Alex Cooper vs Alix Earle Beef ft. Dave Portnoy + Justin Bieber Coachella

Summary

Chicks in the Office: “Alex Cooper vs Alix Earle Beef ft. Dave Portnoy + Justin Bieber Coachella”
April 13, 2026
Hosted by: Ria & Fran (Barstool Sports)
Special guest: Dave Portnoy

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Episode Overview

This packed episode of Chicks in the Office finds Ria and Fran recapping the biggest moments from Coachella weekend, breaking down the viral Justin Bieber and Sabrina Carpenter performances, and dissecting the emerging influencer drama between Alex Cooper and Alix Earle—with major insight from Barstool founder Dave Portnoy. Other segments include pop culture rapid-fire (Katy Perry drama, Britney Spears update, Taylor Swift wedding rumors), and the crew’s signature “Weekly Watch Report.”

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Coachella Weekend Recap

[06:56–15:00, 38:34–68:20]

• The Couch Perspective: Ria and Fran stayed home and consumed “Bedchella” through social media, obsessively tracking the festival’s houses, brand activations, and influencer content. Both shared how they judged everything—from the houses to the fashion—while loving the comfort of not actually attending.

  • “I just sat and judged everybody’s Coachella looks from my couch.” (Fran, 06:54)

• Influencer Houses & Branding Takeover: Discussion on the shifting paradigm of Coachella being more about influencer experiences, branded houses, and orchestrated content than the music.

  • “There's a lot of discourse all weekend long about the houses, the brands, the influencers... Brands come to the rescue. It’s a lot.” (Ria, 10:37)
  • Realization that Barstool never did a “Barstool House” at Coachella, and musing half-seriously about organizing one.

• Fashion Commentary: Both noticed a sameness to festival style this year—lots of neutrals, boho, and ravewear, with few true standouts. Discussion of the impracticality of staying in uncomfortable festival outfits all day.

2. Notable Performances: Justin Bieber & Sabrina Carpenter

[38:34–68:20]

• Sabrina Carpenter:

  • “She put on quite the freaking show... As another shorty, my fellow short.” (Fran, 39:06)
  • Some criticism online about song choices and outfits, but both Ria and Fran loved her set. Frustration expressed at the online tendency to criticize female pop stars’ performances and fashion.

• Justin Bieber:

  • Analysis and defense of Bieber’s stripped-down, highly nostalgic set—incorporating YouTube clips and conversational storytelling.
  • Fran: “There are few people that can get up on that stage and do what Justin Bieber did... He’s earned that right.” (41:33)
  • Ria: “He gave more than enough doing 30 second snippets of each one of those songs and also creating an intimate experience for everybody at home.” (43:09)
  • Both called out double standards around male/female festival performers, arguing Bieber was unfairly criticized for a less “spectacle-driven” approach compared to Sabrina Carpenter—who, as a newer artist, is expected to “prove herself.”
  • “Maybe us women love to put on a show? I wouldn’t want to get up there and do what Justin Bieber did.” (Fran, 51:27)
  • Notable that Bieber appeared genuinely happy and connected with superfans—eliciting strong emotional reactions from viewers (and Ria tearing up at nostalgic moments).
  • Social media reactions summarized and critiqued, with both hosts sympathetic to Bieber’s artistic choices and well-being.

• Other notable Coachella moments:

  • Crowd reactions and fan behavior (complaints about phone usage during sets, lackluster audience energy).
  • Kendall Jenner and Jacob Elordi allegedly making out (“Nothing has ever made more sense to me,” Fran, 59:53).
  • Kylie Jenner, Timothée Chalamet, and the “billionaire” house experience.

3. Alex Cooper vs. Alix Earle: The Influencer Beef

[16:47–37:25]

• Setting the Stage:

  • A TikTok from Alex Cooper directly called out Alix Earle, asking her to “stop hiding behind other people” and reveal the truth about their falling out:
    • “You’re gonna need to get specific and just say what you got to say about me. There’s no NDA. No one is stopping you. What’s the beef, cuz? I’m really tired...” (Cooper clip, 18:22)

• Dave Portnoy’s Analysis:

  • Explains structural complications: both women share overlapping representation (Kate Bailey as PR, Oren as agent), making business tensions inevitable.
  • “I was stunned when Alex Cooper/Unwell signed Alix Earle because Alix Earle was already gigantic at that point... I think it was kind of like, oh, the girl you’ve looked up to is interested.” (Dave Portnoy, 21:21)
  • Suspects the beef is over contracts, financial splits, or “record label” type control, rather than personal drama or jealousy.
    • “I don’t know what the contracts look like, but if it looked like a Barstool contract, for a first signing, it’s like, what is Alix Earle doing?” (22:57)
  • Both women have declined to be fully candid—Cooper’s video seen as “baiting” Earle to spill details.
  • Sympathy towards Cooper for public backlash:
    • “She’s getting trashed, and she’s been on—a, I don’t know if she cares. The bigger you get, eventually people turn on you.” (Dave, 24:30)
  • On Alex Cooper’s business acumen: “She’s a savage. She’s like a business woman, kind of boss lady savage.” (Dave, 29:20)

• Speculation on the Future:

  • Maybe Alix Earle will “save it for her reality show.”
  • Ongoing intrigue about when/if either side will address specifics.
  • If Cooper gives Dave more information, “You know I’ll say it. I don’t keep secrets.” (Dave, 31:46)

4. Pop Culture Headlines

[14:51–16:47, 73:35–78:29, 78:29–82:02, 82:03–93:13]

• Katy Perry & Ruby Rose: After a viral Katy Perry festival cameo, Ruby Rose claims on Threads she was sexually assaulted by Perry in a Melbourne club years ago. Fran, Ria, and Noah express skepticism, disgust, and uncertainty about how the story will develop.

• Britney Spears Update: Britney has voluntarily checked into rehab after a DUI incident. Consensus is that seeking help is the right step.

  • “For her to take the step to go to rehab is a great step. And we’re rooting for Brittany.” (Fran, 80:23)

• Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce Wedding Rumor: Alleged “save the dates” hint at a July 3 NYC wedding, which the crew finds logistically questionable but worthy of obsessing over (“Nothing has ever seemed more wrong,” Fran, 82:03)—including elaborate speculation on potential venues and which friends would skip family funerals to attend.

• Amanda & West Situation: Amanda’s “return to normal life” Instagram statement, followed by being spotted out in New York City bars with West, gets roasted for lack of subtlety and for contradicting her prior private persona.

  • “The scarf and sunglasses situation—really cracking people up.” (100:54)
  • Both express that, while they don’t think Amanda and West should be shamed into hiding indoors, the decision to be so public at well-known bars is a “loser move.”

5. Weekly Watch Report

[103:41–142:20]

• Highlights:
  • Hacks (new season, highly recommended), Friends & Neighbors (James Marsden praised), Tournament of Champions (cooking), Euphoria (latest season universally panned: “You can tell these actors don’t want to be here,” Noah, 107:42), Chess scandal Netflix doc, Real Housewives of Rhode Island (“They bought in immediately... You got me at ‘I ran over a woman.’” Fran, 115:26), and more.
• Memorable Moment:
  • Extended riff on which life events would be worth skipping for a Taylor Swift invite, including which family deaths would qualify as excusable absences (“If Nono died and it was Taylor Swift’s wedding—he would have wanted you to go,” Noah, 87:06).
• Euphoria Season Review:
  • “That’s an F. And Zendaya’s on a totally different show than everybody else.” (Noah, 141:12)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments (with Timestamps)

• On influencer houses at Coachella:

  • “They can make a whole TV show about it. There’s so much going on.” (Fran, 11:12)

• On Bieber’s unique Coachella set:

  • “For the literal child who the music industry public destroyed, to go back for 30 minutes of his 90-minute set and play the classics... while healing his inner child and showing a visual representation of that... be so for real.” (Fran, quoting GirlbossTown, 53:20)
  • “He was harmonizing with his younger self. I know, like, he was singing along with himself.” (Fran, 53:13)

• Dave Portnoy on the Alex Cooper/Alix Earle contract:

  • “If I had a gun to my head and $10 million in a bag, I would not have done that Carl’s Jr. Ad.” (Dave, 23:29)

• On the Taylor Swift wedding hypothetical:

  • “If you’re getting invited to this wedding, you’re changing absolutely everything.” (Ria, 87:43)

• On the Amanda & West situation:

  • “You just hit all the hotspots in the West Village that everyone’s gonna see... loser move on both of their parts.” (Fran, 96:12)
  • “Putting a scarf over your head and sunglasses. We see you. You're sitting next to West, who's throwing up peace signs to the camera...” (Ria, 97:43)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

| Segment | Start Time | |--------------------------------------------|------------| | Festival & Coachella recap | 02:14 | | Coachella influencer houses & fashion | 09:37 | | Justin Bieber & Sabrina Carpenter sets | 38:34 | | Alex Cooper vs. Alix Earle beef (w/ Dave) | 16:47 | | Katy Perry/Ruby Rose controversy | 73:35 | | Britney Spears update | 78:29 | | Swift/Kelce wedding rumors | 82:03 | | Amanda & West in NYC | 93:13 | | Weekly Watch Report | 103:41 |

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Tone & Style

Chicks in the Office maintains its signature conversational, witty, sometimes irreverent pop culture gossip. Ria and Fran’s rapport is light, gossipy, and envelope-pushing—a mix of eye-rolls, fandom, and skepticism, balanced by Dave Portnoy’s blunt, insider analysis.

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Conclusion

This episode delivers quintessential Chicks in the Office: sharp pop-culture commentary, down-to-earth influencer and celebrity analysis, and candid humor about everything from festival angst to the woes of reality TV personalities. Whether you’re in it for the pop music discourse, the influencer drama, or to find your next binge show, this episode covers all the major pop moments—and then some.

Transcript

[Ria]

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[Fran]

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[Fran]

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[Dave]

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[Fran]

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[Dave]

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[Fran]

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[Dave]

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[Dave]

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[Ria]

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[Fran]

and Fran giving you that Friday energy on a Monday. Happy Monday everybody. We're gonna get into today's episode talking all about Coachella Weekend. But first, this podcast is presented by Microsoft 365 copilot. Before we get into all of today's topics, we need to talk about the thing that is keeping everyone's lives organized right now, and that is Microsoft 365 copilot.

[Ria]

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[Fran]

And you can learn more at m365copilot.com work happy Monday everybody. It is the Monday after, you know, Coachella weekend. Or as we called it, Coachella Bedchella, everything watching from the comfort of our own home, which I'm sure A lot of you did as well. But before we get into talking all about that, which I think consumed a lot of our brains, how was everyone's weekend?

[Ria]

Lovely weekend. Got to see all my friends on Saturday for my friend's shower. I did make it home Saturday night. There were some questions. I moved my train once.

[Fran]

Nice.

[Ria]

Just back a little bit. Cause, you know, took advantage of the daytime, but did come home Saturday night. I really did think I was gonna stay up to watch Bieber, but once it hit, like, once hit 1am I was. I was going down. I tried. I tried my hardest. I put on like a really long movie.

[Fran]

Mm.

[Ria]

I was like, I'm gonna watch. I watch. Well, first of all, I watched. Ended up watching it by, like Breathe, basically by myself because Joe fell asleep. But we watched the first Lord of the Rings a few weeks ago because we were like, let's watch him. I haven't. We both haven't seen him in forever. And when I got home, it was like maybe 9 o' clock, and I was like, oh, boy, let me put on something that's gonna be really long. I was like, oh, let's watch Two Towers. Fell asleep within 30 minutes. And I just ended up watching all of Two Towers by myself. And then at that point I was like, well, now I'm just exhausted. I'm going to bed. But the shower, everything beautiful, great day. And Sunday, you know, the weather starting to turn, Starting to get nice. Go for some nice walks, be outside. It was lovely. Yeah. What about you?

[Fran]

Oh, man, I just slept a lot.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Really? That's really, like, what I did the entire weekend. Slept a lot.

[Ria]

I feel like every time we got a text from you, it was like we were emerging from a nap.

[Fran]

Yeah. At every point during the weekend, at any point, you could guess that I was waking up or falling asleep. At some point, I just. I got my period, like, hard Friday morning. Not to be descriptive, but I. It was like, whoa. And ooh, it knocked me out the whole weekend.

[Ria]

Anything?

[Fran]

Yeah, no, nothing. Just like laid with a heating pad all weekend long. I mean, I got up at some point to like walk around outside a little bit. Ooh, I made some bomb ass sandwiches. On Saturday, my friend Fiona, my friend who's pregnant, she canceled. She was like, no can do. And I said, you know what, honey? I don't blame you at all. And so we ended up not doing anything. I. But I said to Matt, I said, ooh, I started following this girl on TikTok who makes these bomb ass sandwiches like every day. There's a new sandwich. And I was like, I love a sandwich. Oh, I got to. We got to go to the market. We got to go to the Italian market. We got to get all the things. And I'm going to cook up. Not even cook up, but I'm going to assemble some bomb ass sandwiches.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

And that's what I did on Saturday. And you know what? Like, the sandwich hits so hard that you want a second sandwich. Yeah.

[Ria]

So, ooh.

[Fran]

Like, let's do round two of these babies. Like, it was just hitting the spot.

[Ria]

It's just the best.

[Fran]

So, yeah, it was just a relaxing weekend all around. And my goodness, I could not stop sleeping. Matt went to go golf Sunday morning and like, you know, it was like a crack my eye open, like, oh, go have fun. Went back to sleep. And then I was like, okay, wait, they're doing a replay of Bieber's set. Which I did try to stay up Saturday night for. Did not happen, obviously, because we did stay up for Sabrina and we were all texting each other on Friday night. So I texted you, Kelly and Gia. I said, we running this back Saturday night. And everyone was like, we're going to try.

[Ria]

It was just. It would. Those couple hours made a massive difference.

[Fran]

It did. It did. So didn't make it. So I was like, okay, I'm going to watch the replay.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

On Sunday morning, I fell asleep before the replay again, which was at like 11am I woke up at like 1:15pm on Sunday. I'm like, I missed replay again.

[Ria]

So then.

[Fran]

But thankfully I fell asleep with it like, on. So I was able to just like go back. Cause I said, I can't believe I missed this again. I didn't even catch the replay and. But thankfully watched it from beginning to end. So good. I mean, wow. I mean, we'll get into it. But yeah, that was. That was really the weekend. I just sat and I judged everybody's Coachella looks from my couch. I judged all the houses everybody was in. It was like, oh, which house would I want to be a part of? I pretty much decided none of them. And I would rather be where I was was home.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

But, you know, there's something to be said about, like, the camaraderie of, you know, the debrief in the morning and. And, you know, in the house, you

[Ria]

want to be with your girlfriend.

[Fran]

But yes, that's really what it came down to. Yeah. And not saying that these people aren't real friends. No, no. But that's what Matt and I were talking about. Because I was showing him all like the different houses and everything. And he was like, I feel like it would be really fun with like our group of friends in a house. And I was like, yes, exactly. I'm sure a lot of these influencers like become friends and friendly, but it's not exactly the same vibe that you're getting. Like if you get a house with your friends somewhere.

[Ria]

I'm kind of shocked that as a company that's never come up as like a, like a barstool house.

[Fran]

Should we go chop, should we spearhead

[Ria]

that for next year that we just get like. I know we work with all these amazing sponsors and we've done it in the past for like super bowl week and stuff where it's like a house and everything's decked out and branded stuff. And I feel like now we have enough girls to like in content to lead the charge of like, you know, the barstool Coachell House presented by Good Wipes.

[Fran]

Yeah. Or Pepsi or anything. I mean, yeah, that's a good idea, but I just can't be held accountable to going three days of a festival. You know what I mean? I'll be like the house vibes person.

[Ria]

Like you wouldn't have to like, as long as the content's getting up, you could like, I'm 100% positive people get dressed up, take pictures at their house or on the street or whatever and then just like not go to the festival.

[Fran]

Right.

[Ria]

Because honestly, like, or people leave before the third day.

[Fran]

Yeah. But then I. It depends.

[Ria]

Like, I would like to just like

[Fran]

pop over, pop back. But that's not possible. You can't do that. And then on the topic of outfits, I love getting dressed up. I love a cute outfit. Being in that outfit all day.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Is my biggest nightmare.

[Ria]

The shoe situation is your, is your. Is your biggest thing.

[Fran]

And also I love a big comfy outfit for an all day affair, you know, so. Especially when it gets cold at night.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Like, I'm just thinking about how I would love to be in like a baggy T shirt all day.

[Ria]

Just buy merch. Yeah.

[Fran]

Like I would just be like a big merch person.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

But I would like to get, you know, some cute cutie outfits and cute pictures. But everyone's outfits were kind of looking the same this weekend, you know? No, no. Really standouts to me. I just felt like everyone, everyone kind of had the same, Same vibe all across the board.

[Ria]

Yeah, it was, it did feel like a lot of sort of throwbacky boho looks mixed with just Kind of ravey festival looks. A lot of neutrals. Yes. You know, which I'm. I am a neutral girl through and through, despite wearing a pink and green striped shirt right now. But I love, like, most of my closet is neutrals, so that's where I would fall, too. But I did feel like I saw a lot of, like, neutrals. Texture, lace sequins, that kind of thing.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

I mean, I love any sort of, like, feminine, cutesy outfit. And then you just throw on those big stomper festival boots, and you just stomp around.

[Fran]

Yeah. See that? You know me. I would be in trouble with the shoes.

[Ria]

Yeah, you. You would be. And people do it like they take pictures. Your girl's got bunions, and then they just put their sneakers on.

[Fran]

You know what I mean? Like, bunions can really get in the way of sneakers, and you just.

[Ria]

Sometimes you just have to put the sneakers on. So take the cute picture in the bo and then take the boots off, put the cute sneakers on, and go. But no, there. There's a lot of discourse. There's a lot of discourse all weekend long about the houses, the brands, the. The influencers, the influencer culture that has taken over Coachella and who's going to what house and who's taking what brand. Deal influencers getting the trip canceled on them, and they're on TikTok being like, please, somebody, anybody, any brands out there.

[Fran]

Save me.

[Ria]

Yeah, it's brands come to the rescue. It's a lot.

[Fran]

It is taken. I find it entertaining, 100%. My couch, you know? But it seems. It seems like a lot to be there, be in the mix and. But I'm appreciative of being able to watch everything crazy that's happening over there, because it does keep you entertained all weekend long. You open up your phone, you're like, oh, all right. We got more videos. What's going on at this house? What's going on that house? They can make a whole TV show about it. There's so much going on. Noah, how about you? How was your weekend? Were you keeping up with the Coachella up at all?

[Noah]

Yeah. Like, not really by choice, but I feel like that was just like anything if you open your phone up, it was just everything on the Internet. But I slept a lot, too. A lot of sleep. Had dinner with the family in the city for brunch or not had dinner with the family for brunch. No, we had brunch.

[Ria]

Went to brunch.

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Sleeping.

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Noah]

No, I really. I don't know. Like, I. I Couldn't. I think it's just like, end of tour, where you're like, yeah, we. I've earned this.

[Fran]

No, we were, like, so much fun this tour, and we had so much energy that this weekend we had to catch up on our. We had to recharge because we were bringing so much energy for weeks.

[Noah]

I mean, that's true.

[Fran]

Yeah. Everyone was saying that about us.

[Ria]

It was. Well. And we did finish up our shows last week, which was amazing. So thank you to everybody who came in.

[Fran]

Yes.

[Ria]

Minneapolis, we had so much. We did have, really have so much fun, this leg of tour. And it was. We had so much fun finishing up. It was great to see Trent. We got Trent back on stage with us. Hopefully we get him back on the pod soon. Everybody's asking for him.

[Fran]

We had so much fun, really. This. This tour was really a blast. We had so many good stories. Even getting slow Stuck turned out to be, like, a fun story. A lot of laughs and really great crowds. We had some. We had some great crowds this tour, and we.

[Ria]

So much fun.

[Fran]

Finished up strong in Minneapolis, which was a blast. And, you know, we'll be. We'll be back on the road next fall. Next fall. And we're. We're switching it up a bit. We got. But we won't say what the theme is yet. We'll. We'll announce it and, you know. You know, at some point, but it'll be fun vibes, cozy vibes, you know?

[Ria]

Yeah, we're just. We're just tired of. Look, we're talking about Coachella type. We're, like, getting dressed up. Sorry, It's.

[Fran]

We just. It would be fun.

[Ria]

Yeah, it would be fun to be

[Fran]

having, like, a slumber party vibe.

[Ria]

Yeah, it would.

[Fran]

You know, that type of thing. So we'll see. We'll see when we'll be announcing more of that. We've asked people for which cities they want us to go to. I think we're gonna hit maybe three new ones, and we'll announce that later on, later on in the year. But, yeah, it was a blast, honestly. Thank you to everyone who came out. And thank you to everyone who made signs. Yes. So appreciative. We got some really fun ones. And Noah has an EpiPen sign. So good. So funny.

[Ria]

It's a giant EpiPen. You should put that right behind you, just so everyone knows that you have an allergy.

[Fran]

Perfect. But it really was, like, thank you from the bottom of our hearts. It was really awesome. And love meeting everybody.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

It was so much chatting before the show and after the show. It's really so much fun. So thank you everybody again and I think we can get into today's show. We're going to be talking all about Coachella. Lots to discuss. Ruby Rose just posted about Katy Perry. Talk about that story. Britney Spears has entered a rehab facility. Allegedly. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey's wedding date has been revealed. Alleged once again. And Amanda and West have been gallivanting all over the West Village.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

On Friday.

[Ria]

Full statement.

[Fran]

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[Ria]

She's basically like, open up or Sit down. Like, it's like, tell the story or not so we can play what Alice Cooper said. And then we decided we had to call in Dave because Dave has Tea by the Sea, his new show. He's getting into the gossip, into the gossip game. Well, I will say he already posted a video. He already posted a video about this. And when we saw it, he's talking about, you know, he knows both of them.

[Fran]

Whatever.

[Ria]

We're like, let's get Dave in here to talk about this.

[Fran]

Yeah. And I texted him and said, dave, could you hop on a zoom to talk about Alex Cooper? He said, you two have given me zero tea by the sea. I deny your requests.

[Ria]

Yeah, we said, there's no tea to be given until now.

[Fran]

No, I said, oh, you want to know when Olivia Rodrigo's album's coming out?

[Ria]

Yeah, like when he's pregnant. We argued. We argued. Our case is the Amanda and West stuff was so big and it's been. It's been a little quiet and then, yeah, there's stuff going on, but it's not like Tea by the Sea worthy.

[Fran]

Yeah. And I said, okay. Jacob Elordi and Kendall Jenner were allegedly making out. He's like, that's good tea. Okay, I'll. Come on. Yeah, so.

[Ria]

So we want him back. So we'll play the clip of what Alex said and then we'll. We'll jump into talking today. Before we get into the rest of the topics for today. Hey, guys. You guys know I don't usually address

[Fran]

this kind of stuff because it feels like a waste of time.

[Ria]

And honestly, it's embarrassing to participate in this, but I am obviously seeing the videos.

[Fran]

I'm getting tagged.

[Ria]

I see.

[Fran]

See the dms, I see the comments. So at this point, it just feels long overdue.

[Ria]

Alex. Earl. Hey, girl. The passive aggressive repost and the likes and the commenting on things. I gotta call you out here. You're gonna need to get some specific and just say what you got to say about me. There's no NDA. No one is stopping you. Stop hiding behind other people and just say it yourself. What's the beef, cuz? I'm really tired of waking up and

[Fran]

seeing you using this fake drama to

[Ria]

distract from other going online for you.

[Fran]

Not interested.

[Ria]

I know what happened and so do you.

[Fran]

So talk.

[Ria]

Unless the fake narrative that you're creating happens to be way more interesting than the truth.

[Fran]

I have nothing to hide when it

[Ria]

comes to you and me. So unless you actually have something to say, I'm out.

[Fran]

This is over. Have a Good Monday, everyone. All right, Dave, you're here. We're gonna talk about the Alex Earl, Alex Cooper beef that's going on. You're doing Tea by the Sea, and we promised you stories.

[Dave]

Yeah. Very disappointing. I said no to coming on this. Yes, I said no because you've given me no tea.

[Fran]

And then I hit you with Jacob Elordi and Kendall Jenner were making out and you were like, okay, I'm on.

[Dave]

Yeah, I saw that a little bit. I think that's good, T. I think that's what Coachella should be. They seem like they should be like, that's a good pair to me.

[Ria]

Yes, exactly what we said. The. The. I think the west and Amanda stuff was so big that for, like, the next week afterwards, everything felt very stupid

[Fran]

and everything was about Amanda and West. And now here's my question. When you're doing Tea by the Sea, do you want follow ups? Like, do you want a follow up of what's happening with Amanda and West?

[Dave]

Yeah, I mean, I've seen it since I've been doing it. I know they're still hanging out. And the more I about it, it's like, I don't know about the Amanda girl because she was married. Like, this is what Wes signed up for. Like, he's a reality TV male influencer. Like, what's he care? This is all great. Like, this is great for the west brand. So I don't know that you can get mad at a guy going on a reality show and doing what he's doing. It's like, that's reality tv.

[Fran]

Well, he's clearly loving it. Like, he's posing for the cameras. Like, every time he spotted, he's. He's eating it up. Okay, now on to Alex Earl and Alex Cooper. You just made a video, you put it online and you said that, you know, you know both of them and, you know, the behind the scenes, a little bit of kind of what went down. And Alex Cooper posted this video on TikTok, and she's basically like, all right, Alex Earl at. Alex, what's going on? Why don't you tell everyone what's happening? Do you know a little bit of what's happening?

[Dave]

So, I mean, I just. I'm on educated hunches because I know them both. I will say I had heard many, and there's so many cross things. The fact they both had Kate Bailey as their PR agent. My. Our agent Oren. I don't know if you guys have dealt with them, but he. He's my agent. Is both their Agents. So there's like, a ton of crossover. I heard this started with. Well, I'll say first what I said in the video. I was stunned when Alex Cooper Unwell signed Alex Earl because Alex Earl was already gigantic at that point. And you guys are in our world a little bit. Like, it's very hard when somebody's that big unless you're creating a totally different contract for them. Because, like, Alex Earl didn't need Alex Cooper at that point. It's like, she's already gigantic. I think Alex Earl. I know Alex Earl was a huge Barstool fan before he had Call Her Daddy then a Call Her Daddy fan. So I think it was kind of like, oh, the girl, the woman you've looked up to, like, is interested. I don't know what the contract looked like. Look like, I know Alice Cooper. One time I saw her was like, I want to apologize for the way we were with, like, Call Her Daddy. Now that I'm managing talent, like, I see how hard it can be. And that to me was like, all right, I'm having Alex Earl issues. Like, she. She's huge. I've heard her dad and. And this isn't a knock on her dad, but, like, looking out for her is, like, acting as kind of her agent or ish. And doing contracts is, like, difficult. And I'm sure anyone. Alex Earl. It's like, all this money is coming in, but it goes maybe to the network. There's going to be tension. I don't think it's unusual tension. I think it's record label. Record. We've seen it at Barstool now, where I was wrong, I said in the video, I heard it was all Carl's junior Had you heard that?

[Fran]

I heard that there were. I think that there's a bunch of stories going around that people thought that the other one was jealous of the other one for getting in the Adam Sandler movie or the super bowl commercial. So the Carl's Jr. Commercial, there was a lot of that.

[Dave]

So I texted Cooper. I'm like, how did I do? And she responded. If I had a gun to my head and $10 million in a bag, I would not have done that Carl's Jr. Ad. So maybe it wasn't the Carl's Jr.

[Fran]

Ad. Probably not.

[Dave]

I do think it's weird that Kate Bailey is with Alex Earl and not Cooper, because I met them a ton. They were, like, best friends. They had a super tight relationship.

[Fran]

The Carbone connection, too, right?

[Dave]

Yup. Mario. So that part of it. But I've always Thought it was just the contract issue. Alex Earl, though, doesn't strike me as like a snipey. Like, I've asked them both point blank. Like, I saw Alex Earl, I don't know, a couple months ago, and I'm like, you really hate Cooper, huh? Like, what happened? And she's just like, yeah, I don't like her, but she wouldn't say what it was. And even if I, I agree with Alex Cooper, like, stop shading me and just say what your problem is. But Cooper didn't say it either, so.

[Ria]

Right.

[Dave]

I think it's a contractual jealousy, maybe, but, like, where are deals going and things like that? But I, I don't know. I, I, I, I have more sympathy for Alice Cooper, I think, than everything I'm saying. She's getting trashed, like, and she's been on a, I don't know if she cares. And maybe it's an older audience. Like, people are just coming for her. I feel like you get, the bigger you get, eventually people turn on you. Like, I, I don't know what, what, like the ambulance chaser and all that stuff is, is wrong. If I was her, I just air it out because she said there's no NDA. She let her take the podcast. So what is all the sniping from Alex Earl?

[Ria]

I, it's so interesting because, like, what you were saying, she was a fan of, of Barstool and that stuff where then that makes me think that maybe she's just really disappointed in, like, the idea of what she thought Alex Cooper was going to be like. And then it, that kind of crumbled because of the contract stuff and money stuff. And that's just, because of, that's just soiled her opinion on Alex Cooper in general. Like, that stuff has now led Alex Earl to be like, I, I am disappointed in who she is in real life. And now I'm just going to like, repost and say that I don't like her.

[Fran]

Well, maybe.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Dave]

Alice Cooper is a savage.

[Ria]

Like, yeah, exactly. I just don't think there's that much beef. Like, I don't think there's like, some big, like, I think Alex Cooper made that video is like a baiting thing, because she knows it's like, I know what she's going to say. If it's a contract thing, air that out. You can say it now. I don't care anymore. If you want to say it's contracts, go ahead, because I know it's not more than that.

[Fran]

Yeah. And I think that if you go back to what people are saying about Alix Earl's dad maybe getting involved. Alix Earl, like you said, didn't need to sign to a network. So somebody who's just starting off signs to a network. It's a good deal for them to be like, you get a little money, then, yeah, you have to make money for the network, too. It doesn't all just go to you kind of like at barstool as well. Whereas maybe somebody like her dad looking at this, going, you're you. You don't. You don't need to be doing.

[Dave]

And I mean, you guys are decent example of that in terms of the contract world. It's like, the bigger you get, the more, like, clout you have. And you can negotiate contracts that are really favorable. Difference being Alex Earl was huge when she went there, like, she was already, like, the number one influencer. Obviously, she's gotten way bigger. But, like, when I saw that deal, I'm like, this just. I don't know what the contract looks like, but if it looked like a barstool contract. And for a first signing, it's like, what is Alex Earl doing? And then you see, it's like, she didn't. Never, to me, was ever going to work unless it was she. The contrary is like, hey, we're just saying you're part of this, but you still can do all your own shit. It clearly wasn't that the continuous sniping. Maybe there's more behind the scenes. It could be what you said, Alex. I think people know that about Alice Cooper now at this point. She's a savage. She's like a business woman, like, kind of boss lady savage.

[Fran]

Have you been keeping up with any of, like, the Bachelorette stuff or, like, the Unwell Games situation? I think that's coming into play right now, too.

[Dave]

Yeah, a little. Like, she has, like, problematic people or something.

[Fran]

Yeah. Because the Bachelorette canceled their season because of Taylor. Frankie Paul's. The videos came out. But then Dakota also has all this alleged abuse on him, and she's just putting out the show. So I think people are on that too. They're like, well, the Bachelorette canceled this vanderpump. Pulled him out of the show, but we're just gonna air everything with this guy in it.

[Dave]

Yeah, listen, it's so hard for me because even, like, I see people coming out like, Sophia's book is coming out, and everyone's, like, attacking Alex, basically being, like, about time again. Unless something just totally different that happened that I have no idea happened. Like, Sophia doesn't Deserve any sympathy for, like, that. Like, I have no sympathy for Sophia, but people are attacking Alex with, like, revisionist history. And again, from what I know, it's like people are just kind of getting. I mean, I have it with me. It's like you get to a certain point and people just start hating you. Like that. The Bravo lady, like, what are you complaining about? That she gets good guests for interviews? Like, wouldn't you guys want anybody who's in the news, like, to come on your show? She has the biggest show. Like, that's no shit. She gets big into that. So does Oprah. Like, what are you mad about?

[Ria]

The ambulance chaser video was. Was an interesting repost because it felt

[Dave]

that kicked us all off.

[Ria]

Yeah. Yeah, it felt. That was the first time it felt, like, personal. Like, I feel like there was other stuff that was more like business y. Contracts. We don't get along. That's just the way it is. The ambulance chaser, you're like, oh, that's personal. That's like you.

[Fran]

You have.

[Ria]

You have these feelings towards Alex Cooper as, like, a person that you don't like how she operates as a person, which is.

[Dave]

Yeah, that could have been a disillusionment. She's running a business. I think she is a savage. And I don't mean that negatively. It's weird because all. A lot of, like, women and, like, you know, girl, boss. That's what they want. They're like, oh, yeah, you're a bad bitch. Like, boss. She kind of is like. And she's been that way in business for a while. Alex maybe wasn't expecting it. Again, we're.

[Noah]

We're.

[Dave]

We're guessing because I like both of them, but Alex clearly hates her. Clearly.

[Fran]

But we need. We need one of them to just say what happened.

[Dave]

I don't know why. I don't know why Alex Cooper didn't.

[Fran]

Right.

[Dave]

Because you're gonna go that far. Because I think it's definitely contract stuff.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Dave]

It reminded me a little bit earlier. I remember when they first broke up and Alice Cooper again came out. She's like, you can take your podcast. There's no NDA. You can do whatever you want. You're not being, like, held hostage. It just got to a point where it didn't. It didn't work. So. But she is holding on. I mean, it's hard for Alex Cooper in a way, because Alex Earl's like the bell of the ball now. So people just love her and are going to believe whatever she's saying. It's the only Thing I've seen Alex Earl, though, do that's like petty. Like this that I'm aware of is not like I'm following her content. But she clearly maybe doesn't like her.

[Ria]

No, I mean, she did pull like a full checkmate here because it's like if Alex Earl doesn't say anything, everyone will just be like, oh, there. So there isn't any issues. Because it's like Alex Cooper's like, we'll say what it is then. And if you don't. Why would anyone think that there are issues if you won't say it?

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

So.

[Fran]

And if it comes out, I actually,

[Ria]

like, don't think she. I don't know if she will like, Alex Earl, like, doesn't.

[Fran]

Maybe she'll save it for her reality show.

[Ria]

Yeah, she doesn't like, push that stuff that much.

[Fran]

She's about to do a reality show, though.

[Dave]

Again.

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Dave]

My guess again is it's so many times. It's kind of what I said. It's like finances, which you kind of lose both. No one like, oh, go finances. But my guess would be like Alex Earl was bringing in a ton of money and seeing not a ton of it because of the deal she signed. That would be my guess. The weirdest part, the person you got to get is who knows everything is Kate Bailey.

[Noah]

Right. Right.

[Fran]

Like, what.

[Dave]

What I've asked Orin, like, tell me. No one will tell me because they know. I'll just.

[Fran]

Yeah, their defense.

[Dave]

I'll.

[Ria]

I'll just say it.

[Fran]

Right.

[Dave]

I'll say it.

[Fran]

That's what we said. Like, if you text you anything at this point, we have to be prepared that it could end up on an Instagram story, a video.

[Dave]

Yeah, Listen, I tell people when they're like, hey, can you keep a secret? I say, no.

[Fran]

No.

[Dave]

Like, don't get mad at me. Like, I don't keep secrets. So if you're going to tell me something,

[Fran]

you tell. If you want something to get out there. Everyone has that person. It's like, oh, I heard this. It's like you're going to go to you.

[Dave]

Yes, yes. So. But that would be my guess that it just became really a difficult, like deals coming in, where they go. Why is it going to unwell when. When it went and it's so fast. It's like she was already huge. But I'm curious. I'll get it out of. Maybe Alex Cooper is supposed to enter. Why when Alex Cooper. Tell me when you think about. Because then you can get it out there without it being her Are you

[Fran]

going to go on call her daddy?

[Dave]

I asked to go on for the book.

[Noah]

Mm.

[Dave]

She said she would.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Dave]

So I don't know if that's good or bad now. Am I gonna get crushed?

[Ria]

No, it's. I think it would. Right? I mean, is Alex Earl even. I think she's out of the podcast game. I don't think she's gonna want to do that.

[Fran]

Get ready. Get ready with me, and I ask you a question. Yeah.

[Dave]

The platypus puss kid, when did he get ripped? Is he on Oz Epic, obviously.

[Ria]

No, No. I actually. To be honest, he has been grinding, and he's been posting, like, in the. For at least the last year.

[Dave]

It doesn't work on him.

[Fran]

He po. He posts in the gym all the time.

[Ria]

Him being shredded doesn't work for you?

[Dave]

No, it's like when. When Hank got muscles, it didn't work. He had to be, like, skinny. Like, he's. He's got to be a little pudgy.

[Fran]

It's like if Glenny Balls got really skinny.

[Dave]

Yes. Like, I saw a picture of it, and I'm like, holy cow. The platypus guy is ripped. That was almost like my tea by the sea. Like, what. What is going on?

[Fran]

I feel like Jake would really appreciate that if you made a video about him just not being able to be ripped.

[Ria]

No, I bet he. He is. Like, that was a real. That was. That's a real thing. Yeah. He's like. He. He has been. He's been doing all the pilates and the aloe.

[Fran]

He's not on that Jeff D Level with Glen Powell.

[Dave]

Yeah. No. Oh, I don't like it.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Did you get bullied into cutting your hair?

[Dave]

No, I didn't get bullied. I was in Indianapolis for the final four, so there's more haircuts. I had a day off, and I just did it. So I wasn't. I wasn't on the beach anymore, but people always try to bully me.

[Fran]

We talked about how we weren't going to talk about your looks.

[Ria]

Yep.

[Fran]

And we warned everybody. We said don't.

[Dave]

I made the video today, and people are saying my face looked disgusting. I thought I looked great. So that's all that matters.

[Fran]

All you care about is being tan.

[Dave]

That's true.

[Ria]

That is true. That is true. So. All right, well, we'll see what happens because. And see if Alex Earl responds in. In any sort of way. But we are relying on you that if Cooper does give you any info, you will put it out there.

[Dave]

Yeah. She just said I was dead ass wrong about the Carl's Jr. But didn't say anything else.

[Fran]

And then.

[Dave]

But I think it's again very telling. She did openly be like, we were dicks to you. I didn't realize how hard it is to manage talent. I think that was the. I think as much it boils down, I think that's it. And maybe Alex Earl is like, you were kind of my idol and you're a dick.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Yeah. And you need money to run a company. I think that people forget that.

[Ria]

It's.

[Dave]

Yes.

[Ria]

It's full circle because we know it because we were in it too. It's like they. Alex and Sophia had their feelings when. When you ever signed them, but that's how Alex learned how this business works. So when Alex are on well, I'm sure she took a lot of those things that you did and the way that you ran barstool. She was like, well, Dave did it this way, so we'll do it this way in the beginning. And she was like, well, this happened to me, so it'll. I'll do it for Alex Earl. But like not thinking that Alex Earl would.

[Fran]

Yeah. But I also think that on well is in such early stages where now Barcelona contracts has changed. I mean we could speak for ourself where it's definitely in our favor a lot. And we do talk about that. That like it has changed a lot and the bigger you get, it changes where I think Unwell is in such an early stage that maybe they're not in the place to like. We have no clue.

[Ria]

Yeah, we don't know.

[Fran]

We have no clue how to get it just made.

[Dave]

Alex Earl was huge. Like, she would have been probably the biggest. I'm trying to think if we've ever signed somebody that was that big at the time of signing them, right? I don't think so.

[Ria]

No. Like pe. That. Yeah. I don't know.

[Dave]

Yeah. It's like, all right, that ship has like sailed. It's very hard. Like, what are you guys bringing to each other? And I already right off the bat, like, Alex Earl is kind of bringing more to Unwell. Keeping them like younger. Like so.

[Ria]

Sure.

[Dave]

It's just really hard to manage that. And again, I don't know what the contracts look like, but I'd be pretty confident saying it's a financial thing that just got like personal.

[Ria]

Yeah, that's what I think too. Like, I. I think that's just. I think it just turned out. I think Alex Earl was like a legit fan and it turned sour and it's like the Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, like, you know, you went around Olivia Rodrigo loved Taylor Swift. Now it's like they'll never talk ever again because shit got real. And Olivia, like, will probably. Probably would want to shit on Taylor. And since she got.

[Fran]

Yeah, that's true. That is true. And to wrap up Tea by the Sea, do you want alleged Dumois stuff?

[Ria]

Like, we're just trying.

[Dave]

Yes.

[Fran]

Okay.

[Dave]

Yeah, Anything alleged is great.

[Ria]

Okay. Alleged

[Dave]

rumors, whatever it may be.

[Noah]

I don't care.

[Dave]

I'll couch it.

[Ria]

All right. So the Kendall and Jacob stuff was by far the biggest.

[Dave]

Yeah. I don't need like, you guys tell me, like, Alex Earl and Alice Cooper are beefing. Like.

[Ria]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Dave]

That. You walk out the door and you see that.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Dave]

So.

[Fran]

Yeah, yeah. All right, we got it. Now we're in a bigger understanding, deeper cuts. Yeah.

[Dave]

Okay.

[Ria]

Thank you, Dave.

[Fran]

Thank you.

[Noah]

All right, bye.

[Ria]

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[Fran]

Coachella. Like we said.

[Ria]

Coachella.

[Fran]

Yes.

[Ria]

Hello.

[Fran]

Coachella fully took over this weekend. Friday night, Sabrina Carpenter. Saturday night, Justin Bieber. Sunday night, Carol G. With a lot of other acts mixed in there. Really? We got to start off with Sabrina Carpenter. Friday night. We did stay up to watch. We were all texting about it because she put on quite the freaking show. That little girl. She

[Ria]

that little person.

[Fran]

That little girl. As I say, as another little girl.

[Ria]

Yeah, yeah. As another shorty.

[Fran]

Yes. Is another shorty. My. My fellow short.

[Ria]

Yes. She's extra short.

[Fran]

She's extra short, though. She's got. I got a couple inches. Oh, you do, you do. But she put on quite the freaking show.

[Ria]

She really did. And I. And I know we'll talk about it all with the Bieber stuff too, but, like, there's just. So. I always feel like I am maybe just enjoying things more or look to enjoy things before I look to criticize things where it's like an immediate. I. I wish, like, I could just enjoy something and then go online and be like, wow, everyone enjoyed it. You know, it's like, it's impossible these days. It's never. No one wants to enjoy things. Everyone wants to criticize things. I loved Sabrina's performance. I thought she was people criticizing. Yes.

[Noah]

I didn't see anything. The thing.

[Fran]

I just saw the yodeling thing. That.

[Ria]

Yes, yes, yes. No, no, apologize. I did that. That, like, they didn't like the performance.

[Fran]

What?

[Ria]

I know.

[Fran]

See, no, this is. This is why you got to just ignore that. Because who didn't like the performance? What was bad? What can you say that was not good about?

[Ria]

Some people were saying, like, too many songs are man's best friend. They don't translate to, like the. To like a live.

[Noah]

That's like the biggest album she has, isn't it?

[Fran]

Yeah, well, it's her most recent album. Short and Sweet was the biggest, I think. But then Man's Best Friend came after. But she did an entire tour for Short and Sweet, so now she's moved on to Man's best friend.

[Ria]

Yes. Believe me.

[Fran]

And she did plenty of songs.

[Ria]

So Short and sweet. Yeah, yeah. And I saw. I. One guy went off on Tick Tock of that. He said all of her outfits were terrible. I said, what? She looked amazing the whole time. I loved every outfit.

[Fran]

And people.

[Ria]

I know.

[Fran]

I started. People are addicted, I know, to misunderstanding and hating things.

[Noah]

I notice everything's not for everyone, so.

[Fran]

Right. But I. Yeah, but then I didn't

[Noah]

see any of that.

[Fran]

Then why don't you mind your business, bitch?

[Ria]

Like, or even like. But then it's. It's. All it takes is. Then it switches, right? Because even the people that maybe criticize Sabrina, it's like, then they watch Justin and they're like, well, he didn't perform like Sabrina. It's like, well, did you like Sabrina or did you not like?

[Fran]

And here. Okay, now that we're gonna, like, go into this discussion, there are few people. Because there's a whole discussion now, right?

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

That people are like, you know, another woman wouldn't be able to get up on stage and do what Justin Bieber did without being criticized. Yeah, there are few people that can get up on that stage and do what Justin Bieber did. Yeah, I think that Taylor Swift could be one of them. Yeah, I think that Ariana Grande could be one of them. I think that Adele could be one of them. I think that there are plenty of people who have earned the right to get up on stage and do what Justin Bieber did. Justin Bieber, including. Yeah, he has earned that right. That that man has been working since he's fucking 15 years old and has put on more than enough insane shows.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

To get up there and do what he did. There are some people that have not earned that yet. There are some people that have to get up and put on an insane show. I think it really does come down to the level of like, have you earned that right to do that? I think Justin Bieber has and I think it comes from a place of like understanding where Justin came from. Yeah, he popped off from YouTube. His career started from YouTube. He also does not own his music anymore. He sold his catalog. So for him to get up there and even want to do those songs for himself and for the crowd is enough. He also wouldn't have enough time in the set to do all of those songs. I think he gave more than enough doing 30 second snippets of each one of those songs and also creating an intimate experience for everybody at home as well. As well as the crowd. Yes. If you're in the crowd, I guess you're looking for like an amped up show us at home. It was spectacular because it felt so intimate with him. But I just think that like, people are so quick to misunderstand and not try to understand where he's coming from. Like they just immediately want to judge and be like, oh, he just got up on stage and scrolled the whole time. Like that's not what he did. If you know his background and are a big fan of Justin Bieber, the YouTube of it all, I feel like meant a lot to what he was doing. And some people just choose to misunderstand that.

[Ria]

Yeah, I think it makes a lot of sense and I also think it's. It comes down to just level of fan and understanding. There's a lot of casual Justin Bieber fans that are gonna want to see or just want. Who just want to see the hits. Like, I get that. But then this performance just isn't going to be for you and that's totally fine. Because if you go in and you're not familiar with how one, how Justin Bieber has been performing recently, because, my God, he hasn't gone on stage and done some fucking crazy pop choreo type of show in years. Like, if not at like a decade, like, it's been a long time since he's done that really. So it's like, I don't, I don't know why anyone would have expected that to be the type of show that he was going to do. I, that's where, that's where it throws me off. I'm like, did you think he was gonna go up there and just like have this full blown crazy choreo all of his old songs, lip sync situation? Like, I really didn't think that that was gonna be, that that was gonna be what he's gonna do. There is a conversation around these giant festivals and the performances. You can tell when sometimes they are very much catered to the audience at home because it is such a wide range. Like the numbers obviously beat the amount of people that are actually there who are at home watching. And that I understand when people are at the festival, like, oh, it didn't feel like it was for the, for the live audience, but by the way, every, it felt like every crowd shot I saw across the board for everybody's performance was lame as fuck. So it's like whether Sabrina, Justin, whatever, everyone's just standing there anyway. And, and, and I think that most people like you do. You're, you're the people that are at Coachella, maybe a majority, yes, there are the, the Justin superfans that are there and are having a great time, but there are a lot of casual fans that are there at Coachella for other reasons. So when he starts playing like multiple songs from Swag and Swag two in a row and like all these things that they, they probably never even listened to that album. So they're like, oh, this sucks. I actually watched Tana Mojo posted a whole TikTok about being an artist during Justin and she was like ready to actually beat people up. Like, she was like, it was so, like, everyone was so miserable around me there. Like, it was so crowded. But she was like overhearing people complaining or talking shit about him or like being bored and all these things and that, like she was trying to dance and have fun and people were turned around and give her dirty looks that she was like singing and dancing and trying to enjoy it. And she said so many people, like, once he, like, once he Started to play a clip of Baby. Like, everybody took their phones out, got their videos, and when he was done, they just left.

[Fran]

Yeah, that's also another thing, is that you can hear it. You can see everybody just on their phones. When they show the crowd shots, everyone's on their phones the entire time. I do not understand why people are so addicted to watching something that's right in front of their face through their phone.

[Ria]

It drives me, especially Coachella, where stage is so huge and the audience is so huge. Like, your video's gonna suck.

[Fran]

Yeah, it's not gonna be good. And by the way, you're blocking everybody in the audience by holding your phone up and doing that the whole time. I don't know why people are committed to doing that. It's ridiculous. But on. On top of all this, like, I. I just feel like what Justin did was give people an intimate experience. Laughing, joking, talking with the crowd. He also, by the way, that was like 20 minutes of the set. When he performed for an hour and a half, he sang his heart out for the other parts of the show. It's not like he got up there and didn't sing. His mic was on like it always is. He has an amazing voice. Also, he had Thames and Wizkid come out, who I love. I Essence is one of my favorite songs. And he also had kid Laroi come out.

[Ria]

Kid Laroi.

[Fran]

He put on a show that was genuine to him. Now he has done all the Foo Foo big production before. It's not like he's never done that. It's just different. If you've been paying attention to him, you knew that you weren't gonna get that. I just feel like people haven't been paying attention.

[Ria]

Exactly.

[Fran]

Exactly.

[Ria]

Literally, not.

[Fran]

Not clocking to them.

[Ria]

Not clocking them at all. Clear. I saw so many people on TikTok being like, it was mid. It was boring, blah, blah, blah. I'm like, okay, fine. That just me. Like, you. You can. You can think that you probably aren't a fan of those albums, but where you go wrong is going in thinking you're gonna get a Beyonce level Coachella performance. Like, I saw so many people being like, oh, our standards are so high for Coachella, like, because of Beyonce. It's like, well, yeah, but why would you think Justin Bieber is going to do a Beyonce level performance, right?

[Fran]

Like, that's on you for not paying attention. You're not getting Eenie Meenie with Sean Kingston, with Justin Bieber, like, a whole production with. With the. With the whole band. And everything, it's just not happening. So I just feel like people haven't been paying attention to what he's been trying to do these recent years. He's also been through so much, and I know that goes without saying, but I feel like it is so apparent that people keep missing that. That, like, clearly he had been put through a lot in this industry, and him, like, watching himself. You could see himself get emotional. I just. I just feel like people are looking to complain about it and bring him down. I think that, like, I think that if Taylor Swift got up there, she would never. Because she's always putting on the most insane shows. If she got up there and did what he did, I would love it.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

If she sat there and pulled up YouTube and started going through, like, old songs that she never sings anymore, I think we would love it. But there would also people who would be like, obviously there would be people who would shit on it.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

But it's just really cool when an artist like that tries to connect with your fans and the crowd in that way.

[Ria]

Yeah. I absolutely agree. And I think there is. There is certainly a double standard in some. In some instances when it comes to male and female performers that females, I think, are expected to do a lot more. And I saw that comparison with Sabrina, which felt a little unfair because this is an era of Sabrina where she is really, like, she is starting off. And it's not like this isn't by any means the start of her career. She's been doing this for a long time, but she is establishing herself as that kind of performer and the theater and the dance and everything. Like, that is something that has now become synonymous with her and performing. I get it. Like, it's like all. You know, I saw a lot of jokes of. Justin Bieber's Coachella performance was like going on a first date with a guy. He brings you back to his apartment, and he's like, yo, you gotta watch this video on YouTube.

[Fran]

Yeah, those are funny.

[Ria]

And then you're, like, stuck watching YouTube videos with this guy until 4am and you're like, okay, cool.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

Which is. Which is fun. Like, it is funny and it's fair. I think the YouTube thing completely makes sense with who Justin is and where he came from. So I don't have any complaints about. About that, but, like, it would be different. You know, Justin is. There is love for it, but there is criticism for it as well. We've never really seen. I don't think we ever really seen a female artist do that at Coachella So it's like, how are we to say how would, how, how would people react? I don't know, because I don't think we've ever really seen it happen like that. And if it did, I think people would love it too.

[Fran]

Have we ever thought about the fact that, like, maybe us women love to put on a show? You know what I mean? Like, I wouldn't want to get up there and do what Justin Bieber did.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Because I would love to fucking perform my heart out and put on a whole production like Sabrina Carpenter and do the theatrics and everything.

[Ria]

You know, Justin's heart's just not in that anymore. That's just. He doesn't want to do that.

[Fran]

Right. And it's like, Sabrina, I think she wants to do it. I don't think anyone's forcing Sabrina to get up there and be like, you

[Ria]

have to do this thing.

[Fran]

She. I think she wants to do it because she loves it and she's amazing at it. And it's. And it. Sabrina's performance was stunning.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Like, genuinely. I was like, this rocked. Yeah, she crushed that. She crushed it. Different feeling for Justin. It was like, wow, that was emotional. And, you know, it was more like it was healing.

[Ria]

Yeah. It was like appreciative. Like, it was.

[Fran]

I wasn't like, oh, Justin fucking rocked that. It was like, oh, you know what? I appreciated that for him and for us. It was emotional.

[Ria]

It was a vibe, it was a jam. I. And I think the people there that love him really did enjoy it. I was laughing because I saw like Girlboss Town, who was a massive Bieber fan. She was just popping off on people left and right and I was really enjoying it on Social of. And it's true, like, I saw you see the crowds, all these videos, like the fans that are freaking out and everyone's just like standing around them. I'm like, what is going on? But she did post this was killing me. She wrote for the literal child who the music industry public destroyed, to go back for 30 minutes of his 90 minute set and play the classics that everyone asked for while healing his inner child and showing a visual representation of that while having better voice control than anyone in the industry. Like, be so for real. She's right, she's right.

[Fran]

He was harmonizing with his younger self. I know, like, he was singing along with himself. But it was, you know, I had

[Ria]

one and I thought, tear just slowly go down my face. When he played the Neo cover of him in his little outfit when he was so Little. I was like, oh, my God. Because it was such a nostalgic thing for him, but, like, nostalgic for us, too. The amount of hours I spent on YouTube watching every single fucking video I could find of Justin Bieber singing, like, anything I said. The one thing that I thought maybe he would have played that he didn't was him busking on the streets in Stratford. Like, that little Canadian playing his songs on the street. And he's just, like, such an Internet kid. And you get to see some of his humor because we forget how fucking funny he is. Like, he really is hilarious. And, I mean, I thought we were gonna be watching. Like, when he started playing the double rainbow video, I was like, how long is he gonna play?

[Fran]

He did lose me at the Deez Nuts. I was like, okay, well, let's get back to you. You know, you're losing me here. Yeah, we're about 15 years behind on this one, so let's get back.

[Ria]

And I'm so intrigued to see what he does next week. Like, I wonder if he'll do those once again or if he'll. Or if he'll do different ones.

[Noah]

Because I feel like this was, like, kind of a huge surprise in the way that he used the laptop and everything, where I'm like, I wonder if he does that again the same exact way next week.

[Ria]

I think he could definitely do it the exact same way. I. I think if people really wanted that experience again. Because I think if he didn't do it, people would be upset. But also, he could do it with plenty of. Maybe he mixes in a couple other ones.

[Fran]

He's obviously gonna address it too. Like, he's gonna get on. If he does it again, he's gonna be like, I know. Like, I feel like that's just his humor, but I feel like when I first woke up and saw what people were talking about, I was like, oh, no. I was like, justin, come on. I don't wanna hate on you.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

And then when I watched it. Cause I fully went in with low expectations after seeing the discourse about it, turned it on and was like, wait, I am eating this up. Same from beginning to end.

[Ria]

I did worry a little bit when I put it on. It started. And, like, song four or five. It was early on when he was just, like, laying on the ground and singing. I was like, oh. I was like, justin, stand up.

[Fran]

No, when I. When I woke up.

[Ria]

Stand up, please.

[Fran]

When I woke up and I read our group chat and Kelly and Gia were going back and forth talking about him laying down yeah, yeah. I thought, no, no, no, don't tell me we have a Frank Ocean situation. I was like, please, please. They've been hyping this up so much. Do not tell me Justin, like, bailed mid show and started laying down. And thankfully that was not the case because it could have been.

[Ria]

I know. And the acoustic moment was so great. I just really think, like, if you went in with the understanding of who Justin is, the music he's been making recently, the stuff that he's been putting out, you're crazy to think he wasn't going to do a lot of Swag and Swag 2. And those songs aren't jump up and down, party, throw your body around type of. Type of songs. He looked really jammy. They're vibey. They're like, you just kind of like sway back and forth and sing. And he looked so. Like, it was usually. He looks so happy.

[Fran]

Yeah, he looked really happy.

[Ria]

He looked good.

[Fran]

He did.

[Ria]

I mean, get a nice tan going right now. You look nice.

[Fran]

I made a couple of jokes that I was like, listen, if he told me I wouldn't be on the COVID of Vogue, I'd stay with him.

[Ria]

Seemed like everybody had. Like, Haley was having so much fun.

[Fran]

We were talking about that yesterday. Yeah, that really was insane. Like, not to bring it back, but, like, that was so crazy. When he posted, I told Haley she'll never be on the COVID of Vogue, and look at her. She did it. I was like, you know what? She still supports him. She still gets up there. It's like, that's my man. That is my man.

[Ria]

Wait, you know, Complete sidetrack. And it's only because I looked over and saw my Benson Boone shirt hanging on the rack. You see those videos of Benson Boone walking around Coachella?

[Fran]

I saw Brianna posted that Benson Boone,

[Ria]

like, oh, like, it was like, a fan. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Which is awesome. And I was like, benson, I've been defending you for quite some time as well.

[Fran]

He.

[Ria]

He looks. He looks fantastic. I thought he looked really handsome.

[Fran]

I'm just like, not a Benson.

[Ria]

No, it's so, so fair. He's a handsome guy, but I'm not like Benson. I like the whole vibe he had going on walking around Coachella. Yeah, I certainly did. But no, everyone seemed like they were having a great time.

[Fran]

Bieber really does get up there, remind you, though, like, of how hot he really is. It's just like he. When he kept looking at the camera, Matt goes, I think I'm falling in love with him again. It's hard not to when he's giving

[Ria]

those looks at the camera. His eye contact ending where he, like, looked in the camera and then pointed and the fireworks went off. I was like, that was so sexy.

[Fran]

And his name and it's just like. And he walks away and just says Bieber behind and be like, oh, my chills. Yeah, I have chills.

[Ria]

You're like, that's just. Yeah, that's just incredible.

[Fran]

On the same note of Bieber, Coachella, obviously, Haley with Kylie and Kendall and the whole group, that's the Coachella. I'd want to be a part of that house. I want to say, Kylie, you're like,

[Ria]

I'll do Coachella if I'm a billionaire.

[Fran]

Yeah, right.

[Ria]

Like, if I could stay with them

[Fran]

and they could ride me in on their golf carts. And Kendall's making out with Jacob Elordi, allegedly at the after party. Like, I want to be around that Coachella. I want to see what's going on over there.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

They seem like they're having a grand old time. You got Timothy Chalamet acting like no one could see him. Like he was Leonardo DiCaprio with his little mask on bandana, you know, it's like, we know it's you.

[Ria]

Yeah, you're you.

[Fran]

His hair is growing back. The curls are coming back. We could see it through the hat. Him and Kylie. Kylie looked like she was having the time of her life all weekend, let me tell you.

[Noah]

Horse post.

[Fran]

That was an. I think that was AI.

[Noah]

I know when I saw the picture, I was like, certainly. But then I saw the video. I'm like, clearly joking.

[Ria]

Some sort of joke or video or like that. That, to me seems like maybe an inside joke with her friends that she just put out to, like, a hundred and hundreds of millions of people.

[Fran]

And that's the best when you're laughing with your friends. Because I saw Haley comment like, lmao. Yeah. It's like, you know, like, that's an

[Ria]

inside joke that we're not a part of.

[Fran]

Yeah. We don't get it. But.

[Ria]

We don't get it. But they do.

[Fran]

I appreciate it.

[Ria]

But they do appreciate that. Did give me a giggle, too. No, they really did look like they had so much fun. And by the way, Jacob Elordi and Kendall Jenner, if they were making out, that was a Dumas submission. As they should. Like, those two should be making out. Like, I can't imagine two more people that should be making out than those two.

[Fran]

Nothing has ever made more sense to me than Kendall Jenner and Jacob already making out.

[Ria]

They haven't already made out.

[Fran]

Maybe they have. Maybe they have.

[Ria]

Maybe they have, but.

[Fran]

Cause it just makes sense.

[Ria]

It really, really does make sense. But no, and. And when you're watching at home, it's. It's tough because you do have to stay up late because everything's Pacific time and the Justin set was really late. So you watched it Sunday morning. So I feel like the Sunday stuff I really missed too. Like, Carol G. Went on so late as well, and I was like, I gotta go to sleep. So I was just seeing clips of that this morning. And another. Another fantastic performer.

[Fran]

She is phenomenal.

[Ria]

She is a fantastic performer. And I love. She brought up Becky G. They did a little. It's just, it was, it was great. I. And I. The pictures, the outfits so good. The costumes just in. Really, really, really incredible. I will say, though, like, there's a couple people that I, That I did want to watch their set. I don't know if I'm just out of the game or what, but as I was looking at the schedule for the different days and being like, oh, I want to watch this one. I want to watch that one. I was really falling with the headliners and everybody else. I was like, I have no, I have no idea who these people are.

[Fran]

I did watch Teddi Swims. Yes, he brought out Joe Jonas.

[Ria]

They did, they did. When he looked at him.

[Fran]

And he brought out Vanessa Carlton, too,

[Ria]

which was another one where I felt like the crowd was not. The enthusiasm level is low.

[Fran]

Not going to lie. Once again, have to state that I had my period this weekend, so the tears were extra. The way that I cried when Joe Jonas came out and then cried even more when I felt like the crowd wasn't happy for him. Like, I, I, it, like, made me uncomfortable because sometimes I think maybe they mute the crowd a little bit for the live stream. I don't know. That's what I'm telling myself because I was like, wait, no one's, no one's hyping me up. Sometimes I feel that.

[Ria]

But my God, like, when one person yells, you can hear him crystal clear.

[Fran]

Right?

[Ria]

You know what I'm saying? So I'm like, the Sabrina situation with the yodel, like, you could hear that person word, like, word for word what they were saying, which is like, is it just because everybody else is so quiet when you are actually loud? You can, you can. The sound is being picked up or, or what? I don't know.

[Fran]

Yeah, I'm not sure, but I felt emotional that, that it felt like no one was as excited for. For Joe Jonas and Vanessa Carlton. I'm like, yeah, what's going on here? I mean, and Teddy is amazing. He is so good. Watch Central C. It didn't. It didn't translate.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

You know, fair Swae Lee, incredible. Sway Lee was incredible.

[Ria]

Holy. He.

[Fran]

Oh, my God. That was. I got chills. Oh, my God.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

So there's a couple of them that I'm like, oh, if I was in the crowd.

[Noah]

Young Thug.

[Fran]

Here's the thing. I actually was a humongous Young Thug fan. I. I still like Young Thug, but. But sometimes I listened to some of the songs I used to listen to, and I'm like, I can't understand a fucking word that's going on. I never could say I used to love digits. There's a couple songs that me and my cousin would go crazy for. And we did see Young Thug at Rolling years ago. Maybe it was rolling. Yeah, Years ago. And now I don't listen as often, I would say. But I would be hyped up to be there.

[Noah]

Did you see him shout out Northwest? Like, he's like, north.

[Fran]

Yeah, like, yeah, he's in.

[Noah]

And Tiana Taylor, he likes. Like, I've been trying to contact you, like to dress me and you've been ignoring me.

[Fran]

Here's the thing. Teyana Taylor, I'm going to choose to believe that she's lying to us about that fact that she doesn't work out because her body is so fucking insane. And she continues to say that she doesn't work out and she has a full blown.

[Ria]

Yeah, I don't know. I do kind of believe her because she said that, like, she's like, having a kid has only made her, like, abs better. And so she said she feels like that isn't the case for most.

[Fran]

She said she's had abs since she was a kid. Yeah, but I'm like, her abs are so distinguished. You don't work out at all. I mean, props. She has the most insane body. Like, she's fucking incredible. But yeah, there were a couple of ones that I watched. I mean, Swae Lee was really good. That was. And he played all the hits. And sometimes you forget how many hits really, that they have.

[Ria]

I did enjoy some part. I did enjoy watching Addison Rae.

[Fran]

I was gonna say Addison Rae. I have a question.

[Ria]

She. See, yes. Question.

[Fran]

My question is, why not Tate McRae?

[Ria]

Just in general.

[Fran]

Just in general. Not.

[Ria]

Not instead of Addison Rae, but if

[Fran]

Addison Rae is getting to perform at Coachella.

[Ria]

No, I totally get why not Tate McRae? Well, I think there's just such different levels that Tate McRae almost like, borderline headliner.

[Fran]

And you think she could headline?

[Ria]

I don't. I Maybe not headline, but, like, I

[Fran]

could see second to headline.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Like, she's the one. She's like the Strokes.

[Ria]

Yeah, yeah.

[Fran]

The Strokes had an odd performance. Yeah.

[Ria]

I put it on for, like, five minutes and I. I wasn't. I wasn't really enjoying it.

[Fran]

They were, like, genuinely upset. Yeah. That, like, Justin Bieber was after that, they're like, you're only here for Justin. It's like, like, just play.

[Ria]

Right. That's got to be a weird.

[Noah]

I don't know. The clip that I saw seemed like they were joking about it being like, we're going to lube you up for justice.

[Fran]

It was a lot of joke. It was like a lot of in between commentary.

[Ria]

Addison's whole, like, Addison's whole situation. Like, when I watch her, I'm like. I'm watching a pop star that's like, on a TV show. Does that make sense? Yes. Like, I'm like, if I was watching hacks. Yeah. Like, if I was watching hacks, like, Addison Ray would be like, the pop star. That's. That. That is their new client on, like. And they're like, oh, we're gonna make her a star.

[Fran]

Like this.

[Ria]

Absolutely. And that's everything that she does. Like, but in real life, so true. And the video be like. And a message to all my haters. Suck my dick.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

Pop off.

[Fran]

Addison when she's just like. She's like, everybody scream. Money's everything. I'm like, whatever.

[Ria]

No, you do.

[Fran]

And you say whatever you want up there, Addison.

[Ria]

Where it's like. Like, it feels. It feels borderline satire, but it's so real. And I love it for her. But yeah, no, there's definitely. I would put Tate McCray in, like, the Teddy Swims time slot.

[Noah]

Yeah. That's like six names below.

[Ria]

Oh, was it Teddy?

[Noah]

Like, if I'm looking at the thing right now and he's one.

[Ria]

Oh, but I was just looking at Main Stage. Wasn't it Teddy Swims and then Sabrina was after. Or was there somewhere.

[Fran]

There was the xx.

[Noah]

It's the xx.

[Ria]

Oh, the xx.

[Noah]

The xx. Nine Inch Noise Disclosure, turns out.

[Ria]

I know, but I'm talking just sched. Main stage.

[Fran]

Main Stage.

[Ria]

It was the.

[Fran]

It was Teddy Swims, the xx. And then.

[Ria]

And then Sabrina. Okay. Okay. Yeah. I mean, I put somewhere in there, like, I feel like. Because Addison. Yeah, Yeah.

[Fran]

I don't know. Sabrina also had some appearances from actors we had Susan Sarandon with a, with a really cool monologue.

[Ria]

It was really, it was just, it went on a little long, had too long. Like it had me for the first few minutes where I was like, this is really cool. And I, I, I liked the message. I appreciate it was like a very interesting. But then it just like me went like four minutes too long.

[Fran]

A little too long. But amazing appearance for Susan Sarandon. I mean that's iconic. And for her to be playing like older Sabrina. So good. Will Ferrell. Extremely random. Yeah, that one. Not quite sure the crowd even knew it was Will Ferrell at that point.

[Ria]

Probably not.

[Fran]

There was no like big eruption. I don't know if Will Ferrell, is he like past his time with the crowd? Not maybe that crowdfar he's still he.

[Ria]

100%. Yeah, 100% is. I just think like a lot of these people have just like a poopy in their pants while they're, while they're watching these performances.

[Fran]

Yeah, big, big old dump.

[Ria]

A big old poopy in their pants. Because that's what, that's why we see. And I know I'm, we're characterizing this from, from what we see on tv. And I know that there are so many people that go and have so much fucking fun and dance with their friends and enjoy and like don't worry about, you know, pushing all the way to the front and like getting the good video and all those things. And those people, I'm like, yes, enjoy, have fun. I know you're there. I know you're there. But what we see on the stream and the videos and everything, you're like, lighten up everybody. Have some fun.

[Fran]

Well, they're probably, it's an all day affair.

[Ria]

They're probably bottles, right? They can't move, they're wearing diapers. They literally do have poopies because they're

[Fran]

getting there so early. To be in the front, to not even enjoy it, like you might as well be in the back and actually have some fun.

[Noah]

Where I would get like who you're saying was like upset about Bieber. I'm blanking now. The band. You were just saying the Strokes. Yeah, like, because it's like if the whole front of your crowd is like, clearly doesn't give a fuck about you. I could see them being annoyed by that because those people are waiting all day for Bieber.

[Ria]

But, but sorry, that's like what you, you, you what? That's what you sign up for when you do a festival, any festival across the world. It's like, if you're signing up for a festival that has a certain amount of stages, there's gonna be the die hards for the other people that are at your stage that haven't gone on yet that are there.

[Noah]

I think that's a whole debate online of, like, people who only go to one thing or, like, only wait for one thing.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Noah]

It's like, that kind of defeats the whole person.

[Ria]

Like I said, from what. From how Tana described the artist section sounded. Miz. She was like, I don't know how Maine was or how VIP was, but the, you know, artist is the top of the top in terms of wristbands that you can get at Coachella. And I. Those are the people I actually wouldn't want to be watching the set with. Those are probably industry people. They're. They don't give a shit.

[Fran]

Like, you want to be with the main. You want to be in the crowd. You want to be having a blast.

[Ria]

And you do want, like, Coachella is something where in any kind of big music festival, if you are going in with the mindset of, like, I want to be front row barricade at these things. Power to you. Good for you. That is. It's tough to do. It's tough to wait out the day. It's tough to live that life. But if you go in, sort of, like, I know that there are thousands and thousands and thousands of people all here trying to see, like, if we don't get close, it's okay. Let's establish our spot. We'll see, we'll vibe, we'll jump around, we'll have our fun. I felt that way when I was there in 2016. Like, I was. We were so far away for Lorde's performance, but we had so much fucking fun. And it was such a good performance. And even same with Gaga, it was like, we're not getting that close. Like, you just kind of gotta establish where you are and enjoy yourself and have fun. So that's just. That's just the way it goes.

[Fran]

But the only thing I could could say about, like, not loving Justin Bieber's set or whatever, finding it boring, is if you're, like, on drugs, which I tend to think a lot of people are at Coachella, and all of a sudden you're rolling and he starts going on YouTube, like, that's gotta be.

[Ria]

Or he's just laying on the ground, right?

[Fran]

No, that's gotta be quite the trip where you're like, okay, I'm trying to get in, like, the flow yeah. And he's now on YouTube and he's scrolling and I don't know what's happening.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

So I can imagine where some people maybe were like, what is happening right now? And they were trying to hit a flow state and it just backfired. But besides that, I don't know if you're a couple drinks in, I find it, I think it would be fun

[Ria]

and have some laughs. And the die hard Bieber fans that I saw that were actually there all seemed to really thoroughly enjoy themselves. There were tears, everyone was happy. They're having a great time. Like I said. I just think if you were like, like if you're somebody that really loves. Sorry, and what do you mean and like that's, that's it. That's like all you're really listening to. You're not, you weren't gonna love that performance.

[Fran]

And here's the thing, and if you're a die hard Bieber fan, you're not like, let's roll for the beeps.

[Ria]

No, no, you're not like, come on,

[Fran]

we're rolling tonight with Justin. Like you are, you're actually, you might be showing up.

[Ria]

Totally.

[Fran]

I want to remember this.

[Ria]

I want to, I want to soak in every single. Every single moment.

[Fran]

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[Ria]

Yeah, yeah, I just. This.

[Fran]

Really. That's insanity. You can't just rub your disgusting vagina on someone's face.

[Ria]

You certainly cannot.

[Fran]

You can't do that.

[Ria]

And I'm. I'm just like, what? What? I'm curious, what led Ruby Rose to be like, now's the time I'm going to share this.

[Fran]

Rubbing your disgusting vagina on someone's face at the Spice nightclub in Melbourne.

[Ria]

Yeah. Yours. Yeah.

[Fran]

I don't know.

[Ria]

I guess she was just fed up with seeing Post about Katy Perry and Justin. Justin Trudeau in his backwards hat, like, looking like a frat boy coachette. Like the fact that that guy, like, ran Canada and he just fratting it up with Katy Perry and. Yeah, so anyway. But she did write, Katy Perry's actually at Spice Market nightclub. Who gives a what she thinks? And then she said that she threw up on her. I told the story publicly, but changed it to be a funny little drunk story because I didn't know how. How else to handle it. So I guess she's kind of like, told a different version of this story, but that didn't have all the details. Later, she agreed to help me get my US Visa, so I kept it a secret. But I did tell y' all she wasn't a good person and said, I got attacked by everyone. Then a Threads user posted back to her saying she kissed a girl and you didn't like it. And then Ruby said, she didn't kiss me. She saw me resting on my best friend's lap to avoid her and bent down, pulled her underwear to the side and rubbed. Yeah, I don't even want to say it.

[Fran]

Rubbed her disgusting vagina on her face.

[Ria]

And then she said she projectile vomited on her.

[Noah]

Her.

[Ria]

That's insane.

[Fran]

That Ruby Rose vomited on Katy Perry.

[Ria]

Yeah. Another user pointed out her 2017 feud with Katie and asked why she hadn't filed a police report, to which she said, yeah, not interested in filing a report over this. Not when I haven't even filed a report for the numerous rapes at the hands of grown men, but she is more than welcome to sue me. And she wrote she won't because it happened. I have Photos and it was literally in public and witnessed by multiple people. Plus there is so much more that happened in the years leading up to her silly song. She won't want me discussing. The psychological manipulation was strong with that one. And then I guess she said she was gonna report it. She then indicated that she was going to go to the police, saying, today I'll be walking into a police station to see if any of my experiences can be investigated. I imagine they are past their statute of limitations, but all the more reason to try. I have a long list. It will probably take more out of me than I'm prepared for, but I will come back here to update others on the process as soon as I am ready. So. And then she said she did it, that she went to the police station. Then she asked for. She asked if any good wishes or spirit folk could cast a few protective spells around her would be greatly appreciated.

[Fran]

I mean, that is wild.

[Ria]

That is.

[Fran]

Yeah, that is wild. That is bad news.

[Ria]

Yeah, that's not. You don't. That's not a story that you. You want being told.

[Fran]

No, I mean, you can't do that to people.

[Noah]

No, it's a literal crime.

[Fran]

What?

[Noah]

It's a literal crime.

[Fran]

Yes, yes, you are correct. Yes, yes, yes, yes. Not funny. I'm just laughing because I couldn't hear you the first time. No, that's insane. And I imagine, you know, Katy Perry, she was having a great time at the Biebs, but now she's probably like, oh, yep, this story's out there. That is disgusting. No, no, can't be doing that. That cannot be doing that.

[Ria]

Yeah, I wonder how this. That. Wonder how that'll play out.

[Fran]

Yeah, we'll see. We shall see.

[Ria]

But she was there and dancing it up at Justin Bieber.

[Fran]

Hopefully not rubbing her no self on other people.

[Ria]

You would hope that. No, you would.

[Fran]

Hopefully she is not doing that.

[Ria]

You know who had a very nice message as well towards Justin that I saw was Lizzo. I know that there is a lot of. I think who did she come out? Was it Sexy Red said or she came out for somebody?

[Fran]

I believe it was Sexy Red, but

[Ria]

she was there and she. She wrote the caption. I watched a pop star who grew up in front of the world fully transcend into his artistry. Last night I watched someone who gave us his all his whole life finally nourish himself. I have no pictures or videos because I was fully present in the moment. Justin invited us and whoever chose, chose to come with him. Was blessed with a beautiful ride. When you use Your gift for God, it will make people uncomfortable, but that's okay because the ones who stick beside you will feel the love. Thank you, Justin Bieber.

[Fran]

So. That's so nice. That's nice.

[Ria]

I like. And I felt the support because that's. I felt like that was what he was trying to do. Yeah. Where everyone could vibe with him and heal with him and. And appreciate him being on this stage at this point. Because a lot of us never thought we would get. Get back to this. To this point for him.

[Fran]

No. No. Yeah. Moving on. Britney Spears has checked herself into a rehab facility. She has voluntarily checked herself in. But right before that, she made sure to get one more video off of her slapping her butt. Thank God. She said, I'm about to go into rehab. I gotta get one more video off of me slapping my cheeks. And then I'm good. Then I will voluntarily put myself out.

[Ria]

I know. Well, at least. At least she did. At least she went.

[Fran]

Yeah, she voluntarily went.

[Ria]

And that's.

[Fran]

That's a great step.

[Ria]

Yeah. A source did tell Page Six that this was her own choice. This was her own choice. They said this isn't about one substance in particular. It has a dual purpose. This is about Britney putting her mental health first and taking some time for herself to focus on the things that are important to her. She's dedicated to working on her health. This is something she really wants to do for herself. It was her own decision. And her whole family is very supportive of this decision as well. Everyone just wants Brittany to be healthy and in a good place. And the fact that this was her decision just proves how dedicated she is to her own recovery and getting herself back on the ground. And then they. They're unsure how long she will be there for. The source says she doesn't know yet. This isn't for like a set 30 or 60 day program. It will take as long as she needs. She's not setting a limit on herself. She just wants to feel better and get herself into a healthier space.

[Fran]

That's good.

[Ria]

That's.

[Fran]

That's really good for Brittany to acknowledge that she needs the help and to get herself into a healthier space. And checking herself into a rehab facility is the first step of that. So I'm happy that she's taking the necessary steps because obviously she had the dui.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

And you know how we feel about getting in the car and driving under the influence of any sort. We are definitely not a fan of. That is no good. It's actually horrible. You're putting others at risk. You're putting yourself at risk. It's all terrible. So for her to take the step to go to rehab is a great step. And we're rooting for Brittany.

[Ria]

I absolutely always. I did see. Yeah, this happened the other week that Brittany's son, Sean Preston, changed his name on Instagram from Federline to Spears. Which I thought, oh, I feel like that just in a sense that I hope that was a good sign on where their relationship is. It's been strained, there's been issues. But a few weeks ago, he had updated to dropping Federline and adding Spears. So his handle now reads Sean P. Spears.

[Fran]

Yeah, I mean, maybe they're in a good spot. Or maybe he's like, hey, the Spears name is better than the federal line name, you know? Yeah, you would like, you would like to think it's under a good cause.

[Ria]

I think that there's been enough issue. Like, I don't think that they're, like, dying to have the Spears name. Plus, they've had issues with the debt with grandpa.

[Fran]

Well, who's worse, Federline or Spears? Last name. You gave the last name Federline. That's not great either.

[Noah]

No, I know, but objectively, like, doesn't sound good.

[Ria]

Yeah, I know, but I don't think, like, if, if they were in like, a really bad place with Britney. I don't think they're like, you know what? I'm starting using Spears. I just can't see that happening.

[Noah]

Maybe

[Ria]

with the way that the Spears name has been used and Grandpa Spears. That was bad with the boys.

[Fran]

I hope for the best. I'm hoping that they're in a good spot.

[Ria]

Recently, Brittany has shared more photos videos with her sons on social, which is good. So I don't know, feels like maybe they're. They're moving in the right direction and they're probably also very happy that she's hopefully taken care of her herself.

[Fran]

Yeah, that is a good step.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

This is all alleged that a save the date went out for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey, that they are having a July 3rd New York City wedding. Nothing has ever seemed more wrong. Thank you. I know. My third New York City wedding.

[Ria]

I go back and forth though. Like, at first I was like, no way. And now that I've been thinking about it for a little, maybe it does make sense. And if we're going off of what Taylor has sort of alluded to when it comes to, like, inviting a shit ton of people, there's really only so many places that can hold a wedding of that size. And if she didn't want to do it, like, at her own house or build it or whatever in Rhode island, there's not a lot of, like, set places that can hold 400 people for a wedding, but they can do it in New York City also.

[Fran]

City will be empty that weekend.

[Ria]

Exactly. Everyone leaves that weekend.

[Noah]

Michael Rubin's like, white. The white parties happening in the Hamptons.

[Fran]

Here's the thing, though. People might be sticking around now that weekend. It might be like, well, Taylor Swift might be getting married here. Yeah. I'm coming back early from vacation to

[Ria]

get back to the city. But here we're saying, like, we're. We're all going to be gone.

[Fran]

Yeah. Well, I'm changing my flight.

[Noah]

Yeah. Taylor and Travis checking office is going to be out of town.

[Fran]

You're safe to come. They will not be in the office.

[Ria]

Yeah, this was another page.

[Fran]

Do you think that Kelly Keegs will change her flight to come back early?

[Noah]

They're really just like, when is Kelly not in the.

[Fran]

Kelly and G. Are they going to be away that week?

[Ria]

Yeah, they will.

[Fran]

Gia.

[Ria]

Yeah, they're not coming back.

[Fran]

Do you think I could see Kelly and Gia changing their flights to come back early?

[Noah]

But what are they going to do walking around the city? Like, there's not binoculars off buildings.

[Ria]

Yes. Yeah.

[Fran]

Yes. That's exactly what they would do.

[Ria]

No, they're. They're not. They're not doing it.

[Noah]

What venues are in the city like, that huge, though, for weddings?

[Fran]

They could probably msg, maybe like the library.

[Ria]

I was gonna say the New York Public Library. They could probably do.

[Noah]

I feel like that's.

[Ria]

I'm pretty sure. Isn't that where Kevin Love got married? I remember he did, like, a big. This is. That's a niche reference. But I remember seeing his and Kate box wedding was like, stunning. New York City.

[Fran]

The Liberty Warehouse in Brooklyn.

[Ria]

Yeah, the big. Yeah, they. They. Page six is alleging that save the dates have gone out, but it's also

[Noah]

like one of those have to.

[Ria]

Sorry not to jump in as. As far as, you know, traditional wedding timelines, but if. If they're sending the save the date for July 3rd right now. Right now. Like, they're behind schedule.

[Fran]

They are behind schedule.

[Ria]

The invitations should have been sent out already.

[Fran]

Yeah, no, invitations should be going out now.

[Ria]

Like, invitations should be going out now. So I'm saying the save the date would have needed to go out months ago.

[Fran]

Yeah, that. Yeah. Maybe.

[Ria]

Maybe celebrities, they do things all differently, different.

[Fran]

Maybe the save the day and the invitation are all in one right Right, right. They're just calling it to save the date.

[Ria]

I think they're doing like an online rc. Rcp.

[Fran]

They better. Because how are they going to collect all those?

[Ria]

I know, right? No. And they can't have, like that address floating around.

[Fran]

I know that some people are like, still traditional in the sense that they want to receive their RSVPs back.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

There isn't. I have never said no to something quick where I said, do everything online. Do everything online. I do not want to be checking my mailbox.

[Ria]

I. I did the same.

[Fran]

Like, I. I can't be checking my mailbox with RSVPs. I'm gonna mark it down.

[Ria]

No, online. I know online.

[Fran]

Apparently there is a mark of like people's initials in the back of the save the date so that if anybody leaks a picture of it, they'll know who did it.

[Noah]

Oh, but like, what are they gonna do?

[Ria]

Some sort of tech. Yeah, so they don't have a Ramona singer Teresa Giudice situation.

[Noah]

Like what? Like excommunicate them?

[Ria]

Yeah, yeah.

[Noah]

Oh, I see what you're saying.

[Ria]

Yeah, yeah.

[Fran]

Like they'll see who.

[Ria]

Yeah, like you're posting to save the day. You're not coming to the wedding.

[Noah]

Someone who can go post.

[Fran]

It's like everybody's making time to go to that wedding. If you can't go, you're good.

[Noah]

What percentage of people do you think will be declined?

[Ria]

100. Approved. Like 100. Yes, I think.

[Fran]

Right? I think maybe you get like a handful of people that can't make it for like, emergency sake. Something happens, someone dies.

[Ria]

Something last minute and even still is

[Fran]

going down the line of like, how close was this person to me that died? Yeah, 100% like, grandma, grandma, you do it.

[Noah]

Yeah, cousin.

[Fran]

No, no, no. Grandma, Grandma, Grandma, you might. You might.

[Noah]

You got to go for grandma.

[Fran]

You. Listen, both of my grandmas have past a little bit easier for me to talk about this.

[Ria]

Like, grandma love Taylor Swift.

[Fran]

Like, I don't know, Grandma Betty. Like, maybe I hit the wake and

[Ria]

I miss the funeral.

[Noah]

Immediate family only.

[Fran]

Listen.

[Ria]

Yeah, yeah, no, your second cousin. You're, like, not missing my. If you're getting invited to this wedding, you're. You're, you're changing absolutely everything. And by the way, no one in your family would blame you. No, they'd be like, so there's that fucking Taylor drag.

[Fran]

Here's the thing. If now I'm thinking about, like, okay, if not, if Nono died and it was Taylor Swift's wedding, he would have

[Noah]

wanted you to go 100%.

[Fran]

I'm trying to think. I don't think I could miss nano's funeral. Like, truly, I don't.

[Ria]

Don't.

[Fran]

But I do think my parents would be like, you gotta go to the wedding. Like, they would be like, no, no, it doesn't even. He wouldn't even understand, but you gotta go to the wedding.

[Ria]

Your parents would be like, if you're not taking the invite, we'll take it.

[Fran]

Yeah, I would be like, I'll go.

[Ria]

I'll go.

[Fran]

Don't worry. Oh, my God, I'm so sorry.

[Ria]

They're going. No, you're absolutely right, though. I don't think anybody. You're getting this invite. No matter what you have planned.

[Fran]

You're.

[Ria]

You're changing around. You're saying what this date is.

[Noah]

I can't imagine your own wedding.

[Fran]

You're like, I can't postpone. I can't imagine anything that would be. Although, here's the thing. If it was my other best friend's wedding, someone else's, and if it was someone I was closer with, I would go to that. I wouldn't. That would be. I feel like, yeah, you. Yeah, that would be really fucked up.

[Noah]

I don't know, though. I'm trying to think, like, who.

[Fran]

Who that. I really think that that would be.

[Noah]

Unless you're in the wedding.

[Ria]

If I'm getting married, you're coming to my wedding. But if Nona's gone, he. He's not here.

[Fran]

Kidding. I'll visit.

[Noah]

I'll visit the site next week.

[Fran]

I'll talk to him after the wedding.

[Ria]

No, no, I know. That's so fair. You would certainly win. You would certainly win. Good friend metal. But I do think literally anybody would be like, I think you're. I get it.

[Fran]

No, because if it was your wedding, I wouldn't miss your wedding. Go to Taylor Swift's wedding.

[Ria]

No, I. And I would. I appreciate that. But if you.

[Fran]

You would.

[Ria]

If you were like, Taylor Swift's I'm invited Taylor Swift's wedding, I'd be like, can I be your plus one? And I will move my.

[Fran]

Yeah. Like, I'll move my wedding for that. Oh, man.

[Ria]

Like, how? Yeah, yeah, yeah. But. But, I mean, everyone was really high on the Rhode island plan. That doesn't seem to be the idea. It said that they had scrapped that idea so that they could go use a different venue that could accommodate more people. But they're really. I don't know. I don't know. These two love New York City. I did laugh. I said this. Page six, put in the article, July 4th is famously Swift's favorite holiday, which it is.

[Fran]

It really is. So maybe she wants to have a humongous Fourth of July basket day to celebrate.

[Ria]

This is America's 250.

[Noah]

Is it?

[Fran]

Is it?

[Noah]

Oh, yeah.

[Ria]

It is 250. Yeah. Big year.

[Noah]

I feel like I haven't heard enough people talking about that.

[Fran]

Yeah, I'm 250. I have not been.

[Ria]

You really think about it. We've not been around for that long for babies.

[Fran]

Have not been in the States for fourth of July in years.

[Ria]

Years.

[Fran]

Like, I.

[Ria]

Years I don't plan on.

[Fran]

Yeah. I have not celebrated a Fourth of July in years.

[Ria]

The last one I actually think I did was Covid, because I had no choice. And that even then, you couldn't even really, like, celebrate. It was just like, you're home.

[Fran]

No. You were in the Hamptons for Fourth of July in 2024.

[Ria]

No, in 2020.

[Fran]

No, 2024. You were. Oh, I w. You were.

[Ria]

I remember. Oh, oh, oh, you're right. I was. Because it was. It's weird.

[Fran]

I remember these things.

[Ria]

No, no, you're. You're right. You're right. You're right. I was. It was my first friend's birthday, and I always miss her birthday, but I didn't miss that year because I was getting married in September. So we were like, we're not. We're not going. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, I forgot about that. So true.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

Thank God you're here.

[Fran]

Thank God. Thank God. This memory.

[Ria]

But yes, but yes. So America's 250. The wedding. I don't know. I. At first I was like, I don't know about this, but now, Friday wedding. I could see Taylor building up this whole thing of, like, the Friday night wedding. And then Saturday is just like a big Fourth of July bash with everybody from the wedding, and that would be a blast.

[Noah]

Harry will be in New York for his concerts. Right.

[Ria]

Maybe they shuttle everybody from the city, like, to Rhode island for the July 4th. Fourth for her party at her house.

[Fran]

Yeah, that would be sick because, like,

[Ria]

maybe they can't accommodate everybody for, like, a full blown wedding, but, like, maybe party type situation.

[Noah]

Mm.

[Fran]

I saw that Harry and Zoe have been in Rome. They love.

[Ria]

They love Rome.

[Fran]

I'm hoping to catch them.

[Ria]

They. I mean, the odds are high at this point. I feel like they're always there.

[Fran]

Imagine. Imagine you guys wake up from a text from me and I'm like, yeah, yeah, you're. It's me and Harry.

[Ria]

I hope that for you very much. Sorry. Just go, like, sit on a park bench for a while. That seems what people do. And they just mosey on.

[Noah]

A coffee shop. He loves coffee shops.

[Ria]

Yeah, yeah. They just walk on by.

[Fran]

I'm gonna walk all day and night.

[Noah]

Or go where the people run. He'll be running.

[Fran]

Yep. I'm gonna go on a run for the first time ever in Rome just to see if I can run into this man. You gotta, like, keep. Cuz he blends in. You gotta keep your eyes out.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

I say to myself, I'm gonna have everyone on Harry watch.

[Noah]

I'll be on Harry watch in London. He could be in London.

[Fran]

Oh, my God. Imagine he does a little crossover, we both run into him. Oh, I heard you just saw my

[Noah]

friend R.

[Fran]

Okay, wait. This is becoming like reality.

[Ria]

Yeah. Hey, speak it into existence.

[Fran]

I am. I am right now.

[Ria]

Exactly.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

So.

[Fran]

Ooh. Okay. I literally, my stomach just started to hurt thinking about it. I just got really nervous.

[Ria]

You never know. You never know.

[Fran]

Would I say hi? Would I not?

[Ria]

You have to say hi. Obviously you'd have to say hi.

[Fran]

I would say hi. I would have to. For the story.

[Noah]

You'd stand out. Cause you're American, you know?

[Ria]

And I don't think, like, why?

[Noah]

Like, if you're in Italy, like, I feel like you're like Terry. It wouldn't be like, no, but I'd

[Fran]

obviously fit in with. I wouldn't stand out that much. Are you kidding me?

[Ria]

Also, like, he stands out. He's not Italian.

[Noah]

Yeah, but he's closer. London's closer to.

[Fran]

I'll have my mom. I'll have my mom yell out, London's close to Italy in Italian so that he thinks it's not some, like, annoying

[Ria]

American saying harry in a. In a. With like a little accent.

[Fran]

What is that? That's how I sound. That's how I sound to you?

[Ria]

That was terrible. I don't know what that was.

[Fran]

What was that?

[Ria]

Was that supposed to be Italian? Was that supposed to be Italian accent?

[Noah]

No, that's supposed to be like my American impression of you.

[Fran]

That's not how I sound.

[Ria]

No.

[Fran]

If anything, I'd be hooray.

[Ria]

Just be like, senor.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

Excuse me. Scousy, scousy, scoozy.

[Fran]

Oh, now it's all I could think about anyways.

[Ria]

No, everyone does seem to have great, like, stories of when they interact with

[Fran]

him, you know, so hopefully, speaking of running into people, Amanda and West have been gallivanting around the West Village. On Friday, Amanda posted a story about how she just wants to. If you know don't mind her. She's going to be returning to normal life. Life.

[Ria]

I can read what she said.

[Fran]

And everyone thought that maybe that meant she's gonna post some ads, maybe she's gonna be going up, going to Coachella and she just wants to go about posting her normal life. And everyone joked, they were like, no one in the history of the world has ever been like, for my mental health. I gotta get back on social media. I gotta get back to posting on social media for the sake of my sanity.

[Ria]

She posted one of her dogs, which everyone was like, sympathy. You post your really cute dog sleeping.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

Not like you or anything like that, but so super cute. Picture of her dog.

[Fran]

Super cute.

[Ria]

Hi, guys. Keep this short and sweet. I've obviously been on mia, but I wanted to come back and say that I'm truly sorry to everyone I've disappointed in her, especially those I know personally who I've reached out to individually for the sake of my mental health. I'm going to try to start living life with some sense of normalcy. If you see me out or posting online, please know that this is. That this still weighs very heavily on me. I'm not ignoring what's happened or what's unfolded. I'll be at the reunion. We'll be addressing any and all questions honestly and directly there. What? And I'm like, okay, fine. Like, at this point, I'm like, Like nothing's riling me up. I'm like, okay, sure. You. You wanna, you wanna get back to some sense of normalcy. Normalcy in your life? Sure. I really did get a giggle at her posting this and then being seen at the fucking Blind Tiger with West. And I was just like, you're like, shit, I gotta put out a statement before I'm. Before people take pictures of me out at the bar in the city. Right? Well, here's the thing.

[Fran]

It's like, like these two people should be able to, like, leave their homes and. And go live. Go live their life. Like, we talked about this last week when people were like, they should lose their jobs and stuff.

[Ria]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Fran]

Okay. No, no, no, no. Like, they should not lose their jobs and they should be able to leave their house.

[Ria]

It's just we're in such a limbo period because they can't, like, address their relationship.

[Fran]

Okay, but on. On top of what I was saying, like, yes, they should be able to leave their house.

[Ria]

House.

[Fran]

But maybe you go to, like, a nice intimate dinner, maybe you go to the movies. Like, maybe you do normal life things that doesn't include you going to the most popular spots in New York City. In the most popular area of New York City with people all around your age range that are going to know you 100. Like, you go to the Blind Tiger. You go to Emmett's on Grove. You go to all the places.

[Ria]

Barrow Street. Alice. I literally was like, this is just, like, what my friends do.

[Fran]

You just hit all the hotspots in the West Village that everyone's gonna see. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Which is why, to me, this is a loser move on both of their parts. Because I feel like. And I don't even know why I'm like, I'm writing, like, fan fiction right now where I'm like, Wes could be like, hey, let me take you to a nice dinner on the Upper west side where it's more of a quaint restaurant. And if they're gonna. If they're gonna continue dating, right. Which it seems like they're going to.

[Ria]

Seems like they are.

[Fran]

If they are going to try to have a relationship, why not go to a nice dinner that's at a quiet place? Why not escape for the weekend, drive to New Jersey? Like, do any of the things. Leave your apartment?

[Ria]

Yes, that's fine.

[Fran]

You could leave your apartment. But why are you going to the most popular place in New York City? Like, that, to me, doesn't make a lot of sense, because I know I

[Ria]

just kind of, like, put my foot down and be like, I'm gonna do what I want to do. And this is what I would do on any other given weekend night.

[Fran]

Putting myself in that. In those shoes. Like, I don't even know if I'd want. I'd want to be at those places.

[Ria]

I.

[Fran]

You obviously want to leave your apartment. You don't want to be stuck inside.

[Ria]

But I don't want a scarf over your head and sunglasses. Like, just go somewhere where you don't have to do that.

[Fran]

Exactly. Like, that's not comfortable having to, like, try and hide your.

[Ria]

By the way, her doing that. I also was like, come on. At this point, just like, if you're going to go to the Blind Tiger and you're going to go to Amazon Grove, like, just be there. Like, putting a. Putting a scarf over your head and sunglasses. We. We. We see you're sitting next to west,

[Fran]

who's throwing up peace signs to the camera.

[Ria]

So we. We. We see you.

[Fran]

Wes is like, I want to be seeing.

[Ria]

Look at me and my peace signs.

[Fran]

And Amanda's got a scarf around her head. Like, it's not working. It's not take the scarf off, right?

[Ria]

And I get it. It's like, hey, Leonardo DiCaprio, right? I know. It's like, we want to go back to our regular life. This is what we would do on any other normal, normal given day. Like, we want to, like, be normal. But if that's the case, like, sometimes with these statements, I. There's some things where I'm like, just don't say that. Then. Like, it's like, like, oh, if you see me out, like, don't worry. These, this, this whole situation is still weighing on me heavily. It's like, just don't even put that part in. Just be like, I'm. I need to live my own life. Like, I need to live my life for, like, my own sanity, period. That's it. Like, it's like no one's, no one's thinking, oh, the situation is really weighing heavily as you, as you bar hop through the West Village. It's like, don't even put that part in.

[Fran]

If you're still with Wes, you know, like, and you're being like, it's weighing heavily on me. People are going to see you with west and go, well, clearly you could just say, hey, I'm gonna live my life. You don't even. And this is what I'm gonna do.

[Ria]

And I do feel. I do feel a little. I do feel a little bad for them in the sense that they are. They're stuck right now. So it's like they haven't filmed the reunion yet that hasn't come out. Bravo. I'm sure, doesn't want them saying anything too, like, really saying too much. So it's not like they can really address, like, what their relationship is in that way. And I don't think they would even want to because it probably wouldn't come across in the right way. You can't, like, post an Instagram story of text that's like, by the way, we like each other. We're going to keep dating. So, like, see you out on the streets, you know? So it's like they're in this funky spot right now where, yeah, they don't want to just be hiding in their apartment for the next six weeks plus or whatever it is until we actually viewers get to watch the reunion. But it's like, you don't have to

[Fran]

hide in your apartment. You don't have to do that. It's more just like going to the most popular spots. It's just funny, really. You're like, oh, this is actually hilarious.

[Ria]

100%. I giggled because I'm like, look, I have been to all these places, we frequent them often. To be a blind tiger is to walk into a bar and expect every single person to go like this and literally point in your face like that's, that's because everyone there is 24 to 30. Like this is peak age range of where everyone's gonna be like, holy, it's Amanda wives. They're gonna go, look, look, look.

[Fran]

And also to be known as someone who doesn't go out, loves to stay home, wanted her husband to stay home to. Now being like, I need to hit the bars with west on a Friday is also not a great look because people are obviously going to throw that into question. It's like, like the problem with Kyle was that you wanted him to be home, you wanted him to drink less and like be home with you, but now you're dating someone who is always out as well. So like what was it?

[Ria]

Right, it's just Kyle then, right? Like do.

[Fran]

Maybe you just didn't want younger. Kyou know what I mean? Just it's a younger version of Kyle. So it's all very confusing and just hilarious at the same time. Because the scarlet sunglasses situation.

[Ria]

Yes.

[Fran]

Really cracking people.

[Ria]

Next weekend we'll see them head to the Spaniard and then Mirandi for dinner and then White Horse Tavern.

[Fran]

Yeah, they're gonna be just in. In the West Village. And then west was seen leaving her apartment Saturday morning. Which duh.

[Ria]

I mean, yeah, I mean like here's the thing. They're dating. Like that's fine. Like it's like clearly, clearly they're dating. And now it's like they're. And they're in it. So it's like, yeah, we're gonna be seen out, we're gonna be together. It's they, they are seeing each other currently and, and that's that.

[Fran]

But I'm like, why not really make it if you're gonna try and date each other though?

[Ria]

Like go on some dates that don't

[Fran]

include going to the bar. Like.

[Ria]

Right.

[Fran]

No. What's.

[Ria]

I think that's just like what they know.

[Fran]

I guess. I guess that's their thing, you know, Whatever.

[Ria]

Yeah, they just want to like, like vibe with their friends.

[Fran]

And I also was a little thrown off by Amanda drinking like a white wine of the Blind Tiger at whatever,

[Ria]

three o' clock in the afternoon.

[Fran]

Cuz it was like, that's like we're not in the Hamptons.

[Ria]

Right.

[Fran]

And this is a whole other side conversation where I'm like, you know, I love A glass of wine at the bar, like that, whatever. But no, I'm not ordering.

[Ria]

I'm not ordering.

[Fran]

Started off with the white wine and then, you know, there were other spottings where she was drinking. I'm like, oh, God, she's gonna get sick. Starting off with the white wine at the blind Tiger here. But regardless, that wraps up the topics.

[Ria]

Y

[Fran]

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[Ria]

Yeah, you got you. Bringing that up reminded me that I actually never finished season four. So I'm very close to catching up. I only have two episodes left in season four, and then I'll jump into season five and be on track with everybody else.

[Fran]

I loved this first episode. I thought it was great. I will give it an A minus. Hacks is really one of my favorite shows.

[Ria]

Hax is so funny.

[Fran]

It's just. It's just a classic for me. It's really up there for one of my favorite shows. I have been keeping up with Tournament of Champions and I have been forgetting to bring it up week to week.

[Ria]

Watched live last night.

[Fran]

Yeah, I didn't. I didn't watch live.

[Ria]

Okay,

[Fran]

here's the thing. I realized I'm biased towards the Italians because I was rooting for Brit Resigno. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And Jody Sasto.

[Ria]

Right. Yeah, you're. Now you got Voltaggio in the mix still.

[Fran]

And I realize what's happening when I'm rooting for that. I'm like, oh, my Italian is coming out. Because I'm rooting hard for Joey Sasto right now. But I'm rooting for. Here's the thing. I root for them all.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Because, like, they each got their own story.

[Ria]

Totally.

[Fran]

There's a couple of people right now with some really good stories.

[Ria]

Everyone really has a great, like. Yeah. And we've had some low seeds make far runs, which is great. You see some, like, you know, every year, like, is this Jetila's year? Listen, it has like, one of these years. It's gotta be. She makes it to the Final Four, like, every year.

[Fran]

Yeah, I. I'm. I'm rooting for Jet T Lies. Well, here's the thing. I'm saying I'm rooting for them. I'm literally rooting for them all because I know there are so many people with such amazing stories.

[Ria]

There's like, I won't spoil this last episode too, but I like Shirley also, you know, tongue cancer and she's been crushing.

[Fran]

Amazing story.

[Ria]

I love. I love Kenny that you see upset.

[Fran]

I'm obsessed with Kenny and who has also quite the story as well. So there are a couple of people I'm rooting for. So it's really one of those, like, I'll be happy all around for sure. But I was. I was pissed for Brit Resigno because. Yeah, yeah, that burger looked fucking delicious. And they ripped that. They ripped that shit apart. And she was like, get the camera away from me. Which was.

[Ria]

I know.

[Fran]

Which was amazing.

[Ria]

Butter daddy, she. Yeah, look, I appreciate. I appreciate that thought, but I think she knows the TOC arena and making a burger is a risky move in the toc, you know, so good. It looked absolutely delicious. But, like, that's. Sometimes that's just not the vibe.

[Fran]

She inspired me. She was making a pepperoni maple jam. I was gonna jam on all my sandwiches this weekend. I was like. I'm like butter daddy in the kitchen. So I will give Tournament of Champions a B plus. Yeah, it's been solid.

[Ria]

Has been really solid.

[Fran]

Friends and Nate, your friends and neighbors first episode. I will give a B plus as well. Off to a strong start. James Marsden, right? He just star. He is a student.

[Ria]

Look at Noah smiling. As soon as James Mars name got

[Noah]

brought up, it got me thinking. I watched episode two and like, it just. He just gets better.

[Ria]

That's on my. That's on my list this week.

[Fran]

Euphoria.

[Ria]

I didn't watch.

[Noah]

I watched it last night. Oh,

[Ria]

I couldn't do it.

[Fran]

Nothing could have prepared me for the.

[Ria]

I saw some reviews. I said, I can't do this tonight.

[Fran]

Listen, I don't want to do a Sydney Sweeney pile on. I don't. And this is like, has to do with Sam Levinson, I think more so.

[Ria]

Yeah. Right.

[Fran]

Nothing could have prepared me for the doggy onlyfans scene that I was like, what. What is. What is happening?

[Noah]

The whole episode.

[Ria]

The whole episode. Yeah.

[Fran]

I mean, you can tell Jacob Elordi is giving nothing because he almost feels like a totally different character. He's a nice guy.

[Ria]

Right.

[Fran]

Like, from. From what we've seen. Like, not a nice guy, but, like. Like, nicer than he's been.

[Ria]

Right.

[Fran]

You know, you're like, wait, this is like a really subtle version of Nate.

[Noah]

No, it's like, usually I feel like people say with everything that was, like, all the headlines and everything, they're like, don't let that come into, like, when you're actually watching. So I don't even think if I didn't even see any of that. And I just watched this season, I. You can tell these actors don't want to be here.

[Fran]

Yeah, you can tell.

[Noah]

Like, he's not getting his all.

[Fran]

Jacob is not Nate. He's like a douchebag, but. Right.

[Ria]

Not eating. But is he, like. But is he, like, supposed to be sort of reformed? Because it's.

[Fran]

Whatever.

[Ria]

How many years later, like, is it supposed to be that he's, like, not as much of a dick now?

[Fran]

I don't know. I don't know. It's.

[Ria]

I gotta watch it. I gotta say, like, I could not. I couldn't do it because I watched TOC Live Sunday night, and then at that point, I was like, I need to finish. It was also the finale of DTF St. Louis, and I was like, I just want to finish this, like, show. And then it was 11 o', clock, and I thought, do I put on euphoria? And I. I was like, I can't do it right now.

[Fran]

I will say, like, it wasn't good. Yeah, right? Yeah, it was not good.

[Ria]

Yeah. I only saw people say, but I wasn't like.

[Noah]

But it's the fact of, like, these characters aren't connected anymore. And it's like he's really fucking, like, grasping to, like, connect these storylines. Yeah.

[Fran]

Because they're all.

[Ria]

They don't. They all have different lives.

[Noah]

It's like they shouldn't be interacting anymore. It's over, right?

[Fran]

They're all different lives.

[Noah]

She's ruse, like smuggling drugs to. Dude, like, what is happening?

[Fran]

Dude, I almost puked watching that was disgusting. They were like showing her like, smuggle drugs.

[Ria]

I. I heard about. Yeah, yeah.

[Fran]

I had to fast forward a lot of it because I. And I also was like, this is how they smuggle drugs. People eat that. Eat the drugs.

[Noah]

If there's like one little pop in the.

[Fran]

And then he them out.

[Ria]

Well, you know what happens? And. And on the. All the medical shows that I watch, that's always a big storyline. Like sometimes they have people that come into the ER in Chicago Med. It's people that were smuggling drugs and then they. They like see it and then they can see like that something burst and that the drugs are like in their system.

[Fran]

It's insane. Why are people. I mean, money, I guess. But they're really putting themselves through this.

[Ria]

Well, it's like they eat it and poop it out. Or they put it up. Or they put it up their butt.

[Fran]

She was like, like farting and. And I thought the dog was gonna like sniffer farts.

[Ria]

It was.

[Fran]

I couldn't believe what was happening.

[Noah]

You owe you ow me $43 million. Now it's like, come on. Like, this show is just. It was always ridiculous, but like this.

[Ria]

That lady said because of like $43 million.

[Noah]

Yeah, because like of the time that's gone by, it's like a made up number. Yeah. So basically now she's like, you. You work for me.

[Ria]

Like, I don't know,

[Noah]

the whole house thing, it's like, I mean, you can suspend your belief, but only to a certain point. Yeah, like. Like Rue is just like hanging out at this. Like, I don't even know what that house was like with that guy. Like with all the women.

[Fran]

Like, oh, the, like the Christian house.

[Noah]

No, at the end with the like, oh, oh, where she brought the drugs.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

She's just like partying with the.

[Fran]

I don't know, it was. It's hard to follow because Rue's storyline is totally different than the rest of the show. So it's like you might as well just get rid of everyone and just have that.

[Ria]

I don't know, it's like a totally different.

[Fran]

And I'll show. And every woman is somehow involved in sex. Work. Work in this. I don't know. I'll give it a. I'll give it a C minus.

[Ria]

Right. You think back, you're like, no wonder she didn't want to take a picture with Sam Levinson. Yeah, it was.

[Fran]

It seemed like Sam Levinson, like, only cares slightly about Rue's character.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

And then the rest, he's like, like, lazy. We're just gonna. Cindy Sweeney's gonna, like, try and be an Only fans. Jules is a hooker.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Maddie's in debt and she's going to. I don't know. I don't know.

[Noah]

Also. Yeah. I don't. Yeah. Like putting, like, Fez is in jail for 30 years. That felt weird.

[Fran]

Fez is in jail for 30 years.

[Ria]

He saw that. I saw that. That they did that. Yeah.

[Fran]

And like, he said that he tried.

[Noah]

He said it's. He's like honoring himself.

[Fran]

He's trying to, like, keep him alive in the show because he's not alive.

[Ria]

It's weird.

[Fran]

I don't know. I'll give it a C minus. Big Mistakes on Netflix Created by Dan Levy.

[Ria]

Levy.

[Fran]

Yeah, I think it's Levy. Levy. Dan Levy. Eugene Levy. Eugene.

[Ria]

Eugene Levy.

[Fran]

Levy. We'll say Levy and created by Eugene Levy. I would say Levy because of the way it's spelled, but I don't know.

[Noah]

I would say they're both.

[Ria]

I feel like I've heard people say Eugene Levy.

[Noah]

Really?

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

I don't know because it's L, E, V, Y. So if it was Levy, I feel like there would be an E, I or an ee.

[Ria]

Right.

[Fran]

And this is just one E. I

[Noah]

mean, Google is saying Levy.

[Fran]

All right, we'll just go with that for now.

[Ria]

That's what. Yeah. Yeah.

[Fran]

So it's created by Dan Levy and Rachel Sennett. I like it. I'm three episodes in.

[Ria]

Is it a comedy? Vegas 30 Minute Comedy Type Show.

[Fran]

We're out. I think it's longer than 30 minutes, I think.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

I don't know. You just press it next. I don't know.

[Ria]

I know. I know.

[Fran]

Watch the first three episodes. It's fun. It's. It's funny.

[Ria]

And is Rachel in it as well?

[Fran]

No, no, no, she's not in it.

[Ria]

But he. Dan's in it.

[Fran]

Dan is in it. It's about, you know, they get themselves into trouble. They take a necklace, their grandma, their nana died. It's a whole thing. I will give that a B. I'm enjoying it. Fun, fun little show. Real Housewives of Rhode Island.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Wow. Britney Spears. The way that they talk is incredible.

[Ria]

But he did my.

[Fran]

I ran over a woman. It's like they have a mix of.

[Ria]

That was the best accent.

[Fran]

New York and Boston. You get Rhode Island.

[Ria]

Yep.

[Fran]

It's crazy.

[Ria]

I know.

[Fran]

I'm in the car. It's, like, very aggressive. It's like, not. It's not subtle at all. No, it's really strong.

[Ria]

No, it really is.

[Fran]

These women, my goodness gracious, amazing television. They bought in immediately. You're brought in by the Dolores lookalike who went to Dolores doctor to look exactly like her. But they're also best friends. This woman. And mind you, I'm still learning their names. This woman's like, I don't drive. I ran over a woman.

[Ria]

That would be Alicia.

[Fran]

Alicia. I don't drive. I ran over a woman.

[Ria]

Yeah, they're like, highways.

[Fran]

No, not my thing. Ran over a woman. They're like, can you repeat that? She's like, I ran over a woman. Next.

[Ria]

Ran over a woman. They're just so honest. Like, I know.

[Fran]

They're just like, yeah, I fucking ran over a woman. And we're, like, watching, and we go, all right, I ran over a woman.

[Ria]

I saw a clip of Paige and Hannah talking about it because Paige was saying, like, she really can't do, like, Bravo shows. But she gave this a try, and she was like, fantastic. Because it's a new franchise and it's so true. They're not. No one's known yet. Like, there's not the blogs, the rumors, all that. This is, like, all real shit. Like, she's like, that. Everybody's having, like, there. Everyone's having an affair. Like, everyone's accusing each other when they sit down at that at the lunch in the second episode, and they were like, write down the question. Do you want asked? And literally everyone was. Everyone's was like, you sleeping with this person? Affair, boyfriend. Like, Ashley, I was probably the tamest one. It was like, you were a virgin for that long, huh? Like, is like, yeah, it really. I appreciate their candor. You know, they're flying. They're really throwing it around right now. And they. They added this. You know, they added Rula into the mix with her cheating ass husband. And it's like, oh, normally you gotta wait a few seasons for a cheating husband.

[Fran]

No, you know, Rhode Island.

[Ria]

Not in Rhode Island. We. We're starting off with this Cheating husband, Episode two.

[Fran]

Ashley eyes crying in episode two immediately. This is a B plus for me, and I. I am committed to watching this entire season because sometimes I'll fall off. Yeah, this one I'm committed to because you got me at. I ran over a woman. I was like, what? I need more. I need more from you.

[Ria]

And just like, having, like. Like, I don't know, the whole, like, where are the charges?

[Fran]

Is the woman Alive.

[Ria]

We got nothing. We got no backstory. That whole family I like love, too. And they were like, at least she moved so far from Grants. Yeah. Yeah.

[Fran]

And she loved Britney Spears.

[Ria]

I was like, that's my little mini me.

[Fran]

That's when I first realized the accent, which is Spears.

[Ria]

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. The husband's got all these, like, pizza places. Pizza mama. I'm like, this is just fantastic. Yeah.

[Fran]

And I rewatched Beyonce's homecoming Coachella set, obviously.

[Ria]

Obviously.

[Fran]

And that's just an A plus.

[Ria]

Yeah. No way. Or rewatch.

[Fran]

I want that note. That's a rewatch. Not my first. Not my first rodeo with that.

[Noah]

The other day was a two year anniversary of two most Wanted. I saw. I celebrated

[Ria]

my honor.

[Fran]

And how did you celebrate putting it on? Yeah. Listening to the song. That's everything I watched.

[Ria]

I will give episode two of Rhode Island B plus. Yeah. B, I think. Is it airing on Sundays? I forget what day it's coming out. I think maybe the third episode just came out again.

[Fran]

Again. All right, so I'm not Sunday or Monday.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

By the way, Summer House. I'll give a C class. This episode stunk.

[Ria]

Yeah. I am like, they kind of left us on a cliffhanger. I am intrigued by this conversation with Kyle and. And Carl and their friendship. And like, Carl. I'm like, carl, get your feelings out. You know, tell them how you feel. I'm starting to. Not really. Like, not that I loved him to begin with, but everything about Ben, I'm just like. I don't know. Like, I'm kind of. Kind of took a little bit of a turn because in my mind, I'm like, yeah, I. It like Amanda bringing up to Sabrina that, like, everyone in the house is like, ben loves me. Whatever. Like, that's annoying. And that's. That's a weird thing to do. Absolutely. But I have no doubt in my mind that, like, Ben did try and hook up with her in that wedding in Italy. You know what I'm saying?

[Fran]

Justice for Bailey.

[Ria]

Like, it's justice for Bailey.

[Fran]

Bailey was right.

[Ria]

Bailey was right. And I feel like he's so defensive and so over the top about it because he 100% did try and hook up with her at this wedding in Italy. Like, so. Yeah, that's all. That's all still going on. Summer House. I feel like we're. We're getting to, like, the big drama at the end of the season, but I'm with you. I'll give it a B minus. It's catching up on Beverly Hills. I Think I'm maybe one episode behind still. I, I, I know Dorit is, like, it's been a lot for Dorit, but I need Dorit to just rein it in a little bit. It's gone. It's like, it's too much. And I know her and Kyle have the strains in their friendship, but the dinner in Italy with Erica, like, basically ending up in tears. And I don't even think Dorit, like, realized what she was doing by being like, you know, Bose is such an amazing friend to me, blah, blah, blah. And Erica's like, I'm right fucking here. Like, I've been here for you through a lot. And Erica popped off on her, like, big times. They were, they were yelling each other. I don't, I think they're, like, still in a bad place too, which is, which is not good. And I think there's maybe one last. There's like, the. Rachel. Rachel's party is maybe the last episode. I just saw a clip of Kelsey Knight being at the party.

[Fran]

I saw that.

[Ria]

And she, like, wasn't even miked up or anything, but she was talking to Rachel Jo, Rachel Zoe, like. Or Dorit. She was talking to Dorit. Dorit was like, you know, you look great. Or she was like, yeah, I got a facelift. Everyone was like, whoa. So at some point, Kelsey got a facelift. She posted about it on Instagram and tagged her doctor and also used it for her promo for her book, which. Smart.

[Fran]

Yep.

[Ria]

And so I'll give these, like, I think I'm still one behind, though. But I'll give it, like, I think also maybe no, probably, like, C plus. I'm in the middle, middle range for that. DTF St. Louis finale. I don't know. The show took just unfortunately, like, that

[Noah]

sums it up right there. I don't know.

[Ria]

I don't know. The show just took a depressing turn.

[Fran]

I've stepped out of it. I decided I wouldn't continue.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Noah]

And the whole show has been kind of depressing.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

And I think that was sort of the point.

[Noah]

It's always, I don't want to spoil it. I was just about to.

[Ria]

But the way it ended, it was just kind of like, it was just. It was just suppressing because it wasn't some big plot twist, some big, oh, my God, who done it, really?

[Fran]

And

[Ria]

everyone seemed to be not in a good place.

[Noah]

I was just happy that the show's over when I finished.

[Ria]

And I finished it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, but it was, There was, It was a very specific type of of comedy that, like, there were moments where I was laughing, but also then it's like. Like, it's a depressing comedy sort, you know, like, that kind of vibe. I'll give the finale as c. I wasn't, like, the whole time, I was like, wow, this is really how it's gonna end, huh? And justice for Floyd. He deserved better from everybody around him. Him, you know?

[Noah]

Yeah. It's hard not to talk about without spoiling.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

But.

[Ria]

But I don't.

[Noah]

I don't really even understand, like, lovable guy, his reasoning. But. Yeah.

[Ria]

Well, I mean, I think we can talk about it without, like, spoiler. If you're really worried about how this all. How this all ended, I'm not worried about ruining it for you. I don't.

[Fran]

No, I'm not gonna continue. I mean, you guys have not given a good reviews. Yeah.

[Noah]

Thank God it was only seven episodes, by the way. I was like. I. When I was watching, I'm like, wait, is this a finale? I looked it up. I'm like, let's go.

[Ria]

I mean, I think he just, like, thought he. You know, he's.

[Fran]

No, I. I get with this.

[Ria]

With his steps on, it was like.

[Noah]

I know. I thought he could have talked his way out of that, though. Like, he just was like, oh, I'm dancing.

[Ria]

It was the last straw, though, for him. Like, I mean, it was one thing after another. This guy was being put through.

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Ria]

And Jason Bateman did not help. He thought he was helping. He just made it worse. Every single time. Made it worse for across every turn. I really thought they were gonna hook up. I was like, damn.

[Noah]

I know. Jason Bateman had me for a second, and I was like, oh, he's just.

[Ria]

Yeah. But depressed. Yeah. Yeah. Quite depressing. I watched the untold Netflix stuff about the. About the chess people. The grandmasters in chess. Crazy. The pe. It's always this. The sports you wouldn't suspect, and the game, whatever you want to call it. And chess. You would never think that they would have this. This type of scandal.

[Noah]

I didn't know about this.

[Fran]

What happened with the anal beads?

[Ria]

So it was a Started as literally just like, an Internet rumor.

[Fran]

Cause that was the hook on Netflix.

[Ria]

Yes, it started as an Internet rumor, basically. Grandma Magnus, who. I mean, my God, have you ever heard of a more like, guy that's good at chess than Magnus?

[Noah]

I'm sure you've seen the videos of him before, right? Like, of him freaking out. Yeah. He went viral where, like, he beat him. He stood up. He's like a weird Guy, he's always showing up late.

[Ria]

Yes. So he loses to this kid that has made his name very quickly. Now I'm forgetting on what his name is. Can you Google it for me? Why am I forgetting? And. And like, the pandemic really moved along. The amount of people that were, like, playing online chess, like, chess.com like, had this massive boom and this kid was on chess.com playing and people were streaming.

[Noah]

Hans Neiman.

[Ria]

Hans. Yes. Yes. So he got this big following and then he wanted to start playing, like, over the table chess. Getting into the real game. He was really getting. Wanting to play the best.

[Noah]

And so super cocky.

[Ria]

Yeah, very cocky out. Yeah. Outlandish human being. So he plays Magnus. He. He beats him.

[Noah]

And the first time they play, it wasn't over the board.

[Ria]

No, no, no. It was online.

[Noah]

Yeah. Or no, the first. Yeah, first one's online.

[Ria]

First one was online. Second one was over the board.

[Fran]

And

[Ria]

basically Magnus starts thinking, like, well, he's got to be cheating somehow. And there's a long history of. Of how people cheat in chess and what that looks like and whatever. And so basically, like, Magnus and his dad sort of teamed up with the Chess.com people to really look into if Hans had cheated in the past, anything like that. They did find that early on in his. On his online account that he was cheating and that there were instances of him cheating. And. And like, the guy who runs Chess.com, like, was just, like, really invested in this kid's future and wanted to, like, cover it up for him almost and all these things. But then, like, it got out that people thought he was cheating and it was really just like an Internet rumor that somebody said that he used anal beads to cheat and that it was like, how. I still don't quite understand.

[Noah]

I don't really get how that worked,

[Ria]

but some sort of, like, remote control situation. Situation.

[Noah]

But how would they be seen? Like, I don't understand.

[Ria]

Well, you have to be working with something.

[Fran]

His butthole.

[Noah]

But, like, how could that signal to him what moved?

[Ria]

Like, because was he, like, like a certain amount of. A certain amount of, like, buzzes clenching his butthole? No, I know. I. Yeah, yeah.

[Noah]

I don't.

[Ria]

I don't know.

[Noah]

I don't know.

[Ria]

I don't know.

[Fran]

I'm gonna have to watch.

[Ria]

It sounds. It sounds absolutely ridiculous. But it took over the Internet by storm. Like, it was on everything. Everybody, like, ran with it. It was such an insane story that it was like, so Hans was like, my name can't be brought up without, like, anal beads. Being brought up and cheating. And, like, I swear I didn't do that. And like, yes, I admit I cheated, like, online in my. In my younger years, but I haven't done it afterwards. I don't believe anything either.

[Fran]

I don't believe either of them.

[Ria]

Say, there's something Chess.com like, wanted Magnus as, like, to be on Chess.com. there's a lot of collusion, let me tell you. Moves happening in the chat chest.

[Noah]

Can't beat himself. But then when they played for a final time, he destroyed him in every single game.

[Fran]

So, like, if you are cheating with anal beads, that's another level of expertise, though, like that. That is, like, almost impressive, right? Like, yeah, you gotta be mad at him cheating. Right. You don't want him to cheat. But if he figures out a way to cheat with anal beads, that's a smart guy, right? Like, you. Like, how does your brain even think of that?

[Ria]

No, the guy's actually locked up. Wacko. Like, absolute wacko.

[Fran]

Well, like, he's got a crazy brain.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

If you can think of a way craz.

[Noah]

When he's doing the interviews, you're like, this guy is like a sociopath, where, like, he actually, I think, is believing everything he's saying where, you know he's lying.

[Ria]

What did he say when he came out of that match, when he beat him? And the guy was like, he beats. Remember there was, like, the interview. What did he say?

[Noah]

He beats Magnus for the first time. And it's like, everyone's stunned and they're, like, waiting for this, what he's going to say. And he just goes, chess speaks for itself. And then, like, walks away.

[Ria]

Walked away.

[Noah]

Like, walked away during the interview. And you just see him walk away, like, down a whole long hallway way. And the guy's like, what?

[Fran]

I got. It really is crazy watching it. And then.

[Noah]

No, I didn't.

[Fran]

I don't know why I didn't watch the trailer.

[Noah]

I was just like, oh, I'm interested in chess. So, like, I thought it was going to be like a documentary, just about, like, the chess world. I didn't know about this scandal.

[Ria]

I got to watch this.

[Noah]

How I missed this.

[Ria]

I didn't either. And, like, you know, my. My husband's all about the games, and he legitimately. Joe goes and plays backgammon in the park. And. And some of these guys, like, in Washington. No, the Union Square guys, like, when they showed them and Hans playing with them, playing chess with them. Joe was like, yo, that's.

[Fran]

That's po.

[Ria]

Like, that's my guy. I was like, oh my God. So that's like really why we had turned it on the first place. Because you know, he's, he's into all that stuff. And Joe like very much knew the story. Like he was like, oh, this shit is crazy. The anal beads. I was like, I'm sorry, what? And then, and then I was like, so now I gotta watch it. And it was very good. I give it an A minus. Like it was a good do.

[Noah]

Yeah, yeah.

[Ria]

And it, it's not like that long, so very, very easy watch. And then caught up on all the Chicago's. I'll give it a be across the board. The end of the season, things always pick up. I'm not happy with this new chief that's coming in for several on Chicago Fire. He's looking to take him down, which I am not okay with. This episode is brought to you by no Bull, Barstool's favorite footwear brand. No Bull is a brand known for their best in class footwear. And they are everywhere right now. Walking around New York City, at the airport, walking the dog wherever I go. There are so many cute styles and colors and they can look good casual, sporty or dressed up. And it's about to ramp up with the launch of their new daily runner, the Journey 2. This is no Bull's daily running show with an emphasis on comfort, support and dependability. So it's soft where you want and structured where you need. It is great. It's an easy shoe to wear out. You can take it outside on a run or a walk.

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[Fran]

B.

[Ria]

Feel like, you know, I'm not exactly.

[Noah]

Never watched.

[Ria]

I'm not like a crazy Lord of the Rings person, so I don't. It's not like an immediate buy in for me, but they are good movies. And you're locked in for the three hours that's. That is playing.

[Fran]

And

[Ria]

I want to say that that's. Oh, the new season of Temptation island came out on Netflix. I gotta start it. I watched like three fourths of the first episode, so I'm not even gonna grade it, but because I have to have to continue with that.

[Fran]

The pit.

[Ria]

The pits. Episode 14. Yeah, I mean, it's all come into. It's all coming to fruition with Robbie now. Like, it's like, oh, you're. You were leaving for other reasons.

[Noah]

Well, I feel like we. We kind of knew that, like.

[Ria]

No, I know. But in this one, I'm saying he's outright saying, like, I don't think I want to like, be here anymore.

[Noah]

Yeah. And then we got what's her name, the other attendees. Yeah, she's like. Now we know why she's, like, been weird.

[Ria]

Yeah. She's not. She's sick.

[Fran]

Right?

[Noah]

Yeah. A lot of. I feel like a lot of answers this episode, but I'm excited to see where it goes. And honestly felt good. Like Langton got a win.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Noah]

Kind of was waiting for that.

[Ria]

Yeah. Yep, yep.

[Noah]

And then. But they're kind of hinting, like they're making a lot of hints toward that he's like taking pills again. Like, I don't know if you noticed that. Like, they keep like cutting to him, like coming out of rooms and stuff. And then with what's his name, losing his card, I think people think that there's a possibility that he's like.

[Fran]

But they keep showing LinkedIn, like even think of that.

[Noah]

Well, no, now people are saying that they think that she used his card to access her own chart, which you need, I guess. You can't access your own chart. Your own chart with your own card.

[Ria]

Oh, oh, other attending.

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

But. But Langdon, they are showing her, like, coming out of room, coming. Showing him coming out of rims where it's like kind of insinuating that he might be using again. I don't. I don't think he is, but that'd be unfortunate if he was.

[Ria]

Yeah, yeah.

[Noah]

Because he did. He has been like, on my back.

[Ria]

Is it just one more episode?

[Noah]

Yeah, I think the next one's the finale.

[Ria]

This one's the finale. Yeah, I'll give it. I'll give this an A minus. I feel like we definitely got some more answers when it came to, like, how Robbie is feeling and. Yep, that's everything.

[Noah]

I watched Paradise. No, I'm just kidding.

[Ria]

Yeah. I was gonna say in my head, I literally went, paradise is over. Paris is over.

[Noah]

Yeah. I'll give the pit an A minus. I thought this was really good.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Noah]

I don't know. The other motorcycle, the patient, the motorcycle guy. He's been good. I like his character.

[Ria]

Yep.

[Noah]

And I mean, great acting from Noah. Is it Wiley or Wild? I never remember Wiley.

[Fran]

Wild, I think Wiley.

[Ria]

I don't know when he's won all these awards.

[Noah]

You got a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame the other day. I saw. Yeah, I'll give it an A minus. Excited for the finale, your friends and neighbors. I'm gonna give the show a B, but I'm gonna give James Marson an A plus. And who knows where the show would be without James Marson because he's, like, the number one draw for me. Like, I just wish he was the main character, honestly, like, take over from John. But, yeah, he's great. The Boys, season five. I believe it's the final season of the Boys that's back.

[Ria]

Oh.

[Noah]

First two episodes of that are out. I'm not, like, loving it. It feels like one of those shows where it's kind of like it should have ended already.

[Ria]

I had thought it already ended. I thought the last season.

[Noah]

Well, remember when Wade was here and he was talking about, like, he just filmed it and now.

[Ria]

Yeah, yeah, right.

[Noah]

It's just coming out now, but it's still entertaining. There's a lot of fighting, and I never remember his name. But the. The guy who plays Homelander is an incredible actor. He's a great character. So I'll give it a B. But I guess I'm excited to see where it goes. The Chess Untold Chessmates. I'll give an A. Mine. It's like, just a crazy story. And on, like, these chess. These guys who play chess, it's. They're just so fascinating because they're, like geniuses, but they're, like, so strange. But they're also very competitive. But I'd never heard of that story. So that was. Yeah, very interesting.

[Ria]

Crazy story.

[Noah]

I watched this new movie Thrash on Netflix. It's just like one of those.

[Ria]

Oh, I saw that with Phoebe Dynavore.

[Noah]

So here's the thing. I put it on just to be Like I'm put something.

[Ria]

A shark movie, right?

[Noah]

Yeah, kind of. I put it on to be like, I'm just gonna put a bad movie on because I don't feel like paying attention. And then I saw Phoebe Dynevor, and I have, like a huge crush on Phoebe Dynevor. So I like, oh, I'll watch this.

[Ria]

There you go.

[Noah]

But I was kind of like, she's above this. Like, why are you doing such a bad movie?

[Fran]

Maybe you don't realize it's gonna be bad until it comes out. Yeah, exactly.

[Noah]

You know, but it's a. Even if, like, you read the script or the premise of this movie, it's like one of those bad, like, sharknado type movies.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

I was gonna say, unfortunately, I feel like there is just a stigma around, like, shark movies.

[Fran]

There is.

[Noah]

It isn't like.

[Ria]

And there are good shark movies.

[Noah]

It isn't necessary.

[Ria]

Very good shark movies. But as of late, normally you hear shark. There you're. You go, oh, no. They did a shark movie.

[Noah]

Yeah. I wouldn't say it's like a full on shark movie, but it's like a. A tsunami hurricane type thing where like the whole town floods and then sharks. Sharks, like, are in the town. Yeah, but it's not like they're not the main, main focus. They are.

[Fran]

Your career is, like, not in a great spot.

[Noah]

No, I'm like, Phoebe, you've done some good movies. Like, you're a good actress. Like, I. I mean, hey, she was still good, but I'll give that a D. But it's. It's just one of those, like, I still watched it.

[Ria]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Fran]

I actually like when Vinny Chase was trying to get back after Medi, and Yep. He signs up to do one of these movies. It's not good.

[Ria]

Yeah, yeah, 100%. Look, if. If you're at the point where the shark movies are coming across your desk, you got to call your. Call your agent.

[Fran]

Yeah. We need new scrap.

[Ria]

I need to have a meeting.

[Noah]

I will admit that I skipped the first 15 minutes because I'm like, get me to the action.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

I didn't need the lead up. I watched one of the short films that won the Oscar. There were two this year. The Singers. It's on Netflix. Incredible. It's only 18 minutes.

[Fran]

Wow.

[Noah]

But it's just like, right up my alley. It's basically just all set in this one bar. And it's fascinating. The behind the scenes of this movie. They cast everyone in the movie. The director found them all just from viral videos on the Internet of them singing on the street or, like, singing wherever. So everyone there is just, like, an a. Not an actor. And they're just, like, random. Like, some of them, like, might be homeless. And.

[Fran]

Wow.

[Noah]

Like, a lot of them end up singing throughout. And, like, some of them are incredible. Like, I literally looked up this guy who's on the piano. Like, I want to listen to more. He's just. You can't find him. He doesn't exist.

[Fran]

Wow.

[Noah]

But I know, like, it makes a lot of sense that one of the Oscars is really good.

[Fran]

Good.

[Noah]

And I've been playing some of it on Netflix, like, as I walk around in my headphones to listen to it, because there's no other way. But I'll give that an A. I would say everyone should watch that. And it's only 17 minutes, so I started Mad Men. I just. A lot of people have been.

[Ria]

There's a lot of people rewatching Mad Men right now.

[Noah]

Yeah. And I'm not a big Jon Hamm guy, but. But he's good in this. He's good in this.

[Fran]

It's what he's known for.

[Noah]

It is what he's known for, which

[Ria]

is objectively hilarious that Noah has shit on Jon Hamm so much without seeing Mad Men.

[Noah]

But. Yeah, but part of, like, his acting

[Ria]

to be like, he's not a great actor.

[Fran]

He's good in this.

[Ria]

This is objectively the best thing.

[Noah]

But part of what I think has held me back from watching Mad Men is like, I'm not a big Jon Hamm guy.

[Ria]

Yeah, well.

[Noah]

Yeah. So it's good.

[Fran]

I'm like, a huge Jon Hamm person.

[Ria]

Jon Hamm's great.

[Noah]

Jon Hamm is the type of guy, though. He's got a little Austin Butler in him where he's like, I'm John Ham. Like, everything.

[Fran]

Like, no, not at all. Have you watched him on Watch Happens Live?

[Noah]

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Not his. In real life, I'm talking about as a character. I'm like, he's trying to be a movie star, like, in everything he does.

[Fran]

Oh, I don't get that.

[Noah]

Really.

[Ria]

I don't get that at all. Like, not.

[Fran]

He was in Bridesmaids very beginning of the movie.

[Ria]

He was good.

[Noah]

Bridesmaids.

[Fran]

John Ham does not give me Austin Butler at all.

[Ria]

All. He's done so many, like, really funny comedic things, too, that are not, like,

[Fran]

always talking about, like, Bravo and, like, Southern.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Noah]

Hey, maybe I'll come around.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

He's like, yeah, madman. Just very good so far. I've Watched the first seven episodes. I'll give it a B plus. The thing is, there's so many seasons. I'm like, damn, now I'm going to be locked into, like, a show for so long.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Noah]

But very interesting. I like. I like a period piece, you know, like, yeah, we're in the 50s. Women weren't treated well back then.

[Fran]

No.

[Noah]

Breaking news.

[Fran]

Yeah, breaking news. Breaking news.

[Noah]

Kind of wild. I'm like, I don't know if it was. If this is accurate, but if it is, like, wow.

[Fran]

I think it's pretty accurate. I think, you know.

[Noah]

Yep. And then DTF the finale. I'll give it a C. Yeah, we already talked about it, but it was

[Ria]

one that you, like, pressed. Put on the finale, and you were like, thank God this is.

[Noah]

No, I was like, thank God this is over. Because what. What was this show like? Yeah, yeah. By the way, like, I stopped watching Rooster, but all I see is people being like, this is such a good show. Everyone has to. No one's talking about this. Everyone has to watch it. So, like, don't let me stop anyone for my bad review. You have stopped.

[Fran]

You have stopped me.

[Noah]

No, I. I have seen, like, comments and DMS of being like, reanfan. Please don't listen to Noah. Like, he doesn't know.

[Ria]

I actually want to watch it, because that's the. I like. Like, I love Ted Lasso. I love shrinking. It's all that. Like.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

I mean, I don't know. Maybe I'll give another chance. I just. It wasn't doing anything for me. And then Euphoria gets an F for me. That's a straight F. And I don't think it'll ever change the season. I think this whole season I could probably mark down as an F. I will keep watching.

[Ria]

But you're gonna watch the whole season. You're like, I'm gonna watch this F.

[Noah]

Because it's kind of like you have to watch this train wreck. Like.

[Ria]

No, I agree.

[Fran]

Crazy.

[Ria]

I'll get.

[Fran]

I actually want to change mine to a D plus because I can't have it be a C minus and Summerhouse a C plus. Because Summer House in that case would be an A. Right. Compared to Euphoria. So I'll give Euphoria D plus. It's just.

[Noah]

We already talked about it, but, like, nothing. I don't know if there was really one redeeming part of the entire show. Like, it's just one of those shows where, like, this shouldn't be happening.

[Fran]

They should.

[Noah]

Like, they should have just ended. They should have scrapped it. I'm shocked that, like, if I was in there, I would have. I'm like, she's doing fine financially, I'm sure. All these guys are like, Jacob Lord, like, they're all huge stars now. I would have paid anything to not,

[Ria]

not do the season.

[Noah]

Like, I would have been like, break the contract. I'll get millions. I'll give you millions. I will not be a part of this. Because clearly none of them want to be anyway. So I'm like, why did. Like, they should all band together? Like, we will not do this if Sam Levinson is doing this.

[Fran]

To be. To be fair, I had the same thought while watching.

[Ria]

It really is like, it's like, why would they. You watch. You're like, you really should have just ended.

[Noah]

No, because, like, I could have seen, like, after. Right after season two. They're probably like, oh, wow, the hype is so high. People love this. Like, let's do another season.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Noah]

Then four years later.

[Ria]

Yeah, it's like, what's the point?

[Noah]

Yeah. So that. That's an F. And Zendaya's on a

[Fran]

totally different show than everybody else.

[Ria]

Yeah, it's.

[Fran]

It's crazy how different.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Noah]

Like, when she's, like, smuggling drugs, driving a car across, like, a 20 foot fence, and then like a couple of scenes later, she's, like, talking to Mod Apatow. Like, like it's normal. Like, it just. The show doesn't make any sense.

[Fran]

And by the way, some terrible acting from Maude Apatow.

[Noah]

No, I feel like she's all.

[Ria]

What?

[Noah]

I didn't really notice anything, like, out of the ordinary of what I've seen

[Fran]

from her, but I was like, what the is happening? I think it's just a whole vibe.

[Noah]

Like, everything's.

[Fran]

Yeah. When the first scene, when she's talking to Zendaya, I'm like, is this.

[Noah]

None of them, like, want to be

[Fran]

there, so they're just like, putting Sydney Sweeney. She's giving her a whole damn heart.

[Dave]

Yeah.

[Noah]

Like, Sydney's like, wait, she's going to the premiere being like, wait, wait, you guys don't want to do this.

[Fran]

She's acting her ass off.

[Noah]

Jacob Elordi in those scenes must be like, what the am I doing?

[Fran]

Yeah. When the whole, like, woof, woof. I don't even know. I can't even.

[Ria]

It really is interesting that somehow this is the thing that Sydney Sweeney is like, no, this is like, she does good in this, but everything else, I mean.

[Noah]

Yeah, that's a.

[Ria]

That's okay.

[Fran]

All right.

[Ria]

Oh, I did watch. I wanted to say I. I give the Valley legacy like I started. I have. I keep forgetting to talk about. As the first two episodes of the new season are out, I'm happy Lala and Tom Schwartz are in the mix. I think that was a good addition, but I needed to. I needed to pick up a little bit. Right now I'm. It's not, it's not like popping. Yeah, it's a slow start, but that's. That's it.

[Fran]

All right. That's everything we watched. All right. That wraps up today's episode of Chicks in the Office. Thank you so much for watching and listening. We love you guys so very much. We'll talk to you on Wednesday.

[Noah]

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[Noah]

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[Fran]

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[Ria]

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[Fran]

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[Ria]

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[Fran]

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