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Ria
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Fran
what's up everyone? It's Chicks in the Office with Ria and Fran giving you that Friday Energy on a Friday. Happy Friday everybody.
Ria
Happy Friday. How are we feeling?
Fran
Good.
Ria
It's a beautiful day today. Gorgeous, Gorgeous
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Ria
this is my I Ideal temp. I'm glad we're getting a few days like this. Low 60s.
Fran
Very nice.
Ria
Gorgeous.
Fran
Very, very nice.
Ria
Great dog walking weather.
Fran
Oh, yeah. Alen's very happy sweat.
Ria
Oh, she is. But like, she could walk 15 miles on. On a day like today.
Fran
Yeah.
Ria
And she knows her way around the city now. So, like, when I take her down a sidewalk that, like, if I make a turn, she'll dig her heels in, like, oh, I don't want to go that way.
Fran
I don't know. That's true.
Ria
She's like, I actually want to go south. Thank you.
Fran
Safety protocol.
Ria
And we're going to. And she'll like, well, fully. I'm like, okay, it's her walk. I let you know. Create your own adventure.
Fran
Exactly.
Ria
Kind of let her take me wherever she would like to go. But no, I'm excited for this weekend. It feels like spring has sprung in New York. I haven't been here in a while for a weekend. It feels like. And it's my mom's birthday today, Friday.
Fran
Oh, happy birthday.
Ria
So happy birthday to my mom. I got to see her last week and Mother's Day on Sunday. Unfortunately, she does have her birthday very
Fran
close to Mother's Day, so it's like a whammy.
Ria
It is.
Fran
But you. It's.
Ria
Because a lot of times it's like a combined.
Fran
Right, Right.
Ria
And she's like, I get screwed. Because if my birthday was another time. I get a birthday gift and a mistake gift.
Jo Ellen
Yeah.
Fran
It's a common.
Ria
But when it's like.
Fran
Right.
Ria
Yeah. I actually sent. And it was kind of a selfish. Was partly for me, but also for them. They just like, don't have blank. I'm just a blanket person, you know, a nice, fuzzy, cozy blanket. I love it.
Jo Ellen
I did.
Ria
And. And you know what? There's really nothing better. And it was funny because my brother was at my apartment and I was in Florida. And funny enough, he had texted being like, we gotta get one of these bad boys in Florida. And I said, jb, it's on the way. It's coming tomorrow.
Fran
Perfect.
Ria
And I was like, I ordered it last week so that it would come when I'm here so that I could use it.
Fran
Smart.
Ria
But when I leave, it's for my mom. Cause they just like. They're not blanket people.
Fran
I can't live in a world like that.
Ria
It's. I can't really. Even when it's hot out, I like to sit on the couch with a blanket.
Fran
I am so with you. I am such a blanket person. Grew up a blanket person.
Ria
Yep.
Fran
Matt not really a blanket person. And I've kind of got him onto the blankets on the couch. Because I'm just like, you gonna sit there with your legs out like that? No. Not gonna cover.
Ria
Crazy. I think I have, like, four blankets on my couch.
Fran
Like someone who's got shorts on. I'm like, oh, my God. You sitting on the couch like that?
Ria
No. Come on, get on under. No, you can't be covered like that. And you're so much cozier with the blanket.
Fran
With the blanket.
Ria
And my mom's like, what do you mean? We have this blanket? I'm like, mom, I think that blanket has been. I think that blanket was in a house 20 years ago. Plus, like, I'm like, I remember that from when I was little. Like, that blanket has. It's on its last leg. Let's upgrade here.
Fran
Yeah.
Ria
And it was a luxurious upgrade.
Fran
Well, that's a beautiful blanket.
Ria
Now I'm like, you're welcome. You're gonna love this. Despite not really being a blanket person, my brother probably is gonna profit off of it the most. But it really is blankets. You just need something on the couch.
Fran
I'm totally with you naked on the couch.
Ria
And by naked, I mean clothed. Clothed, but just clothed. Do you ever sleep with nothing over you? No, not really. Like, no. Sometimes in a robe, but not fully in the nude.
Fran
Yeah.
Amanda
Do you?
Fran
No.
Ria
No. You were teeing up for you to be like, yeah.
Fran
Well, I will say.
Ria
Yeah.
Fran
When the sun is shining.
Ria
Yeah.
Fran
Into the window.
Ria
Yeah. Oh, well, that's fair. Some also have the ideal apartment for that. Because nobody can see into your apartment.
Fran
Talking about this out loud, it makes me want to.
Ria
Not.
Fran
Because, like, people coming over my house, and they're gonna know that I. I
Noah
was gonna say I. I've been on your couch many times.
Ria
That doesn't bother me.
Fran
But no one sits in the corner.
Ria
But, you know, no one's, like, doing it. It's like, fresh out of the shower.
Fran
Right?
Ria
Clean.
Fran
Fresh out of the shower. I'm very clean.
Ria
Yeah. It's not like you're sweating, stripping all your clothes off and sitting naked on the couch.
Fran
It happens. And it doesn't happen often, but it has happened. Where I'm fresh out of the shower.
Ria
Yeah.
Fran
The sun is shining. I go into my corner, by the way, which no one really sees.
Ria
No one goes, right.
Fran
It's your corner comes over. Nobody goes into the corner of the couch where it's got the whole thing, you know, And I just let the sun hit my My body.
Ria
Yeah.
Fran
You know, I read and it charges me up.
Ria
Yeah, that's nice. I. I would do it more if you. You could totally see right into my apartment. Right, like across the street. Like.
Fran
Yeah.
Ria
And it's funny because when you live
Fran
in New York, I'm probably Ugly Naked Guy.
Ria
I. No, I'm friends. That's probably me. Like, I think it's me. Like, the amount I walk around naked in my apartment and for some reason, for some reason I tell myself they can't see me despite me completely being able to see them. You know, like, I look across the street and I can see what everybody's doing in their apartment.
Fran
Right. You just gotta, like, put it out of your mind.
Ria
Like, I got a name. Like, I got a guy that I think. I think he moved, but for a while he was like playing the guitar. Definitely naked, like right in his window.
Fran
Naked guitar guy.
Ria
Yeah. Yeah. We had another naked guy we saw sometimes. And yet some. And yet when I'm naked and I'm like. I'm like, nah, there's no way they can see me. But they totally can.
Fran
Just put it out of your brain. Totally.
Ria
You should be able to walk around
Fran
your place freely naked.
Ria
Exactly, exactly. There's no better feeling. You know what I'm like, this is where I live.
Fran
There is no better feeling than walking around butt ass naked in the comfort of your own home. Because when you stay at somebody else's home and you gotta cover up. Yeah, it's you. Everything goes out the window. You're like, oh, my God. Wait, I can't just walk out of the bathroom naked right now. I gotta get dressed.
Jo Ellen
It's a whole thing.
Ria
I know.
Fran
It is a luxury to walk around your home naked.
Ria
It absolutely is.
Fran
Yeah.
Ria
And even when everybody can see it, right? Even when it's like into your window and on a skinny New York City street, it's whatever.
Fran
It is what it is.
Ria
I think everyone's accepted it. Like when you live in New York, it's like. Yeah. You see, to get people in their
Fran
apartment, it's like looking at art.
Ria
Yeah, it's art.
Fran
It's beautiful. Human body's a beautiful thing. Even beautiful.
Ria
Yeah.
Fran
Speaking of human body is a beautiful thing. I'm waiting. One of my best friends, my God.
Jo Ellen
Still.
Fran
She got induced two days ago and we're waiting on movement. I don't know, we thought it was happening two days ago.
Ria
And I'm not exactly an expert by any means, but I kind of thought that like they, they said that induced, like it. Things Start to move quickly.
Fran
It really depends. Everybody's different. They thought that was gonna happen. They had told her on Monday, they said to her, or Monday or Tuesday it was. They said, tomorrow at this time you will be leaving here with your baby. That did not happen.
Ria
That did not happen. So hopefully by the time this comes out, you know.
Fran
So we have been on baby watch this week. Yeah. I had told my friend Fiona on Sunday, we were talking about rice balls and she was like, I just don't know if anything on Long island can live up to the rice balls that you showed me. And I said, honey, when you give birth, I'm gonna make you homemade rice balls. I thought I had like two or three more weeks.
Ria
Yeah.
Fran
The next day she went to a follow up appointment. Boom. They sent her to the hospital. So I was like, I don't know if the homemade rice balls are happening this week.
Ria
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, That's.
Fran
But they will happen for her, right?
Ria
It might not be right away.
Fran
It might not be right away, but
Ria
maybe she won't want to eat them right away.
Fran
That's true, that's true. Cause she says she's in the mood for a lot of things, but you don't know until after. So we'll see. So we've been on a baby watch this week and on top of that, Survivor last night. I won't spoil because I know people have to catch up and the last time I did this accidentally spoiled. I won't do that. But I just have to say that this season is so damn good. And every time I turn on an episode I go, oh, God, I hope this is just as good as last week because it's really good. Oh, my God, it is so, so good. I am eating it up.
Ria
Survivor's a Wednesday night show.
Fran
It is. It used to be Thursday nights years ago.
Noah
How many episodes, like, I couldn't catch up at this point.
Ria
You could catch up on this season. You absolutely can.
Fran
Well, we're up to episode like 10.
Noah
Oh, that's not that bad.
Ria
Please.
Fran
No, you can catch up.
Ria
You can do that in a night. It's.
Fran
It's just so damn good. Speaking of Survivor, the new surviving barstool cast was announced. Matt is doing it. He's on the cast. It's a fun cast of characters. Way different than the last. Than last year.
Ria
Yeah. Younger group.
Fran
Younger group.
Ria
Fresher group.
Fran
Yeah.
Ria
Like some, you know, like new names.
Fran
Yeah, new names. Not like the OG Not a lot of like OG Bar. So, I mean, there are people that have been here For a long time, but not in the way that it was like last time, when it was like, Dave big cat, like those people. So that'll be fun. That is filming very soon. So you know what? Obviously, we're Room for Matt. We're gonna send good vibes, so that'll be fun. But that won't air until he'll be a while August or September. So. Yeah.
Noah
Yeah.
Fran
But that. That'll be a lot of fun. How about you guys? Anything. Anything new this week?
Ria
No. I went to the Release Recovery foundation gala Wednesday night, which was a beautiful event. I haven't been to Cal in a. In a. In a while, but they put together such a gorgeous event. And the Knicks and the Sixers were playing at the same time, which was funny because it was a good crowd of. This is, you know, Zach Clark's foundation and the people in his life, a lot of Philly people. So, like, there's the Sixers people. But this is event. The event is in New York, so a lot of New York people, very smart on their part. They put up a Team Knicks, Team Sixers fundraising battle. So it's like you could text and donate in favor of Team Knicks or Team Sixers.
Fran
Wow, that's smart.
Ria
Which was great. When I left, Team Sixers was running away with it, so they may. They didn't get the actual win.
Fran
Yeah. But they wanted the foundation.
Ria
But they wanted the foundation. We had a lovely night. They also honored Carl, which was great. So Carl had a speech, and I just really love hearing. Hearing from him. It's just his journey and everything he's been through. And he kept saying he didn't feel like he was deserving of this. Of this honor, but he really is doing so much by sharing his story so publicly and on tv. And him and Kyle are a. Okay. Like, he thanked Kyle multiple times in his speech, too, of just, like, being lucky to have a friend. Because it's so crazy. Like, they're fighting right now on the show. But it was a good reminder, Like, a lot of it's a TV show. And he was like, kyle's been by my side for years and years and wouldn't be able to do this without him, which. Which was really, really nice. I do laugh every time I see Kyle because I'm always like, hey. And he's like, hey, seen what you said. Yeah. And he takes it on the chain. I'll give it to him. He's a good sport. I think he's been doing this for a long time, so he knows and he's always, he's always nothing but nice when I see him and we chat. So it was nice. There was a bunch of people from, like, Bravo behind the scenes, people execs and stuff that were there to support Carl, which was so nice. And it was such a. It was, it was a lovely event. It's also great because Taos, like, tow downtown's not that far from where I live, so it's like a. An e. An easy trip. But it was a lovely evening despite the Sixers losing again, which is not good.
Noah
I mean, it was a close game, though.
Ria
It was. It was way better than game one. At least there's that.
Fran
It was very close.
Ria
Yeah, it was very close.
Noah
I was really pulling. I'm really pulling because I just can't stand Knicks fans. So I was. I'm really reading. I mean, not that I'm like, I love six either, but I think, well,
Ria
now it's funny because I'm, I'm. Every time I see now, I'm like, God damn it, Kylie's at the game. She's a good luck charm. Every time.
Fran
They were so cute last night. I mean, comments by celebs had so many behind the scenes videos of them because they had a great view of where they were sitting, of them. They got them got her going up to Carl Anthony Towns and Jordan right after, got Timmy slapping her on the butt. I'm like, this is a movie. This is cinema that you got on your story right now. It was so good. But speaking of Carl and Summerhouse and Kyle, we ought to talk about this week's episode because there has been a lot of discussion after this week's episode because Kyle fully blows up at dinner. Lindsay really egged it on. Yeah, really egged it on. But Kyle looks across the table at every moment.
Ria
Probably the biggest blow up he's had.
Fran
Throws a fuck you at her again. Now here's the issue that I think a lot of people are having and we are as well. Yeah. If Amanda and Wes don't do what they did, we're watching this and we're going, oh, my God. Kyle once again treating his wife like shit. How could he do that? Da, da, da, da, da.
Ria
Yeah.
Fran
Now knowing what we know and watching the conversation that she had with Mia earlier about Ciara and West and then watching her smile when Kyle's freaking out, your brain starts to go,
Ria
is this
Fran
woman a little bit more calculated than we think? You know, because obviously the way Kyle has treated Amanda that we have seen is, is absolutely horrendous. Like, it's horrible. You don't treat your wife that way. You don't say fuck you across the table, no matter how mad you are. Like, it's just not okay.
Ria
Yep.
Fran
I'm wondering if there are things that we are not seeing at home that is causing these outbursts from Kyle. Because it seemed like it was an outburst from Kyle that was so built up.
Ria
Yeah.
Fran
That he just exploded because there it felt like just real frustration of, oh my God, people don't see what I. What I see. And that's what I was getting from this. Which. Wow. We have come a long way to try to understanding Kyle Cook in this moment. Because it's hard not to when we know what we know and to watch. I'm not excusing Kyle's behavior.
Jo Ellen
No.
Fran
I'm just trying to understand it a little bit more. It's never okay, once again, to talk like that to your wife, obviously. But her sitting there like with a smile, like, almost.
Ria
It just felt a slightly devious.
Fran
Yeah, it did. And it was like, almost like, oh, I'm hate saying this. I'm happy right now that Kyle is having a full blown meltdown in front of everybody.
Ria
But here's the thing. Like, I hate saying it because if everything that didn't happen, everything that happened, didn't happen, I would see that smile and be like, you know what? She's relieved because this is the shit she deals with behind the scenes.
Fran
Yes.
Ria
And he snapped. And now she's like, oh my God, people are gonna be able to see what I have to deal with. And I'd be like, you know what? Like that's so scary for her that she's had to deal with these things. And you know, it still is because I'm sure he. Cause it's just you always have that feeling when you see a guy snap like that.
Fran
Mm.
Ria
In around friends that you're like, if he's snapping like this around friends, what is he doing when they're home by themselves?
Fran
Right. Exactly.
Ria
And it's. And that makes you think, oh, man. But it is. It is unfortunate because everyone looks at Amanda differently now than if it was like, holy shit, this is just Kyle losing it.
Fran
Totally.
Ria
And I feel like their dynamic is so. Is so complicated at this point, I think. Because I also think he does snap because he's like, you all don't see. See maybe a different side of Amanda when they're home. I don't know.
Fran
Yeah, I agree. I think it's very complicated now, knowing what we know. What I'm taking from this is that west leaned in to be a friend to Amanda this summer.
Ria
Yeah.
Fran
And Amanda confided in west and then developed a crush because west was treating her in a way that I think she was missing from a male figure. That being Kyle and her husband.
Ria
Absolutely.
Fran
So I think. I don't think that they had begun hooking up necessarily, but I think her confiding in west, she felt like, oh, my God, this is. Oh, a guy cares about me and is showing me this affection in standing up for me and my husband. And like, she developed a crush on him.
Ria
Absolutely. Couldn't agree more.
Fran
Watching the way that Ciara was talking to Wes at this dinner couldn't have made me more uncomfortable knowing. Absolutely heartbreaking. And so uncomfortable because you can tell how happy and at. At peace she is knowing that her and west are on okay terms. And she said it herself. Like, she was like, I don't have to, like, pretend to dislike him anymore because he's actually the person I love the most here.
Ria
Yeah. Yeah. That was hard.
Fran
That was so hard to hear because I just. I can't fathom. And then on top of that, Amanda being like, if. If Ciara gave me one look, I'd cut West off immediately. I watched Jamie Lynn Siegler talk about this on Watch what Happens Live, and she said that she felt like Amanda was almost trying to convince herself of something by saying all that. Like, you know, oh, I cut west off and da, da, da, da. Because she was trying to convince herself that she didn't, like, have a crush on west or something.
Amanda
Right.
Ria
It.
Fran
Oh, God, I get chills talking about it. It's just really bad because watching this season is just making it worse. It's not like we don't have these things to back it. Back it up. It's like, well, now we have all these conversations about Amanda talking about Ciara and West. Then we have Ciara jumping in to give sort of like some advice about whether Kyle and Amanda should separate. People have mixed feelings on that, whether she's overstepping or not when you're on a reality show like this. And also it's just like giving. At this point, they divide everybody into their marriage. And especially on the reality show, people make commentary and also offering just advice as a friend. Like, I mean, if I had a
Ria
friend, she was generally trying to help too. Like, exactly.
Fran
If I had a friend come to me about their marital issues as often as Kyle and Amanda, I think I too would be like, hey, have you thought about this?
Ria
And I think I just think that's, like, for sure.
Fran
And at this point, friends do. I don't know.
Ria
At this point, I don't think she wanted to. They were probably all thinking it, like, no, you need to break up. But that's a harsh stance, and that's probably not one that they want to throw out while they're filming is like, hey, we actually all think you guys need to, like, break up. So that felt like a pretty tame version of some advice of, I think you guys need to maybe separate, just get some physical distance from each other for a little bit and just see if that helps. That really felt like it came from a genuine place of, I really care for both of you, and I don't want your marriage to end. But at this point, like, something needs to change. You can't keep going on like this.
Fran
Right. And Lindsay was pretty spot on when she was like, yes. But I do have to say, if I heard from somebody else that they were living in separate places and a wife felt like, like, I'd be like, it's done. Which is. Yeah, I would have the same reaction.
Ria
Lindsay just.
Fran
Oh, yeah.
Ria
Jarring it up.
Fran
She just. She just knows how to make good reality tv.
Ria
But her freedom dinner every year, it's a disaster. Yeah.
Fran
It is always something. And this year was quite something. And we kind of left on a cliffhanger with Carl and Kyle going at each other, which people have been waiting all season to see. But clearly they're fine. And that's not even really.
Ria
Yeah, 100% they're good.
Fran
Yeah. I think the reunion's gonna be three parts.
Ria
Yes, I saw that.
Fran
Saw that. So they have much to discuss. KJ was on Watch Happens Live. They asked him and Dara about the reunion. They just said it was really emotional and felt like the whole ecosystem of the family unit has been disrupted. And he read a text that west had sent him that he hadn't read yet. Andy asked him to read it before he read it out loud to make
Ria
sure his KJ's idea.
Fran
Yeah.
Ria
He's like, should I. You want me to read it right now?
Fran
And then Andy was like, maybe you should read it first before you read it out loud.
Ria
Super fair.
Fran
But all things considered, pretty nice text. So.
Ria
I know, and I could almost. It almost seemed like Dara in the audience when after KG read the text, she was like, oh, yeah. Like, oh, you know, like, it was like, that was a nice text and, like, he hasn't opened it in weeks.
Fran
I thought that Jamie Lynn had a good point where she Was like, that's the energy they should have came with from the beginning of this was understanding how they hurt people and all of that. So we shall see. Reunion is around the corner. But first we gotta get through the finale and the premiere of in the City and all of those things.
Ria
Very close to it now. We are inching, inching closer. And we're inching closer really, to just the promo for the reunion. You know, everyone dies for that too.
Fran
Oh, yeah.
Ria
And like by the time Tuesday rolls around, the finale airs. We'll go right into the promo as well, which is gonna be, which is gonna be juicy. And they did say that for the first episode of in the City, they did pick up cameras for this stuff. So, like, that'll, we'll, we'll see that next week.
Fran
Yeah, that'll be extremely interesting for them.
Ria
If I had to guess, even just like the promo for the season or whatever, they'll, they'll throw that in there. So that's going to be juicy as well.
Fran
Very juicy. Before we get into the rest of today's topics, some exciting news. We will be in Charleston and Miami next week. Thursday we will be at Saltwater Cowboys in Charleston. We cannot wait.
Ria
Love Salt.
Fran
I've never been so. I'm so excited. Come hang out with us. We'll be there from 5:30 to 7:30. Cannot wait to hang out with everybody. Can't wait to have a good party. Party with Rum Haven.
Ria
Yes.
Fran
Get ready to drink and have a good time. That'll be Thursday and then Saturday. Saturday we will be at the Kimpton in Miami Beach.
Ria
Miami Beach.
Fran
Yes. And that'll be a ton of fun as well with Rum Haven. Can't wait to drink. Have a good time with everybody.
Ria
So be a lovely weekend.
Fran
It is. We're going to have a glorious weekend. Charleston and Miami, back to back. I mean, amazing. Good stuff. All right, let's get into today's topics. We're going to talk about something that we have not talked about yet. But it is, I don't know why, genuinely to me, the juiciest store going right now.
Ria
Yeah. And it has been for weeks.
Fran
Diana Rossini and Mike Vrabel affair has been revealed and this has been going on for weeks. But every day there is something new that is happening. We'll explain a little bit for people who may not know what's going on there. KJ Apa released a video. He's done with Mr. Fantasy. He's done with this guy stealing his identity. Billie Eilish and Nat Wolf make their official Red carpet premiere. We have a great interview with Joe Ellen from Real Housewives of Rhode Island. I know people have been wanting real Rhode island recap. We have been watching we talk about it with Jo Ellen and we have a great game of trivia. So let's get into it. Picture this. You got an amazing summer outfit on by Abercrombie and it's their new summer clothes full of flowy dresses, shorts and all. New swim, new reversible swim. Makes packing for vacation for vacation even easier. I love this. Perfect for mixing, matching and customizing your look. I love a reversible swim. You're getting two bathing suits or more in one mix match. Turn it around. You have multiple on vacation. They also have the A and F Dylan dress and it's a new favorite. It's bra free with removable pads in a dipped waist that's fit to flatter. And by the way, Abercrombie is having a sale right now. It's the perfect time to prep for summer. While you're shopping, use code Chicks AF for an extra 15% off almost everything else. Use code Chicks AF to get an additional 15% off almost everything in stores and online at checkout from May 7 to May 11 in US and Canada. Exclusions apply and you can see details online shop Abercrombie in the app online and in stores. So this Diana Rossini and Mike Vrabel stuff is so insane. For those who don't know, Mike Vrabel is the head coach of the Patriots. He was the head coach of the Titans. He's just been a prominent head coach for quite some time. Yeah. Diana Rossini, just like journalists, media, sports, sports all over.
Ria
Like she just, she talks sports.
Fran
She's just worked at a couple of different places.
Ria
Insider, journalist, writer. She, she's one of the, you know, she gets those inside scoops. Yes. She's an NFL insider and now everyone's real insider. Everyone's saying, now we know where, where those inside scoops are coming from.
Fran
Right, Exactly. Which is not good. Yeah. But this has been going on for weeks now. They were spotted at a hotel together and that kind of sparked the. Okay, this is looking like this is more than just.
Ria
Right. The original pictures. Like they're touching.
Fran
Yeah. They're looking happy to be together.
Ria
And they tried to claim that they were like on a trip with friends separately, but ran into each other. The groups were hanging out.
Fran
Yeah.
Ria
And everyone said no one's buying that.
Fran
Right. And now more and more has come out like it's just non stop.
Ria
She resigned from her job. And now especially on the Twitter side of it, it's like people are just finding things every day.
Fran
Well, she named her son Michael during the time in which he had been seeing Mike Vrabel. Because now everyone's coming with receipts.
Ria
Receipts.
Fran
I said receipts.
Ria
Routine receipts.
Fran
Yeah, receipts. They were spotted at a bar together six years ago back in 2020.
Ria
Yeah.
Fran
Being touchy and handsy. They were on a boat together. They both signed for a boat together in 2021. They. She was sharing this. This to me was the craziest one yet. She made a playlist on Spotify that she shared with Mike Grable after the Titans won a four game losing streak. And one of those songs was Break youk Soul by Beyonce. And I don't know why to me that just stuck with me that she was like, hey Mike, just listen to this.
Ria
I won't break your soul. What was the name of the playlist again? It was like something about just getting the vibes.
Fran
But yeah, we need the exact name.
Noah
But turning the page.
Ria
Turning the page.
Fran
Yep.
Ria
And all the songs were just like
Fran
pump up motivational songs. Break your soul. Being on there being like these four
Ria
games losses and won't break your soul.
Fran
Mike.
Ria
I mean he. She basically like burned a mixtape for like she burned a tape for him.
Fran
It was so renegade. And then on top of that, he. It was shared with a guy named Mike. And then he changed his Spotify name to a combination of his two kids names. Yeah. So everyone was like, we know it's you. You combined both your kids names and made it one name. This is, this is old people with technology. Yeah. You know. Right, right, right. He was like, I was. Combined my two kids names. People never know.
Ria
Yeah, people, People know like why it.
Fran
This. It just gets more insane as the days go on that like this was going on for so long. Six years at this point that we know of. It's. We were talking about this. Feels like her husband hired a PI to just get all the information. Has just been like, drop here, drop there, this happened here. And on top of that, compilations of her just totally disrespecting her husband in every. In every form. Calling him average looking, saying, you know, if my husband wasn't average looking, I'd post him.
Ria
If my husband was hot, I'd be posting him all the time. But my husband's just like average.
Fran
Telling my mom says my. My marriage is over. I did things in Miami.
Ria
She talked about her marriage all the time like that.
Fran
I. I did things in Miami. I would never Tell my husband about. I'm like, oh, the digital footprint is not good. It is not good at all.
Ria
And this is so funny to me because it really is. It goes so deep where it's like, who could possibly be digging up this information unless it is someone very close in their personal lives? That's like, I want everything. Because this last story of them, like, renting a boat while she was pregnant just months before she gave birth to her first child. It was a year after they were spotted, spotted in that New York City bar, that in June 2021, they reportedly rented a boat for two to three hours in Tennessee. Documents obtained by TMZ showed that they were allegedly the only people on the boat. Both signed a waiver before boarding the vessel. So, like, this just, like, cracked me up because it's like this. This is so deep. It's to find from years ago that they both signed waivers to go on some boat together in Tennessee, it says. The outlet reported that the duo was cautious about photos being taken, while Rossini refusing. Refusing to take photos with staff, and Vrabel only allowing one photo to be taken with a request not to post it publicly.
Fran
It's so wild. I mean, he was with his high school, like, sweetheart, right? His wife. They had been together for a really long time.
Ria
I think so.
Amanda
Yeah.
Fran
Can we get a fact check on that?
Ria
No. Look that up for us, because I
Fran
feel like there's a lot of things, like, being thrown out, but it's. It's so disgusting on. On both ends.
Ria
Naming her son Michael is diabolical.
Fran
It's.
Ria
It is. Next. Diabolical.
Noah
They met at Ohio State.
Ria
Oh, they met at Ohio State.
Fran
Okay, so college.
Ria
College.
Fran
College sweethearts.
Ria
College sweethearts.
Fran
But at this point, that's a long, long time ago. Like, they have been together a long time.
Ria
Poor Kevin. That's Diana's husband. And it's just like, it would be, you know, Kevin.
Fran
You're like, oh, Kevin. The name being Kevin.
Ria
Yeah, Kevin Goldschmidt.
Fran
What a poor Kevin. It just is at this point, though, it had been going on for so long. You say to yourself, why didn't you guys just be to leave your spouses and be together if you wanted to be together that bad? Like, I don't think they did that. Kept this up for this long. Going on public excursions, Spotify playlists.
Ria
It's all so disgusting. I know, I know. And it's in my mind, too. It's like it feels as if the sneaking around was what they fueling them, you know, like, it Wasn't like. Cause at that point, it's so many years where it's like, if you really were desperately in love with each other, perhaps you do blow up your life.
Fran
Right.
Ria
But it's like, you're like, I can't take it anymore.
Fran
I must be with you.
Ria
But like, every once in a while, just like once a year, you guys just have a little rendezvous somewhere.
Fran
How'd they keep up this facade for so long? I don't know. Like, that is scary to me.
Ria
And there was a. And I'm going to forget her name. There's an NFL reporter, and I think she got fired after she said this.
Fran
Yes, she did.
Ria
But basically after this news came out, like, she put out publicly, like, you know, kind of like, glad she finally got caught sort of message, which obviously raised eyebrows, that it's like, oh, behind the scenes, what are people talking about? What have they seen? What have they heard? Because from this woman's perspective, it was like, it's such a. Leaves such a bad taste for women in this field. And she was like, I'm done with this, and I'm glad she's gone because she's making a bad name for women journalists in sports.
Fran
Yeah, totally.
Ria
And I believe she got fired.
Fran
Yeah. Which is crazy to me. That she got fired.
Ria
I found it. Chrissy Freud. She was fired by the USA Today after she publicly criticized and made unverified allegations against Diana Rossini following her resignation from the Athletic. She tweeted, don't let the door hit you on the way out, and made allegations concerning her professional conduct and personal life. And I'm like, sorry, if somebody's gonna. Some. If another female reporter is gonna throw that out there. It's like, well, the ladies have been talking for a long time.
Fran
Maybe it's just frustrated. Like, hey, we all know that could be really frustrating.
Ria
Yeah, it definite. So I feel like this just ran. This just ran so deep. And now I wonder if just people that have seen them in different settings are like, digging into their own personal files to be like, wait a second, I saw Mike Vrabel at a bar at this time and. Or on this thing and he was maybe with. Was. Was that Diana Rossini was there with him. It's fucking crazy.
Fran
Wild. I feel like 1999, he's been married. Yeah. That's so sad. That is so disgusting and so sad. His poor wife. Like, everyone being dragged into this is so disgusting. Oh, God. But it just gets crazier and crazier. She has way more because she works online. She's Way more of a digital footprint than Mike Frable than I. That. I think that is why a lot of the discussion has become about her, because there had just been very, very questionable posts. Like, she tweeted, you know, like, I forget the exact tweet, but it was about her naming her son Michael and was like, I'm just thinking about the top head coach's name, Mike. It's like, dude, what? Like, as you're banging Mike Vrabel and naming your son Michael, it's so diabolical. Obviously, Mike Vrabel just as to blame. He has not the digital footprint that she has to kind of go back on and be like, oh, he was saying all this, but there's past interviews of them together and there's interviews of
Noah
her asking him about his wife.
Fran
Yeah.
Ria
It's so sick.
Fran
It is really, genuinely fucking sick, the two of them.
Ria
I know. And you know what's even more sick? It seems like some of the Patriot fans have just rallied around him. They have.
Fran
He's gonna stand an ovation.
Ria
Fucking stand in ovation. He's coming out to talk to fans.
Fran
But that's what's so.
Ria
Like that.
Fran
That's off and messed up because obviously everyone's coming for Diana Rossini, but then everyone's like, Mike Rainbow, yes to a Super Bowl. Like, it's so crazy. I know what.
Ria
That. That just grinds my gears because it's like they are equally to blame. Like, her life gets flipped upside down for this. Obviously, she leaves her job. All these things is going to follow her around forever. It's been like a month, and Vrabel's getting a fucking standing. Oh. Talking to Patriots fans. It's like, oh, God, it's such an eye.
Fran
It really is really. It's really mind blowing. It really is.
Ria
And it's not good. Like, he'll. He'll keep coaching me till I was.
Fran
I was. No, I genuinely was talking about this the other day. I'm like, I don't understand why. Because people are trying to justify him keeping his job but her not having a job. I'm like, there's no justification if. Because they're like, oh, she was getting inside scoop. Where was the inside scoop coming from him? Yeah, he was leaking it to her. So why is he not.
Ria
I know. Well, it's her with her job is conflict of interest with him.
Fran
It's a conflict of interest for him to be leaking information. I don't understand the double standard there. It makes zero sense to me. I don't. There's no justification for it. I don't understand it.
Ria
I know. I agree. I think it's crazy.
Fran
I'm sweating through my gray shirt now, but it's so. It's wild. The double standard is. Is so crazy.
Ria
The video of him getting that standing out, I couldn't believe it was. I couldn't believe it.
Fran
Shock.
Ria
Giving him a standing ovation. No.
Fran
And I think it's because, like, what I said before is that there's no digital footprint from him and there's just so much from her. So people just are, like, putting everything on her.
Ria
It is.
Fran
They are equally disgusting in this. Oh, God. But. Oh, my God. Some of it. It's not funny, but some of it, you just like the Spotify playlist. You're like, right, look.
Ria
I mean, that's why the conspiracy of, like, me. The conspiracy of somebody hiring a PI and just like, because it's not like all this information is coming out at one time. It's. Once a week there's a new drop that. That they found some past evidence of them being together. So it's like every week there's something new. Right.
Fran
When we were talking about it earlier and I said to you, I said, I think we gotta talk about.
Ria
I know.
Fran
Too much information.
Ria
Yeah, I know.
Fran
The boat charter
Ria
just right.
Fran
So wild. It really is.
Ria
You know, you never think those waivers are going to be seen by anybody when you sign them, when you go on a boat, but they keep those files.
Fran
Thinking back to when we signed as Noah's legal guardian for the Fiji boat charter. Oh, man. Wild stuff. Wild. I'm sure more will come out because every week there's something.
Ria
Right. Every week it seems like there's something new.
Fran
Yeah. KJ Appa released a very funny video yesterday. You know, playing into the. He's mad about Mr. Fantasy. And a ton of actors and actresses commented on the video being like, this is so disgusting. Like, identity theft is so joke. Zoe Deutsch comped like, I. I'm so sorry I did that music video with him. Like, now that I know that what you're going through. I'm so sorry. It was all so funny. And the shocking thing to me is that people think he was serious.
Ria
Yeah.
Amanda
Yeah.
Jo Ellen
Like, we.
Fran
We have a big problem.
Ria
This is a big bit, guys. We have a big bit.
Fran
We have a big problem on our hands that people think that this was serious and that they still don't think that KJ Apa is Mr. Fantasy. Right, right, right.
Ria
I mean, we have two eyeballs and a brain.
Fran
You know, let's just be a little bit smarter here.
Ria
They're the same person.
Fran
They're the same person.
Ria
This is a whole. It's a whole bit. It's hysterical. And it's getting the people talking.
Fran
He's getting all his friends to comment and be like, I am so sorry.
Ria
And they're getting all of his friends to do the music video in the first place.
Fran
They're getting a kick out of this online. Laughing at this is probably the whole plan. They are laughing at everyone behind the scenes being like, can you believe people still don't think that this is you? Like that. We just need to come to terms that it is 1000% him. And this is one long bit.
Ria
Yeah.
Fran
And it's a funny one and it's a good one.
Ria
It's a very funny one.
Fran
And he is so funny and he is crushing it.
Ria
When he's asked about it in interviews and stuff, he's like, I don't want to talk about that guy.
Noah
I'm not really familiar with his acting work in movies.
Fran
Riverdale.
Noah
Never seen it. But, like, this was great, this clip that he put out. I was like, wow, this is some solid acting.
Fran
It did make me laugh. I know. It was like, he was just like, really good acting. And I was like, well, he is an actor.
Noah
Yeah, but not all, like, I don't know, like, if everyone could point out,
Ria
fortunately, he's got this. The he's gonna remember we're talking about that they're doing that. This It's a Wonderful Life movie he's playing. And everyone was like, play. He's playing Jimmy Stewart. And everyone's like, oh, yeah, I love it. I left him in the map that leads to you.
Fran
That was a good one, too.
Ria
That was a good one.
Fran
Klein was commenting.
Ria
She, as she did, she commented, identity theft is not a joke. I'm so sorry. Taylor Laudner wrote, I was a huge fan of his, but, man, you're right, this has to end.
Fran
It's all been very funny. This was really, really got a good kick out of this yesterday. And I'm getting even more of a kick out of people, like, still not getting that he's kidding.
Ria
Terry Cough wrote, bro, I've never met you before, but I feel bad now that I become so close with someone who has become a legend in so many lives. I hope you guys can find a middle ground. Prayers to you.
Fran
It's funny.
Ria
Oh, man, it is very funny. But then it's also like, then there's sub comments where I'm like, oh, I hope they're in on the. Like, Molly Ringwald wrote. It's ugg. It's so creepy. Love you, kj.
Fran
Right.
Ria
Everybody. And everybody, like, everybody is. They're all in on it.
Fran
When it's somebody older, you're just hoping, like, Molly Riddle, you're like, okay, well, I hope that she was made.
Ria
Was she in the music video? No, but she played their. Who's Perrin on Riverdale?
Fran
Oh, she knows. Yeah, she knows his mom.
Amanda
No.
Ria
Whose mom did he play on Riverdale?
Fran
I stopped Riverdale, like, pretty early on.
Ria
She was on Am I making it up? No.
Noah
I saw a tweet yesterday that was like, thank God Riverdale came out before, like, AI.
Ria
She was Archie's mom.
Noah
She didn't because accused that show of just being AI written. But they're like, no, they were actual writers writing.
Fran
So this was really thought up by them. That is funny.
Ria
Gosh.
Fran
So many.
Ria
So many as. I'm praying for you.
Fran
So funny. Just a solid bit.
Ria
It's some good stuff.
Fran
It really is.
Noah
How long is he gonna, like, keep.
Ria
That's what's. That's what's so funny about it is like, how long does he keep this going?
Fran
No plans to end it.
Ria
No. And it's smart because it's introducing a lot of people to Mr. Fantasy and Vice versa.
Fran
Exactly. Last topic, Billie Eilish and Nat Wolf confirmed on the red carpet she was on Good hang with Amy Poehler this week. It's a great listen.
Ria
So good. I love her.
Fran
Me too. I really love Billie Eilish and she's just so stunning. She is like, just naturally a stunning person. And I love watching her talk. And it was so interesting hearing her talk about her Tourette's and her tics as well and sort of just like what she deals with and other people deal with and how we can't even understand it when you don't know. I found that to be incredibly interesting. Amy Poehler is just so good in conversation with everybody. Just gets the best out of them. But yeah, I love Billie. And this is a cute couple.
Ria
Like, I really love that. I think they're absolutely fudgeing adorable.
Fran
Now that we've know it's kind of been going on, it's not as unexpected, but originally it was pretty unexpected.
Ria
Yeah. And I think it was one of those things where they had been friends for a while. So that was like plausible deniability. Deniability. Yeah, that's. Thank you. My brain just went, yeah, no, that's.
Fran
Yeah, that's fine. I didn't even know that. That would be something to be used in this conversation anyway.
Ria
Right. So fair.
Fran
I like it, though.
Ria
You can defer to being, oh, we're friends.
Fran
We've been friends for so long.
Ria
Whatever. And even if that's the case. That is the case. I love. I love a friendship to lovers story.
Fran
A trope, you know, Friendship to lovers trope.
Ria
I just love the friendship to lovers trope. And it's nice. Cause you know the person, and then, you know, one day one of them makes a move and you're like, oh, my God. You see him in a different light. It's a beautiful thing. Now they're walking the carpet together. It's crazy.
Fran
Car probably sings out to her.
Noah
Yeah.
Ria
I would ask him to do that.
Fran
Yeah, me too.
Ria
Because I feel like she probably really enjoyed Naked Brothers. Naked Brothers Band. She seemed like somebody that would probably been watching that show.
Fran
Yeah.
Ria
You know, and hearing her story, I just loved it so much. Amy just cracks me up too, because when she's, like, reading some of her lyrics and she's like, I mean, how
Fran
do you write these lyrics?
Ria
That was.
Fran
That was making me laugh. And I.
Ria
It was.
Fran
It sparked an interesting conversation online about Amy Poehler's past relationships when she was saying that she related to certain lyrics and people forgetting that she and Will are.
Ria
Yeah.
Fran
Like, that is something that flies under the radar.
Ria
Yeah. Did they ever get married?
Fran
They think. I believe they were married.
Ria
Yeah.
Fran
Yeah, Yeah. I couldn't believe.
Ria
No, I think you're right. I think they're divorced because their kids are his kids.
Noah
Yeah. They were married for 13 years.
Fran
That's a long time. I think him and his girlfriend recently saw that too. Yeah.
Ria
Behind closed doors. I'm intrigued by him, you know?
Amanda
Yeah.
Fran
When we. When they released that smartless live show documentary, you got a good look at the. Behind the scenes of the three of them.
Ria
Definitely. But. And so I. It was really. It was just such a great interview. The story of her hamster in the wall, like, coming out is just really, really funny. If you didn't listen to it, I recommend. But it just me, like, I feel she seems to be in such a great place and so happy in her life right now. And that makes me happy that I see them on the carpet for the. For the concert movie, and they're. They're hugging. I'm like, oh, my God, they're so cute. I agree.
Fran
Because Billie Eilish's documentary from years ago, she had a boyfriend who was no good to her. And I think we can hear that in her songs. And we saw that in the documentary, so it does feel she is in a solid place right now. And that makes me so happy for her. And they are just adorable.
Ria
Absolutely.
Fran
All right, that wraps up the topics.
Ria
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Fran
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Ria
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Fran
All right, everyone. We are here with a very special guest. We are joined by Joe Ellen from Real Housewives of Rhode island, our new favorite on Bravo. Slash peacock. We are so excited to talk to you today. We have been absolutely loving Real Housewives of Rhode Island. It's. It's really our new favorite.
Ria
It is.
Fran
And you guys are off to a hot start. It's very hot in the streets already. How are you feeling?
Jo Ellen
I. I mean, the show is amazing. It's so funny. Like, we had so much fun filming it, and the. All the fans have been amazing. They're loving the show. So yay.
Fran
So good.
Ria
What do you think is working for you guys so far? Because it can be hit or miss with the new Housewives franchise. And right away, it feels like it's mostly working.
Jo Ellen
Yeah. No, I think that us having genuine connections and knowing each other, that's a big differentiator between some of the other series. I mean, we've known each other, some of us, since, like, you know, I've known a couple of girls since high school or even longer. Liz has known Alicia since she was a baby. I mean, there's genuine connections, so there's a Lot of truth. And we know each other, so that's. That can be good and bad.
Ria
Yeah.
Fran
And you can tell right off the bat. I mean, it makes it so good. And especially within the first episode, we have accusations. We have Alicia talking about running over a woman, which she has cleared up on Watch what Happens Live. Thankfully, Andy asked her. And we got to the bottom of that story. And just, you know, the Italian of it all as well is another added funny layer, because I think, you know, Real Housewives of New Jersey's been off the air for a little bit now. And now that we're getting Rhode island, it's like, oh, we're getting. We're getting our fix. It's a big one.
Jo Ellen
We're getting that Italian fix. I mean, there's this. It's just. It's our personalities. It's the attitudes. We. It's. It definitely. It's like a sister or a cousin of New Jersey.
Fran
And the family dynamic always comes in strong and makes the drama that much more interesting.
Ria
It does.
Jo Ellen
Absolutely.
Ria
It does. And that's what made, like, I feel like that's what made New Jersey so great is because the same kind of thing, they were either related or they known each other for forever. So it's all connected. But I feel like you guys are so authentic with what you're sharing right away, which is great. And everyone like, that.
Jo Ellen
Some of us game.
Ria
Yeah, yeah, right. That first game, I forget where you guys were. The picnic you're sitting at. Not the picnic. You were sitting at table and you were playing a game of, like, you had to write down a question and it was like.
Fran
And everyone.
Ria
You, you, everyone wrote down, like, the. The darkest question they could ask everybody. What did you guys think in that moment? Like, oh, we're sharing everything on this show.
Jo Ellen
You know what? All the questions that were read were my questions to people. And I was like, oh, shit. Like, that's not great. You know, it's. We want to get things out there. And I almost, like, for me, I'd rather, like, fall on the sword and, like, take ownership of my stuff. Like, I'm not. I don't pretend to be like, this kind, nice, perfect, angelic woman. Like, no. Like, I'm messy and I own it. So. Most of us own our behaviors on the show. Not everyone.
Fran
What was the biggest surprise to you from filming? Because this is all brand new.
Jo Ellen
I mean, everything was just a shock. I didn't realize how long and how many hours we would have to film and, like, you know, a three, four hour scene. Gets cut down to two minutes. I'm like, you forgot my funny in that one. So, no, it was just like. It was just different. And I mean, I'm fine in front of the camera. Gary, my husband, like, he's awful in front of the camera. He's so awkward. And I love it because he'll be like, wait, I'm gonna put my hand here. I'm like, there's no cut. There's no, like, stop. We're just rolling and just keep on going with it.
Fran
Yeah, they're not gonna re cut this for your hair hand placement.
Jo Ellen
Right.
Fran
Actually, they're gonna prefer for you to mess it up.
Jo Ellen
The more awkward and embarrassing. The more you mess up your words, the better it is for them. And I learned that the hard way.
Fran
How high were the nerves for Premiere?
Jo Ellen
You know, I think that initially we went into this and we're like, is this gonna happen? Is this gonna happen? And then finally they just quickly gave the green light. They're like, we're doing it. There was no filming in advance to see if they liked it. This was like, we're doing it. We filmed it. And then we're like, oh, my God, when is it coming out? Is it gonna be this summer? Is it gonna be like the fall? Like, when? And then. So it was such a good surprise that it was a spring.
Ria
I don't know.
Jo Ellen
The nerves aren't bad. We knew what happened in it.
Ria
Yeah.
Jo Ellen
There's not anything that really surprises me so far. I mean, some people are a little shadier in their interviews.
Fran
I was gonna say, how about the confessionals?
Ria
100.
Fran
I feel like that's where you get that.
Ria
But, like, not. It's not necessarily everybody, but there's somewhere. But here's the thing. I feel like with you, you say it in your confessional, but you'll say
Jo Ellen
it to their face 100%.
Ria
Like, they're which. And, you know, kind of. I'm not gonna just immediately call her out. Cause I do. I like her on the show. But Rosie, I feel like it gets very sassy in her confessionals and not as much in person.
Jo Ellen
I agree with you. I agree with you on that one. That one surprised me. I think, watching the show that, you know, I think I went into the season with Rosie and we weren't on great terms, and I was just like, I don't care for her. And then at the end of the season, like, we make. You know, we're fine and I tolerate her. And we're okay. We're cordial. We're good. We're friends. But I. Seeing a couple of her little shady comments, like, oh, I don't be fake. Like, Joanne, you don't want to be fake.
Ria
You are the.
Fran
You know.
Jo Ellen
Yeah, well, sometimes I.
Ria
And it doesn't. It comes off, like, a little transparent in my mind too, because it's a new franchise. But when you guys are. When she immediately is in the confessional, and it's like, you say something sassy. You say something sassy. Take the sip of your drink. You look right in the camera. Like, it's like you're. You're. I'm like, you're playing it. Maybe we love when people play into it, but maybe just a tad too much.
Jo Ellen
I see what you mean. I know what you're talking about. Like, you know, I do see her doing that in a few of them. Like, almost like a mic drop moment. Rua thinks she does the mic drop moment.
Ria
Yes. Yes.
Jo Ellen
You're not dropping a mic. You're dropping a marriage girl.
Ria
I don't know.
Fran
We'll get into that. So you address what was going on with Rula. Hearing affair rumors, and then you addressed the fact that they tried to get you fired from your job, which was a big deal. So where do you stand with that? Like, will you continue. Continue to call people out for the rumors that you hear, or now that this happened, are you, like, I'm just gonna take a step back and let people figure their marriages out?
Jo Ellen
You know, I'm somebody that, like, I call it like it is if somebody's lying. I think that somebody deserves to know if their husband is cheating on them. That's. That's being a girl's girl. That's just being a good human being and friend. Rula definitely did not want to believe it. It's not that I don't think it's that she didn't want to hear it. I think she just was like, that's not true. You're lying. You're lying. I need more proof. I'm like, here's a picture of them. That's not enough. That could be AI. Here's the text with your. Nope, that's not. You know, so, you know, there ends up being a video, obviously, right?
Ria
The situation with the. With the polo match, do you. You guys all kind of thought he was making up. Brian was making up some sort of, like, family emergency.
Jo Ellen
I actually was, like, one of the only people that believed him. I was like, no one would lie. I. Like, my dad passed. It was like, no one would lie on a sick Parent. That's bad karma, like. And he was lying. And so he. I am friendly with one of the mistress's friends and I'm cordial with them. I'm friendly with her too. And so they were sending me while I was on the Sprinter van, like these texts of Brian being like, I'm coming to get you. I'm coming to see you. And so he wasn't going to the mother. And then Rula kind of said, oh, well, I had to be at home because my father, like, there was just lie after lie. Brian lied the ring on, the ring off. I was doing my kids hair when. Yeah, you didn't go home to see your kid. It was just so many lies. He tells Gary, I'm talking to the mistress right now. He tells Rule, I wasn't. I talked to her yesterday. I'm like, you banged her yesterday? Like, what do you mean? That's a big difference, you know?
Ria
So it's so crazy to me, and I guess it's what makes TV messy. But, like, why do you think they signed up to do a reality show like this?
Jo Ellen
Honestly, you know that all the skeletons, all the secrets are coming out. I know that about myself and it is what it is. But I'll fall on that sword and I'll own it. I own my shit. I don't know why he would ever have said yes knowing that he was in a two and a half year relationship, in love, giving his girlfriend a ring, saying, I'm marrying you, you're the love of my life. Why would you. I just think he's just a cruel human being. And I feel for Rula because I think she's a good person, but either she was naive or maybe they have like an open marriage. I don't know. Maybe there's like an arrangement, like, don't ask, don't tell, say that then.
Fran
Or maybe she signed up thinking, well, clearly if I sign up, I'm not hiding anything. You know, like, he's walking down the
Jo Ellen
street holding her hand. Like, I mean, you. They're in our country, but she's posting
Ria
pictures on her own Instagram of the two of them.
Jo Ellen
Yes.
Ria
That's crazy.
Jo Ellen
But he's taking that like, yeah, right.
Ria
Like kisses in them.
Jo Ellen
Hiding this. Not like. Like he was okay with it.
Ria
There were some rumors that she was maybe gonna like crash filming or make an appearance.
Jo Ellen
Do you think she was not going to? I know that because I told her, don't. So she was not going to. He. From what I was told by her, that he was like, I don't want to film anymore. I don't want to do this, and I want to be with you. And I'm going to go to the polo match, and I'm going to say Rula, like, listen, I want to be with her. I love her. That didn't obviously play out. That didn't happen, but, you know, it's a really difficult situation. He just doubles down on, like, I'm not doing anything. I'm like, I have proof. Like, you can't lie about this, especially when you know it's true. And the whole entire state knows.
Fran
Right.
Ria
And they seem to be together still.
Jo Ellen
Yeah, they do.
Fran
So you told the mistress, do not show up to film me.
Jo Ellen
I don't think she was going to, but I. You know, I had heard that that was a possibility. She wasn't going to. I. I feel bad because it puts me in an awkward situation, like, you know, rules on the show. I. I've known the mistress for 10 years. I have to call her that because we can't say her name. I know.
Fran
I know.
Ria
It is. So I feel like. It feels weird because it's like. It's like his girlfriend. Like, you know, like, it's his girlfriend.
Jo Ellen
I knew his girlfriend for 10 years. And, you know, they were. They were together for years, and it's like a known thing. You know, they work together. They. They had a business together. Like, I don't know.
Fran
And I feel like Rhode island is one of those places where everybody knows everything about each other.
Jo Ellen
Yes.
Fran
You know, like, it's a small place, and rumors fly or not, so. Rumors.
Jo Ellen
It's like your town is our entire state, so we all know each other, and everyone's like, mess.
Ria
That first episode of Alicia's Family being, like, so far away. They're like, it's like, it's 15 minutes.
Jo Ellen
No, like, that's true.
Ria
That's. Is that. That's a long distance for driving. If you have to go 15 minutes,
Jo Ellen
like, you have to pack some snacks.
Fran
30 minutes, like, funny.
Jo Ellen
You have to, like, prepare mentally. You're going 35.
Ria
So another. Another thing that I saw some commentary on is, like, the beaches of Rhode Island. We're seeing you guys do these picnics of these stuff on the beach, and everyone's like, okay, the beaches on Rhode island are gorgeous. Where are these ladies going? Did you have to film in different locations?
Jo Ellen
So initially, I think some of the places were a little hesitant to allow us to film. They're thinking, like, something bad's gonna happen. So some places did say no. So some of the places that say said yes wouldn't have been my choice.
Fran
Beach.
Jo Ellen
I will say that being from Rhode island, that is not exactly a beach where we had a picnic. It's. It's like a campground that Rosie picked out. But we made it. Rhode Island's beautiful no matter where you go. So even if it's that small little park beach, like, it still looked pretty.
Fran
It did make me laugh because they kind of framed it in a way where it was like, newbie Ashley eyes favorite be. It's like, this is your favorite beach to go to, Ashley.
Jo Ellen
And I'm like, it has like, a poor Ashland. That's like, that's. That really is her favorite beach. That one is real. That she asked for that because she loves taking her kids there. There's like, no, there's not waves. It's like a. Like a pond. It almost looks like a pond.
Fran
Right. She mentioned that she was like, I love taking bikes, which makes sense, seeing your kids there because of the aspect and everything. And then on top of that, pizza chips. Didn't know they exist, but I feel like I have to try them. I've also never been to Rhode island, which this show had me really looking into taking a weekend trip to Rhode Island.
Jo Ellen
You need to. Especially in the summer.
Fran
Yeah.
Jo Ellen
I'm in Newport.
Fran
I'm really thinking about it. Never been. But literally, because of the show, I've been like, I think I got to take a trip.
Jo Ellen
You have to.
Fran
And I need pizza chips.
Jo Ellen
You have to get. You have to get Dave that one bite. Everyone. Like, he needs to try pizza chips. He's gonna be like, this is not what I'm used to.
Fran
Eat the cheese and everything. But I like the idea of it.
Jo Ellen
You know what? It's like a snack. It's not like a meal. Does that make sense?
Fran
Yeah.
Jo Ellen
Appetizer.
Fran
Yes, exactly.
Ria
I love the idea that you guys are right now.
Fran
What.
Ria
We're seeing you guys on a trip to Newport and. Which is so funny to me because it's like we're going on a trip to Newport 30 minutes away.
Jo Ellen
Right.
Ria
So it's like a road trip.
Fran
Yeah.
Ria
Right.
Fran
So that's just. You can go to Newport any time, but you don't.
Jo Ellen
That kind of the vibe. Newport's far for us.
Fran
That is so crazy to me.
Jo Ellen
Like, that's like a big day. Like, if I'm going to Newport with my husband, like, we're like, celebrating our, like, anniversary. We got married.
Ria
Yeah.
Jo Ellen
Like at the mansion. Yeah. So it's just. It's out of the way.
Ria
Yeah.
Jo Ellen
They're beautiful.
Ria
I love this. The Mansion walks. Like, my favorite thing to do on the water.
Jo Ellen
Yeah.
Ria
Yeah. 30 minutes cannot. It's a special occasion only.
Fran
We're traveling 30 minutes to go uptown or downtown.
Jo Ellen
I would die. I was sitting in traffic, and I'm like, I could never. Like, I could never live in New York City and do the walking. And then what if there's no elevator? I'm out of breath, like, walking down the hall to this room. Like, I never do it.
Fran
Like, this is a big office.
Ria
Yeah.
Fran
Wow.
Ria
Well, you're definitely sharing your whole life. You're opening up from, you know, stuff from your childhood, your family, your relationship with your mom. A lot of people have focused in on the relationship with your sister and your husband. What do you have to say to the. To the viewers that think perhaps your sister's vying for your husband?
Jo Ellen
I mean, everyone's like, she stole her sister's boyfriend. They never dated. They never kissed. He touched her boobs one time. I'm like, oh, my God. Like, I don't. Like, everyone touches boobs. Like, you know, like, God. It's not a big deal. She is not just my sister. You know, it's a weird family joke, and I get it. And it probably looks odd to everyone, but, like, it's my best friend, and my sister's best friend's my husband. Like, we're all best friends. They would never hook up. Honestly. Like, they could have to do it so much. Like, leave me alone. But no, they are not hooking up. They never have. So that's not a thing. But I have gotten a lot of DMs. Like, I have to tell you, they are. He is. Ma. No, he's not. Oh, my God. I promise. I promise you he's not.
Ria
I feel like it just lands in a funny territory where they're like, if he's not. It looks like she wants to.
Jo Ellen
It may look like she, like, wore my dress in the scene. I'm like, why would you wear a dress like that in the scene? Why would you say that? Why would you say. You want his firm? People are going to come for you. You are so stupid.
Ria
She was like, I'm making good tv.
Jo Ellen
She loves you guys, by the way.
Ria
Oh, my God.
Jo Ellen
Oh, my God.
Ria
I love it.
Jo Ellen
We. I love.
Ria
We got to do some. I want to go to Providence.
Fran
Yeah.
Ria
Something. Yeah. And also, you're sharing so much about your mom. How has she felt sort of watching the show? Is she watching the show?
Jo Ellen
She's watching the Show. She's, like, fangirling more than anyone I've ever met.
Ria
Amazing.
Jo Ellen
She is. She's like, don't you dare talk bad about me to Andy Cohen or I'm not gonna watch your kids. I'm like, that's not.
Ria
Or I'm not gonna watch your kids.
Jo Ellen
I'm like, I don't know, Mom. You might not like the next episode coming up. Yeah, you know, I really go into it. I had a tougher upbringing. I got sent away a few times. My sister got sent away. She got it worse. I mean, she went to wilderness camp.
Ria
Yeah, I was gonna say. When you say get sent away, where?
Fran
Elaborate.
Jo Ellen
So, like, this wasn't, like, summer camp. This was, like, during the school year, Jen went to this wilderness program for, like. Like Paris Hilton.
Ria
Yeah, I was gonna say, is it sort of Paris Hilton like mine?
Jo Ellen
I went to three different places, and they were really bad. Like, the people there, they weren't just mentally ill. They were, like convicts. They were like kids that instead of going to, like, juvie, they would get sent to these programs. And I'm just sitting here being like, I showed my boobs in school or something. You know, I got suspended. I punched a girl in the face. Like that. That's not, like, outlandish teenage stuff. Like, that's, like. That's expected.
Fran
You don't, like, get sent away. You don't leave your home for a
Jo Ellen
year and a half.
Fran
Right now.
Ria
Were you punching people in high school?
Jo Ellen
I was.
Fran
Okay.
Jo Ellen
Now I'm a mom, and I say no violence. I don't know. There may be a couple times. But no, I. Yeah, I got in fights in high school, definitely.
Fran
But the people that you were surrounded by when you went away, you were like, oh, they. They've done way worse things than what I'm here for.
Jo Ellen
I mean, like, people were getting restrained. They were like. It was, like, heavy, and it was really sad and, like, you know, I was, like, a straight A student. Like, I didn't make sense because I told my mom to shut up. I wasn't even getting drunk yet. That happened later in years in high school.
Ria
Being a bitchy teenage girl.
Jo Ellen
Yeah. Like, I'm like, no, mom, you shut up. Like, yeah, get over it. Like, I climbed out the window. Like, that's not the end of the world. Like, I feel like that's normal teenage stuff. And I don't know if she just couldn't handle it or she's like, you gave me a run for my money. I'm like, you should have just loved me. Like, you know, it's sad, but now that I have kids, I'm like, I could never do this to them.
Ria
Right?
Jo Ellen
So, you know, you live and you learn, and she still doesn't get better very much, but I tolerate her. I don't have to anymore. Now I don't have to see her on a daily basis. So, like, that's great. I have to see my kids.
Fran
But, like, she's gonna hear this.
Amanda
I don't care.
Ria
I mean, the way. Yeah, it's.
Jo Ellen
Yeah, I. I just, like, say it's, like my word vomit, and I wish I could, like, put a filter, but
Fran
there's also so many people that can relate to that, you know, like, you're talking about it and narcissistic, and it could. A lot of people listening can relate to something like that, so. And you still have a relationship, but I do.
Jo Ellen
It's. You know, I try to make it as normal as I can, but, you know, I don't back down to her anymore. Like, I think I did that when I was a kid, and now I'm like, fuck you.
Fran
Right. Cause you have your own life. You're your own person.
Jo Ellen
Yeah.
Fran
You mentioned, you know, Andy Cohen and watch what happened happens live. Were you a big Bravo fan before this?
Jo Ellen
I watched Below Deck.
Ria
Okay.
Jo Ellen
I didn't watch the Housewives. I was not. I have, like, three kids. They're running around. I was watching, like, Tell Me Lies. Like, that's, like, my kind of thing. I didn't watch as much reality tv, but now, obviously, I'm watching a lot of the shows and. And, like, Salt Lake Atlanta. I'm watching these shows.
Amanda
They're.
Jo Ellen
They're awesome.
Fran
Beverly Hills, I saw stat the other day that was about the Real Housewives of Atlanta. That was just, like, unbelievable. Like, their viewing.
Ria
Oh, yeah.
Fran
Their viewers and view and viewing time is just like early days of Atlanta. So good and so insane and funny.
Jo Ellen
Like, they actually just, like, know it. Right? Like, you know, so good with it.
Fran
Right now. There's a lot of Bravo drama happening. How does it feel to kind of be in the, like, cinematic universe of Bravo while there's so much happening?
Jo Ellen
I cannot believe, like, there's a reason they have BravoCon, like, Comic Con. It's because there's millions and millions of fans of Bravo and all the shows, whether it be, like, Summer House, the Valley, the Housewives, Blowjo, you know, there's so many different things, and the fans are so loyal, so it's wild.
Ria
Have you gotten to talk to any other housewives? Has anybody Reached out to you from other franchises.
Jo Ellen
Yeah, I've met a bunch of them. I've probably met, like, we did Ultimate Girls Trip, so I met a bunch of them. Heather Gay was really sweet. Heather Rowe was awesome. Teresa I've talked to a few times FaceTiming with her because we're twins. Yeah.
Fran
As you were talking just right now, I was like, oh, I see Theresa a little bit.
Jo Ellen
I'm Teresa and Topanga having a baby.
Fran
You know what that is? Wow. That's a really good call. Holy shit.
Ria
I know.
Fran
I love that. Oh, my God.
Ria
It's so good, too, because it's like. And Teresa was kind of the same way, where it was certain moments, like, the accent comes out, you know, And I feel like that happens with you. Cause sometimes when you're first speaking, it's not overly, but when you. At the picnic, when you're like, what the hell? You can't even do. It's like. I was like, oh, there's the accent.
Jo Ellen
You know what? It comes out. It definitely comes out when I'm mad or when I'm, like, drinking more. Yeah, definitely. When I'm mad, it comes out.
Fran
The Rhode island accent has been cracking me up because I feel like it is a mix between, like, New York and Boston.
Amanda
It is.
Jo Ellen
And it's like, go pack your cat.
Fran
Yeah. Like there. It's just a wild.
Jo Ellen
Not as much as Boston.
Fran
Especially Alicia's. Yes, it is.
Jo Ellen
I love her voice.
Fran
It is so good. She's old. The first episode, I just couldn't. She's a Britney Spears. I was like, what?
Jo Ellen
I love a Britney Spears.
Amanda
I love that channel.
Fran
Yes. What am I watching?
Ria
I'm like, I love it. I'm watching all of you guys have
Fran
lunch with her dolls.
Ria
I'm like, she's got all these dolls. She's reading her. She's reading the cards. She. Facade is not a word in her vocabulary.
Jo Ellen
What is she.
Fran
She said, like, fa.
Ria
Kade.
Fran
Oh.
Jo Ellen
When facades happen, I. Everyone. Every time that she has, like, a flub, I, like, rewind it. Cause it's so fucking. She makes me laugh. I've known Alicia probably, like, the longest out of anyone in the whole cast, and that is genuinely who she has been since, like, eighth grade. Like, that is who she is.
Fran
I love it. It's so entertaining. On top of that, Dolores, who we love. We just adore Dolores so much.
Jo Ellen
I just talked to her a little while ago.
Fran
Oh, really? How was it like having somebody who has had so much experience in the franchise coming to film with you guys?
Jo Ellen
That was so helpful. I have to be honest. Like, she would put us at ease. We didn't know what we were doing going into this. So, like, any question, like, outfits, this. How do I handle this person? What do I do to, like, conflict resolution? You know, she was just so helpful and she was, you know, I would love to film with her all the time. And she's funny. She's funny as shit. She has a very good sense of humor.
Fran
She really does love her so much.
Ria
She does. You said you really were so close with so many of the girls so early. But I do love that casting did put Ashley eye into the mix of it all. Because it's like, oh, here's the one person who has married into the Rhode island life and now kind of has to fit in, sort of. Which seems very hard because like you said, everybody knows everybody. So how do you think she did Trying to get in or get to know the group?
Jo Ellen
You know, Ashley to me is awesome. Like, and the fact that she has the Bachelorette and Bachelor in paradise, all of that, like, you would never know. She's the most humble, cool, chill person. She definitely was more quiet, and that's okay. She doesn't like that confrontation and that conflict. And that's lucky for her. Like, I want to be like, you know, she did very, very well. You know, she had Rosie's back a lot. But I had really good moments with Ashley, like, where we cried and, you know, our kids. She was a doll. But I do think that it was hard for her to kind of infiltrate into the group. Cause she's such a nice person.
Fran
Right.
Jo Ellen
And some of us are not. So, like, you know, like, it's intimidating to, like, kind of. She said it about me. Like, you're. I'm scared of you. I'm like, why? I'm like, the nicest one.
Fran
What do you mean?
Ria
Yeah, and that's why. But it's like, that's how you cast a good dynamic on a show is like, you can't have people all with that hard, intense personality. You need some softer people in the. In the mix. I saw Kelsey just do an interview, and she was like, you know, Ashley, she really was with us filming. And then other than that, we, you know, we don't really talk.
Jo Ellen
And, like, I envy that because I actually, I still. I hang out with Alicia. I hang out with Kelsey. I hang out with Liz.
Amanda
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Jo Ellen
And Ashley, like, has her other life. Like, this is, like, a job almost. And. And, like, do you think that comes
Ria
from maybe doing reality TV already?
Jo Ellen
Yeah. She understands. Like, this is. Is, you know, this is my job, too, but where I take it a little bit more personal and, like, you know, my feelings are hurt. She's. She's really good at what she does in that.
Fran
Yeah.
Jo Ellen
Yeah. And she has so many fans.
Ria
Yeah. We love her. I think she's been great on the show. I.
Jo Ellen
She cries a bit.
Ria
She cried. But the. But here's the thing.
Fran
That's what she's known for.
Ria
So it cries is, like, a comfort, like, seeing her, like, I know probably there's some Bravo fans that watched her crying over, like, not having anything bad happen to her yet.
Jo Ellen
I get that.
Ria
Exactly.
Jo Ellen
I understand what that is.
Ria
And. And I. In my manner, I'm like, I'm sure this is rubbing some people the wrong way, but for me, I'm like, this is. This is. This is the Ashley we know and love.
Jo Ellen
Yeah.
Ria
That she's like, can't. She's. She's got that blubbered problem, you know? Like, worst problem is that I, you know, one day I will have to be sad. Right now. I'm not.
Fran
One day I will have a problem.
Ria
One day I will have a problem, and I'm gonna cry that. That one day is going to come. And. And that's also real, though, because she could make something up.
Jo Ellen
Nope. Exactly. I. I even texted her after I saw the episode, and I was like, I wasn't making fun of you. You were just crying because you had. And she's like, I know. Like, she's just so chill.
Amanda
And.
Jo Ellen
Yeah, I love her. I have a really great time with her.
Ria
Yeah. Yeah.
Jo Ellen
I feel like she's a fun one to me.
Ria
What was the. What was the process for you getting on this show? Like, what was the first words said to you? Like, how Was it? How was it?
Fran
Oh my God.
Ria
She's like, they're casting.
Jo Ellen
I was naked. She's like, hey, they're doing some show. I heard it's like Italian women. I'm like, well, I'm half Italian. I'm like, but I don't like cook or clean.
Ria
I don't know if I'll cook Italian women.
Jo Ellen
I'm like, that's. I'm like, my mother in law is like that Sunday dinner she cooks and cleans everything. You know, I'm not. I get doordash and I have a cleaning person. So it was, that was what it was initially pitched to us as like this Italian show. And then over the summer, like a couple summers ago, they were like, this potentially could be housewives. And we're like, are you joking? Like this? Are you serious?
Fran
No.
Jo Ellen
So that's how it got started.
Ria
So not initially pitched as like, hey, we're thinking of maybe a new housewives, for instance.
Jo Ellen
Yeah. It wasn't.
Fran
How did you go into the casting? Were you like, I'm just gonna totally be myself or did you ham it out?
Jo Ellen
I'm 755 pounds pregnant. I gain like 100 pounds every time I get pregnant. I was morbidly obese with a child in me. And in my casting tape I'm like, Kelsey was like, oh my God, your face. I'm like, I know.
Ria
It was so big.
Jo Ellen
So I went into it just like being me. I'm like, I'm somebody that, you know, I say it like it is. I'm very unfiltered and I'm unapologetically me. Like, if you don't like it, like you're either gonna really love me or you're not. And I would say it's probably like 90 so far. Like, you know, I'm reading the reviews and stuff. Like 95, 90% of people really like me. And then there's that 10 that are just like, she's a horrible human being.
Ria
Performance reviews. I'm reading my performance reviews.
Fran
You seem like somebody who is comfortable with that. In between of like, you'll love me or you'll hate me, but you're aware of that and that's a great place to be, especially on reality tv. Like you want to be polarizing like that.
Jo Ellen
I'll get em.
Fran
But do you think you're reading like a lot of comments and all of those things, like who do you think is doing the most of that right now?
Jo Ellen
I would say it's probably Liz and me. Me for sure. That's me. I'm like, oh, it's four in the morning. Why don't I ask ChatGPT what the Internet thinks of me? That's a good idea.
Fran
Yeah.
Jo Ellen
So I've definitely been reading. But you know what? I'm also interacting with the fans that are writing me these really thoughtful, kind messages. And I'm doing, like, all these camp, like, I can't believe, like, these people, like, they're like, say hi to me. I'm like, okay.
Ria
Hi. There's always gonna be both because you,
Fran
like you said, you do have the people that are reaching out and talking about earlier, talking about your relationship with your mom, and everything is so relatable.
Jo Ellen
Gary's been getting hate mail a little bit. Well, he's also been getting love mail. He's been getting a lot of guys in his DMs, but people like, your wife's a bitch. And he, like. Like, he'll show me or I'll see it on, like, his account. I'm like, oh, thank you. Oh, my God.
Ria
That's the Italian aspect of this show, too, though, like, with New Jersey, more so than, I think, a lot of the other franchises. The husbands are involved.
Fran
They're.
Ria
They're characters on their own. And I feel like we're kind of getting that feeling.
Jo Ellen
Yeah.
Ria
From the husbands of this group where, like, they. They all got a lot going on, you know?
Jo Ellen
Like, I like. I love Rich. I love Jerry. They're awesome. Bill, Billy, like, they're. They're all really, really great. Who did I miss? Definitely not Rula's husband. He's not great. There's somebody else. Jared's awesome. He's awesome. I love him. So when we do group scenes with the husbands, the guys all really get along very well, which is.
Ria
Is Alicia gonna get married?
Jo Ellen
I hope so. I do. He loves her. He adores her, and she loves him. They'll get married.
Fran
The conversation with Liz and her husband and Dino, and that was making me laugh so much. Like, I know it was a serious thing, and. And it caused drama. But when she was like, listen, like, we got a lot to celebrate. Studio 54 parties coming up. Like, let's not let this little rumor get in between us. I was just like, what a way to brush that off. Like, you know, because an affair rumor, like, that is a lot. But she was just like, no, no, we have this party. Like, we're just gonna deal with that later.
Jo Ellen
There's no. There's no affair there. There's so many, like, rumors on the show, but there's There's.
Ria
You guys started off, like, very strong.
Fran
I gotta.
Ria
You know, like, you almost. You almost hope that. What else. Where's to go from here? Because it's like, it was a fair rumor.
Fran
Someone's got to get arrested.
Ria
Someone. Yeah, right. Unfortunately. On camera.
Fran
Yeah.
Ria
That's really the only.
Jo Ellen
It wasn't on camera, but they. They cover it. Somebody does. Yeah.
Ria
Yeah. Yes.
Jo Ellen
See, that's T.K.
Ria
kelsey's got multiple boyfriends. I mean, there's all. It's everything. Everything in that.
Jo Ellen
Like, I feel like, you know, there's been, you know, cheating scandals and things like that on Bravo before. Yes. Has there ever been, like, this one's swinging. This one's, you know, has two. Like, there's. It's very interesting.
Fran
All of them combined in one and,
Ria
like, open about it. It's not like it's all hidden behind the secrets.
Jo Ellen
Rosie's talking about small wieners in her butt.
Ria
Yes. I'm just, like.
Jo Ellen
I'm saying I had a three, you know, so everyone's very sexually fluid. We're very open. It's a whole new world to, like, Bravo.
Ria
And Kelsey and that boyfriend, like, we watched them break up and they've stayed separated. And is she surviving her life now?
Jo Ellen
She has the other one.
Fran
Right. This one.
Ria
Right. From that one to the other one. She was. She had. That's why you have two, I guess.
Jo Ellen
She's doing awesome. She's thriving. I knew the ex boyfriend, too.
Amanda
Yeah.
Jo Ellen
Kelsey mentions how I know him, but. No, he. The family. They're a very good family. But I love Billy, her new boyfriend, so he's awesome. And Gary's been friends with him for ages because that's, again, very Rhode Island.
Fran
Are you itching to get back to filming?
Jo Ellen
No.
Amanda
Yeah.
Jo Ellen
I'm like, enjoy my summer, my life. I am. I mean, it was fun. It was definitely fun filming. I'm excited if there's a season two.
Amanda
Yes.
Fran
There has to be. I mean,
Jo Ellen
I hope there is.
Amanda
Yeah.
Jo Ellen
But, you know, if there is, I would. I'm definitely, you know, excited and eager to be a part of it.
Ria
Yeah. Because it feels like you guys filmed this last summer. Right. So if it does. And Rhode island looks the best in the summer, you know, fall is gorgeous. Fall is gorgeous.
Jo Ellen
So I wouldn't be sad if we got some fall.
Ria
Right, right. Right. Maybe it's like a late summer, early fall situation for. For you guys. Because even this was, like, 4th of July and the Newport trips and everything is very beach.
Jo Ellen
Fourth of July because I said the word I was like, oh, in 1492. Columbus. I know, it's 1776. I know what the Fourth of July is. Our independence. I did say I was like, from England. And they're like, no, I'm like, from who? And they're like, great Britain. I'm like, all right. I was really close.
Ria
It's the same thing.
Jo Ellen
I mean, listen, I get it. Yeah. I'm not, you know what? Now I'm not hosting the 4th of July next year.
Ria
And I do, I did see, like, the process of, I guess, renting a house for the party and all that stuff. Is that, like, is, is that common in Rhyland?
Jo Ellen
It's honestly, people will rent a house down in, like, Narragansett, Newport, like, 20 minutes away from their actual home and just go for like a week at the beach. Like, it's almost like Jersey Shore. Like, people would rent. So, yeah, I rented that house because I don't live on the ocean like that. We could have done a pool 4th of July party, but we didn't. Yeah. So that's very, very common, getting a house in Block island. And it's almost like going like, Nantucket or like, Martha's.
Fran
Yeah. The lore of Rhode island is really, you know, just a whole new world to me. Like, I, I, it's just blowing my mind that it's just like everything's so far and, but it's really so close, you know, Like, I can't.
Ria
I'm sure their drive from the, like, Providence to I got married at Martha's Vineyards. Like, the, the drive from Providence to Woods Hole to the ferry is probably so far in their mind.
Fran
Right.
Jo Ellen
Like, that's like my territory for work. And that's the longest trip ever.
Ria
Exactly.
Jo Ellen
Having to go to the ferry when we.
Fran
45 minutes have to drive, I'd be
Ria
like, oh, my God, I'm so close. Like, I'm almost there, you know, like,
Fran
if I told you about my day to day or my weekends would blow your mind of how far we're driving.
Ria
Right. You gotta drive 30 minutes just to get from Jersey City. Yeah.
Fran
Like, I come into work, it's gotta be 30 minutes.
Jo Ellen
I would die. No, but you know, for, for my job, I travel, so I'm, I am used to driving, but I hate it. Like, there's nothing I hate more. Like, I'll just sit in the car, I will go through my phone book, and I will talk to somebody for the entire 2, 3 hour ride. I can't sit there and do nothing.
Ria
The Brian and Rula kind of Fall out with contacting your work. Was that all resolved? Like, you have no issues?
Jo Ellen
Oh, no, I have an issue at all at work.
Ria
Not with them. You have an issue, but I'm saying your job has.
Jo Ellen
Yeah, my job, actually. They laid me off.
Fran
Oh.
Jo Ellen
I don't know if it's because of that.
Ria
Yeah.
Jo Ellen
I don't know. They just had to change. I don't know. I don't think it helped, I'll tell you that.
Ria
Okay. Yeah.
Jo Ellen
Right. So I have a new job. That's shitty. I just think that's shitty. And he didn't just call one job. He called more than one. So.
Ria
Okay. So I would be.
Jo Ellen
So wasn't it down with him multiple times?
Fran
Yeah.
Jo Ellen
No. So, like, when I said, I'm coming
Fran
for you for something, I'm coming for something. I'm not gonna stop.
Ria
Was true.
Jo Ellen
For something that was true, that your mistress posted online. That was the truth. And you told her it was okay to do. You're gonna call. First of all, I wasn't doing it during business hours, and I wasn't telling anybody. Like, in the. In the. He's not even one of my doctors. He's not one of my offices. So you cannot complain about my work ethic when you're not my office. No one gives a shit what you have to say. He's just like, this little, like, hobbit.
Amanda
I don't know.
Jo Ellen
He needs just go back under a hole.
Ria
Well, we got quite the tease for the second half of the season. Everybody's dying to see. You know, we're hearing about the video that we're. That there's a. That there's a video. So I'm sure we'll get more details about that. And. And an arrest. So it. Which is crazy because it's like, a lot goes on with Rula, but we don't see Rula that much.
Jo Ellen
Rule wasn't around too much. Yeah, I mean, I feel like she wasn't around. She was having a lot of health things. She pretended.
Ria
Yeah.
Jo Ellen
I don't know.
Ria
Right. It's like. Like she would. Yeah. I don't care. She's supposed to be in the group trips and stuff. Then she'd be like, I'm not coming. You know, what?
Jo Ellen
If I had a cold, I would still be on the group trip. You can't just, like, get out of it. Like, this is your job. You decided to go on a reality TV show. And, like, this is so much fun. Like. But you knew what was happening because I told you six months before. So you should have maybe said, I'm going to opt out of this season. Or the easiest thing that she could have done to, like, kind of play her cards better. It would be like, hey, Joellen, thank you for telling me. Now I know I got it from here, and I would have shut the fuck up, but she just kept on calling me a liar. And then you called my job. So now I'm coming. Now I'm not backing down. Now I'm gonna stand ten toes down.
Ria
Absolutely. We're gonna wrap up shortly, but I do want to ask you. What? If there's anything that you've seen online or any rumor about you that. That you're like, oh, man, they got this so wrong.
Jo Ellen
I mean, other than, like, my sister and husband. Yeah, yeah, that one's just not true. Yeah, no, Most of the rumors are right.
Fran
They're actually way juicier.
Jo Ellen
They're only getting 10%. Right. No, I don't really see too. Too much about that many rumors about me. It's mostly about my sister.
Ria
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, it's not even about me.
Jo Ellen
My poor sister thought, like, the world was gonna love her. She's like, oh, this is my scene. I'm gonna have, like, a watch party. And then she started reading the Internet, and they're like, like, I hate her, hussy. And I'm like, no, she's the best person ever.
Fran
That sucks, because it's like, if you're not mad at your sister, no one else should be mad.
Ria
Sometimes it's like a family joke may not translate.
Fran
You know, it just.
Ria
You're like, this is really funny to us, but the public does not think it's funny.
Jo Ellen
Right? Right. I guess they don't think it's funny, but it is to me, so I'm okay. I know they're not hooking up. I appreciate the fans caring that much, but I promise I'm good. They're good.
Ria
Well, Joel, and we're so happy you came in to talk to us.
Fran
So happy. Thank you so much.
Ria
Dying over the season. We can't wait to watch the rest. And we, you know, not to jinx it, but we can't wait for season two. I could feel it. I have a good feeling about.
Jo Ellen
Fingers crossed.
Ria
Good feeling about this franchise, but Sundays at 9 o' clock on Bravo, and you can stream the next day on Peacock as well.
Fran
Thanks so much.
Jo Ellen
Thank you so much.
Ria
Much.
Fran
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Ria
Jump back into it.
Fran
We're feeling good and I hope you ladies are feeling good as well.
Amanda
We're ready. Excited?
Ria
Yep.
Fran
All right, let's do it.
Ria
We're locking in. It's 15 questions. You get the question right, you get the point. If you get it wrong, the other team can steal the point. Whoever has the most points at the end wins. To determine who goes first, Noah's going to give us a movie. We're going to guess the Rotten Tomatoes critic score of that movie. Whoever is closest will get to go first. We each get our own individual guest. We'll alternate between teams for guesses. So, Noah, what is today's movie?
Noah
The Internship.
Fran
All right, so one of you will go first and then we'll go back and forth.
Amanda
Okay, I'm gonna say 52.
Fran
That's a solid guess. I'm gonna say 74.
Ria
Okay.
Amanda
I'm gonna go 63.
Ria
Is this the one with Anne Hathaway and Robert De Niro?
Fran
I gotta be honest, in my head, it was either that or it was.
Ria
Because it was the intro.
Fran
It was. Or it was Anna Kendrick and George Clooney or Owen Wilson and then Vince.
Jo Ellen
Oh, right, right.
Ria
Okay. The one that Donna Bryan's in.
Fran
Yes.
Ria
Okay.
Fran
I had three different movies in my head.
Ria
So what's the one with De Niro
Fran
where he's the intern?
Ria
That's the intern.
Amanda
Yeah.
Ria
Okay, I'm gonna say 39.
Noah
That's the closest. 34.
Fran
Nice.
Amanda
I knew it was low. Dang.
Fran
It was really depending on the movie in my.
Ria
Yeah, yeah. That's why I was like.
Amanda
I was thinking Anne Hathaway Yeah.
Ria
So I gave her high.
Jo Ellen
Yeah.
Ria
I wonder what the intern score is. Can you look it up?
Noah
Any guesses so we know?
Ria
No, we don't need to guess again.
Amanda
I think that one's higher in the 60s.
Ria
Yeah, 59. Wow. Okay, so that one was higher. Yep.
Noah
I think I enjoy the internship more, though.
Ria
I haven't seen the internship in a really long time.
Noah
Okay.
Ria
I don't think I ever saw the intern.
Amanda
So.
Noah
Question number one, to rean Fran, shout out Michaela from Newton, Massachusetts.
Ria
It.
Noah
What song did Justin Bieber release as a single in January 2020 after a three year music hiatus?
Fran
Ghost. I don't know. Final answer. Ghost.
Noah
Incorrect.
Fran
Oh,
Amanda
Amanda, do you know I actually thought it was Ghost. I went to the one with him and Ariana, but I know it's not that. Yeah, that's that. Stuck with you. But I cannot. I wouldn't say that was like a single for him.
Fran
If you got nothing.
Noah
10 seconds.
Amanda
I could be stuck with you. I mean, that's the only one I could think of other than Ghost. Let's just do it then. Stuck with you. Final answer.
Noah
Incorrect. Yummy.
Ria
Oh,
Fran
Damn.
Noah
Ghost was 2021.
Ria
I thought of stuck with you also, but I was like they were. We were fully in lockdown when that one came out. It was yummy.
Fran
Yeah.
Ria
Yep.
Jo Ellen
Yeah.
Noah
All right, question number two to Ashley and Amanda, shout out Elaine from Cincinnati. What is the commercial slogan that Carter says in a Cinderella story at the end of the movie?
Amanda
I love this movie too. You do? I have zero thoughts. I haven't seen this movie in a really long time. Commercial slogan at the end of the movie.
Noah
15 seconds.
Amanda
I got nothing. Yeah, I literally don't even have a guess.
Ria
What is this? Is it. It's toothpaste, right? He's doing an ad for toothpaste.
Fran
Yes. Yes.
Ria
And he loves it. He smiles. I don't remember what he says. Yeah, I don't even have. I don't have a guess. I. I can picture him doing the thing, but I have no idea what he says.
Fran
Oh, what's like a toothpaste slogan?
Ria
Pearly white, three seconds. I can't even think of a toothpaste slogan.
Noah
Anything is possible if you just believe.
Ria
Yeah, anything is possible if you just believe. It was toothpaste though, right?
Fran
I do believe. Believe.
Amanda
So.
Fran
Yes.
Noah
I could look that up.
Ria
I would love to know.
Noah
It feels right for a skin acne product.
Fran
Okay, close enough. Close enough.
Ria
Skin. Skin.
Amanda
Yeah.
Ria
It was not toothpaste. Yeah.
Noah
Okay, still scoreless. Question number three to re And Fran, shout out to Sammy from Boston. In Toy Story 2, we are introduced to Jesse the Prospector and their horse. What is the horse's name?
Ria
I have no idea. Jesse's horse. As much as I enjoy all the toy stories, I think I don't have Toy Story trivia in me.
Fran
Jesse's horse.
Ria
Jesse's horse. I'm picturing the horse.
Fran
We gotta throw a name out there, though, because we can't just do this the whole game today.
Noah
10 seconds.
Fran
Stan, Stan, Stan, Stan. Final answer. If only.
Jo Ellen
Amanda.
Amanda
Isn't it Bullseye? It is. That is exactly what I was thinking. Okay, Bullseye. Final answer.
Fran
I mean, that is just terrible of us to not know Bullseye.
Ria
No, I know that one. When they said Bullseye, I went, yeah,
Fran
that one is just really bad that we didn't know Bullseye.
Ria
I know.
Fran
I'm happy for you guys. I'm just disappointed. Yeah. No.
Ria
Yep.
Noah
Okay. One. Nothing. Ashley and Amanda, question number four.
Ria
Today could be a Stanley shout out
Noah
Michaela from Newton again. Which actor played the Oompa Loompa that was trapped in the jar in the 2023 movie? Wonka.
Amanda
Isn't it the same guy that plays all of them?
Jo Ellen
I don't know his name.
Amanda
No, no, no, no, no. You're thinking of the guy from, like, the one with Johnny Depp. Oh, this is Wonka with Timothy.
Noah
Oh, 15 seconds.
Amanda
Don't know who it is, but I know what you're talking about. Is it the guy that's from the Office who also is in the Proposal?
Noah
Five seconds.
Amanda
I'm just, like, listing places, but I'm not too sure. Okay, well, don't give him too much.
Noah
Empty.
Ria
I'm done.
Amanda
I'm done. Sorry.
Ria
My only guess is Hugh Grant, because isn't he an Oompa Loompa in that movie? But I don't. I never saw it.
Fran
Go with Hugh Grant. You know, go with Hugh Grant. Yeah, do it.
Ria
Final answer, correct. Yes. I'm envisioning that now.
Amanda
And I remember being like, that is.
Ria
Yeah. It was only like when everybody watched the previous year. Like, I'm sorry, is that Hugh Grant as an Oompa Loompa?
Amanda
Weird.
Noah
Weird. Okay, title one, question number five to Re and Fran. Shout out Tate from North Dakota. Name the actor or actress based on these three movies. Anchorman, the Holiday where the Millers.
Fran
Christina Ashley Applegate. She's not in the holiday.
Ria
Holiday.
Noah
15 seconds.
Ria
I can't think of.
Noah
Five seconds.
Ria
Ed Burns. Final answer, incorrect.
Noah
Cash in. Amanda.
Amanda
I only know people from the holiday. Is it Juvenile I know. I'm thinking Acorn Man, Holiday. And what's the third movie where the Millers. Oh, we're the Millers. Yeah. None of those people are ringing a bell. But I am going to say they're like Jack Black or Jude Law or something. Yeah, the two. I was going to say not Jack Black.
Noah
Ten seconds.
Amanda
Should we just go with it? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. Jude Law.
Noah
Final answer incorrect. Katherine Hahn.
Ria
She's in everything. After I said at Burns, I was like, who are the other possible. And I was like, is it either John Krasinski or Katherine Hahn? Because they're the only other like side. They had like two seconds in the holiday.
Noah
All right, still tied up at 1.
Ria
She's in Werther Miller's.
Noah
Yeah.
Fran
Haven't seen that movie in a long time. She's like on an a bus that
Amanda
they meet the family.
Fran
Oh, yes.
Ria
The other fan when Nick Offerman.
Fran
Good call.
Noah
Okay.
Ria
That would be so fucking funny.
Fran
It is.
Ria
I watched it a lot when I went through a phase where I watched it a lot.
Fran
I gotta run that back.
Ria
Yeah.
Noah
You guys ever watch rv? Yes, I watched that a million times.
Fran
RV was a good one for me. If we're going road trip ones. Johnson's Family Vacation was legitimately my favorite movie. I watched that movie on replay. Johnson's Family Vacation. I loved that movie.
Noah
All right, tied to one. Question number six. Shout out Aaron and Carly from Port Townsend. And this is to Ashley and Amanda name. This year, Along Came Polly is in theaters. The Livestrong bracelets come out. Ashlee Simpson gets caught lip syncing on SNL.
Amanda
Gosh, this is early. This is like late 90s. I was just a child. Maybe not even alive.
Ria
Just a babe.
Amanda
For some reason, O1 is in my head, but I could be wrong. But if you don't have a guess, I. I don't even know what that movie is or anything. All I know, Ashley Simpson. That's about it. I'm gonna say 2001.
Noah
Final answer incorrect.
Ria
I'm between 2 and 3. Oh, you think earlier.
Fran
No, I was gonna go later, but I like. I like 2000. The Livestrong bracelets were a little bit later, I think that's why.
Noah
But I mean, 15 seconds.
Ria
It was the first one. Again, sorry. Along Came Polly.
Fran
Along Came Polly.
Ria
And Ashley Simpson was
Noah
five seconds.
Ria
Four. Maybe three or four. 2004. Final answer correct.
Fran
Nice. Nice.
Amanda
Oh, my gosh.
Fran
All right, that was a good.
Ria
A little bit later, but not too. Yeah, I just added one.
Fran
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Noah
Not too much that there was a period in time where my only goal in life was to get a Livestrong bracelet.
Ria
Oh, and I you. That was everything that point did make me think. Like I was thinking my. That era for me, I would have been around 10. And that, that seems right.
Fran
And by the way, I remember my parents got me a fake one and I was.
Ria
Oh, that was the worst.
Fran
I was like.
Ria
Or like, I. I actually would get mad walking into stores and seeing fake ones and being like, those are fake.
Fran
No, I. Well, it's like my mom, she won't buy like Advil, she'll buy like the store. Right, right, right. You know, I feel that.
Noah
All right, two, one. Ria and Fran. So question number seven to them, shout out Paige and Dylan from Austin in Entourage. What is the full name of the porn star Vinny Chase dates Sasha Grey?
Fran
Final answer correct. You ain't gonna get me.
Ria
Even I knew that one.
Fran
You ain't gonna get me. I have watched that show more than any other thing I've ever watched besides Full House and Friends. But Friends, that is probably the most
Noah
rewatched show I've ever watched.
Fran
Entourage.
Ria
Yeah, I think I've rewatched it a shit ton too. And like, not on purpose. Cause Joe's always rewatching it. So then I'm.
Fran
It's locked in for me. Why do you guys have that question?
Jo Ellen
Because I've never seen it.
Ria
There you go.
Noah
Okay, three, one. Re and friends. Question number eight to Ashley and Amanda. Shout out Marissa from Newton, Massachusetts. Newton's a big trivia town apparently.
Ria
Nice.
Noah
Name this movie based on its IMDb description. 14 year old Jason has a reputation for stretching the truth. So when a big time Hollywood producer steals his class paper and turns it into a smash hit movie, no one believes Jason's tale.
Amanda
We love this movie. Yeah, we love this movie. Final answer correct.
Ria
That's a classic. Solid, great, solid, great flick.
Noah
I've probably seen that.
Ria
A good program, great flick, as my dad was saying.
Noah
Okay, three, two, Rhian. Fran. Question number nine to Re and Fran. Shout out Mikayla from Newton, Massachusetts.
Ria
Wonder if she knows Marissa.
Noah
Okay. One of Drake's official music videos are clips of him distributing the $1 million music video budget to families, organizations and grocery stores in Miami. What song was the music video for God's Plan.
Fran
Final answer correct.
Ria
My girl knows Drake.
Fran
It's like embarrassing, you know, it's like I'm not like bragging about it.
Noah
The music video, so long ago though, like, I mean, I guess it kind of is. Yeah, it was like 2019 or 2018.
Ria
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Noah
Okay, four, two, ran, fran. And this question is to Ashley and Amanda. I'm gonna play clip and you tell me what movie it's from.
Unknown Rapper
I mean.
Fran
I mean, he murdered somebody, right?
Unknown Rapper
The guy fucking murders somebody and you
Ria
don't fucking take him.
Fran
What are you waiting for?
Unknown Rapper
Honestly?
Fran
I mean, do you want him to
Unknown Rapper
chop me up and feed me to the poor? Is that what you guys want?
Fran
Yeah, well, that might stick.
Ria
Will you shut up? We are building a case and it takes time. You know that.
Amanda
I don't even recognize the voice. I'm like, who is this?
Ria
Who gets murdered?
Amanda
We gotta think of a movie. Yeah, sounds like a mob movie of some sort. Do you have a guess? I. No. I'm trying to think of anyone that is, like, giving mobster esque vibes in a movie other than the Godfather. Yeah, I'm getting that.
Noah
Five seconds.
Amanda
No, that's not it. I got nothing. Sorry. That's fine.
Fran
Is this the town?
Ria
Your guess is as good as mine. All I know is that that, like, jingly music in the background was throwing me off.
Fran
I'm torn between the Town and the Departure, but it could be neither.
Ria
My initial thought was the Departed, but. But I have nothing to back that up.
Fran
Fifteen seconds, let's go. The Departed.
Amanda
Good.
Jo Ellen
Sure.
Fran
All right. Just parted. Final answer correct.
Ria
Oh, okay, good.
Noah
That was Leo, then Mark Wahlberg, and then Martin Sheen. All right, five.
Fran
I knew it was one of those. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Noah
Five, two R and Fran. Question number 11 to you guys. Name four roasters from Justin Bieber's Comedy Central roast.
Fran
Sarah silverman.
Ria
Yeah.
Fran
Natasha legaro.
Ria
I can't remember. Kevin Hart. No, he wasn't around that time.
Noah
10 seconds.
Ria
Who was there?
Fran
Oh, the roast master. Roastmaster. Why am I blanking on his name?
Noah
Jeff.
Fran
Jeff Ross. Oh, God. I got three. That's it.
Noah
Sorry, Amanda and Ashley.
Ria
I just said Jeff.
Jo Ellen
Did you wish this?
Amanda
No. Okay. I was thinking Kevin Hart also. So let's go with Kevin Hart. Yeah. Sarah Silverman. Who else you think? Well, I feel like they were on the right track, so we're gonna have to steal from the names. Sorry, guys. Okay, so Sarah Silverman, Kevin Hart, Jeff Ross, and Shane Gillis, maybe? Could be. All right, I'm gonna go with that. Final answer incorrect.
Noah
That was way before Shane's time.
Fran
Yeah.
Noah
Although Sarah Silverman was not.
Ria
Oh, really?
Fran
Was Natasha Leguero in it?
Noah
Yes, it was Kevin Hart, roastmaster. Jeff Ross, Roastmaster General. Martha Stewart. Snoop Dogg, Ludacris, Shaq. Pete Davidson.
Ria
Yeah.
Noah
Natasha, Chris.
Ria
I couldn't remember what Fleet was involved in it at the same time they. There was the whole. That brought Martha Stewart back.
Fran
When was that?
Noah
That was 20 while ago.
Fran
Yeah, it was a long time ago. Yeah.
Noah
2015. It is still five two ran Fran. So Ashley and Amanda have to get the final three questions right. Sent it overtime. And this question is to them shout out Megan from New York City.
Amanda
Four questions.
Noah
Four questions left. Yeah. What band is Joseph Gordon Levitt's character listening to in the elevator when he first meets meet summer in 500 days of summer?
Amanda
Never seen that movie. Me either. I know. I'm sorry.
Ria
What animated response
Amanda
is that?
Jo Ellen
The question?
Amanda
What band?
Noah
What band?
Fran
Okay.
Amanda
In an elevator in like a summer esque movie. Yeah. Singing something old. My brain goes to the Jared Leto band. But you know what time is. You can say that.
Ria
I don't know it.
Fran
Beatles.
Amanda
Beatles.
Fran
Beatles. Final answer incorrect.
Noah
I just thought that was so funny how confident you were when you said that. What is the Smiths? He's like. She's like, that's the Smith. She's like, I love this.
Fran
The Beatles have something to do with that movie though, don't they? No. Okay, moving on.
Ria
Not that I remember thinking of across the Universe.
Noah
All right, five, two. Question number 13 to Reinfrene. Shout out Aaron and Carly from Port Townsend again. What is the full name of the detective played by Daniel Craig in the Knives out franchise?
Fran
Oh, couldn't even give you a guess.
Ria
That real southern name, it's like, what is it? J like it? Or is it French?
Fran
Jacques.
Ria
Am I thinking of Pink Panther?
Fran
Jacques. I was just going to say Jacques Big Bear. Final answer. Jacques.
Noah
Incorrect. Ashley and Amanda.
Amanda
Amanda. You saw those? Most recent. I can hear his voice so vividly in my head. Yeah. God, what is his name? I'm like, how many times do they actually say his name in the movie? They're like, not that many. Full name, too, Because I thought just Jacques, but I don't know the full name.
Noah
15 seconds.
Amanda
I want to say, like, Colonel, but that's crazy.
Ria
Yeah, crazy wrong.
Fran
I don't know.
Noah
Three seconds.
Jo Ellen
We're not doing great.
Amanda
Do. Do.
Ria
Jacques.
Fran
Gusto. Finally. We just said that.
Ria
Gusto instead of Gusto.
Noah
Incorrect. Benoit Blank.
Amanda
Blanc.
Fran
Benoit Blanc. I'm seeing it now.
Amanda
I'm seeing it all now.
Fran
I mean, here's the thing. We repeated it back and then we both went Benoit.
Ria
No, but wait.
Noah
But isn't he Southern?
Ria
It took me a second.
Fran
Benoit Blank.
Ria
Benoit Blank does kind of have a southern X. It seemed like Louisiana.
Noah
So then why would it be like
Fran
some weird ass New Orleans? Yeah, New Orleans is all made from the French. French order. Benoit Blanc. Benoit Blank. Benoit Blank.
Noah
The best detective in the world.
Fran
Benoit Blank.
Noah
We need to get Benoit Blank on the case.
Ria
Oh, my God, that's funny.
Fran
I'm changing your contact name to Benoit Blank.
Ria
Benoit Blank.
Noah
Why do they make words that are hard to read?
Fran
Good question.
Noah
Okay, that's funny. All right, well, that Seals of victory. We have two left, though. So question number 14, and this is to Ashley and Amanda, shout out Abby from Northern Virginia in season three of Jersey Shore. When Sammy is yelling at Ron during the Are you friends with her? Let me know now scene. Vinnie interrupts by saying they're going to someone's birthday. Whose birthday is it?
Fran
Is this our question?
Ria
No.
Noah
No.
Ria
Is this our question?
Amanda
I know she knows it, but I do not. She definitely knows it. I'm trying to think of who else is, you know, on the show. I mean, it's like, they're probably going to win someone's birthdays. It's a famous person.
Noah
I feel like 15 seconds.
Amanda
Should we say Paris Hilton? Oh, yeah, that's fun. Do it. Okay. Paris Hilton. Final answer.
Noah
Incorrect.
Fran
We're going to Ryder's birthday. Ryder. Final answer.
Ria
Correct. Who's Ryder?
Fran
Snooki's best friend.
Ria
Oh, yeah, that's not a famous person. Yeah.
Noah
Okay. Six, two, Rhiann, Fran, final question to them. Shout out Megan from New York City again. In the TV show Fleabag, the main character has romantic interest, but their love is forbidden. Why is it forbidden?
Ria
He's a priest.
Fran
Final answer correct. Boom. We really came back. 72 started off slow, but wow. Yeah, that was a good game for us.
Ria
2004 upped it. Yeah, right?
Fran
That really upped the morale. Well, thank you guys so much for playing. That was a good game for us, us. But seriously, thank you guys. We appreciate you guys.
Ria
Thank you, girls.
Fran
And we'll send you guys some merch. So just send Noah your address and size and we'll get that sent to you. Great. Thank you.
Ria
And enjoy your trip.
Fran
Yeah, enjoy your trip this summer in Italy.
Ria
Gonna love it. Amanda's like, damn, you know about our trip. Yeah, enjoy the trip.
Fran
You'll have the best time. Thank you, guys.
Noah
Thanks.
Fran
Bye.
Ria
Thank you.
Fran
Bye. That wraps up today's episode of Chicks in the Office. Thank you so much for watching and listening. We hope you have a lovely, wonderful weekend. We love you so very much. Big hugs and smooches, and we'll talk to you on Monday.
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This episode delivers classic "Chicks in the Office" energy with a mix of pop culture commentary and reality TV deep dives. Fran and Ria break down the buzz around Amanda Batula’s recent behavior on "Summer House," spill the latest on the Rossini/Vrabel rumor mill, recap trending celebrity news, and welcome Jo-Ellen Tiberi from "Real Housewives of Rhode Island" (RHORI) for an in-depth interview. They wrap up with their signature lightning trivia game.
[02:30-11:00]
"There is no better feeling than walking around butt ass naked in the comfort of your own home... It's a luxury." — Fran [08:26]
[15:20-25:28]
"Probably the biggest blow up he's had... Throws a fuck you at her again." — Fran [16:00]
“Your brain starts to go, is this woman a little bit more calculated than we think?” — Fran [16:40]
“I think her confiding in West... she felt like, oh my god, a guy cares about me and is showing me this affection that I think she was missing from Kyle." — Fran [19:27] "Watching this season is just making it worse. It’s not like we don’t have these things to back it up.” — Fran [21:14]
[26:23-40:43]
“She named her son Michael during the time in which she had been seeing Mike Vrabel...” — Fran [29:24]
“Her life gets flipped upside down for this... Vrabel’s getting a fucking standing ovation. It’s such an eye...” — Ria [38:33]
“It’s a conflict of interest for him to be leaking information. I don’t understand the double standard.” — Fran [39:16]
[41:04-48:35]
KJ Apa's "Mr. Fantasy" viral bit is dissected—acknowledging fans that still think it’s not a joke.
"They're the same person. This is a whole... It's a whole bit. It's hysterical." — Ria [41:55]
Billie Eilish & Nat Wolff: Their red carpet debut as a couple is discussed, with special mention to Billie’s Good Hang interview, Amy Poehler’s relatability, and the couple's "friendship to lovers" trope.
“I love the friendship to lovers trope.” — Ria [46:21]
[49:54-87:17]
“Us having genuine connections and knowing each other, that’s a big differentiator...” — Jo-Ellen [50:35]
“You’re not dropping a mic. You’re dropping a marriage, girl.” — Jo-Ellen [55:40]
“I think that somebody deserves to know if their husband is cheating... That’s being a girl’s girl.” — Jo-Ellen [56:07] “He was in a two-and-a-half-year relationship, giving his girlfriend a ring... Why would you do this?” — Jo-Ellen [57:49]
“It’s like your town is our entire state—so we all know each other and everyone’s mess.” — Jo-Ellen [60:19]
“He touched her boobs one time. I mean, everyone touches boobs... It’s not a big deal.” — Jo-Ellen [63:49]
“You want to be polarizing like that.” — Fran [77:20]
[88:49–112:50]
The episode is conversational, candid, and irreverent, with a distinct “Chicks in the Office” blend of relatability and pop culture expertise. Fran and Ria’s chemistry makes the deep dives feel like chats with friends, while Jo-Ellen matches their humor and candor in the interview.
“It really is blankets. You just need something on the couch.” — Ria [05:39]
“If you really were desperately in love with each other, perhaps you do blow up your life… but every once in a while, just once a year, you guys just have a little rendezvous somewhere.” — Ria (about Rossini & Vrabel) [34:48]
“If somebody’s lying, I think that somebody deserves to know if their husband is cheating on them. That’s being a girl's girl. That’s just being a good human being and friend.” — Jo-Ellen [56:07]
For full Bravo/BravoCon, pop culture, and reality TV insights, don't miss this jam-packed episode.