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Josh Richards
Yo, what is up everyone? Welcome back to the BFF's podcast. Make sure you guys tap that bell. Subscribe and like the video. Yes, I guess I kind of took it all.
Dave Portnoy
I did. Let's get into that.
Josh Richards
Let's go.
Dave Portnoy
Do you get a haircut or something?
Josh Richards
Yeah, I did. I did get a haircut. It's like short now.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah, I don't know how I feel about it.
Josh Richards
I love it, but. Okay. Wait, what?
Dave Portnoy
Dude, I just, I liked the long hair.
Josh Richards
I just don't like the long hair. I feel like I look healthier with short hair.
Dave Portnoy
You looked like disgruntled and dirty with long hair. You think?
Josh Richards
I think. What also adds to it is like when I. When I'm not like active in the gym, so I'm a little bit skinnier and I have the long hair, I feel like I just look a little. I don't know, I just look a little unhealthy. But then when I like, cut my hair, you can see more of my face and, you know, it fills it out more. Why, why block out. Why block out the money maker? So, yeah, when I cut my hair, just. I like it. I like it.
Dave Portnoy
Okay, cool, Cool. I'm excited for you. I'm glad you like it.
Josh Richards
Thanks. Your. Your Hair is looking like hair too.
Dave Portnoy
Yep. Shouldn't have to change it. I think I might dye a dark brown next week. How do you feel about that?
Josh Richards
Oh, I like. I like a dark brown. I was thinking of dying my dark brown this when I got my hair cut, but I was like, ah, I just want my hair to be healthy.
Dave Portnoy
Dark brown won't make it unhealthy.
Josh Richards
No, no, no. And that was bleaching.
Dave Portnoy
It makes it unhealthy.
Josh Richards
I know. That weirdly sounded like I was kind of like sending a underlying shot. It really wasn't. It was just more like I feel like if I keep throwing dot, like I was like super, super white. I mean, I'm always white, but my hair was super white. And then, you know, it went to like a blonde and then it went to like a light brown and then it's like, do I want to dye it again? I don't know.
Dave Portnoy
I'll just let my gosh, let it.
Josh Richards
Take its course, you know?
Dave Portnoy
Yeah. Let it do what it does. It's summertime and you, you'll have those little summertime highlights.
Josh Richards
Yeah, exactly. Little. Bring back a little bit of them frosted tips.
Dave Portnoy
Dude, it's been a while. We haven't done BFFs in what, two weeks?
Josh Richards
I know. You've been, You've been on a secret mission.
Dave Portnoy
I was on a secret mission. Everyone thought it was going to be a bombshell in Love Island.
Josh Richards
They really did. They really did.
Dave Portnoy
Fucking pissed if I walked into that thing.
Josh Richards
I mean, I think it would be pretty sick to see you on Love Island.
Dave Portnoy
It would be. But I could never. First of all, can't go on Love Island. I've had. I would have Razor Burn 2. I would fucking make out on camera. That's awful. I couldn't even imagine doing that. And you have to wear a bikini all day, every day. And you have to keep just like talking to guys. Small, small talk. Oh my God. Nightmare. I'd prefer to watch.
Josh Richards
I think you could do it. I think the, I think the toughest part for me when I watch the show, so I got to assume it's the toughest part in the show is, is the making out. What? So much of it going on. How are you guys not suffocating on each other's tongues? It doesn't even look like it's enjoyable kisses. Why did they look so awful?
Dave Portnoy
So sloppy?
Josh Richards
Oh my God. And you know what I don't like when they, when they add the sound on the show.
Dave Portnoy
I was gonna say cuz the mics are right there. And it's like, just.
Josh Richards
Just turn the music up. Turn the music up. No audio for the kissing scenes.
Dave Portnoy
And we don't need to watch the full. Like, they play the games where everyone has to make out with everyone and we have to watch everyone make out with everyone. Why don't we just do like a quick montage?
Josh Richards
Yeah, it could be sped up. It could be sped up. I get that. Because that's probably for like, the horny viewer. Right.
Dave Portnoy
But what about these boners? Do you think that, like. Like, how are they getting more boners on the show.
Josh Richards
That time? You know what? I. I hadn't thought of that.
Dave Portnoy
Maybe they were compression undies or something.
Josh Richards
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Or maybe they're just. They're just waistbanding it. But that's a risky move. You can't really waste band it if you have no shirt on. Because what if it starts if it's poking out the top?
Dave Portnoy
Oh, my God, that would be so bad.
Josh Richards
You can't waistband it. Notes T shirt. And then it'd be poking up the top.
Dave Portnoy
Oh, my God. There was this guy of my high school. He was like the most, least suspected dude. Like, he was. He lived in my neighborhood and he sent this picture around and he did his waistband, no shirt. And he. And he wrote on Snapchat just the tip. And I think he meant to send it to one person, and I sent it fucking everyone. Or maybe he meant to send it to everyone, but we just called him Tips for a while. It's like, it was really bad.
Josh Richards
I mean, it's a great nickname for the situation.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah. Tip, tip, tip. Yeah. So I don't know. I was worried. I'm. I'm not worried about the boners, but I just think about the boners and there's like so much. It's just.
Josh Richards
I don't really think about them that often.
Dave Portnoy
I'm just like, I'm worried. I'm not worried. Why am I so worried about these boners? I'm more so concerned or I'm curious on how they don't have more boners in the show. Like, they're making out. They're doing. It's so sexual.
Josh Richards
Right, right, right. You're getting, like, grinded on.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah. Like in twerking. They're doing like, Scrippa shows. Like, Meg thee stallion walks out. I would have a boner if Meg thee stallion walked out.
Josh Richards
Meg the stallion. Yeah. I don't know. Maybe they're taking reverse blue pills or something like that.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah, I mean, I guess you don't have the answer. I just want to put it out there that I'm confused about it.
Josh Richards
Maybe we'll get some more. More participants from this season on the podcast like we did last year, and maybe. Maybe we'll. We'll ask.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah, well, I. Okay. I have some things about Love Island I want to say. Are you. Are you kind of caught up? Do you know what's going on?
Josh Richards
No. So I watched yesterday's episode, and I watched, like, a couple episodes. At the beginning, Gabby was just like, you're just going to skip. You're going to. You're going to start at yesterday's episode, which was the Casa episode, right?
Dave Portnoy
Casa More episode.
Josh Richards
Yeah. Yep. So that's where. That's where we are. I guess I kind of started. What a boring cost episode.
Dave Portnoy
Oh, my God.
Josh Richards
What a boring cost episode. This. This, to me, right now in Love island, where we're at, seems like there's no real relationships, so there's no drama behind it. Like, it doesn't seem to me, like, right now. And maybe I'm speaking, you know, out of my ass, as Peyton would say. Um, maybe I am. But it seems to me like no one's really, like. There's not that, like, love connection that we felt last season when Casa came in. So it was like, oh, my God, are they gonna get with other people? It's kind of like everyone's just getting with other people. There's.
Dave Portnoy
I agree. There's no.
Josh Richards
We're all open.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah. There's no str. There's no relationships that you're rooting for. And, like, even with Ace and Shelley, that seems so fake to me. They're playing everyone. They just want to win the money. They supposedly allegedly knew each other before this. Well, they did know each other before this, but they were, like, kind of dating before. And Ace was on live screaming, say, happy Valentine's Day to Shelly. Happy Valentine's Day to Shelly. So they were, like, had a whole relationship before it. They're kind of tricking everyone. Also, the Casa episode. Like, I'm not. I don't want to sound like a dick, but, like, I would be, like, pissed if I were the girls. And I went to that Casa house, and, like, all the dudes are pretty mid, and I'd be like, I want to go back to. I want to go back to the other dudes. Like, I feel like all these bombshells are the Casa people. In both scenarios, they're nowhere near as hot as the actual people on the show. It's crazy. Like, that's like. They're like, average. They're like, if I were to walk in, it's like, oh, damn. Just, let's go back to the house. Like, it's not giving. It's not giving. Love island bombshells. The only one was like, Adriana, she was fucking fire. The best bombshell ever to be seen. But Casa, I don't know. Okay, well, I have a few things, and then I might catch you up. I might catch you up to speed on it if you, like, need to know anything.
Josh Richards
All right, cool, Cool.
Dave Portnoy
Okay. I think Huda and Justin Bieber should just date. And I think that speaks enough for itself. This season is not giving. Girls, girls. Like, last season, Love island, the girls, they rallied with each other. They rooted for each other, they helped each other. This season, it's not giving. Girls, girls. They feel like they're all mean and jealous of each other. All they. They all care about the wrong things. It's not giving. Like, it's not giving. Girls, girls.
Josh Richards
I kind of felt that too. I felt that too.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah. And like, Amaya, Papaya, my sweet little angel when she's crying, being, like, so misunderstood and she's, like, pouring her heart out and Alandri is just like, yeah. And then she goes and laughs with Austin about it and, like, makes fun of it. Not cool. Don't like that. Ace is a tiny little. And he is.
Josh Richards
Wait, why don't we like Ace? Why don't we like Ace? Cuz I know him from, like, his live stream videos that he used to do, and they were so funny. So I know from the episodes I've seen, I haven't really got, like, it didn't feel like Ace was a big part of last night's episode.
Dave Portnoy
No, he wasn't. Okay. So I felt the same way Ace. I felt the same way about Ace when I first. When he first came on the show, I was like, he's so funny. He's fun. Like, everyone loves him. He's so cute and tiny. Like, oh, he's so tiny. So basically what's wrong with Ace is he's worried about everyone else besides his motherfucking self. He is in everyone's business. He is so jealous of Jeremiah, clearly, because he kicked him off the show and I know was the ringleader of that. Him and Nick turned on him, which is so up because Jeremiah was the only guy in the house that actually was having connections. And he has had a vibe with Adriana and Ace. That little boy. That little boy, even though he loves Shelly so Much. He got jealous, and he didn't want to see Jeremiah with Adriana, so they voted him off, which is so up because Jeremiah was the only one doing the thing that he was supposed to. Hey, Ace, how about your boy Taylor? He hasn't tried a new connection with anyone else. He is just staying with Alondria, so. You know what? You are a hypocrite. And he's just involved with everyone. He's obsessed with Amaya. He hates her so much for no reason when she's the cutest, sweetest, most adorable little fairy princess, and he hates her, and he keeps being like, she should have been voted off. The thing about Ace, all he cares about is the drama. And, like, he doesn't care about anything to do with actual finding love. He's a. He's a monster.
Josh Richards
He seems like he's like shitster. Like, everything I've seen from him, it seems like he's just there to, like, kind of, like, start something. Like, he's always, like, throwing in one line that he knows is just gonna get people going.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah, he's. He's just like, a little. He's a little motherfucker. And his feet don't touch the ground on the couch. Did you see that?
Josh Richards
No, I didn't see that part.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah, let your feet hit the floor, boy. Before you start talking about my girl Amaya again, like, I don't understand it. And Amaya, I. My heart was broken. So you're not really caught up to speed, probably on Amaya, but she came in and everyone kind of, like, wasn't vibing with her at first, and Ace made everyone believe that she's unlikable. And for some reason, she's just, like. She's a very touchy, lovey person. And she had this connection with Austin. Do you know Austin?
Josh Richards
Yeah, the one that, like, kind of looks. Everyone says looks like Bryce.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's just kind of sounds, like, like, really crazy like that. Yeah, he sounds insane. I don't know how to feel about Austin. Like, I like him and I hate him. I like him and I hate him. But he had. Has a connection, or he's in a couple before casa with Amaya, and Amaya like, asked him, did it make you feel uncomfortable in any way? Like, because she was kind of, like, all over him and he was like, no, I'm not feeling uncomfortable at all. And she was like, oh, great. So she felt really good about their connection. Then, like, the literal next conversation, he walks away and goes and talks to Ace or one of the other guys and is like, she made me feel so uncomfortable. Like she's too all this crazy. So he's just going, poor Amaya is just getting on for no reason. And Anasa, she didn't get picked and it broke my, my heart. See, she. She doesn't know how much everyone.
Josh Richards
Amaya. Amaya is the one that has kind of like the curly hair, green eyes.
Dave Portnoy
Yes. Amaya Papaya.
Josh Richards
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. Yeah. I was shocked she didn't get picked.
Dave Portnoy
I shocked.
Josh Richards
I was looking around Gabby and I was like, what. What are these guys doing?
Dave Portnoy
I know. And she's so lovable and sweet. Like, she's like just a ray of sunshine. Yeah. I don't know. This season, the fact that Jeremiah, they let Jeremiah leave the show. I've seen people up, up in arms, very mad. They don't even want to watch Love island anymore.
Josh Richards
Ah. I mean, I get it. I get it. I feel like, I feel like it's also hard comparing questionably the best season. Not questionably the best season of Love island ever was the last season.
Dave Portnoy
And then we're trying Love island usa.
Josh Richards
Yeah, sure. Of Love island usa. And then we're trying to compare that to this season.
Dave Portnoy
Hard to beat.
Josh Richards
It's a tough. It's a tough go. It's tough to be like, hey, can that in this one match up? I don't know. I don't know if it's going to be a while, I think until they get one as good as the last one.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah. But this one is like everyone is freaking out about it and watching it. And who was the really.
Josh Richards
The nice, sweet guy that got kicked off? That wasn't Jeremiah.
Dave Portnoy
Oh my God. What was his name? Daniel Jaylen. Oh, Jalen. Jaylen Jaylin. He got his passport for the show.
Josh Richards
Yep. Jalen Jayla. I don't understand. He seems like the nicest guy, but girls, I guess, don't really want nice guys.
Dave Portnoy
I do not know what these girls are seeing in like. But they, but there's the thing. There's not really much to pick from. If I were to pick one, it would be Nick. Yeah, man. They call him White Chocolate Nick.
Josh Richards
Nick's. He's a good looking fella. Him and Blake know each other. Like my roommate, Blake Gray. Yeah.
Dave Portnoy
Oh, wow. He's just so funny. He cracks me up. You just want to go hang out with Nick and he seem him and his girl are. Are probably the strongest connection. I think if anything they may, they may last.
Josh Richards
All right.
Dave Portnoy
Through casa. That's my predictions let's see. I guess we'll fucking see.
Josh Richards
Yeah.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah.
Josh Richards
Episode every night.
Dave Portnoy
It's too much. You know what? You have to commit your whole life to this.
Josh Richards
The last one wasn't every night, right?
Dave Portnoy
I. Yeah, I think it was. It's like every night. Besides two days of the week, I think.
Josh Richards
Gosh, it didn't feel like last one was every night, but I guess so.
Dave Portnoy
Like, if you're not caught up now, you can't really catch up. You just have to jump in where you're at.
Josh Richards
Yeah. You have to watch five episodes a day.
Dave Portnoy
You can also just like watch it on TikTok. You. Everything is posted on TikTok. You don't really need to watch.
Josh Richards
Yeah. Get all the highlights. Fair enough.
Dave Portnoy
The highlight, bro.
Josh Richards
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Dave Portnoy
Well, Justin Bieber's crashing out.
Josh Richards
J. Yeah, Yeah. I mean, he's standing on business. You're not clocking it. You're not clocking the business he's standing on. You're not standing on clocks.
Dave Portnoy
You're not standing on this business that I'm clocking right here. You're just not understanding what's going through that brain.
Josh Richards
You just don't know what time it is.
Dave Portnoy
I'm a father and a husband.
Josh Richards
And a husband and you're on my sidewalk.
Dave Portnoy
With you, it was giving the weekend.
Josh Richards
Yeah, it was. I've gotta go on tour.
Dave Portnoy
I gotta go on tour.
Josh Richards
Shut up.
Dave Portnoy
I'm standing on business.
Josh Richards
You're not clocking it right now. You're not clocking the business I'm standing on. And I'm a father. You're on the sidewalk and I have a literal wife.
Dave Portnoy
That means it makes me a husband.
Josh Richards
That's my car.
Dave Portnoy
Oh, my God. What is wrong with him?
Josh Richards
I don't know. It's an awesome video, though. It's got to be.
Dave Portnoy
Oh, it's incredible.
Josh Richards
Got to be a top five paparazzi video from jb.
Dave Portnoy
All the, like, all the videos that people are making, like, remaking of it are cracking me the hell up.
Josh Richards
And I kind of love how he's just reposting them.
Dave Portnoy
I know.
Josh Richards
It's kind of.
Dave Portnoy
I just kind of want him to be single. I think I just need him. Like, because you, like, you can't crash out like that when you have a wife and you're embarrassing her and you have a kid, but just, like, do it to yourself. But I think maybe they are getting a divorce. She's walking around with no. No ring finger. Yeah, there was finger right off.
Josh Richards
Yep. She. She got no finger. Yeah, she took the ring off, which is crazy. Which is crazy.
Dave Portnoy
Insane. And she, like. Did you see these videos in the paparazzi, she made it known to put that left hand up. She wanted that hand for photographed.
Josh Richards
Jeez, girl.
Dave Portnoy
Wow. I haven't slept in a while, Jay.
Josh Richards
No kidding. Well. Well, yeah. I mean, he started posting, like, little, like, memes, kind of, like, I guess, sub tweeting her. Like, with the. With the. Like, I have anxiety. Like, all the different, like, meme posts. He was throwing up.
Dave Portnoy
If you're giving me the silent treatment, at least tell me why.
Josh Richards
Like, it's crazy.
Dave Portnoy
It is so crazy. Just text your wife. Call her.
Josh Richards
Yeah.
Dave Portnoy
Visit her in real person time.
Josh Richards
Just give her a call.
Dave Portnoy
Like, it is so crazy. I'm. I'm just, like, for Haley's sake, I really hope she's just divorced as this man. Ah.
Josh Richards
I root for love, So I hope this isn't love.
Dave Portnoy
This. She doesn't. She doesn't love her correctly. Well, I hope she deserves real love.
Josh Richards
I hope whatever they both need, they get.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah. He needs to stand on business, and.
Josh Richards
He'S been standing on business. We know this. You're obviously just not clocking it, Bri.
Dave Portnoy
Damn. Yeah, I didn't clock that.
Josh Richards
You're just not clocking it.
Dave Portnoy
Not clocking it. Yeah. I don't know. Who knows what the hell's going on with them? And who knows? Maybe it would. Would you ever think, hey, maybe it's all a big PR thing.
Josh Richards
They got married for a PR thing.
Dave Portnoy
No, no, no, no. I mean, that's still up in the air. A lot of people think, but, like, all of this shit after, like, her walking around with the no wedding ring. Like do you think this is to make her become more likable and to get her brands? Like this is the first time any of the media has ever shown her love. Do you think she's kind of. Maybe her PR team's making her role with it. Maybe Justin's playing into it and she's just going to become billionaire, billionaire, billionaire.
Josh Richards
So it's like, hey hubby, can you make yourself look not great online?
Dave Portnoy
No, I.
Josh Richards
So that I can look like. I don't know if they would have.
Dave Portnoy
I'm not saying it like that. I think he's already a crash out and he is like that. But she's feeding like she's leaning into it. More like she's going to be seen without her wedding ring. Even if they're not not getting divorced. She stinks away. She's like kind of making all these little jabs at it with social media videos. I don't know. It is working in her favor.
Josh Richards
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean I always thought it was weird to a degree how much hate that like Haley got for no reason. Because like, I mean, not right now. It's a bad example right now. But you know, there's people like that get in between relationships all the time and people love them. Like Sabrina Carpenter.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah.
Josh Richards
She like now is not a good example of that because right now she's going through some heat with her album cover in a couple of the posts she's put out. But at a time like you know, half of her songs were about like the stuff going on with Olivia Rodrigo or like I think the stuff of Shawn Mendes as well. Like she was getting in between and people were like, let's go Sabrina. So I don't know to me choose who they hate.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah.
Josh Richards
It's so, it's so strange that like a woman that's just like with a man that she loves and wants to have a baby in a family with is getting hate because she's the one that got the man.
Dave Portnoy
Like I know. And he's the crash out and he doesn't get any of the hate.
Josh Richards
Yeah.
Dave Portnoy
Cuz he's jb and because she's a woman, it's. It's so fucked. We see it happen every day.
Josh Richards
I don't know, I feel like if you went back in time in clips on BFFs, I'm sure I said before Haley was getting any love that it was like this is kind of weird that she gets hate. I'm. I think you can quote me on that. I think you can quote me on that. I think it's pretty awesome how often we defend people when they're going against the. Like, the public's against them.
Dave Portnoy
And then.
Josh Richards
And then it's like, you know, four months later, everyone loves them and we're just like, well, yep.
Dave Portnoy
Or we call out people. We always call out people that people love and then it comes out that they were.
Josh Richards
And we always get on. We always get on so early for it. Everyone's like, yo, these guys, of course they would like them. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And then it's like, well, now you.
Dave Portnoy
Like them, so you like them.
Josh Richards
What do we do here?
Dave Portnoy
What are we, psychics? I don't fucking know.
Josh Richards
I do.
Dave Portnoy
Standing up business is what we're doing.
Josh Richards
Yeah, they're just not clocking it. Yeah, the audience just isn't clocking it at all.
Dave Portnoy
Ride with us. These opinions, they. They stand the test of time.
Josh Richards
They do stand the test of time. But what didn't stand the test of time is the cancel podcast. Do you like that transition? Do you like that transition? That was a good transition. Canceled podcast is getting canceled. Brooke and Tana announced that their contract is up this fall, by the way. Contract. What do they mean by this? Aren't they just friends doing a podcast? Like, isn't it.
Dave Portnoy
I don't know. Maybe.
Josh Richards
Do they have. Do they have it at like, iheartradio or like, like, do they have it out of place or do they just do their own podcast?
Dave Portnoy
I think they do it. I think they just do it on their own. But maybe it's like, like ads contractually.
Josh Richards
Okay, there we go. There we go. I was like, contract, like, with each other. They made a contract with each other to do the show. But that makes a lot. That makes a lot more sense. Brie, you're definitely right. It's 100 to do with ad reads. They both claimed they just are not feeling at peace and cancel just prohibiting them from feeling that. Both said they do not really want to talk about drama anymore. That's the biggest shocker in all of this. They also said they want to just be friends and not have to do the podcast together because it negatively affects their friendship. And they always seem to have a different take from each other. Seems like a good thing for a podcast. Tana has also commented on several tick tocks defending her and Brooks friendship as many fans think they don't like each other anymore. Brooke has commented that they hate that the podcast every week is just the hate that. What? That they hate that the Podcast every week is just too difficult to deal with. Yeah, I guess Brooke was saying like she got thousands of hate comment. Like they would get thousands of hate comments from doing the podcast. So like, you know, it was a hard thing to continue to do.
Dave Portnoy
They said literally why we ended Plan Bray. It was just hate comments and it was not fun anymore. And then you just like learn to hate it. And so I mean I totally get that part where it's like it's not enjoyable anymore.
Josh Richards
I, I think it just depends where you look. I mean, I don't know about them, but anytime I ever saw a clipped about the canceled podcast or it seemed like it was mostly love.
Dave Portnoy
Well, I think they genuinely do hate each other. Like they don't seem like they actually like each other outside of having. I mean they don't even seem like they like each other on the podcast.
Josh Richards
Damn. Okay, I don't, I don't really watch a lot of the podcasts. You know, I get a clip here and there.
Dave Portnoy
I mean I do only see clips, but it is them always disagreeing or it's like the jorts gate was crazy or it just seems like.
Josh Richards
Yeah, I don't even know. I don't know about that. I've heard of it.
Dave Portnoy
But just it's probably a good thing that they're ending this like for their mental health. It just doesn't seem beneficial for anyone besides making money.
Josh Richards
Fair. Fair. I mean I, I was going to say there's. To me it seems crazy that it's just about hate because I feel like so many people enjoyed it. Obviously the tour was a success, so you have people that ride for it and at the same time it's like what, what podcast with social media influencers on it doesn't get hate for sure.
Dave Portnoy
I mean they, I mean they definitely have so many fans that love it and their, their canceled tours are always sold out. But the like unfortunate thing is online hate is always louder than like the people that actually watch it or love it. So if you're just consistently seeing the people that hate it or the negative things, it just kind of turns into a negative thing for your mental health.
Josh Richards
I guess that's just, that's just a personal thing at that point. Right? That's just like how much can you deal with or like what can you stop or look away from or like not, not tune into. But yeah, I get that.
Dave Portnoy
I feel bad for the die hard canceled fans cuz like the haters take took it away for them.
Josh Richards
Yeah, yeah.
Dave Portnoy
And the people that wrote for them so, yeah, it sucks either way you look at it. It's like you keep doing it out of the sake of. For your own mental health or you. You quit and, like, you kind of let your fans down, but at the end of the day, you got to take care of yourself. Hot. Hot mess. Alex rebrand. Yup, a hot mess. Instagram post 3 photo series hinting at a rebrand. A hot mess. Summer says stay tuned. Vlogcast. Bpd.
Josh Richards
Btbp.
Dave Portnoy
Oh, what's that mean?
Josh Richards
Bring the.
Dave Portnoy
Bit the bitch penis. Be the. Be the bigger person. Being the bigger person. Ooh, I'm literally so smart. Clock that T. Because she's not going to say anything about Alex. Alex Cooper. It's not good for her brand. So she's going to be the bigger person.
Josh Richards
She's standing on business.
Dave Portnoy
She's going to keep it locked away until maybe she needs to drop it on a Hulu series or something.
Josh Richards
Yeah, until she has to do her Hulu doc.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah. Excited to see that.
Josh Richards
Yeah. Well, good for Alex. Hell yeah. Justin Balduni. There's no way that's his last name, right? Is that how you say it? Balduni?
Dave Portnoy
Yeah, same ship. Baldani.
Peyton
Baldoni. Justin Baldoni. It's spelled wrong on there by accident. My bad.
Josh Richards
All right, so this isn't on me, guys. Can we put in how it was spelled, please? Because that's baldoony. That's what that is. Baldoni. Baldoni. Team granted access to the Taylor Swift and Blake Lively text. A judge ruled that Justin's team can now access certain private texts between Taylor Swift and Blake Lively. The judge explained, given that Lively has represented that Swift had knowledge of complaints or discussions about the working environment on the film, among other issues. The request for messages with Swift regarding the film and this action are reasonably tailored to discover information that would prove or disprove Lively's harassment and retaliation claims. I'm just going to say I want.
Dave Portnoy
To read that really well.
Josh Richards
I felt like I read that really well.
Dave Portnoy
Good job. Big words.
Josh Richards
I was just saying I felt like I. I didn't even stutter. That was quite impressive.
Dave Portnoy
Wow, you can read. How old are you? 23. Do you think that they're going to let us read these? Because I want to read them.
Josh Richards
The text.
Dave Portnoy
Yes, we. Public knowledge. I want to see what these.
Josh Richards
I don't know. How does that work? If it gets submitted into a case like this? Like, does it become. Does it become public? Yeah, that's what I'm wondering.
Peyton
Supposed to not be, but, like, there's no way that Something like this is.
Josh Richards
Doesn't get leaked.
Peyton
Yeah, like we're gonna be able to read this. That's my professional opinion.
Dave Portnoy
Oh, I hope we could scroll up and see if. If Blake was really picking out Taylor Swift outfit to try to sabotage her.
Josh Richards
Nice. All right, well, I guess we'll see what happens here.
Dave Portnoy
Scroll up, screen, record and post, please. On what website would you even find those? On the dark web, Probably Twitter. Oh. So the dark web, you have to redownload.
Josh Richards
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Dave Portnoy
Josh, you know anything about Karen Reed?
Josh Richards
No, I don't.
Dave Portnoy
Let's go. She's friggin free. She's not guilty. This is awesome. As a Massachusetts lady.
Josh Richards
Okay, so part of my ignorance, but it says Karen Reed found not guilty of second degree murder, manslaughter while operating under the influence and Influence. So she was operating a vehicle under the influence, killed somebody, and is leaving this. And she left the scene of the accident as well.
Dave Portnoy
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. You're acting like she. She. She didn't get acquitted, my boy. She. She didn't do any of this. Well, not guilty.
Josh Richards
She was found not guilty of the manslaughter and murder. She was still found guilty of operating under the influence.
Dave Portnoy
How do we know? God forbid. She had one martini in the snow.
Josh Richards
Okay, so it doesn't matter.
Dave Portnoy
She didn't murder her. Her boyfriend.
Josh Richards
Well.
Dave Portnoy
She didn't. She got. She's. It's free. She's free. Karen Reed.
Josh Richards
No, but I'm. I'm. I'm just confused because she did do all those things, but they.
Dave Portnoy
No, she was found not guilty of second degree murder. Manslaughter will operate. She's found not guilty of all of this.
Josh Richards
And so then how did her. It. Was it her husband or her boyfriend? Yeah, because. Because when I read this, it seems like. And this is why I was so confused, because it seems like she's just fudgeing rock and roll, finger blasting after she, like, got out on a case of having killed somebody and just got lesser charges and was like, she got frame. And then you did it.
Dave Portnoy
And I was like, you have no idea about fkr.
Josh Richards
I don't. I don't. I have no idea about this. That's why I was like, what's going on, Peyton?
Dave Portnoy
Explain it. Okay.
Peyton
In the simplest of terms, Josh. There was this woman, Karen Reed. How have you not heard about this? Also, I know.
Dave Portnoy
What.
Josh Richards
I don't. I don't.
Dave Portnoy
I don't like, watch the biggest thing ever.
Peyton
Murdering her cop boyfriend. Her Boston police officer boyfriend. So that was like the biggest case in Massachusetts.
Josh Richards
Of course, 100%.
Peyton
But this has been going on for what, how many months? Like a long time?
Dave Portnoy
Like, feel like, well, this is her second. It's the second trial is a mistrial.
Peyton
Okay.
Josh Richards
Okay. Because I, like, I'm. I have the name, like, Karen Reid in my head. I feel like I've heard this before.
Dave Portnoy
But going on for years.
Josh Richards
Okay.
Peyton
And. But she was found not guilty and she. The only thing she was charged with was dui.
Dave Portnoy
He.
Josh Richards
The.
Peyton
I mean, I'm gonna get into my conspiracy theories.
Dave Portnoy
What are your conspiracy.
Peyton
I mean, she was framed by the.
Dave Portnoy
The cops. Yeah.
Peyton
The cops framed her.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah.
Peyton
And killed their friend. Their cop friend.
Dave Portnoy
And Josh, one of the people, like, you have to watch that. You and Gabby actually really need to watch the documentary. Like, the shit. It's. It's a Family Guy episode. Just about like, the accents and the people on the stand. So they're like, they're texting about Karen Reid's butthole. They call it like, this is a Family Guy episode. It, like, it sounds like it, but it's real.
Josh Richards
Okay.
Dave Portnoy
And it's like they talk about her butthole and they call it like a loose balloon, a brown balloon bubble. And the lady, she googled, the other lady that, like, is in Conspiracy, allegedly that framed Karen, she googled that night. How long does, like, how long until a body dies in the cold at like three in the morning? And they ask the lady that on stand, she goes, I don't know. I can't read. And then the Other one. She called the other guy like 15 times. Times. 15, 15 times. And they're asking on the stand, like, why were you calling this number so many times that night? She was like, butt dial. Oh, no. Butt dial. 15 times. Like, it's the craziest. You have to watch it. And they like all smashed their SIM cards. They had a dog, but they got rid of it and put cement in the pool. Like this guy supposedly got hit by. Hit by the car. Murdered. But like there's just a little scrape on the tail light. It's crazy. You gotta watch it.
Josh Richards
Oh, my goodness.
Dave Portnoy
So this is the war runs deep.
Josh Richards
Yeah. This is all so they'll never find out who actually killed her husband.
Dave Portnoy
Well, that's the thing. Now it's like Karen Reed's free, but it's like just justice for Brendan o' Keefe because people still don't know who murdered him. And like no one's being charged with that. She's just being found non guilty. And then there's like all of these conspiracies and these people that were all there at the time of his murder. And like clearly something so dark happened, but they can't get to the bottom of it. And it's a bunch of corrupt cops, so it's like they're hiding so much.
Josh Richards
Yeah, and they're gonna know. They're gonna hide it better than anyone else. Yeah, they're gonna.
Dave Portnoy
But I know it's fkr.
Josh Richards
Gosh. I mean, hell yeah. Rock and roll. Finger blasts all the way. Then Karen Reed. Let's go.
Dave Portnoy
Let's go.
Josh Richards
Free up. Her lawyer was standing on business.
Dave Portnoy
Oh, yeah, for real? He got that? Oh, he clocked that a while ago.
Josh Richards
Was clocking that.
Dave Portnoy
Nick Cannon can't clock anything. He can't name all of his kids.
Josh Richards
No, I mean, forgetting 2 of 12 of your kids names, brother, that's like nearly 20% of your kids.
Dave Portnoy
That's a b. Can we watch this? I want to see it. Zinn. He named one of his kids Zinn. In legendary zillion power. Powerful golden power. And powerful. And Zinn legendary.
Josh Richards
It's crazy. Damn, that's brutal.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah. Damn. Imagine being one of those two kids watching that. Just right there on the tip.
Josh Richards
Come on, dad, please.
Dave Portnoy
Name me majesty. You know it's me magic.
Josh Richards
Come on. Come on.
Dave Portnoy
Miracle.
Josh Richards
I'm court jester. Gosh, that's too bad. Well, hopefully he gets to all 12. Maybe, you know, pull out some cue cards.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah.
Josh Richards
Start.
Dave Portnoy
You should get them tattooed on his hands.
Josh Richards
Start. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because Then he. If you put them on the inside of each finger, he could count them out, you know what I'm saying? But pretend. Pretend he could be like Josh, you know what I'm saying? And have them written and already be doing the finger before and look like he's really good at counting. Nice.
Dave Portnoy
That's actually really smart.
Josh Richards
Yeah, it is.
Dave Portnoy
Damn. Benson Boone. You see this, Jay?
Josh Richards
Yeah. New album. Apparently it's not great is what the people are saying.
Dave Portnoy
They're saying really bad, horrible, terrible things about this, this man's poor album.
Josh Richards
Yep. This is one of them.
Dave Portnoy
Gotten really bad reviews.
Josh Richards
Oh, a front flip to the middle of the road. Benson Boone can't land the backflip. That's what people are saying. Benson Boone's flair can't make up for the fact that his songs aren't good and that he lacks a unique point of view. Oh, my gosh. That one wasn't even clever. That was just me. There was no pun even included in that one.
Dave Portnoy
Oh, my God. In American Heart, Benson Boone's music still isn't half as much fun as his image. Some people who are supporters of the album say that it doesn't make sense that everyone is making fun of Moonbeam Ice Cream, but when Harry Styles wrote Watermelon Sugar, everyone loved it.
Josh Richards
Yeah, Moonbeam Ice Cream does kind of remind me of Watermelon Sugar, I will.
Dave Portnoy
Say that, but Watermelon Sugar. Hi.
Josh Richards
I haven't listened to this whole album.
Dave Portnoy
I haven't either. I wonder if it's actually super trash or if it's just another one of those things. Hate Train.
Josh Richards
Yeah. I don't know. We'll have to do a little. We'll have to do a little listening party.
Dave Portnoy
Front flip to the middle of the road is bizarre.
Josh Richards
Yeah. Yeah. That's bad.
Dave Portnoy
Oh, my God. They couldn't even hit him with a back flip. They had to throw in the front flip.
Josh Richards
Yeah. Yeah.
Dave Portnoy
Oh, my. Too badness.
Josh Richards
Too bad. Talking about album covers, Sabrina Carpenter is facing a lot of backlash for her new album cover. Just kind of getting pulled around like a dog.
Dave Portnoy
Who doesn't want to get pulled around like a dog once in a while? Why is everyone so mad about this?
Josh Richards
I guess it's, you know, misogynistics, demeaning towards women. That's kind of the whole thing.
Dave Portnoy
But is it? If she made it and she did it and she's paying that man, she's the COVID She's like, that guy's a paid actor. This is her art. This is her thing. She's just Bit like. I just don't get it.
Josh Richards
Yeah, I think there's a couple photos. I don't think that's the only one. There was another one too that was pretty. People didn't like where she was lying in the grass with like the sprinklers going because it's kind of like, it's, it's. People are saying it's a copy from this movie because it's like the exact same shot that's from this movie. And I forget what the movie is called, so bear with me. But it's essentially a film. It's a film about this young girl. I think she's like 12 years old or 11 years old. And this like 40 year old man keeps thinking that this young girl is like trying to seduce him. And so he marries, he marries the mom to get closer to the daughter. So she. There's like one scene in that movie where she's like outside reading or something like that on the lawn and the sprinklers like going and getting her dress all wet. You know what I mean?
Dave Portnoy
Oh, so people think.
Josh Richards
So Sabrina did that exact same photo. So people were like, why are you. This is like weird. Like this was like a movie that was like this old guy creeping on a young girl. So I think it was just like. It's the combination of a couple of these photos.
Dave Portnoy
There's a bunch. Okay.
Josh Richards
Yeah, yeah, yeah. People are getting upset about.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah, I mean, I could see that and I could totally see how people are like this, this cover isn't empowering to women. But it's like, why does it like. It's just, it's like a sexual cover. I mean her, she's a pretty sexual person. Her songs are very sexual.
Josh Richards
She does sex positions on, on a stage.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah. Why are we surprised that it's like a scandalous picture.
Josh Richards
Yeah. This is, I don't know, her thing.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah. I don't know what, what people, they want her to be like Rosie the Riveteer also.
Josh Richards
I don't know. Yeah, because like rappers are so explicit. Like female rappers are talking about like, fuck me and my coochie and shit like that. Like, it doesn't get much. You know what I mean? It doesn't.
Dave Portnoy
Why is she getting so much hate? She was never a martyr for like female empowerment. She has kind of been like a pop star for being sexual and sexy and like being very involved in men. That's like her, that's what she does in her music.
Josh Richards
Yeah.
Dave Portnoy
So why are we surprised in. It's not a bad thing. This is just like. That's. That's her Lane. She's like a sexual person.
Josh Richards
Yeah.
Dave Portnoy
Oh, did you see this, Josh?
Josh Richards
I did, because I just looked at the sheet.
Dave Portnoy
Billie Eilish is dating that wolf.
Josh Richards
Is that a girl?
Dave Portnoy
No.
Peyton
Oh, my God. He's not gonna know who it is.
Dave Portnoy
He's not gonna know.
Peyton
You don't know?
Josh Richards
Is that.
Peyton
You don't know.
Dave Portnoy
Do you even remember the Naked Brothers Band? No, really dead ass serious.
Josh Richards
I'm really, really dead ass serious.
Dave Portnoy
You don't even know, like, the name Naked Brothers Band? Damn, I feel so old.
Peyton
He's Canadian, though.
Dave Portnoy
They watch Nickelodeon, though.
Josh Richards
What does that mean?
Peyton
Well, do you know? I mean, it was a US Band.
Josh Richards
Yeah, but that doesn't mean, like, what, the music isn't gonna travel all the way to Canada?
Peyton
I was just giving you the benefit of the doubt. Cause this is. I'm not that much older than him, and I know the Naked Brother Band.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah, that's true.
Josh Richards
What. What's. What do they sing?
Dave Portnoy
I mean, the Naked Brothers. It's just the Naked Brothers Band. It was Nat Wolf and Alex Wolf, and they had this show, and they were just the Naked Brothers Band. And they would. It was.
Josh Richards
The TV show was called Naked Brothers Band.
Dave Portnoy
I don't know what the TV show was called. Naked Brothers Band. Yeah. And they had the word in this, like, sick house or the sick apartment, and they would just dance and sing and. Yeah.
Josh Richards
Wicked. Awesome. What's. What's he. What. What's he do now?
Dave Portnoy
They're both actors. You ever seen Hereditary?
Josh Richards
Oh, hell yeah. Okay. I know you're talking about.
Dave Portnoy
Or the Boston Marathon movie.
Josh Richards
Yeah, I know exactly who you're talking about.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah.
Josh Richards
Hereditary is what did it. There we go. So he's with Billie Eilish. Yeah, that makes sense to me. That makes so much sense to me.
Dave Portnoy
I like this. They've been friends for a while.
Josh Richards
Like, the relationship just makes sense.
Dave Portnoy
In my head, there was video of them smooching.
Josh Richards
Like, just a light smooch or a Love island smooch.
Dave Portnoy
A lovely smooch, I would say. Oh, like, not a gross smooch.
Josh Richards
All right.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah. Good for them. Happy, loving. If anything, actually selfishly, I'm like, Billie makes really good sad music, but maybe she makes even better, happier music. Like, I'm really happy that she's. That she's happy.
Josh Richards
Yeah. Let's get a little happy album.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah, I love me some Billy.
Josh Richards
I don't mind that.
Dave Portnoy
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Josh Richards
Hmm. Freaky.
Dave Portnoy
I like that for Sza. She's just, you know, she's just looking around and she's observing and she's keeping it to herself, and she's clocking that tee. And if she ever needs to use it, she's got it in the back pocket.
Josh Richards
She's got it in the back pocket. Yep. Yep. What's the weirdest thing you did as a kid?
Dave Portnoy
Probably pee standing up until I was, like, nine. What about you?
Josh Richards
Pants on. Like you just mean, like, you'd go where you'd go or you pee my pants.
Dave Portnoy
I would just.
Josh Richards
You just.
Dave Portnoy
I thought. Yeah. Well, I thought I was genetically. Did I. The genetic lesbian thing.
Josh Richards
You thought you were a genetic lesbian?
Dave Portnoy
I thought I was genetically a lesbian because my sister is a lesbian, and.
Josh Richards
Lesbians pee standing up.
Dave Portnoy
I had. I was a kid, so keep in mind, I was a kid, but I had it all confused. I thought. Yeah. So I thought I was genetically a lesbian. I wore boxers until I was 10. I stood up standing up, peeing. How.
Josh Richards
How do you even do that?
Dave Portnoy
It was a mess.
Josh Richards
No kidding.
Dave Portnoy
Fucking mess. Yeah. Just a kid splish, splashing all over the toilet. Put the seat up and everything. Yeah. My dad had to sit me down. Literally be like, sit down and pee.
Josh Richards
Sit down and pee.
Dave Portnoy
Then I was like, dude, what are you talking about?
Josh Richards
I'm genetically lesbian.
Dave Portnoy
But it was my dad's fault.
Josh Richards
This is how you genetically pee when you're a lesbian.
Dave Portnoy
I was his fourth daughter, so he raised me to be an animal, like a boy. And then I thought I was a genetic lesbian, and then it was like, a whole thing. Yeah.
Josh Richards
I mean, imagine, like, going into the bathroom after you and being like, what the fuck? How did she pee all over the toilet seat? This doesn't even make any sense.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah, dad was real. Pops was confused, man.
Josh Richards
No, Pops confused.
Dave Portnoy
But he gave me the talk. I didn't get the birds and bees talk. I just got the sit down while you pee talk. You're a lady.
Josh Richards
You don't. You don't pee standing up.
Dave Portnoy
Yep. Yeah. And then I retired. Cool party tricks here.
Josh Richards
Cool party trick.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah. What about you? What's the worst thing you ever did.
Josh Richards
As a kid, man? The weirdest thing I did as a kid. I don't know if I really did a lot of weird stuff or maybe I just didn't think it was weird.
Dave Portnoy
Oh, probably those tick tocks you got famous for.
Josh Richards
Yeah, sure, that works. I mean, that's like a teenager. I was thinking more like, you know, when I was, like, 8 or 9.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah. Did you eat anything, like, weird, like rocks or worms?
Josh Richards
Oh, like, I Guess like, you know, I ate a worm or two just to, like.
Dave Portnoy
Who didn't?
Josh Richards
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. On the. On the yard. Or, like, eat, like, a little, like, fish that you catch. Like a raw fish, like a minnow. Or like, a little, like, Joshua Block. But I don't know. I was, you know, six or seven when I did that.
Dave Portnoy
Maybe you were a dope kid.
Josh Richards
It's really cool, man. I don't know. I was just. I was just a. I was just.
Dave Portnoy
A cool cat smoking cigarettes on the block.
Josh Richards
I was just smoking cigs when I was 8 years old.
Dave Portnoy
Your white tank. Your white tank with, like, you're leaning up against the wall, but you're, like, six, smoking a cigarette. I'm picturing it. You have your big floppy hair. Yeah.
Josh Richards
It's not on, but it's like, Gavin's.
Dave Portnoy
Like, dude, what are you doing?
Josh Richards
Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, I didn't really. I don't think I really did anything too weird. I did choir. Oh, it's kind of weird. Dork.
Dave Portnoy
Loser.
Josh Richards
Yeah, I. I mean, the snakes. I brought the snakes back. Talked about that on the last episode.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah, but that's dope.
Josh Richards
Yeah, it's kind of cool. See, I tried to be weird and just ended up being cool.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah. Damn. Worked all out in your favor. Look at you now.
Josh Richards
Got a haircut on a. I Stuffed animals for a long time.
Dave Portnoy
Oh, okay.
Josh Richards
I'd stuffed animals. Probably past, like, eighth grade. Like, maybe till the end of eighth grade. Is that long?
Dave Portnoy
No, that's for a guy.
Josh Richards
That's got to be long for a guy. And I had, like, a lot. I had, like, nine.
Dave Portnoy
What kind? Like, Beanie Babies.
Josh Richards
They were just, like, different. Like, you know, like, dog stuffed animals. I had, like, a tiger. I had a black dog named Shadow. I had a brown one named Brownie.
Dave Portnoy
Oh, yeah. That's sweet. Yeah, I used to walk my snake.
Josh Richards
Oh.
Dave Portnoy
Mm. I just. I felt bad that she was in her cage, so I would bring her to the park.
Josh Richards
That's interesting.
Dave Portnoy
Like, that's sweet. Just, like, having animals. Your stuffed animals. Hot takes. Bethany Frankel is one of the most refreshing people on TikTok.
Josh Richards
I love Bethany Frankel.
Dave Portnoy
Oh, you were just with her.
Josh Richards
I was just with her.
Dave Portnoy
I saw you doing your supermodel walk.
Josh Richards
Yeah, we were doing supermodel walks and whatnot.
Dave Portnoy
How'd it go? Did you. Did. Were you supermodel approved?
Josh Richards
Yeah, I was. Did you watch the video?
Dave Portnoy
Yeah, tough watch.
Josh Richards
I looked incredible.
Dave Portnoy
Incredible.
Josh Richards
Of course. She always does, though. That's just, like, you know, given another Day.
Dave Portnoy
Another day in Gabby's life.
Josh Richards
Yep, another day. Gabby looks good, but.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah, you looked all right, though. It was a good walk. Yeah, it was a little crazy at the end.
Josh Richards
I was doing the robot. That was, like, my finishing move.
Dave Portnoy
Oh, you. Yeah. You were just trying to put your own pizzazz on it.
Josh Richards
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like a little. Little extra thing. You know how sometimes, like, the girls will do, like, a double turnaround or maybe they'll do, like, something. Mine's the robot. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Maybe they'll shimmy their tits or whatever. I was like, how about a robot?
Dave Portnoy
Yeah. Good job. Supermodel Bethany Frankel, I feel like, is. I see so many different takes in her. I feel like she's very polarizing. Like, some people love her to death and some people can't stop stand her.
Josh Richards
Yeah. Crazy. I mean, I think that's. Everyone that's has, like a loud personality, though, right?
Dave Portnoy
For sure.
Josh Richards
Like, if you. If you're. If you're somebody that's like a pretty vibrant person, there's going to be people that are attracted to that and then can't handle it. Just don't like it.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah.
Josh Richards
People that post about running. Oh, man.
Dave Portnoy
Sorry.
Josh Richards
People that post about running are filling an emotional void.
Dave Portnoy
I keep seeing people comment this on my videos.
Josh Richards
Yeah, you're not running.
Dave Portnoy
I am running.
Josh Richards
You post running videos?
Dave Portnoy
Yeah, I run now.
Josh Richards
What?
Dave Portnoy
Yeah. That's pretty awesome.
Josh Richards
You've been posting running videos.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah, I'm running.
Josh Richards
Are you. Are you joking me? Are you pranking me?
Dave Portnoy
No, I'm running and I quit vaping. I'm, like, doing pretty well.
Josh Richards
You're, like, healthy now.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah, I've been on a diet. Like, I'm, like, pretty much doing great, man.
Josh Richards
Whoa. Good for you, Bri.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah, thanks.
Josh Richards
That's crazy. How far are you running?
Dave Portnoy
Like, three miles max. But that's a lot for me. I went from nothing to something.
Josh Richards
That's fine. Don't let anyone tell you three miles isn't really that much.
Dave Portnoy
And I'm pretty fast. I'm doing it pretty fast.
Josh Richards
Yeah, like. Like under 25 minutes.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, not for three miles, but my pace for. For one mile is like. Like nine minutes for not running.
Josh Richards
That's in the.
Dave Portnoy
For three. That's like.
Josh Richards
That's for three. You're doing nine minutes for three miles.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah.
Josh Richards
Yeah, There we go.
Dave Portnoy
And I've been smoking since I was 16.
Josh Richards
Yeah.
Dave Portnoy
On the stick.
Josh Richards
Yeah. With a wife beater on.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah.
Josh Richards
Sitting up against the corner.
Dave Portnoy
All over this myself.
Josh Richards
Standing up, pissing.
Dave Portnoy
Pissing all over myself, smoking cigars since I was a kid.
Josh Richards
Yeah.
Dave Portnoy
Now look at me. I'm running across.
Josh Richards
Didn't know how to piss a few years ago and now you're running three miles.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah, not pissing on myself no more.
Josh Richards
Well, congratulations.
Dave Portnoy
Thanks. But I do keep seeing this. That people are. People say that if you. If you start running, they're like, if your friend starts warrant running, you should be worried about them. What is this? What do you. What is this?
Josh Richards
Maybe. Maybe that's just cuz lazy people want to feel okay about not running.
Peyton
Well, I only run when I'm in dark hell in my head, so.
Josh Richards
Yikes. That run.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah. Yeah.
Peyton
Like, I feel like I went for.
Josh Richards
A run this morning.
Dave Portnoy
Feel something.
Josh Richards
I feel great.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah, well, you have a hot girlfriend, you got a haircut, you're rich. You have nothing to complain about, buddy.
Josh Richards
You're right. My life's awesome.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah. Yeah. I'm just running because I'm fat. So I'm just really trying to fix that one. That's just my truth.
Josh Richards
There we go. There we go. Yeah. Speak your truth. Speak your truth.
Dave Portnoy
Thank you.
Josh Richards
I like that. Well, Taylor Swift fans are the new Disney adults off.
Dave Portnoy
I love Disney and Taylor, so. Actually, you're probably right.
Josh Richards
Just prove the point for him. That's funny. I don't hate Huda. Let's hate on Jeremiah's love bombing off. Yeah. So Huda gets a lot of hate near like now in the show, right? Like a lot of people don't like her anymore.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah, I don't think. Yeah, she's. She doesn't take accountability for anything. She's just.
Josh Richards
Because. But she's a mommy.
Dave Portnoy
Mamacita.
Josh Richards
I'm a mummy.
Dave Portnoy
No, like Mama Sita. Like, of what? What do you. Mommy of?
Josh Richards
Of what? That's so awesome.
Dave Portnoy
Oh, that's so great.
Josh Richards
I thought both of their reactions cracked me up. Jeremiah being like, I can't even look at you. I can't even look at you. Like, what?
Dave Portnoy
She's just a mom.
Josh Richards
What do you mean you can't look at her? She's not Medusa.
Dave Portnoy
Like, I just don't know why she made it such a big deal.
Josh Richards
I know she sounded like she was about to be like. Like, like she made it seem like she was about to be like, I'm an A. I have stage four cancer. Like, it was such a huge. And she was like, I hate. Ugh. I hate talking about this. It's so hard to say.
Dave Portnoy
You have a kid, that kid's gotta feel like.
Josh Richards
Wait, what the. What the you hate talking about me. What? That kid's got to feel terrible back at home.
Dave Portnoy
Terrible. Yeah. Poor baby.
Josh Richards
Poor.
Dave Portnoy
Everyone's thinking it's hood as redemption arc right now.
Josh Richards
Hell, yeah. I'm down for a redemption arc for a single mother. Let's run it.
Dave Portnoy
Let's run it. Give her some money for her baby.
Josh Richards
Yeah. Team single mother. All right. The producers of Love island are behind who keeps getting sent home.
Dave Portnoy
I actually agree with this.
Josh Richards
You think they're the ones that are, like, being like, hey, everyone, vote this person off.
Dave Portnoy
I don't know, but I'm more so why don't they let America, like, vote? Why? I hate how they're doing it the way they're doing it, making the islanders vote. Like, I know Ariana probably doesn't want that either. Like, Ariana.
Josh Richards
I think if they let the islanders vote, there's probably more drama that unfolds, right? Yeah. But there's a drama of like, oh, they voted for this person off.
Dave Portnoy
We've got the world dedicating an hour every day of their life to watching the show. Let them decide. They're the people watching it. I feel like the producers definitely have their hand in it more than we think. Maybe me. That's just me. That's just what I think. All right, guys, quick commercial break. The flavor of the summer is here, and it's the all new ghost energy iced tea lemonade. I love it. It's awes. It's bursting with lemonade and finishing with a smooth, sweet tea flavor. This can's perfect. Ride along all summer long. We'll be sipping it on the golf course, pickleball, the beach, wherever you are. This is the best flavor of the summer. And like all of the other ghost energy, it's fully transparent, natural caffeine, zero sugars, no artificial flavors, and 200 milligrams of natural caffeine. So you're not going to be feeling that weird, jittery feeling. You're just going to be feeling focused, locked in, ready to go. You're going to stand on business. Okay. And you're going to clock it. So it's now sold nationwide for a limited time only. Don't sleep on the epic new flavor we have, the iced tea lemonade. Make sure to check it out. Let's get back to the episode.
Josh Richards
Do we think that this year's cast will get as big as last year's? Like, the last? Like, with Rob and all of them? Because they're still out doing huge. You think so?
Dave Portnoy
At least some of them. I Mean, it depends on if actual love. Love connections form. I feel fair.
Josh Richards
Do you think that them getting bigger will make. Make the people from last season less big?
Dave Portnoy
I don't know, because they just came off with us. They just came out with their spin off show, so they're the first ones to. They got their own spin off show.
Josh Richards
The last cast, and the whole cast.
Dave Portnoy
Is on it, like, the main people.
Josh Richards
So who's that?
Peyton
Like, Janae, Aaron, Miguel, Leah, Kayla, Connor, Serena, Kenny, Liv, and Kendall. So I don't know why Cordell.
Dave Portnoy
Oh, my God. Aaron's on it.
Peyton
Yeah.
Dave Portnoy
Go. That's gonna be interesting.
Josh Richards
That will be cool.
Dave Portnoy
Okay. I'll eat that up, but, yeah, I don't know. We'll see if that flops or if that does. Well, I'm definitely gonna watch it. I love watching them, but I. I doubt, like, this season could ever be as big as the last season.
Josh Richards
Yeah, I just wonder. I mean, like, I saw Jalen, like, his first video after he left the island. It's like 2.8 million likes or something.
Dave Portnoy
He has, like, 2 million followers almost now.
Josh Richards
Yeah. Yeah. So, I mean, they're. The growth is there.
Dave Portnoy
The growth is definitely there.
Josh Richards
You want to read the last one?
Dave Portnoy
Brianna would have been the best Love island bombshell.
Josh Richards
There we go.
Dave Portnoy
Agree. But I would have had to wear a T shirt, so they wouldn't have let me on.
Josh Richards
That would be kind of iconic. Dude, you walk in and you're just in a T shirt. Like, an oversized T shirt. Yo, what's up? You got, like, slippers on.
Dave Portnoy
I. What? Like, I. I would do it if they would, because you have to approve all of your outfits and stuff. I am just so confused how the girls aren't, like, in oversized T shirts by the pool.
Josh Richards
Yeah.
Dave Portnoy
Probably because they don't want to be. When they're.
Josh Richards
I always wonder, like, do they, like, do they ever feel, like, a little bit uncomfortable when the camera angle is, like, in their. Like, how do these girls, like, when they're all walking in a straight line? Like, I know they gotta walk that line probably four or five times because they're getting so many different angles of the shot. Right? Like, is the cameraman like, all right, let's. Let's do another one. This time, if you feel my hot breath on your ass, just know that means we're close enough.
Dave Portnoy
Go like crazy. They have their skin, like, they just. It's too perfect. I don't understand. There's not one blemish they don't got. They don't even got a Stray pube. It's crazy.
Josh Richards
I mean, it's shocking.
Dave Portnoy
Their vagina lips are hanging out, though. Like, these girls are naked. The. The twerking competition.
Josh Richards
I didn't. I didn't watch. I didn't watch that one.
Dave Portnoy
It was bizarre. I was like, there's. There's vagina lips on the screen. This is bizarre.
Josh Richards
Yeah, that seems really intense.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah, it was. Yeah. You don't have to watch that.
Josh Richards
No, probably won't. We already. We're already past that episode anyway, so it'd be very weird if I was like, yo, Gabby, you want to go back and watch the twerking episode?
Dave Portnoy
Hey, this episode seems awesome, actually.
Josh Richards
Wait, it seems like there's a lot of drama going on in this episode. I think we need to watch it to know what's going on.
Dave Portnoy
The boys twerked too, though. It was funny.
Josh Richards
That's actually. Is kind of funny.
Dave Portnoy
BFFs corner.
Josh Richards
Bri quits vaping. She already talked about that.
Dave Portnoy
I want to go back right now. Right? Bad.
Josh Richards
Oh, well, you can't just brag about it and then go buy one.
Dave Portnoy
No, I'm just. I'm just being honest. This is the hardest thing I've ever done in my whole entire life. Hey, congratulations. I smoked a cigarette this weekend, but I know if I quit vaping, like, for good, I'm definitely gonna have an occasional drunk, drunk cigarette.
Josh Richards
Don't ever count me. Those don't count, though.
Dave Portnoy
Don't ever count.
Josh Richards
An occasional drunk cig is, like, way.
Dave Portnoy
Better than sucking a puff bar all day.
Josh Richards
Oh, night and day. Night and day.
Dave Portnoy
But all of you people out there, if I can do it, if I can stop, and if I can go on a run, you can do anything.
Josh Richards
How many times?
Dave Portnoy
The world is your oyster.
Josh Richards
I feel like I've heard this speech about you quitting, and then you say, if I can do it, though, anyone can do it. I think I've.
Dave Portnoy
No. I've only quit one other time in my life. Only quit one other time, and it was because I got a boob job or nose job.
Josh Richards
I think I've heard it, like, three times.
Dave Portnoy
No, I always say I want to quit, but I've never actually done it.
Josh Richards
I've heard the words of, I can do it, you can do it. From you about vaping more.
Dave Portnoy
There's no. Okay, replay it. I've never quit before.
Josh Richards
Get a replay going. Find the clips.
Dave Portnoy
Never had the willpower to quit.
Josh Richards
Find the clips. I swear to God.
Dave Portnoy
And the only reason I quit is it was against my willpowers. Because you. Because I had to go do that thing I did. And now I'm like, just. I stayed off it.
Josh Richards
Hey, there we go. Well, Bri is now allowed to have a boyfriend according to Josh's rule of being single until June 21st. Congratulations. You made it.
Dave Portnoy
I don't think I'm go. I think I'm gonna. I think I'm just gonna keep it.
Josh Richards
Yeah, I think that's a good idea.
Dave Portnoy
Oh, I won the bet. What do I win?
Josh Richards
Did she. Do we. Yeah. Did we make a bet?
Peyton
Oh, yeah.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah.
Peyton
I don't know if you guys did a.
Dave Portnoy
We made a bet about something of the. Something of the podcast.
Peyton
We go find it.
Josh Richards
We'll resume next episode with whatever Bri won. Yeah. Barstool beach house.
Dave Portnoy
Guys, get fucking ready for this. I'm actually stoked about this.
Josh Richards
So are there, like, bombshells?
Dave Portnoy
If you consider Tommy Smokes a bombshell.
Josh Richards
Like, what is the goal of this house? Is there going to be, like, no going on? Is there?
Dave Portnoy
Yeah, there's gonna be going on. I'm so terrified of all these people that are on it. They are ready to. To go at it. I think I'm just gonna. My role is gonna be like, Mike. The situation where I just kind of stir things up a little bit, and I just, like, kind of run around and have a blast. So essentially, it's gonna be like a. It's barstool beach house. There's six. How many of there are us? Seven. There's, like 10 of us. Ten of us living in a shore house on the Jersey shore in the summer, and we're just. We're partying, we're living together. We're going to be doing everything together. And it's like summer house, essentially, or like, the literal the Jersey Shore show. And it's just all going to be live time. Everything that's going on. We had to sign, like, new contracts because we're not allowed to, like, censor anything, filter anything, like, whatever is recorded of us. There's no edits. There's nothing. Like, is it what's being recorded?
Josh Richards
Like, it's being posted.
Dave Portnoy
It's live time. Yeah. Everything that we're doing in Lifetime is going to be, like, uploaded to social.
Josh Richards
So it's like, will an episode be coming out kind of in Love island fashion, like, right after the shit's going down? Or is it going to be like, you guys do this, and then a month later, it all comes in?
Dave Portnoy
No, it's like, all. So it's. It's kind of like A new. A new thing. It's going to be mostly a social show. So, like, every person on the show is assigned a social person, so they have someone following them around all day long. And you're being recorded all day long. And, like, in real time, everything that happens will be posted to social media.
Josh Richards
Okay. Fuck, yeah.
Dave Portnoy
So it's a really good cast. I'm really excited. Yeah, it's gonna be fun. So everyone should stay tuned. And, yeah, like I said, there's no edits. There's nothing. So, like, if you get drunk and say something stupid, it's posted. They're like, we're not gonna. We're not trying to make you guys look good. It's gonna be, like, real uncut. Yeah, I'm scared. Terrified. Obviously.
Josh Richards
That's pretty fun, though.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah. Oh, you should come for a weekend. You can bring whatever you want every weekend. So you should come pop in.
Josh Richards
Shut up.
Dave Portnoy
We'll give you the Jersey shorts.
Josh Richards
Can I live stream while I'm there? No. Yeah, I could.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah, you should. We should live stream a. A day.
Josh Richards
Yeah. Yeah, I'll definitely go.
Dave Portnoy
Okay. We're there every weekend in August, and.
Josh Richards
You don't go during the week.
Dave Portnoy
It's Friday to Sunday. Oh, we film.
Josh Richards
Okay. Sweet, sweet, sweet. I'm in.
Dave Portnoy
All right. Boom. Bada bing. Bada boom.
Josh Richards
What's Val's Bach party?
Dave Portnoy
So that's Bach bachelorette party. Oh, it was my sister's bachelorette party. We went to Savannah, Georgia. It was freaking awesome. This is also something I wanted to share because this might be niche and boring to you, but if you're like a maid of honor or if you're trying to plan a bachelorette party or a bachelor party, too, it's really hard. And if you've never done it before, it's really overwhelming. So I use this company called Batch Boss, and they do everything for you. Like, obviously, you pay for. You pay for it, but they do all the services. They book everything for you, and they make it so awesome for the bride or for the groom. So if you want to, and if you're planning something, definitely use Batch Boss. It's awesome. And you can use code BRE10 for 10% off. So, yeah, that saved my life. And it was such a fucking blast. Go to Savannah, Georgia. So I had a blast, and then I flew straight from there to Africa.
Josh Richards
Beauty frickin.
Dave Portnoy
That's a week one. Our. Our hibachi guy. You know, like, hibachi dinners.
Josh Richards
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Dave Portnoy
Our hibachi guy. He. We did an un Reverse Card. You know, how we supposed to get us wasted? He got blackout drunk and we, like, didn't. We barely. We ate like three hours later and we were just socking him and spinning him around and shooting him with.
Josh Richards
He wasn't even able to cook eventually.
Dave Portnoy
No, it was so bad.
Josh Richards
Gosh. I mean, drunk fried rice is amazing.
Dave Portnoy
Oh, my God. It's like uncontrollably good.
Josh Richards
Yeah.
Dave Portnoy
Okay. Josh, how was Khan? Can.
Josh Richards
Can was good. I mean, not much in the sense of like, updates for the pod. Went up to can so of France for like a week or like five days. And it's mainly all business stuff, so there's nothing really to update the pod. But Gabby turned 21 out there. That was a blast. Yeah. So she's finally legal to drink in United States of America, which is great. I mean, we need to go back.
Dave Portnoy
To Vegas so that we can.
Josh Richards
We're trying to figure out. We're trying to figure out a Vegas trip, actually, because Gabby wants to go down and like, do some gambling and be able to get dressed.
Dave Portnoy
I know. She was so sad every time we've went.
Josh Richards
She just kind of is like, well, I. I guess I'll go to the hotel room. I know there's not much for her to do down there.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah, she needs to have a big a 21st, like, Vegas trip.
Josh Richards
Yeah, yeah, yeah. So we gotta go do that. And I mean, me and my roommate both hit hole in ones in golf, so usually when you hit a hole in one, when you hit a hole in one, you gotta go to Vegas. That's the rule. But we couldn't because of. Yeah, it's like you hit all in one, you go to Vegas. Like a lot of people. Your rule. That might be of our rule thing, but I think that's like kind of like a overall thing. Like people hit holes in ones and then it's like you're lucky. So you go to Vegas. You know what I mean?
Dave Portnoy
Oh, okay.
Josh Richards
Yeah. But the thing is, is like we both had something like he had to leave that next day or something. And when I did it, I had to go on a trip, so we never ended up doing it. Now taken. How crazy this is. Not only do both of us have whole hole in ones, which is already crazy, you know what I mean? He's my roommate. We hit.
Dave Portnoy
Which one?
Josh Richards
Sean. Sean, my roommate, Sean. Now we both hit the hole in one in the same year. We live together and we did it on the same course on the same hole.
Dave Portnoy
So different days, love.
Josh Richards
We hit holes and ones on the same hole at the same, like, the odds of that happening or, like, gotta be, like, 1 in 7 billion. I doubt anyone has ever done this. And it's not like we're sitting there and we've played this course a lot. I think we've played this course three or four times.
Dave Portnoy
Like, so then you guys have an invisible string, and you have to stay in each other's lives forever. I guess that's the universe. That's the universe being like, hey, you guys are one and the same.
Josh Richards
It is crazy. The odds of that happening got to be absolutely 0.1.
Dave Portnoy
Yeah, that's pretty wild.
Josh Richards
Absolutely nuts. So anyways, we got to do a Vegas trip.
Dave Portnoy
So then you have to go to Vegas.
Josh Richards
Got to go to Vegas. Gotta go gamble some money, and that's that.
Dave Portnoy
Well, hell freaking. Yeah, that's BFFs. We're back. Yeah, we are so freaking back. All right, guys, well, have a happy day, have a beautiful life, and we'll see you next Tuesday.
Podcast Summary: BFFs with Josh Richards and Brianna Chickenfry
Episode: IS BRIANNA CHICKENFRY GOING ON LOVE ISLAND USA? - BFFs S2 Ep 25
Release Date: June 26, 2025
The episode opens with Josh Richards and Dave Portnoy welcoming listeners back to the BFFs podcast, setting a casual and friendly tone for the discussion ahead. Josh mentions his recent haircut, sparking a light-hearted conversation about personal appearances and self-image.
Notable Quote:
Josh Richards [01:28]: "I love it, but... I feel like I look healthier with short hair."
The primary focus of the episode revolves around the current season of Love Island USA. Josh and Dave express their critical views on the show's dynamics, particularly highlighting the lack of genuine relationships and increased drama among contestants.
Key Discussion Points:
Critique of the Cast:
Both hosts are unimpressed with the current cast, feeling that many contestants lack authentic connections and are primarily driven by the desire to win money rather than find love.
Notable Quote:
Dave Portnoy [03:20]: "I have Razor Burn 2. I would fucking make out on camera. That's awful. I couldn't even imagine doing that."
Specific Controversies:
Ace's Behavior: Ace is heavily criticized for being manipulative and causing unnecessary drama, particularly his antagonistic stance towards other contestants like Jeremiah and Adriana.
Notable Quote:
Dave Portnoy [10:24]: "He is so jealous of Jeremiah, clearly, because he kicked him off the show... Ace is a monster."
Amaya Papaya: Amaya receives both sympathy and criticism. While she is seen as sweet and lovable by the hosts, her interactions with other contestants, especially Austin, are viewed as unsettling.
Notable Quote:
Dave Portnoy [11:54]: "Amaya is the one that has kind of like the curly hair, green eyes."
Show's Production Influence:
The hosts speculate that the producers may be manipulating outcomes to heighten drama, questioning why the voting process excludes audience participation.
Notable Quote:
Dave Portnoy [52:55]: "Why don't they let America, like, vote? They got their hand in it more than we think."
Comparison to Previous Seasons:
Josh and Dave lament that the current season lacks the strong personalities and engaging dynamics that made past seasons memorable.
Notable Quote:
Josh Richards [07:02]: "What a boring cost episode. This... seems like there's no real relationships, so there's no drama behind it."
The conversation shifts to the recent cancellation of Tana and Brooke’s podcast, "Cancel." Josh and Dave delve into the reasons behind the show's termination, emphasizing the overwhelming online hate and its detrimental impact on the hosts' mental health.
Key Points:
Reasons for Cancellation:
The primary reason cited is the flood of hate comments, making the podcast no longer enjoyable for the hosts.
Notable Quote:
Dave Portnoy [23:35]: "They said literally why we ended Plan Bray. It was just hate comments and it was not fun anymore."
Public Perception vs. Reality:
While some clips suggest that Tana and Brooke were genuinely at odds, the hosts believe that a significant portion of their fanbase still supports them, overshadowing the negativity.
Notable Quote:
Josh Richards [24:01]: "Anytime I ever saw a clip about the canceled podcast, it seemed like it was mostly love."
Impact of Online Hate:
The hosts highlight how online negativity often drowns out positive feedback, making it challenging for creators to continue their work despite having supportive fans.
Notable Quote:
Dave Portnoy [25:17]: "Online hate is always louder than like the people that actually watch it or love it."
Josh and Dave transition to discussing various celebrity happenings, blending humor with their candid opinions.
Justin Bieber and Haley’s Situation:
The hosts speculate on the status of Justin Bieber’s relationship with Haley, pondering whether their public interactions are genuine or staged for PR purposes.
Notable Quote:
Dave Portnoy [17:58]: "How long until a body dies in the cold at like three in the morning?"
Karen Reed’s Legal Case:
They discuss the high-profile case of Karen Reed, who was acquitted of second-degree murder and manslaughter but found guilty of DUI, expressing confusion and skepticism about the verdict.
Notable Quote:
Josh Richards [29:14]: "She was found not guilty of the manslaughter and murder. She was still found guilty of operating under the influence."
Benson Boone’s Album Reception:
The duo humorously critiques Benson Boone’s album, poking fun at the negative reviews while making light-hearted puns.
Notable Quote:
Dave Portnoy [35:08]: "They’re saying really bad, horrible, terrible things about this, this man's poor album."
Sabrina Carpenter’s Album Cover Backlash:
They analyze the backlash Sabrina Carpenter faced for her new album cover, discussing societal expectations and the double standards women often face in the entertainment industry.
Notable Quote:
Josh Richards [38:36]: "People are getting upset about... like, it's, it's her art."
The hosts share personal anecdotes, adding a relatable and humorous layer to the conversation.
Quitting Vaping and Running:
Dave discusses his journey to quitting vaping and taking up running, inspiring listeners with his progress and personal discipline.
Notable Quote:
Dave Portnoy [49:03]: "People say that if you start running, they're like, if your friend starts warrant running, you should be worried about them. What is this?"
Childhood Memories:
Josh reminisces about his childhood, including his experiences with choirs and stuffed animals, while Dave shares humorous stories about his own youthful antics.
Notable Quote:
Dave Portnoy [43:17]: "I thought I was a genetic lesbian because my sister is a lesbian."
Towards the end of the episode, Josh and Dave discuss their plans for future projects, hinting at new ventures and collaborations.
Barstool Beach House:
Dave introduces an upcoming project titled "Barstool Beach House," describing it as a live, unfiltered show akin to Summer House or the original Jersey Shore. He invites Josh to join, highlighting the raw and real nature of the content.
Notable Quote:
Dave Portnoy [60:34]: "It's a really good cast. I'm really excited."
Josh’s Recent Travels:
Josh mentions his recent trip to Cannes, France, and Abramemutes on scheduling a Vegas trip to celebrate Gabby’s 21st birthday.
Notable Quote:
Josh Richards [63:20]: "Gabby turned 21 out there. That was a blast."
The episode wraps up with a humorous exchange about their running progress and mutual support, reinforcing the strong friendship between Josh and Dave.
Notable Quote:
Dave Portnoy [58:10]: "But all of you people out there, if I can do it, if I can stop, and if I can go on a run, you can do anything."
In this episode of BFFs with Josh Richards and Brianna Chickenfry, listeners are treated to a blend of candid discussions on reality TV, celebrity gossip, personal growth stories, and upcoming projects. Josh and Dave maintain a humorous and engaging dialogue, making complex topics accessible and entertaining for their audience.
Disclaimer: Time stamps are based on the provided transcript and may not reflect the actual podcast's timing.