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Fran
What's up, everyone?
Rhea
It's Chicks in the office with Brian. Fran. Giving you that Friday energy on a Friday. Happy Friday Friday, everybody. We're ready to get into the weekend. Thanksgiving is right around the corner. Maybe you're doing nothing. Maybe you have big plans. Whatever it is, we are getting you ready for that Thanksgiving week. How are we feeling, ladies and gentlemen? Good.
Fran
I am ready for nothing.
Rhea
Yes. A wonderful weekend filled with nothing.
Fran
A wonderful weekend filled with nothing.
Rhea
Yeah.
Fran
Sounds amazing.
Rhea
It does.
Fran
People were yelling at me in my DMs after posting that I was going to see Wicked at 11pm on a Wednesday night. They were like, why are you doing that? And I was like, cause I want to.
Rhea
Yep. Yep.
Fran
And. And now it opens on my Friday because I was gonna go Friday evening. Now I have already seen it. So it opens up my Friday. I think I was maybe gonna go out to Long island really relax, you know, get out of the big city.
Rhea
The big city lights.
Fran
Get out of the big city. Out of the hustle and bustle.
Rhea
Yes.
Fran
And just enjoy. Just enjoy a nice quiet weekend before Thanksgiving, which I'm very excited for as well.
Rhea
Me too. I can't wait for Thanksgiving next week. I am giddy about it. I can't wait. I can't wait to cook some things up. I can't wait to eat some good food. I can't wait to drink some good wine. It is right around the corner. I'm also excited for the weekend to do absolutely fucking nothing as well. Like, I just wanna wake up and not have to leave my apartment immediately, which is what I will be doing. I'm excited because I just said that I will not be leaving my apartment. That is untrue, because I will be, but for something relaxing. Okay. Matt and I are going to this place. They have it in Jersey. They might have it in the city, too. I don't know. But it's like sauna, cold, plunge.
Fran
Yeah.
Rhea
There's a ton of them inside. Vitamin C shower. Like, you get this whole sweet to yourself for an hour just to like, really soak it all in. Yeah, I'm really excited for this vitamin C shower nonsense. Sounds nice. Sounds amazing.
Fran
What? What do they do?
Rhea
What do you mean?
Fran
It's like infused in the.
Rhea
Yeah, like the vitamin C is infused in the water. I have no idea, but it sounds refreshing to me. It sounds like you're pouring orange juice on me. Or is that vitamin D?
Fran
No, vitamin D. Vitamin D. Sunny day.
Rhea
So it's vitamin D, but orange.
Fran
Vitamin C. Yeah, yeah.
Rhea
Right.
Fran
But I did just have the same thought. I was like, is it going to be orange?
Rhea
Yeah, I will let you know. I'll let everybody know. But that's what we're doing on. It won't be orange on Friday, you know, late afternoon, early evening. Come home and put on the Jonas Brothers Christmas movie.
Noah
Yes.
Rhea
Maybe bake some chocolate chip banana bread.
Fran
Shit. I'm just like, maybe I'll just come to your.
Rhea
I know, I know. Cozy up behind. I got a new blanket for the cow.
Fran
Hey, guys, it's me, Scoochie.
Rhea
Scoochie, Let me in.
Fran
Literally, that sound on Tik Tok. He's like, let me just. Excuse me. Let me just scooch in.
Rhea
Right? Yeah, I'm just gonna. I'm just gonna go in right here. Yeah, I'm. I'm so excited. Light a. Light a nice little candle.
Fran
Nice candle.
Rhea
Get my bait gone.
Fran
I'm Very much approaching the. I'm almost there. Probably I will do it after Thanksgiving. But the transition from the. From the fall candle to the holiday candle.
Rhea
And you know what? I got some new Christmas candles.
Fran
Yes.
Rhea
In honor of the Joe Bros. Same.
Fran
The Jonas Brothers actually got a. They sent, like, a box.
Rhea
I did.
Fran
And I got Christmas candles.
Rhea
Yeah.
Fran
Christmas candles.
Rhea
And their gingerbread cookies and Jonas Brothers cookies. And they're buying them.
Fran
They've got a whole night for it.
Rhea
I know.
Fran
So put on the sweatshirt.
Rhea
I'm gonna put on the sweatshirt. Friday night's gonna be a big Jonas Brothers Christmas movie night in the Cahill household. And I'm very excited for that. And I'm just. Just excited for the weekend. I really am excited for Thanksgiving. I know I talk about it every year. If you are an OG listener, you know that Thanksgiving is like, my jam. I just. I just freaking love this holiday. I was watching Beat Bobby Flay Holiday Throwdown last night, and I saw Bobby. One of his signature dishes is like a. Like a. Like a green bean mashed potato. Spicy green bean. Yeah. I don't. It just. It just came out like that. Green bean, tomatoes. Tomatoes, like, special. And I was like, oh, what if I want to make a different kind of mashed potato? What if I want to change it up and make a. Make a cheesy mash or add a little. Add a little cheese?
Fran
I'm sure everybody would love that.
Rhea
I don't know. Like, I just wanna run wild. I wanna make candies, get crazy with marshmallows on top. I wanna freaking do it all. I love it. I really wanted to try making Teenies Mac and Cheese. If you know Teeny from TikTok, she is a chef on TikTok, and I love following along with her and her recipes and her and her husband. And Tini's Mac and Cheese, it goes viral every year.
Fran
Yeah.
Rhea
And I was thinking about doing a test run at it this weekend. I heard someone else is already making Mac and cheese, though. And I don't want to step on any toes, you know, and be like, oh, you made Mac and cheese? Well, guess what? I made a viral TikTok Mac and Cheese, and here it is. You know, I don't want to step on any toes, so.
Fran
Yeah, that's fair.
Rhea
I might just make it this weekend just for fun.
Fran
Yeah.
Rhea
And. And me, Matt, could have it this weekend.
Fran
What's special about it?
Rhea
Teeny's Mac and Cheese.
Fran
Yeah.
Rhea
No idea. I just know that people fucking love it. Okay. And they fuck it up. They make it and they fuck it up. There's always videos of people making it and not doing it right. So I wanted to make it and see if I can do it right. Okay. Cause I don't know. I've never made that kind of Mac and cheese before, that type of Mac and cheese. So I'm interested in that. And we'll see what else I chef up next week. But I am. I am so excited to be with family and just a nice holiday week.
Fran
Yeah, definitely. Noah's back in the.
Rhea
In the stew.
Noah
Yeah, I was here last episode.
Fran
Yeah. But it felt like we didn't check in as much.
Noah
Yeah, we didn't check in because it.
Fran
Felt like you were the jury duty.
Noah
It was still fresh in my mind.
Fran
The jury duties thing was, like, still kind of ongoing.
Noah
Yeah.
Fran
But now you're out.
Noah
I'm out of it. And, like, I guess I won't give too many details about.
Fran
Yeah, you shouldn't. I don't think you're allowed to.
Rhea
Don't give details.
Noah
I'm not going to give names or anything. But it was kind of crazy because I basically, the whole first day I was there, sat there, did nothing. I tried to get out of it. By the way, like, I had a note from HR here. Like, a very legitimate note. Like, very official.
Fran
Yeah. And I don't think they care how official it is.
Noah
I thought they would, but they were sending. There were multiple people, like, reading through these notes. I walked in, like, a kind of late in the room, and immediately I knew this lady didn't like me. Cause I was like, oh, I have a note from I.M. she's like, I'm not there yet. Sit down. So I was like, okay, she's in a bad mood and you could just tell me.
Fran
And you walked in late. She had you.
Noah
It was like a couple minutes, whatever.
Fran
Oh, she had her eyes on you.
Noah
And then she's like, anyone who needs to try to get out of this or whatever, go down the hall. So everyone waiting in line, people are getting sent home. I was like, oh, this is easy. Like, I was actually looking at my phone. Like, when should I tell them I should do it next? Like, what would be a good month? And this is already turning into, like, a long story.
Fran
Not really.
Noah
Okay. But basically she, like, comes out of nowhere and is like, you, like. She starts taking people and only picked me to go into the room. And I sat down, handed her the note. She read the first three words of this, like, pretty long letter and was like, nope, nope, you have to serve. Go Sit back down. And I'm like, oh, no, I want to serve. She's like, no, no. And just, like, walked out of the room and didn't check in with anyone else. So.
Rhea
Well, are you happy now? You got it over with. Like, you went. They didn't pick you, and now you're good for.
Noah
So, yeah, I mean, I sat there all day long until 4pm and if you make the five, you're done. Like, you survived the day without getting called. And at 4pm they called my name. And so I was like, all right, whatever. We went down to this courtroom, and the judge immediately was like, it's too late. Blah, blah, blah. Like, come back tomorrow. So then I came back tomorrow, the next day, thinking, like, it's a. Oh, it'll be like a small case or whatever. And she kind of kept speaking in terms where it's like, this sounds like a long. She'd be like, throughout the trial. She was very late that day. She's like, throughout the trial, I'll try not to be late. I'm like, throughout the trial. Like, what does that mean? But yeah, so she did end up telling us what the case was, and it was for a very serious thing, which I kind of gasped at in my mind. And I think collectively everyone there was kind of like, whoa.
Fran
Would have been quite the journey if you.
Noah
But it was kind of crazy. I didn't know that how all this worked. And I had to go up in front of this whole courtroom of people, in front of the accused lawyers, everything, and speak into her microphone to the judge saying why I can't serve. Thankfully, our holiday Spectacular got me out of this because the case fell on. It was across a couple weeks, but our holiday show fell across that. So she said, if you have planned trips.
Fran
So did you have to get up in front of the judge and say, I have the chicks in the office Holiday Spectacular?
Noah
I didn't say any of those exact words. I actually did. If she had.
Rhea
Your honor, I'm gonna be in Philly for the Holiday Spectacular.
Fran
I don't know if you've heard of the podcast Chicks to the Office, but it's their Holiday Spectacular show in Philly.
Noah
Believe me, Wanna be Santa. Believe me, like, having to say this in front of, like, the person who's accused of the crime and all this.
Fran
What exactly did you say?
Noah
So if she had pushed me a little more, I would have ended up having to say that. And I actually did slack like, our live event seem like, hey, can you send me those hotel receipts? Because I thought she was gonna, like, need to see. She said, like, we'll have to see paperwork or whatever. She didn't ask for that. But no, I said, like, hello. No, Ives. I've spelled my name out. And she's like, why can't you? And everyone who went before me, by the way, like, there were a lot of people who were trying to get out of it because they, like, weren't great at English. And she, like, shut them all down. It was like, no. Like, I don't believe you. Like, go wait outside. Right, right. So I was like, this could go bad. But I was like, everybody really tries.
Rhea
To get out of jury duty. Yeah, but some people really want to do it.
Noah
Yeah, some people, like, no. There were people around me who, honestly, like, I kind of was. After hearing the kid. It's like, if I didn't have conflicts or anything, like, that would be pretty cool to be a part of.
Fran
So you said what?
Noah
I said, I have a planned work trip the week. This week. And she's like, where? I'm like, Philadelphia.
Fran
And I'm like, so very far away.
Noah
And I'm like, it's a big event, like, at the end of the year that I need to be there. Like, it's a big thing.
Rhea
You're like, I produce it.
Noah
I didn't say that. And then she kind of was like.
Rhea
Excuse me, do you know who I am?
Noah
She likes the lawyers. Like, ask him. Is that's good with you? They're like, approved. And she's like, okay, you're excused, but not from jury duty. So then I was like, wait. I almost was like, wait, I'm not excused from jury duty. I've been here for two days. Like, I didn't say that.
Fran
Yeah.
Noah
Probably would have backfired. But then the cop ended up saying to everyone who was, like, excused after the fact, like, you'll get a receipt in the mail. So I think I'm good for four years.
Rhea
Yeah. You're like, your Honor, have you heard of the 30 before 30 list? Noah's 3430 list. Yeah.
Noah
What if that was on the list? Like, do jury duty?
Rhea
Yeah.
Noah
Yeah, it was. It was interesting. I, like, you know, it was a cool experience for the day and a half that I was there, I guess, just to see.
Fran
Yeah.
Noah
See that world. But, yeah.
Rhea
Well, you have finally completed your mission. Hopefully.
Noah
Hopefully, you'll be good because you see people from all walks of life. Like, it's everyone you could imagine, like, all over the spectrum.
Rhea
So true.
Noah
Like, financially, like, culturally. Like, it's. It's Wild.
Rhea
Yeah. Everyone's gotta serve.
Noah
You're in the elevator, like, and you know, you feel like you're in a movie. I feel like I'm in what's it. All's fair.
Rhea
I haven't seen that. Yeah.
Noah
But like, they're talking to lawyer, like in the elevator, like the DA just said this, blah, blah, blah. I'm like, damn.
Rhea
Yeah. They gotta get their cases done. The lawyers are working.
Fran
Yeah.
Noah
So, yeah.
Rhea
Well, glad you made it through and you were able to get out of it because of the Holiday Spectacular, which is kind of a great lead in to buy tickets to the.
Noah
Hey, if you're trying to get out of jury duty, buy tickets if you are.
Fran
If you are in Philadelphia.
Rhea
Yes. And you just tell your judge you got to get to Philly for the holiday Spectacular.
Fran
Yep.
Rhea
Those tickets are are on sale now. Make sure you get them. It's gonna be a super fun show. We love our end of the year show, the Holiday Spectacular. It's always fun. It's always a treat. And you get to dress up. What? What's better than that? Seeing us dressing up, Being with your friends, Maybe come alone. I love when people come alone and they make friends. It's great. So make sure you get your tickets and I think we're ready to get into the rest of the show. But first I wanna hear about Wicked. What'd you think?
Fran
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Rhea
I was planning to go this weekend.
Fran
Yeah.
Rhea
And then I spoke to Gia.
Fran
Yeah.
Rhea
Cause Gia rated it a 3.5 on her story. Yeah. And I responded back. I said, oh, interesting.
Fran
Which is not bad.
Rhea
3.5 out of five. It's.
Noah
It's like average.
Rhea
Yeah. But I'm.
Fran
3.5 out of five is above average.
Noah
The first one, like a five.
Rhea
Four.
Fran
I think the first one. Maybe she did a four.
Rhea
Yeah. Like, but four wicked. You know what I mean? Like, I'm expecting higher than a 3.5 with the way. With just like the way everyone hypes it up.
Kelly
Yeah.
Fran
I don't know. But you know, Gia, like, Gia loved it, but like, then her. Her letterbox score, she puts her movie critic.
Noah
Oh, wait, didn't she. This was when she, like, had a problem with the color, right?
Rhea
Yeah. Oh, I forgot with the first Wicked.
Fran
I forgot about, like, remember we, like, loved it and gave it a. And we were like, well, why didn't it get a higher score then?
Rhea
But, well, that's how I feel about this. And she wrote. Yeah. With like a, like a slanted face. Like, she said the last 45 minutes saved it for me. But then she said she still recommends going.
Fran
Yeah, no, it's. It's an amazing. It's amazing. The thing is, is just like, you know, if you've seen Wicked, you know how it goes. It's not like they stray that far away. Has a 70 from what this, from what the story is and from what happened.
Rhea
I think I have to let that not, you know, deter me. Yeah.
Fran
Don't let G is three and a half make any decisions for you. I, I, like, I'd probably give it. If I was judging off a, Off a five point scale, I'd probably give it something like that too. If not, like, I don't. I don't think I'd go higher than a 4. But it's. But it's hard.
Rhea
The first part for you was higher than a 4.5.
Fran
It's hard because if you're judging the whole thing together, it's like, it makes a lot more sense. But because it's in two parts, you just. I have certain fate. Like, my favorite songs are in part one. I think there's more. It's just a Lighter, like, funnier setup in part one. Part two is just like a little heavier. It gets into more conflict and she's full blown wicked and everything that comes. You know what I. What everyone thinks she's a full blown wicked, you know, so there's so much more. And part two just moves really fast because it's like they, you know, they got to fit in kind of all the ties into the wizard of Oz and all that comes into play. And I still like, I, I love the story so much, but it's like there's no surprise in what's going to happen. And I still thought they did it beautifully. I thought Ariana Grande was fantastic. Once again. The two of them really are so good.
Rhea
I might go Saturday night. Yeah. I got no, like I said, like empty weekend. It's going to be like a last minute move.
Fran
Yeah.
Rhea
Of like, ooh, because there are tickets available near me. So I'm like, ooh, that'll be like a last minute. Let's go. Let's go to the movies.
Fran
It is. I mean, Wicked's fantastic. G& I both sobbed our eyes out. Like, like, I mean, anytime I hear for good, I just lose it. It's just one of those songs and you know, it gets you the power of friendship and having your best friend, unlikely friends, and you're changing the world and they're just.
Rhea
It's a beautiful story.
Fran
It is, it is. And they're great. And I thought Jonathan Bailey was great. So many great moments in this one. But for me, the, the act one is just stronger all around.
Rhea
I think a lot of people can agree with that. Even like for the play. Yeah. When you go see it, you remember.
Fran
The first part and the music to me, like the music in act one, I just like more. And there are obviously some great ones in. In part two. And they also added two new songs which like didn't blow me away. So I wasn't like, oh, these were necessary amazing additions.
Rhea
Right. Okay.
Fran
I was like, oh, these are cute. But I wasn't like, oh my God, I can't wait to like listen to this song when the soundtrack comes out.
Rhea
I didn't know they were adding.
Fran
Yeah, they, Cynthia, Glinda and Elphaba both got like a. Two new solo songs.
Rhea
Oh.
Fran
And they're great. And they're like, they are very beneficial in the storytelling. But the songs itself weren't like super catchy to me. In my mind. That's all right.
Rhea
But that's okay.
Fran
Yeah. Like, I mean, I'm not exactly watching it for the new original one.
Rhea
Nice to hear them. Sick.
Fran
Anyway, all you have to know is that for good just brings the fucking house down. Every time I was sobbing, my eyes like a sobbing. Truly crying. Oh, let me tell you. There was one guy that was sitting next to Gia who I don't know if he is. If he was like a conductor.
Rhea
Like a train conductor?
Fran
Yeah, like. No, like. Like an orchestra.
Rhea
Orchestra conductor.
Fran
Like he. He was obviously.
Rhea
We're talking about Wicked.
Fran
Yeah, no, no, but like he was acting.
Noah
Choo choo.
Fran
Like I thought in the movie he.
Rhea
Was like.
Fran
Here comes the train going to us.
Rhea
He's like on duty the whole time.
Fran
Yeah, here comes the train going to Oz. No, he. He basically halfway through the movie, felt like he thought he was conducting like a wicked orchestra as the songs were playing. Like he was fully like, no, like no good. D goes on punnett. Like really like. And like then he started going like this. And then like. And then he was tapping for a while. I thought Gio was gonna kill him. Maybe she was like, that needs to stop. Yeah, but to suffer it. Yeah, but when you're like in someone else's space and it wasn't when we were in the IMAX theater. So the seats are small, you're closer together. But I loved seeing it in IMAX. It was so good. Not 3D, not 3D, not 3.
Rhea
Very important note.
Fran
Saw it in regular Amex. Had to get my.
Noah
Amex.
Rhea
IMAX?
Fran
Why did I say I paid with my Amex?
Rhea
Yeah, I was like, wait, what?
Fran
IMAX. Regular IMAX. Oh, you know why I said that?
Rhea
Swiping away a lot.
Fran
You know I said that Cuz I was already thinking about the fact that I spent $100 on concessions. I.
Noah
$100?
Fran
Yeah, it was $100.
Noah
Like the merch stuff you got.
Fran
Oh, well, each the souvenir cup.
Rhea
You kind of needed the souvenir cup. I responded to your story and I was like, dang, those are cute.
Fran
No, they were so cute. And I, when I saw them, G and I were like, okay, yeah, we need those.
Rhea
Yeah, we're going to have those cups alone were $50. Yeah. That's insane. But.
Fran
And then like, you can't buy like a popcorn and a candy for like less than 30 bucks. So it just added up quick. Added up quick. Between that and movie nachos, of course I had to get some nachos.
Rhea
How were they this time?
Fran
Cookie dough bites better. Better cheese. Ooh, better cheese.
Rhea
Warmed up nice.
Fran
Yeah. It was not stale chips. No, the chips were better. The Chips. Honestly, they were the same exact chips, but they tasted crisper.
Noah
They probably have, like, the a team for these movies. Cause they know, like, we got a big audience.
Rhea
Oh, yeah, you better have those. Those tips well done. And that cheese warmed up.
Fran
And you could also buy a popcorn bucket of Glinda's Bubble.
Rhea
Oh, so.
Fran
And it had lights in it.
Rhea
Ah.
Fran
So it made the popcorn look pink.
Rhea
So creative. I totally would have got that one.
Fran
So cute. That was probably 80, like, $800. Who knows? I was joking. That the. It's so funny. But yeah. No, the cups were insane.
Rhea
But they're so cute.
Fran
Yeah.
Rhea
That's how they get people.
Fran
Exactly. We had an amazing time. I haven't been to a movie that late since, like, a midnight premiere.
Rhea
Twilight.
Fran
Yeah. Probably since breaking Dawn Part 2.
Rhea
Yeah.
Fran
Midnight Premiere. Or like, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part.
Rhea
I know when I saw you post that you were going at 11pm I just thought to myself, I won't even be awake when Francesca gets out of this movie to ask her how it is. Like, I'm a goner.
Fran
No.
Rhea
Already.
Fran
But I will say it was so enjoyable, and I loved it so much, much that, like, I. I didn't feel tired, and it went by, and all of a sudden it was over, and it was like 1:45. And I was like, wow.
Rhea
Oh, my God. Is that long?
Noah
How long is it?
Fran
Probably started at three hours. No, no, no. Probably started at 30.
Rhea
I think it's only two hours.
Noah
Two hours and 17 minutes.
Fran
Oh, yeah.
Rhea
Yeah. Okay. That's not bad.
Fran
I think it started, like, around, you know, with previews and all that jazz. And they were. The lines were long, so I think they waited a little bit for people to get to the. To their seats before, like, pressing play because there was a big line for snacks and such when we walked in.
Rhea
Because they have to get all their. Their merch.
Fran
Yeah. Everybody wanted all the geek. I got a poster.
Rhea
You got a poster?
Fran
Yeah.
Rhea
What are you gonna do with it?
Fran
I don't know.
Rhea
I don't know where you hanging that.
Fran
Bad boy, but it's them holding hands and it. And it's limited edition.
Rhea
It's limited edition. You have to have it because it's gonna be vintage years from now. Maybe you're. Brandon, about when they were scanning the tickets out, this poster.
Fran
Yeah, exactly.
Rhea
Maybe they'll want it in their room.
Fran
Yeah.
Rhea
Growing up.
Fran
That's like me when I'm refusing to throw away my Alphabet cup in 20 years, and Joe's gonna be like, we. You still need this cup?
Rhea
Yeah, absolutely.
Fran
This cup was 25.
Rhea
Yeah, we. We spent my Amex. Spent a lot on this cup and this cup. We need to keep it, and our kids need to have it. Potentially.
Fran
It's.
Rhea
I mean, when I get a cup like that, it's like all I want to drink out of for the next week. I almost.
Fran
I almost brought it, right? I almost brought it to work.
Rhea
That's like your new staff.
Fran
Exactly. Like, I almost brought it to work. I was like, I'm gonna drink out of it all day. That's what it feels like.
Rhea
I love a festive cup.
Noah
Yeah.
Rhea
Love. And right now is the season of festive cups.
Fran
It really is.
Rhea
Like, we are now transitioning from Halloween to Thanksgiving to. To, you know, the holiday season in general.
Fran
Yeah.
Rhea
The Christmas cups. I'm about to break out. I can't wait.
Fran
Yeah, yeah.
Rhea
But I'm gonna have to. I'm gonna have to get a Wicked one.
Fran
Yeah, for sure. And the album, the Glinda one was really cute too. Like, they were both. They were. They're both really, really cool. And they get. They're like, textured on the outside. It's a high quality cup.
Rhea
You know, you're selling it.
Fran
What? What? Hope I'm really selling this cup.
Rhea
You're welcome.
Fran
See, but no, honestly, I do kind of agree with Gia's, like, num. Whatever grade of it, so to say. Just from the standpoint of, like, movie critic hat on. But I still loved every second.
Rhea
Right.
Fran
You know what I'm saying?
Rhea
Like, you still enjoy your time, you still cry, still felt all the emotions.
Fran
I certainly have some critiques, but, like, God, it's. It does make you feel something. Because I just fucking love Wicked so much.
Noah
People singing along. Anyone?
Fran
No. There were some cheers after certain songs.
Rhea
Right.
Fran
That's appropriate, which I felt appropriate. As long as you're mine, no good deed. There's some hooting and hollering, which felt good. And then. Yeah, I think every. I think everybody was feeling it during.
Rhea
During.
Fran
For good. Just. Oh, God, it just gets me beautiful every time. There's also a moment towards the beginning of the movie that I, like, legit started bawling. It had to do with the animals. And I just, like, really couldn't. All of a sudden I was, like, really crying. I was like, I can't be crying this early on in the movie.
Rhea
Like, it's too soon for this. We need to make it through two hours.
Fran
Yeah, yeah, exactly. And I was like, I can't be crying this much at these. At the at these animals like packing their bags. Like I can't be.
Rhea
No.
Fran
I know that will get anybody it really well. It really well. And I don't want to give too much away but. But there's a return of one animal that I was like, no.
Rhea
Oh my God.
Fran
Like sobbing. So anyways. But Cynthia and Ariana as always are fun. Fantastic. I think that they crushed this. Ariana was so amazing again. And you know, big ups to Jonathan Bailey too because he is so good. I love him as Fiero. I thought he crushed as Long as yous Mind. I was like, I wish he got a. A solo song in this the other. You know Glinda and Elphaba got two new songs. Could Fiyero could have gotten a little something.
Rhea
They're already singing enough.
Fran
But you know the movie's long and if you wanted to watch the whole thing like if you wanted to watch Wicked, sit down and do both parts. It's clocking like five hours double future.
Rhea
That's a couch thing for me.
Noah
You don't think they'll have like a bo like DVD bonus Fiero song.
Fran
Fiero song. Never before seen Fiero song. They could. I don't think so. I'd certainly believe they teased out of.
Noah
That do that anymore. Cuz like DVDs aren't a thing.
Rhea
Right. That used to be so fun though. Getting a DVD bonus footage.
Fran
The bonus Blu Ray.
Rhea
The best. They really sold out too. They were like bonus Blu Ray. And you're like, I have to get that one has the extra songs or the extra scene. And then you would replay that scene over and over again.
Noah
Isn't that crazy? Like how Blu Ray was. That was like the crazy technology for a second.
Fran
Yeah.
Noah
And I was like, wow, this is Blu Ray.
Rhea
Yeah.
Noah
It wasn't that crazy.
Rhea
Oh my God.
Fran
I know. So that's why I got to. Yeah. Now I'm. Now I'm in imax and I do and I post it on my story. But I'll say it again on the podcast. Thank you to the girl who DM me because I just so happened to catch it.
Rhea
Yeah.
Fran
On. When did I see Gia? Monday. So on Monday I just so happened to see her DM like two minutes after she sent it. And it was like, Fran, AMC Lincoln Square just opened IMAX Wednesday 11pm and I was like, fuck.
Rhea
Like I'm there.
Fran
I opened my app so fast and like the whole theater I had my pick of seats and I was like, this is a dream.
Rhea
That's a dream. When you open up the app oh, my God. And all the seats a available.
Fran
I sat row J, like center, center.
Noah
Like middle.
Fran
Yeah, center, middle.
Noah
That theater is insane, by the way.
Rhea
Yeah. The imax.
Noah
The imax, yeah.
Rhea
It is crazy.
Noah
Crazy.
Fran
It's awesome. I'm so glad I got to see it in that setting. And I turned down the three day. Thank God I didn't go.
Rhea
Best case scenario.
Fran
Exactly.
Rhea
There you go.
Fran
So I, you know, I'm not ready for the Wicked era to be over quite yet. I'll be really living in it for. For some time still.
Rhea
You could soak it in until probably January 2026.
Fran
Okay, thank you.
Rhea
I think, I think that's an appropriate.
Aaron/Sarah (Trivia Contestants)
Amount of time for everybody.
Fran
Yep.
Rhea
I agree. All right, let's get into the rest of the show. I mean, major, major Instagram bomb. Drop by Chase Stokes on his Instagram. Stories about him and Kelsey Ballerini or something. Have to talk about that Dancing with the Stars recap from Tuesday night. Big, shocking elimination. Timothee Chalamet. There's a conspiracy theory going on. People think he's moonlighting and as an alt British rapper. And now Colleen, wouldn't that be funny? It would be, and I sort of believe it.
Fran
Yeah.
Rhea
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Fran
Yeah.
Rhea
The people online have been crazy about him and Kelsey Ballerini and Kelsey Ballerini's new song. They thought that it was about Madeline Cline and the. You know, the. The lyrics of the song are just like, she. You know. Yeah, she has brown eyes, I'm green, like, things like that. So people are taking those, and they're automatically saying that they are about Madelyn Cline and Kelsey feeling some type of way about Madelyn and Chase, you know, filming. It's the last season of Outer Banks. Who knows? People are, like, making this up out of thin air.
Fran
Totally.
Rhea
But then on TikTok, Kelsey Ballerini, on her TikToks, people were posting pictures of Chase and Madeline together.
Fran
Yeah.
Rhea
Being like, you're never gonna be this. They're always gonna be in love banks.
Fran
Like, fan accounts just, like, said, like, they were.
Rhea
They.
Fran
They made a. It was like a call to action to post in Kelsey's comments.
Rhea
Right. And it is so lame and bizarre, and you literally have to be a child. Yeah.
Fran
I think to be a lot of them.
Rhea
I think it's children on TikTok doing any of this, thinking, this is funny. It's not funny at all. These are real people with real emotions. And they're commenting on Kelsey's TikTok and imagine me and Kelsey opening up her TikTok comments and seeing all of this. Like, I can't imagine that feels good. I feel so sorry for her that people are doing this, or it's pathetic. Like, these people are adults. So then Chase jumped in, and he was like, enough. Like, this is fucking weird.
Fran
He said he told him to grow up.
Rhea
Yeah, he. He. He wrote.
Fran
Comment was, these comments are fucking weird.
Rhea
Grow up. Yeah, he wrote multiple. Then he wrote another one saying, enough. Yeah. And he's done with it. I would be too. I mean, they're clearly fed up with this fucking bizarre narrative that people make up, and they do it all the time. We see it with Justin, Selena, and Haley. Not to bring it up, but it's the same thing. Oh, they're never gonna be over each other. They're over each other. They're adults. They've moved on. But people are. They're stuck. So they have just been, like, being torturous in Their comments with all of this. And then this happens and Chase gets on there and he says he's blocked. I am assuming. I am putting context clues together that Chase is saying that he is blocked by Kelsey Bellarini in this Instagram story. I think if we're. If we're putting two and two together. He is saying that he is blocked by Kelsey on his Instagram story. I don't know what to make of it. He's saying he did nothing wrong. He tried. This is no good. Whatever happened before, whatever kind of like, breakup they had and then potentially got back together seemed amicable.
Fran
Yeah.
Rhea
This one, not so much. I think things have now maybe taken a turn.
Fran
Right. It does feel like things have escalated at some point over the weekend. Over the. Like this past weekend and then into this week. And then the. There were some Country Music Awards. CMA's maybe. I think they were the CMA's. CMA's were Wednesday night, and she was there solo. And I feel like there's just been so much talk about her and him and what's been going on. And at this point, who the hell knows? We know nothing. This was. This couldn't have been more vague from Chase. No clue what's been going on behind closed doors. Who knows if Kelsey wanted Chase in her comments trying to, like, help, quote, unquote, help, or what he thought was maybe gonna help, but then maybe it didn't. Maybe she didn't want to address anything at all. And now. Now we really have no clue. Like, there's really nothing to. There's nothing to make of this besides that. Maybe Chase is airing something out that. That didn't need to be aired out. Because honestly, if he didn't post these stories, I think we would have just thought that things like, that maybe they tried to rekindle and then things fizzled out again, and we would have been like, oh, things fizzled out for them again. And I don't think anybody really would have dug too deep into it. But him saying that he's blocked.
Rhea
Well, here's the thing. We say people wouldn't have dug too deep into it. We wouldn't have dug too deep into it. Normal people wouldn't have dug too deep into it. They are dealing with a fan base that is digging too deep into it.
Fran
Yeah, no, I feel like they have been.
Rhea
I didn't feel like. No, I know. But I feel like on his end, he's probably receiving so much and it's so overwhelming that he probably thought, I gotta post on my Instagram. Story. Realistically, you're right. He probably didn't have to do any of that. Cause now we know way too much. And now we know he's blocked, and we know that they tried to make it work and it didn't. And if he would have just ignored it, things would have died down. But maybe things just got so overwhelming online that he felt like, all right, I need to fucking post something. Because I'm just, you know, things are just getting out of control online.
Fran
Yeah.
Rhea
So who knows when you're in that state of just being, like, overwhelmed like that? Because I could imagine, like, what they're dealing with from the fans is a lot. Like, it's a lot about Madeline, which. It's like, Madeline has had multiple boyfriends since Chase. I feel like she has moved on fully.
Kelly
Right.
Rhea
I feel like they've both moved on. Kelsey and Chase have been together for years. It feels like we. The boat has sailed, and we've moved on from that. But now with the. With the filming of the last season and people taking pictures of Chase and Madeline filming out of context, saying, you know, it's them not filming when they're very clearly filming. It's all spiraling out of control.
Fran
Yeah. And I just went. I just went to go check his Instagram just to see if he still had them up. They're gone. Which makes sense.
Rhea
Well, it's one of those. You post and you delete and you go, oh, he probably posted that in, like, a fit of rage or overwhelm.
Fran
Yeah.
Rhea
And he posted it and was like, fine, I'm gonna tell everybody I'm blocked. I did nothing wrong. And then was like, probably saw the reaction to those stories, which is probably even worse than the reaction before those stories, and was like, oh, fuck, I shouldn't have posted those stories right now. Just like, now. Now all the thoughts are racing, like, God damn, why did I post those stories?
Fran
Or else I'm like, don't believe the media. Don't believe the media. What the fuck's the media doing?
Rhea
Maybe the media said that they were back together. And he's like, no, don't believe it. I'm blocked. Yeah, that's what I took that as. Like, don't believe the media. We're not black back together. I'm blocked.
Noah
Right.
Rhea
You know, blocked.
Fran
I did nothing wrong.
Rhea
Maybe. Maybe because he was defending her, people were like, oh, Chase is defending girlfriend.
Fran
Posting, saying maybe he was doing something that he shouldn't have. But he's like, we're not together.
Rhea
No, maybe he's saying, I did nothing wrong. Because, like, he wants everyone to know that, like, he did nothing wrong. Like, maybe he's saying, I'm blocked, but I didn't do anything wrong. Like, I think he's like, I don't know. We're just.
Noah
I don't know.
Fran
We have no clue.
Rhea
What I took from that was like, he's like, I'm blocked.
Fran
He's saying, yeah, I didn't do anything.
Rhea
But I didn't do anything wrong.
Fran
Which feels far fetched. I don't know. I don't know. This whole thing was so confusing. I also was like, I thought, I'm like, did he search for some, like, blurry frame film photo to, like, put on behind this? But it does have an effect on it. Film burn number three is the going.
Rhea
Out of your way is the effect. Make an Instagram story like this and then be like, all right, what effect am I gonna use? Is one of the funniest things. Just do the black screen and call it a day.
Fran
Exactly. Which is what he did on the second one.
Rhea
Yeah, like, we didn't need that. That Film burn number three.
Fran
Yeah.
Rhea
Glam Squad number four filter on the Instagram story for that one.
Fran
I think it was coming through an old film camera. I immediately went to Twitter, which I think a lot of people did too, to be like, does anyone know what's. And all the tweets are funny because everyone's like, everyone else here. Because, like, trying to figure out what happened. Someone tweeted Chase Stokes treating his public Instagram like we treated Snapchat in middle school.
Rhea
No, it is so true. Like, the. Sorry, I tried. Yeah, he's, like, known for doing that kind of thing. Like, even, like, in the beginning of Outer Banks when he'd have it's very.
Fran
Like, break up away message.
Rhea
Like, he would be like, xoxo C. That's how he would, like, sign his Instagram stories when he first started. But I feel like he's also putting it out there that, oh, I know how many people were rooting for us. I tried. It's like, you gotta do it for you two. Not because people are rooting for you to be together publicly. Like, don't be together just because the public wants you to be together. Be together because you two want to be together.
Fran
And I know, no matter, like, I know what you're saying, that, yes, they are getting bombarded by people online so much, but posting these stories just made it 10 times worse.
Rhea
Oh, 1000%. I'm not in defense of. Of the story. I'm just trying to find for sure, I think, where he was coming from.
Fran
I'm sure it's like. It's like a. This is. Ah. This is my only option. Like last ditch. And then it's like, okay, wait, now.
Rhea
Right.
Fran
Just open a massive can of worms.
Rhea
Bad idea.
Fran
And everyone wondering what the hell happened.
Rhea
He also could have posted any other Instagram story. Like the classic breakup Instagram story. Like, hey, me and Kelsey aren't together anymore. Like, we tried to make it work. You know, Anything probably would have been better than these two Instagram stories of like, I'm blocked. I tried.
Fran
Yeah, I know. I don't know why the sorry with a heart is the funniest part of it. Sorry.
Rhea
He always does.
Fran
Sorry. Sorry to who?
Rhea
That's. That's like his thing on Instagram. Like, you don't. Do you remember his old Instagram stories? Like some sort of like, sorry.
Fran
Yeah.
Rhea
You know, with like, oh, sorry heart.
Fran
I tried. I tried. I don't know. Damn.
Rhea
I don't know. But I wanted.
Fran
I feel like this was a direct apology to me personally. You know, I. I have always believed. To all those people who believed in that. That was me. I didn't believe. You know, I thought maybe they can make it work.
Rhea
Yeah.
Fran
But clearly not. And you know what? If Kelsey wants. If Kelsey wants to block him, she can block him. We don't know what the fuck happened there.
Rhea
I feel like when someone's like, I'm blocked. I did nothing wrong. It's like there's a reason.
Fran
Yeah.
Rhea
Why you were blocked.
Fran
Right.
Rhea
You know? Right.
Fran
And if. And if we're getting. If we're taking anything away from the songs that Kelsey just put out, seemed like things were bumpy, to say the least.
Rhea
It seems like they were bumpy. You know, I would. I love Madeline Klein. So I would like to believe that none of this has to do with Madeline Klein.
Fran
Yeah.
Rhea
And maybe it doesn't directly have to do with Madeline doing anything. Right. Maybe it just could. It might just being like you're filming with your girlfriend.
Fran
Yeah. That you still have to work together.
Rhea
And has nothing to do with Madeline as a person. Right.
Fran
And work together and be in love on the show.
Rhea
Right. Exactly. They could do a lot with that. Yeah. With not. With Madeline not doing anything actually wrong. So, I mean, who the fuck knows? Chase probably.
Fran
Get back in the studio, girl.
Rhea
Right. Get back in the studio.
Fran
Next EP out, stats.
Rhea
And I would imagine Chase's PR team called him stat.
Fran
Yeah.
Rhea
Said, buddy, we gotta get these down.
Fran
Take those bad boys down.
Rhea
Take these bad boys down let's meet for lunch let's reassess the situation. Stop telling people that Kelsey has you blocked, because now she's probably gonna put out a song called Blocked or some. Or some shit. Because, I mean, yeah, she'll. She'll speak to us. Her music. She does.
Fran
She's an amazing songwriter, and I feel like she puts her heart and soul in her lyrics, and she does it in such a beautiful way, so. Well, I'm. You know, we'll hear about it. We.
Rhea
We'll hear about it. Not on her Instagram, I would assume.
Fran
No.
Rhea
Moving on. Dancing with the Stars this past week, big elimination. We were pissed.
Fran
Yeah.
Rhea
Whitney was sent home.
Fran
Yeah. Yeah. We were worried about this.
Rhea
We were. You know, we were worried about this.
Fran
And we kind of talked about it a little bit when we were talking about Mormon Wives on Monday. But we were definitely worried that season three was going to influence how people voted on Dancing with the Stars. I. I think it definitely did.
Rhea
Definitely.
Fran
I think that she is somebody that got labeled as a villain on the show very early on because someone needs to be. Someone needs to be the villain.
Rhea
Yeah.
Fran
And I. My take on Mormon Wives is also that I really do love the show. Like, I think the show is so entertaining, but I find a lot of the drama to. And I don't think this is a hot take at all. Like, I just find some of the drama to be pretty manufactured, and it's. Which is kind of fair. And I sometimes feel that way about, like, most Hulu reality shows, but she. Whatever she gets. She gets labeled. Labeled as the villain that has stuck with her. I think it's kind of been an unfair label. I think that she is just different than the other group of. Than the. Than the group of girls. Like, not in a bad way, but we've been saying it too, and I think you said it as well. It's like she was. She's definitely like the theater kid. Like, and I've seen it on TikTok so much that they're like, Whitney is so Rachel Berry coded. And that's so true. And that does not make her a villain in my mind. I think she tries to really hard to fit in with that group. And she's, like, a little quirky, and the girls, like, don't get that. And I think it's been. I think it's been unfair. I think she's been painted as a villain. I see people on TikTok still bringing up the hospital TikTok, which I get. And she's addressed and talked about, and, like, we're not gonna vote for her on Dancing with the Stars because of that.
Rhea
I don't know.
Fran
It just felt like people were trying to come up with every excuse, every reason in the book to say why they didn't want her to win, and it. They all felt pretty baseless.
Rhea
Yeah. I think she has, like, quirky theater kid vibes. I feel like she's so talented. We saw that on the show. She isn't fitting in with mom talk. Do I, like, disagree with her sort of being friends with Demi? Yeah, because, like. But we talked about that. But I'm separating that from her dancing and being on Dancing with the Stars and having that talent because she is so extremely talented.
Fran
If anything, she was trying to give everybody the benefit of the doubt, and.
Rhea
I feel like she was just, like, a little bit lost being friends with Demi, so I feel like that's where that comes from. I think that, like, you cannot root for somebody, right, if you don't want to. If you don't want to root for Whitney, fine. Okay. Just like we didn't want to root for Andy. We talk about every week. It's getting nauseating at this point of us talking about it. Sorry that I had to bring it up, but you just root for more people than you do others when it comes to a competition show. Right? That's completely fine.
Fran
But I went, like, tearing down Andy's character.
Rhea
When people.
Fran
Andy seem like he's a lovely guy.
Rhea
When people band together to, like, make something happen online, that's where it gets to that point where it's like, all right, this is a lot. Like, people over the weekend band together to, like, bully her online and be like, we're gonna fucking take her down. Like, nobody vote for her. Everybody. Everybody must vote against her. And, like, she's the worst.
Fran
She's a bad person.
Rhea
She's a villain. She's this. She's that. Like, all the name calling about her character and all this and all that to get her off the show. There's a lot of people who have never even watched Mormon Wives who are just listening to what other people are saying, being like, oh, she's a villain. We gotta get her off. And they just, like, all band together to get her off the show. And to me, that's just like. And then people find joy in that after they're like, we did it. And I'm like, I don't find the joy in that. And I think from her dancing ability and how fucking good she was on that show. She deserved to go to the finale.
Fran
Yeah, yeah, absolutely. And I think, like, if you. That's where I felt too. It was like, if I. If you didn't want her to win, fine. But I do think she deserved to be in. In the finale. And yeah, the, like, the hypocrisy of calling someone out for being a mean girl on tv, but then banding together with people on the Internet and creating a massive group to tear down this girl. Everything about this girl, because you don't like her on reality tv, you know, it was just like. Feels kind of crazy.
Rhea
I think we've picked up on the fact that, like, even now you can see, right? Because people are like, she's not nice with the other girls. She's not friends with the other girls. All the other girls are commenting, being like, huh, Whitney should still be in it. Whitney's so good. And I'm like, so that's where the problem comes in, with the detachment between the audience and what's being shown and the girls on the show, because we're seeing old footage, people are reacting to old footage. Now they're all friends. And now all the girls on the show are like, no, what the fuck? Whitney should be in it. Meanwhile, the people who are rooting against Whitney were trying to defend them. Meanwhile, they're defending Whitney. So it's like. And none of it makes sense.
Fran
I know. And I think, to be honest, like, ab, Whatever, Hulu Disney, whatever you want to call it, the whole. The whole parent company just kind of did her dirty with this third season coming out when it did. Because the timing of it was just really unfortunate because this is. This was months ago. And what's crazy about this show is every season is so different and all the friendships change so much every season. So it's like, this was season three. So we're all. Everyone's voting for Whitney. Like, everyone's voting based on a show that happened months ago, but the show's happening live right now. So so much has probably changed that none of them can talk about because they can't talk about season four because they can't ruin the plot lines of season four. So it's like, they can't. I don't think they could all get on TikTok and be like, we all love Whitney. We want to support her and all these things because then it would open too many questions and potentially ruin, like, storylines that happen in season four.
Rhea
Right. But even Mikayla got on there with a shirt of Whitney and Mom.
Fran
I know.
Rhea
Weeks ago. And they Hate each other. And she was like, no, I support her now.
Fran
So I think that still, like, wasn't enough. That's what it's still basing it off of. Months and months, like, months ago.
Rhea
Yeah. I think that's where the disconnect comes in, is where now all these girls are defending Whitney and they're friends with her, but everyone online.
Fran
Yeah.
Rhea
Is like, we're gonna defend the other. The other moms.
Fran
Yeah.
Rhea
Right. But the other moms are friends with her too. So that's like, it's just a disconnect with the timing and releasing of the show. And she got fucked.
Fran
Yeah. And we already talked about, you know, I've absolutely no problem with her going back to the show because she wanted to be on Dancing with the Stars. Like, nope, no problem at all. I think that's so fair. And unfortunately, I think TikTok and the way that this got blown up. I know you were saying it already, but it's just like, it continues to show that just like one little thing people get into their minds and then that's all it takes.
Rhea
Miranda did comment on our posts, and she said that she was honest about coming back for her bag.
Fran
Yeah.
Rhea
So she can't blame Whitney. So that's what I'm saying. You got Miranda coming in being like, I don't blame Whitney for coming back for a bag. I did the same thing. And then people are mad at it. Yeah.
Fran
They're all getting paid. It's a job on reality tv. It's all a job that they're all getting paid for. Why do you think contract negotiations have become a hot topic every season now? Every season it feels like the season starts with them being, like, so and so wanted more money and. Or this, like, contracts have been a problem within the group. It's because they're all fighting for new opportunities and to make money and to have growth. And Dancing with the Stars was a huge opportunity. Now, at the end of the day, I do think I. And I hope that this all works out for Whitney, and I do think it will. I think she. I think she made it far enough. I think we all saw her ability and the star quality that she has that she could really take this and do so much in this space. And I hope Dancing with the Stars was everything, like all of the things that she hoped it would be. I know, I'm. I know she does feel that way, that she got so much out of it and without necessarily, quote, unquote, having to win. You know, I feel like all the opportunities Were there for. I was saying, it's like look back at American Idol back in the day. So many of those amazing singers did not win American Idol.
Rhea
True.
Fran
You know, and it was. It was vote. Vote based. And so many people voted for their favorites and there were some amazing voices who went on to be mega, mega, mega, mega, mega successful who did not win the show. And I feel like Whitney could have a really amazing career in performance or theater, whatever she wants to do next because she, I think, is such a talent. And it'll be even more interesting now to see this all play out another season of Mormon Wives because it does feel like obviously everything that went down during Dancing with the Stars, they were. They were filming too. So we. We will. We will see all that.
Rhea
Yeah.
Fran
Happen. Did you see Kevin Jonas say he's turned down dancing?
Rhea
They joked about I did, and I.
Fran
Felt like turning down Dancing with the Stars. He's been asked every year.
Rhea
Thinking about Kevin Jonas on Dancing with Stars made perfect sense to me.
Fran
Him being on it.
Rhea
Him being on it.
Fran
Yeah.
Rhea
But now people are saying they should get Frankie on it because he's trying to get it, like a music career going.
Fran
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Rhea
And maybe like Frankie, like, the brothers are busy. Like the. The Jonas Brothers. Yeah. As a band. I don't think that they could be.
Noah
On two of the brothers.
Rhea
It would be great, but I don't think that they have time to become really honest with the stars.
Fran
I don't think any of them. I don't think any of the married brothers will ever do it.
Rhea
Oh, so you think Joe might.
Fran
I. No, I don't think Joe would. But I'm just saying, like, right now, if you were to take, like, I don't think. I think Nick and Kevin also. There's so many reasons why I don't think they would do it. Right. Do it. But even like Kevin right now, you could argue, like, Kevin would be amazing on the show, but I don't think Kevin would do it more based off of his marriage.
Noah
Really?
Rhea
That's fine.
Fran
Yeah.
Rhea
Yeah.
Fran
Because I. I think, you know, Dancing with the Stars, it costs, you know? Cause a lot of boundaries. And some people. Some people I don't think want their spouse out there dancing with someone like that.
Rhea
I almost feel like Danielle would be so supportive of it, though. But maybe Kyle himself wouldn't want to do it.
Fran
Yeah. I don't know. They're so. They're so conscious of those things. I think. I think they're very conscious of it. They would.
Rhea
Here's.
Fran
I don't think they do it.
Rhea
I think it's not a them problem. I feel like they're probably very secure with each other and trust each other 100%. They have a wonderful relationship. It seems. It's the way fans react to these things that take an extra mile. Like, the way that people react about Alex, Earl, and Val and how, like, connected they are in the dance, which they should be. That is. That is the point of it. And Jenna is in there teaching Alex to, like, get in there. And, like, I saw Jenna talking on a podcast recently about how, like, it is really just a job for them. They have been dancing with a girl or a boy aside to them since they were 10 years old.
Fran
Yeah.
Rhea
And it's all about technique, and they are playing a part and they are doing their job. So to them, it's not romantic. I mean, again, I guess, romantic. A lot of them have ended up marrying their partners or each other.
Fran
So it's just kind of heard that argument sometimes.
Rhea
Definitely does happen. But I think, like, when it comes to Val and Alex, it seems more like brotherly sister vibes to me, for sure. Like, I'm not getting. Oh, my God. They're in, like, the way that people are, like, they're in love with each other. I'm like, this is acting, babe. This is. This is Hollywood. Yeah.
Fran
This.
Rhea
This is what we're getting on 100%.
Fran
But you, like, know how the fans are and everything with Dancing with the Stars, like, we're saying. So, like, if Kevin decided to do the show and it was Kevin and Jenna.
Rhea
Oh, right.
Fran
People would go crazy. It's like the same kind of thing.
Rhea
And they don't want that, and that's fine.
Fran
It's just inviting a lot of outside noise that I think a lot of people are like, hey, I'm. I'm fine without that.
Rhea
Right. Like, Kevin's like, I don't have to go on Dancing with the Stars.
Fran
Kevin does not have to go on dancing stars.
Rhea
It's fine. Yeah.
Noah
Best dancer out of the brothers would be.
Fran
Joe.
Noah
Yeah, that makes sense.
Fran
Solely based off of, you know, what he's doing during these and during the shows, and he's not even there. I wouldn't really say any of them dance.
Rhea
I think Joe probably has, I think, some moves.
Fran
I think Joe. Yeah. Watching them in concert, I mean, I'm trying to even think, mate. I think they'd all be. I think they all would be good. I think they all have great rhythm. They're just not, like, you know, they're not boy bandy dancer type Guys with.
Noah
The Stars ever gotten someone, like, on their level on the season? Like, whether someone like that big like that isn't past their prime?
Fran
No, no. I think if anything, they're asking these people these questions now because the show is so huge and they're like, oh, maybe this is the time that they would get someone like that to do it.
Noah
They needed Kevin when they were still.
Fran
Yeah. I mean, granted, it just depends on what industry you're. You're considering them to be in too, because it's like Alex Earl is. I couldn't be more popular in what she's doing. And she's on Dance with the Stars, you know. Yeah, but it's a different. It's. It's like, it's more the social media world than it is.
Noah
Yeah. When Sunday I went on. That was like, before her movie career, right?
Rhea
Yeah, yeah.
Fran
Zendaya went on Real. She was so young when she was.
Rhea
Like, still Disney at that time.
Fran
I think she was. Yeah, yeah, it was still the.
Noah
And yeah, it's like Charlie DeMille.
Fran
It was like right after Shake it off ended, it was like, really?
Rhea
But that fits into the schedule. Like, I don't. The Jonas Brothers, they're like. They tour and, you know.
Fran
Yeah, they're busy.
Noah
The Jonas Brothers block off a couple months.
Rhea
Yeah.
Fran
The Jones brothers are not going to be on Dancing with the Stars anytime.
Rhea
It's okay.
Fran
Anytime soon. I can guarantee that. They were very nice about it. They're like, hey, we're. We're watching. Nick was like, we're rooting for Mr. Irwin.
Rhea
Right. That's sweet.
Fran
And. And. And Dylan Efron, but. Yeah, no, I don't think. I don't think we're gonna be seeing Kevin on. On Dance with the Stars anytime soon. Hey, Kevin's got a solo song came out today.
Rhea
Right. The solo career could be popping off.
Fran
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Rhea
Moving on. Timothy Chalamet. There's a conspiracy going on that he is moonlighting as an alt British rapper called SD Kid. And people have put it all together on TikTok on Instagram. Timothy commented on Instagram with eyeball emojis. People think that they have similar eye coloring and just like from the top half, they think it could be Timothy. Now, Timothy has a love of hip hop, has a love of rap. He has always expressed that. He has shown it in his high school career with his performances. We've seen it all. Little Timmy, Tim, the whole thing. And the. And they said that the only way that he could possibly pursue this hip hop passion is to have an alternate rapper universe. And so now people are putting this together, claiming that he might be this alt British rapper, Sdkid.
Fran
Yeah. And look, I will say, when you.
Rhea
See.
Fran
The side by side, their eyes do look very similar. You know they do.
Rhea
When I saw the pictures, yeah. I was like, oh.
Fran
Some fans have also noted that Chalamet randomly turned up at Fake Mink show in London earlier this year. Fake Mink and Sdkid are frequent collaborators. You think it's Sdkid?
Rhea
Sdkid.
Fran
S just S. Right.
Rhea
Sdkid.
Fran
Sdkid. Yeah.
Rhea
Yeah. I wasn't getting too hung up on how to pronounce it because I figured I was pronouncing it wrong because I've never seen this before.
Fran
Right, right. Yeah. He said people have been saying this is the only way he may be able to do it. Seems like the only person this guy, as artist cultural critic K.J. freeman sees it, if Chalamet is him, this might be the only way to chase a hip hop dream. The actor to musician crossover is very hard to do. The only person who really managed it was Jamie Foxx. And even then people thought he was doing a Ray Charles impersonation. Obviously, then this isn't a writer on Vice. I do think one could argue that Donald Glover, Childish Gambino is a perfect example. That's probably very, very fair. But if you actually hear him People are like, oh, that doesn't sound like him.
Rhea
Right. But you never know. He's a very talented man.
Fran
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, it just. But like, maybe they're putting a filter on his voice. Who knows?
Rhea
Speaking of Jamie Foxx, I was watching the Eddie Murphy documentary on Netflix. Jamie Foxx is in it.
Fran
Yeah.
Rhea
And I love hearing, like, Jamie Foxx talking about Eddie Murphy. They were all talking about Eddie Murphy.
Fran
I thought that that came out.
Rhea
I got so good. It is. It is so good.
Fran
Yeah.
Rhea
It made me. I love Eddie Murphy. I. I feel like my parents grew up watching Eddie Murphy and I would, like, catch, you know, when I was younger. But then we knew him from, like, the. More like, cheesier movies that, as we were kids. And Pete Davidson was actually in the documentary talking about that as well. Like he's, you know, Dr. Doittle. But then he. He saw Delirious, which is Eddie Murphy's stand up. And then he was like, oh, like, I want to be that. Yeah. But it made me want to watch a lot of his old movies that I had not seen before that are very funny. So I might do that. But it's very good recommend.
Fran
But yeah. The Mariano family, big lovers of Natty Professor.
Rhea
Yeah, that's a good one, too.
Fran
That's a good one.
Noah
Daddy Daycare.
Rhea
But like, even, like his earlier ones, like Trading Places and even Coming to America. Like, America, I feel like I've maybe just seemed like bits and pieces.
Noah
That's a Noah top 30 right there.
Rhea
That's a good one.
Noah
Coming to America.
Rhea
Yeah.
Fran
But, yeah, also, I mean, this thought came to mind and of course it's come to other people's mind, too. Is that. What if this is a whole broader, a whole big plan, maybe some sort of mass marketing for some sort of new role?
Rhea
It could be. I mean, we're seeing it with Mr. Fantasy.
Fran
Yeah. He's all over the place as Mr. Fantasy.
Rhea
He's got. He's got music and everything.
Fran
Right. And, like, you see him and he's an actor. Mr. Fantasy for Good now.
Rhea
Or. Right. Like, he might be so stuck in that rules. Mr. Fantasy. Do I hope that's not the case? Absolutely.
Fran
Kevin James is on TikTok pretending to be a teacher.
Rhea
Right. I had girls send it to me and be like, as the King of Queens fanatic. Please tell me if this is actually Kevin James or Doppelganger. I'm like, that is Kevin James.
Fran
No, it's Kevin James.
Rhea
That is Kevin James.
Fran
It's the same kind of shit. It's obviously like A marketing ploy to promote a new project.
Rhea
Maybe people just say they've been doing something for so long, and they go, fuck it. I want to be something else. I want to try something else. And when you're an actor, creative like this, they're like, fuck it. I could do whatever I want. So, Timothee Chalamet. Would I be surprised to find out that Timothee Chalamet was an alt British rapper.
Fran
Yeah.
Rhea
On his downtime. Absolutely not. I'd be like, yeah, that makes a lot of sense. He's probably got a recording studio in Kylie's house, and they make it happen behind the scenes.
Fran
You know what? This kid has. Has got to be so happy that this rumor started.
Rhea
Oh, yeah. He's like, I'm hopping off now.
Fran
Right. Like, I had never heard of who this was.
Rhea
No, me either.
Fran
Until now. And then, of course, like, this. This article is saying that, you know, it'll be very interesting because obviously Timothee Chalamet is deep in Marty supreme promo right now. The movie comes out at the end of the year, and there's. Sdkid has multiple live shows scheduled in, like, the next couple weeks. So it's like, how could he do that?
Rhea
How's he gonna make it happen? Oh, my God. How could he do that? Maybe I'll pop up tonight at his Marty Supreme. Pop up as SDK.
Fran
Right, right, right.
Rhea
He's like, it's me.
Kelly
It's me.
Fran
It's been me. This.
Noah
Yeah, come on.
Rhea
I have plans. Although I would love to get my hands on a Marty supreme jacket. I want one so bad, but I. I don't have time to pop up at the. At the pop up.
Fran
Yeah.
Noah
Yeah.
Fran
I added this conversation with someone that they were like, I didn't even. I haven't seen anything about this movie. And I was like, what? I feel like I've seen.
Noah
I feel like all the promo is so much timid. Chalamet doing, like, these weird. Which I love. Like, that whole zoom that he did. Like.
Fran
Yeah.
Noah
I don't. It's clearly, like, a fake zoom call. Yeah. It's not, like, traditional. Like, I haven't really seen many trailers. Like, when I'm watching tv, I guess.
Fran
No, no. But I've seen so much, like, out in the wild. I don't know. There's a giant blimp in LA that had Marty supreme on it.
Noah
Because, like, in that fake zoom in, he's like, we should have a blimp. Like a big orange blimp.
Rhea
And then there actually is.
Fran
There was A big orange blimps.
Noah
Are they going to paint the Statue of Liberty orange? Because that was another thing he said.
Fran
That one might be harder. That one might be harder to pull off.
Rhea
Yeah, I don't think they're gonna.
Fran
Maybe they just photoshop a picture.
Rhea
I think when it comes to Timothy Chalamet right now, like, yeah, he needs to market his movies, but we're. Everyone wants to watch them anyway.
Noah
Yeah, I'm really excited about this one.
Rhea
Me too.
Noah
I keep seeing people, like, at these secret screenings. I'm like, who? Where are they getting these?
Rhea
Maybe Timothy will invite you tonight when you show up at his. Pop up and get that jacket. Come on it. No Ives, who got out of jury duty from the Philly show.
Noah
I saw a TikTok of someone being like me being nonchalant if I ever walk by a celebrity and it's like. Like, they're like, do you want a picture? Like, no, I'm good. I'm good. I'm like, that's how I was with Liz. It's like, they'll remember you that way.
Rhea
Sure. Listen, it's very nice to be cool and whatnot, but it's also sometimes nice to just get that picture, that memory. It's all about the memories. Last topic. Colleen Hoover is apparently embarrassed that she. To tell people that she wrote It Ends with Us. But let me tell you, Colleen, you're not escaping this. Everybody knows that you are the writer of It Ends with Us. Actually, there's a whole sector of people who hate that you wrote this movie. So I don't think that you can escape the fact that you wrote. I mean, wrote this book. I don't think you can escape that fact.
Fran
The joke, to be honest. Right. Like the joke wrote itself. And you're very right that there is.
Rhea
A world.
Fran
Of people who are very confused why all of her books are being even made into movies. Because people. There's the whole world that people think that these books are like, trash. And I imagine they see this headline, they're like, yeah, you should have. You should have been. Anyway, you know, I mean, here's the thing.
Rhea
I haven't picked up a Colleen Hoover book since this whole debacle.
Fran
Yeah, yeah, yeah. But I haven't two movies. There's. There's the. I think it came out right. The Allison Williams one.
Rhea
The one with Rudy from and then.
Fran
And Then that's next Year or. Yeah, yeah, there was. That one's called Remembering Him.
Rhea
I Remember him or Remembering Him. Remembering. We did this last time. We talked about this.
Fran
Memories of him.
Rhea
Remember.
Noah
Reminders of him.
Fran
Reminders of him.
Rhea
There we go.
Fran
Reminders of him. There was a trailer for that before Wicked. There's also a trailer for this new movie with.
Rhea
Hold on.
Fran
I don't Want to Mess it Up. With Halle Bailey and Reggae Jean Page. You, me in Tuscany. The trailer started playing, and I thought, how. How in the world is this. Did this movie make it to theaters? Oh, like that?
Rhea
I thought you were gonna say it was lovely.
Fran
No, it just seemed like the most direct to DVD movie I've ever seen in my life. Like, it screamed Netflix movie to me, but I guess it's. It's going to the theater.
Rhea
Damn. Buy your tickets.
Fran
Halle Bailey, like, Halle Bailey gets, quote unquote lost in the sauce.
Rhea
Damn.
Fran
Meets some Italian guy and then, like, goes to his house that nobody's supposed to be in, but the guy's not there, and she finds an engagement ring and then lies to his whole family that she's his fiance.
Rhea
Oh, wow.
Fran
Yeah. Plot twist.
Rhea
That does sound like a Netflix film.
Fran
And then she meets Reggae Jean Page, who's. Who's a cousin and hot British cousin that just so happens to be living there, and falls for him and, you.
Rhea
Know, and then actually gets engaged to him.
Fran
Probably, probably, probably. But you, Me. You, me in Tuscany. I mean, the name alone is just like.
Rhea
Well, I was like, that sounds nice. Yeah.
Fran
It's coming out of April of next year, so. But I don't know, it just. I was like this, like, you're telling me this is not a Netflix movie. But anyways, that was just a ricket ricochet shot at that movie call. I. It looked cute. I do like Halle Bailey a lot. And I was like, oh, finally. Reggae Jean Page doing something right.
Rhea
Right.
Fran
But Colleen Hoover is said that everything that's gone on with the movie has now made her embarrassed to be linked to it. She told Alan a new interview that she's embarrassed to be linked to. It ends with us now because the public drama surrounding the film. She said, I can't even recommend it anymore. I feel like the lawsuit has overshadowed it. I'm almost embarrassed to say I wrote it. When people ask what I do, I'm just like, I'm a writer. Please don't ask me what I wrote.
Rhea
Oh, my God.
Fran
Is it. Oh, my God. That's off. I mean, that's awful, Grant. It's even more awful because she did this. This specific story is. Was written, like, for her mom, who had gone through abuse, and she said that the negative attention had also affected her Mom. She had said the book was inspired by her story. Now it gives us PTSD to think about it. I feel awful because I almost feel like she's gone through more with the aftermath of this film. More pain than she went through with my dad, just seeing the ugliness of it. Then she said, the more time that passes, the easier everything gets for all of us. But it is sad because I was very proud of that book, and I'm still proud of it, but less publicly. So maybe I need therapy. I don't know.
Rhea
Here's the thing.
Fran
Oh, that's.
Rhea
That sucks.
Fran
And to have it be kind of like the one. Obviously, that book blew up so much, and to have it be the first big movie adaptation for her, for it to end like this.
Rhea
It ends with this.
Fran
Yeah.
Rhea
Bad, bad. Noah jumped up at his mic to get that one in. I beat you to it. I think that everybody involved. Are you looking up Colleen Hoover names of books over there? No, I don't.
Noah
The joke passed. I missed it.
Rhea
Yeah. I stole it from you. I think that everybody involved in this movie wish it never happened and wish it never got made. Sure. I think everybody's kicking themselves. Colleen Hoover is not the only one.
Fran
Yeah. So, yeah. If I had to guess, I think really anybody associated at this point would probably have a pretty similar answer.
Rhea
Exactly.
Fran
They're like, we don't want to be. We're trying to just move past that completely. And it's tough because, like we said, she's got all these other movies coming out and it's like, they're. I'm sure it's the one question everybody wants to ask her if she does any interviews.
Rhea
Oh, yeah.
Fran
Ask about this.
Rhea
We gotta ask about. It ends with us.
Fran
Yeah.
Rhea
That's the. That's anything anybody wants to talk about with her.
Fran
Yeah.
Rhea
Although, you know, she has many other popular books.
Fran
Yeah.
Noah
So big fan of Verity.
Rhea
Yeah. Yeah, we do have it now. Yeah.
Fran
I mean, that's another. That's another one that'll be out sooner than anything.
Rhea
And Hathaway.
Fran
And Hathaway.
Rhea
Let's hope for the best for that one. Yeah. You know, we'll see what happens.
Fran
Yeah.
Noah
But let's hope that, like, excite me.
Fran
Anne Hathaway doesn't excite you?
Noah
No.
Rhea
Oh, I think she's going to be great in this.
Fran
Really?
Noah
I don't think she's bad. It's just not like if you had to like Margot Robbie, I would like, oh, wow. Like. But Anne Hathaway is. Okay.
Rhea
Okay.
Noah
I feel like you. You've been publicly.
Fran
No, but I think acting wise, like, I think Anna Hathaway is great. Like, I'm not blown away, but like, Margaret, like, are you just going based off.
Noah
No, I'm going off acting. I don't think she's. Yeah, Like, I'm only going strictly off acting.
Rhea
I think she'll be getting this one. I think that.
Fran
I think it was actually very perfectly cast, in my opinion, because I don't. I don't see, like. Like, it had to make sense.
Noah
Amy Adams, like, oh, give me Amy Adams.
Fran
Oh, oh, okay.
Rhea
Amy Adams is great.
Fran
Yeah, yeah, sure.
Rhea
Big Amy Adams fan. Yeah, Amy Adams is great. But I think Verity. Let's. Let's cross our fingers to that one. And let's hope it doesn't end up like this.
Fran
Yep.
Rhea
Ends with this.
Fran
It can't end like this.
Rhea
It can't.
Fran
Again. Yes.
Rhea
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Fran
Nailed that.
Rhea
Which was one of our favorite shows. And we are so excited to have you guys here today. And then on top of that, we have a special edition host. Hey. We got Kelly Keegs in the house hosting trivia. Noah had jury duty, so Kelly is stepping in and we are ready to play.
Kelly
Yes, we are. I'm more than ready to host this. I am really channeling Jeff D. Lo here. I'm hoping to bring the noise for both of you and for Aaron and Sarah. Very excited about this.
Rhea
You channel yourself, Kelly. Thank you.
Fran
I will.
Kelly
But you know how it is. I got to put on my host voice.
Rhea
Right?
Fran
Right. I like this. I'm not going to channel Noah I'm going to channel Jeffy Low.
Rhea
Oh, yeah.
Kelly
No, I'm not channeling Noah, but Noah is here. Noah.
Fran
Noah.
Kelly
Like we said a second ago, he sprinted back. He was trying to take this shine away from me. I wouldn't let it happen. But he is going to keep score because he's better with numbers than I am.
Noah
Okay, great.
Rhea
We got a little tattoo.
Fran
I love it.
Rhea
Aaron and Sarah, are you guys ready to play?
Aaron/Sarah (Trivia Contestants)
We're ready.
Rhea
Yay. We are ready, too.
Fran
All right, guys.
Kelly
Fabulous.
Fran
It is 15 questions. If you get the question right, you get the point. We get it wrong, the other team can steal the point. Whoever has the most points at the end wins. To determine who goes first, Kelly is going to give us a movie. We're going to guess the Rotten Tomatoes critic score of that movie. Whoever is closest will go first. Who will alternate between teams for guesses. So, Kelly, what is today's movie?
Kelly
Well, before I tell you, Fran, I need to give a massive shout out to Amy from Atlanta, who sent in 186 questions.
Fran
Wow.
Kelly
Insane.
Rhea
Wow.
Kelly
And some of them were from Riley and Rhiann as well. But we'll get to them as we go on. But we had to shout that out from the top. But the Rotten Tomatoes score you will all be guessing today is for Zootopia.
Noah
Ooh.
Fran
Okay, so one of you guys guess first.
Aaron/Sarah (Trivia Contestants)
I think this is a well liked movie. Okay, I'm gonna guess it might be a little high, but 82.
Rhea
All right, I'm gonna guess 68. Okay.
Aaron/Sarah (Trivia Contestants)
All right, I'll guess 75.
Fran
I'm gonna say 90.
Kelly
Fran is the winner. It is 98%.
Fran
It's an almost perfect move.
Rhea
It's. I have a feeling.
Fran
Yeah. Yeah.
Rhea
Damn, I got a lot.
Fran
I almost said to you, like, I think it's really high, but then I wanted to.
Rhea
Yeah, keep it for yourself. Yeah.
Kelly
Okay, so then that means you guys go first, right?
Fran
We go first. Yes.
Kelly
Fabulous. All right, shall we. Shall we jump into it?
Rhea
Let's begin.
Kelly
Let's begin. Our first question comes from Emily from Hoboken, New Jersey, who was the super bowl performer when the selfie kid went viral for not paying attention to the artist Justin Timberlake.
Fran
Oh, yeah.
Rhea
Justin Timberlake.
Fran
Final answer correct.
Kelly
Okay. All right, our second question. Also another shout out to Emily from Hoboken.
Rhea
What?
Kelly
And this goes to Aaron and Sarah. What artist's version of Let It Go played during the end credits of Frozen?
Aaron/Sarah (Trivia Contestants)
Oh, can you repeat the question?
Kelly
What artist's version of Let It Go played during the end credits of Frozen.
Aaron/Sarah (Trivia Contestants)
So it would be Kristen Bell. Well, she's in. I don't know, I mean. Five seconds to throw it out. Kristen Bell.
Kelly
Incorrect. I'm so sorry, ladies.
Fran
Kelly, you're too funny.
Rhea
I.
Fran
It is Devin Lovato. Final answer. Ding, ding, ding.
Kelly
Oh, my God, you guys are so good at this. When I was reading these questions, I.
Rhea
Was like, I did not know that at all.
Fran
Yeah, yeah, Great cover.
Kelly
Crazy.
Fran
Yeah, yeah.
Kelly
Okay. Sorry, I didn't have the time. I'm cover.
Fran
It's like her own version of it on the soundtrack.
Rhea
I need to hear that.
Fran
Haven't heard. Yeah, it's so good.
Kelly
I need to hear it as well. All right, question number three for Rhea and Fran. Shout out to Amy from Atlanta and some from Riley and Rhiannon. Name this Netflix show based on the IMDb descriptions. A suburban mother of two takes a fantasy charged trip down memory lane that sets her very married present on a collision course with her wild child past. You have 30 seconds.
Fran
Netflix show. Mother of two.
Rhea
It's not Ginny in Georgia. No. Firefly Lane. No.
Noah
No.
Fran
I have no clue.
Rhea
On her wild past. Yeah, it's not ringing a bell.
Fran
It's not. Not one bell.
Kelly
Two seconds.
Fran
We got nothing.
Kelly
Ah, sad. Okay, nothing. Ladies. Erin, Sarah, do you guys know.
Aaron/Sarah (Trivia Contestants)
Okay, can you repeat it one more time?
Fran
Yes.
Kelly
Name this Netflix show based on the IMDb description. A suburban mother of two takes a fantasy charged trip down memory lane that sets her very married present on a collision course with her wild child past.
Aaron/Sarah (Trivia Contestants)
No. Okay, we're gonna guess Jenny and Georgia because that's the first thing that came to my mind.
Kelly
Oh, I'm just so sorry. That's incorrect. It's sex life. Sex slash life.
Rhea
Oh, I was thinking.
Fran
Which I didn't know this either, y'.
Kelly
All, so that was a hard one.
Aaron/Sarah (Trivia Contestants)
The sex life.
Fran
Yeah. Yep, yep, yep.
Rhea
All right, we did watch.
Fran
We watched that. It was with what's her face? That hot guy. Yeah, Australian.
Rhea
Oh, I just love that. Maybe I didn't know the plot of the show. Yeah, yeah, I was just there.
Fran
If you think about it, that is the plot of the show. It's not how I would describe.
Rhea
I didn't even know she had kids.
Fran
But yes, two. With the other guy.
Rhea
With the blonde guy. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Kelly
All right, we're starting back with Aaron and Sarah, Right?
Fran
Question four.
Rhea
Yes.
Kelly
Okay, question four. Another shout out to Amy from Atlanta. What actress played Mary Poppins in the 2018 movie Mary Poppins Returns?
Aaron/Sarah (Trivia Contestants)
Do you have any guess? I was thinking Scarlett Johansson, but I Don't know if that's right. That would be a good guess. I was. Yeah. I would say Scarlett Johansson. All right. Scarlett Johansson.
Kelly
Incorrect. Girls. Oh, my God. I'm so sorry. Rhea, Francis.
Aaron/Sarah (Trivia Contestants)
We are not doing good.
Fran
Emily Blunt.
Rhea
Yes.
Fran
Emily Blunt.
Kelly
Final answer. Ding, ding, ding.
Rhea
Correct.
Kelly
Three for Rhea and Fran. Erin and Sarah, you gotta catch up. All right. No, no.
Aaron/Sarah (Trivia Contestants)
Kidding, kidding.
Fran
No, we really do.
Kelly
But you can, though.
Rhea
Yeah. So.
Kelly
All right, next question to Ria and Fran. Shout out to Colleen from Boston for this one. Who in one direction sings the first line of what makes you beautiful? 30 seconds.
Rhea
You're insecure.
Fran
You're insecure.
Rhea
Don't know what for. It is not Harry or Zane, no Nile.
Fran
I'm in between Liam and Louie.
Rhea
Oh, Louie.
Kelly
Ten seconds.
Fran
Louie, you think? Is that Liam?
Noah
Five.
Rhea
Louie.
Fran
Final answer.
Kelly
Incorrect. Fran.
Fran
Oh, no.
Kelly
Aaron. Sarah.
Aaron/Sarah (Trivia Contestants)
I'm gonna guess. I'm gonna guess Liam.
Fran
Ding, ding.
Kelly
You are correct. Points on the board.
Rhea
I don't know why you're listening to me.
Fran
Yeah, yeah.
Kelly
Now it's.
Rhea
I'll just say the way that I was thinking about that question.
Fran
You just thought Liam wouldn't be the answer.
Rhea
Yeah, yeah, I just thought that.
Kelly
Honestly, when I got. When I got the thing, I said, oh, Liam in the.
Rhea
Yeah, surely. I thought that would.
Fran
Surely. Yes.
Kelly
Rest in peace.
Fran
Yep.
Kelly
Okay, question number six to Aaron and Sarah. Shout out Amy from Atlanta again on this one. Name this year. These three things happen in this year.
Rhea
Okay?
Kelly
Will Smith slaps Chris Rock at the Oscars. Johnny Depp versus the Amber Heard trial. Heidi Klum dresses as a worm for her annual Halloween bash. You have 30 seconds.
Aaron/Sarah (Trivia Contestants)
I'm gonna say it's 2022 or 22. Yeah, I was thinking 2021 or 22. Do you want to go with the.
Rhea
What's it?
Aaron/Sarah (Trivia Contestants)
2025. So, yeah, 20. 20, 22.
Kelly
I'm torn between 10 seconds, ladies.
Aaron/Sarah (Trivia Contestants)
All right, let's do 2022.
Rhea
Correct.
Kelly
Nicely done. All right, now it is three, two.
Rhea
Oh, shit.
Kelly
Rhea and Fran still in the lead. Next question, another shout out to Amy from Atlanta. What artist do the Kens sing to the Barbies on the beach in Barbie 30 seconds.
Aaron/Sarah (Trivia Contestants)
Oh.
Fran
Oh, I can picture it, but I don't know what they're singing.
Kelly
Ten seconds.
Rhea
I don't.
Fran
I don't know.
Noah
Oh, no.
Fran
Metallica.
Kelly
Final answer incorrect. My God. Aaron and Sarah.
Rhea
So what artist?
Kelly
Yes, the name of the artist. They're singing the song.
Rhea
Yeah.
Aaron/Sarah (Trivia Contestants)
Okay. I can't remember what they even sing. I'm just gonna throw out Justin Bieber.
Kelly
Incorrect. It's a little matchbox 20.
Fran
Rod Thomas for the Rod Thomas. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Kelly
Yes. Yes. The song Push. For those who are interested, the score remains 3:2. Okay, next question.
Rhea
What number question are we on?
Kelly
This is number eight.
Aaron/Sarah (Trivia Contestants)
This is Taz.
Fran
Yes, yes.
Kelly
Sorry, sorry, sorry. In the movie Along Came Polly. What type of animal is Polly's pet? Rodolfo.
Aaron/Sarah (Trivia Contestants)
Ferret. Yeah, a ferret. Final answer correct.
Rhea
Damn.
Kelly
All tied up. Question number nine goes to Ria and Fran. Another shout out. Amy from Atlanta in Friends, what do Chandler and Monica learn that her parents spent her wedding fund on? 30 seconds.
Rhea
Oh, a car. Okay, a car.
Kelly
Final answer incorrect.
Rhea
Damn.
Kelly
Aaron and Sarah. 30 seconds.
Aaron/Sarah (Trivia Contestants)
Breeze doing her bedroom. Is it the gym?
Rhea
Yeah.
Aaron/Sarah (Trivia Contestants)
They turn her bedroom into a gym.
Kelly
Incorrect again, y'.
Noah
All.
Kelly
It was a beach house. Gotta get a beach house.
Fran
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Kelly
Alright, the next question is going to be for Aaron and Sarah and I'll be playing a movie clip.
Fran
Okay, I just have to keep a low profile for one more week.
Rhea
A week?
Fran
Well, next Sunday after the wedding, I'm going to camp.
Rhea
Camp? For how long?
Kelly
For six weeks.
Rhea
Six weeks?
Fran
She might as well say she's dying.
Aaron/Sarah (Trivia Contestants)
I feel like that was like a. A flashback in a movie. I don't know. Two little kids. Is it like some sort of summer camp would be? I have no idea.
Rhea
I don't need it.
Aaron/Sarah (Trivia Contestants)
Okay, let's just guess A movie.
Kelly
Ten seconds.
Aaron/Sarah (Trivia Contestants)
What's one that you've watched?
Kelly
Five?
Aaron/Sarah (Trivia Contestants)
I don't know. We don't have anything.
Kelly
Time is up. Rhianne.
Fran
Fran, any idea what's the, like, little Josh Ashton movie?
Rhea
Made in Manhattan.
Fran
Yeah, but then there was another one.
Rhea
Richard Terabithia.
Fran
No, I'm not thinking about that one either. My fir. To be honest, Made in Manhattan came into my head, so let's just go with that. All right, but I think it's his other movie, but I don't know the name of it. I can't remember. So we'll go. Made him in hat.
Kelly
Final answer, incorrect. And you're so close. It's called Little Manhattan.
Fran
Little Manhattan.
Rhea
Little Manhattan.
Fran
Is it. Is it Little Josh Hutchinson?
Aaron/Sarah (Trivia Contestants)
Wow.
Rhea
Yep. That's what we were looking for.
Fran
We both thought that.
Rhea
We were just looking for a little. Yep.
Kelly
Damn, damn, damn. Sorry. Sorry to all shoot. I believe the score is still tied. Noah. Three. Three. The next question will go to re and France. And that will be question number 11. Shout out to Amy from Atlanta. Again, can either of you spell Rob McElhenny's name?
Fran
Oh, 30 seconds. M, c.
Rhea
E.
Fran
C, L, H, E, N, N, E, Y.
Rhea
Is there a K in there? Ch.
Aaron/Sarah (Trivia Contestants)
Mech.
Rhea
Goal.
Fran
Henny.
Kelly
Five seconds.
Fran
I think it's just the mc.
Kelly
Time's up.
Rhea
Final.
Aaron/Sarah (Trivia Contestants)
That's that.
Fran
That was. That was what I said.
Kelly
Correct.
Fran
Wow.
Rhea
There you go. Thank God we did not.
Fran
Wow.
Rhea
Yeah. Oh. What?
Fran
Just go with what?
Rhea
I just splitting my breath so hard.
Fran
I was like.
Rhea
Say it.
Fran
Say final answer.
Kelly
Sorry, I'm biased. Biased host, I guess. Apologies. Aaron and Sarah. Okay, the score is four to three. Rhian, Fran. The next question, number 12, will go to Aaron and Sarah. Shout out Lacey from Little Rock, Arkansas, in Gilmore Girls. What did Lorelei have to promise her parents in exchange for them to pay for Rory's school tuition? 30 seconds.
Aaron/Sarah (Trivia Contestants)
Dinner every Friday night. Final answer correct.
Rhea
Oh, my God, this is a pause.
Fran
Friday night. Friday night. Dinners.
Kelly
So crazy. All right, next question for Ria and Fran. Question number 13. Shout out Amy from Atlanta in Taylor Swift's Song canceled. She says she likes her friends cloaked in two things. What are those two things? 30 seconds.
Fran
Oh, no.
Rhea
Gucci and Scandal. Yeah. Gucci and Scandal. Yeah.
Fran
Final answer correct. Ladies.
Kelly
Oh, making me so proud.
Fran
Tag team on that one. I was like, I have Scandal, but I don't.
Kelly
Gucci end in scandal.
Fran
Yes.
Kelly
Yes, of course. Okay, the score now five, four. Rhian, Fran. Next question to Aaron and Sarah. Number 14. Shout out Amy from Atlanta again in Chad Powers, what college was Russ Holiday playing for when he lost the national championship? 30 seconds.
Rhea
Oh.
Aaron/Sarah (Trivia Contestants)
I have no idea.
Fran
Shoot.
Aaron/Sarah (Trivia Contestants)
It's.
Rhea
I just.
Aaron/Sarah (Trivia Contestants)
Can you repeat it once more?
Rhea
Yeah.
Kelly
Yes, of course. In Chad Powers, what college was Russ Holiday playing for when he lost the national championship in 15 seconds? I think it's Midwest somewhere.
Aaron/Sarah (Trivia Contestants)
I think it's baseball, if I'm correct on what show this is.
Rhea
But it.
Aaron/Sarah (Trivia Contestants)
Could be completely wrong.
Kelly
Five seconds.
Rhea
What college?
Kelly
High school?
Rhea
No.
Noah
College.
Rhea
College.
Aaron/Sarah (Trivia Contestants)
Michigan State.
Kelly
Incorrect. Ladies, I'm so sorry to get under the. Under the wire there.
Fran
Playing for Oregon. Yeah, I'm pretty sure.
Rhea
Okay, final answer.
Kelly
Correct.
Noah
Nice.
Kelly
Oregon. Six four. Rhian. Fran.
Fran
He was a duck.
Kelly
We've got our last question. Number 15. Another shout out to Amy from Atlanta. This one will be directed at Ran Fran.
Rhea
Yes.
Kelly
Okay, name five contestants who are competing on season four of the Traders. Us five. Thirty seconds starting now.
Rhea
Lisa, Rinna, Rob from Love Island. Maura Higgins. Mark Ballas.
Fran
Donna Kelsey.
Rhea
And Donna Kelsey.
Kelly
Well done, ladies.
Noah
Correct.
Kelly
Nicely done.
Rhea
I'm sorry, guys.
Aaron/Sarah (Trivia Contestants)
That was a win.
Rhea
Back and forth. That was a close one. As soon as Kelly said, catch up, guys. You did that.
Kelly
Yeah.
Fran
Answered the call.
Rhea
Yeah, that was a great back and forth. But unfortunately, unfortunately we do win. But you guys still get merch, so we will send you some of that. So send. Know your address and sizes. We'll get that sent to you. And Kelly, thank you for filling in.
Fran
Thank you, Kelly. Thank you for having me.
Kelly
I hope I did it justice. Thank you, girls with me as well.
Rhea
You know what the enthusiasm was there. We loved it. So thank you very much and thank you, Aaron and Sarah for playing.
Aaron/Sarah (Trivia Contestants)
Thank you, guys.
Rhea
Thank you.
Fran
Thanks, guys.
Rhea
Bye. Bye. All right, that wraps up today's episode of Chicks in the Office. Thank you so much for watching and listening. Reminder holiday Spectacular right around the corner. So make sure you get your tickets. We can't wait to see you there. We hope you have a lovely weekend and we'll talk to you on Monday right before Thanksgiving. Smooches.
Intro Rapper
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Rhea
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Hosts: Ria & Fran (Barstool Sports)
Date: November 21, 2025
Theme: The pop culture whirlwind of the week: relationships in the public eye, reality TV drama, celebrity conspiracy theories, and a fiercely competitive game of Chicks in the Office trivia.
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Light-hearted, comedic, and candid, with Ria and Fran dishing out their honest (and often biting) takes on the week’s pop culture. Highlights include friendly teasing, moments of nostalgia, and a strong sense of community between the Chicks and their listeners.
All in all, a cozy/fun episode for anyone wanting to catch up on the wild world of celebrity and television before the holidays!