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Ria
Hey, Chicks in the Office listeners. You can find every episode on Apple podcasts, Spotify or YouTube Prime. Members can listen ad free on Amazon Music. What's up, everyone?
Fran
It's Chicks in the Office with Ria and Fran giving you that Friday energy on a Friday.
Ria
Happy Friday, everybody.
Fran
We have made it to the end of the week, the first week of January. How are we feeling?
Ria
Good. You know, like I said, it's been really nice just having you go from doing so much to at least this is in my case, really slowing things down. When you, when January starts, the holidays leading up to it, it's like there's activities, there's events, there's things. Every, every night you feel like you're doing something. And this week it was, it's been, it's been so nice to just kind of reset and relax a little bit.
Fran
Yeah, that's a nice chill out week. Yeah.
Ria
Planning on doing that. I'm not exactly doing dry January, but it's like damp. Damp. Yeah. Like, I'm really not, I'm not going out of my way to, to drink.
Fran
You know, but if it finds you.
Ria
But if it finds me and I'm like out to a nice dinner, I want a glass of wine, I'll have it like this weekend. Like as in, oh, no, no plans, no reason for it.
Fran
No plans. But if you end up going, yeah, let's go grab a bite to eat.
Ria
Yes.
Fran
And the drink finds you.
Ria
Yeah.
Fran
Then it's damp, then that's fine. Yeah.
Ria
But not like going out and also.
Fran
Not the other way of. Nothing at all.
Ria
Yeah, right. Not just being like nothing. Nothing, nothing. Which, you know, dry January is also great for a lot of people.
Fran
Yes.
Ria
A good, A good reset. But it's certainly slightly damp. Nothing crazy.
Fran
Nothing crazy. Yeah. We're not holding you.
Ria
No, no, no, no. I don't have any plans. We've just been, it's been nice. Like January has just been wide open.
Fran
That is nice. Just have an open weekend. Yep.
Ria
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Fran
It is about that time.
Ria
It's about that time.
Fran
It's about that time where a lot of football is on and then no football at all.
Ria
Correct.
Fran
You know what I mean? Yeah.
Ria
And that is correct.
Fran
Listen, I'm not like, I'm not against football season but I, I'm someone that when football ends I'm like, hey everybody, what's she doing?
Ria
What's everybody up to?
Fran
You know?
Ria
Yes. And this is one of the bigger weekends because there's games Saturday and Sunday and Monday.
Fran
Yeah. Packed around the clock.
Ria
Packed around the clock. And college football and this. It's just really not. It's just a lot of sports.
Fran
Yeah. It's the right time for it though.
Ria
It is, it is.
Fran
You know.
Ria
Yep.
Noah
Big playoff game or who do you think should be mvp?
Ria
Who do I think is going to be the MVP or who do you think I mean is probably going to.
Noah
Be Drake May I. I feel like the red. The like cool thing to say now is Matt. Everyone wants Matt.
Ria
Well, everyone's saying Matthew's everybody. If you the. I think the odds are still very much in Drake May's favor as far as like the lines are.
Noah
What do you think, Ria?
Fran
Gosh, I'm just so torn.
Ria
So torn.
Noah
She's actually a Kristen McCaffrey.
Ria
Yeah.
Noah
Girl.
Fran
It's hard for me to like make a choice. It has to be somebody on my bills.
Alexa
I.
Noah
Oh yeah. Josh Allen. You'll be watching the bill. Yeah. You got your bills.
Ria
I got a big game.
Fran
Big game. Were they playing.
Ria
Jacksonville?
Fran
Ah, actually Tough. Yeah, very tough game for them.
Noah
Yeah.
Ria
Yeah, very. And I think they play.
Noah
I feel like it's got to be.
Fran
One of the earlier Saturday, Saturday for.
Ria
I'm telling you so you know, so you can clear your schedule.
Fran
I know and I feel you got.
Ria
You know, you got to be ready. You got to be ready to go.
Fran
Like, I feel like I'm letting all my Bills fans down without knowing this.
Ria
No. Sunday, 1 o', clock, I'll be at a baptism.
Fran
Oh, no, my nephew. You better. I'll be watching on my phone. Yeah.
Ria
I was going to say roll out the tv.
Fran
Imagine I'm on my.
Ria
I don't know why my phone actually.
Fran
Like, I don't even think anybody would be mad at me in my family.
Ria
It's the only time that I still think. And I don't know if it's just because like when I think church, it takes me back to the memories of being in school. But that my thought just went, oh my God, I hope you like roll out the substitute to like the substitute teacher TV that's like on the rolly. You know, the big TV that pushes right in the classroom. They push that bad boy right into the back room at the church.
Fran
And I'm watching the bills and you.
Ria
Put the bills on. Yeah. One o' clock. And then the Eagles are 4:30 on Sunday.
Fran
I kept asking my sister how long the church was going to be. Yeah. And she was like, why are you acting like you've never been to one of these? Are you okay?
Ria
Right.
Noah
Maybe you can pray for.
Fran
You never know.
Ria
Sometimes they're different.
Fran
They ranges, you know.
Ria
Sometimes, like there's a lot. Sometimes there's multiple kids that are getting speedy. They do a.
Fran
Sometimes you got ones that want to just, you know, really take their time. You know, you don't know what you're going to get.
Ria
You don't. You don't. You don't. So.
Fran
But Eagles 4:30.
Ria
Yeah. That's a big one.
Fran
That's a big one. You got plans for that? Just like watch at home?
Ria
No, I, I think we're, I think we're going out to Long island this weekend and just like. And just chilling. So no big plans. The games that I'm the most nervous for are the ones where I'm like, I'm not doing anything. I'm. I'm nervous for this game.
Fran
Yeah.
Ria
So I'm just like inside my home, I. Minding my own business, watching the game and we'll see what happens. I, I don't. My friends are talking about all this hoopla, doing all these things, going out. I'm like, no, no, no. I'm leaving the city, actually.
Fran
Right. You'll be at home and you're like.
Ria
I'm leaving New York City.
Fran
I feel the same way. The fact that I have a baptism at the same time as that my Bills is just really.
Ria
I can tell it's based really te the last 30 seconds of you finding out when the game is. I can tell.
Fran
You're destroying my whole schedule is out of whack.
Ria
Yeah.
Fran
Where do you think your Eagles stand? Like, what. What's good with them? Because they're good. Right. But they're also bad.
Ria
They're good. Yeah. Well, welcome to being a Philadelphia sports fan, where it's like, the team is good, but we have 9 million things that we complain about. The players are good. Like, they're good players. As long we don't have good players. Yes, good players. But the coaching is driving people insane. Specifically the offensive coordinator.
Fran
I have a hypothetical for you.
Ria
Okay. Okay.
Fran
I was asking people this over the break.
Ria
Okay.
Fran
Would you rather be a head coach?
Noah
Ooh.
Fran
Or quarterback? Quarterback.
Noah
Quarterback. I mean, like, how my gut react.
Ria
My gut reaction immediately goes quarterback. But I think maybe if I sat with it for a little.
Fran
You think about it a little bit.
Ria
I could hear more of an argument.
Noah
But are you good? Like, you're a good coach. You're a good quarterback.
Fran
You're. You're a great head coach.
Ria
Are you the best?
Fran
You're a great.
Ria
You're picking between being like, Belichick or Tom Brady.
Noah
You have more fun playing.
Fran
I mean, here's the thing. When you say Belichick out loud and. Yeah, him and Tom Brady. No, I'm. I'm saying, like, who's the head coach of the Packers?
Ria
Oh, the cutie guy. What's his face? LaFleur.
Fran
Right. Like, you're either him or her. Joe Burrow.
Noah
I could be Justin Herbert.
Fran
David Madison.
Noah
Beer? Yeah, I'll take that.
Ria
So you're a hot young thing, right? On the job. You know, you got a big head coaching job, but you're still young. You're spry.
Fran
You don't gotta get out there. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Ria
And hurt yourself. Right, right, right.
Noah
But that's, like, the fun of it.
Fran
You're also like a good looking guy.
Alexa
Right?
Fran
When you say Belichick and Brady, it's like, well, obviously you're gonna pick being Tom Brady.
Ria
Oh, my God.
Fran
He's not.
Ria
You know what? That's bad on me. I was gonna say he's not the coach for. Oh, wait yet. Who am I thinking of?
Fran
Matt LaFleur is the coach of the Packers.
Ria
Yes.
Fran
Yes.
Ria
Matt. For a second, I was thinking, did I say Matt or did I say Mike? I didn't say.
Fran
You said. You said that cutie before.
Ria
He is. He is cute. I was like, I guess he is. I guess he is a brother that also.
Fran
I heard packers fans call him Daddy Lafleur.
Ria
Oh, he's only 46.
Noah
What kind of packers fans are we talking?
Fran
One of my friends who's a Packers fan.
Noah
The whole stadium's chanting that.
Fran
Just my one friend that I know that's back.
Ria
They are. They are. He's only 46. His younger brother. Coaches. Is the coaches. Is on the coaching staff for the Rams.
Fran
Sibling rivalry.
Ria
Mike rivalry. That's Mike.
Fran
Mike LaFleur. Yeah.
Ria
There you go.
Fran
Wow.
Noah
What's Peter LaFleur?
Ria
Peter Floor is the character.
Noah
We just had that question.
Ria
Yeah, yeah.
Fran
Can you dodge a wrench? You can dodge a ball. Yeah, yeah. Just dodge the rest of the episode. Just dodgeball.
Ria
Start quoting dodgeball. No, back to your. Back to your question.
Fran
I.
Ria
In that situation, I think I'm still going Joe Burrow, though. I don't know.
Fran
Like, I'm picking coach because I feel like I can really.
Noah
Not.
Ria
I don't know. Is this crazy to say? I think it's, like, more work.
Fran
Oh.
Noah
Being a coach, I feel like it's definitely more work.
Fran
It's a lot of work, but you get to, like. And you don't ever have to motivate your team. You ever get to turn off the off season?
Noah
You're, like, still working. I feel like if you're at least a player, you can kind of take a few months.
Ria
Right.
Noah
The coach. You're right. You get the team.
Fran
Right. I would love to be a head coach. All right.
Ria
If you're, like, a really good. Maybe your quarterback, you're just rushed on your laurels. You're like, I'm good. Like, you're sleeping good at night. You're not worried about.
Noah
I mean, come up a lot of work, too.
Ria
But it's both an incredible amount of work.
Fran
It is both. That's why it begs the question, you could go back and forth. I think. I think it's a good question.
Noah
But no, Kids are like. Kids are like, I want to be Joe Burrow. I want to be Drake May. No one's like, I want to be. I mean, I'm sure there are, but.
Fran
It'S not like, you all might know. I don't know.
Ria
There's definitely a lot of people that still want to be like you.
Fran
Maybe pick head coach when you know you can't be the quarterback anymore. Like when I shifted my focus to wanting to be a casting director because I was like, well, now the fate is going to be in my hands of these kids because no one casted me.
Noah
You know what's interesting?
Fran
So now I want to be a casting director and make people's dreams come true.
Ria
Right.
Noah
Right.
Ria
Now look like if I. If I want, it was I'm going to be Sirianni or. Jalen hurts. I'm going. Jalen hurts.
Noah
Oh, yeah, Sir. The worst.
Ria
Yes. Oh, shut your. Fight. Fight.
Noah
You can't tell me that he's, like, a likable guy.
Ria
He is likable.
Fran
Is he?
Noah
I feel like his own team doesn't even like him.
Ria
That's not true. They actually really do like him a lot. Fight. Fight, Fight.
Noah
But you could become a coach if you're a player.
Ria
Freaking Noah. Patriots get good again. He's cocky.
Noah
I'm not even cocky. I. I'm. I'm worried about this game, to be honest.
Fran
So what is this, a deciding weekend? If. If a team loses, are they out?
Ria
They're out.
Fran
Yeah.
Ria
This is the first round of the playoffs.
Fran
If Bills lose against the Jaguars, that's it.
Ria
Their season's over.
Fran
Yeah.
Noah
If they lose.
Fran
Lamar Jackson, is he back?
Noah
The Ravens are.
Ria
Yeah, but they lost. The Ravens aren't in the.
Noah
Did you catch that game? Crazy game.
Fran
I think I might have missed that one.
Ria
You missed the kick. You saw that?
Fran
Oh, my God. Yes, I did. Yes.
Ria
The poor Ravens kicker, he missed and they lost. So the Steelers are in the playoffs, not the Ravens.
Fran
Got it, got it, got it. So who do the Eagles play?
Ria
Eagles play the 49ers, which is always really tough, and they do have a bit of a. Like a nurse. I. I feel like there is a big rivalry between these two teams now because they faced off in the playoffs a bunch the last few years, and there's always a question about the fans. And there's. There's.
Alexa
There.
Ria
There's a good amount of disdain, I think, between fan bases. Like, Niners fans really hate Eagles fans, and I think vice versa.
Fran
Well, I'm with you. Thank you. I'm rooting for the Eagles.
Ria
Thank you.
Fran
And who are the Patriots buying?
Noah
The Chargers.
Fran
Yep. O. Justin Herbert. I'm Justin Herbert. O. Are you, like, who are we rooting for?
Ria
Madison Beer's boyfriend? I actually have. I mean, I have no desire.
Noah
You have no, like, affiliation?
Ria
Yeah. I don't care what the. I don't care what happens.
Fran
I have no affiliation to either of this is a very likable.
Noah
It's not like the big bad Patriot. It's like they're a likable team, I think.
Ria
Oh, no. I. Drake Maze. A cutie piece.
Fran
I don't even know what he looks. Oh, doesn't. His. His wife.
Ria
His wife does the bake stuff.
Fran
Yeah.
Ria
Yeah. She's adorable, too. They're very cute.
Fran
Yes, very cute. Oh, that's sweet.
Noah
Mike Frable.
Ria
I did play ping pong with Drake. Well, you know what?
Noah
Last year I forgot.
Fran
Oh, my God.
Noah
Wait. Why did I not think that Drake May was.
Fran
How have you not been talking about this more all season?
Ria
That is actually my motivation, you know, my words of wisdom to him at the ping pong tournament that led him to have a. To have.
Noah
Wait, who is your teammate again?
Ria
To be a NFL level. No, I was. I played with Chris Olave.
Fran
Right, but you played against Pilot Pete at one point.
Ria
Well, yeah, yeah. Yes, correct.
Fran
So now is Fran.
Noah
Four wins after meeting 14.
Fran
Huge. You were the.
Ria
The winning on the catalyst. I said, hey, I hope you have a great year next year. And look what happens.
Fran
Look what happened. If you didn't say that, would he be having a great year? Say, probably not. No, I'll say thank you.
Ria
To be honest, he did.
Noah
All of New England thanks you.
Fran
He won the tournament. So he won.
Noah
Look at that.
Fran
Yeah.
Ria
He's a very good ping pong player, I would hope. You know what I mean?
Noah
I think we didn't even talk about this. I forgot about it. And then we saw Marty supreme. We didn't even remember that she was given it. Yeah.
Fran
You were in.
Ria
I love ping pong.
Fran
Shit. We should get one in the office.
Ria
I know. Ping pong is so fun.
Fran
Wait, do we have one?
Noah
We have a pool table, right?
Alexa
Yeah.
Fran
That no one plays.
Ria
Yeah, but you know, I said, damn. When I watched that kid when that ping pong tour, I thought, he's going to be something.
Fran
He's going to be a star.
Ria
He's going to be something.
Fran
Now, is it possible that the Patriots and the Eagles would face each other.
Ria
Only in the Super Bowl?
Fran
In the Super Bowl? I'm asking. Yes. Ooh, I would love that.
Noah
That's happened multiple times.
Fran
Yeah, I know. But I feel like just now. Yeah, you know? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just between you, I guess we could really hang out.
Ria
It would take us back to that time when we were in Minnesota that year. It was 2017.
Fran
Yeah. No, 2018, 20, 18.
Alexa
2018.
Ria
When we were in Minnesota that year.
Fran
It was the Eagles beat Patriots, but it wasn't like we hadn't really established our dynamic yet as a group. No. So it wasn't like a big like, oh, Noah beat Fran.
Ria
Or Frano.
Fran
Sorry, Fran beat Noah. Where at this time it's like, I'll make it my whole personality two weeks straight about you guys.
Noah
Would you try to go to the game if they were because you're going to be in San Francisco if they.
Ria
Were to make it? Yeah, absolutely. But I'm. I have not been.
Fran
You think that way at all would have to go together, just you two and duke it out? Yeah, but like, Noah's not very like an intense fan.
Ria
No, no.
Fran
You know, like, you were more of an intense fan.
Noah
Like, sit in silence by my fingernails the whole. Yeah, but like, I don't. I used to be like overly die hard fan in high school. And then honestly, since I started working here, I think I've be a must. The pop culture has taken up my brain for the.
Ria
You think you can name 10 players on the Patriots right now?
Noah
Yeah, I can name 10 players.
Fran
Name five Metallica songs right now, bro.
Ria
That's exactly what I was doing to him.
Noah
No, my. My. My YouTube channel I used to edit. My name was Celtics Patriots man, and I used to edit highlight videos for them. That's how I started editing.
Fran
Oh, that's what got you in?
Noah
Yeah, that actually, like, I submitted some of those videos to work here.
Fran
Wow. Wow.
Noah
Yeah.
Ria
Little behind the scenes of Noah.
Noah
Go look at that account. Still some great videos on.
Fran
Oh, it's on YouTube.
Noah
Yeah. Celtics Patriots man. Hasn't been at Tom Brady's.
Fran
Patriots man.
Noah
Tom Brady posted my video. No numbers in high school.
Fran
Tom Brady posted her video in high school.
Noah
He said, I want to. I still have a screenshot. I want to share this. Awesome. It was before a playoff game. Awesome fan made edit video.
Fran
Why you never know go so deep sometimes and you're like. You learn more and more.
Ria
Like you. You know what he knows. He's like.
Fran
He's like Rob from Violin an Onion.
Alexa
Seriously.
Ria
It's also like, things like that happen to us. We're telling everybody all the time.
Fran
I mean, ad nauseam. Am I repeating myself? So, like, the fact that you haven't.
Noah
Some of the videos went like. Got like views on YouTube.
Ria
I'm looking at Patriots man.
Noah
There might be even like a couple of videos of myself on there.
Ria
You still have you still got 2.8 subscribers?
Noah
2.8. Yeah. Yeah.
Ria
I haven't posted a video in like 61 videos.
Noah
And how long you were Tom Brady.
Ria
Live by night playoff promo eight years ago. It has 103,000 views.
Fran
Wait, you got 457,000 views on your inspirational speech speeches video?
Noah
Some of them popped off.
Fran
457, 000 views. Yeah, it's more than we're getting on Chicks in the office. Why don't you do a little magic on there?
Ria
And then Celtics, Patriots, man. Unfortunately, we're also putting this out there. And your sister's like lacrosse highlights.
Fran
Yeah.
Ria
Wait.
Fran
Tom Brady.
Ria
If you look those up, you could.
Fran
Also watch Tom Brady the Revenant.
Noah
You know, I would, I would take.
Ria
You also watch Lily's lacrosse. Like recruiting. She said this to get recruited.
Noah
Yeah, I, I, the quarterback for Boston College. I, he paid me to edit a video, a hype video for him.
Ria
Damn. Tom Brady. The best ever. 14 years ago. 536,000 views. Holy shit.
Noah
And a lot of the big ones got taken down for copyright.
Ria
These are probably like, you probably had music.
Noah
They're all on.
Fran
They're probably circulating on TikTok right now. Like those edits.
Ria
You decided you liked Calvin Johnson for a little.
Noah
Yeah, you know, like, I did a Cam Newton. One of my favorite ones I ever did was Cam Newton, and that one got taken down.
Fran
But motivational sports speeches. 272,000.
Ria
And these have a lot of views.
Fran
Why? Where is the magic on our page?
Noah
We can't use songs. Yeah. You guys are aren't playing football.
Fran
We gotta get out on the field.
Ria
We'll play some football. The videos are gonna pop up.
Fran
If you're gonna edit us so inspirationally like these videos, I'll get out there and I'll throw a couple.
Noah
I, I, I see those TikTok. Because now it's like I was making these videos. Like before, it was cool to be an editor, you know?
Fran
Yeah. Now it's 14 years ago.
Noah
Tick Tock is like every year's your Cam Newton one.
Ria
14 years ago.
Noah
Oh, that's still up.
Alexa
Yeah.
Noah
I thought I got. Maybe it got put back on. It was taken down for copyright. I'd like, disputed it like a hundred times.
Fran
This is amazing. How do we not know about it?
Ria
I don't know. Once again, it's just layers of the layers of Noah.
Fran
Really?
Noah
Yeah. I'll. I'll send you that screenshot of Tom.
Fran
Brady, Celtics Patriots, man.
Noah
Yeah. I also kept it a secret. In high school, I felt like, embarrassed to be doing that. I don't know why. In high school So I didn't, like, none of my friends even knew I was doing that.
Ria
Yeah. That's fair.
Noah
I don't know. It wasn't, like, cool to edit.
Ria
No, no, I know, I know.
Fran
I totally get what you're saying. Like, you probably.
Ria
That's like, at that time, that's like computer nerd.
Noah
Yeah. I would like to sit and.
Ria
It's a skill everyone wants to be able to do.
Fran
Look at where you are at now. It's a. It's a skill.
Alexa
Skill.
Noah
That class at our high school. And they'd be like, how do you know how to edit?
Fran
You.
Ria
You honed your.
Fran
You.
Ria
You honed your craft.
Fran
You did.
Noah
I still. Yeah. Sometimes I see those ads.
Fran
Do you wish you were editing sports videos instead? No, no.
Noah
Sometimes I have the itch. I have the itch sometimes. Or like, that's the. The closest that I came to making those videos for you guys was when I did the end of year sizzles for them.
Ria
Yeah.
Fran
Yeah, you were.
Ria
You did a great job.
Fran
And let me tell you, you did a whole.
Ria
A whole company.
Noah
The whole company. One.
Fran
That's.
Noah
That's what it was. It's basically the same thing.
Fran
Noah would absolutely crush these end of the year barst that we would play at the end of the year meetings, and they would get posted online, and.
Noah
I only did the first year I was here, and then it sold so much work. Like, the people who do it here would tell you, like.
Fran
Right. And they're one. Did get posted this year, but they're a lot different than what you.
Noah
And you can't use songs anymore.
Fran
Right.
Noah
But that's that first time that I. We played it for the company, like, everything. I've had so many great moments here, but that still might be my peak.
Ria
The Patriots should call you for their playoff hype deal. Whatever they're making, you know, I'm sure they're making something that'll come. Come out. Like, if it has to come out already.
Noah
Yeah. Hire.
Ria
This is when the. This is when the team. This is like when the teams put out their individual.
Fran
We don't want him to leave.
Noah
No, no, no, no.
Ria
Sidekicks.
Fran
I gig. We can allow them.
Ria
Yeah, well. Yeah. Yeah. Sidekick.
Noah
Yeah.
Ria
Because that's when they. They'll probably get like.
Noah
They. Yeah, they have their own staff, I'm sure.
Ria
No, I know, but they'll. They'll get like. Who's the guy I'm thinking of that does the. He's like a commentator now. Linebacker.
Noah
He does videos.
Fran
Yeah.
Ria
No, no, no. He's just A comment who? Like, I'm thinking of somebody that would do a voiceover for a playoff video.
Noah
Like from the Patriots.
Ria
Yeah, his face is in my face, in my head.
Noah
Does voiceovers.
Ria
No, no, he doesn't do voiceovers. I'm saying he's a commentator. Like, he's on like the Fox or cbs. Like pre show.
Noah
Who is it? I can't even think of. I don't really watch.
Ria
Handsome guy, brown hair. Who the hell am I? God, what the fuck is his name?
Noah
It's just showing how a fraud I am if I don't even know who you're talking about.
Fran
Yeah, you do.
Ria
You do. When you hear me say it, you'll. You're gonna be like, oh, my God, Teddy Brusky.
Noah
Oh, Teddy Bruski.
Ria
I'm thinking of Teddy Brusky.
Noah
Oh, I didn't even know he was like, oh, yeah, maybe I should.
Ria
Yeah, he does. He does a lot. I'm just thinking like, that's the vision I have for Noah's creative for this is that it's the Patriots this season, all pumped up. But then you get Teddy to do the voiceover for it.
Noah
Yeah.
Ria
So that way you don't need the music. You just have Teddy doing the inspirational voice. Because they do that all the time with like the Eagles playoff videos. Like, they always get like Brian Dawkins or somebody to do like the cool voiceover to really pump everybody up. You gotta get somebody that's. That can pump everybody up.
Fran
Yeah.
Noah
I just got worried for a second. I'm like, wait, are any of my embarrassing videos on the Celtics Patriots.
Fran
I look through, it's your brother and your sister.
Ria
Yeah. Besides like your sports highlights of your siblings.
Fran
Yeah. Yeah, friend. We're gonna have to start doing some intramural sports.
Ria
I know.
Fran
Sick videos of us.
Ria
Yeah, right.
Fran
We can do ping pong.
Ria
Just have to show off our athletic prowess.
Alexa
Right.
Noah
Binge those videos later.
Fran
Yeah, I'm actually going to get myself hyped up. Some of I go to the gym, I'm going to watch your. Your hype up videos. Get me going. Well, specifically the motivational speeches with 257,000.
Alexa
Let's.
Ria
We should like DM them to Drake May so he can watch them before. Because I bet they'll. They'll pump him up before. Do you want to before Sunday night.
Noah
I'm going to airdrop you this. I have the screenshot of Tom Brady sharing.
Ria
Oh, is this the Tom Brady? Was it a tweet or.
Noah
He. It was on Facebook when Facebook was still like Popping, you know.
Ria
Oh, God.
Fran
Tom Brady is just obsessed with us.
Noah
I kind of want to binge my own videos now. I haven't thought about this.
Fran
He's like, can we wrap this up? I need to watch my own.
Noah
Watch all my own videos here.
Fran
Wait, I'm putting them on my TV later. Big screen.
Noah
You should. We should, like. Yeah, we should all go to your apartment and just watch all your videos.
Fran
Only if we could end it with you dancing to Beat it at the end.
Ria
You sending this or what?
Noah
Oh, sorry, sorry.
Fran
We're out here with our phones looking for this.
Noah
Airdrop 2012.
Ria
There's some dead air on the podcast. We're waiting for this to go through.
Fran
Wanted to share this fan creative video to pump everyone up for this Saturday, exclamation point. New England Patriots 2012.
Noah
That was a good one.
Fran
12,000 likes. 1600 comments. Almost 5,000 shares.
Noah
Yeah.
Fran
TV 12 in 2012. January 11th.
Alexa
Oh, my God.
Fran
We're coming up on the anniversary 14 years later. Happy anniversary.
Ria
And they play on the 11th.
Fran
I think you might have to bring the video back this Sunday.
Noah
And they just, you know, I can't go to dinner anymore tomorrow. I'm going to be editing a video.
Ria
No, it just Photoshops this. So this actually says January 11, 2026. And.
Fran
Oh, my gosh. Yeah.
Ria
So a lot of what? A lot of good football this weekend. That's our. That's. And on top of that, talking football. But I'm nervous for the Eagles. I'm not going to lie. I don't know how I feel about. About it.
Fran
Well, here's the thing. After the game.
Alexa
Yeah.
Fran
The Golden Globes are on.
Ria
Yeah.
Fran
So maybe if it goes south.
Alexa
Yeah.
Fran
You have something to lift you. Right, Right.
Ria
It'll just be. I'll just, like, put it out of my brain immediately.
Fran
Right.
Ria
That's.
Fran
At least. It's a 430 game and not in the middle of Golden Globes.
Ria
Yeah. Like Noah's game.
Noah
So unfortunately, the Golden Globes, I think.
Fran
Are gonna be really good.
Noah
Like, entertaining. Just Nick.
Fran
Yeah, I think it's gonna be entertaining. Nikki Glazer was so good last year, and she's doing it again, and I feel like she's gonna do even better.
Alexa
Yeah.
Fran
So I'm really excited for that. All right, let's get into the rest of the show. We got some topics to get into, and we have a great game of trivia. Hillary Duff's husband, Matthew Coma, he got on Instagram the other day right after we ended up talking about our segment about whether or not. This was about Hillary Duff and Mandy Moore. It looks like it was. And Matthew Comer has a lot to say. The Rapunzel live action cast has been revealed. Teagan Croft and Milo Manham. Manheim. Sorry, fuck that up. And Nikki Bella and Cooper DeJean are apparently allegedly casually dating. Casually dating casually. And we have a great game of trivia, so let's get into it.
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Fran
Hillary Duff's husband on Tuesday night, Matthew Coma. He posted on his Instagram story a picture of himself with the cut and wrote mom group tell all through a father's eyes. When you're the most self obsessed, tone deaf person on earth, other moms tend to shift focus to their actual toddlers.
Ria
Yeah.
Fran
So as we went on and on trying to decide whether or not this was about them or who it could be about, it looked like Matthew Coleman got on there and pretty much solidified that they kicked Ashley Tisdale out of this group. Yeah. And that maybe it wasn't Ashley Tisdale leaving her toxic mom friend group. It was maybe the other moms leaving Ashley Tisdale in the dust. And now we discussed this when we talked about, you know, friendships on Tuesday where it's like, sometimes it's like you find out the way a person tics and doesn't tick for you and, and sometimes it's just straight up like, you know what? That person is nuts and I don't want to be friends with them anymore. And it could be like as simple as that. Now this actually opens up even more of a discussion now that Hilary Duff's husband has now pretty much confirmed it because he said, you know, described her as the most self obsessed, tone deaf person. So everyone's like, all right, now what, what was Ashley doing? How was she acting in this group? Why did this happen?
Ria
Yeah, it's definitely, you're. You're like, oh, okay, so it's totally about them, but it's just once again, I don't know why this has created such a buzz that everyone has dug into every detail of, like, who these people are. It's just like I'm seeing. I'm seeing Page six articles like, meet the moms of the mom group. And a lot. Imagine you're just one of these moms. You're like, what the fuck? Like, I'm getting named in this. I'm not a public figure.
Fran
No. And you don't want to be named in this. And by the way, it becomes a humongous pile on after something like this happens, right? Because now old videos are circulating from other past, you know, people who were child, whatever. Anneliese and Christy. Their podcast from a couple years ago of Anneliese talking about how she served Ashley Tisdale, and Ashley Tisdale was, like, kind of rude to her. So that resurfaced, and then it becomes a pile on of stories of. Of people who have had bad interactions with Ashley. But then you get the other side of it where then you got all. Then you get people defending Ashley, and they're like, no, I had good. I had a, you know, experience with her, but I had a bad one with Hillary. And then. Then you get all the people who are like, no, there's no way America's sweetheart, Hilary Duff, could do anything wrong. And you just. It just becomes a pylon of either real or fake stories that you don't know what's going on. It's really created a monster of its own.
Ria
It has. And, like, I was definitely interested at first, and now I'm like, who cares? I know they're not friends anymore. Big whoopty Dee Dee. Like, you know, like, it's like, now they're not friends. I don't think it makes either of them, like, bad people. Like, it's like, oh, Ashley tizzle must be the worst. Or Hillary Duff must be the worst. Or Mandy Moore must be. It's like, I don't know. They're not fudgeing friends anymore, right? Like, Ashley tissue is probably super self absorbed, and that's what. And, like, it's over. I don't know.
Fran
Right. Yeah. No, I'm with you. Where it just. Because it becomes. When something becomes such a big thing like this with all. Now all these, like, meet the moms. I don't want to.
Ria
I don't want to meet the mom.
Fran
I don't care to meet them all.
Ria
They're good.
Fran
I care about my childhood heroes, you know? And then once you get a little deeper look inside of them, you go, I'm gonna step back out of this. And I'm just Gonna act like I didn't know any of this was happening. And I would go back to my childhood self loving these people on tv.
Ria
And it's like every single clip that they've ever said about any. I don't know where these people have been finding stuff. Like, I know it wasn't that long ago, but Hillary Duff was on Jake Shane's podcast. Now people are clipping that and putting it out there of Hillary talking about how she is good with, like, when friendships come to an end. It's like she has. Or she has a good sense of people at the beginning of, like, if they're gonna be friends or not. And then, you know, if a friendship isn't serving her, it's like you have that conversation and it ends and whatever. And it's just like, okay, yeah, she probably is good at that. That doesn't mean she's a bad friend. It just means maybe she meets some.
Fran
People that it's like, right, maybe I'm.
Ria
Not gonna be anymore.
Fran
She's got good intuition. It was like, you know what? I don't need to keep you around.
Alexa
Yeah.
Ria
Yep. And, you know, it just seems like maybe Ashley and Hillary weren't cut from the same cloth, even though they're coming out of that. That Disney machine.
Fran
Yeah, it seems that way. I mean, that's a pretty.
Ria
It's a pretty. You know, what Matthew said was intense.
Fran
It was a bold move to get on there. Yeah. And maybe he just had enough and was like, you know what? I'm not going to let people, you know, Ashley Tisdale's husband, my wife's name down, and this is what happened. Yeah. You know, maybe he had enough.
Ria
Yeah.
Fran
But then. Then you're going to have Ashley Tisdale's husband jump in. Yeah, he.
Ria
He posted. I forget what exactly was it? It's gone now, and I forgot to take a screenshot of it, but he just posted like, some Instagram thing about, like, you know, a graphic. You know, if it doesn't serve you keep moving kind of thing. Kind of, you know, that kind of thing.
Fran
It becomes a massive pile on. And we're like, you know what? Let these moms duke it out in Beverly Hills, wherever they are. Yeah. And we don't want to meet the other moms.
Ria
No. Leave those poor moms alone.
Fran
Right. Their group chat, though. Can you imagine Hillary Duff, Manny Moore, Meghan Trainor in a group chat right now?
Ria
It's just like. And then you're. They're probably like, why did Ashley need to write this article? I keep Coming back to that, too, I'm like, did you really need to.
Fran
And then Ashley's probably like, why did I say this in an article? You know? But it has pretty much blown out. Blown out of proportion at this point, I feel.
Ria
And by the way, I don't know if. I don't know if Ashley Tisdale's husband has always been this way because I have not followed him or paid attention to anything that he was posting. But of course, I've been caught up in all this. So when I saw these headlines, it's like, oh, Chris Christopher French post this. I'm like, now I'm on his Instagram watching his Instagram stories. He's pretty vocal politically. Now, I'm not saying him and Ashley Tizzle have to be exactly the same, because, you know, you don't. Like. Not. That doesn't happen all the time, too. Is like, you and your husband can be different. But, you know, lots of posts.
Fran
Lots. I've never looked at his Instagram.
Ria
Why would you.
Alexa
You know?
Fran
Yeah.
Ria
So. But I'm just saying, like, that it just took me back to the original accusation of everybody online being like, well, they broke up because, like, they're not friends anymore because of this. I was like, well, I don't know. Is that for her, if her husband's always been posting like this? Which I imagine he has.
Fran
Right.
Ria
That he's seems pretty into it, like, the other side.
Fran
Right.
Ria
So I'm like, I don't. I don't know. Very bizarre. The whole thing is super bizarre of how this just got absolutely blown out of proportion. And I. And I will say it's like, do I appreciate Matthew Coma, like, kind of getting in the mix a little, just because it's like you kind of want someone to say something for the drama. But at the same time, I'm like, does it need to be one of the husbands? It's just like, if I'm the. If I'm the other moms, I'm just like, not the husband. Like, let's leave the husband husbands.
Noah
Shh.
Fran
Right. Because I. I feel like if I'm Hillary. Yeah. I'm probably like, why? Come on. Why did you post that?
Alexa
Yeah.
Fran
You know, because then Hillary's like, now I gotta deal with this. Yeah. Because Matthew, on one hand, if you're. If he's like, oh, I'm sick of it. I'm sticking up for my wife.
Ria
Okay.
Fran
But on the other hand, clearly girl drama right Now Hillary Duff has to deal with it. Yeah. So it falls more on her. Right. It's not going to fall on Matthew coma.
Ria
No. Everyone's like, oh my God, look what he posted.
Fran
It's right.
Ria
It's now.
Fran
It's now. It's like, let's find anything Hillary Duff's ever said. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Ria
Yep. And I guess Haley Duff liked the.
Fran
Article post that Ashley says they'll posted and everyone was like, oh, oh great.
Alexa
Yes.
Ria
But I. They can't do anything. They can't do anything on social media right now because it will be monitored.
Noah
Yeah.
Ria
It's like. And another thing, like they'll be like, oh my God, she liked this.
Fran
Another thing people are bringing up and I feel like this is unfair. Is Hilary Duff's mom like, you know when Frankie Muniz was talking about Hilary Duff's mom? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like a certain way.
Ria
Yeah.
Fran
Where I'm like, I don't know if we can't. You can't blame Hillary Duff for her mom when she was like a kid.
Ria
So fucking crazy. It's like, why is this all happening? Just from Ashley Tizzle being like, I'm not, I'm not friends with these girls anymore. That's really how she said it was to be. Like, I'm not friends with these girls anymore. And like now we're, we're trying to expose every little bit of all these ladies lives.
Fran
It's just like why it seems unnecessary. And also it's just one of those things where people online, like they get on and want to pick a side. Yeah, they just want to like. And it's almost like bringing this up like Alex Earl and Brax Barrios. Like right now people are like so badly want to pick a side when like why? Yeah, no sides need to be. Did you see that girl's tick tock? I did. I can't decide if I think it's real or not. What do you think?
Ria
I mean, probably.
Fran
You think so?
Ria
I, I just can't imagine.
Fran
I didn't see a follow up.
Ria
So maybe there was. No, there wasn't really. It's just some background. If you guys have no idea what I'm talking about. A girl who works in Vegas made a TikTok that was like, we're the people that really know all the tea on the celebrities. And you know, you shouldn't be feeling bad for Braxton because I, you know, I've seen him out in Vegas, blah blah, blah. Not like I've seen him out in Vegas making out with chicks, but like his behavior right. In Vegas.
Noah
And.
Ria
It is obviously interesting that this happens after, after the breakup happens and the Tom Brady stuff and all that. But, like, I don't know. You're never going to get me With NFL player is being douchey in Vegas. Breaking news. Like, I. You're not going to get me. Like, I'm not going to be blown away by that one.
Fran
That's what. Well, I'm sort of. Just because I felt like I won. She made the video, but then she said she couldn't talk about it anymore. But then she said she could talk about it. So it was like back and forth, back and forth when I was like, all right, you're. Are you kind of losing me? You're getting me. You're losing me here. Yeah, you know, which one is it? Yeah.
Ria
So Sophia Kendrick is her name.
Fran
Yeah, that's on Tick Tock. And then other people started picking up a talk.
Ria
She was just, like, trying to claim that he's not this so called, like, super nice gentleman, beautiful, amazing boyfriend that everyone that they all, like, thought he was is basically where that came from. It's just like.
Fran
Yeah, but that's what I'm saying is like, people are like, so hardcore now. Like, Team Braxton, Team Alex. When neither of those people told you to pick a team.
Ria
She also was like, everyone was like, we need. We need a story time for this. And she did say, like, sorry, I've talked to people. And I, After I posted that, I was like, I'm not gonna. I'm not gonna speak anymore about it.
Fran
That's why I got all confused. I was like, wait.
Ria
Because she was like, I like to protect herself and her job. She's like, I can't, like, be posting. Can't be posting that. She said she may actually need to delete the original video. Which if I am looking at.
Fran
I.
Ria
Think she did makes sense, right? Because she only posted a couple days ago.
Fran
Yeah, I think it was literally like yesterday.
Ria
Yeah, it's. She deleted it.
Fran
So that makes sense.
Ria
And this is her just saying that.
Fran
She had to delete it.
Ria
That she had to delete it.
Fran
Yeah.
Ria
So that's, you know, that's another where everyone's like, oh, you just come on and be like, back to the bad guy. Oh, my God. But I, you know, but I can't say anything more and I got to protect myself in my job. And you're like, okay, well, right. I don't know. How much can we believe of that then?
Fran
And now everybody's running with stuff. Yeah, but that's the same thing that's happening with this, is that everyone's running with this story, that story, old stories when they were younger and this. And I'm like, we just gotta.
Ria
Yeah.
Fran
I'm sure they all just want to, like, move on from this. If they don't. They don't want to be friends anymore, they're not going to be friends. And I'm sure they just want to, like, wrap this up.
Ria
Yeah.
Fran
Close it out and move on. I know.
Ria
And it's just like any time that there's maybe a slightly, slightly, like, negative story about someone, it's just, that's when people come out of the woodworks to be like, well, you know what? I met them 14 years ago and I had this experience. It's just like.
Fran
And you never know what to believe or not believe because people just make up sometimes. Then other times people got real stories and you're like, oh, damn. All right, that one sounds real.
Alexa
Yeah.
Fran
So you never know. But I'm sure going into the weekend, these group of moms, right, they're like.
Ria
Ladies, ladies, let's put a glass of.
Fran
Wine and put this behind us, seriously.
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Fran
Moving on, exciting news. The Rapunzel live action main stars have been cast. Teagan Croft as Rapunzel and then Milo Manheim as well. And just from the looks, just from visually looking great picks, Right.
Ria
Just going off of that, I actually. I don't know much about Tegan.
Fran
No.
Ria
But she's adorable.
Fran
Perfect Rapunzel in my eyes.
Ria
Yeah, she's adorable. She is Australian, I think she's like 21. From my brief peruse of her Wikipedia page, when I saw that, when I saw the announcement, she's been in a couple different things, I think, like some like superhero type stuff that I am unfamiliar with. But certainly no Milo. He's a star. He's had a bit of a resurgence, I feel like, because he did the, you know, Disney kid part of Zombies. Zombies did like, they did a reunion, like, tour, I think this past year, like a descendant zombies combo thing.
Fran
Right.
Ria
And then With Dancing with the Stars just blowing up again, everybody brought Milo's name back up because the year that Bobby Bones, the season that Bobby Bones won, everyone felt like it should have been Milo. And he was so fantastic. And Tangled is one that has been rumored for a while and the cast has been rumored for so long. And I think everybody's had their dream cast for this. If you were to go on Tick Tock six months ago, it's like everybody had something to say or who they wanted to play you. Go on. People are making tiktoks like, this is my dream casting for Tangled. Milo was always in the mix.
Alexa
Really.
Ria
Oh, people were real. His name was all over the place for this. People really felt like he would be a great Flynn Rider. And I couldn't agree more. I think it's gonna be fantastic. When I saw this, I was thrilled because you see people and I think a lot of people the dream, like pop culture casting for people was Sabrina Carpenter and Milo, super fair. But I think having someone play Rapunzel, that's not a, you know, massive star already is fun and good. And I'm, I'm so excited for this. I fucking love Tangled. You've never seen it. You gotta watch Tangled.
Fran
You got.
Ria
I know that there are ones that I don't like. There's some that, that we'd have this conversation. I'm like, I'm not gonna push you on it. You're Tangled. I will push.
Fran
Should I cuddle up tonight and watch Tangle? Yes.
Ria
Nothing will like. You will feel so warm.
Fran
I have my period really bad right now.
Ria
It'll just warm your fucking heart.
Fran
Like.
Ria
And the music is really nice.
Fran
Cuddle up with a blanket and watch Tangled.
Ria
The music is fantastic. It's Mandy Moore.
Fran
Famous singer.
Ria
Just cuddle up with Mandy. Yeah, we're talking about this whole episode is Mandy Moore.
Alexa
Focus.
Fran
Holy sh.
Ria
Yeah, there's a lot of Mandy Moore today, whether it's obvious or not obvious. But it's such a fantastic movie. It really. It's one of my favorite animated, honestly.
Fran
Really.
Ria
And one of my sisters too. It's up there for her. Okay, well, it's a five star movie for her.
Fran
I'm gonna have to watch it because I don't want to be left out on Rapunzel Live action. I think casting sort of somebody who is a little bit more unknown for Rapunzel is perfect.
Ria
Yeah, it's always fun because Sabrina Carpenter would be great.
Fran
But at the same time, you're going to be thinking of her as Sabrina Carpenter the whole Time.
Ria
Yeah, yeah, agreed.
Fran
You want to think of this person as Rapunzel.
Ria
And they're using really great pictures of Milo where I'm like, yeah, I see that bone structure. He is Flynn Rider.
Fran
When you put his face next to the cartoon Flynn Rider, you're like, holy, that's a great casting.
Ria
Exactly. Which is why everybody on TikTok was like, he would be so great. So that was a big rejoice for the Tick Tock casting directors. I think people were happy.
Fran
Yeah. I.
Ria
At least I saw very positive reactions. And I'm very, very excited for this. I'm just so glad they're. I'm glad they're making it because it was been. It's been like it was tabled. It was tabled for a little. Which never feels good. That feels like. That means it's moving in the wrong direction. And if it does bring it back, you're like, is it going to be. Are they putting their full force behind it?
Fran
Yeah.
Ria
So hopefully they do, because Tangled is. Is so good. So, yeah, I'm happy about it.
Fran
I am happy, too. And I bet I'll be even happier when I watch.
Ria
Can you watch it?
Alexa
Oh, God.
Ria
You're gonna be. You're gonna be coming in Monday singing the songs.
Fran
You're gonna be really happy when I text you tonight and say, no, I am putting on Tangled.
Ria
Look at my smile. Because if you let me down, because you let me down, don't let me down. Here's the thing. You're gonna see Like Traders is on.
Fran
No, I. Listen, I plan on. I'm not trying. No. First of all, I want to say that I rewatched the entirety of season two of Tell Me Lies yesterday because I went on Hulu Tuesday night.
Ria
I saw you, thought it was new.
Fran
Tricked myself because January 13th is next week. I thought I was getting three new episodes yesterday. I said, you know what, though? I'm gonna rewatch season two. Then I remember Traitorous is tonight. That's so exciting. I. But you know I'm going to be cuddling up hard tonight, right? Like my period is kicking my ass and there's nothing more that I want to do than cuddle up really hard. And so I'm going to do Tangled. But I now need you to do something for me.
Ria
Mother knows.
Fran
I need you to do something for me. And you know what it is If I watch Tangled. You need to watch something else. You know what it is. You know what it is, Francesca. I'll sit in silence. I'll make this.
Ria
No, I know. I'M thinking.
Fran
Silence. I'm thinking.
Ria
I'm thinking. I'm thinking. I don't know. A movie.
Fran
Movie. Animated.
Ria
Oh, Coco. Yeah, Coco. But I don't want to cry. It's gonna make me cry. No, it's.
Fran
You're gonna be happy, too. It's so cute.
Ria
No, I know. I know.
Fran
Fran has never seen Coco. We didn't talk about this on the podcast. I don't think. We only talked about our live shows. Every time I've talked about Coco, she is faked knowing. Yeah. What I was talking about. But until she then revealed to me that she's never seen Coco.
Ria
Yeah, but it's not a fake, though, because Coco's like a movie that. I know. I've just, like. I've seen and heard so much about it that I feel like. I know. I feel like I get the general. You're right. I have not seen it. It's a very different experience. But I'm just saying, like, when it has been brought up or things about it have been brought up, I haven't been like. I have no idea what you're talking about. I have a loose idea. Loose idea.
Fran
Will you watch Coco? I'm not asking for this weekend. Are you ever going to watch it? What's the hesitation?
Ria
Because everybody talks about how much they CR at Coco, and sometimes I'm just not in the mood for that kind of cry. It's the same way with I'll never watch Marley and Me.
Fran
It's not Marley and Me. Yeah, it is not Marley and Me. You could watch Coco. It is not. Yeah, it is not Marley.
Ria
Is it like a cry, like, when you cry when you watch, like, Finding Nemo?
Fran
Yeah. Like, it's. It's an animated film.
Ria
Yeah.
Alexa
I don't know.
Ria
I cry in every animated film that I watch. I'm not gonna lie. I. The.
Fran
The.
Ria
But it's so cute. The robot one. What was that one that came out? No, no, no. Came out last year. No, with the ducks and the robot.
Noah
Robot. Ducks.
Ria
What was that movie called? God damn it.
Noah
I'm.
Ria
Nothing's coming up when you're searching that.
Noah
The Wild Robot.
Ria
The Wild Robot. That's what I'm thinking of.
Fran
Duh. The wild.
Ria
My brain is not working today. The Wild Robot. I was a puddle. Sobbing, sobbing.
Fran
I don't.
Ria
And there's really. It's a beautiful movie. It's a beautiful movie. And there's also no reason to, like. It's not sad, but I. It's a beautiful movie, so.
Fran
It's beautiful. So you enjoyed it? Yes.
Ria
Our family, you know, makes me cry.
Fran
I don't think you'd be so sobbing your eyes out at Coco.
Ria
No. Well, you will.
Noah
Favorite animated movie ever.
Fran
Right now, at the top of my head, yes. I would say Coco. So I guess I'd be lying if I were to come up with another one right now because.
Noah
Yeah, the cl. Like the classics.
Fran
Oh, well, yeah, I'm just thinking of more like, recent.
Ria
Right, right.
Noah
I'm just going like, Toy Story.
Fran
Yeah, I love Toy Story, but, like, I'm thinking more of like, recent.
Ria
Yeah.
Fran
Well, you know what? You're not selling me untangled if you won't freaking watch Coco.
Ria
That's fair. I do want you to watch Tangled, though. It's so timely. You're making a live action.
Fran
Okay, okay.
Ria
But it's a princess.
Fran
One day when we're alone.
Ria
No, I'll watch it.
Fran
I'll watch it. When? One day when we're alone, I'll watch it. I'll go and watch it and I trap. No, no, no, no. Here's.
Ria
Here's the thing.
Fran
I can't want you to force yourself.
Ria
No, no, no. I'm not forcing myself to watch it.
Fran
Going to be the right.
Ria
I just have to watch it on my own is the thing. I. I went logistics because in my mind, when I, you know, when the nighttime comes around and I'm putting the TV on, Joe and I have to agree on what we're putting on.
Fran
Joe's won't watch Coco for one night.
Ria
He. He's. He could be annoying with what he's like, he's got things he wants to watch. Like, sometimes I make his suggestions. By the way, I think I got him to come around on Traders because I said, there's new traders.
Fran
Thank God.
Ria
And he was like, oh, I think I might like that. So I'm not. I. I think I have him in to watch Traders tonight.
Fran
So you don't want to watch it?
Ria
I don't want to be like, you.
Noah
Don'T want to trade.
Fran
Hey, let's.
Ria
Let's watch Coco instead. He's like, well, then I'm not watching Traders.
Fran
Fair. Very.
Ria
That's where my brain went immediately.
Fran
Honestly, I'd rather Joe be in on Traders. So, yeah, collectively as a foursome, we could talk about it and yes, that would be great. And I less care about you watching Coco. But here's the thing. You will find.
Ria
But I'll watch Coco.
Fran
Coco.
Ria
To be honest, I think Joe's seen Coco.
Fran
Coco will find you when it's supposed To.
Ria
Yeah.
Fran
And that Coco will find you with me after a show in. In our hotel room one night while we. I order Taco Bell and you order Domino's and we watch Coco.
Ria
And we watch Coco.
Fran
You know what I mean? So nice. It does sound really nice. So just like, we don't even watch Coco. I'll watch Tangled. Okay. But Traders tonight, you asked what time. I don't know.
Noah
It's usually like nine.
Ria
Normally nine.
Noah
Do you have a final prediction on who do you think the traders are going to be?
Fran
I think Donna Kelsey is like, absolutely going to be a really.
Noah
I don't think she will. I.
Fran
For some reason, right off the bat.
Ria
I got to look at the cast again.
Noah
I feel like she wouldn't.
Fran
Or that might be too obvious of a traitor because she's so not.
Noah
I don't really know much about her, but I don't think she has in her to, like, do that.
Fran
She raised two football players. I think she has it in her.
Noah
But, like. But you have to be, like, deceiving.
Fran
And you got to be like, here's my thing.
Ria
I don't know a lot of the, like, the game players, so they say, like, I don't know a lot of them from this cast and there's always one of them. What do they just, like, throw Stephen Coletti in there as a traitor?
Fran
That'd be fun.
Noah
I could see. I could see Rapaport, honestly.
Alexa
Yeah.
Ria
If the Rappaport would be. That would be a good.
Fran
I hate Michael Rob Port.
Ria
Here's the thing. I would think Rapaport would, like, go in asking to be a traitor.
Fran
Great. Trader. More would be such.
Noah
I feel like she's so charming.
Alexa
Yeah.
Ria
I. They might make Colton a trader, I think.
Noah
I think Rob would be terrible.
Ria
Yeah.
Fran
So I don't know a lot.
Ria
Maybe one of the. I'm trying to look even the housewives, but I don't know the people like the. The big brother.
Noah
Ever. I saw someone talking that, like, Dorinda's going to be sent home immediately again.
Fran
It's not funny. But just be. It would be just funny like, as a repeat thing.
Ria
I feel like because Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski are like such good friends that they may pick one of them to be a traitor.
Noah
I'm just laughing.
Fran
Yeah. To split it up.
Ria
Yeah. To split it up.
Noah
Just this graphic where it says under everyone's names, like, what they're known for and just Donna being Travis and Jason, Kelsey's mom.
Ria
You see that video versus cracking me up. She was like, I'm hoping that maybe some of Travis's adversaries are. Are here. Whether that's, you know, another athlete or actor or, like, X.
Noah
But she said that? Yes.
Fran
Oh, my God.
Alexa
Yeah.
Ria
She's just, like, thinking, like, one of his exes could be on the season.
Fran
Oh, my God. That would be. Which would have been honestly kind of funny. Yeah. While we're on the topic of football players.
Ria
Yeah.
Fran
Nikki Bella and Cooper Tagine.
Ria
Cooper De Jean is not a safety. Yeah. I kind of didn't believe this at first when I saw it. I was like, no way. Because I'm like, Nikki's just. She just loves the Eagles. She's just a big fan. Like. And it seemed like it's a big night out. I don't know what happened, but she was at a game and then they were all at the bar. Soul bar. I don't know if you saw the pictures of this, but Cooper was there and Nikki was there and Alex Warren was there. I don't know if he, like, had a show in Philly that same night. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Fran
Is he gonna do any more music?
Ria
He does. He does other music. Just don't think that it pops in people's brains immediately. He has had other songs come out.
Fran
That was rude of me.
Ria
No, I. Not really.
Fran
I. I meant more like you were.
Ria
Like, when's he gonna have another smash hit? Yeah, that. Let me tell you, that is the problem with having a smash hit like that.
Fran
You could be a one hit wonder.
Ria
Could you replicate it like that? That's how people feel about freaking my guy, Benson Boone.
Fran
I don't know why it's. Can you replicate it like that?
Ria
Can you replicate it like that? But, you know, my. My guy, Benson Boone, same criticism.
Fran
Interested on your thoughts on this? Because I don't have a ton.
Ria
I mean, because I initially, I just.
Fran
Didn'T think it was real. I thought it was a joke.
Alexa
Yeah.
Fran
So I guess that tells you what I feel about it, if I initially thought it was not real.
Ria
Well, because it does feel that way. Like, it would be like a. You're just like, wait, what? I don't know.
Fran
But Nikki Bell is a big Eagles fan.
Ria
She is. And Cooper is a great player. Is a great player, but he. He is like, 22.
Fran
Yeah. And I feel like Nikki Bella deserves somebody who's, like, mature. Yeah. And you know what I mean? And I feel like he. Cooper De Jean doesn't scream mature.
Ria
No. And. And from the way that this all sounds, it sounds a little bit like, you know, this young, hotshot football Player showed interest, and she's like, why the not. But I'm not trying to date you kind of thing. Like.
Fran
And I think that's fair because it's just fair because obviously, when the age thing is flipped around, yeah, we're like, you know, why is this older guy wanting to date a. Like, a younger girl? Or whatever. But I don't necessarily feel that way about this one because I'm more like. I feel like Nikki Bella is just like, yeah, why not?
Ria
A source told tmz, you know, maybe it's been a lifelong dream with her to hook up with somebody on the Eagles. I wouldn't blame her because I, too, have had that lifelong dream. It wouldn't happen now.
Noah
What?
Ria
Oh, my God. To, like, be with a player on the Eagles.
Fran
Sorry, I was like, wait, Fran, you're married? No, I'm not now. Okay.
Ria
I'm saying not now, but, like.
Fran
Like, growing up.
Ria
I'm sure Nikki Bella, years ago, like, at a time, was, like, growing up.
Fran
What if I'm away? Yes. Yes. Fair. Very fair. 100%.
Ria
Like, in high school, I was like, what if I marry someone on the Eagles? That would be the dream.
Fran
Totally fair. Like Kylie, Kelsey.
Ria
Yes, Kylie.
Fran
Kelsey was a huge Eagles fan. Was like, what if I marry someone on the Eagles? And then she did. Yes, very fair. Sorry, I didn't hear the other part.
Ria
No, I don't mean, like, not now, but I'm saying, like, Nikki Bell, that for Nikki Bella, that probably fizzled at some point. And then she's had multiple very public romances, and now she's single, and the opportunity presented itself, and it's like.
Fran
Well, she's like, all right. Well, I guess my time, you know.
Ria
Maybe now it's my time. A source did tell TMZ that they've been spending time together. They've gone on some dates, but Nikki is still very single and enjoying life. There's a mutual attraction, but again, it's casual. And Nikki's focus is her career and her son. But the rumors have been swirling for, you know, since she was at the game wearing his jersey and in his. Sitting at his locker and the whole thing. Now, like, If I'm Cooper DeJean, I'm probably the cockiest kid that's, like, walks planet Earth. So he's probably been heavily pursuing in a way that you're like, well, I guess this is kind of charming.
Noah
I don't know.
Ria
That's what I envision. I envision him pulling the idea of you, like, just charming the pants off of her.
Fran
Kind of eye. I know, but you know, like Anne.
Ria
Hathaway and my guy Nicholas Galitzine.
Fran
I know. Well, it's kind of. I'm, I'm.
Ria
But he is 22 and that is so funny.
Noah
Right?
Fran
It's so, it's so young that like I even look at. And I'm 28 and I look at 22 year old boys, like they are so young.
Ria
I know.
Fran
You know what I mean? So it's like.
Ria
Yeah. Sometimes I see kids that are in college. I'm like, are you 12? Right?
Fran
They literally look like they are 12 years old. They act especially. They act like it, you know?
Ria
Yeah.
Fran
So I just can't imagine Nikki Bella being too into him.
Noah
Yeah.
Ria
I just missed, I must have missed a chapter because I, I had thought Cooper De Jean had a pretty serious girlfriend out of college, but perhaps the fame and success that, that, that probably ended. I don't know when, but I just remember him like in interviews talking about his girlfriend when he had first started. But that's what a, what a NFL curse. You know, you go in with your like high school sweetheart.
Fran
Yeah, yeah.
Ria
His college, his college sweetheart. They seem to have broken up.
Fran
But that like now it's going back to like the Tom Brady and Alex Earl thing. Right? Like Tom Brady is so much older than Alex Earl. And we were like saying Alex Earl, like, you know, whatever, go do it. Tom Brady, he's, he's a weirdo for that. You know what I mean?
Ria
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Fran
I actually saw Paige and Sorbo talking about this where she was like, the people that will. If you are on Alex Earl but not Tom Brady. Like we're not, we're not aligned because Tom Brady, what is he having, what is he looking for in a 22 year old girl or whatever, however old.
Ria
And I don't know if it's like just like traditional take, right? That in my mind that I'm like, well, the guy is pursuing, you know, I just imagine Cooper De Jean is pursuing her.
Fran
Yeah.
Ria
You know, but maybe not. I don't know. I don't know.
Fran
No, I, that's what I'm thinking too. But I'm just like, if it, if.
Ria
It is the opposite. It is Nikki. But like then I'm just gonna like.
Fran
You'Re like, which ones do we root on?
Ria
Which ones do we know that I'm not.
Fran
You know, we don't root on anybody dating. I don't know.
Ria
He's like. And I know it's not that many years. 22, 20, 24, 25. But it's like 22.
Fran
22 versus 42.
Ria
Yeah.
Fran
Is such a, but even like 22.
Ria
Verse 25 is like drastically different in my mind.
Fran
I agree with that. There's just something about like the, the, the early 20s versus like the mid to late 20s. 3.
Ria
I'm like, you're a child.
Fran
And I also like, and I'm sure you could relate to this. I am a totally different person from the person I was at that age that I feel like not even connected to them at all. Yeah. You know what I mean? That you like grow so much in your 20s that it just feels like so drastically different.
Ria
I, I, I truly sometimes say I'm like, what would I talk, what would we talk about? Like, I have plenty of. This is a bad comparison I'm about to make. And I may not say it.
Fran
Your younger cousins.
Ria
Yeah. Because I'm like, well, obviously I wouldn't be dating them.
Alexa
Yeah.
Fran
When you're trying to find conversations.
Ria
No, but when you're just like trying to find common ground at Christmas. So like, hey, what are you into these, like, I might as well be 80 the way you are talking to me in a different language I am not understanding.
Fran
Oh, yeah.
Ria
So Kelly and I were talking about.
Fran
This the other day with just like younger people in the office now where like, they look at us like we're like, yeah. So old. And we look at them like they are so young.
Ria
I know.
Fran
You know, and it's not that big of a difference, but it feels like a world of difference.
Ria
I know. My 7 year old cousin at Christmas asked me if I was 40.
Fran
Oh my God.
Ria
Said, damn. No, I'm not. I mean, Grace is, she's seven, so really doesn't have a lot of concept of age. But I said 40. That's a tough one. Yep. I said, no, I'm not.
Fran
Oh my God.
Ria
I said, if you think, I said, if you think I'm 40. How old do you think your parents are? She was like, I, you know, I really stumped her with that one.
Fran
A hundred? Yeah. Oh, wow. Well, I'm happy you're still here.
Alexa
Yeah.
Fran
I'm happy you made it through Christmas.
Noah
After that.
Fran
Yeah.
Ria
After that one. I know, I know.
Fran
But.
Alexa
Wow.
Ria
I don't think, I don't think there's too much to worry about. I don't think there's too much to analyze here. I think like, if, if he's taken her on a few dates, she's probably, they're probably having some fun, if you know what I mean.
Fran
Yeah.
Alexa
Yeah.
Ria
And And I. And I kind of hope that that's it because. Right.
Fran
So it's the same thing. We were talking about Alexa on top. You know, we don't want them to date. No. Like, they don't even, like, fall in love and get married, whatever, you know? Yeah, you do. You. Yeah, you do. You.
Ria
Yeah. I just can't.
Alexa
Yeah.
Ria
Like.
Fran
And maybe it's because we have more.
Ria
Maybe so mature. But I highly doubt.
Fran
I think it's just we have more faith in women. Like, where we're just like. We would look at like a 22 year old kid and be like, no interest. When you, like, are like to be our critical thinkers. Yeah. Tom Brady, who's in like a midlife crisis, he's like, ah. I'm thinking with my dick like that, you know, you're like, of course you are.
Ria
Yeah.
Fran
You know.
Ria
Yeah. I see pretty girl. I talk to pretty girl. Right.
Fran
Like, very Gronk esque. Yes. You know where we had. We got like, brains that are like, thinking this throw. It's like, well, that's a 22 year old. Yeah, boy.
Ria
Yeah. But that's why I'm like. And I. It's solely coming from someone of the massive Eagles fandom. And I know Nikki's a massive fan as well, that it's just like, you're like this kid, you know, just won a Super bowl and he wants to take me on a date. Like, okay, I'll go to dinner.
Fran
I'll go see what happens. Yeah. Italian restaurant in Philly.
Ria
Yeah.
Fran
Hey, we'll go to Angelo's.
Ria
Cheesesteaks on me, honey.
Fran
Yeah, that's all I got.
Ria
Cheesesteaks on me.
Fran
Oh, shit. All right, that wraps it up.
Ria
That's it, that's it.
Fran
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Alexa
Thank you. Thanks.
Fran
I know.
Alexa
We're excited.
Ria
We're excited, too. I feel a little rushed, trusty. I'm not gonna lie. I'm not gonna lie. So we'll.
Noah
We'll.
Fran
We'll see.
Ria
We'll see how this goes. Gotta turn our brain back on.
Noah
First game of 2026.
Ria
Yes.
Fran
Yes.
Ria
Yes. Yep.
Alexa
Honored.
Ria
Crazy when.
Fran
Yeah, he said that.
Ria
Like you didn't just say it.
Fran
It's moving along. Yeah.
Ria
Yeah.
Noah
Did you say that?
Fran
I'm moving along.
Ria
Yeah. She doesn't wanna. She doesn't want to be the one to acknowledge it, but I will.
Alexa
She did.
Noah
I was adjusting. We have a new system over here. I was.
Ria
She said 202. First game of 20.
Alexa
Game of the year.
Fran
Wasn't. Maybe it wasn't the exact same, you.
Ria
Know, maybe not the exact same, but she did say first game of the new year.
Noah
I just wanted to specify the year.
Ria
Thank you. Fifteen questions. If you get it right, you get the point. If you get it wrong, the other team can steal the point. And 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 the movie. Whoever is closest will go first. Everyone gets their own individual guests. We will alternate between teams for guesses. Noah, what is today's movie?
Noah
Today's movie is murder mystery. The Adam Sandler Jennifer Aniston movie.
Ria
The first one. The first one they made.
Noah
I don't think they did.
Fran
They made another one. Yeah, they made someone. It wasn't as good as the First. I liked the first a lot.
Ria
Yep.
Fran
Yep.
Ria
Okay, so one of you guys guess first.
Alexa
Alexi, go first.
Fran
67.
Noah
Maria.
Fran
Francesca. That was a good guess. I'm gonna guess 53.
Alexa
I'm gonna say 44.
Ria
I feel like it could sneaky be higher. I'm gonna say 78.
Noah
44 is the closest. 43.
Ria
Oh, one off.
Alexa
Oh, my gosh.
Fran
So cool.
Alexa
Damn.
Fran
So close to nailing it on the head.
Alexa
I love these movies. It's one of my like, go to that I always scroll to on Netflix and my husband's like, come on. I'm just like, you can't not love Adam.
Ria
Exactly.
Fran
It's a great pairing.
Ria
It's true. They are fantastic pairing. That's like every.
Fran
I gotta watch.
Ria
Just go with it every time it's on tv.
Fran
Exactly.
Noah
Okay. Question number one to Taylor and Alexa. Shout out Jordan from Chicago. Big shout out from Jordan from Chicago. She sent a ton of good questions.
Ria
Jordan.
Noah
Name this movie based on the IMDb description. A middle aged husband's life changes dramatically when his wife asks him for a divorce. He seeks to rediscover his manhood with the help of a newfound friend. Learning to pick up girls at bars.
Alexa
I just think it's. That sounds like 17 again. What do you think, Alexa? That was my first thought, but.
Fran
What'S.
Alexa
The one with or. It's our crazy stupid love. Yeah, the pick up the bars part is what? Yeah, that's what I was trying to come up with. Do you think it's crazy stupid love? Yeah, I think that sounds. You want to lock it in? Yeah, we'll say crazy stupid love.
Noah
Final answer correct.
Fran
Dang it.
Ria
We're gonna say 17.
Fran
Yeah.
Noah
All right. One. Nothing. Taylor and Alexa, question number two to re Infrance shout out Grace from Baltimore. What was Jesse's saying or phrase that he always used on Full House?
Fran
Have mercy. Final answer correct. Not gonna pull one over on us.
Noah
I was never a big Full House person, but. All right. Tied up at 1.
Fran
Missed out on some life lessons.
Alexa
You did? Really?
Ria
You really did. How'd you learn right from wrong? Right?
Noah
Question number three to Taylor and Alexa, tied up at one. Shout out Carly and Aaron from Port Townsend in Pirates of the Caribbean. What is the name of the ship that Jack Sparrow wants back?
Alexa
Alexa, tell me you've watched these. My husband's gonna be so disappointed. We just watched the first 45 minutes of it it for the first time.
Ria
Like three days ago. And then he turned it off.
Alexa
I fell asleep.
Fran
I'm with you.
Alexa
I'm trying to Think, like, fog my brain with, like, spongebob and, like, Davy Jones. Like, it probably doesn't have a. It's not the Black Pearl, right? I mean, that's the only thing I know. I know. I'm like a logo.
Noah
Final answer is Black Pearl. Correct.
Alexa
Wow.
Ria
There you go.
Alexa
I'm a low key Disney adult, but like the Pirates of the Caribbean.
Fran
Like, still it escapes. You watched it?
Ria
I thought I was gonna be able to get that one too.
Fran
Oh, you knew that one? Yeah. Yeah. Damn.
Noah
Yeah, I just rewatched. I rewatched all them on the flight to Singapore.
Fran
Oh, right.
Ria
They're great movies.
Noah
All right, two, one. Taylor and Alexa, question number four to Reinfranchetta Jordan from Chicago in Friends. What does Ross find in his grandmother's closet after her death?
Ria
I don't know.
Alexa
I don't know.
Fran
Such a good friend.
Ria
Stretch now.
Fran
I'm not. I haven't put Friends on lately. Yeah, not that that's an excuse. I watched it 20 other times before. That is, like, not ringing a bell whatsoever.
Ria
No, no clue.
Fran
Maybe like, handcuffs.
Ria
Oh, kinky.
Fran
Five seconds, handcuffs.
Noah
Final answer incorrect. To Taylor and Alexa.
Alexa
Sugar packets. He's cleaning out the closet, and then.
Fran
The box falls out.
Alexa
And she would always, like, steal them from the restaurant, I think is the backstory. So, Alexa, unless you. I will take your word for it. I'm pretty sure it's sugar packets.
Noah
Final answer correct.
Fran
Dang it.
Noah
Yep, they all fall on him.
Fran
Classic grandma.
Noah
All right, three, one. Taylor and Alexa, question number five. To them, shout out. Live from Raleigh, Elizabeth Banks and John Michael Higgins star in Pitch Perfect. Together. What Christmas movie do they star in together?
Alexa
I have no idea. I've watched such little holiday movies this year.
Fran
Can't believe we're still doing Christmas questions. I know.
Alexa
The only thing I can think of is, like, bad Moms, but I don't. I don't think that's it.
Fran
I don't know.
Alexa
Anything else ringing a bell to you? No, not a clue.
Noah
Five seconds.
Alexa
The Bad Moms Christmas movie.
Noah
Incorrect. Terrain friend.
Fran
God, I can't picture.
Ria
I'm trying to picture, like, Elizabeth Banks and a Christmas movie.
Fran
I'm struggling with that.
Ria
She didn't like Fred Claus.
Fran
Ooh, I like that guess.
Ria
That's my. That's my.
Fran
I like that guess.
Ria
Fred Claus. Final answer correct. Nice.
Fran
There you go. You knew it.
Ria
I. I just. I don't really know why. Sometimes there's, like. Sometimes you just don't even know why. I couldn't even really tell you what happens in Fred Claws.
Fran
Right? It's just like in there. Like you've seen it in passing and you're memory just knew it.
Ria
Yep.
Noah
All right, three, two. Taylor and Alexa, question number six to Re and Fran. What Drake album is the song God's Plan on.
Fran
Scorpion? Oh, is that the name of the album? Yeah, I was Scorpion. Final answer Correct.
Ria
Nice.
Fran
Just I had nothing to say.
Ria
Like, I had nothing to say.
Fran
Is that the name of the album? Kind of forget that's the name of the album.
Noah
Yeah. All right, tied up at three. Question number seven to Taylor and Alexa. Shout out Jordan from Chicago. Name this actress based on men who have played her love interests. Ashton Kutcher, Gerard Butler, Josh Duhamel.
Alexa
It's Katherine Heigl. Because of. I can't remember the Ashton Kutcher one, but I'm pretty sure. Yeah, I think it's Katherine Heikle. Works for me. Okay.
Noah
Correct.
Fran
Okay, nice.
Noah
It's Ashton Kutcher. They were in Killers, which I never.
Alexa
I like saw them all in my head.
Ria
Ugly Truth.
Noah
The Ugly truth and life as we know.
Ria
As we know it.
Alexa
Yeah.
Noah
All right, four, two. Taylor and Alexa, four, three. Sorry. Taylor, Alexa, question number eight to Rhianne, Fran, shout out Carly and Aaron from Port Townsend. Which actress is in the following how to be Single, The Five Year Engagement. Mad Men.
Fran
I haven't seen any of these, but I did wake up today wanting to watch Mad Men.
Ria
Have you ever seen it?
Fran
No.
Ria
Oh, well, I tried. I've never seen it either. I've actually tried to watch. I think I've watched maybe be five episodes.
Fran
So not a raining.
Ria
No, no. Name them again.
Fran
How to be Single. Five Year Engagement and God, I don't.
Ria
Know anything about five year engagement.
Fran
Is January Jones in.
Ria
In those?
Fran
Oh. Oh, I like that guess. January Jones.
Ria
Final answer incorrect.
Fran
Oh, I really thought you had.
Alexa
I thought.
Ria
I like that too.
Fran
That was like such a good guess.
Alexa
Ah, I've never seen any. Can you repeat them again? One more time?
Noah
How to be Single. The Five Year Engagement. Mad Men.
Alexa
I've seen how to be single, but nothing's like throwing out. Coming out to me. But. And then the only thing one person I can think of from Mad Men is Elizabeth Moss. But that sounds right.
Noah
The other two, three seconds.
Alexa
Do you have an idea? Nope. Throwing something out. Elizabeth Moss.
Noah
Incorrect. It's Alison Brie.
Fran
Oh, she's in Mad Men. I had.
Ria
No, I didn't.
Noah
I didn't really know that either. But I think she has like a pretty big role in it.
Ria
Did not know that.
Fran
I actually like knew nothing about Mad Men. I just saw.
Noah
I keep seeing tiktoks of it.
Ria
There's a big resurgence of people watching Mad Men right now, for sure.
Fran
I saw a TikTok about how Heinz ketchup literally used a pitch from Mad Men about Heinz ketchup for one of their commercials.
Noah
I think I've seen that scene.
Fran
And then that made me. I was like, oh, is it about advertising?
Noah
You just thought it was about Mad Men?
Ria
Yeah.
Fran
My guy, the advertising business.
Noah
All right, four, three. Taylor and Alexa, this is question number nine. To them, shout out Carly and Aaron for Port Townsend again. Name three out of the five Olivia Rodrigo songs that were used in the summer I turned pretty.
Alexa
We're big watchers of this Driver's license.
Fran
Brutal, Traitor.
Alexa
Are my first three that come to mind. Seconds. Any other that you can think of. I am blanking. Okay. Those all sound good to me. I know. Okay, so driver's license, brutal and traitor. Final answer.
Noah
Incorrect.
Ria
Now, here's the thing. I know Lacy is for sure used.
Fran
Okay, so want to do Lacy driver's license in brutal.
Ria
I feel like I don't know about brutal.
Fran
So. Traitor.
Ria
Yeah. Oh, God. What if it's the other one?
Fran
I won't be mad. You know what I mean? Like, yeah, yeah. What are we gonna do?
Ria
Trader. Feels like more fitting for the show.
Noah
3.
Ria
Lacy, driver's license, trader. Final answer incorrect. No, bro.
Noah
Traitor is not in the show. It's by Brutal. One step forward, three steps back. Driver's license. Deja vu, Lacy.
Ria
Deja vu.
Alexa
I didn't think of that one.
Fran
Deja vu.
Ria
Deja vu.
Noah
Yeah.
Ria
Dang it. I almost changed it at the end, too, because I was like, I'm probably wrong.
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Still 4, 3, 10 on Alexa. Question number 10 to re and Fran. I'm gonna play a movie clip. You tell me what movie it's from.
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Noah
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Noah
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Fran
Absolutely nothing to do with me. So it's a Hugh Grant.
Ria
It's Hugh Grant.
Fran
But.
Ria
What movie?
Fran
I gotta be honest, I haven't seen that many Hugh Grant movies. I've now realized.
Noah
15 seconds.
Ria
It's not Nodding Hill.
Fran
Is it?
Ria
My Best Friend's Wedding?
Noah
Five seconds.
Fran
That sounds like that would be the title of that movie.
Ria
Come. My Best Friend's Wedding.
Fran
Final answer, incorrect.
Ria
Fuck is he in that movie? I don't think he even is in that movie.
Fran
Yeah, that would be crazy.
Alexa
Anything from your end?
Noah
No.
Alexa
Gosh. The only thing I'm gonna think throughout is Bridget Jones Jones's diary. Fine with that. Yeah.
Noah
Incorrect.
Ria
It is not in that movie.
Noah
Four Weddings and a Funeral.
Ria
Oh, I've never seen that.
Fran
That's a more recent one, right?
Noah
No, no, that's an old.
Ria
It got remade I Chris Rock thing.
Fran
Or.
Noah
No, that was.
Fran
Yeah. Was it?
Ria
They remade it for sure, I think.
Noah
Or Wedding and a funeral.
Ria
Google 1994 or some sort of, like, version of it.
Noah
Maybe for, like, TV limited series in 2019 for.
Fran
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Ria
That's what I'm thinking of. They made it into a TV show.
Noah
All right.
Ria
Haven't seen either.
Fran
Not what I was thinking of.
Alexa
Yep. Yep.
Noah
Four, three. Taylor and Alexa, question number 11. To them, shout out Rachel from San Diego. What 2016 season three and 2022 movie. Have Kate Hudson and Katherine Hahn both been in together?
Alexa
How to lose guy in 10 days. And then you said 2022.
Noah
Yes.
Alexa
Oh, that's what's gonna happen.
Noah
15 seconds.
Alexa
Oh, It's gonna make me mad because I love them both.
Noah
Five seconds.
Alexa
Nothing comes.
Fran
I.
Ria
That's the one that's tripping me up too. 2022. Kate Hudson and. And Catherine Hahn.
Fran
Can't think of my pretend to be thinking face any 15 seconds. You should know this.
Ria
She was literally just on the show.
Fran
What you do in school and the teacher when you were trying to cheat and then they catch you. So you act like you were looking.
Noah
Over and thinking that super bad scenery.
Fran
Yes. That too many times.
Ria
I got nothing.
Noah
So how to Lose a guy in 10 days and glass Onion and Knives Out Mystery.
Fran
Oh, I. I would have never thought about that. But that makes. You know, I did.
Ria
In my head.
Alexa
I thought.
Ria
Was it the Knives Out?
Fran
It's such an ensemble cast.
Ria
Yeah.
Fran
You know, it's hard to remember each.
Ria
I didn't think Katherine Hahn was in it. I forgot.
Noah
All right, still four, three. Taylor and Alexa, this is question number 12 to Rean Fran shout out Jordan from Chicago. What actress plays the patient that Miranda Bailey was hiding with during the shooting episode of Grey's Anatomy?
Fran
This.
Alexa
Got.
Ria
This is gonna get me.
Fran
You know it.
Ria
I do, but it's.
Noah
15 seconds.
Ria
I got nothing.
Fran
Abigail Breslin. Good guess. Good guess. Just want to say something out there.
Ria
Good guess.
Alexa
Lexus is all you. I know. I'm supposed to be the greatest person. I can't think of a single actress's name right now. Can you repeat the question?
Noah
What actress plays the patient that Miranda Bailey was hiding with during the shooting episode of Grey's Anatomy?
Ria
When I hear this, I'm going to be so mad.
Noah
15 seconds.
Alexa
I have literally nothing in my brain right now. Elizabeth Olsen. I don't know.
Noah
Incorrect. Mandy Moore.
Ria
Are you me? Are you me?
Fran
I forgot about that. I knew it was Mandy Moore. And in my head, because this is the only thing I ever bring up about crazy anime, I'm like, oh, is that the episode? Mandy Moore? I literally in my head said, Mandy Moore. And then you know what I told myself? No, Mandy Moore is a singer. She's. She's an actress. She was a singer.
Ria
She does both.
Fran
She does both. And in my head, I just went, no, she's a singer. That's a turned off brain. That's a turned off brain today. I'm so. I'd actually fucking pissed.
Ria
Probably put Mandy Moore in the actress category over singer 1000%.
Fran
She is 1000. I'm not saying I'm right. I'm saying that stupidity by me to do that.
Noah
I think of Entourage.
Fran
Shit. Yeah, she. She's fucking Vince's kryptonite.
Noah
All right.
Fran
Oh, my God. You. Maria. I'm actually really upset with myself. I. I am. This is. It's nothing against anybody else in the room. It's fall. Yeah, fair, cuz as soon as I. As soon as I heard shooting episode, I went, mandy Moore. But no one will ever know because they weren't in there.
Noah
Yeah.
Fran
Only I was.
Alexa
Yep.
Fran
Asshole. All right. Sorry.
Noah
All right. Four, three. Taylor and Alexis. Still.
Ria
That was our chance.
Noah
Question number 13. To them, shout out Ariana from New York City name this Taylor Swift song from her album reputation from these lyrics. Dark jeans in your Nikes. Look at you. Oh, damn. Never seen that color. Blue.
Alexa
Delicate.
Fran
You do the honors.
Alexa
Right?
Fran
Okay.
Alexa
I don't know why I'm second guessing myself. Yeah.
Fran
Delicate.
Alexa
Final answer.
Noah
Correct.
Ria
Good job. Would have never known that they would have gotten that. That question right from their sweatshirts. From the sweatshirt and the Taylor Swift album in the back.
Noah
I didn't even notice that, to be honest.
Alexa
We're both two, two, two times dedicated.
Fran
Yeah.
Noah
All right. Five, three. And we got two questions left.
Fran
Many more is my kryptonite. Me and Vince, we're screwed, dude.
Noah
Question number 14 to Ria and Fran. Shout out Jordan from Chicago. Hailee Steinfeld's first feature film earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. What was the movie?
Fran
True Grit. I auditioned for this. Final answers correct. I've never let Hailee Steinfeld live it down. Although, let's be honest, she much more fits that role than I do.
Noah
I honestly forgot that. I didn't realize that she got nominated for that.
Fran
Yeah, yeah, it could have been me. I could have been Oscar nominated. Think about it.
Ria
Think about it.
Fran
That was one of those that rolled in that I, like, wasn't dying to get. You know what I mean?
Ria
Like, you were like, western. Not for me.
Fran
It just didn't feel, you know, like it fit. Yep.
Noah
Okay, final question. If they get this right, they win. Shout out Grace from Baltimore. Which character in the 90210 reboot Got Pregnant? Season 1.
Alexa
Oh, God. I briefly watched it. This is to us, right?
Noah
Yes.
Fran
Adriana.
Alexa
Final answer correct.
Ria
Oh, no.
Fran
I was. I was like, oh, my God. They don't know.
Ria
You're waiting for that one. Oh, yeah.
Fran
Yep. Touche. Touche.
Ria
Mandy Moore.
Fran
Mandy Moore.
Noah
Oh, final score, six four. Taylor, Alexa.
Fran
The other ones.
Ria
The other ones, you know, I didn't know, but Mandy Moore.
Fran
Mandy Moore was up. And Adriana, you know, I was just hoping by the look on your faces that you didn't know, but you just.
Ria
The way the cookie crumbled on that one.
Fran
It is, and you guys deserve it. That was well done. You guys crushed it. Those were good questions. I mean, enjoyed the game. They were good. And now you get shirts that say you beat us. So congratulations. Great game. That was a lot of fun. And if you get a chance to send. No. Your address and sizes, and we'll get that sent to you guys.
Alexa
Awesome.
Fran
Thank you so much. And thank you for sending in questions, too. We appreciate it. Yes, of course.
Noah
Thanks.
Fran
Bye. All right, that wraps up today's episode of Chicks in the Office. Thank you so much for watching and listening. We love you guys. Guys, so very much. We hope you have a fabulous weekend. Hope you're watching all that football so we can talk about it on Monday, because, you know, I definitely will be. And we're gonna be rooting for the Eagles and maybe we'll root for the Patriots as well. So we can have these two duke it out live on Celtics celtics patriotsman.com all right, that wraps it up. We'll talk to you on Monday. Big smoothest, yeah, chicks in the office.
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Date: January 9, 2026
Hosts: Ria and Fran
This episode delivers a fun, chatty breakdown of the latest in pop culture and celeb news. Ria and Fran, joined by Noah and Alexa, start 2026 with strong Friday energy, discussing the NFL playoffs, Golden Globes, the viral Hilary Duff–Ashley Tisdale "mom drama," and some juicy celeb dating rumors. They also geek out over the new Rapunzel live action casting, relive some YouTube editing nostalgia, and wrap with a spirited round of trivia.
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