, yeah, my machetunem.
And that is a term of endearment. Yeah, machetunem is your in-laws.
Macha tunem only refers to your spouse's parents.

I don't think it includes siblings.

Macha tunem sister?

Macha tunem sister.

Totally.

That's your Yiddish word of the day.

Macha tunem.

Spelling so unclear.

But just Google it.

Macha.

So unclear.

Tunem.

Sister.

Sister. So you were just like sick all weekend not much to share with the class all weekend and i didn't even get to watch that much tv because i was like that sick i actually had to google how to turn the brightness down on my television because i couldn't even look at it wow and i figured it out and it's i'm leaving it that way of course you got to get the tv remote not, like the actual TV remote.
And then you go to menu settings. I did it on Apple TV.
Like it was this accessibility display brightness, turned it all down. So I was able to watch a little bit.
I watched new Kardashians episode, but then I also watched a bunch of episodes from last season. So I don't know which one was like, yeah, this week's episode.
So I can't really. The one with Lamar.
Yeah, I saw the Lamar conversation, but I forget what else happened. Like to me, Courtney is in Australia with her family.
Got it, got it. Because you're like, you're sort of behind.
Yeah, but now I'm caught up. And then I watched.
So I really was looking for something mindless because I couldn't pay attention to anything. So I watched a little bit of quarterback on Netflix, which wound up being like the perfect thing to watch in the lead up to the Super Bowl because they followed three quarterbacks.
Patrick Mahomes being one of them. And so I was really getting to know Patty really well right before the Super Bowl.
Like instead of watching the Fox countdown to red carpet. Yeah.
I watched quarterback. And right as I'm falling in love with Patrick, like he stunk up the joint.
Yes. Yes.
Not a good night for the Chiefs and specifically Patty over there. I was so impressed by him learning about his protocols, his training, this and that.
I'm like, this guy's got it in the bag. So regimented.
Yeah. And he's just like, some people are just like physically more gifted in the sport.
Like he also trained as a baseball player coming up. So like he was going to be a baseball player.
And so like a lot of his quarterback throws, he throws like a like a baseball which really helps him like he like hits him with that swivel and he's like his fate his head is always stay straight so like it just reminds me of like how michael phelps was like born to be i was gonna say michael phelps like just built to be a swimmer like patrick mahomes is is that quarterback but um last night he was not but something that was really funny that i wanted to tell you is that they were talking about all their different plays and how they have like all these weird names for them like cat bag lion and they have one play it's like for travis and they call it catching kelsey you're kidding and he said travis hates it because that was that he was on so fucking funny so funny and then they showed a a clip of Catching Kelsey where Travis is like being just so ridiculous. Cringe.
Like about how he wants to meet someone. It does make you wonder like what documentaries were being filmed last night.
Definitely like a Jalen Hurts. Oh, yeah.
I wonder who they are following. Netflix like does a lot of sports content.
Across all different sports. Like they do golf, they do tennis, they do a lot of football.
They just did the tight end. DCC.
Where was the DCC last night? Yeah. Their absence was glaring.
Glaring. The DCC.
Oh my God. My husband's going to kill me.
The DCC remind me of Bring It On. When like the cheerleaders are just like so much better than the football team.
Oh, 1000%. And I was actually thinking at NFL Honors, a great joke for, Soup Dog was hosting, whoever was hosting would have been like, it was a great year for the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders.
Yeah. Because it really was.
Yeah, it was. And they're getting their season two and they're keeping the franchise alive.
And people literally show up to the games like for them. Yeah.
Well, that's great. Yeah.
So I feel like we're just sort of circling the drain. Yeah, let's get into the Super Bowl without further ado-da-da-da-doo.
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First story, Super Bowl recap. Let's talk sports first.
First. So the Eagles beat the Chiefs at Super Bowl Licks.
Final score 40 to 22 in New Orleans. So it was really crazy.
Like at first I was not really concerned. Even though they were losing, it was just like.
They kind of had to do that. Yes, but also anytime I've ever watched the Chiefs, they're like annoyingly good.
It's like it doesn't even matter what the score is. They're just like going to get it done.
So it wasn't like particularly like freaked. Until at the half.
Like, oh no, maybe right when they came back from the half, the Eagles scored again. And then it was 24 to zero.
At some point you just get to a deficit. It's so big.
Like there's not enough time in the game for you to come back from. And we were slowly approaching that.
And I was like, there's just, I couldn't believe it. I'm like, there's no way they're trying to be the greatest in the league.
I was like, these, who are these people? Like it was so, it was giving lobotomy. Everybody forgot how to play and like do their jobs.
Like Travis catch. He does.
I don't know it. Patrick throw.
I don't know. And I, I don't know who to blame most, but I definitely hold a lot of space for like the, everybody did a bad job.
Like it's not, it's not just one person or one part of the team. Well, that's good.
you know. Specifically, like, the group of guys whose job it is to make sure Patty has, like, a couple of seconds to throw the ball.
Yeah, the offensive lineman. I think they ended up breaking a record last night for the most sacks in a Super Bowl.
Like, it was really, I don't know how many times, like, Travis has to, I mean, not Travis, Patrick had to, like, tiptoe and just to get away. Your job is, and I was watching,, I'm like, they're just standing there.
They were really, everybody stunk though. Like I can't, I don't even want to just blame them.
Like Travis was bad. All the people who were supposed to catch were bad.
But the people who were supposed to protect, that's kind of like the first line of defense. They were really sticking it up.
Yeah. I guess it's like good that there's not blame on one person.
Like one person doesn't feel like they ruined it. And also sometimes I feel like like when the game is so close it's like even more heartbreaking because it's like we were so close to greatness but they they literally didn't have a chance to me what's so crazy is like this the whole weekend is literally like a multi-billion dollar endeavor like everyone coming and traveling and all the celebrities and all the entertainment and all the parties leading up to the weekend in the hotel all around this game and it was literally like the worst game I've ever seen in my life uh little league they were playing yeah and it was so all of the fanfare is for this game and they couldn't even play football and I saw the most interesting tiktok because we know that like celebrities spend like hundreds of thousands of dollars on their suites and planes but this person was just going around around to people at the Super Bowl, like the actual game and just asking them how much they spent on tickets.
And I had seen that the average price of the ticket last night was around $5,000. But just seeing regular folk like being interviewed, people being like, we spent $8,000 per ticket.
Nobody spent less than $5,000 on a ticket in this video that I saw. And so and that's why there were a lot of Eagles fans there because this is the third time.
It's actually the sixth time the Chiefs have been. So it's not like uncommon for a Chiefs fan to get to go to the Super Bowl.
I think they know they'll have an opportunity in the next couple of years. But you know, with other teams, it's not always the case.
You have good years, you have bad years. And so most of the, and you could tell just by like the cheers and the boos that most people in the crowd yeah Eagles fans yeah and the the reporters had said that too so I'm glad that most people that were imagine being a Chiefs fan and like you finally spending $8,000 spending that much money to see them play like dog shit it's so crazy like it was seriously embarrassing yeah it was really bad but everybody kept because you know commentators were like, you know, some guy and Tom Brady.
And there's like a famous Super Bowl where Tom Brady came back to beat the Falcons. Right, of course.
I think it was 24 to 2. Yeah.
Right. So everybody keeps, Ben was like, don't worry, Tom Brady came back.
And they keep saying, you know, Patrick is the second coming of Tom Brady. So it was like, oh, yeah, so it's possible.
And I just figured, like, at some point it would happen. And it became increasingly clear as the night went on night went on like it wasn't happening no and what was so weird it was like for the last 10 or 12 minutes like the gap was too big to close really but like they can't celebrate yet they haven't won like we have to like still play 12 more minutes but like we know that they won and so it was so anticlimactic because it was like we knew for 12 minutes that the Eagles had won the Super Bowl but they're still like having to play the game they're on the sidelines like dumping Gatorade on with five minutes left I want to talk about the Gatorade and it's just like but we can't celebrate yet and then by the time like we had a winner it's like well we knew it was just so anti-climactic yeah them pouring the Gatorade on Nick Santini what What's his name? Yeah, the great Santini.
Carla's death. What the hell is his name? Okay, I'll find out.
Eagles coach. They poured it on him.
Nick Sirianni. Sirianni, yes.
Sounds like a character from Jos Josie Shore there was like four minutes left now of course like the Chiefs like really couldn't have won but it wasn't the it couldn't it wasn't impossible and actually when they got the ball back Travis on his first down not Travis excuse me Patrick on his first down threw a touchdown now of course it was just a small dent in the lead but like you know. I just thought it was really crazy that they were doing the Gatorade already.
Yeah, that was really crazy. But I guess overall, like the final score, 40 to 20 or 22.
Doesn't sound so bad. It doesn't sound like what we watched.
Yeah, but they got to 20 like in the last three minutes. I know.
But at least like they got a respectable-ish score up on the board because the whole game was like 37-0.

Zero.

Zero.

A bunch of zeros.

So from, and I like to watch, like I didn't have a particular stake in the game last night.

Obviously like the Taylor of it all is super interesting, but I don't care like who won.

So I just wanted to be entertained.

And it was so boring, the game.

Like I like, these are supposed to be the two greats. And I couldn't help help but think you know who wouldn't have lost so badly to the Eagles the bills the bills I know Josh Allen was watching that game being like this is bullshit like let me give the people what they want I'm sorry you have a duty to the American people to keep us entertained at the Super Bowl I don't care if you win or lose your job is to keep us on the edge of our seats and also I can't help but thinking about the advertisers who definitely pay more for commercials in the fourth quarter.
Yeah. Because usually it's the most important part of the game.
And I can't even imagine how many people turned off the TV in the fourth quarter. Like, because it was so, it was late.
It's a Sunday night. Like, people have to go to work.
It was useless to watch at some point. Yeah.
I guess. But that's the chance that you take with the Super Bowl and advertising.
I don't feel like so bad for them in their $8 million commercials. No, me neither.
Although, did you know the first Super Bowl ever? Do you know how much a commercial went for? I feel like we've done this, but no, tell me. They showed it on TV last night.
They were showing like average price of a ticket compared to, and it was like $20 versus $8,000. And last night commercials went for $8 million, and the first Super Bowl ever, they went for $40,000.
Oh, wow. Yeah.
What year was that? Oh, 59 years ago. 60 years ago, so like the 60s.
So next year would be Super Bowl LX. Yeah, I was trying to figure out, like, with the numbers.
I so don't understand Roman numerals.

And I don't understand the Super Bowl's obsession with using them in their logos.

I was actually, like, thinking that I feel like soon they'll stop using Roman numerals.

And that will be a sad day.

I just want to say.

It will.

Because I think as a country, like, intellectually, we can no longer handle Roman numerals.

Which is just so sad.

Yes, it's a state.

But it's also, it's kind of like the metric system.

Like, we don't really use them. Why are, it is the only time in, I guess like if I meet someone whose name is like Chad III.
Yeah, I would use. But like, it is the only time in my year where I'm even thinking of Roman numerals.
I just think like we should keep them around. Do they teach roman numerals in school these days i don't

know in our day yes yeah but like up until like 20 yeah but you only need so many that's like you you only need so many letters to know because then you eventually you know that we never got to l or x we only got to i and v well v is five l is l i x is 50 50 yeah and i x is one minus 10 yeah i think it's good i think we need this challenge it's an annual challenge for the american people yeah so i don't know what happened like, it was as if they all like forgot how to play the sport. It was genuinely like an embarrassment to the whole country.
It was dreadful. See, and it was also just kind of crazy to see Travis, Patty and Taylor to see them lose.
Like they don't lose often. And when they have lost, it's been kind of inconsequential.
Yeah. So it was just kind of like seeing a teacher out of school like felt weird to see them be big losers even Travis's like post-game interview where he's so upset in his sparkly shirt and he was like you know we can't just blame the o-line it was everyone um I'm like ew I kind of got the ick like I wonder if Taylor did too and it's not like they lost valiantly you know totally there was no valiance no there was no honor it was as if they were body snatched by a bunch yes it was like we were playing seriously i have no idea what happened it was so crazy and so embarrassing and like what do you even do after that i don't know we got like no taylor footage because of it because like every time travis does something with good or they show Taylor and like, he wasn't doing anything good or bad.
Yeah. Except for those like two big drops in the beginning.
I was like, Oh yeah. But he's like always like, he's kind of messy, but he always pulls it through.
That's the thing. I like wasn't worried.
I'm like, they always pull it together. I'm sure Taylor wasn't worried either, but then it just became increasingly clear.
I did find her cast and crew in the suite to be quite interesting. Obviously her parents were there.

The Kelsey's were there.

Taylor was there.

But she brought Haim,

who've kind of been like laying low.

I feel like she hasn't called on them in a while.

Yeah, but they're always there for her.

Yeah, they're like, they're loyal and steadfast.

She also brought Ice Spice, which was so random.

And I thought, oh, I guess they are still friends.

Although a lot of people had pointed out to me

that she was at the last Super Bowl that Travis won and Taylor might have been superstitious trying to recreate. Was it Blake there? And by the way, a lot of people were there with her.
Cara. Kelly Teller.
Were they together at all this weekend? No, so Kelly Teller was at the Super Bowl. Her and Miles are huge Eagles fans, which makes sense.
Maybe this time they wouldn't be in the same suite, but like they were not together at all. And actually I saw some discourse about this online.
Kelly and Miles were hanging out with Zach Bryan, which like obviously is like not a big deal. Zach Bryan's a huge Eagles fan too.
But Zach Bryan like famously like wrote that nasty tweet about Kanye being better than Taylor. Like if that's your friend.
So like, I'm sorry, these two are not friends. You can't convince me.
Like they're not. That's so crazy.
I know. That's so crazy.
I would love to know what happened. Yeah me too.
Anyways. Because sometimes you just like fall out of love with people.
That's fine. Like you know you get like you know steadfast in a friendship.
Not at that level. But I feel like something bad happened.
And not at their ages. You know that happens when you have like your party friends.
Yeah yeah. And you have a first cousin, second cousin.
Cousins, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's so true.
But not at their age. They've been friends for so long and they were like so, so tight to go from.
Had they been friends for so long? Yeah, I feel like throughout the years, like Kelly like had a bunch of stuff. I feel like she was like friendly with Taylor throughout the years.
No, I feel like it happened really organically. Like she was a big fan.
And then they coordinated Miles being in the I Bet You Think About Me music video. And that was sort of like the the the catalyst, if you will.
And then it was like a year where they were just inseparable. Yeah.
Like the ring she bought. Remember that it was Taylor's Day to the Emmys.
Yeah. It was like burning fast and bright was it yeah that's really weird yeah and then with the Zach Bryan thing it makes me think like that something happened because even if like you're not friendly with someone like I feel like no something was a move something happened yeah and her suite like was a little lackluster well so I was a little guess but also I thought this about a lot of the suites because I was seeing like a lot of footage of people.
Something about the specific arena. Arena.
I know it's an indoor arena, which is nice because I heard it was so hot and humid and rainy. But everyone's suites like were covered.
Like there was like a ceiling in front of them. Do you know what I mean? Like usually like your windows are like flush.
I just looked like, honestly not worth the money not to complain watching from my couch i was just like i would have been annoyed so we got like all the pictures of taylor had like this like just like blurry quality to it because of like the ceiling got it oh and taylor got booed which to me like it was just because like i saw it as the whole stadium is eagles fans and she's such a chief. Not because like everybody hates Taylor Swift.

Like I think it was in the spirit of the game.

I know.

And so obviously like getting booed is horrible and people who do it like seriously grow the fuck up.

Like you have children.

You're booing someone.

However, I do think Taylor understood that she was being booed because she's Travis's girlfriend.

Not because like if they had showed any of Travis's family, I think they would have gotten booed.

Maybe not Jason.

But I think it had nothing to do with like music some people thought it was political no i don't think i don't think so i think it was like travis's girl and the whole stadium was eagles fans like yeah that's how i think if they put donna up there well donna's also jason's mom so no if they put britney up there oh yeah well they. Well, Britney is kind of a polarizing figure,

especially within her own community.

They've always given her shit.

So I don't think it was personal.

I think it's inappropriate to boo anyone,

especially, like it's rude, like it's like a person.

But having said that, given her reaction,

I think she understood it was not about her

because she kind of gave like a funny side-eye,

like facial expression.

It was not about her.

But sports fans boo, that's like what they do.

Yeah, they're freaks.

Yeah, they're freaks yeah they're they're crazy um so that's the game and that's the ball game and it was a real stinker big one and next we're going to talk about all the entertainment from the evening including uh kendrick lamar halftime show lady gaga order yeah so lady Lady Gaga actually opened the show with a touching rendition of Hold My Hand in honor of the New Orleans terrorist attack victims and the LA fires. I was so unexpected.
Did they announce that she was going to be performing? No. No.
On the pre-show, they kept saying Lady Gaga coming up, and I was like, what is she doing? I was so shocked. Maybe it was, I mean, it was so many mean it was so many things right like the concept is really beautiful like how can we not acknowledge that a mere two months ago 14 people died in like one of the most horrible terror attacks like it was really beautiful the song choice we were just talking about that song you guys know that's Shaggy Night's like favorite fucking song and it's one of Lady Gaga's most underrated and it's so beautiful so I love that it got its moment.
I loved like the very low-key nature of everyone like Tom Brady,

Michael Strahan

just like standing around a piano.

Yeah.

It was in the French Quarter.

It was so beautiful

and I loved the way that she looked.

The looks from this era

have been like kind of crazy.

I don't know if you saw

what she wore to the actual Super Bowl.

Like she looked nuts.

And she had like different hair.

Yeah, she had black hair,

black leather.

Like she looked super crazy.

At the Grammy,

she looked nuts.

I thought she looked so sweet

I think that's great. With like different hair.
Yeah, she had black hair, black leather. Like she looked super crazy.
At the Grammy, she looked nuts. I thought she looked so sweet.
And it was an appropriate look. Like she wore all white.
I really liked the bleached eyebrows. I could not come up with one negative thing to say.
It was so unbelievably beautiful. I was really moved by the whole thing.
Like really, it was spectacular. Yeah, agreed.
And then we had the national anthem,

John Batiste and America the Beautiful.

Well, before that, and the Lift Every Voice.

La Disi.

I just want to say,

you put a youth choir in my midst,

I'm on board.

The youth choir slayed the house down.

And then what I really liked about Lift Every Voice was, and I love those initial songs that they do, right? Like the God Bless America, because it's a moment of seriousness before all this fun, right? It's sports, it's celebrities. It's all supposed to be fun, but it's a real moment of solitude.
It's a moment of togetherness. People cry.
We have so many famous, you know, last year, Nick Santini crying. There's so many great moments and it's like a real just somber moment.
And I love that. So while I love Lauren Daigle and I actually thought Trombone Shorty was amazing, like I wasn't familiar with his work, they all through the night, they were trying to represent New Orleans.
And I get that New Orleans has like this really vibrant culture. And I actually really liked that they chose a lot of homegrown talent and they really wanted to showcase like that Harry Connick Jr.
thing with all the dancers. Right, I forgot that.
There was like a whole, there was a pre-show. Yeah, it was like colorful.
It was very Mardi Gras. Yeah.
So I love that they were like, yeah, they were really intent on putting their culture first. I loved that.
I did feel like because New Orleans culture is so colorful and bright and fun and loud, they kept infusing it into like America the Beautiful and then Jean Batiste with the anthem. And I just felt like it was not the vibe.
It's kind of the opposite of the vibe I personally look for in those songs. I look for moments of solitude, of seriousness.
And with like the fun elements of like the jazz bands, I just felt like it didn't match the energy that I was personally looking for. Yeah.
How was Lauren Daigle and Trombone Shorty? I missed it because it was bedtime. But it was good.
It wasn't a bad rendition at all. Which is not Super Bowl caliber.
Right, he played the trombone while she delivered vocals and then he also did vocals, like really beautiful harmonies. But it was just kind of like this scat, scat.
It wasn wasn't a scat but they added like this fusion of new orleans vibe which is beautiful but i didn't think appropriate for like what i usually look for in these moments like right before the game starts all the fun i always i just love how serious it always is i love that we see grown men cry yeah i love that we see people like take their hats off and just, they cut to the military.

Like it's very beautiful.

And I think they, New Orleans is a little too close to the sun.

They wanted New Orleans everywhere.

Yeah.

Yeah. And it was like, and Jean Batiste did it less, but he still did it.

And I happened to think it was a pretty rendition.

Not too cool.

And you know what?

I was actually thinking this last year.

I feel like every time we sit, we like criticize criticize the music but then like history really will tell how we reflect and i feel like i remember when chris stapleton did it i really liked it but i didn't know if it was going to become like historic and now i find myself constantly thinking about it and it's like always getting um it goes viral on tiktok like every people love it so much so time will tell you really judge. Yeah.
Even last year with Reba, I think you had said like it was so great and so classic that she didn't do anything frilly, anything different, and it might go down as like one of the greats. And it doesn't.
Like we don't even talk about it. I remember she did it last year.
Right. So time will tell, but I don't think Jean-Baptiste entered that Hall of Fame last night, but I do think he did a really nice job, and it was very respectful and well done.
He didn't flub the words or, like, miss a note. Stop.
It was, no, no, no, that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying, like, it wasn't bad by any stretch.
I wasn't moved to tears. Yeah.
I don't think a lot of the play, we didn't get a moment like that where they zoom in on people's faces. Like, it was just, it was a little too fun.
Yeah. And he had this big colorful piano, which I know, I understand it's like a part of New Orleans culture.
And I love that. It's like the, it's really, it's rare to have a state that really has such individual culture, like outside of, it's not like American, it's Louisiana.
Like it's cool. And I love that they infused it.
I thought the big intro pre-show was beautiful. But some like can be without and I thought that John Batiste like he did a good job he didn't like because he sounded pretty I can't explain it I wasn't moved yeah he did and I think he did like the the best job of him so it's like if it wasn't for you then maybe he wasn't the right choice no but he was chosen because he's a New Orleans yeah local um which is nice.
And that would have been enough. Like, they were just like pushing New Orleans, I think a little too much in certain corners.
But like when the graphics and everything, the logo was all very New Orleans inspired because it's very colorful. Love, love, love, love.
So I liked that, that that was clearly a choice of the design team for the Super Bowl. They did a little too much.
Yeah, I feel that. And then Kendrick Lamar, halftime show.
So he did a 13-minute performance. And there were guest appearances from SZA.
Serena Williams showed up dancing. He performed a bunch of his songs.
And that was the show. So I actually think, and I would love to hear what your husband thought of it because I don't listen to like I don't go to Spotify and listen to Kendrick Lamar so I was really shocked at how little of the music I knew as somebody who just like is an active participant in culture right like I don't actively seek out a lot of people's music but you know them and they're familiar I don't go ever listen to Justin Timberlake but when he did the Super Bowl I knew most of his music so I was I was like the first time ever that I can remember like in my lifetime where I knew almost none of the music and that's probably my only critique I actually think the performance itself like he uh executed it flawlessly right yeah his choreography was on point I happen to love the dancers like the whole red white and blue aesthetic the Uncle Like I thought it was really well done.
I think he sounded great. I thought I loved his genes.
My only real critique is that I don't think he was the right choice. Solely because I, an active participant in a lot of different corners of culture, like really did not know.
I don't think he has enough mainstream hits. And then I think about the people who watch the Super Bowl.
And that's why it's such a specific tier of people, why we're always spending so much time thinking about who could do it, who would be good enough. You need a real discography where at least half the songs on your set list are worldwide hits, where everybody, no matter age, no matter where they live, where they know those songs.
And I feel like he has one of those songs, Sit Down, Be Humble.

So while I thought the performance was actually flawlessly executed,

I thought, I loved how the cameras

were following him around.

He had a real vision.

And when they kept zooming out,

I thought the stage was really gorgeous.

I just don't think he was the right choice.

Unless, and I feel like maybe Apple,

when they took over,

they're changing a little bit of,

because for so long,

it was like you had to be a classic performer. Like you had to like Katy Perry you have to have like such mainstream success because it's one of the only times of the year where you're going to be reaching almost every single American so you need to be a very specific type of popular that's why I think they they often choose people who are like maybe not like the most like creative and different but they have the biggest hits and that's what we're here to do.
Yeah and everyone will enjoy it. So that was really my only critique.
I was like watching and I'm like, this is good, but like, I would love to know a song. Yeah, yeah.
But for the Kendrick fans, I think it was like the most amazing. Like, did your husband love it? Well, so he thought that the visuals were like amazing, which I totally agree.
Like the stage and the dancers and like the way, like the different scenarios um but musically it wasn't like probably the best choice for everyone especially because not a lot of people not everyone knows all of his songs now I am familiar with two not like us um and I feel the same way where it's like at first I didn't mind that he was like not every artist that they pick is gonna pick is going to be like my favorite, but like it's a jolly good show and it's music and it's fun. But like, we're going to, we're going to know it regardless of who it is.
Yeah. And if it's good music, like I don't mind hearing a song for the first time, but it's just like, it just didn't translate.
Yeah. For, um, fan people who aren't like huge fans of his music.
And I think when we think about like who would be eligible for the Super Bowl in the past, how we've thought about it, we really think of it, at least I do, is like who would have a Vegas residency? Who can go on a tour that's almost like a greatest hits? Who can, you know, not ever release new music and still have hours and hours of songs to sing? And that's why I'm always comparing it to like people who do Vegas residencies. And that's why even I think I remember last year I was really surprised at how much of a ushers I knew because I haven't actively listened to usher maybe since I'm six yeah I feel like with usher it was the opposite issue where it's like the songs and the music were great the performance like wasn't yeah but I'm talking about in terms of like selections like I was like oh I wonder if I'll know and I knew the whole thing, just from being an active participant.
Oh, yeah. No, I'm not talking about it.
I'm just saying I feel like we had the opposite issue because it didn't hit in the way that it was meant to. I think to Kendrick's credit, I think it's really hard as a man, like a straight man, to dazzle without outfits and makeup and dancers and pyrotechnics.
And I think the, the, the creative of the show was actually really well done. Like, because I think you don't get to rely on a lot of the things that some of the girlies do to make it like fun and bright and like kind of a spectacle.
So you have to do different things. And I thought that was a really good part of the show that he really, aside from sizzle, like did the whole thing by himself, just one man and a microphone.
Like that's really hard. And that was really impressive.
I thought SZA was a real highlight of the show. Yeah.
You know, I thought, I thought maybe I would know. I knew her song sounded like really familiar to me, um, from TikTok and stuff, but it was just not, it wasn't as pop and mainstream as my particular interests align with.
And I think a lot of people felt that way. And I think a lot of people,

like I was seeing like a lot of the criticism is falling to Jay-Z because he

programs the live entertainment for the Superbowl rock nation is like

partnered with NFL and Apple.

And like,

he's the one who made this choice.

And as you said,

like it's not entirely the right choice.

Yeah.

But that's what I'm saying.

I think maybe Apple is like shifting how we see Superbowl performers. Like maybe it's no longer this like time capsule type of thing where, because one of the things that keeps coming to mind, it keeps Super Bowl performances are like getting viral at this time of year.
And this is actually one of the Thanksgiving performers, the Creed. Let's go there.
It was after 9-11, like Thanksgiving, but today performance, like it was one of the the greatest moments in American history and it's crazy how like so many of the Super Bowl performances from 10 20 years we still watch and are still relevant that's always been the Super Bowl's vibe they wanted it to be timeless and maybe Apple since they took over they're looking to be like a little bit more edgy a little bit more like topical yeah because this was Kendrick's year he just won all Grammys. If there was a performer to perform this year,

it's Kendrick Lamar.

So maybe they're shifting a little bit

like how they perceive and how they select.

The halftime show.

The halftime show performers

because if it's not from this like,

we look at it so like time capsule-y, right?

Yeah.

But maybe they're not.

Maybe they're just like, it's 2025.

Like let's do a cool show.

We're on the-

That represents the year. Yeah.
Yeah, no, and we're just Who was- Let's do a cool show. We're on the- That represents the year.

Yeah.

Yeah, no.

And we're just like-

Cool and we're doing a cool show.

Yeah.

So maybe like, it's no longer such a-

Because when we think about who we were always saying like,

Pink would be great because she has so many hits.

People who would just like encompass as many possible people as possible.

Even though you're never going to get someone who everybody loves or everybody likes even. But like, someone who can capture as many people as possible, even though you're never going to get someone who everybody loves or everybody likes even, but like someone who can capture as many people as possible.
It also is worth noting every single year, the next day people say is the worst one I've ever seen. Like they say that every fucking, Oh my God, every year they fucking say that shit.
So it's just one of those things where time will truly tell. And when you go back and see like some of the most viewed ones of all time,

because I was actually watching somebody did a TikTok,

the top 10 most viewed, and it wasn't what you think.

And I think Shakira and J-Lo were like the number two.

And I remember after people were like, well, it was good.

But no, I remember watching that and being like dazzled.

So good.

It was amazing.

It was seriously amazing.

And yes, time will tell. But you also have to like give credit to how you felt just watching it.
In the moment. Yeah.
I do think it was the type of performance that really could have benefited from a couple of more guest spots. Yeah.
There was a lot of rumors that Beyonce was going to be there because her whole family was there without her. So it's like, oh, yeah, of course, she's backstage getting ready.
Like I liked the Serena Williams nod. no and then also the whole a lot of it was like you know more of the diss to drake because the song not like us is a drake diss track and then there were a bunch of like things in there even the necklace a is apparently for a minor yeah because it was a minor a it was a small yeah but like there's just so and on the one hand i'm like yes take this grudge all the way to the super bowl like never let your haters like stop stop you from doing your thing never stop hating your haters but on the other hand it's like so crazy that this whole thing was like put together to like give an f you to drake i agree so at the grammys i was like loving the haterade.
I'm like, yes, keep going. But at some point, like you should be there, like, you know, and promote your own self and your own accomplishments.
Not like this person that you hate. As somebody who believes there's no, like you can't take hate too far.
I actually think like it was a little far. Like he had to perform the song, obviously in the whole stadium being like a minor is embarrassing for Drake enough.
Like the necklace, I feel like make it about you like this is so awesome you did it by yourself so serena williams was there and i just assumed it was because like she has history with drake and like so it's like a fellow yeah and i mean but then also people said that it was because of something with wimbledon oh yeah but i do think it had to do i'm sorry it has to do obviously they were like briefly dated on and off. Yeah.
Oh, yeah. Oh, so she like famously

did the crip walk when she won Wimbledon it's like this iconic moment and that was the dance that she did yeah but why were they playing it during not like us no I'm telling you it was about Drake it was about Drake and it's like Drake is just like kind of like a big loser it's crazy how there was a moment in time where Drake was so famous. Like every song, come on that high line bling.
Like everything he did was so major, so mega. He was the plane.
It was just, it was all too much. And obviously that level of fame is like not sustainable.
But to go from that to like big time loser where everyone took Kendrick's side. How did that happen? I don't know.
But honestly, Drake would have been a better halftime show. Just because when you think about hits.
Hits. Yeah.
But Drake's also not American. Does it have to be American? I was wondering that too because I was like Harry Styles, but it's not American.
I was watching a video, a compilation of people who have said no to the Super Bowl. One of them was Dolly.
She says she doesn't think she's famous enough and has enough hits for it, which I thought was so crazy. The other was Adele.
And I thought it was like, oh, because she's British. But she was like, no, nobody wants to hear my songs at the Super Bowl.
Like it's supposed to be fun. Like we're supposed to be like vibing, not crying.
I would love it. But I thought it was more so because she's British, even though some people like, I don't know, Harry Styles, yes, is British, but like his music is so American.
You know, it's like, it's a part of American culture. I do feel like if Adele got selected, I would be like, this is not the vibe because she's British.
I would immensely enjoy it, but it would not be the vibe. Of course, but it would be too British, honestly.
Because she's British? Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Like the music, I don't think it wouldn't be the vibe not because of the music.
Because she's seriously too British. Okay, what about Celine Dion? I think she's too French.
French-Canadian? Like honestly. Yeah, French-Canadian.
Okay, wow. But I don't know why.
With Harry Styles, like, I don't know. You don't feel that way.

Yeah, but maybe it's because his music is Super Bowl appropriate. It's, like, fun.
Yeah. I don't even think he would be, like, that's a performance I would enjoy, but I wouldn't even, like, put him on my list of, like, this is a great idea.
No, no. Like, I don't know.
because I do feel like Apple has shifted a little bit the the criteria for for who is eligible to be a performer. So I think the list of people we like come up with maybe no longer applies.
Yeah. Yeah.
I would especially with like Jay-Z is the curator. Like right.
What is Jay-Z like? I don't know if Jay-Z listens to Pink. No, I don't think Jay-Z is going to put Pink up for the job.

Well, he's so wrong for that and he should be fired.

Okay.

I agree.

I think they need an expert curator.

And I don't think that Jay-Z is the expert curator.

Well, so he is, Apple is, this is only the third Super Bowl Apple has done.

And the one before was Usher.

And I actually think that was a really good choice.

I thought it was a good choice too.

And before that was Rihanna, which was also like a bomb ass choice. A good choice and a good performance.
And a good execution. Two things.
He actually has done a good job. Except for the whole, you know, 13 year old thing, which I actually can't get over.
Yeah. Yeah.
They were on the TV. They showed him.
They're like, hove in the house. And I was like, call the police.
Like there like hove in the house and i was like call the police like there's hove in the house a minor i you want to talk about oh my god yeah it's just it's such a stick twisted it's too much like you can't hold any of them none of them are like it's a spider-man meme it's a spider-man meme where they're all just pointing at each other right that's why if you need an expert curator kenny ortega should do the superbowl i was actually just watching a clip of michael jackson's so true i was watching a clip of michael jackson's superbowl appearance and it was like probably a part of some documentary because people were speaking on it like the his um people that he worked with and kenny ortega was talking about i think he directed michael directed Michael Jackson's Super Bowl appearance he should be the official director of the Super Bowl and choreographer say on like who does it because he knows talent it should be fan voted well no because then Taylor Swift would win every year like some people just have fans who are like not chronically online and just like go to work it would be like Selena Gomez yeah right right right right right, right, right. Okay.
They would be bot farming. Those are the Super Bowl stories.
Well, the commercials, just really quickly. I thought the commercials were so bad, I can't remember one of them.
I can remember one because it was the only one that actually made me laugh and that I hadn't seen before. I was shocked at how, and I didn't even actively seek out commercials.
Like, I guess they've been playing them on TV and then like also releasing them on social. So I had seen, I had seen all the commercials except for Mountain Dew where they had Seal up on a rock as a seal singing A Kiss from a Rose.
That was fucking funny. Okay.
And like Slay. And I hadn't seen it yet.
Like I was so annoyed. I was like, I've seen all these commercials and I just wanted to give a major shout out to Uber Eats because I feel like every year Uber Eats spends the most money on celebrities the most amount of commercials like they have so many placements and they never dazzle me and last night was no exception they had Matthew McConaughey and every fucking celebrity with this like football was inspired by food commercial yeah it was so unfunny and so expensive and they're like constantly slaying the department of wasting money like they are always remember the year before they reunited uh ross and rachel and friends like they're always doing so much and it's so not like good creative yeah and you wanted to give them a shout out is that what you said yeah for being the worst okay they stood out to me i'm like this is like another year where I'm like constantly rolling my eyes at Uber Eats.
Like they do so much. And it's giving like really try hard energy.
That's so funny. The only commercials I remember are like Intuit TurboTax, which actually looks like really good.
No, they just had like literally they were in every single block of commercials. Just like about how you can like go for a run and someone's doing your taxes.
Yeah. And it a good service poppy the prebiotic soda we're gonna get into that and then the only they had a super bowl commercial too yes so and alex earl was in it yes the other commercial do you know these dunkings commercials like why does it feel like an inside joke that i'm on the outside of um because you are no but like what are they doing like they're like beings like fools and I'm just like it's because it's a lot about like northeastern Boston culture which is crazy for like a nationally televised game right like Ben Affleck and the Dunn Kings and then Bill Belichick and his girlfriend like what are you guys doing I just I feel like such an outsider yeah yeah yeah no I get it too I don't like fully understand like the beef and like the whole concept but i think it's like they've just like run away with this storyline yeah it's like people in boston like like dunkin a lot obviously but more so because it's like it's no frills it's not like starbucks fancy macchiato it's just like coffee in a in a cup and like you know for the real working man they like a coffee And I think that's the inspiration, I think.
No, but then there's like rap battles. Like, I just feel like I've missed it.
I've missed the vote on Dunkin'. But you're not the only one.
A lot of us got left behind. Like, I'm not even 100% sure.
Okay, great. And then, yes, Poppy had a commercial with influencers, but they are also getting dragged.
Cancelled. Due to a decision to send $25,000 vending machines to influencers ahead of their Super Bowl commercial.
Yes. So it's like a big PR.
A lot of influencers get PR. They get like products.
Sometimes they get like handbags. Some people take it really far.
And Poppy was like, hold my beer. And they sent these kind of really pargy.
They look like the Kylie Cosmetics like vending machines. They're like these new wave.
It's not, you know, your middle school vending machine. It's like of really pargy they look like the kylie cosmetics like vending machines they're like these new wave it's not you know your middle school vending machine it's like this really pargy kind of robot it's huge they had them delivered to like a select few 32 influencers um and fully stocked with probably like 100 cans and you could just like it's free so you could just a lot of influencers like left it in their garage i didn't see any new york city based influencers getting it because i don't know where the hell you would put it and how you would get it in the elevator.
But it immediately started like this wave of drama on social media. You could put it in your lobby for the whole building.
You could. That's a nice idea.
Yeah. It started this whole conversation online kind of similar to the conversations that were being had about Tart Island and the Tart trip.
Just basically being like this is super get everything for free like give this to a real customer why don't you give back to your customers and that was kind of the thing with tart too it's like well you should take your customers on a trip well no one would want to watch that that's the problem no for real like it's such a nice concept and actually tart does do that no i and by the way i've never seen a picture from it like it's not viral it doesn't make the brand money these brands are they're not charities like they're here to create buzz buzz equals marketing marketing equals money like customers get influenced by these types of things and so like the response to everything on social media with these brands especially like these more online brands like poppy being like well what if you should just do it for your real customers instead yeah i mean go bother walmart like leave like it just it's just a dumb concept like what is this free-for-all like this is people's jobs it's true it's just like weird when like there's something that's like so commonplace like everyone does it's just like part of the business and then like people just like seek out one company who's doing it and like get mad about it some people made the point like why would you like it apparently it's about eight hundred thousand dollars they spent sending 32 people these gifts when you could have put the vending machines somewhere with more traffic like which one influencer so ready it's of poppies ready so the people have to give the vending machines back in a couple of weeks a lot of them have actually already returned it and i'm sure then poppy will go put them in parks and shit like for actual it's called like using a uh billboard like in multiple different ways so um i really i don't understand the the backlash i don't think it's a big deal um especially when you see like a nobody's giving uber a problem for spending uh eight million dollars on one commercial last night This is what companies at that level do. They spend money.
And actually Maureen from Tart was making a bunch of TikToks being like Tart will never buy a Super Bowl commercial. Like we'd rather spend $8 million on a trip.
Right. So it's literally the same thing.
Think about how much we talked about Tart Island. Everybody was talking about it.
That's marketing for Tart. And honestly, I think it's money better spent than being one in 55 commercials last night.
You spent $8 million. That's more embarrassing to me than giving a couple of influencers vending machines.
Yeah, and ultimately- For a grand total of 800,000 in which you're getting the vending machines back. And now look, we're all talking about Poppy.
It was successful. Like, congratulations, you played yourself.
Yeah, I saw Rachel Kirkconnell got a vending machine. So I saw her and i just thought i didn't even know about this controversy i just thought that was like so cute and then she said she had to give it back i was like oh damn but i guess yeah who needs a thousand cans of poppy yeah but it was just like a fun cute concept like it's marketing not only that like go poppy like they're a brand that really invests mostly in like digital and influencer marketing and they got a super bowl ad last night like that's sick and the fact that they wanted it to be full of like alex earl jake shane was in it like a lot of influencers like the people who got them there i love that like this is and i think it's a female founded brand like what fuck off like it's good yeah like why shouldn't they be up there spending as much money as matthew mcconaughey and uber eats man.
I'm like, on an Uber Eats, like, mission today. Like, hate them.
But even though I'm, like, their number one customer. Like, where's the energy for Doritos? Yeah.
Doritos has a lot of bad commercials. The worst.
Actually, did they even do commercials on set? I saw some, like, some space orb was, like, stealing the Doritos from a guy on his couch. Like, womp, womp, womp.
Cool. They were serious.
The commercials were so bad. They were.
Pete Davidson was like doing a lot last night after being relatively quiet for a while. He was actually at the Super Bowl and I think it was in one or two commercials.
Oh, yeah. And it's also funny, like who gets tapped.
Like, I just, I would love to be a fly on the wall. The most random ideas, which are sometimes so good.
random idea that was actually good it was the the circle water bottle and adam divine uh yeah that was actually a really cute commercial you know it was a good one when the person in the room was like what if we got adam divine to call his wife wait you know what's actually a good one that's really appropriate for this conversation um taco bell what did they were like we are not gonna use big celebrities for our we're gonna give it to our consumers and so then they should be so happy right but then they also so they put up like a million pictures really quickly they're like if you're in this screenshot it and all their customers like from social media they took pictures of like everybody who takes pictures at taco bell it was cute then they also had like LeBron James and tons of celebrities being like wait we're not in the commercial and like the lights were being turned off on them so like it wasn't enough to have your customers in your commercial because nobody would have been talking about that but now we're talking about it because LeBron James was in it being funny being like am I still getting paid for this haha so they did have to spend all that money on the commercial and the celebrities but then put a couple of pictures of their customers customers in it. Being like, look, send this to your mom.
You're in a Taco Bell. Go talk about commercial.
Oh my God. That's funny.
Yeah, no, I think actually like a more worthy thing for people to get annoyed about is like commercial actors are out of a job for all the celebrities. And how much brands spend on one, the Super Bowl commercial, and then all the celebrities.
Like some of these brands have so many huge celebrities. And it's like, give that job to working actors who need it.
1000%. That to me, it's like, I hate the celebrities in the commercials.
Like it's just, it's so not creative. And it looks like a waste of money when they could be doing so many other things using their real customers.
And I think that people online, instead mad at poppy like a startup business that's like working with influencers should get mad at the big celebrities how much they get paid for these commercials yeah no it's so true and also you just reminded me of something hold on i was about to make a firepoint it just like escaped my brain bring it back um i was like flow from progressive i was thinking oh that's the best by the way when someone can do a commercial a regular a celebrity and they like make a regular person a star I remember there was also no commercials that made me cry I feel like every year there's one or two like really beautiful ones about like family or nostalgia or like a pet dying I remember Amazon Prime Farmer's Dog Slade a couple of years ago yeah Farmer's Dog Slade Slade. Where was the tearjerker? Yeah, no.
There wasn't one last time. No, I wasn't feeling very moved.
Yeah. Sad.
Sad. So that's Super Bowl commercials.
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You're welcome. Our next story, Brianna Chicken Fry playing Koi, addressing rumors about a romance with West Wilson from Summer House.
I thought his name was Wes. So I think his name is West, and then his friends call him Wes.
Got it, okay, yeah. They were both at the Super Bowl.
Or his friends are too lazy to pronounce the T. Which I feel.
I'm kind of into Wes. Like T.
I don't have time. Wes T.
So these rumors got like really were popping off over the weekend on social media. And I think maybe it would have died down except that they kind of confirmed it.
Wes did West did. What did West say? Because she was asked by page six about West and how they're spending time together.
And she's like, said who, what? And spun around nervously. She said, I haven't really thought about it.
I've just been thinking about the Superbowl, thinking about who's going to win the game, placing my bets. I haven't had time to think about West.
No, no. But she did post like a selfie of the two of them like partying I think it's just like maybe they were having fun this weekend like do you think that they knew each other before this weekend maybe they knew of each other but no I don't think they personally knew each other I think there was like a small group of like internet people who were at the Super Bowl yeah um compared to like celebrities and so they probably just stuck together and I could see them like just hooking up I don't think this is a great love and I don't think this is either of their next relationships I think they probably hooked up had a really good time I could see them getting along personality wise yeah a lot of people are like oh my god does this mean Brianna on Summerhouse I don't think so although that wouldn't be the worst for both things like I actually think Summerhouse could really use somebody like young and fresh and relevant like Brianna and west could use something to distract us from what he did from sierra like i think it would be good for everyone um but i don't think that's where this is leading i think they just like hooked up and probably had a really fun weekend like you forget like they're 25 like that's what you do when you're 25 yeah it's just crazy that we know about it like i feel like this is the sort of thing that in a few months like one of them shares on their podcast and we're like oh my god yeah like that we know that they were probably together this weekend it's just like it's so it's so much to know I do not chip just because no a lot from him not my favorite Brianna deserves better and I just like want the absolute best for her yeah but I'm glad she's having fun and she is having fun And like fun is very important to her right now.
And like I think it's good. By the way, Craig was at the Super Bowl as was Paige.
They were both rooting for the Eagles. I saw both of their videos.
It appears that they were actually on complete opposite sides of the stadium. Thank God.
But just unfortunate. Why does Craig root for the Eagles? He didn't.
He was like with a bunch of people. He was like, thanks, Eagles, for letting me join your fandom for the the weekend like I don't think he had a whore he was just going like to go and page roots for them because of um I think that the guy that she's like friends with slash she says she's not dating but well like she obviously when she said that guy's not my boyfriend like yeah because they've probably been dating for a few weeks like that person's not your boyfriend yet I also saw a theory that she's good friends with his sister like it could just be that i know but those pictures from that game like that was a date there was just one blurry picture she could have just been sitting next to him maybe the sister was on the other side like literally i don't know which friend takes you to a game in a box you're okay so the theory that i had heard was that like she's friends with page's sister and uh page's friends with her sister and the sister's like a huge giggly squad fan so like she'd be like brother can you take me and my cool friend to the super role got it and then maybe like page and him are like vibing and like maybe that's how this girl gets like her brother to marry page to sorbo but i'm just it's an alternate theory okay i i hadn't considered that there was someone else in the mix and that it wasn't a date.
Well, because everybody was like freaking out that I guess the guy was backstage at one of their shows. With the sister.
With the sister. Exactly.
The sister is like a huge giggler. No, I didn't even think about him backstage at the show.
I just remember the picture of them like in the box and I was like. Okay, Jackie, but it's just not even a picture.
It's two people sitting next to each other in a box and the most blurry zoom in photo of all time but like i never considered like there might be other that like he didn't invite her there she could be a plus one yeah totally but she also like could be on a date which is totally fine and normal totally fine and normal now they've been broken up like eight weeks it's more yeah what it's february thank god whoa whoa are you ready for our fifth and final story little anniversary news snl 50 anniversary special will feature bad bunny sabrina carpenter john mulaney tom hanks and more so that i'm sorry i literally like completely zoned out can you start the story from? SNL 50th anniversary special. I started listening when you said Sabrina Carpenter.
I'm like, wait, what's she doing with John Mulaney? I know. She's performing or contributing to the special.
Steve Martin, Sabrina Carpenter, Bad Bunny, John Mulaney, Dave Chappelle, and numerous other stars who've been associated with the show over the years. Scar Jo will make an appearance.
It will air on February 16th. It's a three hour long live telecast honoring SNL's 50th anniversary.
It's SNL at a glance. So literally, is this like on Saturday night at 1130 or is it like a different time slot? Well, February 16th is a Sunday.
Oh, so it's a Sunday evening broadcast. Oh, they are just loving to abuse our Sunday evenings.
They are. I actually think this will be good.
I know everything SNL does is like so lame these days. But when they get there, when you really think about the breadth of talent who's come from SNL and they all still love and respect Lauren and show up whenever he asks, like when you get them all in a room, it's like the greatest of our time.
Yeah, and like SNL and they all still love and respect Lauren and show up whenever he asks like when you get them all in a room it's like the greatest of our time yeah and like SNL history there's a lot to pull from there's so many moments performances like people who have come out of it so like when they go into the archives it's always good oh and I'm sure there'll be like tributes to like Norm Macdonald and Chris Farley people yeah like the current stuff is what's bad but this is great because because it's not current. The whole point of it is to celebrate the good old days.
Yeah, so this has the makings to be something good. Love to see Sabrina out here just like getting gigs, booking things, you know? Yeah, Miley will be there.
Who is she gonna, oh, wait, the Barry Keoghan Squarespace commercial was actually good. Oh, yeah, but it's like, whose idea was that to have like Barry Keoghan riding riding like i just would like to be on the fly on the wall for some of these meetings and it's like they they pick the most random people or even the ritz salty and it was like auburn plaza and the other stank face guy who was that i forget his name is like napoleon from nine perfect strangers wait who it? I can't even remember, like, his face.

I'll tell you his name.

You're not going to...

Michael Shannon.

You have to Google him.

Google him.

Okay, because I don't know, like, who that is.

You do.

And I'm, like, blanking on the whole commercial.

He's, like, in so many things.

Oh, yeah, classic face.

Classic. Honestly, that whole commercial was Phibis and Apunem.
And it's like, why those two? That's not even who I would think of as salty. Oh, you know who else crushed the commercials? Who? The cast of Schitt's Creek.
They were in every fucking commercial, because you know Dan Levy is homes.com. And then Eugene Levy was Little Caesar with the eyebrows flying away.
Very funny. And Moira.
Catherine O'Hara was in the Michelob Ultra commercial. But did you see, I had thought it at the same time, Adam Brody was in the Pringles commercial and he's like, we need more Pringles.
They're like, blow on the can. And then the Pringles mustache

like flies off.

And then everybody,

all these famous people

with mustaches,

like their mustaches flew away.

It was like the same exact creative

from Little Caesars.

Like Little Caesars had

the eyebrows flying.

Sparky Palastri.

From Eugene Levy.

It was Sparky Palastri syndrome.

They used the same agency

that only had one idea.

Do you think,

like do you think,

because it looked visually so similar because it was like a mustache with two parts. It looked like a set of eyebrows.
I was like, wait, this is the same commercial I just saw. I think they got Sparky Plastried.
I think they got. Yeah, I would love to know, like, the drama at the agencies right now.
Like, if it was really just parallel thinking. But it's such a random.
Sometimes you could see how two people could come to the same conclusion right um i don't see how two totally

separate teams could have come up with the pringles mustache flying off and eugene levy eyebrow

flying off i don't know drama drama well those are the past five stories and it feels so you

needed to know them to be hit everything it was just such it was literally i got in bed at four

o'clock and it was over at like 11 so there was so so much. I hope I didn't miss anything.
No, I feel like that was everything. Jaylen won MVP.
Of course. Like who else? I mean, it's never not the, uh, the quarterback, quarterback, even though like sometimes like, but what about Saquon? Like it's just always the quarterback, unless the quarterback's like injured or something.
Yeah. Even though I often think about like my team, the Niners, if they ever won, like they came really close these last couple of years.
Like, would it be Brock or would it be Christian McCaffrey? Because Christian McCaffrey was in, was injured this season. And like, they didn't even make it to the playoffs.
So it's really, it's kind of Christian's thing. Yeah, no, they have a lot of other really strong players and, you know, notoriously don't have the strongest quarterback.
Right, like the franchise guy. Yeah, that is interesting to think about.
But they're going to Disney World. And I just, honestly, if you're a resident of Philadelphia, stay safe because your team won and that just means like destruction is upon you.
So don't go outside hide your kids hide your wife and just it'll all blow over soon because the the parade's coming to town i'm sure last night like the city was engulfed in flames yeah yeah it's already started but congrats to our first responders to the philly fans i'm happy for you me too it's a it's a nice group uh zealous and they had a great team they played some beautiful ball and they deserved it and they had a good and you know what I really did not think they were going to win and I do think like it's easy to say well of course they won the other team was bad I think two things can be true I think they played some of the best football they've ever played while the Chiefs were also bad like they didn't only win because the Chiefs were bad they were they were just like unstoppable yeah they were but it a shame. We'll never really know.
The Chiefs were just like falling over themselves. Right, because what I had said, why I thought they weren't going to win is like they absolutely crushed the Washington, whatever their name is these days.
And I was like, well- The Ross Washingtons. Yeah, the Ross Washingtons were awful.
Like that doesn't mean you're good just because the other team is bad. And now I'm rethinking.
I'm like, maybe they actually were a decent team, Washington. Yeah.
Yeah. Perhaps Trudy was wrong.
It's rare. No, I don't think that you were.
Me neither. I never am.
Well, that's our show. Super Bowl recap.
Splix. Splix.
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