Alix Earle & Braxton Berrios Split, Golden Globe Noms + Emily in Paris’ Lucas Bravo Interview

Summary

Chicks in the Office — Episode Summary

Episode: Alix Earle & Braxton Berrios Split, Golden Globe Noms + Emily in Paris’ Lucas Bravo Interview
Date: December 8, 2025
Hosts: Ria, Fran

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Episode Overview

This episode, Fran and Brianne (Ria & Fran) dive into the viral breakup rumors about Alix Earle and Braxton Berrios, analyze the 2025 Golden Globe nominations with classic Chick banter, recap their pop culture weekends, and close out with a charming in-studio interview with Lucas Bravo from Emily in Paris. The episode is jam-packed with reality TV reactions, celebrity updates, and a fun, candid conversation with a Netflix heartthrob.

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Key Segments & Discussion Points

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1. Weekend Catch-Up & Philly Live Show Prep (03:07–18:14)

• Live Show Challenges: The hosts reveal that Philly guest Lisa Barlow (of RHOSLC fame) unexpectedly canceled citing a "dental appointment."
  • “I really hope she is getting dental work. I really do. Because if she is lying, I’m going to be very upset.” — Fran (05:14)
• Holiday Traditions: Both hosts share their jam-packed weekends:
  • Brianne had “Girls Fancy Drinks Night,” Secret Santa events, a huge apartment clean, and some funny cat-sitting stories.
  • Fran babysat, watched holiday movies (the new Grinch, Toy Story), reminisced with friends, and watched football.
• Philly Show Preview: Chat about Eagles gear, last-minute prep, and anticipation around this week’s holiday spectacular.

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2. Pop Culture Hot Takes: Diddy Documentary & Celebrity Drama (24:36–41:40)

• Diddy Documentary: The crew reacts to the wild new documentary about Diddy, his alleged crimes, and 50 Cent’s gleeful role in bringing it all to light.
  • “He is disgusting. He is despicable. He’s such an evil man.” — Fran (26:28)
  • They discuss the context of the '90s hip-hop world, Diddy's manipulations, and the bravery required to speak out.
• Fyre Fest 2 (“Phoenix Fest”) Flop: Billy McFarland's “comeback” is dissected with mockery over French Montana performing to “dozens of people” on a Honduras island.
  • “Great to see dozens of people having an okay time.” — Fran, quoting a Daily Mail writeup (41:30)
  • Running Joke: Their own live show outdrew Billy’s "festival".

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3. Viral Breakup: Alix Earle & Braxton Berrios (47:04–56:00)

• How It Broke: Reputable sources (People, US Weekly, TMZ) reported the split; Chicks in the Office shared it and were mistakenly thought to have an inside scoop.
• Fran’s Reasoning: Points out Alex posted from Braxton's empty house and hasn’t denied rumors.
  • “If they were not broken up, don’t you think one of them would respond to a comment or post just a quick Instagram, be like, oh my God, we’re not broken? You would clarify immediately.” — Fran (48:51)
• Pop Culture Reflection: The crew gently mocks the parasocial obsession with influencer relationships, advising fans not to pick sides when details are unknown.

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4. Chiefs Game Recap: Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, and A-Listers at the Suite (56:00–66:17)

• Chiefs’ Struggles: The crew lightly teases Travis Kelce’s subpar game in front of “the most intense suite ever,” including Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, Lena Dunham, and Leonardo DiCaprio.
  • Fran playfully imagines the pressure of playing badly in front of Leo: “I wouldn't sleep at night. He doesn't think I have it.” (61:10)
• The Suite’s Vibe: Fascination with celebrity mixing at NFL games. Brief rabbit holes into Lena Dunham’s resurfacing and Leo’s lingering legend status.

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5. Golden Globe Nominations: Movie & TV Awards Buzz (72:12–86:54)

• Wild Nominations: Fran and Brianne skim through drama, comedy, and Oscar-race categories, amused by obscure foreign titles and "Zootopia 2"’s box office dominance.
  • “I think this is the first time that’s happened where I’ve looked at a category and half the movies I actually couldn’t even tell you what they are…” — Brianne (73:12)
• Timothée v. Leo: Hype about Chalamet and DiCaprio facing off for Best Actor. Hosts imagine playful texting wars between the two.
• TV Nods: Fun predictions for favorite shows (White Lotus, Abbott Elementary) alongside complaints about snubs. Cheering for Amy Poehler’s podcast.

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6. Summer House Trailer & Relationship Red Flags (89:32–96:39)

• Kyle & Amanda Drama: Fran fiercely rails against Kyle’s behavior, advocating for Amanda to leave:
  • “You are a married man. Get your ass home to your wife. You are despicable.” — Fran (90:25)
• Relatability Debate: The hosts ponder whether the Kyle/Amanda drama is even real because it’s gotten so outlandish, but ultimately express hope Amanda chooses herself and leaves.

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7. Weekly Watch Report (98:17–107:28)

• Diddy Doc: All three hosts rate the documentary an A for its depth and shocking reveals.
• Other Watches: Seinfeld/Friends comparison, Stranger Things (new season), Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, Vanderpump Rules (new cast), Jingle All The Way (“terrible”).
• General Viewing: More pop culture catch-up and analysis; comments on the ever-rotating nature of streaming TV and what passes as “bingeworthy” these days.

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8. Guest Interview: Lucas Bravo (Emily in Paris) (111:29–152:46)

Vibe and Style

The interview is intimate, playful, and gives listeners the classic “hang with your celeb crush” feeling. Lucas is genuine with a dry humor, fitting right in.

Highlights:

• Paris v. New York: Lucas enjoys NYC’s “freedom,” admires café culture, and pokes fun at America’s harsh view of smoking:
  “Here, when you smoke, it’s like you’re holding a needle.” — Lucas (115:16)
• Emily in Paris Filming: Reveals it was originally for Paramount+; discusses the “iconic” status the show took after Netflix picked it up.
• French Pop Sensibility: Admits Parisians “hated” Emily in Paris at first for its clichés, but they’ve grown to “love to hate it.” (126:39)
• On Fame & Social Media:
  • “If you don’t invite people in…they connect with my work, but they talk to me like you talk to a person you don’t know.” (119:12)
  • He sets boundaries for privacy and doesn't share his breakfast on Instagram.
• Cooking Skills: Lucas loves to cook crepes, learned some tricks from the show’s food consultant, and brings humor to the trope of being a “hot French chef.”
• Becoming a Villain: On his new dark role in The Seduction (HBO Max): “I wanted him to be calm, with danger in his eyes… a mix between a snake and a hyena.” (133:40)
• Personal Growth: Open talk about impostor syndrome, learning to handle negative comments, and the importance of grounding yourself in real life:
  • “When you’re not solid and grounded, [comments] can really swipe you off.” (150:48)
• Dream Projects: Wants to be challenged by roles that make him nervous, cites “Into the Wild” and “Dances with Wolves” for inspiration.
• On American Accents: Teases his attempt at various U.S. regional accents with the hosts encouraging him to “start big.”
• Praise for Julia Roberts & George Clooney: Shares wholesome anecdotes about working on Ticket to Paradise, calling them the best people in the business.
• Law School Dropout: Jokes his alternate life could have been as a lawyer: “Looking for a job? Everything!” (136:54)

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Notable Quotes & Timestamps

• Lisa Barlow canceling:
  “If she is lying, I'm going to be very upset. I don't want Lisa Barlow to be lying about her dental appointment.” — Fran, 05:14
• Diddy doc reactions:
  “He is disgusting. He is despicable. He’s such an evil man.” — Fran, 26:28
• Fyre Fest 2:
  “Great to see dozens of people having an okay time.” — Fran quoting media, 41:30
• Alix Earle breakup:
  “If they were not broken up, don’t you think one of them would respond to a comment … be like, oh my God, we’re not broken? You would clarify immediately.” — Fran, 48:51
• On Summer House drama:
  “Get your ass home to your wife. You are despicable.'' — Fran, 90:25
• Lucas Bravo on social media & fame:
  “If you don’t invite people in…they connect with my work, but they talk to me like you talk to a person you don’t know.” — Lucas Bravo, 119:12

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Tone & Language

• Candid, witty, and honest: Conversational, teasing each other and their guests, blending sharp pop culture insight with self-aware humor.
• Supportive with gentle snark: Even with critique, especially of reality TV figures or celebrities, the hosts keep things relatable and bantery.
• Effervescent and playful, with millennial-memespeak: Frequent callbacks, rapid-fire jokes, and real emotional support (especially for women navigating tough relationships or online scrutiny).

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Listen to This Episode If You…

• Want the inside scoop—and meta commentary—on Alix Earle & Braxton Berrios’ breakup
• Love pop culture dissection, reality TV mess, and genuine celeb interviews in a no-pretense, girlfriends-hanging-out style
• Crave honest conversation about parasocial relationships and how the internet warps fandom
• Delight in European charm (Lucas Bravo!) and charming Chicks banter about Hollywood awards season

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End of Summary

Transcript

[Brianne]

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[Chicks in the Office Intro]

Yeah, chick's in the office.

[Noah]

Longtime listener, first time caller.

[Chicks in the Office Intro]

Look at the charts who does it the best two chicks getting paid in reality checks. You can find them at the gym it's not even a flex last minute red carpet flew em out on a jet yeah they're who you wanna be they're always on your screen. Two queens and they might be spilling royalty A lot of topics that are popping here to get into I know a show that you probably wanna listen to Turn the heat up turn the beat up record the pod made a bag put their feet up the ones that leave no crumbs when they clean up who's the pod that they all wanna meet up? Who turned the heat up, Turn the record? The pod made a bag put their feet up the ones that leave no crumbs when they clean up who's the pod that they all want to meet up?

[Brianne]

What's up, everyone?

[Fran]

It's Chicks in the Office with Brianne Fran, giving you that Friday energy on a Monday. Happy Monday, everybody. We are ready to start the week. We will see you all. Well, not all, but the ones that are coming in Philadelphia. Our Philly Spectacular, our holiday show spectacular is Tuesday night, so we will see you there. Tickets are still available, so we would love to see your faces. You're rocking some Eagles gear in preparation for the Philly show.

[Brianne]

And they play.

[Noah]

They.

[Brianne]

They play tonight, so I hope they win.

[Lucas Bravo]

Oh.

[Brianne]

That would be good momentum.

[Fran]

That really would be some fantastic momentum if they would win tonight.

[Brianne]

A Monday night win would be good. You guys are actually all gonna be down there, so I'm coming down Tuesday morning, but.

[Fran]

Yeah, you. I'm going late. Like, I, you know, no one's gonna see.

[Brianne]

Oh, you're not here. You're. You're flying through the night.

[Fran]

Yes.

[Brianne]

Yeah, I'm moving through the night.

[Fran]

Yeah. We are driving late.

[Brianne]

Yes. The other folks in the room, you should go. I'll be there, watch the game somewhere.

[Noah]

Is it in Philly?

[Brianne]

No, game's in la. Yeah, but I mean, that's more. So everybody will be out. Out watching it somewhere at bars and such. Yeah, it'll be fun. But my mom's in town, so wanted to see her for a little bit of time, but she is gonna come to the show, but she's in New York now, so.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Brianne]

Very excited.

[Fran]

Yeah. Very exciting. We had a little blip in the system.

[Brianne]

We. Yeah, we do.

[Fran]

And I don't even know how to go about talking about it, but we're just gonna talk about it.

[Brianne]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Lisa Barlow agreed to be our Philly guest. We locked it in last week. We announced it, the whole shebang.

Something happened. She has a dentist appointment. She is no longer available and she bailed. Yeah.

[Brianne]

No longer available.

[Fran]

Not no longer available. She bailed.

[Brianne]

Well, as well as that's bailed, I.

[Fran]

Mean, yeah, she was available and paid so well.

[Brianne]

You're not buying the dentist story.

[Fran]

I mean, I am, but it just feels like a ridiculous situation. But, you know, like, you know, I really hope she is getting dental work. I really do. Because if she is lying, I'm going to be very upset. Yeah. I don't want Lisa Barlow to be lying about her dental appointment.

[Brianne]

No, no, it's so. So she says that's the case. So unfortunately, no Lisa Barlow.

[Fran]

Which is.

[Brianne]

Which sucks because when we put it out there and post and like, see people excited about it and then it's like, oh, sorry, take taking that away from you guys.

[Fran]

I just want to know if it's an emergency dental appointment. Did something happen with her tooth? All of a sudden? It was a dental appointment. She can't move. I don't know.

[Brianne]

Did this just happen? Sounds like we booked it this week. She had some sort of.

[Noah]

We book dental appointments at night. The show's at night.

[Fran]

Well, she's coming home.

[Brianne]

She lives in Salt Lake City, so I don't.

[Fran]

That's not what I'm. She probably has a dental appointment on the hospital.

[Brianne]

That didn't catch me up at all.

[Fran]

What I'm. What I'm stuck on is that this was booked this past week, like Lisa Barlow. Agreed. Literally this past week. So if she had the dental appointment this past week, you know, so is it an emergency dental appointment?

[Brianne]

Something had to have happened.

[Fran]

Yeah, maybe. Yeah.

[Brianne]

That's what she's. I mean, that's what she's telling us. So that's. That sucks. Big disappointment for us and.

For what we wanted to do. However, the show is going to be fantastic. Really very excited about it. We do have.

Matt Quinn and Sam Cooper joining us from Mount Joy and those. We got a couple Philly legends in the house, which is gonna be a ton of fun. And I'm very glad they're coming because, boy, would we be shit outta luck.

[Fran]

I am.

[Brianne]

If they weren't also coming.

[Fran]

Relieved that they are coming and I hope. I eat my words. I hope that Lisa Barlow has a dentist appointment.

[Brianne]

Yeah.

[Fran]

You know what I mean?

[Noah]

Here on the show with no teeth.

[Brianne]

You're hoping.

[Fran]

I'm like, you know what? She was telling the truth. Right.

[Brianne]

You're hoping. She's like live streams from the dentist.

[Fran]

I hope that she puts on some sort of Instagram story that she was at the dentist.

[Brianne]

Right, right, right, right. Yeah, yeah. She just goes to the dentist. Like films.

[Fran]

She's like. She's like, films outside the dentist.

Yeah, yeah.

[Noah]

What's a crazier excuse? The dentist or a kickball?

[Fran]

No, the kickball. I actually believe.

[Brianne]

Way more legitimate.

[Fran]

We.

[Lucas Bravo]

He won.

[Brianne]

They won the championship.

[Fran]

He actually won the championship that night. So the kickball is fine.

[Brianne]

The evidence is in the trophy. And it never said yes.

[Fran]

Wes never said fully yes. Announce it. Here's the go ahead. Like, we fully announced Lisa.

[Noah]

Announced her. And then days went by.

[Fran]

It was Sunday, two days before the show. A dental appointment. So I, I'm hoping, I hope she's okay. Yeah, if there is a dental appointment. But I'm hoping the dentist appointment is real. Yeah.

[Brianne]

Who knows how the reunion. They just filmed the reunion last week. Maybe things were tense, maybe she got spooked.

[Fran]

Who knows?

[Brianne]

You know, you never know. I guess we'll have to wait and see how that goes. But, yeah, we were obvious. We were just talking about Justin. About what? We were just talking to Justin about that. So unfortunate. Unfortunate.

[Fran]

Yeah, for sure. But that's okay. We're still gonna have an amazing show.

[Brianne]

We are gonna have a ton of fun.

[Fran]

The holiday spectacular of the year. The last show of the year. We're gonna make it big, we're gonna make it grand, and we're going to hope Philly wins tonight. So our crowd is in a good mood. Yes. You know, we're just going to hope for the best.

[Brianne]

Absolutely.

[Fran]

Did you pick out your outfit? Which I did about this week. I did, I did. Holiday Festive?

[Brianne]

Yeah. Yeah, I think so. Okay, good. You know, something too crazy. I mean, to be honest, I've looked back at years past because our show's always around this time.

[Fran]

Yeah. It's the holiday. Yeah.

[Brianne]

Yeah. But like, it's always like December, 6, 7, 8. Like it's always so I've had some flashbacks in my photos of previous years and.

There were some loud choices for this holiday spectacular and I was like, I maybe don't need to do that again.

[Fran]

You went full Elton John one year.

[Brianne]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Which is awesome.

[Brianne]

100%. That was, it was fun. But looking at the pictures again, I was like, whoa.

[Fran]

Yeah, but you stole the show.

[Brianne]

Disco ball.

[Fran]

Yeah, but you know, Holiday spectacular.

[Brianne]

Yeah, no, absolutely. I'm excited.

Yeah, I, I, it's fine. I like it. I'm not like blown away by it, you know, but it's.

[Fran]

You'll jazz it up.

[Brianne]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It is worth it.

[Fran]

Make it look beautiful.

[Brianne]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Thanks, Noah. You have an outfit picked out anything snazzy?

[Noah]

No, I was actually debating do I wear one of the things I've worn to the past holiday spectacular shows? And wouldn't anyone notice if I did?

[Fran]

We're back on old days.

[Noah]

I decided against was really just like a sweater. Not a sweater, like a button down. Green, you know? No, I have no, I don't really know.

[Brianne]

I don't think I would have clocked that.

[Noah]

My thing is I just throw a bunch of stuff in my suitcase. Whatever I can fit. And then I decide at the hotel what I'm going to wear.

[Fran]

Whatever you feel like.

[Noah]

I don't have, like, in my mind, like, what I'm wearing. It's just like, it'll be surprised when I open my suitcase and see what goes with what.

[Fran]

Whatever you feel good. And when you say I need.

[Brianne]

How many shirts are you throwing in the suitcase?

[Fran]

Got options.

[Noah]

I got, like, a couple, like, overshirts, and then I have, like, a few pairs of pants and then some T shirts, and I can just mix and match. Whatever looks good.

[Fran]

Yep. Feel around.

[Noah]

Look, I'm wearing the holiday sweatshirt from last year, though.

[Fran]

You are.

[Noah]

You know what?

[Fran]

You're always in the spirit like that. You always wear the previous holiday sweatshirt, and I do appreciate that, you know?

[Brianne]

Yes.

[Fran]

It's like he wakes up Monday morning, he's like, boom, I got my sweatshirt. I'm ready to go.

[Noah]

When you're a kid and you have, like, your outfit, like, laid out on the ground.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Brianne]

Like, Noah's, like, tossing and turning all.

[Fran]

Night, like, oh, I can't wait to put that sweatshirt on. And now he's here wearing it.

[Brianne]

That. That is so true. And we do have truly event on Wednesday in Philly as well.

[Fran]

Yes.

[Brianne]

For anybody that's around that wants to hang out for a little happy hour event, I was thinking, because it could be confusing because all of our other stops we've done the day before. This is the day after. Granted, doing this during an Eagles game in Philly would have been a lot of fun, but also.

That could lead to a night that I'm not feeling so great on Tuesday, which I want to feel my best for the show.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Brianne]

But you know, like a g. An event during the Eagles game. Who knows? Who knows what I'm drinking at that point.

[Fran]

Yeah. Who knows where the crowd takes you? But yeah, we will be there Wednesday night.

[Brianne]

Ladder 15 is the bar. Six to eight, I believe.

[Noah]

Six to eight.

[Brianne]

Six to eight. So come hang with us.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Brianne]

Come out while we're there. Have a couple drinks, some trulies and chill.

[Fran]

Yes. We're gonna have a great time. How was everybody's weekend?

[Brianne]

It was good. It was busy. A lot of events, A lot of holiday gatherings, which was a lot of fun. I had my girls fancy drinks on Thursday night, which is a tradition with my group of girlfriends that we do at the. At the holiday season. Felt extra special this year. Cause it just so happened to be on the night of the full mo. And every year we, you know, we pick A spot. The last couple years, we've gone to the same place, but we go around the table, you know, talk about our favorite thing from this year, and then goals for the next year, which felt like we were really hit it at home with the full moon.

[Fran]

Locking it in with the full moon.

[Brianne]

But yeah, that's always a fun night. The martinis are flowing, which is. Which is fun. Getting festive, get dressed up, fancy drinks, which is great. And then.

Friday, kind of like the same vibe. Our friends hosted a bunch of couples at their apartment for a little holiday evening of dinner and drinks. And then we went to, you know, a little local spot for a little while. We did an ornament exchange, which is a fun one for, you know, a group of friends. If you're doing like some sort of Secret Santa or something like that.

[Fran]

We just.

[Brianne]

We just got everybody an ornament that is fun, which was a lot of fun and cute. Cause everybody crushed it. Everybody. Like, so many fun, cute ornaments. And Saturday I had a Secret Santa.

[Fran]

Wow. Back to back to back festivities. Yeah.

[Brianne]

Saturday afternoon, I had a Secret Santa with, like 25 people.

Joe's cousin organizes that, which is a ton of fun. So it was just like a bunch of people that we don't get to see as much, like, throughout the year, too, which is another nice moment for everybody to gather. And that one's a lot of fun too, because it's like, people get great gifts, but also really funny gifts. And everybody kind of takes a moment to present their gift and why they're doing it. We have a big circle, everybody goes around, which is another very fun event. And that. I mean, by the time Sunday came around, I was tired. Tired, but did a big clean of the apartment, which just really felt good. Like, got behind the TV console, behind the. We moved the couch, cleaned all those spaces. It was just like, this is. We were cruising. It was a good clean.

[Fran]

Yeah, that's good.

[Brianne]

Yeah, it was a nice. It was a good clean. And got to put all the. What are you trying to say? My apartment's dirty?

[Fran]

No, no, I'm just saying, like, can you not go behind the TV console?

[Brianne]

No, no, but, like, we haven't seen that.

[Fran]

Yeah. How often are you not going behind the TV codes?

[Brianne]

But there's a bunch of things, like you do. But we have, like, the Xbox, the switch, like, all the wires. Like, we, like, cleaned out all the wires, took a bunch of things out that we didn't need. Like, I had a walking pad that was underneath the TV console that I know, like, do not use. So just, like, clean out those items.

[Fran]

Declutter. Declutter. I thought you meant just, like, clean.

[Brianne]

No, it wasn't.

[Fran]

Swiffer. The back.

[Brianne]

No, no, no, no, no. It was just like. It was just.

[Fran]

I was.

[Brianne]

No, it was just a declutter of a lot of, like, items that were stacking up.

[Fran]

Maybe some games around that. Yeah.

[Brianne]

Now I will say lift. Taking up, like, breaking apart the couch and lifting the pieces off the rug and getting out of there. That doesn't happen so often, but that was a good one.

[Noah]

Were there a lot of crumbs on the couch?

[Brianne]

No, actually, no crumbs.

[Fran]

Fair question.

[Brianne]

Yeah, not a lot of crumbs.

[Noah]

If I go a long time without, like, just dusting, I see, like, you know, the popcorn that falls into.

[Brianne]

Yeah. I feel like that normally just lands in the couch cushion for me, which I do clean more like, I lift the couch cushions up and clean that part. Not all the way. Not all the way underneath.

[Noah]

No, Mine make it through.

[Brianne]

Yours really slipped through the cracks. Damn. And good God. Like, cute little. All of our Christmas decorations are up in the apartment. Looks nice. And Joe cooked dinner. My mom came over. It was nice.

[Fran]

So your mom was watching Gia's cat?

[Brianne]

Yeah. Which is a. A funny relationship.

[Fran]

Yeah, I saw that. That was. That was me.

[Brianne]

I know my mom's not a. Not that she's not a cat person. She's just never had it, like, we've never had cats. She's never had a cat, like, growing up or anything. So it was very funny, her getting these updates of, like, being in the apartment with a cat. Gia was in Kansas City this weekend, and she just, like, sends pictures of Anchovy, like, staring at her from across the room, like, who are you and why are you in the bed? But Anchovy's a very sweet cat, so, like, takes her moments. But I was cracking up just from Sunday morning, and my mom waking up and being like, where does she go? Because I can't find her. And then I turned around, and bam, she was right there. And she was like. She was under the bed. Like, she's a cat.

[Fran]

Like, classic cat shenanigans.

[Brianne]

Completely. She's like, I've been looking for. For 10 minutes. I don't know where the cat is.

[Fran]

Right. But people like, I would never, you know. Never had a cat. Never had a cat. You don't know.

[Brianne]

No, you don't know. But I was in my mind. I'm like, where? It's not like you open the door.

[Fran]

Where she run out in there somewhere. Yeah. Cabinet.

[Brianne]

Yeah, that's. That's a funny. A funny relationship. But yeah, it was jam packed. Jam frickin jam packed full of festivities. Yes. 100%.

[Fran]

That sounds lovely.

[Brianne]

Yes.

[Fran]

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[Brianne]

You were babysitting this weekend.

[Fran]

I did. I babysat Luca Friday night a little bit. Saturday morning, that little rascal. We had a lot of fun. We watched a lot of movies.

[Brianne]

Movies are great.

[Fran]

You know, first time I watched the Grinch cartoon movie.

[Brianne]

Oh, the OG the original.

[Fran]

No, no, I've seen that one. The new Grinch. The one with Tyler Creator on the album.

[Brianne]

Tyler Creator 1.

[Noah]

I've never watched that one.

[Fran]

It's good. It's good. I watched it three times.

[Noah]

Pharrell narrates it, right?

[Fran]

It was really good.

[Brianne]

Yeah.

[Fran]

And. Yeah, I got to learn it front and back, you know.

[Brianne]

There you go.

[Fran]

He just wanted to keep watching that.

[Brianne]

He's just, like, obsessed with that.

[Fran]

Yeah. And Toy Story. So we watched just. We just went from the Grinch to Toy Story. Grinch.

[Brianne]

Toy Story is a classic.

[Fran]

Always a classic. And he just loves Buzz and Woody, so. And then I hung out with my friends Saturday night. We just went to the diner. Just a lot of reminiscing on GG's, you know, old high school stories. And we're like, what the. You know, when you start talking about old high school stories, you're like, what the fuck was I doing? You know what I mean? And just like, you know, just some good laughs over that. And then Sunday was, you know, it's football day. Yeah, football's on the television. I'm napping and I'm on the couch. And I'm on the couch and I'm napping. And that's the way it goes.

[Brianne]

That's just the way it goes.

[Fran]

It was a.

[Brianne]

It was a chill weekend. Tough go for. For.

[Fran]

Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

[Brianne]

Daniel Jones.

[Fran]

The reaction on the I can only.

[Brianne]

Imagine that Matt freaked out.

[Fran]

Yeah. So Matt is friends with Daniel Jones, who's the quarterback of the Colts, who was former. Former Giants quarterback. And he is a sweet guy.

[Brianne]

Yeah.

[Fran]

And Matt is friendly with him and they talk every weekend and, oh, you know, how you feeling?

We were watching the game, all of a sudden, things go awry. He takes one.

[Brianne]

Takes one wrong step, non contact.

[Fran]

That's why I was at. I said, matt, no one even touched him. Yeah.

[Noah]

You know when they start slamming their.

[Brianne]

Helmet on, by the way, now I feel like anytime a player goes down and, like, you can tell that they immediately know what happened. And they're so pissed. Like, they just. Not even that. It's like, oh, my God, they're in so much pain. They just look so pissed to me. I'm like, Achilles. I'm like. Every time I see that, they're like, because you're just like, I fucking know what just happened.

[Noah]

Tough for indie fans.

[Fran]

This is Albert Tough.

[Brianne]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Yeah. I felt really bad.

[Brianne]

What's going on with these people's Achilles these days?

[Fran]

That's what Mike said.

[Brianne]

He was like, I feel like it's such a more common injury now.

[Fran]

That's what he was.

[Brianne]

Than it ever has been. Where it's like, everyone's like, up there goes the Achilles.

[Fran]

Yeah. That's what he was explaining to me. I was like, all he did was step in the wrong direction. And he was like, pop. He was like, you have no idea. Lately it's been like a thing. It's a problem. Especially in basketball's been bad. Like, it's been bad. And then it was funny because. Well, not funny, but we were laying on the couch and he was like, I'm just texting Daniel. And I was like, just kind of like. Like a humble brat.

[Brianne]

Like, he's kind of like, I know, I know. But it's also like, not a humble brag where it's like, oh, you're texting. That's such a hard.

[Fran]

You're texting the quarterback.

[Noah]

I need to text Mark.

[Brianne]

That's such a hard text to send, though, because it's just like, hey, man. Yeah, so sorry. Like, you're just like, no.

[Fran]

Right?

[Brianne]

It's like, yeah, like, what do you say? Yeah. Hope you're okay. Like, it's like, obviously he's not.

[Fran]

No, no. Did you see Matt's video about Toy Story? Buzz and Woody? I don't know. Like, maybe you would understand this more. We were watching Toy Story, and he was like, oh, my God, Buzz and Woody are so A Rod and Jeter.

[Brianne]

I did so.

[Fran]

And I was like, what? I, you know, needed it explained to me and I was like, yeah, yeah, you're spot on.

[Brianne]

No, I mean, it totally makes sense. What? He's totally.

[Noah]

And.

[Brianne]

And Buzz Lightyear is totally a Rod. I mean, it makes. When he said that, I was like, I. I get it.

[Fran]

It made me laugh. Have you guys seen. Did you watch A Rod's documentary at all?

[Brianne]

No.

[Fran]

So a Rod.

[Brianne]

I didn't even know he has a documentary.

[Fran]

Yeah. Alex or something like that. Right. You know what I mean? And it's just like detailing. I think it's like Alex versus a Rod or something like that.

[Brianne]

Right.

[Fran]

I mean, I need the official name. I might be making that up.

[Brianne]

The man versus the legend, promoting it.

[Fran]

Yeah. Alex versus a Rod. Yeah, yeah. So it's just all, you know, about his life.

[Noah]

Maria versus Maria.

[Brianne]

Yeah.

Maria verse.

[Fran]

That's so fucking funny. So we watched that and you know, a lot of details about A Rod's.

[Brianne]

Upbringing behind the curtain.

[Fran]

Pull behind the curtain. You know, you feel bad for him a little bit, the whole thing. And then I saw a rod post a. Do you remember that, like, pop up fly ball where.

Like Derek Jeter like, ran into a rod?

[Noah]

Oh, ran into a rod.

[Fran]

They both dropped it. Like, Derek Jeter's a shortstop, A Rod's the third baseman.

[Brianne]

They both worked for the same ball.

[Fran]

But it was coming right into a rod's glove. And Derek Jeter like ran. It was like, I got it and like kind of knocked him and then it fell out of his hands. And I. And a Rod made that TikTok being like, I should have just let Jeter have the ball. And I watched the video. I said, no, Jeter should have let Jeter should have let you have that ball, you know? So then I got deep into this buzz and Woody situation. Oh, yeah, right.

[Brianne]

You see?

[Noah]

I mean, a Rod switched positions for Jeter, you know.

[Fran]

Yeah, yeah. Runs deep. Runs deep.

[Brianne]

Yep.

[Fran]

But I guess no one else is watching the Alex vs. A Rod documentary on their spare time.

[Brianne]

Yeah, kids. I don't think I even knew it existed.

[Fran]

Watch the Diddy doc this weekend. I took up a lot large.

[Brianne]

I haven't watched it yet.

[Fran]

Oh, my God. That took up.

[Brianne]

I heard it's atrocious.

[Fran]

Oh, we finished it late last night.

[Brianne]

Yeah.

[Fran]

And I guess Matt had just like missed out on a couple of things that were, you know, reported on and he was just. He just kept popping up. You know, when you do like a pop up to look over and I'm like, yeah, yeah. He's like. He's like, what the fuck? I'm like, yeah.

[Brianne]

Did you miss some of this in the news?

[Noah]

I mean, there's a lot of stuff I didn't know.

[Fran]

Yeah, I. I think that there was a lot in there that I also was like, you know, because a lot of it came out in the news. There was a lot of it from his friends.

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Fran]

That were not in the news.

[Noah]

And also, like, just his earlier life. I didn't know, like, much about that either.

[Fran]

No. I mean, how he became famous off a tragedy is insane.

[Brianne]

Like, I don't know any of this stuff. Well, we, you know, it's not a.

[Fran]

Spoiler, you know, it's. It's all public.

[Brianne]

No, no, I know, but he hosted.

[Fran]

This celebrity basketball game and, you know, had a bunch of rappers there and whatnot. And they sold tickets to it. It was like $12 a ticket and it was sold out.

[Noah]

But he, like, over hyped it a lot.

[Fran]

He overhyped it a lot. And like, obviously a ton of people showed up and like, bum rushed the. The gym because they were like, we still, you know, sold out, but we want to be in there. And they like, rushed the gym and like, nine people died.

[Noah]

Like a stampede. Video of Diddy, like, standing over someone, like, who's being resuscitated and kind of just like. It's really.

[Fran]

It's. It is crazy. Like, you see them carrying the bodies out. Like, it's. It is.

[Brianne]

I did not know that.

[Fran]

And then he and Diddy himself was in interviews being like. Yeah, that's what, like, made me.

[Noah]

You know, he held a page conference after it.

[Fran]

Yeah. And then the craziest. And it's. It's one of those things. Oh, I actually saw Ashley from Girls Gotta Eat post about this. Like, he's such a fucking mouth breather too. Like, you're in every photograph. He's just a fucking mouth opener. Mouth open and see, like, he could have flies flying into his fucking mouth. He is disgusting. He is despicable. He's such an evil man. But when you see these things, you, like, can have, like, you almost giggle a little bit. Like with. With the Biggie thing. No, the dance. That's what I was gonna say. Like, the fact that he allegedly were some to believe.

[Noah]

There's a convincing argument in this.

[Fran]

It's a convincing argument. But you have to say, allegedly set up Tupac and Biggie's deaths. And then he pops out.

At the VMAs singing I'll be Missing you dancing around the stage. Like, sing.

[Noah]

Swinging and hinting.

[Fran]

With videos of Biggie in the background. And he's dancing around the stage and Sting singing.

[Noah]

That's like a TikTok's right now.

[Fran]

No, all I see it. Well, originally, before I watched.

[Brianne]

He's so sick.

[Fran]

Individual. No, he's so sick in the head. But before I watched, I kept seeing these videos of, like, Biggie popping out. Diddy popping out after Biggie's death, like, dancing. And I'm like, what? I. The videos were making me laugh because I was like, what is this? And I. And then I watched and I was like, oh, my God, this is the sickest shit I've ever seen. Like, he is. He was at the scene of both.

[Noah]

Crimes, making Biggie pay for his own funeral.

[Fran]

It's. It's insane. Like, he literally set this up. Like, he. He had such a jealousy problem.

[Brianne]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Yeah. I didn't know any. Did you know that they were this close? I had no idea. Biggie.

[Noah]

I knew that they were close, but I didn't know, like, how jealous he was of Tupac and Biggie's friendship. And that's kind of where that all started.

[Fran]

Who do you think would have been me, Matt, were having this conversation yesterday. Who do you think would have been bigger, Biggie or Tupac?

[Noah]

Bigger.

That's a tough one. I feel like Tupac is more like.

[Brianne]

No, it's like.

Biggie bigger.

[Fran]

I don't know.

[Noah]

I feel like Tupac would have had more of, like, a star. He has more star power. I just love him. And, like, commercial appeal. Yeah, exactly.

[Fran]

Yeah. Tupac, I feel like, had commercial appeal, whereas Biggie. You know what I mean? Like. Yeah, but personally, I always. I like, like Biggie's music more.

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Brianne]

I feel like they could have had.

[Fran]

Like, Biggie and Tupac loved each other. That's what's sad.

[Brianne]

Yeah.

[Fran]

And Diddy pulled them apart. They were.

[Brianne]

They got along.

[Fran]

The east coast and west coast. They got along.

[Brianne]

Fran, it just sounds like Diddy's ruined literally everything.

[Noah]

No. Everyone that comes near him.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

Like, their lives.

[Fran]

I felt really bad for one friend who, like, worked for years and then at the end of 50 Cent, made this. Made this documentary. It was excellent. Curtis Jackson did a wonderful job in reality.

[Noah]

He just, like, paid for this footage and.

[Fran]

And then did it.

[Brianne]

I saw it on the screen. I saw some article this morning about, like, Diddy's mom.

Taking back something that. Well, in the documentary, like, that he's. That he slapped her or something.

[Noah]

Yeah. They said that she he, like, slapped her at one point.

[Brianne]

Yeah. And then he. She, like, ripped Netflix, saying it was a. That. That. That never happened.

[Fran]

I mean, okay, whatever.

[Noah]

Documentary. He didn't slap.

[Fran]

Yeah, no, here's the thing. All of these people who spoke out about him are so extremely brave.

[Brianne]

Yeah.

[Fran]

And I applaud them because.

They are scared. And I would, like, they are rightfully terrified to be speaking about this because he is the scariest fucking man. Like, he is. He is terrifying. And it just goes on and on. And you just wonder, like, I don't know if you had this thought too, Noah, watching it, obviously, like, there was a lot of stuff happening that would come out and then kind of like get swept under the rug like back in the 90s or, like, early 2000s. Right. And, like, it would go to, like, there was one thing that went to court, and the court dismissed it immediately. They're like, oh, no way that Diddy's doing this. Like, whatever.

[Noah]

Yeah, yeah.

[Fran]

Think, like, think about all the things, like, celebrities could possibly be doing or have done that we just have no idea about. And now it, like, comes to light with, like, social media and everything. Like, but it's so sickening, but even so crazy.

[Noah]

Like, this whole thing. Like, they were talking about how he hired, like, the. A super team of lawyers, and that's kind of how he's getting out of jail now because, like, he just is so powerful that he's like, let me assemble, like, the greatest team of lawyers I could find. And then they get him, like, a really small sentence.

[Brianne]

Yeah, it is.

[Fran]

It is really just quite sickening.

[Noah]

And the 50 Cent interviews, though, are promoting this are so funny because he's just, like, smiling from ear to ear.

[Fran]

He is so thrilled that he's doing this. And I just have to say, like, I really hope nothing comes out about 50 cent because he's doing all this and you're like, yes, yes.

[Brianne]

Well, you can't imagine you get him. You can't imagine he would be so, like, over the top, braggy about it or just like. So, like, you know.

[Fran]

Right. You gotta hope this guy, you know.

[Brianne]

If he's got something in his closet, it's like, I don't know if you stand out so strong on it.

[Fran]

I'm sure 50 is not the cleanest.

[Noah]

Guy, but seemingly one of the only people in the industry who, like, always hated him because, like, everyone.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

Like, oh, did he. Like, we go to his parties and, like.

[Brianne]

Yeah.

[Fran]

And I do.

Like. I know people were talking about this and we kind of stayed away from Talking about it because you don't like want to just speculate and say things for no reason. But like, it, it did have me thinking about Justin Bieber a lot.

[Noah]

He was in it for a second.

[Fran]

Like thinking just, there's that video of.

Justin bieber at like 15 years old being dropped off at Diddy's house. And Diddy's like, Justin's gonna have 48 hours with Diddy and it's gonna be.

[Brianne]

Like a 15 year old kid's dream.

[Fran]

No one's gonna know what we're doing. And it's like, what? Like, and now watching this, you're like, what the. Like, what could have happened? Maybe nothing happened, but what could have happened?

[Noah]

They really skipped over like that whole part. Like they had Bieber like kind of like on his last album in it for a second, but they didn't really talk.

[Fran]

I'd imagine if people don't want to talk, you know what I mean? There's, I'm sure there's things that people, this happens. Like people are not ready to talk about things that happen to them and, and whatever. They want to stay out of it. But Yeah, I mean, 50 Cent, he, he did an interview on the news that is one of the only channels they allow in prison.

Abc just so Diddy can see that he did that. So he is like a world class hater. And you, you have to respect it. But at least he was like, you know what? I've known that this man is, is a piece of shit. Right? But it's like, like you said, when you're like, you gotta hope he's got no skeleton. His closet. Yeah, but that was like when you remember the second season of you. Chris Delia played a fucking weirdo. Yeah. I was on the podcast being like Chris Delia playing this part. You got to hope, you know what I mean? You, he's, he can't have anything. And then all of a sudden he was just doing what his part was.

[Brianne]

Yeah, it was like, are you insane? Yeah, these he's sickos.

[Noah]

We.

[Brianne]

Look, it happens and this is a bad comparison, but like it happens in reality TV all the time. Like you see these people go on reality TV and like talk a big game or talk shit about other people and then you're like, oh, they were, they were doing that the whole time. It's sick.

[Fran]

It's like, it's really sickening. Yeah, but that, that took up a good chunk. Four big episodes. And if anybody hasn't watched it, I do recommend watching it. Although do have to give A warning that it is heavy. And there is a lot of. Just a lot of things in there that you. Hard to digest.

[Noah]

Things like. That's kind of going viral now, too, of the clip of him walking in a hotel, and he has a guy whose job it is to, like, while he's walking, put his chain on. Like, he won't put his own chain on it.

[Brianne]

It's bizarre.

[Fran]

How about all the people stopping him for a selfie?

[Noah]

And no, he's, like, possibly going to jail for the rest of his life, but he's stopping to take every selfie every day.

[Fran]

And he gets in the car, and he's like, I need a bath with the hottest water and hydrogen peroxide. Because he. They were basically saying, like, he didn't want to show Harlem any love until he needed them. Like now, like, when he's going to jail, like. So he went back to Harlem to, like, you know, socialize. And that's what they're saying. The documentary. Like, he didn't go back to Harlem until he felt like he needed Harlem to be on his side. Right. And then he gets in the car after, like, socializing with a lot, like, ton of guys or, like, people on the street, and he's like, I just need a hot bath of the hottest water and hydrogen peroxide and clean. Clean myself and cleanse my body after that.

[Brianne]

And you're like, dude, you're just like.

[Fran]

And, yeah, like, you are just an.

[Brianne]

Who did they buy? So all this footage from Diddy had.

[Fran]

Somebody videotape him during all of this when he was gonna go to jail?

[Brianne]

Yeah, yeah.

[Fran]

Or. And he is. Yeah, now. But he never paid them. So it was the videographers rights, because he never paid them.

[Brianne]

So this guy had all the footage.

[Fran]

So they had all the footage. And that was kind of like, 50.

[Brianne]

Cent was like, I will. What? Name your price.

[Noah]

Yeah, he didn't pay anyone, which is, like, a common theme in the documentary. So, yeah, he had this guy filming him, and then he lost and had to go to jail.

[Fran]

Yeah, because when you open up the documentary, it's footage from 2024 with him in his hotel room talking about, like, possibly going to jail.

[Brianne]

And you're like, wait, where did this go?

[Fran]

Wa. Did Diddy sign up to be in this documentary?

[Brianne]

Is this Diddy's documentary?

[Fran]

Right? And then you're like, wait. And then they put it up on the screen and.

[Noah]

And, yeah, that was one of the questions in a 50 interview. They're like, does he know that this. He's like, I don't think so. He's like, he does now.

[Brianne]

I, I, he's like, if he's watching the news right now, he is. He's about to learn.

[Fran]

I respect 50 Cent's commitment to getting this all out there. Yeah, it's very, very impressive, but it do you see when people were Talking about how 50 Cent bought out all the seats at a Ja Rule concert, He hated Ja Rule. Like they, everyone's like bringing back past things that 50 Cent has done.

[Brianne]

He has been pretty notoriously petty.

[Fran]

He's a petty man.

[Brianne]

But you know what?

[Fran]

I keep seeing people be, be like, you know what? I haven't been living. 50 Cent has reminded me that I haven't been living to my most petty potential.

[Brianne]

Right, right.

[Noah]

Like Kendrick, all these guys.

[Fran]

Yeah, like all these people, like, they're so petty. And you're like, my gosh.

[Brianne]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Why be the bigger person?

[Brianne]

Grown men.

[Fran]

Why be the bigger person when you could do this? Yeah, but this is, you know, this needs to come to light. Every, everything that was in this, you know, needed to be, needed to be shared. And it is dark. Yeah. And then I wonder, you know, not a lot about, about JLO in there.

[Noah]

That was very skimmed over.

[Fran]

Very skimmed over. But at the same time, like JLO may not want to be, may not be ready to talk about any of that. And that's her right. You know, like that's her story.

[Brianne]

Right? Because it's like if you don't have the material to really elaborate it on in the documentary, you don't want to spend too much time on it because you just don't have.

[Fran]

Right. You don't know.

[Brianne]

You don't have the material. You don't have the facts. Like you don't have the first. You don't want it, you don't want to speculate and put it in.

[Fran]

You don't want to speak for somebody else who isn't, isn't saying it. So yeah, it is something, ladies and gentlemen, and my God, he is an evil, evil little mouth breathing man.

[Noah]

So wait, this is separate, but have you been seeing the Fyre fest stuff from this weekend?

[Brianne]

I saw Billy McFarlane. No, did you do it?

[Noah]

He did another. He did it. Well, he did it. It was.

[Brianne]

Oh my God, I haven't seen one.

[Noah]

Videos are hilarious. French Montana is performing to like 20 people.

[Fran]

So like he obviously see any videos.

[Brianne]

I saw people talking actually do it. Cuz they're like people went.

[Noah]

There was that there were like a few hundred people in Honduras, like an island in Honduras, like, but the island Is like. It's really just like, a little bit of land. It looks like.

[Fran]

Oh, wow.

[Noah]

Yeah. Bobby Schmurder was there, and apparently he, like, lost a key to a jet ski and they had. He had to be, like, rescued in the water.

[Fran]

Been there. Been there. I've had to be rescued off a jet ski.

[Noah]

But it's crazy. Like, there are people performing to, like, legitimately. No. No one. And then he's just like, look at us. We did it.

[Fran]

Damn. He really did it.

[Brianne]

He really.

[Fran]

He really pulled it together.

[Noah]

He goes, everyone who is too afraid to come, look what you're missing.

[Brianne]

Phoenix Fest.

[Noah]

Yeah, that's also really confusing. He's calling it Phoenix, and it has nothing to do with.

[Brianne]

Right.

[Noah]

But the videos are pretty hilarious.

I did not see French Montana. What? Performing. I was like, why did he agree to this? Like, I can't imagine he's getting paid that much.

[Fran]

Maybe he did. Maybe he got a bag.

[Noah]

He just gave all the money he had to, like, French monkey.

[Fran]

Like, French.

[Noah]

Take it all water or anything.

[Fran]

But you don't get food, you don't get drinks. Take the money. Show up.

[Noah]

Yeah, it's.

[Fran]

Well, he changed the date, too. It was supposed to be on my wedding day. It was supposed to be on April 25, 2025.

[Brianne]

Everything's like, no wonder.

[Noah]

Other plans, they were live streaming. The live stream is equally as bad.

[Fran]

Damn.

[Brianne]

Disgrace Fyre Festival founders Rosie for his lame comeback party. This Daily Mail quote is, quote, dozens of people having an okay time.

[Fran]

You know what, though? Having an okay time is better than having a bad time.

[Noah]

I feel like it's a good, like, as long as you, like, make it out of there alive. Like, it's a good story.

[Fran]

That's a win.

[Noah]

Like, you're like, wow, I'm with Billy McFarlane on, like, an island.

[Fran]

It is a hilarious story to go home and tell. Like, yeah, I went to Fyre Fest, too. Was me. Saw French Montana, 15 other people. French Montana was there.

[Brianne]

The event, slated for Dec. 5 to Dec. 8 at Diamond K in the Caribbean, sold tickets ranging from $200 to $500,000. The $500,000 rapper French Montana was booked as a headliner. The 500,000 option promised a variety of exclusive benefits, including a private chef, access to a golf cart and boat for the whole event, a private dinner with the booked artist, and a private dinner and drinks with McFarland.

[Fran]

If you.

[Noah]

So, by the way, access to a boat. I'm pretty sure they're just talking about, like, little, tiny, little boat that gets you from and off the island.

[Fran]

Yeah. That is like $200. Yeah.

[Noah]

It's like a rowboat.

[Fran]

Wow. I can't believe we missed out on the event of the year.

[Brianne]

On Saturday, Garland posted another video from. From when the concert was in full swing with French Montana performing in it. A moderately sized crowd can be seen with their arms in the air, cheering as fireworks go off. The top comment said, great to see dozens of people having an okay time.

[Fran]

I love that sentence. I'm gonna use that every. That's gonna be after our Philly show. Dozens of people having an okay time.

[Brianne]

Ro had a house party on an island and charged everyone. Thousands.

[Fran]

Yeah. Wow. He's a scammer at heart.

[Noah]

More people going to our holiday show than we're at this festival.

[Fran]

Yeah. That is. We are Fyre Fest 3.

[Noah]

Yeah. Lisa.

[Fran]

Lisa Barlow. Cancel.

[Noah]

We're promising.

[Brianne]

They promised Lisa Barlow.

[Fran]

That was his dentist appointment.

[Brianne]

The live stream for the event was just priced at 6.99. Only had around 100 active users at its peak.

[Fran]

Damn.

[Brianne]

I saw them charging 6.99 for that.

[Noah]

@ one point. There was just a live stream. It's just a camera on Billy McFarland, like, on his phone, like, nothing was.

[Brianne]

Happening.

Some performances also reportedly had technical issues, including at least two temporary power. French Montana was said to have tried to get the crowd to sing, and it was a lackluster.

[Fran]

Response. Wow. Yeah. That's.

[Noah]

Impressive. Married to, like, a.

[Fran]

Billionaire. No Crunch.

[Noah]

Montana.

[Fran]

Yeah. I don't know. I kind of stopped paying attention to French Montana after we interviewed him because they just. Things went.

[Noah]

South. He needs.

[Fran]

This.

[Brianne]

Yeah. Yeah. I mean, yeah. Like, he would say yes to.

[Fran]

This.

Yeah. She is a member of Dubai's royal family.

[Noah]

So.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

Yeah. Oh. But he's just like, you know what? I can make it on my own. I want to make my own.

[Fran]

Money. Yeah. Say, I don't need you. I'm going to Fyre Fest, too, this.

[Brianne]

Weekend. I hope you cash that check.

[Noah]

Already. She's like, I'm so proud of you, babe. How did it.

[Fran]

Go?

[Brianne]

Yeah. If I'd imagine, I would double triple check that. That. That that money goes through from old Billy.

[Fran]

McFarland. Billy McFarlane. What a guy. What a guy. Wow. I have a major announcement that I changed my nail.

[Brianne]

Shape.

[Fran]

Yes. After the conversation on Friday's podcast.

[Brianne]

With Justin Sylvester, we just, like, immediately went. Both of us. We had nail appointments and neutral.

[Fran]

Nails. Thank God we had nail appointments.

[Brianne]

Booked. I.

[Fran]

Know. Because we were.

[Brianne]

Caught. We had everything. Everything bad he described we.

[Fran]

Had. We had going on. So I Changed my shape, though. And I really love.

[Brianne]

It. I think it looks really.

[Fran]

Great. Thank you. And even if you didn't, I would.

[Brianne]

Still. No, but I think it looks.

[Fran]

Great. I would still love it.

[Brianne]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Yeah. You.

[Brianne]

Know.

[Fran]

Yep. That's. That's my vibe right now. Like, I feel like I want to be the person that has these nails with a French on all the time. Yeah. Like, I might just continue to do the exact same thing over and over, over and over. I have a friend who does.

[Noah]

That.

[Fran]

Yeah. I have a friend who never, never changes it ever. Yeah. The same. Well.

[Brianne]

When. When you have something that looks good and.

[Fran]

Works. Oh, it's. It's never. It's always the same thing. Yeah. And I'm like, ah, you know what? I like the classic French with the little square going on right.

[Brianne]

Now.

[Fran]

Yeah. You know, not too.

[Brianne]

Wide. No, it's not. It's not like. It's.

[Fran]

Not.

[Brianne]

They're. They're clean because they're shorter. That's why, too. Which helps. Like, it's not like a long sometimes with, like, a longer.

[Fran]

Square. It's a.

[Brianne]

Different. Yeah, it's a different.

[Fran]

Vibe. And I saw my friend on Saturday who I was talking about on Friday, who's the nail.

[Brianne]

Judger.

[Fran]

Yeah. And we were at the diner, and I was eating, and she just stopped and said, I just have to say, yeah, this. These.

[Brianne]

Nails. There you.

[Fran]

Go. Like, upped your.

[Brianne]

Points. There you.

[Fran]

Go. Like, she was like, this, like, just upped everything about.

[Brianne]

You.

[Fran]

Yeah. And I was like, oh, my God. Wow. She was like, yeah, these nails are.

[Brianne]

It.

There you.

[Fran]

Go. I was like, you know what? I'll take it.

[Brianne]

Then. There you.

[Fran]

Go. Thanks. I'm gonna get these nails. Just going forward.

[Brianne]

Continuously. As you should. As you.

[Fran]

Should. So, ladies, if you are thinking about changing up your nail shape and you want to get a classic square with a French, it always hits. Always hits. And take. Take that plunge. Yeah. All right, let's get into the topics for the rest of the show. We're going to be talking about Alex Earl and Braxton Barrios allegedly broken up. Selena Gomez goes to the Chiefs game with Taylor Swift. Other people in that suite as well. Lena Dunham, Leonardo DiCaprio. I almost said Lena DiCaprio. Summer House trailer is good. Really good. Yeah. The Golden Globe nominations have been revealed. We also have the weekly Watch report, and we have an interview with Lucas Bravo from Emily in Paris talking about season five that is right around the corner. So let's get into.

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It.

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[Brianne]

Before. Never seen.

[Fran]

Before. I was getting texts left and right thinking we had an inside source. We don't know anybody. We.

[Noah]

Got. Us.

[Brianne]

Too. We got no inside source about this for some reason. This was the one that was like, if you're posting, you better. Like, they were like, if the Instagram is posting, you better have heard from Alex Earl.

[Fran]

Herself. Right? So People, Us Weekly, tmz, all reputable sources. Like, to me, People magazine is not reporting something unless they have a reputable, reputable, legit source. I don't think they can. Like, I think People magazine is one of those magazines that like just.

[Brianne]

Doesn'T. Yeah, I.

[Fran]

Agree. It doesn't do.

[Brianne]

That.

[Fran]

Try. And yeah, so they reported that Alex Harlan Braxton Barrios did break up. So chicks in the office reported that they broke up. Somehow people thought we had an inside source. We were revealing the breakup ourselves. No source, source. My friends were going nuts and.

[Brianne]

The same, like I said, I was.

[Fran]

With my friends and they. And we posted it and my friend picks up in front of my face and goes, how do you know? I'm like, I don't know. Like People magazine. You don't know from someone specific? No, I don't know from somebody specifically, but a lot of news sources that are usually reputable announced that they had broken up. So this is still a legend. Alleged. But to me, I have to say, cuz last night Alex Earl posted a video and she was in Braxton's house Braxton's not there. Yeah, she had moved her stuff into Braxton's house. So my. My thoughts are okay, well, Braxton's not there. She's got to get her stuff. Yeah, that's probably why she's there. If they were not broken up, don't you think one of them would respond to a comment or post just a quick Instagram, be like, oh, my God, we're not broken? Like, if someone announced you broke up with your husband, you'd post. You'd be like, wait, no, we didn't like you. You would clarify it immediately because you wouldn't.

[Brianne]

Want. People normally want. I think people rush to be like, no. Or even, like, just a reply on.

[Fran]

TikTok. Just reply to a comment. No, we didn't break.

[Brianne]

Up. And. And Alex, I feel like, has, like, kind of alluded to something. You know, I saw people on TikTok commenting like, we need a. Like a life update or something. And she, like, liked the comment. You know, I feel like there's much so certain things that maybe are where she's alluding to, you know, full hot girl, I'm back. Miami bad bitches out for a night out with the girls. Which is totally fine. Even if she.

[Fran]

Was. I flipped. She did that.

[Brianne]

Anyway. But it felt like it maybe had a little more kick behind.

[Fran]

It. Yeah. And I just am like, don't. At this point, she's responding to other comments in the.

[Brianne]

TikToks. Yeah.

[Fran]

Right. Wouldn't she just write if someone wrote, did you and Braxton break up? She just write back, no. Like, that's it. That's how she responds to comments like, so people are like, they didn't break up. I'm like, no, I think they did. I think they broke up because why wouldn't you want the world to think you're broken up? No. You jump on and go, no, we're not broken up. What? You wouldn't want people to think.

[Brianne]

That. Right. Or it could be a break or a. Who knows? You know, they could be a.

[Fran]

Pause. Maybe they put their relationship on.

[Brianne]

Pause.

[Fran]

Yeah. But all I know is I don't think they're together right.

[Brianne]

Now. Yeah, it doesn't seem. It doesn't seem like it. And it's not crazy to, like, come to that conclusion either. It's. It doesn't feel like. This is, out of the blue, super duper.

[Fran]

Random. Did you see Dave commented on our post? No, Dave. Dave would like the most. Like, my dad was saying the same stuff when I was home for Thanksgiving about dancing with The Stars is like the most, you know, such a daddy take of all.

[Brianne]

Time. He.

[Fran]

Wrote. Yeah, duh. No relationship survives Dancing with the Stars. You can't grind with attractive people for two months straight every day and survive it. And it's like, well, we're forgetting that, like, Danielle.

[Brianne]

Fishel.

[Fran]

Yeah. You know, happily married, stayed with her.

[Brianne]

Husband. Hilaria. Made it.

[Fran]

Through. Hilaria. I mean, if anyone's gonna make it.

[Brianne]

Through.

[Fran]

Right. But, you know. Yeah, of.

[Brianne]

Course.

But that is such a classic, like, guy take of, like. Yeah, of course they did. No. No one could be dancing with a hot guy and, like, make their relationship work. It's like Joey and Kelsey.

[Fran]

Yeah. You know, that worked. So it does work. But I laughed hard when I saw that. I was like, I. I just. That is such a Dave take to have about.

[Brianne]

It.

[Fran]

Yeah. But this took everybody by storm. On the Internet, Dumas Dumois was posting that Alex was walking out of a club with Nick from Long Love island, telling him that she broke up with Braxton. I don't think anything. I don't think that meant, like, anything between Alex. I think they were just, like, friendly, you know, hanging.

[Brianne]

Out. But somebody wrote at the same.

[Fran]

Party that she was telling him that they broke up. You know, I think that she was out a lot this weekend. She must have been telling a lot of people, because a lot of people were like, oh, I heard her say it. She told this person, she told that person.

And I just gotta say.

The way that people get on TikTok and they act like they know exactly what happened between these two. Yeah. You know, you just gotta remember that we don't know. And we, you know, we do it too. We have fun and we think about what could have happened with celebrities and stuff. We all do it. Yeah, but there are people getting on TikTok being, like, down with Braxton Berrios. No, you don't know what happened for sure. You have no idea what happened. So to automatically be shitting on one or the other, like, to be shitting on Alex or to be shitting on Braxton. Yeah, you.

[Brianne]

Know.

Yeah, 100%. I'm just going back to look because it's literally like, all. All the top comments on all of her last videos. It's just like, please tell me they're reporting a false breakup. Like, it's like, well, she's not talking about it for a. For a.

[Fran]

Reason. And also, I just have a question, like, you're not personally friends with them, so them breaking up, how does that affect. I know and, you know, it sounds silly because we do that with, you know, like, when Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan broke up, it was like, no. And, you know, like, Zoe Kravitz and Chad. I'm thinking of all of Channing Tatum's like, no. But, like, that's only for, like, a second, right? Because you're like, yeah. And then you get over it because you realize that's not your real life. And, like, you don't know these people and they're not in your friend group, so you're not gonna be affected by it and you're just gonna move on. The way that people are acting about these two not being together any longer, I'm like, I know you did not personally hang out with them. Your friend group's gonna be okay. Your friend group staying together. If Alix Earl and Brax Barrios break.

[Brianne]

Up. She's. She's so young too. Like, it's just, you know, who knows where life takes them? Maybe they find each other again, maybe they don't. She's a superstar. And I'm sure, like, right now, personally, that this is very tough. Like, going through a breakup blows. And doing it at this magnitude, certainly not easy, because it's like, she probably just wants to live her life right now. But every single comment is just like, did you break.

[Fran]

Up? It's worse than a celebrity break. Like a major celebrity.

[Brianne]

Breakup. Like, yeah, it is, because you just have more access to the people. Like, it's like she talks about her life on TikTok all the time. So all these, like, 12 year olds also assume that she's gonna post right away. It's like, well, my friend Alex is gonna tell me if they broke up or not, right? That's like, they. You. You hold them to different standards, too. When, like, tabloids or whatever magazines start reporting about a breakup, it's like no one is getting on.

Like, no one was.

Being on Nina Dobrev's case being like, explain everything that happened in your breakup right now. Like, it's like, she was a little bit on.

[Fran]

TikTok. They were doing it a little.

[Brianne]

Bit. A little bit. But more like she was playing into it more. I just think, like, maybe. Maybe that's a bad example. I just think there's so many celebrity breakups where you're not immediately like, well, whoa, whoa, whoa. Let's wait for them to. To explain it to us. Because. Because Alex does explain so much of her life to everyone that that's why everyone is like, well, wait. We'll wait and Hear from.

[Fran]

Her. Right. And then.

[Brianne]

People. She just may not want to do.

[Fran]

That. They just want to know so much more. Whereas, like. Like going back to Channing Tatum, Zoe Kravitz, like, yeah, they broke up. And then, you know, two days later, we were moved on from it. They were like, all right, well.

[Brianne]

But, like, without you, I want a story time of every little detail that.

[Fran]

Happened.

[Brianne]

Yeah. Of why you broke.

[Fran]

Up. People are, like, ripping. Each of them taking sides already. It's like, you don't know what happened. Right. They could very well, like, be.

[Brianne]

Friends.

[Fran]

Right. You know, mutually decided that they're not in the same place. You don't know. Yeah. So it really. Wow. It really. And maybe something did happen. You don't know. That's what I'm saying. It just got crazy on there. And it still is crazy. It's gonna be. Until she makes a TikTok about it, which I'm sure she will this week of some sort. Moving on. Chiefs game Sunday night, we were talking to Justin about, like, what if Taylor were to bring, like, Blake Lively, which was funny because she ended up bringing Selena Gomez. Yes. And they were in a suite. Lena Dunham was in the suite. Leonardo DiCaprio was in the suite. They're all there having a good.

[Brianne]

Time. Dumois posted a picture where it really looked like Selena Gomez was, like, in pain. It looked like they captured a reaction to, like, a not great moment on the field because it looked like Selena was like, ah. Like, it's just. I mean, tough game, unfortunately, the.

[Noah]

Chiefs. The Chiefs are tough game for Travis. Kelsey.

[Brianne]

Specifically. Yeah, it's a tough game for.

[Fran]

Travis. The Chiefs are just, like, not.

[Brianne]

Gonna. Travis is just.

[Fran]

Not.

[Brianne]

It's. You know, it's run.

[Fran]

It.

[Brianne]

It's. They might not make the playoffs. The first year ever. First year in nine years that they are. They can't possibly win the AFC West. They've won the AFC west nine.

[Noah]

Years. I think they also said it's the first time in 10 years that they have a losing record in.

[Brianne]

December. Yeah, I mean, yeah, that. That probably makes.

[Fran]

Sense. I did feel bad, like, on that damn.

[Brianne]

Restaurant. And after he missed that.

[Noah]

Dude. Focus on his podcast, the.

[Brianne]

VR. Yeah, after he's interviewing George Clooney after he. After he caught or didn't catch that pass at the end. That ended up being the interception. Yeah, but, like, they showed him on the bench and you could literally. Because you've seen this happen to football players before. It's the classic. Like, you're thinking about running before you catch the ball. So, like, you're already turning before you catch the ball, which is totally what he was doing. And he's like, sitting on the bench. You could see him just replaying the moment in his mind. And he literally goes, like. He took his hand and was like, catch it. You could see him do it. So, yeah, not great in that.

[Noah]

Box. Like, how are they.

[Brianne]

Reacting? Interesting vibes in that box, I'm.

[Fran]

Sure. Probably start drinking, you.

[Noah]

Know. I'm sorry.

[Fran]

Taylor. Yeah.

[Brianne]

Yeah. And I don't really feel like either. Like, I don't know much about their football fandom. Lena Dunham does his scream like, big football fan to.

[Fran]

Me.

[Brianne]

Interesting. Leo's probably enjoying Leah. Leo probably enjoyed his time that.

[Fran]

Lena Dunham was in there because Jack Antonoff. Lena.

[Brianne]

Dunham. Yeah. Yeah. They've always. They've always stayed friends, I will.

[Fran]

Say. Like, Jack Antonov and Lena.

[Brianne]

Dunham. No, no, I'm saying Taylor between. Like, Taylor has.

[Fran]

Always. Has been always friends with Lena.

[Brianne]

Dunham. Both of them. Like, it's like, even when they went through their breakup, it was like nada. They've seemed to. She seemed to stay friends with both of them, obviously. Now Jack's remarried and, like, I think Lena maybe is too.

[Fran]

No. Yeah. I feel like I've. I feel like I haven't seen Lena Dunham out in a while. Maybe that's why I was taken.

[Brianne]

Back. Yeah. I am with you on that. It's been a while, for sure. Like, I feel like I haven't.

[Fran]

Heard that name in.

[Noah]

Years. I haven't.

[Fran]

Either. You know, Lena Dunham. We used to talk about her a.

[Brianne]

Lot. Yeah, she is. She is remarried.

They've been married since.

[Fran]

2021.

Yeah. Lena Dunham and Taylor Swift haven't been seen together in years as well.

[Brianne]

Huh.

And it does say that they have. Like, I think Lena Dunham and Jack Antonoff had a pretty amicable.

[Fran]

Breakup. Wow. Lena Dunham was a part of.

[Brianne]

Like, almost 10 years.

[Fran]

Ago. Was Lena Dunham a part of, like, the Bad Blood stuff.

And.

[Brianne]

Then. What do you.

[Fran]

Mean? In the music video?

[Brianne]

Yeah. Was she in the music.

[Fran]

Video? She on. I think she lost him on stage. I'm so.

[Brianne]

Sorry. I feel like I.

[Fran]

Just. I'm down, like Alina Dunham, rabbit hole by accident.

Yeah.

[Brianne]

She. She is in it.

[Fran]

Right? In the Bad Blood music.

[Brianne]

Video. Yeah, she is.

Yeah. They all. They. They always. They always maintain their.

[Fran]

Relationship. Yeah. She was at the game last night and although bad game for the Chiefs, maybe they had a nice.

[Brianne]

Time. Yeah, I think. I'm sure it was a Fun experience still for Taylor to, like, show them all what the deal is. And then maybe Travis was like, by the way, Leo called. He wants to come.

[Fran]

Too. Yeah. And then.

[Brianne]

God. And then you're like, okay, I guess Leo's gonna be in the bot. In the suite with us fucking.

[Fran]

Up that bad in front of Leonardo.

[Noah]

DiCaprio. Leo probably had a bunch of money.

[Fran]

Too. Like, I just. I wouldn't sleep at night.

[Brianne]

Right. He'd be like, that's the game.

[Noah]

I. That is a lot of.

[Brianne]

Pressure. I invited Leo.

[Fran]

Too.

[Noah]

Yeah. Like, those A listers just in. In your box watching you.

[Fran]

And. Yeah, I. You know.

[Brianne]

What? I don't think he.

[Noah]

Cares. I feel like, no, he.

[Brianne]

Doesn'T. I don't think he's.

[Noah]

Like. I think he definitely is just.

[Fran]

Embarrassed because he dropped, I think. Yeah.

[Brianne]

Right. I. I don't think he cares about them specifically. I think he cares that he's playing poorly in front of the.

[Fran]

World. I would be in the shower, like, I can't believe I dropped that ball. Yeah. You know? Yeah. Never gonna be cast in one of his movies now. Yeah. He doesn't think I have it. You know, like, all.

[Noah]

Those. Gotta be it for.

[Brianne]

Him. I always wonder what his energy is like, like, post game. Because I just feel like it's. Can be so, like, going through a loss, especially like dating an athlete. It's.

I just feel like there's so many different temperaments that a guy can have. Like, I'm so curious what kind of loser he is because he's never really been a loser. Right. Like, they've been so good for so long that now I'm like, this is all kind of new to them that I'm like, what kind of loser is he? Like, is he leaving with Taylor and he doesn't want to say one word in the car ride home, or is he, like, brush it off like, now with my girl? Like, I can't have a bad.

[Fran]

Attitude. Maybe at this point. They have been bad all season.

[Brianne]

That he's just like, huh.

[Fran]

Yeah. You know, it's just, yeah, we gotta wrap it up. This is a bad.

[Noah]

Season. Even bad before, where, like, they still always figure out a way to, like, pull it together. And now last night when he.

[Brianne]

Was walking, I mean, they haven't been this bad.

[Noah]

Before. Not this bad, but, like, going into the last couple weeks, they're still like, oh, well, they'll. They'll, like, figure out a.

[Brianne]

Way. There's never. I don't think there's been a question in. In years of them, like, Ooh, do we, like, even when they were quote, unquote, maybe lose a couple games, no one was like, ah, they're not going to make the.

[Noah]

Playoffs. No, now, definitely. But now this sidelines, last night, it looked like just a defeated.

[Brianne]

Man. Yeah, for.

[Fran]

Sure. My favorite is when. So you know how, like, that whole thing became such a big thing last week? Like, oh, Travis, as him and Taylor, like, don't argue. The comments were like, oh, really? He doesn't argue. How about when he shook his old man coach on the sidelines when they were fighting? Like, yeah, we know how. We know how he deals with.

[Brianne]

Conflict. Jesus Christ. They're.

[Fran]

Like. They're like. They think like, him fighting with Andy Reid on the sidelines, like, in that moment, is like, how he treats Taylor at home. I'm like, are you guys.

[Brianne]

Insane?

[Fran]

Absolutely. Like, you can't separate the two. Yeah, that is so. Oh, we see how he treats it. And you read like, he must be smacking her around. That's what people were.

[Brianne]

Writing. I was like, oh, no, it's.

[Fran]

Actually. People are so.

[Brianne]

Insane. Have lost. People have really lost their mind. And I will say, like, normally, I think they record their podcast. You know, it comes out Wednesday, so it's like, you know, Monday, Tuesday, the next week. And at that time, I'm sure he has enough time to, like, cool off. So he normally has a bit of a level head when it comes to, like, talking about the games of being like, I need to be better. Like, we're right there. It's like you kind of always, like, repeat the same things.

But, yeah, I was thinking about my. It's like, what's. What's the car ride home looking like? Or is it like, I'll meet you at.

[Fran]

Home? You know, I don't.

[Brianne]

Know.

[Fran]

Probably. I have to say, though, George Clooney, like, I'm such a big fan. I.

[Brianne]

Was.

[Fran]

Yeah. I was not a George.

[Brianne]

Clooney. Oh, he's.

[Fran]

Just. No, but it's more. It's more just because.

In looks category, like, people would really hype him.

[Brianne]

Up. Yeah. Silver Fox, for.

[Fran]

Sure. George Clooney. And I don't think I was at the age to appreciate George Clooney yet. And now I feel like I am at the age of. To appreciate George Clooney. And I fucking love that man. Yeah, I love George.

[Brianne]

Clooney. I think he's got one of the sexiest.

[Fran]

Voices. He is like, oh, my God, he's got a. George Clooney is a sex pot. He. He is like, I. I'm like, big on George Clooney these days. I'm like, you know what? And the way he speaks about his wife, it's wonderful. Yeah. It's so nice. Yep. It's beautiful. I love.

[Brianne]

It. I know that they did have a good interview with him. Cause it's like, I don't know what it is with these big A list actors. I don't know. They get on these podcasts with. With Jason and Travis, and I don't know if these guys especially want to be, like, fans of football, because they either football fans or they, like, want to be like, ah, like, cool.

[Fran]

Guy. He's like, I got a gripe with.

[Brianne]

You. I got. I got Jason.

[Fran]

Travis. Like.

[Brianne]

Let'S. Let's fool around. Let's, like, push each other and laugh, you.

[Fran]

Know? You know, I got a grape. I'm a Bengals fan. I'm like, oh, my God, George Clooney, I love.

[Brianne]

You. Like, I didn't know I felt.

[Fran]

This way about George Clooney, but now I do, and now I'm getting fed.

George Clooney just like, red carpet interviews and just like George Clooney in his daily.

[Brianne]

Life.

[Fran]

Yeah. On my TikTok, I'm on George Clooney TikTok. Yeah. And I'm happy about.

[Brianne]

It.

[Fran]

Yeah. You know, George Clooney, TikTok is a nice.

[Brianne]

Place. That is a nice place to.

[Fran]

Be. It's a comforting place. It's like a warm hug. It's like this vest I'm wearing. It's like a warm little vest. George Clooney, TikTok. So I'd like to stay there, but, yeah, I. I could talk about George Clooney for a while, but we're gonna move on. One more thing. They are working on another. Oceans. George Clooney did.

[Noah]

Say. I think I did see that. I think I was.

[Brianne]

Confirmed. It has been. They talked about that, or they confirmed it a while ago. But like he said in the interview.

It'S just a matter of, like, finding time that they're all available to do it, which they haven't been able to do yet.

[Noah]

Clearly. That's a lot of.

[Fran]

Stars. Yeah. Love him. Okay, moving on. Sorry, I got distracted about.

[Brianne]

George. Just thinking about.

[Fran]

George. Just thinking about George. That handsome.

[Noah]

Fox. Damn, you're talking about him almost like in.

[Fran]

Martin. Short.

Different way different way different. George Clooney is like a sexy man who loves his wife and talks, you know, you want to hear him. You.

[Brianne]

Want. Just.

[Fran]

Talks. You just want to hear. You want to hear what he has to say about his life. And the world and all that. Like, you know, just, you know, good stuff. Martin Short is a cutie little old man who's funny and loves dips like I do and things like that. You know what I.

[Brianne]

Mean? So it's like his.

[Noah]

Character. They're not really that far apart in age, are.

[Fran]

They? George Clooney and Martin Short are very far apart in.

[Noah]

Age. 15. Like. Like.

[Brianne]

15. George Clooney is what.

[Noah]

60? No, they're only like 10 years apart. Yeah, 11 years.

[Brianne]

Difference. How old is.

[Noah]

He? He's 64, I was gonna.

[Fran]

Say.

[Brianne]

Yeah. And Martin Short is.

[Fran]

75. Okay, here's the thing. Martin Short feels more like.

[Noah]

85.

[Fran]

Really?

[Noah]

Yeah. I feel like he doesn't because he has so much energy.

[Fran]

Like. No. I don't know. My Grandpas are both 88, and they got a lot more energy than.

[Noah]

Mine. Here's the thing, though. George Clooney and Brad Pitt are.

[Brianne]

Like. We don't know that. We don't know what Mari Schwartz Day to Day is.

[Fran]

Like. We saw him in person and.

[Brianne]

He was put on a.

[Fran]

Show.

[Noah]

Yeah. George Clooney and Brad Pitt are only a couple years apart. And this is just. Objectively speaking, I feel like Brad Pitt, like, looks way younger than George.

[Fran]

Clooney. Well, I mean. Well, Brad Pitt's like, edging.

[Brianne]

Backwards. Brad Pitt's like the Benjamin Button. Yeah. He's the outlier in that.

[Fran]

Conversation. But you put Brad Pitt and George Clooney next to each other, and it's like, thank you. You.

[Brianne]

Know?

No, yeah, I know. I completely.

[Noah]

Agree. Who are you going with.

[Fran]

Though?

[Noah]

George.

[Fran]

Really? George is the more responsible.

[Brianne]

Man. But it's like, who? You know, who you haven't heard the best.

[Fran]

Of. Bad.

[Brianne]

Pit. Why are the reasons why I picking him. I don't know if I want to be alone with.

[Noah]

Brev. No, no. Looks.

[Fran]

Alone. I mean, looks.

[Brianne]

Alone. Looks.

[Fran]

Alone. Brad.

[Brianne]

Pitt.

[Fran]

Yeah. But when you're.

[Brianne]

Going. But you're taking the whole picture, you're going with man. And the stories those. You know, George doesn't have the stories that Brad has, and Brad's stories are not.

[Fran]

Good. No. And I started.

[Brianne]

Off. I don't give a If Brad's a change.

[Fran]

Guy. Yeah. I don't know. I started off this whole conversation with the fact that I love the way that George Clooney speaks about his wife and that he's a respectful man.

[Brianne]

Right. So we don't know if Brad's.

[Fran]

Changed. I don't know anything about.

[Noah]

Brad.

[Fran]

Yeah. Besides, that's a.

[Brianne]

Handsome.

I think we know plenty Enough that that was, you know, some not good.

[Fran]

Shit.

[Brianne]

Was. Sorry. Like, once again, I'll go back to the Tom Cruise thing. Like when your kids don't fuck with you, not good. And that's, you know, there are none of them want the pit last name. So I think that speaks for.

[Noah]

Itself. And that's a good last name too.

[Brianne]

Objectively. Well, they don't want it.

[Fran]

So. Tom Cruise, he's so.

[Noah]

Short.

Another 60.

[Brianne]

Something.

[Fran]

Yeah. And he is not in even close. I know people love Tom Cru.

He is not in the category as those guys, you.

[Brianne]

Know.

[Fran]

Yeah. And Leo, like is just always gonna be Leo. Everyone's always gonna look at Leo like he's still Leonardo DiCaprio on the Titanic or the Departed or Wolf of Wall street. If he was like, he looked great in Wolf of Wall Street.

[Noah]

Yeah. That was like 10 years ago.

[Fran]

Too. I know, but he, you know, he doesn't look. I don't think Leo takes care of himself as much as the.

[Noah]

Others. He's been looking better.

[Fran]

Recently. When you see him out on those yachts, he don't give a. Which I guess Relatable. Yeah. You know, when you're. Respect that when you're lying around, belly out, tits out, whatever. It's like, give me. You know, I'm on a yacht, give me a drink. I don't know what it's like to be on a yacht like him, but, you know, on vacation you just let everything hang out. You're like, ah, give me a drink, give me the food.

[Brianne]

Whatever. The good.

[Fran]

Life. That's. He's just living the good life. And you know what? I guess I can respect.

[Noah]

That. I see what he texted Timothee Chalamet about his.

[Fran]

Hair. About his.

[Brianne]

Hair.

[Fran]

Yeah. They're gonna be a battle. Golden Globes. We can move right on to.

[Brianne]

That. Yeah.

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[Fran]

Chicks.

Golden Globe nominations came out and Leonardo DiCaprio and Timothee Chalamet nominated in the same category. Going head to head, which is fucking epic. If I'm Timothee Chalamet, I'm like, you move over, Leo. I got your ass. I'm gonna beat your ass. Like, I feel like that's exactly what I said. Yeah, I think like, if I'm Timothee Chalamet, I'm.

[Brianne]

Chirping. Yeah.

[Fran]

Yeah. Leonardo DiCaprio over text like, yo, I'm gonna beat you. Like, I hope that they have that rapport. I'd like to think that they do. If Leo is texting Timothy, like things like about him shaving his head and.

[Brianne]

Right. This sounds like they, they.

[Fran]

Can. They could.

[Brianne]

Joke. Joke around with each.

[Fran]

Other. I feel like Leo could.

[Noah]

Joke. Both of those movies are. This is the whole Golden Globes thing where it's comedy. The movies are.

[Brianne]

In. Yeah, yeah. Best Motion Picture drama. You got Frankenstein, Hamnet. It Was Just an Accident. The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value and Sinners. I don't know what those three middle movies are. It was just an accident. The Secret Agent and Sentimental.

[Noah]

Value. I haven't heard of.

[Brianne]

Those. Haven't heard a lick about three movies in the category. I will say I think this is the first time that's ever happened where I've looked at a category and half the movies I just have actually, I couldn't even Tell you what they are like, I haven't seen. And if Noah hasn't seen what any of them are. Our resident movie.

[Fran]

Guy. Yeah, that's.

[Brianne]

Nuts. Our film. Our film.

[Noah]

Connoisseur. I don't.

[Brianne]

Know. What are these movies.

[Noah]

Noah? I don't know. I'm looking them up. It was just an accident. I'm not. This looks like maybe it's a foreign film. Oh, yeah, it looks like it's.

[Fran]

Probably.

How far we've come from talking about Amelia Perez this last year to now. Time flies by.

[Brianne]

Then. So, like, what are these.

[Noah]

Movies? Secret.

[Brianne]

Agent. Secret agent. 99% of rotten.

[Noah]

Tomatoes. 2 hours and 40 minutes. Yeah, I'm not recognizing, like, these. These could. I'm only saying they're foreign because.

[Brianne]

This one is, I think, also.

[Noah]

Foreign. A lot of actors I know.

[Brianne]

And. Yeah, this one, I think is also.

[Noah]

Foreign. Sentimental value is Stellan Skarsgard and El Fannon.

But yeah, the other two, I don't.

[Brianne]

Know.

[Fran]

Huh. This is where it's tricky, though. Like musical or comedy. And it's one battle after another. Which was.

[Brianne]

Funny.

[Fran]

Right? But I.

[Noah]

Wouldn'T.

[Fran]

Comedy. It's not a comedy.

[Brianne]

Movie. But I don't know. The Golden Globes, like, make way wafer. I feel this where sometimes they. If there's something funny and movie. They're like, I was putting in comedy. So they have.

[Noah]

More. One.

[Brianne]

Joke. So they have more space for dramas. Because some of these movies that were nominated for drama, like, they're not going to be nominated for an Oscar. We have no clue what they are, at least in Best Picture. Because, like, Begonia is in musical or comedy. Marty supreme is in musical or comedy. One battle after another. Like, those are.

[Noah]

All. I haven't seen Marty supreme, but it doesn't scream like comedy to.

[Brianne]

Me. I will speak to.

[Fran]

The. There's got to be at least one laugh in.

[Noah]

There.

This is every year, I feel.

[Brianne]

Like. Yeah, I mean, as always, we have this conversation every year. And then also Blue.

[Fran]

Moon. You.

[Brianne]

Watch. That's what you watched last week, right? Blue Moon. No other.

[Noah]

Choice. Blue Moon is like. It's not a musical, but it's. It's very centered around.

[Brianne]

Music. Novel. Vague is also in.

Musical or.

[Noah]

Comedy. Look at Zootopia 2 and Best Motion Picture.

[Fran]

Animated. I'm really happy.

[Brianne]

That. Yeah, it should win, no question. Although K Pop Demon Hunters is nominated as.

[Fran]

Well. So I'm happy that I can root for Michael B. Jordan. Yeah. And also Timothee.

[Brianne]

Chalamet. Right.

[Fran]

Right. Well, here's the thing.

I'm rooting For Michael B. Jordan in that category because I love.

[Brianne]

Sinners.

[Fran]

Yeah. Right now I'm rooting for Leonardo DiCaprio because I haven't seen Marty Supreme. Right now. I gotta watch Marty supreme to then decide am I rooting for Leonardo DiCaprio or Timothy Chalamet? I guess I would maybe now go back to what I was just saying right at the start of this conversation is that I would be rooting for Timothee Chalamet to beat Leonardo DiCaprio because it would be.

[Noah]

Funny. George Clooney got a.

[Fran]

Nomination. But sometimes I feel like Leonardo DiCaprio just doesn't get his flowers at these award shows like he.

[Brianne]

Deserves.

[Fran]

Yeah. And. And you know, like Timothy Chalamet still has a lot of time, but.

[Noah]

That'S what they said about Leo probably. Like he has a lot of time and then he just never.

[Fran]

Got. And then he got it for the Revenant, which was like really, you know, the movie. He doesn't.

[Brianne]

Talk.

[Fran]

Yeah. It's all about the acting, you.

[Lucas Bravo]

Know.

[Fran]

Yeah. That's very tough year though, when.

[Noah]

He. Like I was saying, though, I think Ethan Hawke could honestly like be a sneaky. Like he's gonna be both of.

[Brianne]

Them.

[Noah]

Yeah. Not that I think he should.

[Brianne]

But. Right. But.

[Fran]

Just. And I'm going for commercial appeal. Obviously I'm talking about the two.

[Noah]

You know, but people are talking about supreme as if, like he has to win for.

[Brianne]

This. Yeah. I've.

[Fran]

Seen. Yeah. I guess my thought processes and I haven't seen the movie yet. Like.

What could be so. Like. Like Golden Globe Oscar winning about him being a ping pong player. But I guess we'll find out. You know, I think it's very.

[Noah]

Uncut gems like type performance where he's. It's just. It's not really about. From what I'm hearing. It's not really about like the ping.

[Brianne]

Pong. Yeah, it's less about ping pong and more about the guy and the. And the hectic.

[Fran]

Life. Because you hear ping pong movie and you're like, yeah, yeah. God is like dodgeball. It's a comedy.

[Brianne]

Film. No, the. No Wicked for Good nomination in. In Motion picture music or comedy. It's only in the cinematic and box office achievement award that also has Avatar, fire and Ash, F1K Pop, Demon Hunters, Mission Impossible, Final Reckoning, Sinners, Weapons, Wicked for good and Zootopia.

[Fran]

2. Ariana Grande did get nominated.

[Brianne]

Though. Yeah, they did. They were nominated. But the movie itself, which I honestly like Wicked, I think part of one is. Was better as a whole. So, like, whatever makes sense to me if you're. I mean, you're just going off box office achievement. Zootopia 2 did break records.

[Fran]

So. Did.

[Brianne]

It? Yeah. It was like the fourth highest grossing movie opening weekend.

[Fran]

Ever.

[Brianne]

Wow. Like, all the Marvel movies. It's like up there with all the Marvel.

[Fran]

Movies. I mean, Noah, we are missing out on.

[Noah]

Zootopia. Yeah, I gotta watch you and.

[Brianne]

I. I've been talking about it like. Oh, I was telling people about all weekend. Is it that good? Like, it's really very.

[Fran]

Good. What is so good about.

[Brianne]

It? It's.

[Fran]

Funny. It's.

[Brianne]

Funny. It's actually funny. It's sweet. It's heartwarming. It's a. You know, it's a solid animated. It's everything you want an animated movie to be. In my.

[Fran]

Mind. I gotta give this shit a.

[Noah]

Try. Oh, Miley Cyrus got.

[Brianne]

Nominated. Yeah. I'm going through best motion. You're jumping ahead. I'm scrolling Motion picture. A lot of the foreign films. That's so. Yeah, there are. It was just an accident. Is French. No other choice. South Korean. Secret agent. Is Brazilian. Sentimental Value. Norwegian. Sehrat, Spanish. And the voice of Hindra Job is from Tunisia.

Performance by a female actor in a motion picture drama. Jesse Buckley. Jennifer.

[Fran]

Lawrence.

[Brianne]

Ooh. Renate.

Renate Rentseve. I don't know how to pronounce her name. I'm so sorry. She's in Sentimental Value. She's probably Norwegian. Julia Roberts, Tessa Thompson and Ava Victor.

These are also nominated for movies that I don't like. After the Hunt. Sorry, but I don't know what.

[Fran]

Any of these movies.

[Brianne]

Are. Male actor, drama. Joel Egerton Edgerton. Oscar Isaac, Dwayne Johnson, Michael B. Jordan, Wagner Mora and Jeremy Allen.

[Fran]

White.

[Brianne]

And.

Musical comedy for female Rose Byrne, Cynthia Erivo, Kate Hudson, Chase Infinity, Amanda Seyfried. Do I always. Did I get that right?

[Fran]

Seyfried. Who.

[Noah]

Knows? I thought it was either Seyfried or Seyfried or.

[Brianne]

Seyfried.

[Fran]

Seyfried. I don't know. I always change.

[Brianne]

Seyfried. I always say it wrong. That's why, like I always say. I'm saying every single time. And Emma Stone said it that way my whole life.

[Fran]

Yeah. I don't know. Emma Stone's gonna win for Begonia. Like, I. Yeah, right. I just. It's one of those things that she wins for a Yorgo. Yeah.

[Brianne]

Yeah. Every.

[Fran]

Time. Every.

[Noah]

Time. The most winningest actor of all time at this.

[Brianne]

Point.

[Fran]

Yeah. She won for the favorite. She won for.

[Brianne]

Paper.

What's why am I. Yeah.

[Lucas Bravo]

The.

[Brianne]

The. Yeah, the ones you just did.

What is that.

[Noah]

Called? Which.

[Brianne]

One? The one that just came.

[Fran]

Out. Favorite Things. No, no, no. She won for the favorite, and then she also won.

[Noah]

For. Didn't she win for La La.

[Fran]

Land? No, for the Poor.

[Brianne]

Things. Poor.

[Fran]

Things. Sorry.

[Brianne]

Sorry. I said.

[Fran]

Sorry. Poor Things in the favorite. And then she's gonna win for Begonia. Like, I just feel like if she makes a film with.

[Brianne]

Him. Yeah, she's like a lock. Female.

Supporting role. Emily Blunt. Elle Fanning. Ariana Grande. Who? Inga Ibstater. Lias Sentimental Value. Lot of nominations. Elle Fanning, also in Sentimental Value. Amy Madigan from Weapons and Teyana Taylor for One Battle After Another. She really was so good in that. And then act. Supporting actor. Benicio Del Toro. Jacob Elordi, Paul Mescal, Sean Penn, Adam Sandler, Stellan Skarsgard. Interesting that Paul Mescal is. Is a supporting.

[Noah]

Role. I don't.

[Brianne]

Know. The movie Hamnet, it's like. It's about, like, he plays Shakespeare and Jesse Buckley plays his wife. But Jessie Buckley was nominated for best performance by female actor.

Not supporting. But Paul got supporting, which is.

[Fran]

Interesting.

[Brianne]

Just. They put him in that category. I feel like I haven't seen the movie. Kelly said it was fantastic. Director Paul Thomas Anderson for One Battle After Another. Ryan Coogler centers Garment Del Toro, Frankenstein. Jafar Pahani for It Was Just an Accident. Hakeem Trier for Sentimental Value. Cloj for Hamnet screenplay. I mean, honestly, like, Sinners was so fucking good. I know that this is. I feel like it's because all these movies come out at this time of year. Like, it's like all the Marty Super. All these movies come out, like, at the end of the year, like, around award season. But, like, Sinners was just such a incredible, like.

[Fran]

Idea. Sinners was so.

[Brianne]

Good.

[Fran]

Yeah. And I thought it was my favorite movie of the year until I saw one bot. One battle after another. And then. And then you see one battle after another and you're like, wait a.

[Brianne]

Second. Yeah, that was a great movie.

[Fran]

Film. You know, like, you.

[Noah]

You. When you compare the two, they're both like.

[Fran]

A's. No, no, they're both great, but you're just like, wow, that one real. You.

[Brianne]

Know? Yeah. Yeah. Miley got nominated, like, my top two of the.

[Noah]

Year. Playing two people like that should count for.

[Brianne]

Something. He deserves to win for sure.

[Fran]

Golden. Don't forget one twin was hotter than the.

[Brianne]

Other.

[Noah]

Yeah. Which.

[Fran]

One? I forget. I remember when people were like, why did I think one twin was Hotter than the.

[Brianne]

Other. And they're both Michael B. Jordan person. I Lied to you by Sinners. This is the best original song. Oh, that no Place Like Home. See, this is also why it's like. Okay, they put in two new songs into Wicked. They're both nominated. Girl in the Bubble and no Place Like Home. Both.

[Fran]

Nominated. Remember when I said Train Dreams? Jesse Solomon was singing like the guy.

[Brianne]

In. Oh, that was a wild.

[Fran]

Take. It was more. No, no. It was more like he wanted.

[Brianne]

To. Right style. He was trying to sing like.

[Fran]

Jesse Solomon was trying to say, like the main guy in Sinners.

[Noah]

Drama. That whole sequence was, like, actually happening at his live.

[Fran]

Show. Yeah. We were with west after our live show. We were playing the videos, and I was like, he sounds like the guy from Sinners. And I was like. But not actually, like, not. You know, that's good. Like, the guy from center.

[Brianne]

Is. But he sounds like he wants to be.

In tv. You got the Diplomat, the Pit, Pluribus, Severance, Slow Horses, the White Lotus, some of your.

[Noah]

Faves. That's gonna be.

[Brianne]

Tough. That's all the drama and then musical or comedy. Abbott elementary, the Bear Hacks. Nobody wants this. Only Murders in the Building, The Studio, Limited Series, Adolescence. All Her Fault. It's funny because it's like, this is where you're adolescence. I know. It's just because the timing.

[Noah]

Yeah. For what? What was that? The.

[Brianne]

Emmys. Emmys. It feels like we've done this.

[Noah]

Already.

[Brianne]

Yeah. Adolescence, all her faults. The Beast, to me. Black Mirror, Dying for sex, The Girlfriend. It's just like the. The eligibility period is different. Where it's like. It's the. Like, All Her Fault obviously, is not. Not. Was not nominated for Emmy. It just came out. But it's like, adolescent because it was like, at the beginning of the.

[Noah]

Year. I'm surprised All Her Fault is able to be nominated. I feel like it came out.

[Brianne]

Yesterday. I mean, the Beast. So did the Beast in.

[Fran]

Me. Both of them came out, like, two weeks.

[Brianne]

Ago. The Beast in me.

[Noah]

Also. You would have thought they had these awards like.

[Brianne]

Matt. Oh, the Girlfriend nominated, too, for. That was good. Drama. Female. Kathy Bates. Brit Lauer. Helen Mirren. Bella Ramsey. Carrie Russell. Rhea Seehorn. Rhea Seehorn. She's the.

[Fran]

Actress.

[Noah]

Yeah. I don't know.

[Fran]

Her. Yeah. She spells it with an.

[Brianne]

Hea.

[Fran]

Hea. So, yeah.

[Noah]

Different.

[Brianne]

Yeah. Male.

[Noah]

Actor. That's like the autocorrect when I write your name.

[Brianne]

Sometimes. Yes. Charlie K. Brown. Diego Luna. Gary Oldman. Mark Ruffalo, Adam Scott.

[Noah]

No. Wiley.

[Fran]

Paradise. Feels like I'm A lifetime paradise.

[Brianne]

Does feel like a lifetime.

[Noah]

Ago. Noah Wiley.

[Brianne]

Should.

He is so. He is so good, but so is. I mean, they were all really.

[Noah]

Good slow horses people rave.

[Brianne]

About. People love slow horses. For female musical comedy, Kristen Bell, I. Debris, Zelina Gomez, Dash Leone.

Jenna Ortega, Gene Smart. All the usuals. You know, Adam Brody, Steve Martin, Glenn Powell, Chad Powers, Pop Off Glenn, Seth Rogen, Martin Short, Jeremy Allen.

[Fran]

White. I'm sick of Jeremy Allen.

[Noah]

White. Yeah.

[Fran]

Seriously. God, he's nominated for Bruce.

[Noah]

Springsteen. He's nominated for the.

[Brianne]

Bear. God, when people do movie and tv, Female Unlimited. Claire Danes, Rashida Jones, Manda Seyfried, Sarah Snook, Michelle Williams, Robin Wright. Robin Wright was so good in the Girlfriend. I mean, Sarah Snug was so good, too. I mean. Yeah. And then male, Jacob Elordi for the Narrow Road to the Deep north, which I don't know what that is. Paul Giamatti, Stephen Graham, Charlie Hunnam, Jude Law, Matthew Reese. Jude Law. Black Rabbit was so good.

Supporting role. Carrie Coon, Aaron Dougherty, Hannah Einbinder, Catherine o', Hara, Parker Posey, Amy L. Wood, all. I mean, that's three. Three of those for White Lotus, Owen Cooper, Billy Crudup, Walton Goggins, Jason Isaacs, Jamal Tillman, Ashley Walters.

That's two Adolescents and two White.

[Fran]

Lotus.

[Brianne]

That's. That's kind of all the big ones. And we also have best podcast this year, which we can talk about as we are a podcast. No nomination for us this year, but, you know, you never know. You never know. Years to.

[Fran]

Come.

[Brianne]

Yeah. Golden Globe nominations for best podcast. Our armchair expert, Dax Shepard. Color daddy. Good. Hang with Amy Poehler, the Mel Robbins podcast Smart.

[Fran]

List. And up first, I'm rooting for Amy.

[Brianne]

Poehler. I personally, I fucking love Amy Poehler's podcast. Like, I just. Amy Poehler's podcast is such a comfort to me. Like, I look forward to it every week. So I will.

[Noah]

Also. Jack Shepard is nominated twice for podcasts. He's on Smart list.

[Fran]

Right? No.

[Noah]

No. Oh, who am I thinking.

[Brianne]

Of? Smartless is Jason Bateman, Will.

[Noah]

Arnett. I always confuse him and Will.

[Brianne]

Arnett, Will Wallernett and Amy Poehler head to head. Exes. Exes in the podcast.

[Fran]

Category. Yeah. What would be sick for Alex Cooper, though, like, if she won that extreme. And it's like all these actors who.

[Brianne]

Yeah.

Yeah, well, they threw Mel Robbins in there, and then up first is npr. So, you.

[Fran]

Know. Well, yeah, it's like, what's the word I'm looking for for Mel.

[Brianne]

Robbins?

I don't.

[Fran]

Know. Overexposure oh, right, right.

[Brianne]

Right. So you saw her.

[Fran]

Everywhere. Let.

[Brianne]

Them. Yeah, I was everywhere this year was. That was good for. You know, she exposed herself just enough to.

[Fran]

Be. To be.

[Brianne]

Nominated. Nominated for a Golden Globe. And I will say that her podcasts were on the top of every single, like, end of year list for, like, most.

[Fran]

List.

[Brianne]

Motivational.

[Noah]

Yeah. Marle.

[Fran]

Nomination. Well, thank.

[Brianne]

You. No, no, I don't. You know, I don't think she was able to get a podcast up this year, or else if she did, it probably would have been.

[Noah]

Nominated.

[Fran]

Yeah. All right, that wraps up the nominations. We have to talk about the summer house trailer. This trailer was juice. Wow. You know, this trailer.

Brought me to.

[Brianne]

Tears. Oh, my goodness gracious. For what.

[Fran]

Part? I don't.

[Brianne]

Know. Just in.

[Fran]

General. I just.

[Brianne]

Like. Was it like the flashbacks in the.

[Fran]

Beginning? I don't know. I think I just really want Amanda to leave.

[Brianne]

Kyle.

[Fran]

Yeah. He's moved you to tears. Genuinely. I'm like, this man is a sicko. Like, I.

I want to be her friend to tell her to get. And I'm sure her friends have. Yeah. Get the fuck away from this guy. The fact that he fell asleep at a fan's apartment, whether they hooked up or not is unforgivable. I don't care. I don't.

[Brianne]

Care. I'm with you on.

[Fran]

That. You are a married man. What the fuck is wrong with you? Get your ass home to your wife. Like, you are despicable. The way he talks to her, the way he treats her. He's. I don't know what Amanda wants. She tells you season after season, bro. She tells you season after season what she wants.

[Brianne]

So.

[Fran]

Right. Figure out. Figure it out. I had the biggest gig of my life. Yeah. What. What she said in the trailer, what he did was she wanted him to slow down, stop partying. He said, you know what? I'm gonna make a living off partying. That's what I'm gonna do. Because he can't grow.

[Brianne]

Up. And it's honestly, actually almost the most manipulative thing you can do is, like, take something that you know your wife doesn't want, but turn it into something that, like, makes you money. That you can now say, like, oh, you're taking away this opportunity from me now that I want to do, to spin it where, like, now she's the bad guy. If she tells him she doesn't want him deejaying because now he's decided to, like, make. Make money off doing it, it.

[Fran]

Genuinely hurts my heart for her. Like, the fact that I don't know what it.

[Brianne]

Is. Like, my jaw dropped. Couldn't have hit the floor harder when she was like, he fell asleep at a fan's apartment, came home at 6:30 in the morning. What is he even doing at a fan's apartment in the first place? Like, no, that's what I.

[Fran]

Mean. Like.

[Brianne]

Get. How do you get there? You don't go to the fan's apartment in.

[Fran]

General. No, just leave him, though. Leave him. Like, if that happens, leave him. That is unacceptable. That is not okay. Like, I don't know what it is. I don't, you know? Oh, maybe she loves him. Oh, well, sometimes, like, you know what? You gotta just call it quits, you know, the way. The way that you are treated is just sad. And I feel like, does she realize how many people would be supporting her if she left? Like, everyone would be rooting for.

[Brianne]

Her. She's like.

[Fran]

Giving. Get away from this man. Like, you could thrive without. Without him. You do not need him to treat you this way. Like, it is so sad to see. Like, I genuinely felt hurt watching the trailer for her. I was like, what? What? Why does she stay? Why? And he's like, you know what? We have trouble with compatibility intimacy. So end.

[Brianne]

It. End.

[Fran]

It. Like that is it. What? My God, your guys are gonna live miserable for the rest of your lives. Is that what you want? Like, feel like I'm in the friend group when I watch the trailer. I'm like, oh, my God. Like, when Sierra's yelling at her, like, that's.

[Brianne]

Insane. I'm like, yes, it is so insane. It's.

[Fran]

Not.

[Brianne]

Okay. Yeah, it is really wild. And Amanda was, like, making a joke about it on Instagram last night. She, like. I think she was at Lindsay's apartment because she has that little cute. It's like, obviously for a kid. It's for Gemma of a little, like, Santa's workshop, little cut hut thing that's, like, next to their Christmas tree. And she was, like, in it. And she's like, I, you know, finally gonna address the rumors about me and Kyle living separately. Like, this is my new home. Like, joking about coming out of the little, like, Sandra's workshop. I'm like, I don't know. I. It's like, it's gotten to the point that it's so out of this world to me that I'm like, is it all fake? Like, that's. It's gotten to the point where, like. And I know it's not, but at the same time, I'm like, it's so Ridiculous to me that he is behaving this way and that they're still married. That I'm like, maybe it's just all for. Like, maybe it's all fake for. For drama. Like, but then that also would be so fucking insane too. But it's so insane to me that, like we're watch. We're seeing them tell these stories and it just couldn't be more clear that they have so, like just an endless list of.

[Fran]

Issues. At the end of the day, these two are just not compatible and they should not be.

[Brianne]

Together.

[Fran]

Yeah. And it.

[Brianne]

Is. I don't even know if it's a compatibility thing. It's just like Kyle maybe shouldn't be.

[Fran]

Married.

[Brianne]

Yeah.

[Fran]

He's. I had words for it. Like, I can't. I just. I. I can't even watch it without getting mad. Yeah. Like, I'm like, who does he think he.

[Brianne]

Is? I.

[Fran]

Know. Like, it is insanity to be acting that.

[Brianne]

Way. And it looks like we got a little perhaps Sierra west rekindling, which was hinted at in the trailer as well, which I saw people pretty excited about in the comments. I wasn't sure how that was gonna go in the fan response because everyone's so pissed about how west treated Sierra. Rightfully so.

But I will say I. I felt like I saw a lot of comments of people being like, I know I probably shouldn't be rooting for it, but I really. But I'm really rooting for Sierra west. So we'll.

[Fran]

See. We'll see what happens. Yeah. I mean, we just gotta hope that doesn't go down the same way it did.

[Brianne]

Last. Right? Exactly. Like, he can't. He can't.

[Fran]

Repeat.

[Brianne]

No. That behavior again would be really bad. But I would like to see them get to a good.

[Fran]

Place. Yeah, that would be.

[Brianne]

Nice. And whether they're just friends. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Definitely seemed like some flirty behavior going on. So I know the season certainly looked good. I will say.

[Fran]

That. Yeah, it looked really great. It was a great.

[Brianne]

Trailer. And you know what I'm saying, like, it's gonna set up the perfect ending for Kyle and Amanda to have this awful season of Summer house where it's like, are they gonna get divorced? What's going on? Are they gonna break up to them going right into a new spin off show that's gonna be like, oh, we're the rumors of us living separately. Like we're gonna come. We'll find out like what all that was going on because they were filming the show in the.

[Fran]

Last. That's what I feel like happens is that they don't want to say what is happening because they want people to watch the show.

[Brianne]

Yeah.

But it's all still happening. But I'm not gonna talk about it until it's on.

[Fran]

Tv. Yeah. Like, and Amanda's story, I'm not like, that's not so cute. Like your husband. Watching your husband treat you like this is not cute. Like, it's not. So I am rooting for her to get out of that and I'm rooting for, like, Kyle. He doesn't want to be.

[Brianne]

Married. So, like, you know, clearly, like, neither of them are giving each other what they want. Like, just get out of it.

[Fran]

Because you don't want to be miserable the rest of your.

[Brianne]

Life.

[Fran]

Yeah. You want to be.

[Brianne]

Happy. They got so much life to.

[Fran]

Live. Like, don't stay in this. It's no good. It's no good. But yeah. Great trailer though. I'll be looking forward to. All right, that wraps up the.

[Brianne]

Topics.

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[Fran]

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All right, let's get into the weekly watch report where we talk about the things we watch this week. Weekly watch report on Monday. Weekly Watch report on Monday. Weekly Watch report on Monday. Weekly Watch report on Monday. So we talked about the Diddy documentary at the beginning. Disgusting evil man. That gets a solid A. That was a really good documentary. Curtis Jackson, he did a wonderful job. And the people who videotaped it, who actually had the footage, great job. And everybody who spoke up about him, very, very brave. And.

It'S really just very brave because he is a terrifying man. That gets an A. Yeah. I have been watching week to week. I love la and I have got to talk about it every single week. I don't know if I love or hate this show every episode.

I have anxiety watching it. It's an anxiety ridden show. Yep. But I watch it every week. Yep. Like I said, I can't. I'll give it a B. Yeah. I can't tell if I don't like it or if I like.

[Brianne]

It. Yeah. You're just like cruising through.

[Fran]

It. I watch every.

[Brianne]

Sunday.

[Fran]

Yeah. The Grinch, the new one, the cartoon, which I guess is not super new. When did it come out? I don't.

[Brianne]

Know. A few years.

[Fran]

Ago. I give that a B. I really liked it. It's very.

[Brianne]

Cute.

[Fran]

Yep. The Mormon Wives.

[Brianne]

Reunion.

[Fran]

Yeah. I was bored by.

[Brianne]

It.

[Fran]

Same. I'll give that a C plus.

[Brianne]

I. And you know what? It's not their fault.

It's just like when you film all day long and then you only have an hour reunion episode, so much stuff gets cut. Like, I. Why? I just, like, really didn't care for a large portion of it to be given to Dakota. Like, why are we sending. The show's called Mormon Wives. Like, dad talk. Fucking calm down. You know? And I'm like, we're sending off all the wives so that Dakota can have his time to speak. I don't give a shit about what Dakota has to.

[Fran]

Say. I agree. And I also just feel like with everything going on right now, all of this drama is so past. We have so much more going on currently that, like, when I'm watching it, I'm like, okay, well, we're. You know what I mean? What's going on.

[Brianne]

Now? That is true. It is really hard for them to do a reunion, I think, where it's like all focused on a season at this point. They've already filmed a whole nother season where it's like, okay, so now we have to go back to talking about season three and.

The general public knows that there's all this other drama. And even Stassi, like, multiple times had to be like, I guess we're gonna have to wait till Season four, Like, it's just a lot that.

[Fran]

You. That.

[Brianne]

You. That they don't talk about. And, like, you can't fully get the full picture on. I feel like it at least should have been two hours.

Maybe that could have helped, like, hash out some more stories or, like, have some more conversation in it, because it just felt really rushed, like you.

[Fran]

Said. Yeah, I agree. And I've been watching Seinfeld every night as the new bedtime show, which I've been having the debate in my head.

You know what I'm going to say. What's.

[Brianne]

Funnier? Oh.

[Fran]

Seinfeld. I think that I feel like they're so different, but they are so different. They are. I can't, because as I'm watching Seinfeld, I'm like.

Friends, to me is the better show. Right. But Seinfeld is the funnier.

[Brianne]

Show. Right? Well, because, like, the. Like, Seinfeld's like, it's a show about nothing, you know, show about nothing.

[Fran]

So. And every episode's.

[Brianne]

Different. The funny moments are certainly.

[Fran]

Hilarious. It's so.

[Brianne]

Funny. You're not, like, invested in the characters as much as you are in.

[Fran]

Friends. That's why I think Friends is the better show. You know, you're invested in the storyline where Seinfeld's just funnier. Right.

And I believe that is everything I watch. I have to say, there are a lot of shows that I have watched and finished in the past year that I have just forgotten about to bring up on this show. I realized that yesterday was when I was writing down everything I watched. I was like, my God, when I remembered I love la, I was like, I feel like I have done this multiple times throughout the year. Well, I bring up a show and then I'm, like, watching it, and then I just forget to.

[Brianne]

Just. You know, I do that, too. And I guess I'm like, I watched this entire.

[Fran]

Show. Yeah. I forget to close the circle, close the gap. I have left out grades for multiple shows, but that's it. I can't remember them now. Time moves.

[Brianne]

On. Episode four of Stranger Things. Really so good. That's an A. I thought that episode was fantastic. Spoilers. No spoilers. But the end of that episode was amazing. I think, you know, opened the door for a lot of things. Seeing the videos of the cast all reacting, like, at the table read to what happens at the end of episode four, I thought was great big.

[Fran]

Moment. I'm gonna.

[Brianne]

Watch. How many seasons of Stranger Things have you.

[Fran]

Watched? Zero. One and half a.

[Brianne]

Two.

[Fran]

Okay. I'm gonna watch this Season, though.

[Brianne]

You'Re just gonna jump into five. I think you definitely.

[Fran]

Can. I'm gonna watch a.

[Brianne]

Recap.

[Fran]

Yeah. On some things that happened.

[Brianne]

Before.

[Fran]

Yeah. And I'm gonna watch this.

[Brianne]

Season.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Brianne]

Right. Because it just. It's gonna be like a big. A big event. It's gonna be like a big.

[Fran]

Thing. Yeah. I want to be in it for sure. You know, that's.

[Brianne]

Fair. I don't blame you. I don't blame.

[Fran]

You. I'm feeling a little.

[Brianne]

Left. Yeah. I don't blame you. Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. Fantastic episode this week. I'll give it a B plus seeing them all argue dress in colonial garb. Really some good stuff right there. Bronwyn putting together this spill the tea, Boston Tea Party. Just amazing. Watching them all put those wigs on.

Fantastic. It's cinema. It really. It really is. I watched the first episode of the new Vanderpump. Vanderpump Rules is back with a whole new cast. I'm not quite sure how I feel yet because obviously it feels weird, but at the same time, I'm like, who are all these fame hungry new reality stars? Because, you know, that's why one of the kids, one of the guys was on Perfect Match on Netflix. I'm like, oh, you just so happen to be a new bartender at sir. Like, you know, it's like they. They cast for this show and then they all throw them into sir along with some people who have certainly been working at sir.

One of these girls feels.

She'S died. The older guy she's dating, Lisa's got to put her on suspension. There's a lot going on. It does feel messy, like how the OG cast felt messy. So we'll see how it goes. I'll. I'll give it a. I mean, it's like a C minus to start because I don't know where it's going. And it's season. It feels like I'm at season one, episode one, even though it's like season 12, episode one kind of thing. I started to watch the new the in season Hard Knocks on HBO because it's about the NFC East. So I wanted to see this stuff about the Eagles, but it's about the whole conference, so. Well, not the whole conference, the whole division.

And that's interesting. It's just seeing more of the behind the scenes of the players, coaching staff across the board for Giants, Cowboys, Commanders, Eagles. It's good. I'll give it a bag. You know, I was interested, especially after, like, the Eagles have been losing. You Want to see, like, what the. What the conversation is, like, so watching Love Island, Australia, I think I'm only on, like, maybe episode 15 now. It stays to see, Like, I keep watching it, but I'm just really just throwing it on Mormon Wives. I'll give the reunion a C as well. It just has so much potential. I think the reunions could be a big letdown. And that has nothing. Like, I thought Stasi was amazing. I think Saucy was a great choice, and I think she did a really great job. It's just like, there's so much more I wish we saw. And it really is a miss to not have it be two hours. Like, or at least make it two parts. Like, I just think that the demand is there, so why not do it? And they film for 13 hours anyway. They're like, we're there all day.

I watched Jingle all the Way, the movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Holiday movie Joe and I had never seen.

[Noah]

It. Wait.

[Brianne]

Turboman. Yes, Turbo Man. Terrible movie.

I get it. Like, I get why people, like, love it because it's so bad that you're like, ah. And it's like Arnold being Arnold. And it got to the point where, like, it's a short movie and maybe there's like 30, 20, 20, 30 minutes left. And Joe's like.

So the whole. The whole thing is the toy. Like, there's no, like, the whole thing is like, Yeah. I was like, I am pretty sure that's the whole movie. Like, I think that's the whole thing.

Not, you know, it's a D. It's fine. I certainly, like, I get it. It has all the holiday cheer. It's just. I can understand if it was something you grew up watching, that it's one you go back to and love and want to and want to watch every year. It will probably not be one I return to. And that's everything I.

[Noah]

Watched. Okay. Watch the titty documentary. That's an A. I think it's just crazy. He's a super.

[Fran]

Villain. Every step you take.

[Noah]

Yeah. Thankfully, he doesn't have a lot of good music that I like, you.

[Brianne]

Know? Yeah, that's.

[Fran]

Good. I.

[Noah]

Agree. Like, there's really not.

[Fran]

Much. And he wished he.

[Noah]

Did. That was a funny thing in documentary, too. Is everyone being like, he sucks. He can't even, like.

[Fran]

Rap. Yeah. He fucking wished so badly that he would have the.

[Noah]

Hit.

[Fran]

No. That his people did. And he just couldn't get me. Get Biggie off that Rolling Stone cover. I'm gonna be on the Rolling Stone.

[Noah]

Cover. Why I'm caught up on Stranger Things. I watched, like, the up to where we're at now. So the last three episodes I watched. Good. I think I'm just gonna give it a be like, for the season. Like, I'm not. Like, I'm. I'm enjoying it when I'm watching it. But then there are so many points where I'm like, I can't ignore the like. As much as I don't want to care about the acting and writing, it's more present than it has been in the past for me. I don't know why. I don't know if it's because I'm seeing other.

[Brianne]

People. I don't find it any different than seasons.

[Noah]

Past. I don't know. Some of the actors, like, in.

[Fran]

A worse way, maybe because they're older. Who do.

[Brianne]

You. Is like.

[Noah]

The. Like, Noah.

[Brianne]

Schnapp. Oh, you just.

[Noah]

Think. I think he's just so bad. Like, it's like. Like it's funny. Like, I'm laughing because it's so bad. Like, there's.

[Brianne]

Something. I really don't think he said.

[Noah]

That we have to save him. Like, I don't know. Some of it's. Yeah. But I just wish that they were in the Upside Down. Like, that's way more interesting to me. Like, I. Whenever there's action, I'm, like, tied.

[Brianne]

In. Yeah. I mean, season four felt like a video.

[Noah]

Game. It was insanely gory. I'm like, this is a kid.

[Brianne]

Technically. Well, it is definitely not a kid show. But, yeah, I don't really know what kids are watching. Stranger Things.

[Noah]

Now. I'll give. Yeah. So that's like a B player Bis last episode. I'll give an A minus. Like, I just think it's really good show. I don't know what else to say other than, yeah, really cool. I like the premise of this last episode. And I watched J. Kelly yesterday, the Netflix movie Sandler, George Clooney.

The first, like, 10, 15, even maybe 30 minutes. I was like, oh, wow, I like this. Like, and then it really just took a dive for.

[Fran]

Me. Oh.

[Noah]

Unfortunate. Yeah. I like the dynamic of George Clooney and Adam Sandler, like, in Hollywood. And then George Clooney, like, the whole storyline just. He, like, went to Europe and I didn't love it, but I'll give that a C plus. I feel like I had a lot of potential. And then it just. Just didn't hit for.

[Fran]

Me.

[Noah]

Damn. But, yeah, that's all I.

[Fran]

Watched. Adam Sandler wore a suit to that.

[Noah]

Premiere. That's good. He's like, george.

[Fran]

Clooney. Yeah. He's like, I gotta dress up for George Clooney. Yeah. Yeah. We all feel that way. All right. That is everything we watched.

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All right, everyone. We are here with a very special guest. We are joined by Lucas Bravo, here to talk about Emily in Paris Season 5 coming out this week, this Friday. We are super, super excited to have you here. You said you're comfortable already, so welcome to the.

[Lucas Bravo]

Studio. Thank.

[Brianne]

You. We're very excited to have you. I feel good energy in here. You said your stylist loves the show, which is great. Anytime I'm like, someone comes in, they're like, we're familiar with what you guys are doing. I'm like, great smile. This feels comfortable for.

[Fran]

Everybody. And good taste from a stylist, which is high praise. So we are honored. But you are here in New York for a short amount of time. Here to talk about Emily in.

[Lucas Bravo]

Paris. But where do you live the rest of.

[Fran]

The. Because I said I wanted to ask you, but I was.

[Lucas Bravo]

Saving. I live in Paris, but I haven't been home much. I've been traveling a lot. You go to different sets around the world and super grateful. But it's good to be home.

[Fran]

In comparison to New York City. How do you.

[Lucas Bravo]

Feel? It's the same energy, honestly. New York and Paris are very similar. You can walk everywhere, which is nice. I like to walk to different destinations and especially to my fridge. And.

[Fran]

Back. Especially when it's.

[Lucas Bravo]

Cold. Especially when it's.

[Fran]

Cold. You said it was cold here, but it gets really cold in.

[Lucas Bravo]

Paris. Yeah, but the thing is here with the big avenues, you know, you get that wind that just, like, you know, takes everything off and just your skeleton left on the.

[Brianne]

Sidewalk. That is true. That is very true. I've never. I've only been to Paris once, and it was in, like, the spring, which was a perfect time, in my opinion.

It was not super hot, but it was still. It was still really.

[Lucas Bravo]

Nice. How long ago was.

[Brianne]

It? I loved it. That was.

That was eight. A year and a half ago. I went, like, May of.

[Fran]

2024.

[Brianne]

Yeah. I was trying to think of when that.

[Lucas Bravo]

Was. Oh, you recognize it? It's so different now. Everything is very, like, Amsterdam. It's a lot of.

[Brianne]

Bicycles. And I want to go back, too, because when I went, it was right when, like, things were starting to close because of the Olympics. So I didn't get to really do everything that I wanted to do because they were starting to do all the big structures. Structures and the stands.

[Lucas Bravo]

And. Eight years.

[Brianne]

Ago. No, last.

[Lucas Bravo]

Year. Oh, you went back. You went back last.

[Brianne]

Year. Yeah, it was just last.

[Lucas Bravo]

Year.

[Fran]

Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Is there something in Paris that you think they should have in New.

[Lucas Bravo]

York?

I mean, you know, now the world is like one big thing, so we pretty much have everything everywhere. Five guys arrived in Paris recently. We have Dunkin Donuts. So.

No, everything. Everything you have, we have. And. And vice versa. And what we. What we don't have, we don't want to have because, like, we. Gives us a reason to go to New.

[Fran]

York. And even though. What about the people? Would you say that I love.

[Lucas Bravo]

The people in New York even more than Paris? I feel like there's a. There's. There's a. There's a freedom here of, like, you can wear anything you want and have any attitude you want. People won't stare at you on the sidewalk. You just. It's. It's a free.

[Fran]

City. Very true. You could really be.

[Lucas Bravo]

Yourself.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Brianne]

Yeah. That is true. I do like. Well, I like the. I wish we had more of the, like, cafe culture here. And there are plenty of spots that do it in. In Manhattan. But that is, like, what I loved. I was, like, just to sit outside for hours and just, like, have a drink and a coffee and.

[Fran]

Relax. I went to Paris for only one day last year, and I wanted to pick up a smoking.

[Lucas Bravo]

Habit.

[Fran]

Yeah. You.

[Lucas Bravo]

Know. Yeah, it's a great.

[Fran]

Habit. It. When you're There.

[Lucas Bravo]

Right. Because when you're.

[Fran]

Here. But if I feel like you're a junkie, trashy, you know, but if.

[Brianne]

I.

[Fran]

It. But when someone in Paris does.

[Brianne]

It, it's like it needs to have the accent. Like, once you hear him talk, then you're like, well, of course you need.

[Fran]

To. You need to have it all. And, you know, here.

[Lucas Bravo]

Not. Yeah. That jaded nonchalance while you're smoking, like. Like you don't care about the. What the person is telling you, even though you came all the way to listen to it. It's. Yeah, it's an. It's an entire attitude. But here, when you smoke here in the States, it's like you're, you know, you're holding a needle or something. People look at you like, my.

[Fran]

God, you gotta get your life.

[Lucas Bravo]

Together. Yes, yes.

[Brianne]

Yes. Yeah, right? Or like, you walk. Everyone's coughing, you're like.

[Fran]

Yeah. Everything's hitting.

[Brianne]

You.

[Fran]

Yeah. Well, this season of Emily and pat Paris Season 5, it comes out on Friday. We're very.

[Lucas Bravo]

Excited. Is it on.

[Fran]

Friday? Sorry, the next.

[Lucas Bravo]

Friday.

[Brianne]

Okay.

[Fran]

Right. April. I mean, December 18th.

[Lucas Bravo]

December. Depends on when this is.

[Brianne]

Airing. No, no, this is coming out, like.

[Fran]

Now. This is coming out.

[Lucas Bravo]

Now. This is.

[Fran]

Live. I'm already ahead. I'm trying to jump to Christmas, so I'm saying Friday, but it is next Friday. We are so excited. But this season we're going to.

[Lucas Bravo]

Rome. Yes. Did you guys get to see it.

[Brianne]

Already? I've got to see a little bit, but.

[Fran]

I. We don't want to.

[Brianne]

Spoil. I love when I do get the shows ahead of time, but I am such a big fan of the.

[Lucas Bravo]

Show. You want to get it with.

[Brianne]

Everybody. I want to watch it when everyone else is watching it. Because if I'm watching two weeks before and then everyone else is seeing it, I'm like, ah, saw it already. You know, Like, I'm like, I gotta. So I watched the first couple episodes just to kind of get a sense, and then I want to watch what everybody else is watching because it's like the binge culture.

[Fran]

Of. Yes. You want to talk about.

[Brianne]

It? You want to be in the.

[Fran]

Conversation?

[Lucas Bravo]

Yes. It's such a fast binge, I always forget I watched it. Two days ago we got that special link on Netflix and it's just like. And it's already done. It's.

[Brianne]

Crazy. I.

[Lucas Bravo]

Know. Five months to shoot and you just.

[Brianne]

Just. You're like, one night, it's.

[Fran]

Over. What's that like watching.

[Lucas Bravo]

Yourself? What's that like watching myself? It's. It's never a great experience, to be honest. But you get used to it with time. But it's, it's, you know, as it's your profession, so you're just super self critical and where you would see like a light, nice little scene, you just see like, oh my. Oh, that my hand was in my pocket or no, I shouldn't have scratched that. And the intonation and all the jacket doesn't fit right. But this was before. Now I just, I just enjoy it way more for what it.

[Brianne]

Is. What was your first big. What you felt was your first big acting.

[Lucas Bravo]

Gig? That was. There was Emily for sure. Before that, I was mostly waiting tables, doing commercials and having little tiny roles in big movies. But like, you know, just opening a door and saying hi and playing the. Playing the good looking douchebag and, you know, nothing. Very.

[Brianne]

Substantial. Yeah, yeah. So how did you feel when, when you landed a show that was going to be on Netflix, did that feel like it was going to be.

[Lucas Bravo]

Huge? It. First of all, it was supposed to be on Paramount plus and then Netflix bought it once we were done shooting. So we didn't really know the rich it was gonna have. But I was a fan of Darren a Star and Sex and the City and, and the idea of having Paris being filmed from this American standpoint was exciting to me. So I knew there was going to be like a little buzz. But I couldn't have predicted that it would be so iconic. Oh my.

[Brianne]

God.

[Fran]

Yeah. It gained ginormous popularity. What's that like for you, adjusting to people freaking out over.

[Lucas Bravo]

You? People don't freak out over.

[Fran]

Me.

[Lucas Bravo]

Really? No.

[Brianne]

It'S. I find that hard to.

[Lucas Bravo]

Believe. No, it's an idea that we have with like fam and everything. But I think what you project is what you get. And if you don't invite people in, like with your social media, for example, if you don't show your breakfast and talk directly to the camera all day long and post all the time. When, when I run into people in the street, they're very respectful. They, they connect with my work. They recognize me, but they talk to me like you would talk to a person you don't know. And they're like, hi, I really like your work. Can we like have a conversation? Can we take a picture? And I think that makes a huge difference because I'm not just overexposing myself on.

[Fran]

Socials. Right. That is.

[Lucas Bravo]

True. There's no freaking out at.

[Brianne]

All. But do people seem to treat you like your.

[Lucas Bravo]

Character?

No, but sometimes I have that thing that Some people do that I really like. I think respect is important for me. You should always treat people with respect, no matter what you're going through. And. And. And some people don't. They don't do it on purpose. But some people just, like.

They gotta just point at me and say, just like, Emily in.

[Brianne]

Paris. Yeah.

[Lucas Bravo]

Yeah. In the middle of the street and. And startle.

[Noah]

Me.

[Lucas Bravo]

And. And I'm like, okay, what am I? Who am I? What's my.

[Brianne]

Name? That's always like. And how do you respond to that? You're like, yes, I.

[Lucas Bravo]

Yes.

Yeah. And I didn't want. I don't want to be the guy who'd be like, what's my name? And. But it's. It's a bit. Yeah, it's a bit objectifying, but.

[Fran]

Yeah, you don't want to be quizzing people on the.

[Brianne]

Street. No, no, no, that is true. There's been such a journey for Gabrielle in this. In this show. A lot of ups, lots of downs, a lot of crazy storylines, which I think you get from, you know, a Darren type show, and things are unexpected. What has been the biggest surprise for you when you get a new script and you're like, oh, this is where we're taking Gabrielle this.

[Lucas Bravo]

Season?

It's a good question. There's been a lot of surprises, to be honest. I think. I think the biggest surprise was last season. Was it last season?

The ski trip was last season, right? Yes. There's this entire thing where we do the first half of the season where I feel like he's regaining a bit of stamina and reconnecting with Emily and being playful again and charming and cheeky, and it was fun to shoot. And they finally get back together after maybe three seasons.

Satelliting around each other, and they just break up over the. I didn't wait for you on the ski at the mountain. And I was like, ah, that was surprising to me. I was like, that's a bit of a.

[Brianne]

Rush.

[Lucas Bravo]

Yeah. But other than that, I'm just like, it's always surprising. I can never expect what Darren's gonna.

[Brianne]

Write. Right. Cause I feel like they just keep bringing in these new love interests, and it's like, oh, my, another one. Where are we finding these guys now? We got the Italian guy who. Who's in the mix. And I think as a. As a fan, you know, we're probably. I'm probably rooting for Gabrielle a majority of the time. And then as time goes on, it's like, well, maybe this isn't the right.

[Lucas Bravo]

Guy.

I wait for the Filipino guy.

[Brianne]

In Seasons, you're like, we're going. But I do feel like we've opened the door now to be like Emily in Rome, to be like, she could go anywhere.

[Lucas Bravo]

Anywhere. Now, to be honest, I thought it was gonna be this way. I thought we were gonna go to a different country. Country every season at some point, but apparently we're staying.

[Fran]

Mediterranean.

[Brianne]

Okay. No complaints.

[Noah]

There.

[Lucas Bravo]

No.

[Fran]

Yeah. Yeah. And we obviously don't want to be spoiled or know what happens. But what do you think for the future? Like, do you think that they should just, you know, it should end with them.

[Lucas Bravo]

Together? I think. I think it's good to have a little breather between them, because I feel like Gabriel was in the middle of, like. Like, the pregnancy and the. Yes. The no. The Michelin star. Everything was, like, kind of complex, maybe too complex for him to handle. And I like the fact that, you know, he's, like, kind of detaching from all that, and.

Their love story isn't at the center of, like, the narrative anymore. So they can maybe collect themselves and, who knows, find himself in a different ground.

[Brianne]

Later. Yeah, because it does. It was also one of those reoccurring themes. I think people love to kind of compare with, like, a Sex in the City where you see Carrie go through all these different boyfriends and love interests, but, like, Mr. Big is always there. It's like, is that. Is that kind of how this feels? The trajectory of, like, it's like, oh, she just can't shake Gabrielle. He's just there. Which feels like a good.

[Lucas Bravo]

Parallel. Yeah, I think.

[Noah]

It'S.

[Lucas Bravo]

It's. Yeah, yeah.

[Brianne]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Right? Like, a.

[Brianne]

Little. At least. I know, obviously, very different professions and characters, but it does. It does make sense to me. And, you know, he is a fantastic chef in the show. What are. What are your cooking.

[Fran]

Skills?

[Brianne]

Like?

[Lucas Bravo]

Good. I'm really.

[Brianne]

Good.

[Fran]

Good.

[Lucas Bravo]

Yeah. I say it with.

[Fran]

Confidence. Okay.

[Lucas Bravo]

Good. Really good.

[Brianne]

Cook. Yeah. You've learned from the show or.

[Lucas Bravo]

Taken. No.

[Brianne]

No. Do you actually have to cook anything during the show? Probably.

[Lucas Bravo]

Not. I cooked the omelette in season one, but then since we have, like, a lot of scenes where I'm in the restaurant and we're serving a lot of dishes, if we do the scene, like, 14 times, we have to have, like, 14 different plates. And since it's supposed to be Michelin star level, I don't have time to come at 5am in the morning and cook all that. So we have, like, an actual consultant that is a Michelin star chef, and he prepares all the Dishes for the day, and then I get to go home and hit them.

[Fran]

Alone. You take them.

[Lucas Bravo]

Home?

[Fran]

Yes. Oh, that's.

[Brianne]

Amazing. Yeah. Have you gotten to learn some tips from.

[Lucas Bravo]

Him? Yeah, he teaches me a bunch of stuff. He's a vegan chef, so everything is sustainable and in season and.

[Fran]

Yeah. What are your favorite things to.

[Lucas Bravo]

Cook?

I like. I like to cook everything, but.

I like doing. I like making crepes. I don't know if it qualifies as cooking, but it's. It's just. Yeah, it's just fun and fluffy. And I bought the actual. You know, the. When we. When you. When you have a crepe in Paris, in the street, they have, like, this, like, flat black thing with the wooden thing, and I bought this, so I really feel like I'm making, like, actual street crepes. And it's so much.

[Fran]

Fun. So many options. You can go savory, you can go.

[Lucas Bravo]

Sweet.

[Fran]

Yes. So you. So technically, you know, it.

[Lucas Bravo]

Is. Cooking crepe is a journey, and we haven't seen the end of.

[Brianne]

It. Yeah, definitely. Definitely an art form, I think, you know, the show blew up so much here, and I know that there's always some back and forth of, like, well, internationally. People are watching it. How do you feel like the people in Paris reacted to the.

[Lucas Bravo]

Show? I feel like they hated it in season one. They were like, this is not us. But, like, there was a bit of denial because pretty much everything was a cliche, but, like, a cliche, you know, lives on because. For a reason. So everything was pretty true, like smoking after the gym and stuff like that, which I thought was hilarious because I would do it after a good, like, you know, session of. How do you call it? Like, boot camp, and you, like, you basically suffocated for an hour, and you light up that cigarette once your lungs are open and ready to receive. And then they kept on watching it, and they started loving to hate it, and now they're just, like. They settle down. Yeah, yeah. They accepted their faith. But also, Emily got more Parisian with time. Her style, her way of, like, you know, embracing the city. So I feel like they feel less like a postcard and, yeah, more like true life. Even though it's. It's. It's not really the real Paris. It's a very clean.

[Brianne]

Paris. Yeah, yeah, that is. That is true. But I do think it is. It's crazy how it has become such a big thing. Like, even when I was in Paris last year, I feel like I still got so many people on Instagram or Whatever. Being like, oh, you gotta go. You gotta go walk by the restaurant. Or like all these things that now have become like tourist.

[Lucas Bravo]

Attractions. Yeah. We ruined the.

[Fran]

Neighborhood.

[Lucas Bravo]

Yeah. Really. It used to be that little square was unknown. I didn't know about it. And I was. I lived there for 15 years. And now it's like just people queuing to Just like, with berets to take pictures. And it's funny, sometimes I walk in Paris with friends and I forget where I am, and I just. Just end up on that. On that little corner. I'm like, oh, boy. Yeah, let's take a.

[Fran]

Detour. It's like Sarah Jessica Parker walking down to her.

[Lucas Bravo]

Apartment. Yeah.

[Brianne]

Exactly.

[Fran]

Yeah. It's like, you're.

[Lucas Bravo]

Here. Yeah. They would probably. Once I. I just walked by the restaurant, and people were so absorbed by their phones and the pictures, they. Nobody saw.

[Fran]

Me. And they're like, wow. Little do they know.

[Brianne]

Yeah.

The chef right here. Not only is Emily in Paris coming out, you also have the seduction on HBO Max right now, which is really cool. And I love watching. I found myself watching more TV shows in their. You know, the language that they're in. Cause I know you can watch it dubbed over and hear that. And it's. It's. You get the same effect, but I don't. I don't think you get the show until you're really listening to it in French. And the show is entirely in French. What was. What was that experience like working on that.

[Lucas Bravo]

Show? First of all, thank you. I was really wondering if people, especially in the States, were, you know, getting used to subtitles or. Because I know dubbing is not something you appreciate.

[Brianne]

Much.

[Lucas Bravo]

No. And I know as I was doing it in English, I was like, oh, it's. It's not evolved.

[Brianne]

Yet. I feel like it's not quite. Because it just feels.

You just don't get the writing because it's. It's always. The translation is always a little.

[Lucas Bravo]

Off. Yeah. And you lose 50% of the performance because.

[Brianne]

There'S. You're trying to. You're trying to create the. The translation in the same amount of time that the French is being spoken. So it's like you're trying to match that up, so then you lose words. And I always find it interesting because if you watch with subtitles and then you also do it in English, you're.

[Fran]

Like.

[Brianne]

You're. Then you're confused. So it's like, no, I'd rather just watch in French and have the. And have the subtitle with squid.

[Fran]

Game. You know, when you watch Squid Game? For sure. It's totally different.

[Brianne]

Experience. I think it's. And you know, there's this show, Maxton hall, that is like a teen show that's. People are obsessed with right now. That's on Prime. That's in.

[Lucas Bravo]

German. Which.

[Brianne]

One? It's called Maxton.

[Lucas Bravo]

Hall. Oh, Maxton.

[Brianne]

Hole.

[Lucas Bravo]

Yeah. I wanted to watch it. Is.

[Brianne]

It? Yes, it's.

[Fran]

Good.

[Brianne]

It's. It's. And. But it.

[Fran]

Is. What is it.

[Brianne]

About? Oh, it's. It's about a young high school couple of the rich douchebag and the young girl that, you know, is fighting for her scholarship at Oxford and everything we.

[Fran]

Love. And the family is a.

[Brianne]

Problem. This family owns a massive fashion like.

[Lucas Bravo]

Conglomerate. Okay. So Cruel Intention meets Romeo and.

[Brianne]

Juliet. The dad hates the daughter, the dad hates the girlfriend, you know? Yeah, that whole Mr.

[Fran]

Notebook.

[Brianne]

Okay. Yes, that whole thing. But it's. It's in German and I very much started watching it with it dubbed over and was like, this is just not. I'm gonna watch it in.

[Fran]

German. Just see what happens. I feel like we watch a lot of things with subtitles anyway, that are even in.

[Lucas Bravo]

English.

[Brianne]

True. So I always have the subtitles.

[Fran]

On. I'm gonna read it anyway. Why not just watch it in the.

[Lucas Bravo]

Original? You're.

[Fran]

Right.

[Brianne]

Yeah. Yeah. So tell us about. Tell us about the seduction, because I know we have watched some of it, but I don't know if everybody knows about.

[Lucas Bravo]

It. It was. It was a great experience. First of all, it was the first time I got to play such a. Such a. Such a horrible character. It was fun because, you know, this. This is like. How do you say.

[Brianne]

Epistolary? A period.

[Lucas Bravo]

Piece? No, when it. When it's. When it's a book written in letters. Oh, do you have a word for.

[Brianne]

That? I definitely.

[Lucas Bravo]

Don'T. Oh, you.

[Brianne]

Don'T? I think it's probably a book written, but I'm sure we do.

[Lucas Bravo]

That. I have so many words for things that we don't.

[Fran]

Like. There'd be a word for.

[Brianne]

It. I'm sure there is a word for it. It's probably very similar to what you just.

[Lucas Bravo]

Said. Probably. Actually, when I. When I first moved to LA when I was 19 and I didn't have the vocabulary, so sometimes I would just say a word in French and my friends were like, wow, your English is so, like, sophisticated.

[Brianne]

Sophisticated.

Why did you just say that word with an accent?

[Lucas Bravo]

Yeah. The experience was everything you can hope for as an actor because I got to rewrite my character in the book. Isn't that present, but for the show, since it's like more time, more exposure, my character got a bigger spot. And so, yeah, I got to. It's. It was like rewriting a bit of. Of that Dangerous Liaison book that was written, like, in 1800s. So it was, like, a big challenge, but at the same time, just, you know, when you're in costume with the. The engagement and the lavalier and the cane and the whole.

[Brianne]

Thing. Yeah.

[Lucas Bravo]

Everything. I love the costumes, and 50 of the character is already in. And then I.

[Fran]

Just.

[Lucas Bravo]

Just. I just. I don't know, I just. I got loose. I got. I went rogue. I started on my first scene. I just, like, started, like, having this voice, and I was like, maybe I'm. I'm going too far with this. And the director was like, oh, stop.

[Fran]

It.

[Lucas Bravo]

It's. It's great. It's perfect. Like.

[Fran]

Go.

[Lucas Bravo]

Go. And go like this. And. And so, I don't know, I wanted. I wanted him to be, like, kind of a mix between a snake and a hyena.

[Brianne]

And.

[Lucas Bravo]

Yeah. A very, like.

[Fran]

Slimy.

[Lucas Bravo]

Yeah. Like, I wanted. I feel like.

Villains are more scary when they're not, like, too explosive, when they're, like, super calm. And I wanted him to be calm, but with, like, danger in his eyes. And that's pretty much what. What. What the entire show is for this character. And you arrive in the morning and you. You get to meet. Got to meet Dan Kruger. And I'm like, oh, I love your work. And we connected. And here's a picture of my. My kid. And then you spend the day just, like, strangling her on a marble chimney. And. And it's. It was. It's a weird feeling, to be honest, because then you have to go home and remind yourself that you're a good.

[Brianne]

Person.

[Lucas Bravo]

Right. And.

You know, if you want it to be real, you have to really go at it. Yeah, it was like, I don't want to miss this opportunity. I really want this character to be scary. So you. Yeah, you get to.

I don't know, every bit of frustration I've ever had and that I stored and suppressed. I just, like, gave it to this character, and it became therapeutic, and I think it worked. I think the character is. Is a bit.

[Fran]

Deranged.

[Brianne]

Yeah. Because you're supposed to really, like. I feel like the premise, the whole show is hating these. These men that.

[Lucas Bravo]

Are. Yeah, it was. It was a hard time. Yeah, it still is, but back then, it was really patriarchal, was at this, its peak, and, like, men could do anything they wanted, and Women could only exist if they're married. Right. And so it's just a story of Merta who decides that she wants fear to change side. And. And she starts to manipulate with desire, which is a very. It's still very.

[Fran]

Contemporary.

[Lucas Bravo]

Yeah. Desire is still at the. At the heart of many, many.

[Fran]

Things. Yeah. But as an actor, you must feel, even though, you know, you have to get to this dark place, that it's refreshing to step out of your comfort zone and play a character unlike anything you've ever played.

[Lucas Bravo]

Before. Actually, it's. I mean, my. It's more of a comfort zone than playing Gabrielle, for example, Playing the charming boy next door is really not a comfort zone because it's. I don't know, it's.

It's. It was. It's so obvious what it's supposed to be. That, that it's. Sometimes I lose track of how I'm supposed to, like, portray charm and what is charm nowadays? And it's so subjective and, you know, and I feel like when you play a villain, it's. It's more defined for me. I know exactly what to tap in and. And where to go, and it's more. I'm composing a little more, so it's definitely more a comfort zone. I don't know if I should see someone about that.

[Brianne]

But. Yeah, no, no, the disgusting character's way.

[Fran]

Easier. Do you have a dream role or character that you would like to play or a genre that you haven't stepped.

[Lucas Bravo]

Into? Honestly, Everything.

Looking for a job? Everything. No, but.

[Fran]

Everything. Anybody that will hire.

[Brianne]

Me. Yeah. Yeah. What do you.

[Lucas Bravo]

Got? As long as it's good, you know, I don't. I don't. It's like music genres and movies, like, it's always hard when they ask me, what's your favorite? This and that. I. I love everything. I think there's good in everything in this world as long as you connect with it. And I just. I just want to do. I just want to play roles that challenge me. And, you know, fear for me is an indicator of where you need to go to decyclice things. So whenever something is. Whenever it seems like I cannot play a certain part, that's. That's what I want to do. So I'm. Yeah, but like, roles like, you know, into the Wild or Dance with Wolves or roles like this, where you. You're in nature and you. You fight against yourself, is. Are roles that I'm really looking for.

[Brianne]

For. What's your. What's your American accent.

[Lucas Bravo]

Like? You're hearing it, right? Now it's the best I can do. I'm gonna start working on it because I get that question a lot, and I'm like, you really think I'm not giving my. All right.

[Fran]

Now? Your agent's like, oh, babe, you have this.

[Lucas Bravo]

Role. Yeah, no, but I've. I haven't. I haven't really worked on it, but I should. I'm gonna start because up to this point, people are like, no, keep your accent. It's charming, and it's your.

[Noah]

Identity.

[Lucas Bravo]

But. But it's only closes a few doors.

[Brianne]

Right? Cause it's like, well, watch you. You're obviously speaking French in this seduction. And then even Emily in Paris, you're still.

[Lucas Bravo]

French.

[Brianne]

Yeah. So.

[Lucas Bravo]

It'S. But the world is evolving. Like when I in Ticket to Paradise, for example.

It'S not obvious that I'm. I mean, it is obvious that I'm French, but it's not.

It's not announced. Like, the.

[Brianne]

Character. He's.

[Lucas Bravo]

French. The character doesn't exist because of. Because it's French. And for a long time, like, foreign characters only exist because of their nationality, and it takes away a lot of the substance and the depth they could have. So I like that in this particular movie, they didn't. You know, they didn't announce it, and they just. It gave me so much room to, like, be something.

[Fran]

Else.

[Lucas Bravo]

Yeah. And the world is becoming like this. I feel like we're. We're less and less questioning accents and foreign identities, but still, I. I want to master my American accent. I'm gonna go Kentucky or. Or Austin. I don't.

[Noah]

Know. I don't.

[Brianne]

Know. Yeah, yeah, you gotta go. Surprisingly, you'll be like, yeah, I actually.

[Fran]

Am.

[Brianne]

Really. The Southern thing got that down. Yeah.

[Lucas Bravo]

That's. Start.

[Fran]

Big. Yeah. Or go, like, California valley type of.

[Brianne]

Accent. I.

[Lucas Bravo]

Know. I'm a.

[Fran]

God.

[Brianne]

Exactly. I know you well, look, hey, there's a. You could go full. Full surf, bro. Full.

[Fran]

Cowboy. New York.

[Brianne]

Accent. Opens the.

[Lucas Bravo]

Doors. I like New York.

[Fran]

Accent.

[Brianne]

Boston.

Boston stuff. Yeah, Boston stuff for.

[Fran]

Sure. Boston mixed with French is a. Hilarious.

[Brianne]

That. That is. I actually saw a video of someone who was a. He's from Philadelphia. Really hardcore Philadelphia accent, but he had moved to Australia as an adult, so it was like Australian and Philadelphia like, mix, which was something I had never heard.

[Fran]

Before. It's a strong.

[Brianne]

Mix. It was a.

[Lucas Bravo]

Really. It's a nice language. So.

[Brianne]

Interesting. I was like, I'm not quite sure what this guy's saying. I know he's speaking English, but I love Australian accents.

[Lucas Bravo]

Yeah. A ticket To Paradise. We shot in Australia, and I found this accent so interesting, so it's so.

[Brianne]

Warm. It is.

[Lucas Bravo]

Honor. It's so.

[Fran]

Interesting. What was that like filming Ticket to Paradise? I mean, iconic.

[Lucas Bravo]

Actor. Iconic. Yeah. For some reason, I had zero pressure because I've watched everything Joe Roberts I've ever been in, and same for George Clooney. So I felt like I knew them already, and they were exactly what I expected them to be. Just, like, open and generous and such simple, good people. Like, truly, they are the best people I know. And that working experience, like, set the tone for every set I've ever been on ever since because they're just like, they've seen it all. They understand what it means and what they represent, and yet they. They choose to go out of their way to make people feel good about themselves.

Whenever someone is in the shadow, they always take that person back into the light. And I'm like, oh, that is so inspiring. And this is how I want to. This is how I want to navigate my.

[Fran]

Career. They are two fantastic actors and people we admire. So when you hear something like that, it is very comforting to.

[Lucas Bravo]

Hear. It is comforting. They say, never meet your heroes, but them for real, they're just like. They're.

[Brianne]

Superhumans. Yeah. Was there ever a time where you thought maybe you were going to go down a different path from acting and if you could do something else, what. What do you think it would have.

[Lucas Bravo]

Been? That's a good question. I don't know. I feel like I've always acted a certain way because my. My dad was a professional soccer player and he was traveling a lot. He would get transferred from a team to another. So we went to 10 different city by the time I was 12. And. And so in order to lose that new guy status in every city I would. I would arrive in, I would kind of identify the missing puzzle piece in a group dynamic and kind of, you know, shape myself into that piece to just fit in and just, like, feel like.

I've been there for a while. So it's been a lot of wearing masks and pretending I'm someone I'm not. At the age where you're supposed to find yourself and kind of understand who you are. So I feel like acting has been part of me for as long as I know. And. And when I. When I realized you can get paid for it, I. I just. I was like, yeah, okay, all right, this is it. No, but seriously, I think I would have loved to be a lawyer. That's what I started studying and dropped out of.

[Fran]

It.

[Lucas Bravo]

Yeah. Dropped out of it to go to LA and.

With my surfer bros.

[Fran]

Yeah. You could be like Kim Kardashian. You could.

[Lucas Bravo]

Do.

Why are you.

[Fran]

Laughing?

I.

[Lucas Bravo]

Really. I really hope. I. Honest to God, I hope she gets it. I hope she gets her a license.

[Brianne]

As. As do we. And she's going to keep trying, which I think is.

[Lucas Bravo]

Extremely. I hope she keeps trying because. Because a lot of people are like, she's an example for a lot of people, and I hope she shows that, you know, no matter how.

[Fran]

Much. Yeah. I mean, we're. I watched the show, and she is not giving up, no matter what her family says, no matter what her sister.

[Lucas Bravo]

Says. And we're like, the sisters are telling her to give up one of.

[Fran]

Them.

[Lucas Bravo]

Courtney. Yeah, but.

[Fran]

Courtney. I know, I know. And you know what? We're like, courtney, you're.

[Brianne]

Jealous. Yeah. I think it's. I think it's admirable to also admit when you fail at something and be like, I'm going to keep.

[Fran]

Trying. I'm.

[Brianne]

Not. You know, and she was like, I failed the bar and I'll get.

[Noah]

It.

[Fran]

I'm. None of us are doing it.

[Lucas Bravo]

So. Yeah. And it's also super.

[Fran]

Hard. Very.

[Lucas Bravo]

Hard. It's a hard.

[Brianne]

Exam. Yeah. So extremely.

[Lucas Bravo]

Hard.

[Brianne]

Yeah. Did your dad want you playing soccer or was that you just. You didn't have an.

[Lucas Bravo]

Interest? No, I don't think he wanted me to play.

[Fran]

Soccer. Yeah.

[Lucas Bravo]

It's. It's a.

[Fran]

Football.

[Lucas Bravo]

Soccer. It's a hard one. You know, when you. I watched my father when it was when I was 8 or 9, and sometimes, you know, you have the game of your life and 40,000 people are applauding you, and everything's back on the table the next weekend, and you have, like, a bad game and 40,000 people are just, like, booing you, and you would come home so defeated and such a tiny little man with. With, like, his. His arms, like, dragging, and I was like, oh, wow. I don't think I have the emotional strength to go through an entire stadium. You know, one comment on Instagram can destroy me. So I don't know if I can do a.

[Brianne]

Stadium. That's fair. And that is. That is so true. When you read Reach that Level in the, you know, professional sports world, it is very similar of, you know, reaching that level of fame where you're very open to all the criticism and all the.

[Lucas Bravo]

Critiques. How do you guys feel about, like. Do you have, like. If we're really honest with each other, do you have that hurt sometimes to, you know, Watch the comments, the bad ones. If you, if you have any, if you feel.

[Fran]

Any. Oh, look, yeah, I have been through.

[Lucas Bravo]

It. And did you get to the end, the other hand of it, where you're like, I know it's not good for me. I'm not gonna do.

[Fran]

It. Yes. Yeah, I have banned.

[Lucas Bravo]

Myself. And did you get to the other stream now where you can actually read that comment and feel.

[Fran]

Nothing? Yes, I have. After years of doing.

[Lucas Bravo]

This.

[Fran]

Good. I feel like within the past, I would say 2 ish years, I have come around a lot more. It takes time. It takes. And you relapse a lot of time and you.

[Lucas Bravo]

Relapse. Sometimes you do.

[Fran]

Relapse. I have not. And I am very proud of.

[Lucas Bravo]

Myself.

[Fran]

Good. Like Instagram and stuff. You just see it because it comes up and that. I'm very much better at just, like, seeing it. Let it pass. Going out of your way to look for.

[Lucas Bravo]

Things. It's like when you're looking for, like, content about your ex, you're looking to be.

[Fran]

Hurt. When.

[Lucas Bravo]

You'Re. Yeah, you're looking to be hurt. It's.

[Fran]

Masochism. Yes.

[Brianne]

Absolutely. That you're like, let me go on the forum. That I know they don't like.

[Lucas Bravo]

Me. I'm too good right.

[Fran]

Now. Let.

[Lucas Bravo]

Me. Yeah.

[Fran]

Yeah. And that we have. We refrain from which we have. We have.

[Brianne]

Learned. We're off for sure. But it's like that Lady Gaga quote, you know, it's like you, the all the people in the room and everyone's rooting for you. Like, or what everyone says, you could have a hundred nice comments and the one mean wine is like, you go home thinking about the one mean.

[Fran]

One.

[Noah]

Yeah. You know.

[Lucas Bravo]

Why? Because.

[Fran]

Yes. Well, no, keep.

[Lucas Bravo]

Going. No, you were going to say.

[Fran]

Something. I was going to say, like, don't get me wrong. Every once in a while, if there is a very. It could be like a minuscule thing. It's not even about, like your.

[Lucas Bravo]

Character. It just pushes the right.

[Fran]

Button. It just gets you on that day. Obviously, you know, maybe you're just having a bad.

[Lucas Bravo]

Day. Do you answer? Sometimes?

That is the biggest. Here's the.

[Fran]

Trap.

I have gotten so much better with not answering because I have had extreme bad ones that it got to the point where I was like, oh, I, I actually. This is dangerous. I actually can't answer it. So that actually, that's why we don't, like, threatening my family and.

[Lucas Bravo]

Stuff. Oh.

[Fran]

Okay. Okay. So that actually.

[Brianne]

Crazy. I was gonna.

[Fran]

Say.

When it gets so bad, it's almost easier to ignore It. Yeah, it's the one DM that you get like, why does your hair look like.

[Lucas Bravo]

That? Where you're like super.

[Fran]

Subtle. Yeah, subtle. Where you're like, you know, you respond like.

[Noah]

That.

[Fran]

That. Right. But.

[Lucas Bravo]

Right. It's funny when you see this studio and the fluffiness of it and what we're talking about and what this represents in the grand scheme of life that people are like, I need to. I need to. I need to send a message to that person and threaten their family's life. Because this is not this.

[Fran]

No.

[Brianne]

Yeah. Because it's at that.

[Lucas Bravo]

Level. This is like disturbing the piece.

[Fran]

Here in our purple studio. Having a good.

[Brianne]

Time.

[Lucas Bravo]

Exactly. Is it purple? Oh, it is.

[Brianne]

Purple. Oh, yeah.

We're definitely purple in.

[Fran]

Here.

[Brianne]

Yes. No, that is it. It's true. We've definitely gotten a lot better at.

[Fran]

It. But you get better with it too, if you're.

[Lucas Bravo]

Feeling. Yeah, yeah. I was. I was really bad in the.

[Brianne]

Beginning. You're not on social media that at least.

[Fran]

Posting. You're.

[Lucas Bravo]

Not. I'm not a big poster active. But the first year, everything happened like, you know, overnight. So I wasn't prepared for anything the show came out and people and interactions in the street and social media. So I had to learn at like a crash course and. And.

Nobody teaches you those things and you're kind of alone going through it. You know, I had my co stars and stuff like that, but I was still alone in Paris going through that thing. And in the beginning, I would read the comments because you. I feel like all of us, you know, we were looking. At the end of the day, we're looking for love, validation and acceptation, like to feel like we belong in this world, which is like her inner child. Just looking for, like your parents validation. It's the oldest feeling you can find in your psyche. And when the show came out and so many people brought attention to it and to the character of Gabriel, I was like, oh, my God, such a big validation.

What is it? Where does it come from? What did I do? What does it represent? And also, how do I. Because I am not Gabrielle. How do I, like, get back to myself slowly without losing what people loved about it? And. And while you're in this, like, kind of calculation, the comments that go in between, you take very seriously. So everything became very. Yeah, yeah. I was very hurt by a few things. And you know, some things also, like physical appearance are. Are detached from the character. It's like what you go home with and. And people can be really mean. Like, just like it's just free of charge. Like. Yeah, I just want to, I just want you to feel like, Yep, yep. And, and then you learn to just like not, not care so.

[Fran]

Much. Right. They detach the human from the character and they forget that everyone has feelings. And at the end of the day, like you said, said we're all looking for, you know, to meet expectations, validation. But it's all about like when you know who you.

[Lucas Bravo]

Are.

[Fran]

Yeah. And you're good with.

[Lucas Bravo]

Yourself. That's what I'm saying. I didn't really know who I was back then because I was still in this mask thing and trying to figure it out. So if you're not solid and you're and grounded, that can really swipe you off. And it gave me though a great understanding and compassion for what I read for titles. You know, when you do an article and you just talk about everything else and at some point you say that little sentence and it becomes the article. And I remember for me reading that sentence be like, oh, I can't believe he said that. Wow, what an. And now I know that everything's manipulated and transformed. And so I have so much compassion for.

[Fran]

People.

[Lucas Bravo]

Totally. And also when people are like, oh, this, I worked with her. She was like such a this or I, I, I, I met him. He was. You don't know what people are going through. You don't know what day they're having. You don't know what's going on in their lives. So I think it helped me pour a lot of compassion and forgiveness and understanding into every interaction and moments in my.

[Brianne]

Life. That's, that is, that is very true. I'm, I'm, we're getting, I know I'm getting it big time of the wrap it.

[Fran]

Up. But I do love that conversation. Remembering a lot to that everyone is human and like you said, that's where the compassion come from for sure. Comes from, I think is really a great thing. And being true to yourself and find yourself staying grounded, which I'm very happy you, I feel like you have come to. And we have all come to, which is a great thing. We are so excited for season five. We know everyone else is super excited as well. And that will be out Friday, December 18th. But it was really lovely talking to you, Lucas and thank you so much, much for joining us.

[Brianne]

Today. Yes, thank you so much. And, and the Seduction. Seduction. Last two episodes are coming out, I think this.

[Lucas Bravo]

Week. Yeah. One on Friday and the last.

[Brianne]

One and then the last of kind of timing up where this show's coming in and then Emily in Paris. We're going right into me in.

[Lucas Bravo]

Paris. I'm all over the.

[Brianne]

Place. Yeah. Thank you so much for.

[Fran]

Joining. Yeah. Thank.

[Lucas Bravo]

You. Thank you for having me. I could have. I could have kept on talking for.

[Brianne]

Another. Yes, us.

[Fran]

Too. And we were getting this in the background.

All right, that wraps up today's episode of Ticks in the Office. Thank you so much for watching and listening. Just a reminder, last minute, we have Philly tickets still available. We'd love to see you there. So come hang out. And we'll also be at the bar Wednesday night. We'll post it on Instagram. So we can't wait to hang out with you guys. We love you so, so very much. We do not have an episode on Wednesday because we will be at our live show, but we will be back with an episode on Friday. So big smooches, hugs, and we'll talk to you on.

[Chicks in the Office Intro]

Friday. Yeah, Jake's in the.

[Noah]

Office. Longtime listener, first time.

[Chicks in the Office Intro]

Caller.

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