Alix Earle Dodges Question About Alex Cooper + Ashley Hesseltine Interview: Kevin Hart Roast BTS & More!

Summary

Podcast Summary: Chicks in the Office - "Alix Earle Dodges Question About Alex Cooper + Ashley Hesseltine Interview: Kevin Hart Roast BTS & More!"

Date: May 13, 2026
Hosts: Ria and Fran (Barstool Sports)
Special Guest: Ashley Hesseltine (Girls Gotta Eat)

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Main Theme & Purpose

This episode is packed with pop culture commentary, celeb news, personal anecdotes, and an in-depth, hilarious interview with comedian Ashley Hesseltine. Ria and Fran dish on everything from Sports Illustrated cover news (including Alix Earle’s PR run and her viral ‘no comment’ on Alex Cooper) to the social etiquette of airplane seating and wedding speeches. Ashley Hesseltine joins to talk about her comedy special “Here Comes the Bride,” her wild journey to marriage, and her behind-the-scenes view of the Kevin Hart roast.

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Episode Highlights

1. Catching Up: Nail Fails, Doctor Drama & Travel Plans

[01:04 - 10:00]

• The hosts trade grievances about trying to squeeze in nail appointments before their travels.
• Ria recounts her ongoing big toe saga: losing the nail, acrylic prosthetics, and the perils of pedicures.
  • Memorable quote:
    • "I wasn't able to secure a nail appointment. So nobody make fun of me. They're grown out. But that's it. I'm owning it." – Ria [03:10]
    • "My big toe, I got a problem with it." – Ria [03:46]
• Both commiserate about women’s endless doctor appointments, joking about needing an all-in-one scan:
  • "Put me in one of those pernuvo scans and just scan the whole thing." – Ria [04:58]
• Travel plans: Excited chatter about upcoming Chicks meet-ups in Charleston and Miami, encouragement to listeners to join their happy hours.

2. Pop Culture Corner

[12:00 - 44:00]

• Robin Hood Gala Recap
  • Fran attended, was fascinated by “who’s who of billionaires” vibes, Mark Bezos as “hot dog,” performances by The Lumineers and Pink, and comedy by Pete Davidson.
  • "Pink is just one of those people who is just top notch, always sounds amazing..." – Fran [14:39]
• Airplane Etiquette Rant
  • Ria recalls dealing with a rude man on a flight unwilling to let her pass, sparking Pink’s “I’m gonna start a fight” in her head.
  • Memorable banter about how being forced to climb over men on airplanes is “so fucking rude.”
• Spotify Stats Drop
  • The crew shares their Spotify “first song” and “most listened-to” artist stats, self-deprecating laughter over being cliché Swifties and Drake stans.
  • “We’re like the two most basic bitches in the world. Mine's Taylor Swift, so.” – Fran [24:16]
• Noah Kahan’s Oversharing
  • Discussion of Noah Kahan’s tweets about having "hemis" (hemorrhoids).
  • "He said hemis plural." – Fran [20:34]
  • Ria relates: “During my grandma’s funeral in 2015, had a hemorrhoid… I know this is about grandma right now, but this hemorrhoid is tough.” [20:49]
• Concerts: To Go or Not To Go
  • The group debates whether they’d actually survive a Noah Kahan concert at Citi Field post-bachelorette party weekend.
  • “It would be so cool... but we're gonna be exhausted and we say, why did we sign up to go to this concert?” – Ria [29:31]

3. Sports Illustrated Covers & Alix Earle’s Media Moment

[32:00 - 37:40]

• SI Swimsuit covers starring Alix Earle, Hilary Duff, Tiffany Haddish, Nicole Williams English—praise for each, and confusion over the choice of cover photos.
  • “Everyone looks beautiful. No, duh. Everyone is looking so good." – Ria [31:21]
• Alix Earle Dodges Alex Cooper Questions
  • Fran summarizes Alix’s interview masterclass on NBC's Today show:
    • “She really just hits us with, I love everyone. Peace and love. Peace and love. And it's so fine. Because clearly she's not gonna address it in this situation.” – Fran [32:07]
  • They agree the real story will be saved for Alix’s Netflix show.

4. Listener Voicemails

[39:15 - 49:41]

• Club Chalamet Era Ends
  • Fan “Club Chalamet” phasing out her Timothée Chalamet account, possibly shifting to support for Connor Jessup.
  • “She's kind of acting like Timothy Chalamet committed a murder here…” – Ria [41:34]
• Harry Styles Engagement & Album
  • Debate on why public reaction to Harry’s engagement to Zoe Kravitz was so muted.
  • Discussion on his latest album’s longevity:
    • “I still like the album, but I think it's my bottom out of his albums.” – Noah [48:42]
    • “I'm not sure because I've gone back a ton to listen to his first as well now.” – Ria [48:57]

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FEATURE INTERVIEW: Ashley Hesseltine

1. Ashley’s Comedy Special: “Here Comes the Bride”

[52:15 - 101:14]

• Background: Ashley’s big year—moved to LA, turned 40, manifested a relationship, and chronicled the journey from single to married in her special.
  • “I am turning 40 this year. I want to find a partner. Like, I'm gonna manifest it... Say it out loud. Live your life in a way that you want to bring it into your life.” – Ashley [58:53]
• Manifesting a Husband
  • Her “King bed” theory: physically making room for a partner.
  • “Going to a guy's house and he has a king for the first time. It's slutty.” – Ria [61:01]
• Dating in LA: Dated a 23-year-old ("can’t believe he wasn’t born in the 1900s"), eventually reconnects with her now-husband, who was a fan from years prior (shoutout to marrying your fan).
• Gender Roles:
  • “If you live with a man, that's the man job... taking out the trash.” – Ashley [63:30]
• Girls Gotta Eat on Tour: The chaos of touring and wedding planning, the pain and practicality of box management at home (“It’s hot to watch a man break down boxes. A box cutter is like a weapon.” – Ashley [65:14])
• Football Fandom & Identity:
  • Owning being an Eagles fan and poking fun at people more invested in their college team than NFL.
• Kevin Hart Roast BTS
  • Attending the Netflix live event:
    • “I loved being there… The fact that they brought Tom Brady out, I think really started it strong... And then Usher, and then end with The Rock.” – Ashley [68:37]
  • On the challenge of being funny at a roast: “Every comedian has a team of writers… If you don’t, you’re wrong.” – Ashley [77:09]
  • Best moments: Cheryl Underwood (standout), Chelsea Handler, Pete Davidson (“So funny... The Usher thing was hilarious... The rock coming out was great.”)
  • Observations on who killed/killed the vibe (Lizzo’s “great energy,” Regina Hall “looked miserable,” the mystery of Tiffany Haddish’s silent presence [83:01])

2. Wedding Speech Disasters & Drama

• The art and peril of wedding speeches—when a best man calls getting married “the dumbest thing the groom’s ever done,” the room stops (and comedians secretly live for this).
  • “If the bride is my best friend, I'm upset… but otherwise, I live for stuff like that.” – Ashley [96:45]
• Side stories: Drunks, drama, and the bliss of being protected from wedding chaos as the bride.

3. Comedian Process & Audience Reaction

• Ashley’s writing and prep process for the special (all her own material, except “one funny tag”).
• Emotional high of releasing a special, the joy of fans watching with their partners.
  • “People are saying they're watching it two and three times... I've never in my life watched a comedy special twice!” – Ashley [90:39]
• Favorite jokes called out by the hosts:
  • “The gel mani and choking bit” [91:36], “putting crystals up my…” [58:00]
• Advice for aspiring comedians and insights into the balance of comedy and personal storytelling.

4. What’s Next for Ashley?

• Continues touring, collaborating with Girls Gotta Eat co-host Raina.
• Reveals plans for a "trilogy" book based on their podcast and life stories:
  • “Like, everything we've learned over the last eight years of having our show mixed in with our personal stories...” – Ashley [101:39]

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Notable Quotes & Moments (with Timestamps)

• On dodging drama: “She really just hits us with, I love everyone. Peace and love. Peace and love..." – Fran [32:07]
• On being a Swiftie/Drake stan: "We're like the two most basic bitches in the world. Mine's Taylor Swift, so." – Fran [24:16]
• Ashley’s relationship advice: "Marry your biggest fan. Like, it really is nice." – Ashley [62:47]
• On wedding roles: “If you live with a man, that's the man job...taking out the trash." – Ashley [63:30]
• On audience engagement: “People are saying they're watching it two and three times...I've never in my life watched a comedy special twice!” – Ashley [90:39]
• On roast comedy: "Every comedian has a team of writers…If you don't, you're wrong." – Ashley [77:09]
• On wedding speech disasters: "I live for stuff like that…There is a thing you feel awful, but at the same time, you're like, that was epic." – Ashley [96:54]

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Key Timestamps

• [01:04] – Nail & doctor woes; travel plans
• [12:00] – Fran’s billionaire gala story, Pink & Pete Davidson fandom
• [15:53] – Airplane etiquette rant
• [20:00] – Noah Kahan hemorrhoid overshare
• [32:00] – Sports Illustrated covers + Alix Earle PR answers
• [39:15] – Listener voicemails (Club Chalamet, Harry Styles)
• [52:15] – Ashley Hesseltine interview: marriage, LA dating, the comedy special
• [68:33] – Kevin Hart Roast, BTS stories
• [91:36] – Comedy special audience reaction
• [101:14] – Ashley’s future projects

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Conclusion

This episode blends signature Chicks in the Office banter with hilarious, honest conversation about real-life woes, pop culture snark, and the comedy grind. Ashley Hesseltine's interview is a standout—equal parts funny, insightful, and off-the-cuff. Fans of celeb drama, relatable girl chat, standup comedy, weddings, and all things pop culture will find plenty to love.

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For more: Watch Ashley's special, "Here Comes the Bride," on YouTube or Amazon Prime.

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Transcript

[Fran]

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[Ria]

What's up, everyone? It's Chicks in the Office with Ria and Fran giving you that Friday energy on a Wednesday. Happy Wednesday, everybody. We have a great episode today. We have Ashley Hesseltine from Girls Gotta Eat and her new special is out now on today's episode, we have the Popcorner. And besides that, we just got to do a little check in. You know, Alex Earl has hit us with a little bit of a check in. Barely. Absolutely barely. And we'll get to that. Sports Illustrated, all of that. What's going on? But just a quick reminder before we get into today's episode that we will be coming to you. Charleston in Miami. Charleston, Thursday night.

[Fran]

We'll draw in there. I thought, oh, I'm just, you know,

[Ria]

yeah, I'm just in getting in the mood, Just getting in the zone. We'll be there Thursday night, 5:30 to 7:30. Saltwater cowboys. Can't wait. So much fun. Just want to drink, have a good time with you guys. And then Saturday we will be at the Kimpton in Miami and we cannot wait to hang out, drink some Rum Haven. That'll be from 4 to 6 on Saturday. So a little happy hour before your night out. Cannot wait to hang out with you guys. I'm seeing already some DMs, some comments about some girls coming before the bachelorette weekends. And we're a great place to start the party. So cannot wait to hang out with you guys there. But besides that, what else is going on?

[Fran]

God, it's going to be so much fun. I'm excited. Little getaway. Have a great time. Drink some delicious Rum Haven.

[Ria]

Rum Haven cocktails.

[Fran]

Absolutely.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

The Best.

[Ria]

Yes.

[Fran]

It really is. No, I'm going to feel like I've had a busy week gearing up to travel, you know, where you just have those things that you need to get done before, like the girl checklist of things you want to get done. And. My God, I thought I wasn't gonna be able to get a nail appointment, and I got one right at the last. Right at the last minute.

[Ria]

I'm so happy for you.

[Fran]

You just, you know when you can feel. You're like, I'm on the edge of all of these breaking, like a few extra days and it could be disaster. That's how I feel right now. But was able to get in there feeling good. I think I have to get a pedicure too. I haven't gotten a pedicure in a while.

[Ria]

I wasn't able to secure a nail appointment. So nobody make fun of me. They're grown out. But that's it. I'm owning it. And that's about that, you know.

[Fran]

You think you're gonna discuss your big toe.

[Ria]

I wasn't planning on it, so thanks for bringing it up. I don't know why.

[Fran]

It's just really bad.

[Ria]

I guess I have to now.

[Fran]

It's just really been on my mind.

[Ria]

I'm. Ha. It's not that interesting. I am having a problem with my. With the toe. With the nail on my big toe.

[Fran]

I just feel like there may be. There's plenty of other people who've had to deal with this.

[Ria]

Yeah. But I don't want the insights of.

[Fran]

Yeah, that's true. Yeah.

[Ria]

You know what I mean? Oh, no, my toe fell off. You know, like, that's what happens when you reveal something like that. Then you get the messages. I don't want to scare you, but my toe, My actual. My foot ended up coming off, you know, and that's where I feel like we're at. My big toe, I got a problem with it.

[Fran]

The nail comes off.

[Ria]

Stubbed my toe, the nail broke, it came off. It's grown back. I put a fake nail on, the fake nail falls off. It's a whole song and dance. I gotta see a podiatrist.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Really?

[Ria]

At the end of the day, I gotta book a podiatrist appointment. Here's the thing. Who has the time for the doctor's appointment? Sometimes, you know, gotta get to a foot doctor. On top of that, I've been dealing with a massive muscle strain for the past. Longer than a couple of weeks. It's actually been ongoing for maybe two months now. A little Less than two months in my side, left rib cage. It's definitely a muscle strain. Been nursing it. Although it seems to keep coming back so that, you know, I'm an athlete.

[Fran]

That's what happens. It's so true. Sometimes it does feel like the priority, Dr. Wise, is literally head to toe. It's like when something's wrong in this, you gotta get. You're like, I gotta go right away.

[Ria]

Put me in one of those pernuvo scans and just scan the whole thing.

[Fran]

You gotta go, like, right away. You're like, oh, I can't. Like sinus, nasal, or headache, anything. You're like, I gotta see someone when it goes down, like a muscle thing, like you have it kind of in your core.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Well, that.

[Ria]

This has been a. It's actually like becoming a problem. Cause it's not going away. Yeah. And my trainer was like, okay, I'm gonna really need you to see a doctor. Because this is now for a long time. And you keep working out and we can keep doing that, but we gotta, you know, certain exercises they can't do. Cause it really hurts. And then some days it doesn't hurt. So I gotta get that appointment going and there's just no time. There's just no time, you know, so I've kind of put that to the side. But I think next week when we're home from this trip, that I might have to hit up a couple doctors.

[Fran]

Right. I actually really do need to as well. I haven't seen any doctors in a while.

[Ria]

Yeah, it's like I got a whole

[Fran]

list of them I gotta go to. You just. And I haven't been to any of them.

[Ria]

I keep seeing tech talks where it's like girls night, except we go to the doctor and they give us exactly every single piece of blood work scan that we've ever wanted.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

You know,

[Fran]

it's just not discussed enough that you just have to go to so many different doctors for all the different things.

[Ria]

They can't, can't. They just can't wander to it all.

[Fran]

And even when you do, like, you know, you go to your general, you know, and they're like, well, you're gonna have to see a specialist.

[Noah]

You don't want one.

[Ria]

Damn it.

[Noah]

Because it's like you don't go to a pizza place and ask for sushi, you know?

[Fran]

No, you're right. You're actually right.

[Ria]

It's like an ongoing joke about my toe now with me and Matt and the other day, my fake nail. Now that you bring it up, I'm Obviously gonna give the details, but my fake nail fell off. And all of a sudden, like, I looked down at my toe in the shower, and there was no nail. And I screamed, and he. And he ran in. He was like, what's happening? I said, my toe. My toe.

[Fran]

Did they make fake nails for toes?

[Ria]

Like acrylic nails? They put them on your toe. It's like just what they put on your finger but for your toes.

[Fran]

Oh, you did it at the salon?

[Listener Caller]

Yes.

[Fran]

Oh.

[Ria]

I didn't just put a fake toenail. The whole time.

[Fran]

I thought you just put, like, a nail on your.

[Ria]

I went to the salon, they put an acrylic on my toe, and I was.

[Fran]

Oh, my God. I really thought. This whole time, I was envisioning you just putting on, like, a press on.

[Ria]

No, no, no, no, no.

[Fran]

Nail onto your toe.

[Ria]

I went to the salon first, and I was in the shower. I looked down. I said, ah. And then Matt ran, and he said, what happened? I said, my toe, it's gone. And we were cracking up. I was like, I don't even know

[Fran]

where it could be at what point.

[Ria]

And then later on that night, I just. You just saw down my toenail in

[Fran]

the corner of your eye in the

[Ashley Hesseltine]

middle of the floor.

[Ria]

I picked it up. We were dying, laughing. And then I put it, like, on the counter. And he was like, so we're just gonna keep it, or are we gonna throw this out?

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Yeah, yeah.

[Ria]

I was like, he's like, I'm not judging either way, but I gotta know if I accidentally throw this toenail at. I was like, we can part ways with it. We can. We can now throw it out that we found it. I just had no idea where it even went. Like, I looked down. My toenail was gone. I was like, I don't even know possibly could have gone. I didn't feel it come off, so. Right.

[Fran]

It can be a good sign that an acrylic just, like, popped off. It just popped off.

[Ria]

Like, I have a dead toenail going on. I don't know. It doesn't look that bad. I will say, like, it doesn't look like. Ooh. Like, you wouldn't be grossed out if you saw it.

[Fran]

Oh, you're wearing flats. I'm gonna make you take your. I'm gonna make you take your shoes off. Not right now, but after.

[Ria]

I'm not gonna show it for the camera. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's what's going on.

[Fran]

I'm not. It's really not bad at all.

[Ria]

No, it's not.

[Fran]

You would never know it just looks like your nail.

[Ria]

I know, but you can't even paint, like.

[Fran]

Yeah, wait, I don't know.

[Ria]

Like it's a nail, but it's not a nail. This is terrible podcasting. People can't even feel my toe. Feel it, feel it. I know, but it won't grow past that point. You know what I mean? It hit a dead spot. It won't grow past that point.

[Fran]

Yeah, I know what you're saying.

[Ria]

So you have to put a fake nail on top, but the fake nail pops off because it's like a dead

[Ashley Hesseltine]

nail or whatever it is.

[Ria]

I don't even know. I don't know. I gotta see somebody.

[Fran]

No, I know. Yeah, yeah.

[Ria]

Finding my rogue.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

Dying, laughing.

[Fran]

I was looking at my thumbs last. I was like, I got to go. Because this one is like taking on a life of its own. It's like veering to the right.

[Ria]

Oh, yeah.

[Fran]

You know, it's like.

[Ria]

Yeah, it looks like it's hanging to the left a little bit.

[Fran]

Yeah, yeah. And it's just like, so much bigger than the other one. Yeah. And I've been able to ride out for, like, the month that I've had these nails, but now it's like.

[Ria]

Right. I just want no fucking judgment about my nails or my toe for this weekend because we're going to be in warm water.

[Fran]

I don't find your.

[Ria]

You don't find these to be offensive right now?

[Fran]

No, I'm not offended by them.

[Ria]

Okay, cool. Because they're growing out and I just don't want anyone to be too super disgusted.

[Fran]

Yeah, yeah, they're not.

[Ria]

And they're not bad at all. Please just allow my big toe to have its time because it's gone. It's gone.

[Fran]

Maybe it needs some sunscreen. That's what I think.

[Ria]

Because I've been covering it. And then when I don't have a nail on it, I cover it with a band aid. And I think that maybe it just needs to.

[Fran]

It needs some good old fashioned air and vitamin D. Yeah.

[Ria]

I think it needs to breathe. It needs no fake nail on it. It needs some sunshine. And if that doesn't work, then I'll hit up a doctor and ask the podiatrist if he can fix my muscle strain as well. And please do not message me that my rib is broken. It's not.

[Fran]

Yeah, I know.

[Ria]

It's not that much, so. And because it does not hurt 24 7, it's only twisting motions and all that. I know it's a strain. I know it's a strain. So we'll nurse it and you know. Yeah, that's that.

[Fran]

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[Ria]

I was gonna say is that Mark Cuban and Jeff Bezos combined. You get Mark Bezos.

[Fran]

Yeah, a little, Little known. Yeah. You kind of forget when like there's so many people out there that are just such titans. Like you hear, you hear Jeff Bezos and then you're like, well, he's got a brother. You're like, oh, does he? What's his family life like?

[Ria]

You know? So does Jeff give him a lot of money?

[Fran]

I think Mark also has a lot of money on it from his own ventures.

[Ria]

Gotcha.

[Fran]

But it's like no matter how much money Mark has, it's not Jeff.

[Ria]

No.

[Fran]

You know, but still, still plenty. Marcus, dare I say a little bit like of a sexier version of Jeff. Of Jeff. I mean, not that Jeff is.

[Ria]

I was going to say there's like,

[Fran]

like I'M not saying that Jeff is actually Mark is sexier. I'm saying, like.

[Ria]

Are you trying to say that Mark Bezos is hot?

[Fran]

Mark Bezos has a. Had like a. Like, if you were to like glam up Jeff a little bit, you get

[Noah]

Mark Bezos looks like he, he could like win a. Win in a fight, you know, like, he's more of a tough.

[Fran]

The half brother of Jeff Bezos. Oh, he went to space with him.

[Noah]

Oh, what family bonding.

[Fran]

Uh huh.

[Ria]

Oh, what family.

[Fran]

He started his own. His own stuff. His own foundation. He was the head of communications at the Robin hood Foundation from 2006 to 2016 and now he's the director of the Bezos family Foundation. Well, he went on stage or as a bet, he was dressed as a hot dog. Made me think of Bridget dressing up as a hot dog. But they, they always have. They always bring in like a plus entertainment for the evening. They had the Lumineers perform the. And then Pete Davidson came out and did like maybe like a 15 minute set. Was funny. He was joking, you know, very, very different crowd. He was like, this is maybe one of the weird, like weirdest sets I've had to do for this for a group of people going from the roast, getting on a plane and like ending up right here. A lot of, like, a lot of, A lot of suits in the room kind of, kind of feel. But he was very funny and like some of the jokes were hysterical and you could tell that like some were perhaps clutching their pearls for a second and then like a full concert from Pink.

[Ria]

That looked awesome.

[Fran]

She is incredible.

[Ria]

Love Pink.

[Fran]

Pink is just one of those people who is just top notch, always sounds amazing and she's one of those artists that. And it's funny because I know, I think she's like fully taking over Kelly Clarkson, but she has that Kelly Clarkson vibe of like can can sing anyone's song and it's fantastic.

[Noah]

1000, I think is like doing a. Gonna be like a full time talk show host.

[Fran]

I think Pink is. Well, at least for temporarily she's been.

[Noah]

I thought Kelly Clarkson was just like ending like and it was just gone. I didn't realize that like someone.

[Fran]

Well, I think someone has to. I think they have to fill the.

[Noah]

So it'll be like the space. The Pink show.

[Ria]

Yeah, I think they kind of always do it right. Yeah, it's like a revolving door.

[Noah]

I could see her being a. I

[Ria]

think she would be great. She has such an amazing voice. One Pink song that often plays in my brain, like probably the most When I'm in an airport or an airplane is I'm gonna start a fight, like. Because, like, people just, like, piss me off so much on. On planes and such that, like, in my brain, like, I just.

[Noah]

I'm just picturing you listening to the song, like, stuck in tsa.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

No, it's not even that. Like, one of my biggest gripes. Right. Currently is men. And I've talked about this. Men who make you climb over them.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

To go to the bathroom.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

There's nothing more rude to me than a man making you climb over them.

[Fran]

Yep.

[Ria]

To use the restroom on an airplane, it is so fucking rude.

[Fran]

Straddling their chair to go around them. Yeah.

[Ria]

That happened to us in Italy when we were flying from Florence to Sicily. I was in. Matt and I were in the middle of a window.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

And then a man next to us in the aisle, and I had to get up to use the bathroom, and the guy in the aisle had already gotten up to go to the bathroom, so I thought, oh, perfect chance. I won't make him stand up again. He'll just wait until I get back. He sits back down. I come back from the bathroom, he won't get out of his chair, and I'm staring at him. He won't get up. So Matt. Literally.

[Fran]

Even worse was when you were coming back from the bathroom.

[Ria]

When I was coming back from the bathroom. And so Matt was in the window and put his hands in my front and behind so that I could.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

It's a.

[Ria]

It was a small plane.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

And he literally guided me through to, like, block my ass and Vijay from this guy because the guy wouldn't get up. And. And he sees that my husband is doing this to shield me from this guy because he won't move.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

It was like, how rude can you be that you see what's going on here? You see, my husband's going out of the way to shield my ass from you because you're so rude that you can't get up that you're still not going. Oh, wait, let me get up for her. Yeah.

[Fran]

That is crazy.

[Ria]

So that's when Pink starts to play.

[Fran]

Did you yell scoozy in his face?

[Ria]

Uh, no.

[Fran]

I would've been, like, scousy.

[Ria]

Yeah. By the way, my dad did that too many times. Like, so many times. Throughout the airports, the train. Scusi. Scusi. I was like, oh, my God, please stop. But no, he. Like, this just pissed me off. I'm like, how rude can you be?

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

And I'm just staring at this guy and stone face like that.

[Fran]

No, no, no. And that's what plays in my head

[Ria]

because I gotta stop myself from being like, you're a fucking piece of dickhead, you motherfucking asshole.

[Fran]

Who makes you. Would have been the time for you to do it. Because he may perhaps wouldn't have understood what you said.

[Ria]

That's true. But he spoke English. Oh, yeah.

[Fran]

So never mind.

[Ria]

Heard him talk to somebody else on the plane. So, you know, I just let those feelings out now. I've been holding this in.

[Fran]

No, I think that's actually an extremely fair take. And there's no reason that you should be climbing over anybody to get out of this. Your seat.

[Ria]

Like, Matt's looking at the guy. Like, make it like making a face. Hello? Yeah, guys. Won't turn like this. Straight ahead. It's like, ew.

[Fran]

Ew. Do you have, like, headphones in or anything?

[Ria]

No.

[Fran]

It's so awkward. So awkward.

[Ria]

It's like, okay, now we have to. It's a short flight, but now we have to sit here. Yeah.

[Fran]

But now we're like, yeah, yeah.

[Ria]

Deal with this the whole rest of the flight. We got to be thinking about this.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

So yucky like that at all. So yucky.

[Fran]

So then you just throw a little. Little pink on.

[Ria]

And you throw a little pink on, you just get through it.

[Fran]

Just make it through. I. She did not sing Razor Glass, which really made me upset. I was waiting all night.

[Noah]

Propelling.

[Fran]

No, no, she's known for that.

[Noah]

So maybe the number one.

[Fran]

Make a joke about that. Y. Yeah, yeah.

[Ria]

Like, at Benson Boon flipping as to pink propelling.

[Fran]

Yes.

[Noah]

Do you think Benson Boone, like, in 10, 15 years, like, he's going to regret that this is his thing because, like, his joints aren't going to be the same, you know, like, when he.

[Fran]

Eventually he just won't be able to do it anymore.

[Noah]

And then, you know, then he'll propel like pink.

[Fran]

Yeah. Like, eventually you have to say, do something else.

[Noah]

This is. It's an old video, but Benson Boone covering All I Asked by Adele that came up on my Tik Tok the other day, took my breath away.

[Fran]

See, I'm have to start. So I'm going to start sending my videos to you now.

[Noah]

Like, I was like, is this better than the original?

[Fran]

All I ask you. Yeah, he sings. It's so good.

[Noah]

He sounded like a. Like, it looked like Adele, like, took over his body.

[Fran]

Like.

[Ria]

And then talk about Noah Kahn's album at all as a great.

[Fran]

Yeah, it's. I'm very much really good Very much enjoying it. Like, you know, he tweeted out that he has a hemorrhoid. And I thought, you just don't have to do that.

[Ria]

Oh, I didn't see that.

[Fran]

Yeah, it was like, maybe today.

[Ria]

That's okay. We don't need to know.

[Fran]

Well, but he said.

[Noah]

He said, now we're talking about Noah Khan. We didn't talk about his album. You hear about his hemorrhoid?

[Fran]

Yeah, I'm talking about his hemorrhoid. I mean, my God, he's. He brought it up. Brought it up.

[Ria]

He's got to get some Preparation H or something.

[Fran]

Number one album, and I still have hemis. At what point? Point is enough.

[Ria]

Enough, dude, how many hemorrhoids does he have?

[Fran]

He said hemis plural.

[Ria]

That's multiple.

[Fran]

Can you get multiple?

[Noah]

Did you.

[Ria]

Yeah, you can? Oh, no, I'm not saying I have had multiple. I have had one before. Yeah. Years ago. I remember during my grandma's funeral in 2015 at a hemorrhoid.

[Fran]

It sounds awful.

[Ria]

Yeah, it's not comfortable at all. It's not. But I remember specifically, I was like, ooh, I know this is about grandma right now, but this hemorrhoid is tough.

[Fran]

How do you get them?

[Ria]

I think maybe pushing too hard.

[Fran]

Right, right.

[Ria]

I think there's other factors.

[Fran]

Well, we used to always say to my dad that he. Because he would, like. My dad would be in. Sit on the toilet for, like, hours.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

They, like, you'd be like, is he still in the bathroom?

[Ashley Hesseltine]

And we would.

[Fran]

And then I was like, is that really what the cause of it is?

[Ria]

I think pushing too hard can be a factor.

[Noah]

But talk about the. Like, what are the symptoms?

[Fran]

Oh, it's pain.

[Ria]

You'll know.

[Fran]

Very painful.

[Noah]

You'll know, like, while you're. Only While you're going. Or like.

[Ria]

No, you'll know because it could be really itchy.

[Fran]

I feel like I've had flames.

[Ria]

So if you're.

[Noah]

But I feel like I've had them

[Ria]

now, now that I'm describing it. And I was like, fuck, I think that one right now.

[Noah]

No, like, I'm like, I just. I don't know.

[Ria]

Like, if your butthole is, like, really itchy. I mean, you could see it like, if you took a mirror to your.

[Noah]

I don't do that.

[Fran]

Discomfort, itching and sometimes bleeding.

[Ria]

Yeah, bleeding is a sign because. Because you could have an inner hemorrhoid, or you can have one that pops out. You can have an Audi in any.

[Fran]

Or an Audi.

[Ria]

Sometimes they go, like, it out, depending on Going to the bat. I don't know. This is too much information.

[Fran]

Yeah, it is. Yeah. But anyway. But anyway. This sounds like Noah Cons do you

[Ria]

should go to the doctor.

[Noah]

Do you have to go to that? They just go away, don't they?

[Ria]

Preparation age will help it, you know.

[Noah]

Preparation Age.

[Ria]

Yeah, Preparation. Preparation hemorrhoids.

[Fran]

Specifically for hemorrhoids.

[Noah]

That sounds like an evil villains like.

[Fran]

Yeah, you get that right? In Walgreens you can get.

[Ria]

And it'll fix you right.

[Noah]

I see the Spotify what they released today. I did your all time songs like stats.

[Ria]

Really?

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

I. I got.

[Noah]

It was like Christmas in July.

[Ria]

Like how do I see it? Oh, you're wrapped. Rediscover your.

[Fran]

Here's the thing. I didn't. I didn't like really.

[Noah]

List of all your most played.

[Fran]

Yeah, I didn't really start using. You were late to the game Spotify for a while. But here's the thing. I had Spotify so it's like, oh, you joined Spotify in 2017. But I really wasn't using Spotify till way later. And it was like the song, it told me that the song, the first song I ever played was literally a song that I've never heard of in my life.

[Noah]

My first song was Work by Missy Elliott and I was like, I don't remember. How was that the first song I played on Spotify?

[Ria]

My first song was Landslide, Fleetwood Mac, oh, All Apologies, Nirvana, Fat Bottom Girls, Queen, and then Enter Sadman, Metallica.

[Fran]

What's the winner?

[Ria]

Oh, pick one.

[Fran]

It tells you which one. Oh, which game you got to press? Which one you think is your actual first song ever played?

[Ria]

I'm going to guess Fat Bottom Girls Queen. Okay. No, wrong. My first song on Spotify was All Apologies, Nirvana.

[Fran]

Okay, there you go.

[Noah]

Who's your most listened to artists?

[Ria]

I haven't gotten there yet.

[Noah]

There's not that many things on this one.

[Fran]

It's just that those are really the two things.

[Noah]

What? Oh, it's

[Fran]

a Drake. Yeah, yeah, it's gotta be Drake.

[Ria]

It's the boy that's an inside joke. I really hope people don't think I just said that as like a real thing.

[Fran]

We're like the two most basic bitches in the world. Mine's Taylor Swift, so.

[Ria]

And mine's Drake.

[Fran]

Drake and Taylor Swift.

[Ria]

Oh,

[Fran]

Drake and Taylor Swift.

[Ria]

I'm not shocked.

[Noah]

What's your most? What's the most played? No, my most. My artist. Yeah, Nas.

[Fran]

Here's the thing.

[Ria]

That's a good one.

[Fran]

John Mayer.

[Noah]

John Mayer was nowhere to Be found on any of these stats.

[Ria]

Wow. I'm acting embarrassed as if I don't know that. I listen to Drake every day.

[Fran]

Yeah, yeah, right.

[Noah]

Everyone listens to Drake.

[Ria]

He's got fudgeing bangers. I don't know.

[Fran]

My first song must have been something that I like had to look up for work. It is. It's a random ass rap song that I've never heard of in my life by unnamed people that I don't even know the names of. These like, I don't even know who these people are.

[Noah]

John is on my all time songs.

[Fran]

I will say I can't find the thing now. It's like not coming up because I pressed it already.

[Noah]

Number one song.

[Ria]

How do I.

[Noah]

It gives you download the playlist that they give you and then they give you an order and tells.

[Fran]

Mine is now that we don't talk. Taylor's version.

[Ria]

Mine is 1989, my most played song of all time. How do I go to it? Go to the playlist.

[Fran]

It's like in the. In when you go through the thing, it says save songs or something and then it makes the whole playlist and

[Noah]

it tells you how many songs, how many times.

[Fran]

Oh, oh, here it is. Get in. Featuring Stunna for Vegas.

[Ria]

Not ringing a bell.

[Fran]

Sung by Callan. For real? For real. This is K A L A N period. That's the first. My first song ever streamed on Spotify. I don't know what happened there a

[Noah]

lot of Cowboy Carter on my playlist here.

[Fran]

Mine is honest and it's funny because I'm wearing a Gracie Abrams sweatshirt today. But mine is a lot of Taylor Swift and Gracie Abrams. I listened to that Gracie Abrams album a lot.

[Ria]

I'm trying to find this, but it's

[Fran]

a lot of tt. Ttpd Interesting. Yeah, really interesting for me.

[Ria]

I feel like you like didn't talk about listening to that album a lot. I know, but love it when it first came out.

[Fran]

Who's afraid of little Me? Florida. Guilty as sin. I can fix them. No, I really can't. Are all in like my top 10.

[Ria]

Oh, I'm saving it to library now.

[Noah]

Euphoria is like in my top 20.

[Ria]

That's gonna. I know that's gonna be in mine because I really do listen to that. I listened to that this morning and is it go in order?

[Fran]

Yeah, yeah. It'll say it, right? It'll say the amount of listens underneath straight.

[Ria]

It's way too sexy. Drake Future. Wow. Yeah. That song was on repeat for a while.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

But I got. It's not like my favorite song ever. I will say there was a period of time where that was. That was up.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

That was it.

[Ria]

Band for band. Central Seas kind of got a lot of listens.

[Fran]

I like that song.

[Noah]

You put a Drake Central C song on your playlist today.

[Ria]

So. I did. I did do that. Oh, wow.

[Fran]

All right. Yeah. So no. Account's got hemorrhoids happier than ever.

[Ria]

Billie Eilish is way up there as well.

[Fran]

That's a great song.

[Ria]

That's one of my favorites. Yeah.

[Fran]

But the hemorrhoids with the album is great.

[Ria]

Yeah. Sorry for his.

[Fran]

Sorry that you're dealing with that. But at least we do have that number one album.

[Ria]

Yes.

[Fran]

And people out. People are loving it.

[Ria]

Matt and I were talking about trying to go to Citi Field for Noah Khan, which would be out of my concert.

[Fran]

Yeah, that's something very different.

[Ria]

Very different for you both.

[Fran]

Really.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Yeah.

[Noah]

Concerts are the best.

[Ria]

Because we don't go to a lot of concerts. And I'm someone who know, like, I don't. I'm not obsessed with concerts in the way that you guys are. I have to, like, really love the person. And even still, I'm really not excited until, like, I get there. You know what I mean?

[Noah]

Citi Field. It's like an experience.

[Ria]

Exactly. Noah Khan at Citi Field.

[Noah]

I was like, hot dogs.

[Ria]

We were like, that actually be so nice and romantic. Some hot dogs.

[Noah]

Can I tag along?

[Fran]

I saw the Jones. No. Me and you will go.

[Noah]

Yeah, why don't we all just go to Citi Field?

[Fran]

Okay. I want to go. Be down to go.

[Ria]

All right, maybe we'll go.

[Fran]

My brother was talking about trying to go to Fenway because my brother will

[Ria]

be up in March, so nice. Romantic.

[Fran]

Oh, yeah. Wait, you don't want us all to come?

[Noah]

Noah Khan is, like, so friendly with a lot of people who work here.

[Fran]

Yeah, I really did think that. I was also like, should we just ask Trent to ask?

[Noah]

I said, I can't ask her for any more favor. After he got. He got Noah to watch my. First of all, he FaceTimed him at our show. And then he got him to watch Ray Marty playing.

[Ria]

Well, I would love to go to his show in City Field. I think that would be a lot of fun, guys.

[Fran]

It would be so cool.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Let's see.

[Fran]

What's the date action?

[Ria]

That'd be a lot of fun. It's in July around.

[Fran]

We're not here.

[Ria]

What a.

[Fran]

It's. It's the weekend. We're all. We're all away. Like, the July 18th and 19th.

[Noah]

Oh, I'll be here.

[Ria]

Oh, when I. No, no, you're with. On a trip, dude. We got a house together. Oh, no. But the 19th we'll be back.

[Fran]

Yeah, but there's no way we're. We're gonna do a whole weekend and then come back and go to Noah Con and Citi Field in Queens. No shot.

[Noah]

Be awesome. Little cap.

[Ria]

Yeah. To cap the weekend, we are all getting a house together and then we come back and we go to.

[Noah]

Wait, that's on a what day? Sunday.

[Ria]

Sunday. It sounds.

[Noah]

That would be a nice.

[Fran]

Like, it would be nice, but the like sounds good in theory. Yeah.

[Ria]

Until we're exhausted and we say, why did we sign up to go to this concert?

[Fran]

Yeah. I just know you. There's no way.

[Ria]

You never know.

[Fran]

It's a long drive. Like it's doubting you.

[Ria]

I know we're not going that far. I don't like if we were. Doubt it.

[Fran]

If we were. If we were closer to home, I'd say absolutely.

[Ria]

Right.

[Fran]

But it's a. It's a little bit of a hike

[Noah]

where we're going Jersey Shore or something.

[Ria]

Right. Because I did do that once. I did go to Elton John after the Jersey Shore one weekend.

[Fran]

Yeah. If it was closer, I'd be abs. I'd say absolutely.

[Noah]

I still might go.

[Fran]

But we like, we could have. Depending on traffic, we have like a four or five hour drive I. On Sunday.

[Ria]

Oh my God. Okay. Wow. We're going to a totally new spot this year.

[Fran]

Yeah. So.

[Ria]

Well, we could talk about our plans offline.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Yeah.

[Ria]

Hey, at least we'll all be together anyway.

[Fran]

Maybe we venture to a different.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

A different city.

[Fran]

A different city, different. Different locations.

[Ria]

Yeah, I know.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

I agree.

[Ria]

I agree. All right. Anyways, let's get into the rest of today's show. We have Ashley Hesseltine on today's episode. So much fun talking about her special. And we're gonna do a little update. Sports Illustrated, Alex Earl on the COVID as well as multiple others. And she did an interview where she was asked about Alex Cooper. And we have the popcorn. So let's get into it. Before we get into the rest of today's episode, we need to talk about the thing that is keeping everyone's lives organized right now, and that is Microsoft 365 copilot. What if you could add an AI assistant to your work without having to leave your workflow built into Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook? Copilot works where you work, helping you do more in the apps you already use in Word Copilot helps turn scattered notes into a first draft. In Excel, it generates insights from your data. And in Outlook, it cuts to the noise to get you up to speed faster. The apps, you know, go further with Copilot. Learn [e-mail] work. Sports Illustrated covers have been released. There's four cover models. We have Alex Earle, Hilary Duff, Tiffany Haddish, and Nicole Williams English, who is a model as well. All great covers. Everyone looks beautiful. No, duh. Everyone is looking so good. And, you know, this has been going on now with Sports Illustrated for a while. They put out multiple covers. Like, we're not just getting one cover anymore. It is multiple. 3, 4. Sometimes they do it all together. And all of these ladies look fantastic. On top of that, Alex Earl has been doing press. Now she's on the COVID of Sports Illustrated. She was asked about Alex Cooper, PR Answer for the Ages.

[Fran]

She. That was a master. It was a real masterclass in not answering the question because in that sense, it's just like, defer. She's basically asked about it by Craig on the Today show. And it was like, let's focus on. You know, I'm just trying to really focus on the positive. There's so much great stuff going on. Yeah, I only have. I only have so much time here with you today. Like, just really love to focus on the positive stuff. And then he was like, oh, well, okay. Does that, you know, well, is there any truth to it or is, like, exaggerated? She's like, yeah, it's exaggerated. I love everyone. And then, like, that was it. So she really just hits us with, I love everyone. Peace and love. Peace and love. I love everyone. And it's so fine. Because clearly she's not gonna address it in this situation. But going on the Today show, I'm sure they had some sort of agreement of, like, well, he's gonna ask.

[Noah]

I thought they would have definitely been like, you're not allowed to ask about this now here.

[Fran]

Yes and no. I think when you go on something like the Today show, it's almost like you have. It is gonna be.

[Noah]

I feel like. I don't know. I wouldn't have thought twice if they didn't bring it up. Like, on a. Like, she's promoting, like, no, it's all

[Fran]

anybody could fucking talk about. I mean, SNL sketch about it died

[Noah]

down a lot since, like, the start because people are like, oh, she's just not gonna say anything.

[Fran]

It absolutely has. But her doing. She hasn't been doing press. Like, her doing Press is like, we're just gonna assume no one's gonna ask her.

[Ria]

Well, I think that we've just assumed at this point now that she's not addressing it and it'll be addressed on her Netflix show. After Grutman was on a radio show talking about it and he was like, well, thank God, now we could talk about it on the Netflix show. It's really clear what's happening here. And I mean, listen, are we all gonna be just a little bit annoyed that that's the answer we got? Obviously. But that's because we're feeding for the drama and not even the drama. We want the answers, and we're not gonna get it probably until her Netflix show comes out. So that's that. That was the PR answer. And on top of that, we got Sports Illustrated. Like I said, everyone looks fantastic. Hilary Duff had such amazing pictures. They all did.

[Fran]

I mean, pumped to see her.

[Ria]

Pumped to see her. Here's my thing, though. When I see all of the rest of the pictures, I'm like, why was that one chosen as the COVID when there were so many other pictures where I was like, wow, like, genuinely took my breath away.

[Fran]

So I would have gone with her in red.

[Ria]

Right. Her in red was so gorgeous. There were a couple others.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

Where she's laying on the sand, booty out, just fucking gorgeous. And obviously she looks stunning on the COVID But there were other pictures that I really think had, like a wow

[Fran]

factor, that I'm like, is that the COVID Safe choice. Yeah.

[Ria]

I just wonder what goes behind picking the COVID Does she have a say? Does she not have a say? Maybe that was her choice of picture. I don't know. But when you see the whole spread of everyone's pictures, you're just like, holy shit.

[Fran]

It probably just comes down to the editor.

[Ria]

Yeah. Sometimes it's not even the COVID that's like the wow one. Like, you see the other pictures where

[Fran]

you're like, oh, yeah.

[Ria]

Oh, my God, those are drop dead. So everyone looks fantastic. Per usual. Sports Illustrated swimsuit is always so exciting when it comes out. And you see, you know, people get so many great opportunities and have such amazing stories behind why they want to shoot the picture.

[Fran]

I do love that they get to bring in some of these unexpected people and whatnot. Or like, kind of like surprise celebrity covers that you don't see coming. Like, you know, Hilary Duff or Tiffany Haddish also looks amazing. So. And she's kind of been posting here there, like, on her Instagram. I think that's been a bit of journey for her. And then you see, like, these covers, and they're. They are fabulous. You get to see a lot of our. Our faves. Back for another. For another issue. Love. Always seeing what they. What they come up with and what they are showing off. I did see Xandra comment on the COVID post for Alex, and it was.

[Ria]

It.

[Fran]

Omg.

[Noah]

Yay.

[Ria]

It seems like those two are okay.

[Fran]

Yeah. Right?

[Ria]

She made amends.

[Fran]

Alex Earl's got bigger fish.

[Ria]

Yeah. Yes. She's got to handle Cooper.

[Fran]

No, no, I think they've been fine

[Ashley Hesseltine]

for a long time.

[Ria]

It's all the Alexes.

[Fran]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Ria]

You know.

[Fran]

Yeah. Xantra seems to have this new guy that's taken her to the farm life. Have you seen that?

[Ria]

I have seen that. Don't know who it is, but she seems to be adapting to a farm lifestyle.

[Fran]

I guess she's living life on the farm. And these really. These pictures are gorgeous. I hadn't seen. I remember watching a little bit of Wags, which Nicole Williams English was on Wags. And she is also absolutely gorgeous. Not shocking. She is a model as well. So they. They did a. They did a great job, I think, like, especially with Alex Earl. Something where the Sports Illustrated format can be kind of confusing because they're always releasing pictures, but then the pictures aren't the covers, but they're just announcing new models. But then when we get to the actual cover, there's four different covers. But then also, like, in the middle of the year, they do, like, a digital cover. And then that's something else. Like, Alex Earle had done the digital cover. Right. Like, she'd done a digital cover, but that was in this cover. But now she's the COVID now.

[Ria]

Right. Because when they first announced the digital cover, she was the COVID star of their first ever digital cover.

[Fran]

Yes.

[Ria]

But now.

[Fran]

Now she's the COVID cover.

[Ria]

She's the COVID cover, which is. Which is huge. So congratulations to all the ladies. They all look fantastic. Love seeing the pictures, as always. Yeah. And that's really all for the topics today. Besides, there's still summer house updates, but you guys all know that everyone's seen it, and we are one step closer to the finale and then the reunion, which will be exciting,

[Fran]

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[Ria]

All right, let's get into the popcorn. We're taking your hot takes, your voicemails, your opinions. Let's get into it. Noah, play the first voicemail.

[Listener Caller]

Hi, Rhea, Fran, Noah, and Olive. I'm Laura calling from Georgia, and I have a question for you ladies, because I believe this happened right before you all took your break, but Club Charlamagne made her official announcement about not moving forward as Club Chalamet anymore, and I really think she's going for Connor's story now fully. I know you kind of dissected it a little bit on the podcast, but I would love to hear your take now that it's, like, official and if this era is officially dead or if she's gonna turn it really into Connor Story Club. Love y'. All. Bye.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

She.

[Fran]

She officially signed off.

[Ria]

You know, I did send it. We were. It was.

[Podcast Rapper]

Right.

[Noah]

It was my description, but it was hilarious.

[Fran]

Was it on social?

[Noah]

Yeah, I can.

[Fran]

Oh, I see it.

[Ria]

I see it, I see it.

[Fran]

Oh, yeah. Okay. Okay. I remember now where she's, like, slowly. She's, like, slowly phasing out.

[Ria]

Yes. Listen, it's. You know what? But, like, this makes me believe that Club Chalamet was. Was a fraud and a fake, because you're gonna bow out at the time where Timothy needs you the most. Like, think about it.

[Noah]

Or is she like, I can't get. Get with this. Like, I. I don't agree with this. Like, maybe she's a big ballet fan. I don't know.

[Fran]

Don't worry. She also will be making sure there are updates related to Dune Part 3, which she is eager to watch. But after that, do you think she

[Ria]

fell out of love with it?

[Noah]

But once I don't fully believe in it anymore. I have to recenter my focus on things I believe in.

[Ria]

Oh. So I think it, I think honestly, it has a lot to do with Kylie Jenner.

[Noah]

Probably. Like, she's like, wow, so you're really. This is really it.

[Ria]

Yeah. Like, she says she's fallen out of love and. And she's like, oh, this is real. Like, you're really gonna be with her.

[Fran]

This fan community is not the same as it was four years ago. The notable shift was exactly 12 months ago and the clock started to tick, basically. So much has changed from what we all initially signed up for that it doesn't resemble what lured us here in the first place.

[Noah]

Place she said to deny the obvious is to be obtuse and bury your head in the sand. Yeah, this. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. Damn.

[Ria]

She's kind of acting like Timothy Chalamet committed a murder here and.

[Fran]

Yeah. But she looks forward to supporting a wide variety of celebrities whose work she enjoys. So who knows?

[Ria]

I gotta be honest.

[Fran]

Who knows who could be next?

[Ria]

Timmy must be hyped.

[Noah]

Or do you think he's like, no,

[Ria]

like, I think Timmy must be like,

[Noah]

we did it.

[Ria]

This is like a weight off my.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Oh.

[Ria]

This whole time he's been making, he's been making comments to get Club Chalamet is like, off his back. Timothy's been trying to get canceled so that Club Chalamet leaves him alone.

[Noah]

The pin post on Club Chalamet is of Connor's story.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Wow.

[Ria]

I mean, she could become Club Connor,

[Fran]

I will say, but I don't know

[Ria]

if Connor's story is going to root for that.

[Fran]

I will say that she did post three photos from the Met gala and one of his after party looks on her personal Instagram.

[Ria]

From Timothy?

[Fran]

No, from Connor.

[Ria]

From Connor Story. He wasn't at the back.

[Fran]

No, no, no. Connor Story. Three. Three separate.

[Ria]

So she. She has fallen in love with somebody else.

[Fran]

Yeah. In case anyone is wondering, she's also happy for Zoe Kravitz. And hairstyles, they look good together. And I'm happy for Zoe Kravitz.

[Ria]

By the way, did you see that Zoe Kravitz commented on Lulu's page being like, this is tacky because they canceled High Fidelity and then they're gonna use those pictures to. No, I, I actually, people didn't Understand why she commented that. And I was like, whatever. It's because they fucking canceled the show. So she's like, this is fucking tacky to talk about me and my, you know, lover.

[Fran]

Yep.

[Ria]

When you canceled my show.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

I still don't know how that show never came back.

[Ria]

I agree. I mean, that was. That was a good show.

[Noah]

Oh, yeah. RIP Club.

[Ria]

RIP all right, moving on.

[Fran]

She's got. She's got bigger fish to fry.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Listener Caller]

Hi, chicks. I think it's so crazy that I feel like, given society as a whole, like, no one really cared about Harry Styles getting engaged. And, like, I don't even. I didn't move. Like, I'm not sad. Like, I'm not shocked. Like, nothing. And you'd think that Harry Styles first engagement would be, like, world stopping news, and just nobody moved and I moved. I don't know. There's just something in the air. Like, why do we care more about Summer House than Harris Hiles getting engaged? Well, because it's not something to think about.

[Ria]

I think that, like, the. The world loves salacious drama.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Right?

[Ria]

And, like, Harry Styles and Zoe Kravitz getting engaged in the midst of everything that's going on with, like, hot gossip on the Internet, it's like, oh, my God, we're happy for them. It certainly moved for me.

[Fran]

I was.

[Ria]

I was hyped for Harry. I'm not ups. I'm not sad that, like, Harry's getting engaged. Maybe she's talking about people, like, being upset that he's getting.

[Fran]

No, I mean, I agree that I feel like it wasn't. Well, because maybe it wasn't blown up.

[Ria]

Maybe because people still don't, like, really feel like it was confirmed.

[Noah]

Let me piggyback on that with another voicemail.

[Listener Caller]

Oh, hey, Rhea, Fran, and Noah. I just wanted to get your thoughts on Harry Styles album now that you had some time to sit with it. I know there's a lot of people online saying that it's kind of fallen off or Harry's kind of falling off. I thought Gia made a TikTok about how this album was forgettable. Now that you've had time to sit with it, have your favorite songs changed? Are you still listening to the album as much as you thought you would? Where would you rank it among all of his albums? Just want to know your thoughts. I personally am still a huge fan of the album and listen to it almost every day, but I think I might be in the minority there. What do you guys think? Thanks.

[Ria]

Me too. I actually listen to this album all the Time. I've been listening to it a ton this week. My favorite songs have pretty much stayed the same. I. I will say that it hasn't moved much.

[Fran]

What did you think of the music video?

[Ria]

People fucking hated the music video. They, like, were like, why is he dancing like this? Was I like, oh, my God, I love this? I wasn't obsessed with it, but I did not like it.

[Fran]

I thought it was fun.

[Ria]

Like, I love this song. So when you add a music video to a song that you already love, you love the music video because you love the song.

[Noah]

I think the main critique I'm seeing online, where I'm seeing a lot of people saying, like, Harry's fallen off. But I don't know.

[Ria]

Like, well, this is what happens. He gets engaged in that, and people

[Noah]

get all the biggest critique I'm seeing with, like, the music video. And, like, kind of. I guess this whole rollout is that it doesn't seem authentic. Like, and he's trying to, like, just.

[Ria]

I think he's being who he wants to be.

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Ria]

I mean, that was. I think he's talked about that, like, he's doing what he wants to be doing. Like, this is. No one's forcing him to do this. Like, he's. This is what he wants.

[Noah]

Not forcing, but I think people are saying, like, he's doing this because he thinks this. This is what will.

[Ria]

Like, yeah, yeah, yeah, play.

[Noah]

But I don't really agree with that.

[Ria]

I'm just.

[Fran]

I. Yeah, I've seen that as well. That this.

[Ria]

If.

[Fran]

That this sort of Harry Styles era is like. Like a little force. I don't know. But I don't. I don't really necessarily see that either. I think there were some moments in the music video that. With, like, certain choreography that I thought it was a little.

[Noah]

A lot of people are saying reheating Troye Sivant's nachos.

[Ria]

I'm saying what.

[Noah]

I. I didn't even know about this, but when you see the video, you are like, oh, yeah. Like, I could see why people would say that. Like, I guess one of his music videos is very similar to this video.

[Fran]

So.

[Ria]

Music video wise, but not, like.

[Noah]

Yeah, I think, like.

[Ria]

I think, like, I think once he goes on, starts going on tour, people. The tide's gonna change. People are gonna see the concert videos. They're gonna fall back in love with him. They're gonna want to see him in concert. And, like, it's just gonna go back around.

[Fran]

I will say that when Gia posted that video, being like, you know, I haven't like gone back and listened to the album that much. It did. There was a part of me that was like, damn, I haven't. I haven't really either. Like. Like that kind of made me realize when I went back, I was like, oh, I haven't really gone back as much. But then when I thought about, I was like, oh. And then I did go back and I was listening to it more again too. I don't know. Sometimes it's like when the timing of an album comes out and there's other things. And I know G had mentioned Noah Khan as well, which is. Is true. Like, then there was another album that you're listening to a lot and I've been listening to that. But they had an album a lot.

[Ria]

So far apart from each other.

[Fran]

I know they. They did, they did. But it's like a lot of that middle time, I wasn't going back to it as much as maybe previous Harry albums, but not in like, I don't like it way, you know, like it's. It's. I also. I don't know my music. Listening ebbs and flows. Like one month I will listen to a lot of music and then for another month, like, I won't listen to literally, like, I'll listen to nothing.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Like it'll be.

[Noah]

I still like the album, but I think it's my bottom out of his albums. Like his four albums.

[Ria]

I would rank it as three for me now it has moved. It's Fine Line, his debut album and then this one for me.

[Fran]

Yeah, yeah.

[Ria]

I'm not sure because I've gone back a ton to listen to his first as well now.

[Noah]

Right.

[Ria]

I've been on a Harry listening kick, I'm not gonna lie. So I. So these. So these voicemails don't relate to me.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Noah]

I know I am like. I don't know why, but I've found myself on like Harry.

[Fran]

No, it's.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

It's Twitter.

[Fran]

It's the. The fandom has really been going in on him hard. Yeah, it seems like. And I'm not.

[Ria]

I will say it helps not having Twitter.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

I like sometimes these things don't reach me.

[Fran]

Yeah, I've been seeing it a lot. I've been seeing on Tick Tock a little bit too. But yeah, it's not. You don't know. I think maybe because he hasn't been touring in a while too. We haven't seen how he would toward these songs and what this show is gonna be.

[Ria]

Find out. We're going to the show.

[Fran]

Yeah, I Do I know? And I do think you're right.

[Noah]

Sold her ticket.

[Fran]

Yeah, I do think you're. No, please. I do think you're right. With, like, them not having just publicly been like, we're engaged. That. That made the conversation around it a little quieter. Like, there was no big pandemonium. Like, oh, my God, Harry Styles is engaged.

[Noah]

How long did it take for Bieber, Haley Speculation to turn into them being like, yeah, we're engaged. That ever.

[Ria]

Well, no, it was like.

[Fran]

Well, there was like.

[Ria]

It was like they were being followed together.

[Fran]

Like. Yeah.

[Ria]

And then they got married, like, right after that.

[Fran]

So that was fast. That was. I mean, that there was just way more drama around that, too. That it was so much more dramatic. Here's the thing with his personal life, like, there's. There's. From what we see, it's not a lot of drama. Like, we know that there's girlfriends around and, like, maybe there's a song, but it's not, like, detailed drama lyrics or anything. Or we get full breakdowns of what happened with certain exes or all these things. So when you see him, like, starting to date someone, you're like, oh, that's nice. And he's like, oh, he's getting married. Oh, that's nice.

[Ria]

Right?

[Fran]

You're like, all right.

[Ria]

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[Fran]

All right, everyone.

[Ria]

We are here with a very special guest. We are joined by Ashley Hesseltine, here to talk about her new comedy special, Here Comes the Bride. It's out now on YouTube. You could also watch on Amazon Prime. How are we doing? Welcome back. We just saw you on tour.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

It was so fun.

[Ria]

It was so much fun. And I feel like it's been a while since you've been on the podcast.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Years. Like, you guys were in another room. There wasn't a dog.

[Ria]

Maybe like a whole other office.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Actually, you guys might have not been married.

[Ria]

Definitely not. Definitely not.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

None of us were married.

[Ria]

No.

[Noah]

No.

[Ria]

Look at us now.

[Fran]

We were single. We were single. Single in a closet. Yes.

[Ria]

That's so funny. Try. We're reading yesteryear right now.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

And you are. I saw you post on your story.

[Fran]

How far are you guys exactly? Halfway.

[Ria]

Because we.

[Fran]

We split our book club into, like, two episodes a month, so we do like a halfway in the beginning and then. And then the second half. So we are actually recording later.

[Ria]

So it's. It's fresh on the brain right now.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

It's.

[Fran]

It's nutty.

[Ria]

It is.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

It's so dark. Yeah, it's, like, heavy. Like, I'll find myself, like. I don't feel good right now reading this. Like, no, it's basically, I sat next to this guy in the plane, and at the end of the flight getting here, he goes, you read a lot of that book. And he clocked in. He was like, are you almost done?

[Fran]

I love when, like, people do that to you. Like, straight. They're like, wow. Or even if you just are reading one page, like, to start a conversation, someone be like, so do you love to read?

[Ashley Hesseltine]

No, I wasn't reading or anything. I wasn't busy reading. Do you guys know they're making. Sorry to interrupt. No, I'm so sorry.

[Ria]

You're the guest.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Please do you know they're making into a movie? Yes, yes. We just saw that with Dan Hathaway. Way she's in everything.

[Fran]

Yeah. I think she kind of cornered the market on, like. On, like, crazy book Women.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Every idea of you. Verity. Silent patient now it's fine.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

This is not shade, but it's fine.

[Ria]

But I. I didn't really.

[Fran]

Was she cast the silent patient?

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Yes.

[Ria]

Oh, really? Okay. She's an effort that doesn't make sense to me to do Verity and the Silent Patient.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

That's what I'm saying.

[Ria]

That, to me, is too close. That's what I'm saying. I also, reading Yesteryear would not picture Natalie to be Anne Hathaway, I guess.

[Fran]

No, I wouldn't have. I wouldn't have pictured.

[Ria]

Right. I mean, I don't know who I was picturing. Here's my Smith.

[Fran]

Yeah, yeah, right.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Everything.

[Fran]

Here's my issue. And I have did because we, like, well, Cat, after we finish the book, we try and do, like, a fan casting or whatnot. And anytime there's, like, a woman that maybe has a little bit of, like, a creepy element to her, I'm like, Rosamund pike.

[Ria]

Like.

[Fran]

And it's just because of Gone, Gone Girl.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Like, it's so true.

[Fran]

But every time I'm like. I'm like, this Rosamund Pike.

[Ria]

That's a really good one for that is. I did have to take a couple breaks while reading, though, the first half of this because I felt the same way. I was like, ooh, I don't know.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

I'm like, it's a interesting read. It's not feel good.

[Ria]

No, but it is very interesting, I will say. And it kind of hooks you right away. I thought immediately, I thought the very beginning gets you right in. But let's talk about you. Let's talk about your special. We haven't seen you since everything. I have not seen you since Seattle. But we have watched, which was kind

[Fran]

of a fever dream, especially that dinner.

[Ria]

We never talked about that dinner.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Moving three times. Tables three times.

[Fran]

Moving tables three times.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

We went to dinner.

[Fran]

We were, like, half asleep.

[Ria]

To give background. We went to dinner in Seattle after our show, and like Fran said, we were half asleep, and it felt like the restaurant was in on a joke and a prank towards us that we were not in on. They made us move tables three different times. We were at a battle with another table from across the room.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

They stole our table.

[Ria]

They stole our table.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

They.

[Ria]

Honestly, it was really good. Remember, they were like, we're gonna send over, like, some buttery appetizers.

[Fran]

Yeah, yeah. And, well, our waitress, the way this

[Ria]

was putting on a comedy show, she was. She knew. I think she knew Ashley was a comedian. Was like, I'm gonna audition for her right now. Like, this is la.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

I think she was just like a Seattle person. I think she said cool beans a couple times.

[Fran]

Like, remember that?

[Ashley Hesseltine]

I was just. Yeah, whatever you want to say.

[Ria]

I remember at one point during the dinner, though, I was like, I have to get home. Like I was doing.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

No, you're fine. I thought you might.

[Ria]

I'm going to fall asleep in your martini into the martini into the pasta. Like, holding on tight to stay awake

[Ashley Hesseltine]

when she was trying to tell you about pasta. And you're like, I'm good. I get it. I know my pasta.

[Ria]

I'm Italian. Okay.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Yeah.

[Fran]

That was a funny dinner, right? And the whole front. We, like, walk in through a certain door, and we never been to this place before, and we're not from Seattle. And we're, like, looking at this from. The room's empty. And the guy's like, it'll be. You know, it'll be 10 minutes for your table. And we're looking at this empty room. Like, what do you.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

What do you mean? And then they sat, and I was like, you guys, I think there's a whole nother area of the restaurant, and I'm gonna go scope it out.

[Ria]

You were the embeddamn.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

We moved to the other table I loved. I'm there. I'm paying a lot of money to dine. I want to vibe.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

I don't want to sit in the overflow room.

[Fran]

And then they kept telling us we had to be. We had to be in the window despite it being dark and raining and couldn't see.

[Ria]

See anything anyway. Like, it feels like you're on a boat.

[Fran]

Yeah. Like, it's like the. For the view. It's like.

[Ria]

It's like 10:30pm like, and we really milked it, though. We were like, yeah, this view is just superb.

[Fran]

That third table really was where the place.

[Ria]

We had a great time, though, and thank you so much. Yeah, we did. But then we got a private jet. And I will say this. I was a little upset for you that your flight didn't get fully canceled because you would have been on the jet with us, because you would have just went. I would have had.

[Fran]

Right? Yeah. I felt like, come to San Diego then.

[Ria]

You can figure it out. I felt envious that your flight took off until we got the private jet. And I thought, ooh, Ashley could have been on this.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

You guys really worked it out. I was so happy for you.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Thank you. But it was a great time.

[Ria]

We had so much fun. We had so much fun. How are you feeling now that the special's out? We watched it. So funny.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

So funny.

[Ria]

I sent this to you last night that I literally started taking notes on the special because I was cracking up. But the first one I wrote was. Was put crystals up My pussy. And then, like, then I knew I was in because I started hysterical laughing at that. And I just thought it was so spot on for like, what people think about la and you've been living there. So, like, take us through that because it's like, on the outside looking in, like, is that really what's going on?

[Ashley Hesseltine]

We all. I have a crystal in my right now. Yeah. Just for good vibes. I don't podcast.

[Fran]

Care to show us a whole different type of Kegel these times? You know, they do that.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Okay. Real talk, though. I've never done, like, what are they, like a yoni egg or something?

[Fran]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

I've actually never.

[Fran]

Yeah, yeah. So, yeah.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

So the special is really my journey, which I actually say non ironically somehow. I literally, like, I used to jokingly say the word journey and I actually say it.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Of can, like, meeting my now husband and dating him, moving in together and then getting married. And it is all true. Like, I moved to LA the beginning of 2023 and I was like, I am turning 40 this year. I want to find a partner. Like, I'm. I'm gonna manifest it. I joke about this in the special, but truly, like, I believe in that to an extent. Say it out loud. Live your life in a way that you want to bring it into your life.

[Fran]

Totally. We do it on the show all the time. When there's something we want where we look dead in the camera, we're like, like, make this a clip.

[Ria]

And has worked multiple times.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Seriously. Even a friend of mine who. She's a tarot reader and she actually has, like, predicted most of my life. She was like, you should physically make space in your life. Like, get a king bed. Which I thought I'd only had a queen when I lived here in New York. I moved to LA randomly. I live in a different house now, but the first house I lived in was, like, really small. I was like, I will stuff a king bed in this bedroom if I. If it kills me.

[Fran]

Yep.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Truly, like, little things like that I think matter. So I dated a bunch in la. That's what I talk about in the special. Like, the guys I dated just really all the stereotypes you can imagine. And then again, like, the manifesting and all the things, making space, holding space, like, doing all the things.

[Fran]

And I also like doing the king bed because it's like, your husband is quite tall, so it's like the king bed is just inviting the space for a large.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

We need the space. Yeah, literally. Yes, he is. He. So what a queen. When we were dating, when we were long distance, he had a queen in Boston. And I was like, I can't. We can't.

[Fran]

Oh, my God.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

You're a king.

[Fran]

I yell at some of my husband's friends, like, his few single friends that are left in, like, I bet. Because I've been like, guys, like, what?

[Ria]

Right.

[Fran]

One of his friends has a full bed.

[Ria]

Oh.

[Fran]

And I said, you can't possibly live your life with a full bed.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

When I see a full. It looks like a twin.

[Fran]

No. And once sleeping a king. Everything might as well be a twin.

[Ria]

I will say, though, yeah. Going to a guy's house and he has a king for the first time. It's slutty. Oh, my God. You're like, that's really slutty.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

No, like, how rich are you?

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

Like, you have a king.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

You made it. Because you don't have to, you know,

[Fran]

like, you're a dude.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

I don't know. So they made a choice.

[Fran]

Full was just out of control. I say full is out of control.

[Ria]

It has to be at least McQueen Queen.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

That's your childhood bed.

[Fran]

Like, exactly.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Those are for kids.

[Fran]

Exactly.

[Ria]

Absolutely. Absolutely. So you get the king bed.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Yes, get the king bed. And we. I again dated in la and it was just, like, not really working for me again. I have to go through this all in the special. And then we went out on tour and he. I had known him before. It's a, like, long story. He had, like, a crush on me before. And, like, I was kind of like, he's like, you know, one of his, like, hall passes, whatever. And we had met at a show years prior. It's like a whole long story. Whatever. But I, like, know, know him. But I'd met him. I knew he was tall and hot. And so when we go out on this tour In May of 2023, we did, like, all our big theater shows and I had just gotten off the pill and was so horny. That's how that works. That's a real fucked thing for women that. It's just like, you're not protected against pregnancy, but you're hornier than ever. I was just horny. And I was like, I'm trying to find a husband and I'm just going to meet dudes on the road. And so that's really what I did. I hooked up with a guy the very first tour stop that was like, 23. And I was like, I can't believe he wasn't born in the 1900s. And then I connected with Shashank, my Now husband in Boston. And we. He came to the show, met up afterwards, and I basically just DM'd him, like, are you still single? You still are in love with me? You know, what's up? And he came, and the rest is history. We were together ever since.

[Ria]

That. That's amazing. And I love that he was a fan.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

That's. I can't recommend it enough. Taylor Swift did it, right? Marry your biggest fan. Like, it really is nice. Yeah.

[Ria]

Like, he's a huge fan of you.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

He respects you, and he also gets what we do.

[Ria]

Exactly.

[Fran]

Like, there's no adjusting of, like, having to introduce him to your material or what a show is like. Because he's already been there 100%.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Like, he can never. He loves what I do when he's totally secure and he gets it. But even if he wasn't, like, I'd be like, you knew.

[Ria]

Yeah, right. You can't say shit exactly. Like, you were a fan of me. Oh, now you're gonna switch.

[Fran]

I put it all out there, so you should know everything about me already.

[Ria]

I love that. And you talked so highly of him, which I love. You know, never taking out the trash. I'm with you. Never. Never. I didn't.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

If you live with a man, that's the man job.

[Ria]

That's a man. He takes out the trash. Like you said, all the feminism goes out the window. You're taking out the trash.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Like, he saw there's someone in our. That, like, one of our neighbors. He saw, like, the woman taking out the trash. And I was like, all right, we're just gonna give him the benefit of the doubt that our husband's out of town. Like, he's out of town.

[Ria]

Yes. Oh, my God. That is.

[Fran]

That is so true. I just. I did, like, a huge apartment clean over the weekend. Like, I had to trash, you know, the winter clothes back in storage and the whole thing. And I just was doing so much. But the one thing was just, like, in the corner were all the bags of trash. Cause it's like. Well, that's.

[Ria]

Yeah, it's your husband's job as a Joe.

[Fran]

Well, you will take the trash. You will take all the trash out.

[Ria]

Yeah, I got it. I don't open packages unless my husband's home. Cause I'm like, these boxes. Not my problem.

[Fran]

These boxes are not gonna break

[Ashley Hesseltine]

down, you guys. I don't think Shashank really knew what he was signed up for with the boxes. So, like, last year of, like, the tour, I was touring and planning a wedding. Like, outfits just so Much. Revolve so much. All the things. Like, so returning boxes. That.

[Ria]

Right?

[Fran]

Or then sometimes when he throws away the wrong box, I'm like, I needed that box.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Still.

[Fran]

The label's in the box.

[Ria]

What do you mean?

[Fran]

I'm like, well, the return label's in the box. Now the box is gone. Now I have to go find a printer.

[Ria]

I don't have a printer, guys.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

He brought a label printer into our house.

[Fran]

Oh, my God.

[Ria]

No, no.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

But I think he wasn't prepared for, like, the box. Like, yeah, sometimes. And I'll just throw them outside. Like, I'll just throw them out the front door. Like, that's not my problem.

[Ria]

Yeah, no, like that.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

I do a lot.

[Ria]

Right, exactly.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

In this home. And that's your area.

[Ria]

Right. You're bringing a lot into this home.

[Fran]

We are not like, the boxes just

[Ria]

folding up the boxes. Like, you should just look another way, and the boxes should be gone.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

I think it's hot to watch a man break down a bunch of boxes. A box cutter.

[Ria]

It's great. Oh, my God.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

A weapon.

[Ria]

It's like, we, like, plan a day. We're like, okay. He's like, I'm gonna get the packages. So, like, you're like, I'm gonna get that other packages. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's like, okay, well, tonight's a good night then. No, it's so funny. You talk about so much in the special. It was hilarious. You also had another joke that I wrote down about, like, meeting someone, like, college football, like, being like, where'd you go to? Where'd you go to college? What college football team? Are you fan? I'd be like, how old are we?

[Ashley Hesseltine]

I'm an adult. That was. So I lived in Atlanta for 10 years. I went to Clemson for. For college. So big, like, football school, and then lived in Atlanta. So it's interesting how people are more into their college team than an NFL team.

[Ria]

So.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

And now I'm like, I'm an adult. I'm an Eagles fan.

[Fran]

Like, you know, I graduated to a protein.

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Yeah. So it.

[Ria]

But it's.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

People are still like that, so it's still a go dogs or, you know, like.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

And I. That's something I don't get because I didn't really go to college. And, like, I don't understand.

[Fran]

I didn't have a big football. No big football scene.

[Ria]

Yeah. My husband's not college football. I mean, he likes college basketball, so it's not really anything different, but, like, you know, like, these people, like, wear the rings of the college they went to and all that. And I'm just like, that's really.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

That's really intense, and that's what you're into. That's totally fine. I mean, I had an ex. I mean, his whole personality was Alabama football, and either way, whatever you want to do. But to me, I'm like, it's so much more fun to be an Eagles fan, like, as my primary personality trait.

[Ria]

Right.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Than like, these college kids. That is true.

[Ria]

But it is being an Eagles fan, which comes with a lot of personality.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Yeah.

[Ria]

Maybe there are some places that. You know what I mean? It depends.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Cool. To be a Falcons fan. Like, being in the south, being in Atlanta, I'm like, the vibes are not the same. It felt the city. It did feel more transient in that way. Like, I don't think the Falcons. That's not a type of. So people in Atlanta are like Georgia fans or whatever, instead of Falcons fans as much.

[Ria]

Right. Is your husband a Patriots fan?

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Yeah. I mean, technically, just growing up in New England, but now he is an Eagles fan. Like, we've been to a bunch of games, and he and my brother.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

But I still like the Celtics, actually. Like, I have 76ers first. But, like. Like, we went to a Celtics playoff game. It was so electric. I love the Garden. Like, I am good with the Celtics,

[Ria]

so that's kind of tough.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

This past that always 76ers first. But yeah, we're just. I love it. He has Eagles, like, merch and stuff.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Like, he.

[Fran]

We really. You gotta. You gotta get him in. I. I did the same thing to my husband. We were going to. When we went to the Super Bowl, I was like, look, you're. We're going in the game. You're coming. And I got you a shirt, and I got you a hat, and you will be wearing.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

What did he. Who did he like before?

[Fran]

He's a Jets fan.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Okay.

[Fran]

So it's like. It's a struggle. And. And he was like, I can. I can jump it. I can jump in. It's like I could jump in and root for.

[Ria]

He was blowing the whistle all over the place after that.

[Fran]

Oh, absolutely. I'm like a cool Abercrombie, like, men's T shirt and the hat, the whole thing. I'm like, this is the look.

[Ria]

While we're on the topic of Philly, did you watch the Kevin Hart roast?

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Yeah.

[Ria]

Oh, my God. You were there. Okay. How was it being there?

[Ashley Hesseltine]

I loved being there. So I. I mean, I've seen some mixed reviews.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Some of what I've seen. Seemed like they're from people who don't know what a roast is, where it's the worst shit ever that you say about people, you know, and so that's

[Ria]

what it's supposed to be.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Yeah, it's. It's. All of it falls under racism, sexism, ageism, making fun of people's parents who died, your spouse who committed suicide. Like, it's dark. I didn't love all of it, but I. I think a couple things felt like, crossed the line. But I'm also, like, a comedian where I'm like, they're. The roast is where there shouldn't actually be a line, but being there was amazing. I mean, the fact that they brought Tom Brady out, I think really so started it strong. Because the thing about this roast was a lot of what you noticed if you watched it, was that it wasn't the strongest. Like, people. Like, it wasn't.

[Fran]

Yeah, right, right.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

They had a hard time even. I know, like, internally, they had a hard time even finding a lot of people to. To. To participate. So really start with that star power and then Usher, and then end with the Rock. Like, the whole time we're sitting there, like, is the Rock going to come out? And then Cheryl Underwood, who just. I didn't love the way they kind of went in on her all night. So I. I've never rooted for someone so much to go up and just absolutely crush. And it was electric, amazing.

[Ria]

Like, I was hitting my couch, laughing

[Ashley Hesseltine]

at Charlotte, Justin, I mean, Def Jam, old school, like, comedian, like, just really in it. And I. I talked to Shane a little after the after party, and he started, and he. You could tell that he was even like, oh, this is gonna be rough. You know, and he was probably just. The people were on the floor, maybe they weren't laughing. I don't know. We were all laughing. We thought it was great. And even he said that he felt like after Chelsea, it kind of cracked everybody open and kind of.

[Fran]

Yeah, yeah.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Got better after that. We were like, it was great the whole time. I mean, do you think people.

[Fran]

Do you think maybe some comedians are a little, like, afraid to participate in a roast like that because it's watched by so many people? And it's like, if you do try and go there, then you get, like, as you see the Internet ripping these people apart, saying, like, that wasn't funny, or blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. It's like, yeah, it's just like, maybe this is not worth it.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

For sure. People turn it down.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Don't want to do it. And I think there's also this probably more of a male trait that they're like, I'm gonna do it, and it's gonna make my. It's gonna Nikki Glazer my career, you know, because when you do it in a way that she did it, obviously she was famous before, but that catapulted her into another stratosphere. So I think most people are like, that's the dream for that to happen. To crush so hard that people just. It just changes your trajectory of your career. But that doesn't happen that often. So I don't know. I mean, all. Every comedian has a team of writers. It's admittedly, I don't think that's a secret anymore. I think maybe people used to think that that all came from their own brain, and it doesn't. If you don't. Higher writers. I think you're making a mistake. Yeah. If you really are that confident to think like, I can do this on my own, you're wrong. So there's. There's that. But, yeah, I think people don't want to do it. And I mean, don't want to be the person getting roasted. Like, I don't.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Think that Kevin Hart was probably their first choice.

[Ria]

Right.

[Fran]

Right. And you know what? We felt that in the sense that, like, you go from Tom Brady, so you get somebody that's not in that world, but just has the insane star power. That's what makes Rose sometimes so interesting, is when it's not a comedian.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Well. And didn't Kevin Hart hosted Tom Brady's roast? We just saw this, like. Which is fine. It was great. I love Kevin Hart. But Tom Brady, that was insane. When you really think about him agreeing to that. But it's shocking because he's. We don't. He's more private.

[Fran]

He's an athlete.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

I mean, he's one of the greatest of all time. It's nuts.

[Ria]

And I think he even. He was shocked by what was said to him, which made it even better. Like, Kevin Hart, he knows. He knows what's gonna be said about him. So it plays into it. I still thought it was great and funny. I think there were a couple of moments where it was just like, you could tell that Shane was, like, nervous about people's reaction. But I'm like, just. Just in my head, I'm like, just stop addressing it, you know, like.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Because he doesn't need to do that.

[Ria]

He kept being like, you. It's funny. And I'm like, you don't even have to do that.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

No one knows watching it.

[Ria]

Like, we didn't know that the crowd in front of you was not laughing.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

I told him that afterwards. I was like, we. Again, I think sometimes you're playing to. There was definitely comedians on the floor, but there you're. Sometimes you're playing to, like, the Hollywood elites or whatever. Like, I can't think of a worse crowd than, like, an Oscar crowd. Like those award shows and stuff. Different vibes at the roast. But I think it just. Just maybe took those people a little bit of time to warm up. But, like, I mean, Shane's also gonna.

[Ria]

Shane.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

And he's gonna, like, say the thing that's on it. Like, he. I think that makes him really relatable and likable, that he could be up there thinking he's bombing and he's not or.

[Ria]

Yeah, he, like, says it. But then in this moment, I feel like it just, like, took away from it sometimes. Just move. Just move along. Just move along. Because then there were other people saying similar jokes and people were cackling. So I'm like, you kind of just gotta move along.

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[Ria]

But I thought that there were some really great ones. I thought there were obviously some ones that missed that probably just didn't need to be said. But who did you think, like, was a real standout besides Cheryl? Because Cheryl, we know, like, absolutely crushed it.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Cheryl, Chelsea, Pete.

[Ria]

I. I said the same thing. I thought he was great. Chelsea as well.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Yeah.

[Ria]

I thought Pete was so funny.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

I thought he was, too. It's tough. Pete Davidson is so funny to be roasted. Everyone just talks about as big as Dick is. He can pull. It's insane to sit up there. And that's the. And his dad. He's heard about his dad. Whatever. He's fine about it. I thought. I thought the Usher thing was hilarious. Like, that he changed the lyrics to Burn. Yeah. And then, like, the rock coming out was great.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

I liked Lizzo. The flute with all the little.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

But I just. Not that she had these amazing jokes. She's not a comedian.

[Fran]

It was.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Her set was fine. She just was having fun.

[Ria]

Good PR for Lizzo just looked like

[Fran]

she was having fun and laughing. And I said. I said this as well. Like, when you watch a roast, you want to watch the people that are on the couches laugh at themselves. If they can't laugh at themselves when the camera cuts to them and they're just like. You're like, ooh. Like, it makes the joke less funny. It makes you, like, it gives you a different feeling. You want those people to also be laughing. So when everyone's making jokes about Lizzo and you could hear Lizzo dying, laughing, I'm like, that just. It just makes it.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Having the time. I just. Her. I really liked her energy. I don't really. I don't really know what was going on with Regina Hall. She was sitting there.

[Fran]

Yeah. Unsure.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

No shade. This is truly just what we saw was she looked very miserable. Miserable. Yeah. And I think the way they hurt Saturn next to Chelsea, like, Chelsea was in the forefront. So she's. I think that was weird, too. That was not maybe their decision, but Lizzo was. Had the most fun.

[Ria]

She.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

She, like, couldn't even get her through a joke. She was laughing so much, which is like, if you don't like her, you think that's annoying. I am neutral on her, so I was just like, she's having fun.

[Ria]

Yeah. It's good to just see people having fun up there. You mentioned that everybody has a team of writers, and if you don't, then, like, you just think you're too good. When it came to doing your special and doing your tour. Do you have a team of writers working with you for that?

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Writers? I've never. I have, like. I mean, it's. It's. No. And I I can't speak for every comedian, I think, you know, because some people, maybe they wouldn't be honest for the most part. Most people's first special should be, like, most of their own jokes. Like, I. The more famous you get, the more content you have to put out, which is a weird way to talk about comedy. But, like, I don't know, you're on your fifth or sixth special. You need help of coming up with the stuff. You're more.

[Fran]

You've only lived so much life.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Yes, exactly.

[Fran]

Special. You're like, I got. Got decades of material.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Yes. So this is all I got, you know, And I have. Yeah, I feel. I feel. I. Again, I can't speak for everybody. I feel. I feel proud of it. I have, like, a tag that's, you know, like, I. I've sat down with Andrew Collin, who I love, and we've workshop stuff, but it's all. And I think there's, like, one actually funny tag he gave me on this joke I have about Eminem the rapper. And. But other than that, no, it's all. I don't have writers to thank.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

I mean, my. My husband is like my muse, Reina. I sit down with Raina. I mean, it's. He and Raina are the people that are, like, my biggest support system. And also just. I run stuff by. Yeah. Like, I work stuff out with them. But I want to go back to the rose really quick because I just tell you guys. So you like. Meek Mill comes out at the end. He plays Dreams and Nightmares, which is also kind of like unofficial Philadelphia Eagles song. So he's at the after party, and I love him, and my brother, like, really loves him. So I was like, I want to talk to Meek, like. And by the way, the after party, there's a VIP section, which I think is funny because everybody's vip, Right. Right. But there's other vvip. We got to be a Vitana. Lamar Odom, like, whatever.

[Fran]

Yeah, yeah.

[Ria]

So all of the Kardashians, exes.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Yeah. Corey was there, too.

[Ria]

Lamar, perfect. French Montana.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Seriously, Right? Yeah. So Shashank was like, just go. Just go talk to him. I was like, no, you do it. I think something about him. He's just this, like, tall, attractive, like, Indian guy. He just, like, people take to him like, I'm just like a white girl, you know? I was like, you do it. You do it. He always does this for me. He did this with Jason Kelsey. Like, he'll go up and just be like, my wife, whatever. So he goes. And I said, Tell him we played Dreams of Nightmares at our wedding. We might have played it. Bottom line, I'm appropriating my brother's wedding. So the last song of my brother's wedding was Dreams and Nightmares. It was like the final song.

[Fran]

Like, whatever.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

They made a big thing about it. Our. That was not our final song. Our final song was We Found Love, obviously by Rihanna. But I was like, we'll just. We'll just tell him. That was our. We will just tell.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Yeah.

[Fran]

We'll just combine. Come on.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Yeah, it's fine. We give my brother. Yeah, I'm sure he will. I would allow it. So he goes up and he's like, mika, I gotta tell you, my wife's from Philly. I'm not. I would die if you said where. Because I'd have to be like, Delaware. And then I'd be like, I'm mortified, but right. Philly adjacent.

[Ria]

Literally. Just make up a place.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

I would have been like, Manion. I would have just said a thing. Would I?

[Fran]

You do the same. I do the same thing. He's like, I grew up in North Jersey. They're like, oh, are you in Philly fan? I'm like, I just am, like, you know?

[Ashley Hesseltine]

So he's like, my wife's from Philly. I'm like, what if he asked square?

[Ria]

But.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

And he was like, we played Dreams and Nightmares at our wedding. And he was like, you did? That's so cool. And he has like. There's security right there. Like, they put his hand on Shashank. And Meek, like, is like, he's good. He's good. And so we tell him this. And I wasn't gonna ask for a photo, but we told him this whole thing. He goes, then get that flick then. And I go, what? I was like, does he.

[Ria]

I don't know.

[Fran]

I never.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

He goes, get that flag then. And I said, what?

[Fran]

He was like, you're like, get that picture. Like, is that a photo?

[Ria]

I've never heard flag, but that is amazing.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

So, like, we. And then Shashank takes it. He's like, man, you can be in it. And he's like, no, no, I'm good. Just take it with my girl, you know?

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

And the photo's crazy.

[Ria]

Do you have it?

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Yeah, it's. I have it on my.

[Fran]

I saw you put on my carousel.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

But in the back background is Tiffany Haddish and French Montana. Just casually in the background.

[Ria]

That is unbelievable.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

It couldn't have been nicer.

[Ria]

That is so nice. I'm gonna use that. Get that Flick, then.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Get that flick then. We've been saying it, like, for days, ever since.

[Fran]

Amazing. You're like, I think you mean photo. I'm just gonna go with photo.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

I'm just gonna stand next to you and hope you mean photo.

[Ria]

Next time a fan comes up to you, be like, get that flick.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

100%. Well, okay. When you guys meet people, they come up to you like, I love you. Like, I know if they want a picture. Yeah. I don't care if. I'll take it if you ask, but I'm not gonna. I'm not gonna offer.

[Fran]

No, no, no. God forbid. They go, no, I'm good.

[Ria]

Which has happened, by the way, because it has.

[Fran]

My friends do it all the time. Like, my real best. Like, they're. And they're. They mean well. They're so great. But, like, if we're out at a bar somewhere or something, and like. Like, a listener comes up and they're like, oh, friend, like, love your stuff. Like, one of my friends will be like, oh, my God, like, do you want a picture? And they'll be like, no,

[Ashley Hesseltine]

I told my friends to stop doing that. Yeah, yeah, you don't need to do that.

[Ria]

Or when they're with, like, a significant other and the significant other's like, get the.

[Fran]

Get a picture with her.

[Ria]

And they're like. And she's. And they're like, no, no, it's okay. And they walk away. So not good enough for a flip then. Or.

[Fran]

It's also almost worse when they go, I guess. Yeah.

[Ria]

And then you're like, sure.

[Fran]

So now you're taking the picture. They don't really want it. It's probably just gonna get.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Now you're their fan.

[Ria]

By the way, I'm always open to taking a picture. Like, oh, you want to take a picture with me? Please.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

The dynamic has shifted.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

When they aren't excited anymore.

[Ria]

Yeah. It's like, okay, what if I would

[Ashley Hesseltine]

have said no to Meek Mill? Yeah, I'm good.

[Ria]

This is enough.

[Fran]

Wait, you mentioned Tiffany Haddish. And, like, what was she doing?

[Ashley Hesseltine]

I don't know. She was there.

[Fran]

She was there.

[Ria]

She was cover of Sports Illustrator, cover

[Fran]

of Sports Illustrated, but she didn't have one moment.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Okay, so, by the way, like, we couldn't totally see. They didn't show on the. Like, we weren't seated right up front. We could see everything. We were watching some of the screens, too, but we couldn't see close up. Everybody who was on the back. Back of the couch. And there was a moment where I was like, all these people can't be roasting. This will take. Will be her.

[Fran]

Yeah. And it was already long.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

It was already long. Yeah. So she was just sitting there. Like, if you guys watched it, Like, I didn't see it from that vantage point. Like, she's just sitting there now. Like, I don't understand it.

[Fran]

They just didn't address sitting there.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

But I don't even get it because she's a comic. Like, yeah, I get it. If you want your friends up there to. To. To be on the couches. I don't.

[Fran]

That was, like, the situation on the other couch. I think Kevin Hart said his boys in the.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

In the back, which is fine, which is understandable. But a comedian is that. I don't understand.

[Fran]

I know. And then it was like. And it was really not, like, addressed at all. Like, I don't think they said her name.

[Ria]

Never.

[Fran]

It wasn't like, she was not roasted by anyone else. Her name was not brought up. Yeah, she just, like, not even, like.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

And Tiffany's here. Like, it was like they were told, keep her name out of your mouth.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

It was weird. Yeah.

[Ria]

It kind of felt like they were told to keep Regina Hall's name out of their mouth.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

But. But then I'm like, I. But what would they have said? I don't know.

[Fran]

Yeah, right.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

I know. What. What joke is there? I don't know.

[Ria]

I don't know.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Although.

[Fran]

And. And she was. I thought she was funn. She went up. It was. She kind of put on, like, a whole. She's a great actress, so I feel like she did, like, this whole performance, really, of, like, hearing from Kevin's dead mom, which was. I thought it was pretty funny.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

She said she's. What did she say? She was like. She said she's doing the mom. She's like. She said Tiana wasn't gonna do good.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

The most beautiful woman. Yeah, yeah. Amazing actress, obviously, but she did kind of bomb. And then when Shane went up after and addressed it, I laughed, like. So I told him that that night. I was like, that really got me.

[Ria]

Yeah. And when he was like, pete, you're the only one that can. Yeah, that was really funny. Teyana Taylor really is. I was writing this in our group chat. I was like, she is definitely one of the hottest people alive. It's actually not even close. Like, it's pretty stunning. Looking at her. Like, I can't even imagine seeing her in person.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Close.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

When you see people like that. So guess star sighting the other night was. We saw.

[Ria]

Yeah, I saw Leonardo Caprell the other day.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

You did what? Like, how did you feel seeing him in. In the Flash?

[Fran]

Clearly, she hasn't stopped thinking about, well, mine.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Aunt Becky from Full House, So. No less Lori Loughlin, but stunning.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

I imagine.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

She's so beautiful.

[Fran]

She's got a different haircut, too. That really suits her, I thought.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

I didn't even. And then I just saw her daughter this morning on some cover. Something I didn't realize just how much they look alike.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

Look a lot alike.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

But we saw her, we walk in this restauran, and Shashank was like, that's Lori Laughlin. And I'm like, you're exactly right. And she's so beautiful. Like, when you Usually you see celebrities in real life, they're smaller than you think and more stunning.

[Ria]

Yeah, no, Leo was.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Oh, wait, where'd you see.

[Ria]

Sorry. At a restaurant in the city. Well, I saw Sam Rockwell, Adrien brody, and Leonardo DiCaprio.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Oh, my gosh.

[Ria]

At the same restaurant. All at separate times. Leo had his mustache. He's looking fantastic. I feel like his aura and presence is still on me from Friday.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Same with Meek Mill, but.

[Ria]

Yeah, right, Exactly. We link up together. Oh, my God. Unstoppable. We're Leo and Meek Mill together. No, it just, like, feels like it's still on me a little bit. Like I'm glowing a little bit more and everything. But as the days go on, I get sadder and sadder because I feel like.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

Like, it's like memories fading a little bit. I heard his voice, which was, like, to me, I. I love Leonardo Caprio's voice.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Yeah.

[Ria]

And, like, that really sticks with me, you know? But, yeah. Enough about me and this story.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Were you with your husband?

[Ria]

No, this is a. We've already been through it. It's kind of a controversial story in this room. She was supposed to go spend 45

[Fran]

minutes talking about it on Monday.

[Ria]

Didn't get the invite.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Oh, my God.

[Ria]

So, like, people are, like, really jealous of me and the people I were with in this office because I was with two other people in this office, and, like, the office is, like, really, like, jealous of it. It's, like, really ugly of them, actually. Like, they're, like, being, like, really rude

[Ashley Hesseltine]

about being a hater.

[Ria]

No. Yeah, they're being, like, big time haters are being rude and, like, dismissing us. It's like, okay, well, some of us saw Leo and some of us didn't.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Right. I don't mean just, I don't know, invite him to the office, see if he Comes.

[Ria]

Yeah. That would be everything. He was with his girlfriend and everything. Yeah.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

That's huge. That's like the top

[Fran]

one of the. One of the guys had to keep bragging. Try and take a picture, though. As he went into the car.

[Ria]

Yeah. He tried to get that flick him.

[Fran]

Someone, like, from the restaurant came out.

[Ria]

It was like, you gotta delete that. So I'm hoping I'm not banned from this place, but that is. Besides.

[Fran]

And, like, didn't even get him in the picture. He just, like, got his car.

[Ria]

Yeah. He just wanted to be like, he's in this car.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Yeah.

[Ria]

To rub it in Noah's face.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

And Noah's, like, been hating us ever since. It's a whole thing. He's like, really?

[Ashley Hesseltine]

I could feel Noah's hater.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

It's like.

[Ria]

It's radiating.

[Noah]

I'm just saying that this didn't happen. Like, this was just. This is a whole elaborate.

[Ria]

Really fun that this.

[Fran]

Oh, no, it did.

[Ria]

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[Ashley Hesseltine]

It's been really received. Really well, so, yes, like you mentioned, you can watch it on YouTube or Prime Video, but I did a live premiere on YouTube with a live chat, which was, like, the most fun thing my life.

[Fran]

So I.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

You never. I don't know. I had some nerves about that. I think we all think, like, are this. They're gonna be, like, haters in there. No, it was all positive. And it's just everyone is in this chat going crazy about, like, every joke, every tag, and they're like. Like, it was so nuts. And, like, a few people jumped in. Like, like, my director from the special jumped in. Like, the Stand comedy club jumped. And, like, just random people kept coming in there. And Raina popped in, and everyone's like, where's Shashank? And, like, he comes in. He's like, hi. And I had some friends over, and we. My Shashank made this bingo. So we had, like, here comes the bride bingo and still get those. You can check my link tree and download the bingo card or play it on, like, digitally. But that was really so fun. Like, there was, like, such a high. And to have people over at my house and watch it and stuff. So fun. It's just. It's been great. The feedback has been great.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

I mean, it's. People are saying they're watching it two and three times.

[Fran]

Yeah, it was.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

I've never in my life watched a comedy special twice.

[Ria]

Really? I mean, I do it all the time.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

You do?

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Because.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Well, it's so flattering.

[Fran]

It turns into a comfort, I think. Like, it's like. Yeah, you're like. You know, a laugh is coming.

[Ria]

Okay.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Okay. Yeah, I. I love to hear that. I mean, I. So it's just. I. I love hearing from people watching it, and I've. I've gotten so many incredible messages, and a lot of people are watching it with their partners, and I. The message I've probably gotten the most is, like, I watch this with my boyfriend, fiance, husband, and he doesn't laugh a lot. And I'm like, relatable. I get it.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

And he loved it. And I'm like, that's so nice. You know? And this one DM from this woman she sent, and she was like, I was watching your special, and I thought my kids were, like, doing something, and all of a sudden, my daughter comes around the corner and goes, who choked her? And she was like. So I had to watch her.

[Fran]

What's. What does uncircumcised meaning.

[Ria]

That bit was so good about the gel Manny and the choking. It was that Was so good.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

I mean, to be. To be getting choked, and you're like, this guy's the gel. Manny, Yo.

[Ria]

I'm actually getting.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

This is the color, by the way.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

And you're getting choked by yourself, basically.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Right? That's right.

[Fran]

When you were like, ladies, we all know the color.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

This is the color. I actually do. It's called let's be Friends. It's Sz. No, it's Opi. Opi. Let's be Friends.

[Fran]

I was like. In my head, I was like, it's

[Ria]

either that or it's funny Bunny, you know? Right.

[Fran]

We all know it.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Totally real.

[Ria]

Oh, it's too good.

[Fran]

You know what I also really loved? At the end of the special, you put in a moment from your wedding with your. I'm guessing your dad's speech.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Yeah.

[Fran]

And he makes a DUI joke, and everyone goes crazy. But I'm laughing because everyone's going crazy. But then I'm like, you know, his. His family doesn't seem to be hooting and hollering as much at their table because, like, your friends are, like, up, like, waving there, like, throwing their napkins around. I'm like, oh, my God, I'm dying. Like, yeah, he has, like.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

At our wedding, he had, like, his mom was a bunch of sisters. Like, he had his, like, aunties there, like, you know, or his actual aunts, actually. And I don't even know if they really process what happened. But, yeah, this moment at our wedding. So there's wedding footage all throughout. It opens. It's through a few moments throughout, and then it ends with this moment of my dad's speech. That's. You know what it is? It's my joke. My dad just called back to my joke, so everyone thinks he brought the house down. I'm like, that's my bit. He just said he knows the bit. I just filmed the special three weeks ago. He's seen it. He knows it. So he did my joke. And standing ovation. My agent is honestly. Book him a tour. Sign him right now. Like, people were on their feet. Bobby Westside is my friend who emceed the wedding. He's got the mic stand pumping it above his head. Like, people went absolutely berserk for this thing at my wedding. And my dad, he plays a big part of the special, too. I tell this whole story about him and everything. He just. He's so funny. And I. He didn't plan that. It was. People were like, how I couldn't plan that if I tried.

[Fran]

Yeah. Yeah, that's right. That's off the cuff.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

And he like he's a big drinker but he didn't drink until after a speech. Like he went in clear headed knowing he was going to crush. Like I truly feel like after that he totally let loose. Like he knew he had a moment coming.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

So yeah, it was, it was so good because it just felt like what great energy from everybody in the response.

[Ria]

So good.

[Fran]

And you always kind of think like that someone who is a comedian for their job, you're like, well you must be surrounded by funny, some funny people in your life. Like you gotta get the funny from. You have to be kind of introduced to funny somehow.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Right?

[Ria]

Funny or like trauma.

[Fran]

Yes, yeah, no, for sure.

[Ria]

Or a combination of both.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

And that was really our like speech block at our wedding was so elite.

[Fran]

Like I don't.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Cause that was. My brother did a speech. He's so funny. I think he's the funniest person. He hates public speaking. He's not a big showman, but I think he's hilarious. It was so funny. My parents, mainly my dad and then Shashank's sister had everyone in tears. I mean we did it so well. And every time I'm at a wedding this speeches started. I, I, I, I honestly love when people bomb. Like I, I find like some of the awkwardness. I, it's so entertaining to me.

[Fran]

But like it's hard.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Wedding speeches are can be so brutal and so long, dude. Like I was like, we'll start lighting people if they go over their time.

[Ria]

Yeah, we didn't. We did. At our rehearsal dinner the night before, my sister, my brother in law and my mother in law all made speeches. And then only at our wedding did my dad make a speech. Right? And he like, he was so nervous because he was the only one making a speech. But he fucking crushed it.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

I love that.

[Ria]

But he like, like he had tears, he had people laughing. But he was so nervous, right? My dad was like so nervous leading up to it. Like he couldn't even speak to people. Like once like the reception started was until after that, but then we went.

[Fran]

Yeah, I was like up at the bar with him and I was like, are you all right?

[Ria]

He like couldn't like he, he was just.

[Fran]

And your mom was like, he's nervous.

[Ria]

He like couldn't speak. And Fran was like, I think your dad's like freaking out.

[Fran]

I'm like,

[Ria]

no, literally. But we went to a wedding and I'll just say it, I won't say who, but there was a speech that happened and the Guy, the, you know, best man, said, like, he's done a lot of dumb things, but, like, the dumbest thing he's ever done is get married. And like, we. No, no, no. We like the room stops.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Wedding crashers.

[Ria]

No, no. It was like. Like genuinely like, well, you know. You know, we're at the wedding right now, right? Like, everyone felt like. Like, you could just hear the air sucked out of the room, but at the same time, you're like, I am.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

No, I'm, like, dying.

[Ria]

So thankful I did that. Like, I will take everyone believe I just witnessed this.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Like, if the bride is my best friend, I'm upset. Yeah, right. No, no, but otherwise, I. You guys, I. I live for stuff like that. Like, there is a thing you feel

[Ria]

awful, but at the same time, you're like, that was epic.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

There was, like, a little bit of something we thought might be drama. My wedding with, like, a couple that broken up. Whatever. Nothing happened, but I was like, get into it.

[Fran]

I love drama.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Like, as long. As long as doesn't affect me.

[Fran]

Yes.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

I'm just like, I love a little stories.

[Ria]

The next day, I was.

[Fran]

Family drama go down. And. And, like, I was like. And I just, like, sat there being like, oh, my God, I can't believe I'm. I can't believe I'm watching, like, a dispute at a wedding. This is my dream.

[Ria]

It's kind of the best, though, when it, like, doesn't actually happen, but you hear rumblings of it might happen. Like, people are talking shit and you're like, like, honestly, I had this kind of the same thing at our wedding.

[Fran]

Your Uncle James said last night, yeah,

[Ria]

I had a couple people fuming at somebody else, and I was like, like, you know, I don't want anything to happen, but, like, hey, you got to do what you got to do, you know, Like. But the next day, getting the full recap of this person said. This person said that.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

It's so. It's a. Like, I had one friend who's married, but, like, all these guys were going after. Like, there was just. She didn't do anything.

[Fran]

She.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

She was going to flirt a little bit, and people thought they had a chance. A guy slipped her his room key. I'm like, her husband's here. And then, like, we one guess not on my side, that was just the drunkest, most problematic. Like, the. Like, my wedding planner said she caught him crying and she shoved him into the bathroom and said, clean yourself up. Get yourself together. She cut him off at the bar, like, the next day, and all the things.

[Fran]

And you're like, wow, everyone does such a good job of protecting the bride and groom.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

They do.

[Fran]

From this. Because you hear it the next day. You're like, when did that happen?

[Ria]

I didn't find out until six months later that my godfather threw up under his table. He is so drunk that he threw up at his seat. Had no idea.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

No idea.

[Ria]

I was like, that's amazing. He had a good time.

[Fran]

Yep.

[Ria]

Yep.

[Fran]

It's just like. You're like, wow. I don't know how I was there. How did I do this? Without me realizing this was.

[Ria]

No one doesn't even remember my wedding.

[Noah]

That's my biggest regret is that I don't remember anything.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

You drank. She blacked out.

[Noah]

Yeah. After the cocktail hour. I don't remember anything.

[Ria]

He carved his initials.

[Fran]

Fully realize that we don't have any recollection.

[Ria]

I have so many pictures of Noah's initials on the corner of our dance floor that he was so drunky. Car.

[Fran]

You know, like when he's like, your rubber soles on. Like it. You know when you be in gym class in middle school and you would use your.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Yes.

[Fran]

Your. Your school shoes on the gym floor and it would like, you.

[Ria]

You could.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Like, it would leave rubber pass. Like he was doing that on the dance floor.

[Ria]

There are romantic pictures of my husband and I like kissing and he's dipping me. And you just see in the corner Noah's initials in the background.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

No. What. What'd you do at the cocktail hour? Were you like ripping shots?

[Noah]

Well, there was like two hours in between after the. So like we went to a bar. So I think that's really what.

[Fran]

Like we had about two hours in between where some people could pace themselves. He's like, it's my big.

[Ria]

He goes, I had such a good time. I think that's so true.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Those weddings with that gap in between that I've been to. Like, it's a little worrisome always, like, what are people going to get in?

[Ria]

Hey, it was a good time, though.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Totally.

[Fran]

Yeah. Yes. No, that.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

That.

[Fran]

That is so true. You really just never know.

[Ria]

You just don't always know what's going on.

[Fran]

All these other side plots that are happening.

[Ria]

So what's the. What's the next era for you now you're married? Are we closing the chapter on. No, I mean, on the. The comedy front of you. It was all. It was all wedding related.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

I don't know. I mean, I have written some new. I mean, you get to start from scratch. Obviously. You dump everything and it's like a start completely from scratch. And I've been working on some new stuff. I. Reina is on tour, so I've been going out with her and like, that's when I'm like working stuff out. She's the show here Thursday. If you guys can come, we'll talk after at Gramercy Theater. So I'll. I'll host her show. Me doing stand up for 13 years. Raina started it six months ago. I'm her host. Yeah, we love that dynamic opening for her.

[Fran]

Yep.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

That's my best friend. But I don't know, I mean, I really do enjoy doing comedy. I love doing this special. I don't know. I joke that I want to do one amazing special. I want to be like Lauryn Hill. Like one album. One and done one perfect album.

[Fran]

And you're like, she doesn't have to really do anything more because that one album.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

But no, I'm still doing it. I don't have like an immediate goal. I have other things we want to do, like Rain and I want to do.

[Ria]

We got the podcast Girls Got to Eat. You guys know it. Alright. If you listen to this show, I'm sure you know Girls Got to Eat. We love it.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

We have that. We want to write a book eventually. We've been saying that for years and that's kind of it. Yeah. So just like, what kind of book?

[Fran]

More like.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Like. Like everything we've learned over the last eight years of having our show mixed in with our personal stories as well. And we've. We never knew how we were going to do it because we can't just combine our voice into one. And we've seen some podcasters do a really good job with alternating chapters. Like Raina does what I do on kind of like our shared stories and life lessons and things like that. So when we picture it kind of like we kind of mapped out how it would. Would look as like a trilogy, even A trilogy. That sounds like. Yeah, you know, like other books down the road. Yeah. Do it have a book that turns into a TV show? Like the next thing, huh?

[Fran]

Is it Volume one?

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Yeah, exactly.

[Ria]

We love it and we love you guys so much. You guys are crushing it. We're so happy for you. Totally can see a TV show. I mean, that's writes itself, but you guys are both amazing. Thank you so much for coming and we're so excited for you. Everyone can watch Ashley's special on YouTube or Amazon Prime. I watch it on Amazon Prime. Not that you care where I watch it, but I'M just saying.

[Fran]

And I watched it on YouTube, so there you go.

[Ria]

You're getting the views all over the place. Love it. Ashley, thank you so much. Thank you, guys.

[Ashley Hesseltine]

Love this.

[Ria]

And that wraps up today's episode of chicks in the office. Thank you so much for watching and listening. We love you guys so very much. We have a song, super exciting interview coming on Friday, so make sure you watch off campus. Okay, we'll talk to you then. Love you. Bye.

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[Noah]

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