JaNa Craig Interview: Leaning on Ride or Die Friends + Love Island's Iris & TJ Are Back

Summary

Chicks in the Office – JaNa Craig Interview: Leaning on Ride or Die Friends + Love Island’s Iris & TJ Are Back

Podcast by Barstool Sports | Aired: September 17, 2025

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EPISODE OVERVIEW

This episode of Chicks in the Office, hosted by Rhea and Fran, is a lively mix of pop culture news, reality TV recaps, and a heartfelt interview with Love Island fan favorite, JaNa Craig. The hosts discuss Coachella’s newly announced headliners, the drama-filled return of Love Island’s Iris & TJ, teases about Camp Rock 3, trends in music and reality TV, and, most importantly, explore the importance of strong, ride-or-die friendships with JaNa. The episode maintains the signature funny, supportive, and conversational tone that fans love.

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KEY DISCUSSION POINTS & INSIGHTS

1. Catching Up with the Hosts

• Personal Life Updates (02:07-09:12)

  • Fran and Rhea swap stories about upcoming birthdays, family events, and their pets (notably Rhea’s dog Olive’s aversion to car rides).
  • Fran gifts Rhea a luggage tag with Olive’s face, resulting in a sentimental, funny reaction:

    "It's so detailed... so cute. I can't wait to put it on my suitcase. She really has the cutest little face. Just stare at her."
    — Rhea (08:08)

• Dancing with the Stars & TV Chat (04:32-09:28)

  • Hosts express excitement for the return of Dancing with the Stars, Love Island, and personal milestones such as Fran expecting a new nephew.

2. Pop Culture News

• Coachella 2025 Lineup Reaction (13:37-23:01)

  • Headliners revealed: Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber, and Karol G.
  • Bieber’s return draws special excitement, with the hosts reflecting on his past tours, health battles, and what his comeback means for fans.

    "This is what, like, our generation has dreamed of... They're going to absolutely lose their minds to see this man perform at Coachella."
    — Fran (17:30)

  • Discusses Addison Rae’s rising performance profile and muses on whether she could sell out MSG.

• Housewives 'Wife Swap' Crossover (14:32-15:55)

  • Surprised and entertained by reality TV stars trading places, especially Melissa Gorga and Joe Gorga’s participation.
  • Commentary on nostalgia and the absurd concept of 'Wife Swap'.

• Basement Yard at MSG, Podcasts in the Spotlight (22:29-24:39)

  • Discussion on the rapid ascent of podcasters and comedians filling arenas, and how Chicks in the Office tour tickets compare.

3. Reality TV Updates

• Love Island’s Iris & TJ Reunite (33:30-36:53)

  • The podcast’s take: Approaches relationship drama with a mix of empathy (especially for TJ’s confidence) and skepticism about post-show rebound motivations.

    "I think it takes a pretty self-assured guy...to get over the fact that people are gonna be like, 'Oh, second choice.'"
    — Rhea (34:26) "I’m hoping that she's not just jumping back to TJ because she's hurt by Pepe..."
    — Fran (35:41)

  • Insight into how “timing is everything” on Love Island and why post-villa relationships get so complicated.

• Harry Styles & Zoe Kravitz Paparazzi Attention (37:24-39:59)

  • Dissects rumors about celebrities “calling the paparazzi,” ultimately landing on:

    "I’m choosing to be naive in this situation and think the paparazzi is just stalking them. They're just that famous."
    — Fran (37:58)

4. Nostalgia & Upcoming Projects

• Camp Rock 3 Rumors (40:15-46:12)
  • Reports of Jonas Brothers filming “Rock the Boat”; uncertain if Demi Lovato is involved, but high excitement over a potential reunion.
  • Generational reflection and fan desires for returning cast vs. “passing the torch” to new characters.

5. Popcorner – Listener Q&A & Hot Takes

• Discusses music release trends (e.g., too-long albums like Justin Bieber’s Swag and Swag 2), Bachelor Nation’s cruise ship event, and the logistics of cruise cabins.

• Addresses not having watched the new Freakier Friday movie (waiting for streaming).

• Listener hot take: Will Jen Affleck be a diva on Dancing With the Stars? Fran and Rhea defend her, noting her challenges as a new mom.

  "She just gave birth like seven weeks ago...Let’s maybe...slow down on automatically jumping to a conclusion..."
  — Fran (61:44)

• The importance of giving people grace before critiquing their “intentions” on reality shows.

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FEATURE INTERVIEW: JaNa Craig

(66:49 - 101:40)

Setting the Scene
JaNa Craig brings warmth and trademark honesty to her first in-studio Chicks in the Office appearance.

Highlights:

Post-Love Island Life & Embracing Opportunities

• Flying straight from Monday Night Football to the New York studio, JaNa describes her whirlwind schedule:

  “Like, Janae, we'd love to have you a part of this. I'm like, yes... I'm just, like, going on this little ride of, like, fun, saying yes to everything.”
  — JaNa (69:04)

• Details her collaboration with Truly on the "No Shade Just Tea" hard seltzer, inspired by her own post-show drama and backed by supportive fans.

  “Truly was so Team Janae. It was so cute. People were blowing up my phone... I actually love this idea. Can we make this happen?”
  — JaNa (70:26)

Ride or Die Friendships & Resilience

• JaNa gets emotional describing her Love Island support circle:

  “I really don't think I would be the person I am right now...like, the strength I have without them. Like, oh, my gosh, I am so grateful.”
  — JaNa (77:26)

• Hosts & listeners reflect on public breakups and how the show’s cast united behind JaNa. The crew reiterates their support:

  “…we ride for Janae. Oh my God. We can't be caught following either. Clearly, something bad happened, right?”
  — Fran & Rhea (77:46)

Authenticity in the Post-Reality World

• JaNa opens up about filming the "Beyond the Villa" docuseries, navigating life under a microscope, her bond with castmates, and her commitment to genuine connections over social media appearances.

  “The most beautiful thing is, like, not only having, like, a relationship from the show, but, like, friendships that, like, last a lifetime, like, that's like, you can't pay for that.”
  — JaNa (73:01) “We love our privacy now...When we're in person, we just want to throw our phones out the window.”
  — JaNa (91:09)

Manifesting the Future

• JaNa shares dreams of starting her beauty line and dabbling in acting:

  “I want to throw that out there...[a] beauty brand...And I kind of want to do, like, a movie, just a small little script...just to check it out.”
  — JaNa (82:08)

• On dating:

  “The next time I date, no one's gonna know until the ring is on my finger. Like, I'm going to be so private.”
  — JaNa (98:11)

Unfiltered, Inspiring Moments

• Life philosophy instilled by her elders and Vegas days:

  “Life is never, ever that deep...friendship is more important than anything. And life is so short.”
  — JaNa (89:06)

• Prom Queen, the importance of being kind and inclusive from Hawaii to Japan to Vegas.

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MEMORABLE QUOTES & MOMENTS

• “This is what, like, our generation has dreamed of... They're going to absolutely lose their minds to see this man perform at Coachella.” — Fran, on Bieber at Coachella (17:30)
• “I think it takes a pretty self-assured guy...to get over the fact that people are gonna be like, 'Oh, second choice.'” — Rhea, on TJ (34:26)
• “Life is never, ever that deep...friendship is more important than anything. And life is so short.” — JaNa (89:06)
• “The most beautiful thing is...friendships that, like, last a lifetime, like, that's like, you can't pay for that.” — JaNa (73:01)
• "Truly was so Team Janae...Can we make this happen?...It was so cute." — JaNa (70:26)

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IMPORTANT TIMESTAMPS

• 02:07-09:12 Early banter, birthday plans, Olive the dog, TV talk
• 13:37-23:01 Coachella lineup, podcast live shows, Addison Rae, MSG
• 33:30-36:53 Iris & TJ Love Island drama
• 40:15-46:12 Camp Rock 3 rumors & nostalgia
• 66:49-101:40 Interview with JaNa Craig: ride-or-die friends, reality TV survival, self-empowerment, future ambitions

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FINAL THOUGHTS

This episode is a celebration of pop culture obsessions, reality TV drama, and most importantly, friendship’s power to help you bounce back after public heartbreak. JaNa Craig embodies gratitude, openness, and a refreshing work ethic — a reminder to say yes, lean on your people, and trust the journey. For fans of Chicks in the Office and Love Island, this is a feel-good, up-to-the-minute episode with laughs, sage advice, and “no shade, just tea.”

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Transcript

[Rhea]

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.

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[Fran]

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[Fran]

Yeah.

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[Rhea]

What's up everyone?

[Fran]

It's chicks in the office with Rhiann Fran giving you that Friday energy on a Wednesday. Happy Wednesday everybody. We're both back in the studio. How are we feeling? It's a, you know, it's a big week. We got Sarah's wedding on Friday. Super exciting. You know you got your birthday this weekend. One year anniversary. How are we feeling?

[Rhea]

Good. I really like my birthday is just at the bottom of the list of things that I have remembered is happening. You're thinking about other things. Got busy plans. Anniversary is a big one. Obviously excited for that, but. No, it was good. Drove home late Monday from the Vineyard. Olive and the car, not a great mix. Makes sense.

[Fran]

We're.

[Rhea]

We're working on it. But she does not. She does not love it. And she's so good on all other modes of transportation. Like, she's been on the train and a bus and the Sea streak, which is the. The ferry that goes to, like, New Jersey from. From the city and. And all those. Totally fine. But the car. Immediate. Just like, panic. Immediate panic.

[Noah]

And she's been on the ferry to the Vineyard, right?

[Rhea]

No, no, wait, wait. Ferry to the Vineyard's five hours. No, the small ferry.

[Noah]

Small ferry.

[Rhea]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That. That's a big boat.

[Noah]

Yeah, yeah.

[Rhea]

Sorry. Small ferry, I said, but big boat. Car ferry from Woods Hole. Yes, that's where. That's where we go. And she gets totally fine. But, like, the second she gets in the car, drooling everywhere, poor thing. She so gets so nervous.

[Fran]

But makes sense.

[Rhea]

But no, but we made it home.

[Noah]

In one piece around thunder or, like, fireworks.

[Rhea]

Yes, totally fine.

[Janae Craig]

Really.

[Noah]

That's shocking.

[Rhea]

Totally fine. Really. Unfazed by most things, except the I. I worthy maybe. I mean, obviously, like, dogs can get motion sickness. And some just. Some just really hate the car. And we were like, but perhaps she has a past trauma with a car that we don't know about. You know, she just does not like being in the car. But other than that, it was good. Made it home. Monday night was good to sleep in our own bed. And that was that.

[Fran]

Nice. Yeah.

[Janae Craig]

So that's great.

[Rhea]

We were driving home and Joe's like, you know, we're around that time of year. Like, what. Which of your programs are. Are coming back? And then he was like, oh. Before I even said anything, he was like, Dancing with the Stars. I was like, ugh. Right on, my good sir. Starts Thursday night. Thursday. Tuesday night.

[Fran]

Dancing with the Stars starts tonight. Love island game starts tonight. Yeah, a lot of things are back tonight. It's a good TV night.

[Rhea]

Yes, it definitely is. I'm excited. I'm really excited for Dancing with the Stars.

[Fran]

Me too.

[Rhea]

I know everyone's. This will be out Wednesday, so everyone's already seen it, which stinks that. You know, Dance with the Stars used to be Mondays. No, it didn't. Yeah, it did.

[Fran]

Yes.

[Rhea]

Yeah, it did. There used to be a time when it was on Mondays.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Rhea]

And now Tuesday, so does not real. Unfortunately, doesn't work that great with our recording schedule. Really. Wish they could accommodate that for us.

[Fran]

Right.

[Rhea]

We'll have to talk about it on Thursdays. Yes, yes. But I'm very excited for that first episode.

[Fran]

Me too. I'm very excited. I mean, all of the teasing, the teams, all of it is so very, very exciting. So that's tonight, but we'll. We'll talk about it on Thursday. Actually, I most likely won't be here Thursday for recording for Friday's episode because my brother and sister in law are having a baby. And the baby is so excited coming this week. We believe she is being induced on Wednesday. You know, I don't need to give all their details.

[Rhea]

Right, right, right.

[Fran]

You know, I. I want to be around on Long island for when we believe the baby will be coming so that I can visit and be there because I'm so excited to have another nephew. Very, very, very exciting.

[Rhea]

So sorry, this one bug man, it hasn't left here. Came right into my face.

[Janae Craig]

Okay.

[Fran]

And yeah, yeah, there. It's very, very, very exciting. So I cannot wait for that. Super excited. Yay.

[Rhea]

So, auntie two times.

[Fran]

Yes, yes. Cannot wait. So I'm gonna be around for that. So most likely won't be in on Thursday for Friday's episode. Sadly, won't be able to recap Dancing with the Stars, which I'm very excited to talk about, but we'll be in on Monday. And then I said, you know, I brought you your gift that I had brought up last week or the week before, probably too early, probably a month ago, because I won't be here on Thursday to, you know, do our typical celebration. So I'm super excited about that. It's a. It's a dog.

[Rhea]

It's so cute.

[Fran]

It's a luggage. Let me grab it because now I can reveal it because I was very excited about it. It is a luggage tag with Olive's face painted on it. Because I know that you get sad leaving Olive and now Olive could be with you everywhere you go.

[Rhea]

I know. I'm literally like my mom already over the weekend. Because of course they're in Florida for most of the winter months. I mean, really, most of the time they're in Florida and she's already worried, like, when am I gonna see you next? I was like, I don't know.

[Fran]

I know.

[Rhea]

I was like, I don't know.

[Janae Craig]

But.

[Rhea]

Oh, her cute little face.

[Fran]

It's so detailed.

[Rhea]

It really is.

[Fran]

I use the picture from the dog.

[Rhea]

Yeah. I mean, good. It's a great.

[Fran]

It's you. I needed a clear shot.

[Rhea]

Exactly.

[Fran]

It's super olive green luggage tag to go along with it.

[Rhea]

Oh, my God, she's too cute.

[Fran]

So cute. So, so cute.

[Rhea]

Ugh. Obsessed. I love it. She really has the cutest little face. Just stare at her.

[Fran]

So cute. Exactly. See, there you go. Now you could just stare at that when you travel.

[Rhea]

I know. Seriously, like my. And I, obviously, I knew my parents would love her, but especially after like losing flow too. They are definitely missing having two dogs. So they were like, you could just leave her. We're like. I'm like, no, but it's good to.

[Fran]

Know that they'll watch.

[Rhea]

Yeah, great. I'll never be able to get her to them, right? Like, oh, yeah, that's so nice. They're like, yeah, we'll take her whenever. Okay, cool. How am I gonna get her to Florida for you to watch her?

[Fran]

Right? You gotta figure out something there.

[Rhea]

Not exactly. Not exactly easy when that's the difference in location, but no, it's so cute. I can't wait to put it on my. On my, on my suitcase. I said to you before, it even has her little. Her little white chin hairs so detailed.

[Fran]

They did an excellent job.

[Rhea]

They did they really Etsy.

[Fran]

No.

[Rhea]

Oh, really?

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Rhea]

Normally I feel like anything that I see, like painted, you know, but whoever.

[Fran]

Did it, they did a great job.

[Rhea]

Fantastic job. Fantastic job. So thank you very much. But I'm used to like, you know, we can. My birthday, we can have. We can do something on Monday.

[Fran]

Right, right. The chocolate chip banana bread.

[Rhea]

Yeah. Well, you tease chocolate chip banana bread. First of all. You said, do you like chocolate chip banana bread? I don't know.

[Fran]

I've never heard you talk about it or anything.

[Rhea]

So I'm making sure. Fuck yeah, I do.

[Janae Craig]

And then you're like, oo.

[Fran]

I know. I set aside. Ooh, yeah, I set aside my brown bananas because I was gonna make chocolate chip banana bread for you for Thursday, but then I talked to my brother today and I was like, ooh, I don't think I'm gonna be in on Thursday anymore. So now I don't know. I'm gonna have to see. Now I feel like I have to bring it in on Monday for everybody.

[Rhea]

I said, I'll eat it. It'll taste just as good on Monday.

[Fran]

I feel like Santa today because I made chocolate covered strawberries for Sarah and then Noah and Maddie with it. They were like, you know, where, where's our cream?

[Rhea]

Noah's birthday is coming up soon, but.

[Fran]

You'Ll get a basket as well. Yeah, I'm gonna, I'm gonna. I'm gonna put together a basket for Noah.

[Rhea]

A basket together and put all the. Like, the paper stuffing and then just nothing else.

[Fran]

Coal at the bottom for never listening.

[Rhea]

So he just digs through it.

[Fran]

Yeah, that would be.

[Rhea]

So there's a piece of paper at the.

[Janae Craig]

At the bottom.

[Rhea]

It says, gotcha.

[Fran]

That would be. That would be really.

[Rhea]

You'll put together a beautiful basket for Noah that he'll awkwardly accept.

[Fran]

Right. And you know what? That's fine.

[Noah]

Have it any other way.

[Fran]

Yeah. Yeah. Right. I wouldn't expect anything like, oh, thanks. I know on the inside, he'll enjoy it. You know, it is what it is.

[Rhea]

Anytime we, like, have got him anything or, like, a card or, like, thanks, guys. Yeah.

[Noah]

I don't know. I don't know how to accept gifts, really.

[Rhea]

Yeah, it's okay.

[Noah]

Well, I say thank you.

[Fran]

That's all that matters, really. Some people aren't great at. Sometimes you feel the pressure of having to put on a reaction when someone gives you a gift, which is like, you know, you want to make sure that they know that you like the gift, but then you don't want to be too over the top because it seems fake. But then you don't want to not give enough. Sometimes there's a lot of pressure about receiving gift.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Yep, yep.

[Rhea]

That's very true.

[Fran]

That's why I prefer to give. And it's like, you know.

[Rhea]

Yeah, yeah.

[Fran]

You're not thinking about the react.

[Noah]

I feel like you still want them to like it.

[Fran]

You want them to like it. But I don't. I'm not, like, thinking too much, like, Yeah, I know. On the inside, people enjoy it. Why wouldn't they? It's a gift. Yeah. You know, Exactly.

[Rhea]

All right, true.

[Fran]

Let's get into the rest of the show. We're going to be talking about Coachella. Some big headliners were revealed. Iris and TJ from Love Island Season 7. Apparently, they're back together. Camp Rock 3 confirmed they're in the process of filming and people have a little inside scoop. Some pictures were revealed from that. We got the popcorner and we have the incredible and lovely Jena on today's episode. We love Jena so much, and we cannot wait for you guys to hear our interview with her. So let's get into the rest of the show.

[Rhea]

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[Fran]

Big headliners were revealed for Coachella. We got Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber and Carol G. This is a big lineup. I don't think people were expecting this big lineup. I've seen people coming out of the woodwork. They're like, I wrote off Coachella. I said I was never going again and now I gotta go. How do you feel about it?

[Rhea]

I love it. I think it's fantastic. It's definitely heavy on the, you know, heavy on the. On the pop vibes, which is fun and like having Sabrina Carpenter do it I think is going to be amazing. And oh my gosh, they just dropped. Sorry. I opened Instagram so that I could pull up the Coachella lineup and they dropped the lineup of the housewives are that are doing wife swap. Yeah. Angie from Salt Lake City. Melissa Gorga's doing it.

[Fran]

No way.

[Rhea]

And let's see. I think there's one more the videos playing so I could see who else is doing it. Oh, and Emily from Orange County.

[Fran]

Wow.

[Rhea]

I guess they end. So they already filmed. Oh, and Dr. Wendy from Potomac. So they're all just their wife swap. Yeah. So it looks like they're just going.

[Fran]

To live like the classic wife swap.

[Rhea]

Yeah. Yeah. But it's just like they're. I'm trying to see the other, you know, these new ladies that are moving in with these house husbands. Gonna have to live with the Gorgas, man. Wow. This is very interesting. I can't wait to watch that full trailer.

[Fran]

But that's gonna be incredible.

[Rhea]

That looks.

[Fran]

As soon as they said that was, I was like, I'm gonna eat this show up.

[Rhea]

I know. And I also immediately wanted Melissa. Like, I. My first thought was the Gorgas would be so good.

[Fran]

The original wife swap was really such a treat. It was so insane. It really was like people just swapped moms and wives. Like, they were just.

[Rhea]

I know. And then they, like, tried to discipline their kids, and it was like, you're not. You're literally not my mom.

[Fran]

Yeah. They're like, you. You're not my mom. And they're, like, disrespectful for these older women that these kids had sometimes. And the husband's like, you're not my wife.

[Rhea]

Yeah, you.

[Fran]

It was crazy. Wife swap was insane.

[Rhea]

Wife's up. Really was. So this is gonna be so interesting. Comes out October 14th.

[Fran]

Wow. What a treat. Sooner than we expected. I thought that it was gonna be months before we got this show.

[Rhea]

Yeah. I'm dying to see where Melissa goes. I gotta watch. Once again, we're watching so thing. All I see is Joe Gorga gifting her a pillow with his face on it.

[Fran]

I mean, watching Joe Gorga in this setting is going to. Is going to be a plus. Television.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Fran]

I really wouldn't expect it really. Anything else.

[Rhea]

It really is.

[Fran]

But back to Coachella.

[Rhea]

I like, when I went to go look up the Coachella, that was just the first video that came up. I was like, oh, my God, I gotta watch that. But yes, I think, first of all, seeing Sabrina Carpenter, I think is amazing because we've seen her tour and how great that has been and how people love going to those shows. Then you throw Justin Bieber in the mix, someone who we obviously have not seen perform in quite some time or, well, you know, tore in quite some time to do Coachella's. People are. People are really gonna freak out for him.

[Fran]

I was stunned to see this. I mean, obviously, we know Swag and Swag two came out and people loved it. And I think across a billion streams on Spotify, very, very recently this past week. I just never thought that we would see him performing in such a large cap so soon.

[Rhea]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Fran]

Or really ever again. Like, I just didn't know if we'd ever see that ever again.

[Rhea]

Right.

[Fran]

So this is really such a treat. And I think people are going to be dying.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Fran]

To get there and. And see Justin in Action 100. And people are just gonna lose their minds.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Fran]

This is what, like, our generation has dreamed of.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Fran]

And they're going to absolutely lose their minds to see this man perform at Coachella. So I'm very. People that are going to be going and witnessing all of this. I've reached the point where Coachella, like, no matter who's performing, seems like my biggest nightmare, you know?

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Even if Miley. Even if the lineup was like Miley Cyrus, Lady Gaga and Harry Styles.

[Noah]

Yeah, I think he would go to that.

[Rhea]

I know. As I said.

[Fran]

That's ridiculous. As I said that, I was like, I would, but. But I would only go for those three.

[Rhea]

Right, right.

[Fran]

Like, you would not see me during the day.

[Noah]

A lot of people would hate. A lot of people. You get so much shit for that.

[Fran]

For sure.

[Noah]

People hate when people only go for the headliners.

[Fran]

And that's completely. Oh, yeah, fine. Because I'm being honest. That's my nightmare. Like an all day long festival to see, you know?

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Fran]

For three days straight. Like a three day bonanza. Like, don't sign me up for that, but I know.

[Rhea]

And Sundays, the Sunday lineup is awesome too. Carol G is, Is.

[Fran]

Oh, she's spectacular. Had the pleasure of seeing her perform at Selena Gomez's gala last year and she was awesome.

[Noah]

Oh, my God, I forgot about that.

[Rhea]

Yeah, yeah. Incredible voice.

[Fran]

Very.

[Rhea]

So that's just kind of swims. He swims is on here. Cat's eye. Cat's eye. Cat's eye.

[Fran]

Gabriella.

[Rhea]

Cat's eyes on here. And then of course, you. Addison Rae is on Saturday.

[Fran]

Listen, Addison Ray's performances lately.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Did you guys see that video when she was in Amsterdam? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Rhea]

And she was on stage, she was like, amsterdam, you're the richest in the world. I was like, money is. What did she say about money?

[Fran]

Yes. She was like, money loves you or something like that. I genuinely, I had trouble watching that video, even though I did watch it like 10 times. I'm gonna have to find it now.

[Rhea]

I know. Same. I was just trying to find it too.

[Fran]

And I'm no Addison Rae hater. I actually, I.

[Rhea]

Big fan.

[Fran]

Support Addison Rae, the pop star, but big fan. This one video was just. Money loves you, Esther Dale.

[Rhea]

You're the richest in the world. What the. I don't. I. You know, she does have that song Money is Everything. But I do think like that. Like, and it's just the way. It's the way it's like the inflection of it that really, you're like.

[Fran]

Somebody wrote somewhere that it was very. Trina Vega.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Fran]

From Victoria.

[Rhea]

So true. So true. I'm, you know, Addison Rae, she's doing her thing. I know. I do. I love it. I think she's performing in Brooklyn. I think like in a couple weeks, a few Weeks, maybe beginning of October. Ish. At. I want to say it's maybe at the Paramount, which is like an awesome theater. But I was like, Addison Rae could literally play msg. Like, I. I think she really could. And there'd be like, it's impossible to get tickets to this thing.

[Fran]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Noah]

I don't. Could she. I'm sure she could do msg.

[Rhea]

I really actually think she.

[Fran]

You think so? I. I mean, Lady Gaga just did.

[Noah]

Yeah, but she did like a. Yeah.

[Rhea]

But Lady Gaga could do 45 ish MSG shows in a row and. And sell them all out, you know? Yeah, like one.

[Fran]

I'm one night only Addison Rae at msg.

[Rhea]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Noah]

I really.

[Rhea]

Maybe Radio City.

[Fran]

Definitely.

[Rhea]

Definitely Radio City. Definitely.

[Fran]

Radio City's like 3, 500.

[Noah]

Radio City's like 5,000.

[Rhea]

Yeah. Radio City's bigger. Right?

[Fran]

And MSG is.

[Rhea]

I mean, msg is huge.

[Noah]

15,000 or even more than huge.

[Rhea]

I, you know, I just think people love. Like, regardless of. Even if they know her music, I think people are interested that they would go, you know, and people are just fans of her. I think there'd be so many, like, mom, yeah.

[Fran]

Ms. G is like 20,000.

[Rhea]

So many families, like, parents would have to take their kids since their kids are like fucking dying to go see Addison Rae.

[Fran]

Yeah, that is.

[Rhea]

And then they're like, wait, does she.

[Noah]

Have enough music to do like a full concert?

[Fran]

Like, yeah, she.

[Rhea]

I mean, she put out. She has an album. I don't know what her set list looks like. Maybe she does some covers.

[Noah]

You know, she did msc. She'd have to bring out like, Charlie XCX and like, she'd have some special guests and all that.

[Rhea]

Yeah. I mean, look, she'll get there.

[Fran]

Yeah. Well, her Coachella set, we'll. We'll tell.

[Rhea]

Yeah, yeah.

[Fran]

You know, we see how many people.

[Rhea]

Show up to that, to the Coachella set. I wonder how many. Let's see how many songs she sings. This is what she's saying. Average show length, one hour.

[Fran]

Ooh, I don't know if she was doing msg.

[Rhea]

That's not. That's enough.

[Fran]

That's not gonna cut msg.

[Rhea]

That's, you know, that's not enough for msg.

[Fran]

That's fine. The basement yard's doing fine.

[Noah]

It's crazy. Anytime there's a stand up or, I mean, obviously a podcast at msg, it's.

[Fran]

Like, wow, it's crazy.

[Rhea]

Like, Adam Sanderson is doing msg.

[Fran]

Yeah, Adam Sanders.

[Rhea]

Not even like the theater at msg, they' doing msg.

[Fran]

Like, Adam Sandler just did MSG last night, and the basement yard is doing msg.

[Noah]

Adam Sandler. I can see, you know, at times.

[Rhea]

No, no, that's what I'm saying.

[Fran]

Like, no, but the basement yard. I love them. I just didn't know that many people also love them.

[Noah]

I knew they were huge, but it's.

[Fran]

Like I start bringing them up in conversation. You guys watch A basement Yard Having.

[Noah]

Millions of followers online, obviously most people.

[Rhea]

Say yes is one thing, but then.

[Noah]

Like, selling out MSG is another thing.

[Fran]

You know, they are some. Two entertaining men.

[Rhea]

They really are.

[Fran]

They got great.

[Rhea]

They are historical.

[Fran]

They seem like good guys. Yeah. MSG, November 13th. Like, you know, if we weren't away.

[Noah]

That week, they might bring you out.

[Rhea]

I'd maybe go, that's amazing.

[Noah]

And we got your other favorite two podcasters here.

[Fran]

Come on out as Silence across msg.

[Janae Craig]

Who.

[Fran]

Who's that? Get him off the stage.

[Rhea]

New York Comedy Festival presents the basics.

[Fran]

You don't even go here.

[Rhea]

Wow.

[Fran]

Yeah, I'm happy for them. I really am.

[Rhea]

Tickets are expensive too.

[Fran]

I'm very happy.

[Noah]

They sell it out already.

[Rhea]

I don't think it's. I mean, it's not. I don't think it's sold out. Yeah, sure. Well, I don't know. I don't know. Sold out is so hard to tell when you go on. On anything else. Like, I'm looking at Ticketmaster. You can buy a ticket, but they're resale, right?

[Fran]

Yeah, I'm happy for them. And, you know, hopefully, you know, I saw Frankie on his Tick Tock recently. He was battling a bat in his house, and then he had to get. He had to get shots because.

[Rhea]

Oh, God.

[Fran]

Yeah, it was a very entertaining video. But I. I did feel bad that he had to get.

[Noah]

Oh, we were talking about that.

[Fran]

We were talking about this. Yeah.

[Rhea]

Yeah, that's brutal.

[Janae Craig]

That's.

[Rhea]

That's scary because then we saw the.

[Noah]

Bats in Savannah and Rhea.

[Fran]

Well, I was like, oh, my God, I just saw a video of Frankie from the basement.

[Rhea]

Right, right, right. My. That's so cool.

[Fran]

You know what? Like, they. I'm looking at. They really sold a lot of tickets because a lot of it is.

[Rhea]

It's all resale, maybe. Yeah, it's all resale. So shit, good for them.

[Fran]

Yeah, I'm happy for them.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Noah]

But come see Fixing Office on tour.

[Rhea]

It's not msg, but.

[Fran]

You're right, you're right, you're right. We're like, I'm totally promoting it.

[Rhea]

Show.

[Fran]

Totally promoting somebody else's show right now.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Fran]

We are going back on tour. You can catch us October 23rd in D.C. milwaukee. October 28th, Chicago. October 30th, November 8th, we will be in Cincinnati. And December 9th, we will be in Philly. So come make sure you see us buy those tickets. You do not want to miss out. We always put on spectacular shows. If I do say so myself, I don't mean to brag, but every time somebody comes and see our shows for the first time, they go, wow, you guys really do a great job. And I say, yes, we do. Especially the people we work with.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Fran]

When they come and see a show and they've never seen a show before, they're like, huh? This is what it's like. And we say, hell yeah, it is.

[Rhea]

We. It's so much fun. We love seeing you all there. So you can check out with the link in the bio of the episode or on Social, whatever, wherever is easiest for you. You can go check out tickets.

[Fran]

It's in all our bios. And Philly, I'm looking at you. Okay. It's our biggest show yet and we are pulling. Planning a spectacular, a holiday spectacular at that. And you know, I'll just say somebody sitting near me will be really upset in her Eagles fandom if they don't show up and show out for this show.

[Rhea]

I agree.

[Fran]

That's not a threat. It's just a statement. We want to see there and we want to have a good time. So, Philly, we can't wait to see you.

[Rhea]

But the rest of the cities, we.

[Fran]

Are so excited to come back to you. If we haven't, if we've been there before or for the new ones, Milwaukee and Cincinnati, happy to be there for the first time. Skyline Chili is calling my name.

[Janae Craig]

Ooh.

[Fran]

I'll be having it for the first time.

[Rhea]

Right? Because I. I've never had it either.

[Fran]

I asked somebody the other day, I said, what is the standout thing in Cincinnati? And now I'm sure many people listening will have other answers that are from Cincinnati of what their standout thing is. But it was like, oh, the Skyline Chili. And I said, oh, my God. Well, I must try.

[Rhea]

Yeah, I think it's just something that no matter what, it must be I must try. Yeah, you must try.

[Fran]

Yes, I will be trying.

[Rhea]

It's like a non negotiable. I feel like if you're going there for the first times, no matter what people's feelings are about it, you know, it's like, well, let me go taste it.

[Fran]

Yeah. So see how I Feel if you're not planning on going to Coachella, plan on coming to our shows.

[Rhea]

Yes.

[Fran]

Anyways, back to the Coachella talk. It's all very exciting.

[Rhea]

I think honestly, Justin, I like Justin Bieber could get me at Coachella. Not that we. Not that I would.

[Fran]

You're going to go?

[Rhea]

Maybe go. But yeah, like if I. If the opportunity presented itself. What do you mean?

[Fran]

The opportunity presents. If you got to get tickets, you could just go get tickets.

[Rhea]

No, I know I could, but I'm saying if an opportunity presented itself, to have it be a work fun.

[Fran]

You want to finagle your way there.

[Noah]

Yes, if I could go for free.

[Fran]

If I could and be. Finagle your way there.

[Rhea]

I'm not saying that. I'm just saying if it's. If it's.

[Noah]

I mean, we could. We every year decide not to go.

[Rhea]

Well, I wouldn't say every year.

[Fran]

That's not true. The one year we were planning on going. Yes, Frank. It got canceled and everything, so.

[Rhea]

Yep. But I will say, I mean, I think I would love to see Justin Bieber back on stage.

[Fran]

That's going to be quite the show.

[Rhea]

Yeah, it really is. And it's been a long time. Probably the last. I saw. Trying to think. The last Justin Bieber tour I went to. Probably the Purpose Tour.

[Fran]

It makes sense because he canceled the.

[Rhea]

Other Ones tour, which was.

[Fran]

Didn't he cancel the Purpose Store as well? Mid Tor.

[Rhea]

I don't remember.

[Fran]

Yeah, because that was when they were all very worried about him and then they put a stop to it. No.

[Rhea]

Yeah, yeah. Was it that one or the one after?

[Fran]

I think he canceled his own tour after. But I think the Purpose Tour was.

[Rhea]

The Purpose Tour was also one that didn't make it. Trying to remember when I went.

[Fran]

Oh, yeah, yes.

[Rhea]

Purpose Tour. I went to the show on July 19, 2016. It's almost 10 years ago.

[Fran]

Yeah. You caught one of the last shows. Really? Yes.

[Rhea]

Shit. I don't really remember this.

[Fran]

It was after 150 shows on a nearly two year tour. July 2017. The remaining dates were canceled.

[Rhea]

July 2017. It's a whole year later he was still touring.

[Fran]

And then.

[Rhea]

God, do you ever like.

[Fran]

Look, the Justice World Tour was also canceled.

[Rhea]

Yes.

[Noah]

That was for like low tickets. Right?

[Fran]

That was like selling, remember?

[Rhea]

No, no, no, no.

[Fran]

He got diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt syndrome. Remember that? And he had to focus.

[Rhea]

It was the tour after that, that. That was like Covid and everything. He was going to go on tour again.

[Noah]

I could have sworn there was a tour where people like, oh, Damn. He's not really selling out, like, these places. And then it got canceled.

[Rhea]

I. Well, no, maybe it was the same thing. Yeah, Yeah.

[Fran]

I think it was the Justice Tour. People thought it was that, but he had health things going on, which I. I feel like we remember. Remember when he was posting the pictures of his face and everything?

[Rhea]

Justin Bieber's Changes tour was initially postponed in 2020 due to COVID 19 after being rebranded as the Justice World Tour and delayed until 2022. All remaining dates are officially canceled in March 2023. So that's what we're thinking of. I'm thinking of that tour was going into 2020 because that's. I bought tickets for that one. And then those all got. I remember, got refunded to me because the dates were canceled for Covid. And then that's when he was gonna do the tour again. And then the Ramsay hunt syndrome was 2022.

[Noah]

You think Bieber's gonna bring someone out?

[Fran]

That's always your biggest question.

[Noah]

Coachella. Everyone brings someone.

[Fran]

Yeah, he will see him doing it, for sure.

[Rhea]

I think he will.

[Fran]

I think people are just so excited for him, though, that they won't even.

[Noah]

That's what I'm saying. He doesn't need to.

[Fran]

Yeah, I agree with that.

[Rhea]

God, I'm looking at these pictures, and 2016 was really a time when I thought that, like, my Kylie lipstick, Kylie lip kits were, like, the best thing I've ever purchased and was wearing, like, a red Kylie.

[Fran]

Hey, that was the times.

[Rhea]

Like, tell me why I wore a red lip to the Purpose store.

[Fran]

Just in case Justin saw you in the crowd. Duh.

[Rhea]

I mean, it lasted pretty long. That was the end of the night.

[Fran]

Yeah, that's the sustainability.

[Rhea]

Yeah. Yeah. Yes, man. You take these pictures. These pictures, you would take a. Concerts back in the day really don't translate. Like, I'm like, wow, really glad I have this photo.

[Fran]

But it's just that, you know, it. It's a sign of the times.

[Rhea]

Yeah, it is. It is.

[Fran]

It's nice to have and look back and go, that was 2016, you know.

[Rhea]

Oh, I think he brought out. Think he brought out that. That's looking like Jaden Smith.

[Fran]

Yeah, that's. That's his go to.

[Rhea]

Mm.

[Fran]

That's his go to. Well, moving on.

[Rhea]

Well, never say never.

[Fran]

Yeah. Yeah, a little bit. Very happy for Justin Bieber. Very happy for that Coachella lineup. I think people are gonna love it.

[Rhea]

I think Sabrina and Carol G. Are gonna freaking bring the house down.

[Fran]

Yeah, I think people are gonna go nuts.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Moving on to people. Something that people are going nuts about.

[Rhea]

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[Fran]

Iris and TJ seemingly back together after the whole Pepe and Iris debacle. You know, Pepe was up to no good. Allegedly all that they break up and people were like, tj, now's your time. Now's your time. TJ and tj, he had patience.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Fran]

And he, he waited it out and he stuck it through because now these two are gallivanting around New York City together. Comments by slobs. They went to Demi Lovato's little the party of the party for paper and they spotted Iris and TJ outside. So they posted on their story. So I mean these two are all, are all over. They're making tiktoks together. We got paparazzi pictures of them all dressed up, holding hands. And you know, part of it is like well if you're tj, are you, you know, are you a little bit like all right, well yeah, I was.

[Rhea]

About to, I was about to bring up this exact point and I was going to say that I actually think this shows the level of confidence that TJ has in himself. I think it takes a pretty like self assured guy comp. You know, maybe not confidence is maybe the not like too cocky but confident where you're like, you get over the fact that people are gonna be like oh sec backup, like you know, like second choice, like whatever. And I feel like you have to be pretty confident Yourself and be like, I'm good. Like, I really. I like her. I want to be with her, you know?

[Fran]

Yeah. For sure. But a little naive at the same time because he.

[Noah]

Like, she left him for Pepe, Like.

[Fran]

Like that she went to Pet. She was probably would still be with Pepe if Pepe didn't allegedly cheat on her.

[Rhea]

Yeah. So take. You know, the. The timing is everything. This. The time it opened up for TJ and he took his shot.

[Fran]

Yeah. I'm not blaming TJ at all. No, I mean, like, there's.

[Rhea]

I'm saying there's got, like. There's probably guys that would have been like, oh, I'll never talk to her again.

[Fran]

Yeah. No, I think TJ really liked her, and he's willing to give it a shot, which is.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Which is very sweet. You know, I'm hoping for Iris that she gives herself time to, like, be like, what does. Do. What do I really want? You know what I mean? I'm hoping that she's not just jumping back to TJ because she's hurt by Pepe, and. You know what I mean?

[Rhea]

It's such a hard show to navigate, like, post, like, afterwards, because it really all is timing and coincidence, because if Pepe didn't show up, if this person didn't get voted off, if this didn't do that, like, TJ and Iris would have still been together, and Pepe would have never been in the picture in the first place. You know? So it's just like, then things get switched around. Pepe, then it's pepe, and then TJ's gone. And then if you're Iris, you're probably like, well, now I'm with Pepe. Like, I can't go back to TJ because this is what. Now I'm leaving with Pepe, and I got. I want to see this through.

[Fran]

Right.

[Rhea]

But at the back of her mind, she probably was like, I wonder what would have happened if TJ never left. That's true.

[Fran]

And at this point, Pepe, you got to write them off.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Fran]

So you're like, all right, well, I guess I'll try it with tj. I'll see what happens there. I just think that when they all come off the show, it's like, you need some. You know, you need some time to figure it out. So I'm hoping Iris.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Take some time for herself to figure it out a little bit, you know? You know, go on some dates with tj, feel it out, but don't commit to anything too soon. TJ has been Very funny post Villa, though, with his TikToks and everything. And it's, it's cute to see them, you know, going around New York City together. And it's a, it's a busy week here in New York City, so it gets people excited. So I'm interested to see where this goes after this, this week. You know, they'll head back to L. A and we could see what happens from there on.

[Rhea]

Can I ask you about in this. In the sense of like being seen and being seen everywhere? I thought popped right into my head because we've just seen them nonstop. Do you think, like, there's anything else going on with this Harry Styles, Zoe Kravitz stuff? Like, why are we seeing every second of their lives? Do you like? Because people are like, wow, they're really calling the paparazzi every chance they get. And I'm like, what world would they need to be calling the paparazzi? But, like, maybe they are. I don't know. We're seeing. Every time they step outside, I feel like we're seeing them photographed.

[Fran]

I'm going to choose to be naive in this situation and think the paparazzi is just stalking them.

[Rhea]

Yeah, right.

[Noah]

They're just that famous.

[Fran]

They're. That.

[Rhea]

They certainly are.

[Fran]

And they're not that. They're not calling the paparazzi the paparazzi. Paparazzi. Just following them around.

[Rhea]

Everyone's just.

[Fran]

Let me tell you, those pictures are expensive. We know.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Fran]

So I mean, the paparazzi, they're like.

[Rhea]

Hey, we got making.

[Fran]

We're making big bucks on these pictures.

[Noah]

I saw a video of just Harry Styles walking across the Williamsburg Bridge just by himself. So, like, they're following him every.

[Fran]

This is a hot commodity couple and I'm buying into it. And I'm not thinking it's PR or they're promoting something. Like I'm, I'm choosing to be naive about this and just think they're a new couple and they're so happy to be, you know, running around the world together and.

[Rhea]

Yeah, clearly, infatuation level. You know, they're jet set. New York to Rome now we're seeing them all over Rome. That man loves Rome.

[Fran]

If you're them, why not?

[Rhea]

Oh, of course.

[Fran]

Why wouldn't you travel around the world with your, with your new fling?

[Rhea]

I agree.

[Fran]

If you got that time and that money and that space and you really could do that.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Why wouldn't you?

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Sometimes I look at famous celebrities and I'm like, why aren't you taking time off? You Know, you could be just traveling the world right now. You got it made for you. Go gallivant around the world like these two are doing.

[Rhea]

Yeah, yeah. That's very true. I've just. I've definitely seen some commentary on. On social media. People being like, why are we seeing so much of them?

[Fran]

They are. They're questioning it, and they think there's. There's some PR going on, and I'm going to not even question. I'm just gonna.

[Rhea]

Let's just hope that in, like, two weeks, it's not announced that Zoe's directing some new movie that Harry Styles is.

[Fran]

But honestly, let's hope also, like, I would be. You know. You know what? I would be just as thrilled. I'd be like, that's really exciting.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Fran]

And are they gonna play lovers in a movie? Possibly. You know, like, I'll buy into all of it.

[Rhea]

Right.

[Fran]

Even if that is the case.

[Rhea]

Right. You know, works with. I mean, it works with Channing Tatum then. I mean, until it didn't work. Right.

[Fran]

At the end of the day.

[Rhea]

Are.

[Fran]

We gaining anything from them as a couple? Just like. No. Will we gain something from them if they're working on a project together and we get to watch a movie with them or watch it? Yes.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Fran]

So if that turns out to be the case.

[Rhea]

Yep.

[Fran]

I'm happy with that as well.

[Rhea]

Yeah, True.

[Janae Craig]

You know?

[Rhea]

True. So true.

[Fran]

I could be happy for their love or I could be happy for their product.

[Rhea]

Yeah. Well, I do appreciate. Obviously, they're not like. They're like, hey, we're live our lives. Because they are getting photographed every step.

[Fran]

They take, and they want to hit the hotspots. They want Linda street pizza just like the rest of us.

[Rhea]

You should.

[Fran]

You should be able to get it. True, true. More pictures behind the scenes. Camp Rock 3 is in motion to be happening. Connect three.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Is connected, and it is happening.

[Rhea]

Connected. Yes, we see. Let me tell you, the first time the TikTok came up on my page Monday night, I went, whoa. And then I immediately googled it. There's, like, not really any concrete posting about it quite yet. It's certainly word of mouth and photos, but, I mean, it's clear as day. It's the Jonas Brothers, I think the other people. There's some back and forth on if Demi was with them or not, but Demi was in New York. She was. Had this event Monday night. But it is very clearly the three of them, pretty easy to distinguish from the pictures. And people believe they see the actress that plays Mitchie's mom.

[Fran]

Yes.

[Rhea]

Wizards. Maria Torres. Yes.

[Fran]

She with phenomenal hair.

[Rhea]

Yes. That perhaps she was in the background of one of the. Of the videos as well.

[Fran]

Is that her name? I just said that. So confident. Yeah, but you know when you say something so confident, you're like, I do that all the time.

[Rhea]

But I don't know.

[Fran]

No, no.

[Rhea]

Who is Maria Torres?

[Fran]

Well, Maria Torres is a. Is a dance, is a dancer. Oh, apparently. There you go.

[Rhea]

There you go.

[Fran]

Why did I so confidently say.

[Rhea]

Well, because I'm pretty sure Mitchie Torres. Is that. Is that her name in the movie?

[Fran]

In the movie, her name is Mitchie Torres. So that's. They're not done by the moment. The mom's name in the movie. Please hold, everybody. I'm so sorry. Her name is Maria in real life.

[Rhea]

Yes.

[Fran]

Her name is Connie in the movie. Connie Torres.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Yeah. So I was combining Maria and Torres, but it's Maria Canals Barrera.

[Rhea]

Okay, there you go.

[Fran]

I was just combining her.

[Rhea]

Combined her stage name. Her. Her. Her name and her character. Character's name and her real classic mix up. But it looked like she was also on set. They are in Maria Torres. They're filming. Looks like some campsite in Vancouver. I may have fucked that up, but along some. Some river, I saw people saying the exact location of it in Vancouver. The Jones brothers do have a show in Vancouver. Thursday, I believe. I think it's the 18th. So perhaps you just got there a couple days early. Filming some stuff, getting really. See what's going on the movie. Allegedly. We have really no detail. This is alleged people online saying they heard this, they heard that, that they will all be in it, but they're not like the main. The main characters in the movie. They're also. They will be younger campers, the whole. The whole thing, but that they are there right now to film some of their parts. They saw some paperwork. I guess they're calling it Rock the Boat right now.

[Fran]

Ooh, a name to disguise what's happening.

[Rhea]

Yes.

[Fran]

Or is it Camp Rock 3? Rock the boat.

[Rhea]

Yeah, it could be. Could be. But right now I believe they're calling it Rock the Boat. But there's people taking pictures of the set. Stop signs with Summer Jam written on it. It's back there.

[Fran]

It is back.

[Rhea]

They're filming for sure. And whoever was that. Whoever that person was also in the pictures that looked. Certainly did look like Demi from that far away. But I don't think it was Demi since obviously she. We. She was photographed in New York. We know she was in New York on Monday, but she could be making her way there as well.

[Fran]

Right. Like, maybe that's why the brothers and Demi had that reunion in New York, to see if their chemistry is still there. I don't know.

[Rhea]

Still got it.

[Fran]

They still got. Obviously they still got it. But we would be blessed, really.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Fran]

If they all came back for Camp Rock 3. Like, that would be really something.

[Rhea]

It really would. So seeing all those pictures and videos on. On TikTok and everything was very exciting. I can't wait to find out more information, but it feels like we're. We're moving. I know.

[Janae Craig]

Let's get.

[Rhea]

There's been, like, no full 100 confirmation from anyone that's, like, besides Joe Jonas doing the hot ones thing in his notes, it was like, read Camp Rock 3. So obviously it exists, but no one has been like, this movie is 100% being made, and we're doing it right now, but it seems to be as close as we're going to get right now to confirmation.

[Fran]

Let's get the formal announcement going.

[Rhea]

Yeah, I know.

[Fran]

Let's put out that big announcement.

[Rhea]

Campground Disney press release.

[Fran]

Yes.

[Rhea]

Of the details.

[Fran]

Let us know which characters are returning.

[Rhea]

For, like, contract negotiations, which some people could be.

[Fran]

Maybe the brothers are like, we're not coming back unless you do this.

[Rhea]

This Right. Well, they're already on set, but maybe.

[Fran]

Some others that maybe. Who knows?

[Rhea]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Fran]

Who knows? Gosh.

[Rhea]

Can't wait.

[Fran]

Cannot wait. We'll be eating it up no matter what it is. So, yeah, you know what? Thank you for blessing us with Camp Rock 3.

[Rhea]

I will say, though, at the same time, I do get it, and it's the way that everything is made now from our childhood that it's like, oh, they're older now. Now there's new campers. And, like, they're. They're not the star of the movie. Like, it's like, I'm like, I want them to be the star. Right.

[Fran]

Like, you're gonna bring in new people that are probably gonna be bad actors. Just kidding. But, like, you're gonna bring a new one.

[Rhea]

Yeah, yeah.

[Fran]

They're just gonna be like, the mentor's gon roll.

[Rhea]

I'm like, can't the movie be all about them?

[Fran]

Right. We want the old chemistry. Yeah, but.

[Rhea]

But I got it.

[Fran]

That's the new. You gotta give.

[Rhea]

It's how it always goes.

[Fran]

You gotta give the new kids the shine.

[Rhea]

I know.

[Fran]

Flourish.

[Rhea]

They go back to camp. They gotta help save the camp. It's all young campers again. They're the new stars. They're the new Stars of the, of a new generation. But I'm like. Cause really, you know, you're making a movie about these guys going back to camp. They're the stars. Not much to work with, right?

[Fran]

We're not gonna have 30 year olds going back to camp. You know what I mean? Yeah, yeah.

[Rhea]

They probably got not much to work with.

[Fran]

Like what are they doing?

[Rhea]

What are they doing with their lives? There has to be on campers, right?

[Fran]

If, if this was a movie about all of them being in their 30s going back to camp, we would say.

[Noah]

Maybe get us counselors.

[Fran]

Like that's like, yeah, not as counselors.

[Rhea]

Not. Yeah, but they have.

[Fran]

I'm saying like they're going back as camp and then there's older counselors. We'll be like, all right, we gotta wrap up this up. Yeah, you know, get on with your lives. Come on.

[Rhea]

You gotta have the young kids involved.

[Fran]

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[Voicemail Caller]

Hi, Rhea, Fran and Noah. My hot take is that I am so tired of like 30 to 40 song albums. I just think it's like too much. I don't know if it's my like attention deficit disorder or like why, but I just get so overwhelmed when an album has more than like 15 tracks on it. Mostly I'm referring to Swag, Swag 1 and Swag 2. So Swag 1 came out and there's like 22 songs on it and it sucks. Like there's a couple good, decent songs on it. And then Swag two came out and it sucks less. But what I don't understand is, like, why not just make swag one and swag two, take 12 to 15 of those songs and make, like, probably a decent album. A lot of, like, Justin Bieber stands are like, oh, my God, Swag two is so different from Swag one. It's not. They all sound the same. So I'm just curious what you guys think. And I do feel like, however, it is, like trending in that direction of, like, shorter albums. So again, I'm just curious what you guys think. All right, love you guys. Bye.

[Fran]

Love you too.

[Rhea]

Really. So, really, her problem is with swag one and swag two, because, God, they're not. There's really not that many 30 to 40 song albums out there, like, unless you. I didn't really see a lot of people complaining when Taylor Swift did it, you know?

[Fran]

Yeah. So I, I understand what you're saying in terms of quality over quantity.

[Rhea]

Yeah, yeah.

[Fran]

But I will say, when we are begging artists to release music.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Fran]

And then they. Then they finally release music and they give us, you know, a plethora of songs, I don't think we can be mad that they then gave us too many songs, right?

[Rhea]

Like, oh, stinker, get rid of some of these. Right, right.

[Fran]

Like, it's like, all right, well, don't listen to those and then listen to the ones that you do. Like. It's really up to them. Right? Like, you're not going to listen to those. But there are a lot of people that will. And I just think, like, we live in a time where people want, you know, new music from these artists that take breaks, like Justin Bieber, who, you know, is known for taking breaks, and everyone wants then, you know, Justin Bieber to come back and then he comes back and he gives us 40 songs. I don't, you know, I'm not going to be going, no, no, keep them, you know, if. If he wants to put them out and I don't like them. I just don't listen. I listen the ones I like.

[Rhea]

Just make your own playlist. My Swag, you know, exactly put the 12 songs you do like. I will say, you know, I didn't love Swag, but I really like Swag too, so I wouldn't. And I actually think they sound different. So I do disagree a little bit there with the, you know, Swag sucked and Swag two sucked less. I just think that I actually really like swag 2. I've been listening to it a lot, and there are a lot of songs. There are. So it's like you. You just listen to the ones that. That you like. But I do think it's. Some of them have some similar sounds. Like, the songs that I do like from Swag are the ones that probably would fit on swag 2 as well. But all in all, I feel like there's a lot of actually, you know, good stuff on there. Obviously, it's your taste of music. If you don't like it, you don't like it, that's fine. I. And. But once again, just Justin Bieber giving us too many songs. If you said that even a year ago that we would. That this would be an issue, people be like, oh, my God, give us everything he's making. You know, because it's been. It's been that long, right?

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Rhea]

I feel like that's kind of the same kind of thing, right?

[Voicemail Caller]

Hi, Rhea, Fran, Noah, and Olive. My name is Erin. I'm calling from New Haven, Connecticut. And my question is, what are our thoughts on this new bachelor spinoff cruise ship thing? Like, what do we think this is going to be? We have no information. Is this going to be like a couple's thing? But there's Tyler Kamen on there and he's in a relationship, and there's a lot of other bachelor people who are on there who are in confirmed relationships. Relationships. So what are your guys thoughts on that and what do we think it's going to be? Thanks. Love you guys.

[Fran]

Bye. Love you too. I'm wondering the same exact thing. I keep seeing promo for this damn cruise, and I'm like, what's happening on this cruise? People are buying tickets to go on this cruise with a bunch of people from the bachelor universe, and we're just gonna see what happens.

[Rhea]

I think it's just a cruise with your faves. It's just an. It's just an event for bachelor nation. It's for the bachelor super fans out there that want to go, you know, do some cruise, like, programming with folks from Bachelor Nation.

[Noah]

They got Trent to, like, carry everyone's luggage onto the cruise.

[Fran]

Oh, my God. Big miss. Not doing that for sure.

[Rhea]

Seriously, it's. Look, they do these kinds of things with bands, you know, if they. These cruises with bands from older times.

[Fran]

Heather McMahon did a cruise.

[Rhea]

Heather McMahon.

[Fran]

I would go on that cruise.

[Rhea]

Same.

[Fran]

I would. Absolutely. And I.

[Rhea]

And I would go on that cruise. And we're not.

[Fran]

We're not. We're not people. We always say we wouldn't do cruises. We don't want to be stuck in a boat. But I would go on Heather McMahon's cruise. So I guess it really is your taste. What are you, what are you willing to go on a cruise for?

[Rhea]

It really is. And I feel like there's gonna be. If I had to take a guess, you know, I probably guess somewhat of the, of the age range that we may get on on this cruise. But we are really promoting quite the event here.

[Fran]

This is like the Danimal, Dylan and Cole Sprouse.

[Rhea]

Yeah. And they've really got a lot of names doing it. They got a lot of names doing it. They got a lot of people doing it. There's going to be a lot of like activities and events that you can sign up for. You can watch episodes with Hannah Brown. There's a brunch with Bachelor alums. Love potion. I feel like this has got to be real, right? Oh yeah. This is the real Bachelor Nation Instagram account. Because I was like imagine just fake events. Love story rewatch with Joey and Kelsey. Cabin group photo with Jesse Palmer. Love potion tasting with Justin. Lots of events that you can sign up.

[Fran]

So many activities.

[Rhea]

It really is.

[Fran]

You are like a die hard bachelor fan. Bachelor Nation. You're going on this cruise.

[Rhea]

It's 100%.

[Noah]

I should have done like an live like cutting stems. You get to be on cutting stems with re inf from the cruise.

[Rhea]

I really want to know and I tried to look because it's like you had to sign it for the presale and then after the pre sale you could sent you a link about the pre sale for tickets. Cuz I really want to know how much they're selling these tickets for. You know I just out of curiosity, I'm. I'm very interested to see but you're your people have their reservations made and done already.

[Fran]

Listen, we won't be there but I am excited to see the videos that come out of this.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Seriously?

[Rhea]

Yep. Oh, they actually just did a Q and A on Instagram. People asked, will we get to meet the Bachelor cast at all? Yes. There'll be plenty of opportunities to interact with all the Bachelor Nation cast.

[Fran]

Like you're in Disney World. They're walking around like characters.

[Rhea]

I know.

[Fran]

Seriously, get your autograph book ready. Yep, yep.

[Rhea]

Oh, I mean, oh, this is thousands of dollars.

[Fran]

It's a cruise.

[Rhea]

It's a cruise. I guess. Yeah, it's a cruise. Prices and availability. The interior starting at $1300 per person. Ocean view at 1500. Got a spurge. And then it just Goes up and up. The Haven is the highest.

[Noah]

Wait, if you don't have an ocean view, what do you have?

[Rhea]

The interior deck? Like, no, you have nothing. There's no windows.

[Noah]

I'd rather like.

[Rhea]

Yeah. I mean, think about it. Like, if you're down in a hallway. If you're walking down a hallway on a cruise, one side is obviously going to be lined to the windows. The other side.

[Noah]

Nothing crazy.

[Fran]

You know, I've never been on a cruise ship side on it.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Noah]

It just seems like.

[Fran]

I think. I guess, I assume I would think.

[Noah]

That, like, what the. Those rooms would, like, look into, like the center of the boat or something. And maybe you're not. But like, to not have a window seems crazy.

[Fran]

But you can't have that because then people would be able to look into your room walking around.

[Noah]

But it's like when you're like, in a courtyard at a hotel, I feel like, you know, you put the blinds.

[Rhea]

Up like you're in a boat. So, you know, I just.

[Noah]

I find that hard to believe that there's no windows in these rooms.

[Rhea]

Maybe they're little holes in your windows. Yeah. Fake windows.

[Fran]

You never know. You never know.

[Rhea]

You know, I'm sure you could Google it and see what an interior room on a Carnival Cruise looks like. Yes. A Carnival Cruise Line interior room is an interior cabin on a cruise ship that doesn't have a window or balcony.

[Noah]

Those should be like five bucks. Who the hell is gonna do that?

[Fran]

I think it is kind of wild to go. Like the motion sickness, but no window. 1300 for interior, 1500 for ocean. Like, that's not that much more for ocean.

[Rhea]

Right, right, right.

[Noah]

You're just sitting in a box that's like swaying back and forth, but you have no window.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

You don't even get to, like, embrace the fact that you're on a boat.

[Fran]

I agree. I agree with you.

[Rhea]

The Haven, you can get a ticket that says Haven. Courtyard, penthouse, large balcony, plus Vibe access. Vibe.

[Fran]

I wonder what that is.

[Rhea]

Vibe Access.

[Fran]

Tell us more.

[Rhea]

I know, right? What do you think the Vibe Access is?

[Fran]

I'm not sure. I don't even know if I could come up with a guess.

[Rhea]

Yeah. Oh, Vibe Beach Club access. Vibe Beach. That's on. That's on the deck of the boat.

[Fran]

It's giving Jonas Kahn water park.

[Rhea]

Wow. This is really, really something else. Can I bring my kids?

[Fran]

Yes.

[Rhea]

Anyone over six months.

[Fran]

Kids permitted?

[Rhea]

Yeah. Huh? Yep, yep, yep. Oh, man. They're asking Nickelodeon. Yeah, yeah. Wow. More names will be announced and the cruise will not be filmed Cruise is not a show. It was an experience for fans.

[Fran]

They have Chris Harrison rise from the water.

[Rhea]

Yeah, it is he.

[Noah]

You know, he shows up on a helicopter.

[Rhea]

It is.

[Noah]

What is that in the distance?

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Oh my Skydives out with attached to Joey.

[Rhea]

Gonna be very interesting to see the content out of.

[Noah]

That'd be the perfect entrance for Joey. He skydives onto to be amazing.

[Fran]

All right, let's move on.

[Voicemail Caller]

Hi Ria, Noah and Fran and Olive. This is not really a hot take, but why have you guys not watched Freakier Friday? Best thing ever. And you guys just didn't watch it. Haven't talked about it.

[Rhea]

I'm mad about that too.

[Fran]

We're not.

[Voicemail Caller]

Because I'm a concerned fan here. All right. Love to hear you guys watch it and talk about it.

[Fran]

Okay, bye.

[Rhea]

As soon as I can buy it on my tv, I will be watching it. Right?

[Fran]

We're not willingly not watching it. It just was in theaters. It's not on streaming yet. So we haven't gone to the theaters to see it.

[Rhea]

It came out the beginning of August, but theaters.

[Fran]

As soon as it hits the streaming services, we'll be watching.

[Noah]

I would have thought cuz Weapons came out like the same time. I feel like. And that's already out.

[Rhea]

It's just always different for certain for. I feel like different studios. You know, sometimes with Disney it's like they wait a little bit longer and then they put it on Disney plus. You know, it is a little shocking.

[Noah]

That it's not in theater still. Right? Like it's past that point.

[Rhea]

I.

[Noah]

If it's out of theaters, why wouldn't they put it.

[Rhea]

No, you can still see it.

[Fran]

Movies run. I feel like a lot.

[Rhea]

Still playing. Still playing at the amc.

[Fran]

But you're right, I definitely would have thought it was on streaming already, but it's not. I mean, Weapons just came out last week on streaming. So maybe Freakier Fridays right around the corner.

[Rhea]

AI thinks it won't be until like late October or November. That would be their guess.

[Fran]

Well, as soon as it's on streaming, we will watch it and we'll report. Don't you worry.

[Rhea]

I really wanted to go. I mean, I guess I could obviously still go see it in theaters. It is still in theaters. So I could go. Every time I. I tried to go, something came up and I wasn't able to. What? You know, one time I tried to get you to go with me. She didn't want to go. And then I was like, oh, I don't know that I didn't want to go by myself. You know, it was the whole thing.

[Fran]

So I feel like Free Gear Friday is one that I. Obviously, I loved Freaky Friday, but I was. I wouldn't be running to the theater to see it, maybe, you know, just for fun, if. Whatever. But I think it's going to be perfectly good on streaming as well.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Voicemail Caller]

Hey, Rhea and Fran and Noah and Olive. My name is Emily. I'm calling from Arlington, Virginia. And my hot take is that I think Jen Affleck is going to be a little bit of a diva on this season of Dancing with the Stars. I don't know if you saw it, but I saw several clips of, you know, videos zooming in on her face during the Good Morning America press. The whole tour they did when all the stars were announced. And there were some clips of Jen's face when other stars were talking. And she just looked so disinterested. I mean, maybe it's resting bitch face. We all deal with it. But I don't know. I feel like she went on there thinking she might be like the same star of the show. Of course she's there with Whitney, but I felt like she was thinking she may get a little bit more attention and now she's paired with the new pro. And so I feel like maybe even that is upsetting to her because she's like, oh, I'm not with the seasoned great pro that everybody knows that everyone is going to give attention to. I don't know, I feel like she maybe is a little upset that she's not the center of attention on this show, but I could be wrong. Let me know how you feel about this. Love you guys.

[Fran]

Love you, too. She just gave birth like seven weeks ago. Yeah, let's maybe, you know, slow down on. Automatically jump into a conclusion on that. She's upset. She's not the center of attention. She even commented herself that she's very tired, she's got a newborn, she just gave birth, and all of a sudden she's being swung into Dancing with the Stars and, you know, a whole new thing. And, you know, they're up at 3:00 in the morning. I mean, I think Alex Earl also had to address people because they were saying, oh, she looked disinterested. She was like, guys, we woke up at three in the morning. We're doing press all day. We're also learning our routines. We're at practice. I don't. I don't know. I've seen tick tocks that it looks like she's having a great a Great time with her partner. And to think that he wouldn't get attention, I think is, you know, obviously the old pros get a lot of attention, but he was a dancer for Taylor Swift, and if you throw Taylor Swift into really anything, it's gonna garner a lot of attention. And I, and I think that they're getting that. And I, I think that let's wait it out. Let's see, you know, let the season start and then maybe we can make our judgments. But for a woman who just gave birth, you know, only a couple weeks ago, whatever, I think we gotta lighten up.

[Rhea]

Yeah, I, I agree. I also don't feel like, you know me. I don't feel like she ever came off like she had that big of an ego. Especially going on to a show like Dancing with the Stars when you're coming from reality tv. I don't think you're thinking, I'm going to be the biggest star on this show, you know?

[Fran]

Well, I think sometimes reality TV people have huge egos. I'm not saying her part.

[Rhea]

No, no, no. Yes.

[Fran]

But reality tv, sometimes they got the biggest rules. Even more so than the A plus celebrities out there.

[Rhea]

Yeah, that's true. That's true. I just can't imagine, like going on Dancing with the Stars and being like, I'm the biggest star because I'm on Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.

[Fran]

But. No, but reality TV show, people, like, come on, they.

[Janae Craig]

They love themselves.

[Fran]

I'm not saying her. I disagree with the, the point about her.

[Rhea]

But.

[Fran]

Yeah, you know, reality TV can cause a big head.

[Rhea]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Fran]

I don't.

[Rhea]

Yeah, maybe it's just like going on any show that is a group of other people that are all famous, you know, you're kind of like, oh, that's. I mean, yeah, maybe that's just my. A realistic standpoint on something that's probably not very realistic. But she. I just called her Jen Affleck, which made me laugh.

[Fran]

No, I disagree with the points about her, though. I don't get that. I don't get that energy from her.

[Rhea]

No, no. I don't think, like, anytime, especially with like GMA and things. It's so fucking early. Like, I just don't. That's something we're really. That's like, really nitpicky on something I don't think is probably worth looking into or thinking about that that hard. Did you see her Duncan ad. It was so good. I did say that that was really funny. Yeah, very smart from Duncan. I thought that was a really good Ben Affleck.

[Noah]

Is like a full time employee of Dunkin Donuts.

[Rhea]

The amount of money, the amount of money Duncan must be paying Ben Affleck is crazy. Yeah, they really must. Because then I saw people being like, there's no way they filmed this commercial together, you know?

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Rhea]

And then there was pictures of them together afterwards. So it's like, wow, Jen really got to. To film a straight up commercial with Ben. Yeah, her cousin.

[Fran]

Right. And Ben Affleck, he doesn't even have to do movies anymore. He's just doing the Duncan commercials.

[Rhea]

Ben's probably like, who the hell is this person?

[Fran]

Oh, man. Well, I'm excited for Dancing with the Stars to start and I, I think we can make more judgments when we head into more of the season, but I think that wraps up the popcorner. Keep calling in. We love your voicemails and hearing from you guys, so keep leaving us some messages. We love you guys. And that wraps up the popcorn. Truly Hard Seltzer is teaming up with reality star Janae Craig, whose time in the villa made waves and won hearts to launch a limited edition flavor that's brewed for refreshment and free sipping. Introducing no Shade Just Tea, an exclusive hard seltzer brewed by Truly just for Jena and Lucky fans. No Shade Just Tea features a return of the beloved raspberry iced tea flavor. You know, I love a good iced tea flavor that combines refreshing hard seltzer with real brewed teas and juicy raspberry flavor to make no Shade Just tea. Crisp, bubbly and light. The special pack includes four 16 ounce cans and will be sold to lucky fans on GiveThemBeer.com beginning Sept. Number 17 through multiple drops while supplies last. Set your alarms because this tea won't sleep for long. All right, everyone, we are here with a very special guest. We are joined by Janae Craig. You know her from Love Island Season 6, Love Island, beyond the villa, all over your social media music videos now. And teaming up with Truly. You know, we love Truly, so we're going to get into all of that. But Janae, welcome back. How are you feeling?

[Janae Craig]

Thank you, girls. I feel good. Thank you for having me.

[Rhea]

We are so excited. We said the same thing.

[Fran]

You took the words out of my mouth. Very excited you're back here. It's the first time in our studio.

[Janae Craig]

I know, I love it. Hey, it's so beautiful, by the way.

[Fran]

Oh, thank you.

[Janae Craig]

I love it. This is so cute.

[Fran]

We don't really.

[Rhea]

I don't know if I call it.

[Janae Craig]

Beautiful, but, you know, it does the job very Colorful.

[Fran]

Yes. It's bright here.

[Rhea]

It's fun in here. I mean, the last time we saw you was in Fiji, which is drastically different. Is that crazy? What a change for a full year. How are you feeling now in New York, getting to do all this fun stuff?

[Janae Craig]

Oh, my gosh, I'm so grateful. I feel good. I love coming to New York for, like, 48 hours, max. After that, it gets, like, very overwhelming. Like, the first, like, 10 minutes, I'm like, new York.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Janae Craig]

I go home now.

[Fran]

Yeah. Yeah. Well, you just came from Monday Night Football. You got on a red eye. You're. Now you're here. You haven't slept. So, honestly, we feel honored that you're even taking the time to talk to us right now, because you need sleep.

[Janae Craig]

Yeah. Sleep is for seriously.

[Rhea]

Seriously. What's. What's. I know that this is. We're gonna ask you about football for a second, but do you. How was the game?

[Janae Craig]

Oh, my gosh. Okay. So obviously, I'm a. I'm a Raiders fan because I live in Vegas.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Janae Craig]

I do love the Raiders. Like, it's such a vibe. The stadium.

[Rhea]

I'm dying to go to the stadium.

[Janae Craig]

Because I'm not trying to be biased, but I really, really do think that we have the best stadium. Like, I've been to, like, a few.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Janae Craig]

My day. But, yeah, I think our stadium's fire. It's super clean. It just got built, like, what, three, four?

[Rhea]

Very recently.

[Janae Craig]

Yeah. Like 20, 20.

[Fran]

I don't know.

[Janae Craig]

Like, it's fresh and it's so nice. Like, the fans are like die hard fans. Like, me and my best friend, we just go for the vibes. But yeah.

[Rhea]

Yeah, I love that. I know. We really did. I was, like, watching your Instagram stories, and I was like, oh, my gosh, she's at the Raiders game. This game was so late, and she's gonna be in the studio.

[Janae Craig]

I left, like, like, right, like, 10 minutes before, which is kind of dumb. I should left, like, at the recorder. But, like, I left 10 minutes before, and I ran to my driver and my luggage was, like, already in the car, and I was like, to the airport now.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Yeah. You're jet setting. Yeah, You're. You're all over right now. You. A lot going on. You know, you're posting out music videos that you're in. Tell us a little bit what Janae has been up to just the past couple weeks because you've been traveling so much. A lot of cool opportunities coming your way.

[Janae Craig]

Yeah. Oh, my gosh, I'm so Blessed. I've been doing my models, like, anything and everything. I'm not even kidding, guys. I've been doing, like, anything and everything. Like, Janae, we'd love to have you a part of this. I'm like, yes. And, like, but we also need you here. I'm like, okay. Like, why not? I don't know. If you're like, what's the goal? I don't know it. So I'm just, like, going on this little ride of, like, fun, saying yes to everything. And I'll figure out then. But, yeah, I was just, like, in Colombia for a project, and then I had a few projects. Projects in Vegas. And then my most exciting project is Truly with my cute little limited edition. I'm so excited.

[Fran]

No shade, just tea.

[Rhea]

This is just.

[Fran]

See my perfect flavor. I love an iced tea. And this is just Love. The cans are gorgeous as well.

[Janae Craig]

Thank you. They're so cute. I'm from Hawaii, so I wanted, like, a tropical, like, calm vibe.

[Rhea]

Absolutely. And the tea is just delicious. You know, it's.

[Janae Craig]

It's made with real brew tea. Fun tag. Fun fact. Oops. Fun fact. And so it's, like, very crispy, and it's, like, super refreshing. I love it.

[Rhea]

I love it.

[Janae Craig]

This is bomb.

[Fran]

I, you know, so excited about that.

[Rhea]

I know. Seriously, I am, too.

[Fran]

Nice tea.

[Rhea]

Yeah, exactly. It's refreshing. It's delicious with alcohol. Yeah, right? Exactly.

[Janae Craig]

Does the trick.

[Rhea]

A little bit of alcohol to make things a little more fun. But you did a great job teasing this collaboration on social. What was that like? Kind of like previewing it for everybody.

[Janae Craig]

It's so funny. It was Truly, like, after I went through that one situation not too long ago, I learned of, like, Truly was so Team Janae. It was so cute. And people were blowing up my phone. Like, did you see what Truly posted? Like, is this real? I looked at their cute little, like, play plan words of them just, like, having my back, and, like, you know, they got the tea and stuff, and I told my team. I'm like, I actually love this idea. Like, can we make this happen? And she was like, yeah, let's make this happen. So it's really just like, Truly just, you know, standing up for me.

[Fran]

That is.

[Janae Craig]

Social media blew up, and then now we're here.

[Fran]

That is perfect. And honestly, that makes me so happy because we love Truly and we also are Team Janae, so we're always, you, you know, we're always team today. We always have. Yeah. But that is the perfect combination because we're big Truly fans as well. We want to talk a little bit about your summer. You know, beyond the villa kind of just wrapped up. You guys filmed it in the spring. How are you feeling about that opportunity? Because I know when season six ended, yeah, everybody wanted more of you guys. We wanted more pbg. Like, we wanted everything. We wanted to see it all, and we got to get that.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Janae Craig]

No, I'm so grateful that happened. So, like, at first it was really hard during the whole thing because they gave us that opportunity, like, multiple times, and we just, like, turned them down. We didn't like the idea of it, of it all. But then we were just, like, reminded, like, our supporters love and appreciate us so much. And like me, Leah, Serena, we all agreed that if we're all gonna do, like, it's all a yes or it's like a no. So if only. If one girl said no, then we have to say no because we're just such a trio.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Janae Craig]

I'm so happy we said yes because we were able to just show our supporters more, like, the inside of our life, like, the personal things, and they pitched to us it was going to be like a docu series and, like, they follow us around and stuff. So, like, we loved that idea and that's why we said yes. But, I mean, throughout the journey, we got super duper close with, like, living Kayla, obviously, the situations that happen. But, like, we were always such a strong bonded, like family, and I think we still are. Like, my favorite thing about our season six is just that we're just such a big family. We all have fights here and there, but, like, yeah, we're like siblings at this point.

[Fran]

Now with season seven, do you notice a big difference between your cast and their cast?

[Janae Craig]

Yeah, I mean, the good thing is both casts, we're all really good looking. I feel like everyone's good looking.

[Fran]

That's a good thing.

[Rhea]

I mean, kind of a, like a must for Love Island.

[Janae Craig]

Love Island.

[Fran]

Gorgeous group.

[Janae Craig]

Everyone's beautiful, I think. Yeah. I didn't, if I'm being honest, don't hate me. I didn't finish their season. I was watching it, then I kind of got a little stressed and I'm like, it was stressing me out.

[Fran]

Oh, my God, stop this.

[Janae Craig]

But I don't. I don't really know how close they are. I just know that we're very, very close. But it seems like online, like, they post, like, together often. So I'm like, okay, that's good.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Janae Craig]

I think the most beautiful thing is, like, not only having, like, a relationship from the show. But, like, friendships that, like, last a lifetime, like, that's like, you can't pay for that. And it's just. It's the best thing ever.

[Rhea]

And you guys have just continued to have each other's back, which I think is really great, too, because sometimes you see it with, you know, reality TV show cast and things like that. At certain points, maybe someone says something a little shady, do this. Even with this newer season, it's like, some of the guys, really, we thought that they were all, like, so close, and then they had other things to say as the show ended, and it's like, little hits there. But with you guys, I feel like you always stayed pretty united and, like, just talked in such a positive way about each other. What was kind of like the biggest surprise to you, from obviously filming in Fiji to then having to film your life?

[Janae Craig]

Life. Oh, yeah. I feel like in Fiji, there's, like, no background noise, so there's no, like, phones. There's no, like, people's opinions. There's no social media, no nothing. Right. So, like, you really just have. All you have to do is put a bikini on and go out and play. Like, I'm not even. Like, the worst thing is, like, oh, my gosh, what lip liner am I using today?

[Rhea]

Right.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Janae Craig]

Right. Whereas in the real world, we have, like, everyone's opinion, and it kind of, like, alters your mindset when you think, like, oh, my gosh, everyone hates this. Like, do I hate it? It's like, no, you know, you don't hate it, but because everyone hates it makes you, like, feel some type of way, right? It's like, there's situations where I wish we could be in the villa for, like, the beyond the villa. We. I know it's called beyond the Villa, but yeah.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Janae Craig]

Imagine if, like, can we go back to the Village sometimes? I'm like, you could go back to the Village, be carefree. But yeah, the opinions of everyone having social media, having, like, the stress of just, like, everyday life, situations that really weighed in on us. But the good thing is, like, we're so strong. I feel like our mindsets are bond. Like, everything's. Like, we have ups and downs, but we always have each other. Like, everyone checks. I check on Cordell, Cordell checks on me. Liv and Kayla, we. I check on them. They check on, like, Serena, Leah. Leah checks on everyone. Like, everyone checks on everyone. It's like, it's really beautiful. Kendall, we all check on him. He checks on us. Like, it's like, yeah, it's good, right?

[Fran]

Kendall's gonna be on the Love island game, which is gonna be very exciting.

[Janae Craig]

He called me right before he walked in.

[Fran]

Oh, really? Yes.

[Janae Craig]

He's like, my phone leaves. Like, I get my phone take away tomorrow. Like, what do I do on my Kindle if there's, like, I give you permission to actually be messy?

[Fran]

You can be messy.

[Janae Craig]

And I was like, just be yourself. Like, his personality is so unique.

[Fran]

I think knows how to be messy. I think we've seen him.

[Janae Craig]

He's gonna do so good, though. I honestly. I know. I'm not trying to be biased. I honestly think he could win. I really think he can because he's really athletic. He's, like, not strategic, like, in a messy way, but, like, he's just like. Because he's athletic and has a good personality, I think he got in the bag.

[Rhea]

I feel like everybody. Like, he gets along with everybody, too. So it's a way when you do that you kind of. Everybody else opens up to you. Then you know everything about everybody.

[Fran]

Right. Like, do we think they're gonna send Nicole in as a bombshell, y'? All.

[Janae Craig]

Not to ruin this, but, like, I mean, I talked to Nicole because I was like, me, Leah, Serena, we have to. Nicole, we're like, be honest. And she's like, girl. She loves where she's at in life, and we love that for her. Like, she's so happy. I mean, maybe she fooled us and she's going, but I highly doubt.

[Fran]

I highly pulled one over on you guys.

[Janae Craig]

So happy. And she's just like, I live my best life. Like, she loves her job. She has such good friends around her. We check on her every once in a while. She checks on us like, Jesus. Yeah. I highly doubt she.

[Fran]

Yeah. You talk about everybody checking in on each other, and, you know, that whole situation, we're not going to harp on it. We're going to move. Going to move across from him because Jana is better than all that. But how did it feel to have that kind of support from everybody right away?

[Janae Craig]

Oh, my gosh. You have no idea. Like, so the second. Obviously, it happened, I ran to Serena's house, Serena's place, because I was just, like, shaking. I need to get out this. It was in a hotel room, and she was on the phone with, like, Leah Miguel Cordell. Instantly, they're just like, yeah, no, we go to war right now. Boom. And then, like, I. I cried to sleep in, like, Serena's arms, and I woke up to, like, Liv and Kayla and, like, Robin King. Like, no, we go to war. What's like, no questions asked. I explained, obviously, because, like, I don't want people think I'm a liar, and they're just, like, unacceptable. But, like, it was insane because, like, they checked me, like, every day. There was, like, days where I, like, I couldn't touch my phone. I was, like, rotting in my bed. Like, I was, like. I just couldn't move. And I wake up to, like, check my phone because, like, I have to, and I was like, miss calls. I'm, like, just checking on you. Like, we love you. You're fine. Don't check your social media. We got you. It was insane. Like, I really don't think I would be the person I am right now. Like, the strength I have without them. Like, oh, my gosh, I am so grateful. Oh, no.

[Rhea]

We felt the exact same way, by the way, because when. When we saw the unfollowings and we talked about it and we, you know, we put a clip out, too, as well, that we were like, look, we don't know the. The details of everything that went down, but we do know that they all are separating themselves, which means we're separating ourselves.

[Fran]

We ride for Janae. Oh, my God.

[Rhea]

We can't be caught following either.

[Fran]

Done. Done.

[Rhea]

Clearly, something bad happened, right?

[Fran]

Just want to validate what you're feeling right now. It's totally normal.

[Janae Craig]

There were so many people. I didn't even, like, you know, show the facts, but there is, like, no, you don't have to explain. I'm like, no. Like, I just want you guys to know, like, I'm not a liar. I'm not crazy. But, like, am I tripping? Because, look, and there's like, whoa. And I'm like, like, right? But, like, before they even saw, they're like, oh, no, Jana, we got you. I'm like, I'm so grateful for. I love you girls so much. You guys have no idea. Like, it means the. I don't think there's a word that can express how grateful I am for, like, my girlies. All of America. Like, everyone had my. I can't let any of you guys down.

[Rhea]

Hey.

[Janae Craig]

Everyone's like, jake, I'm like, Like, I.

[Fran]

Will not let us down.

[Rhea]

And I say, like, you totally, no.

[Fran]

Matter what, normal to be feeling emotional about the situation and thinking about.

[Janae Craig]

It's just gratitude.

[Fran]

The support. Yeah, of course.

[Janae Craig]

Like, when. When you think about the support.

[Fran]

Support that you have in the love, it makes sense to get emotional and bring you to tears over that and honestly, shitty situation. But we move forward.

[Janae Craig]

Yeah.

[Fran]

And I know that your Girl said this too. Like, you are highly blessed moving forward and stunning. And we don't need any of that, you know, and everybody is team Duna. And I'm so happy that you have that support in your life and not just. Just for the people so close to you, but you know that even on.

[Janae Craig]

The outside, airport can't give you a hug.

[Rhea]

I'm like, yeah, you're. You're ready to move on.

[Janae Craig]

I'm so ready. I've been close that chapter and I.

[Fran]

Think we can make that clear to everybody listening. Like, the chapter is closed and you're moving on.

[Janae Craig]

It's to the point. Like, I don't want anyone to even. Like, I know it sounds crazy. Like, don't even pay that person any mind. Like, he can go like, you know what I mean? Like, they're like taggings like he posted. I'm like, let's just ignore it. Like, there's no need to leave a nasty comment. Like. Like, it's not of the Lord for us to leave a nasty comment. We don't want to talk bad about anyone. We just want to move on like it never happened, which I know is going to be hard, but.

[Rhea]

Yeah, we just ignore it. Exactly.

[Fran]

But you will continue to thrive after all this and moving forward. And I want to hear about all the other opportunities you have been up to as well, because I love to see you, like, showing up in a music video. No, why am I showing out?

[Janae Craig]

Like, what is wrong with me?

[Fran]

No, there's nothing wrong with you. Like, you should be showing out like that. Oh, my God.

[Janae Craig]

Gosh, thank you. Yeah, no, I've just been every day there's like a new exciting project and I just keep on going. But, like, I'm so grateful for them all. I think I'm just most excited for my truly one, if I'm being honest. Like, just the fact that I get my own. Like, I had to choose the flavor. You know what I mean?

[Fran]

That is key.

[Janae Craig]

Like the branding, the boxing, the everything that I'm so hands on. It's so exciting.

[Fran]

I feel like the top you wore.

[Janae Craig]

Do you like tropical vibe?

[Fran]

Right? And the earrings. Earrings, you know, and then it's all matching.

[Janae Craig]

That's so funny. Yeah, you're so right.

[Fran]

Raspberry tea.

[Janae Craig]

Yes. I'm this, Like, I'm so excited. No, there. There's a lot of exciting ones. I'm just personally most excited for my truly one. I think I get to do like a meet and greet soon in LA with.

[Rhea]

Oh, just so excited.

[Fran]

Yeah, that was Going to be amazing.

[Rhea]

And I'm sure you've felt it, you know, like you said through social media and all those things. But getting to experience all that in real life too, it's a whole nother moment when you feel the, that that level is. It's. You feel it on social media, but.

[Janae Craig]

It'S like they asked and truly answered and I'm so excited. It's like, I think it's a two hour window. I don't. I know. I hope it goes over. Like, I don't mind staying for an extra four or five hours.

[Rhea]

Yeah. Show people like, oh my God, sure. Everyone is gonna, is gonna show up for you 100. I mean, like you said, you're saying you're saying yes to things, you're doing things. Is there something that you're really interested in doing that like you want to put out into the universe right now to be like, oh my God, this collab happened. Like, what are we dreaming up of?

[Fran]

You never know what can happen when you speak to these cameras.

[Janae Craig]

No, you're right.

[Fran]

That's how we ended up in Fiji.

[Rhea]

That's how we got to Fiji. Exactly.

[Janae Craig]

I hope you guys go back to Fiji for.

[Fran]

Yeah, I don't think that's all right.

[Rhea]

I said, you know, we tried but it's.

[Fran]

Yeah, I don't think that's happen.

[Janae Craig]

You never know.

[Fran]

There's always all over the place.

[Janae Craig]

There's always never know.

[Rhea]

You never know.

[Fran]

We're happy it was with you guys. Right?

[Rhea]

True.

[Janae Craig]

What am I manifesting? I know it sounds crazy, but like I've always thought of having my own beauty brand. Yes. I want to throw that out there.

[Fran]

So I think people would run to buy that. Right.

[Janae Craig]

But it's going to take such a long process. Like I like quality.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Janae Craig]

Over quantity any day. And like I have like very sensitive skin. So like I would have to like make sure like if my skin can do it, then like most. But also I think I have to do like. I know it sounds crazy. I kind of want to do like a movie, like a small little script, like you know, the cash register or like just like the Uber driver and this like nothing too crazy just to check it out.

[Fran]

Just want to get starring role.

[Janae Craig]

Get starring role. I love it.

[Rhea]

Look, it could be a TV show perhaps. Yeah.

[Janae Craig]

Even tv.

[Rhea]

Yeah, perhaps Cordell. You know, Cordell's out there in the acting world.

[Janae Craig]

Hit up the homie and be like, hey, I have to do that. Literally.

[Rhea]

Yeah, exactly. No, I think that would be actually amazing. And so it'd Be fun.

[Janae Craig]

Check out my bucket list. Yeah. Yes.

[Rhea]

Yes. You were also back in Hawaii after, you know, a long summer and spent some time there.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Rhea]

What's it like being back there now for you?

[Janae Craig]

Oh, my gosh, I love going home. It sucks because the last time I was home was, like, right before the villas, like, April 2024, which is, like, actually kind of, like, really sad. It's like a year and some change. But I was so busy.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Janae Craig]

So everyone's like. I was like, you can come home now. I'm like, I promise you, I'm trying. But you grew up there your whole 14 years. Okay, so I did five years in Japan before that, so I was, like, partially raised in Japan. A military brat.

[Rhea]

Yep.

[Janae Craig]

Yeah. But I go home for, like, Thanksgivings and Christmas, but I missed the last one. We went to Chicago because that's where, like, my mom's side of the family's from. But it felt really good. I think the difference between, like, my supporters back home and, like, and the. We call it the mainland, like, them. Everyone here likes to stop and, like, take pictures and, like, let me know that they love me, which I love. I. I'm so grateful. Back home, people just be like, we love you, Janae, and just keep it pushing, like, hug and just keep it, like, no one really asks for much. I'd be like, looking like a messy hair bun coming from the beach. They know, like, girl, you look messy. I'm gonna just say, I love you.

[Fran]

I'm like, thanks.

[Janae Craig]

You know what I mean? So it's like a different vibe, but it was good. It's just like free therapy. Sleeping on the beach, being in a bikini. That's all we do, me and my friends.

[Rhea]

What's it like growing up there?

[Janae Craig]

How much I'm so blessed. I think I took it for granted because growing up in Hawaii, you can, like. I know it sounds crazy, like, you keep all your windows and doors open, like, free breeze and stuff. So, like, you can, like, like, sleep with, like, your front door unlock. And it's no big deal, but when I moved to San Diego, I was like, what a dumb idea for think to leave that door unlock. Like, it was insane. But it's very, very carefree. Hawaiian culture, you treat everyone like your families. Like you call. Like, if I were to talk to your parents, I call them auntie and uncle instead of Mr. And Mrs. So it's very, very family oriented. And then, like, I was prom queen in high school. I have to stop mentioning that.

[Fran]

No, don't ever stop. I love Bringing up high school.

[Janae Craig]

You didn't cringe? No, actually getting really cringe. But I say that because, like I was so loved. Like I got along with everyone. So like ROTC and like band and then like, like comic hat is like this like the morning news. I was like, morning news because like that once you had your hand in.

[Rhea]

Everything, you're the person always club.

[Fran]

And what's not to love about you?

[Janae Craig]

Yeah. I was in yearbook and I made sure I wasn't like in as many photos as I can just because, like, why not? No, like I was literally doing everybody.

[Fran]

Wanted your yearbooks every time. Yeah.

[Rhea]

Also that's like that, like. Well, you were the girl that was like, I need to join your book so that I can make sure my pictures on every page.

[Janae Craig]

Funny. I went to my elementary and like my childhood best friend teaches that are elementary now. And one of our other classmates from elementary is a classmate's little sister is also a teacher. And she came up to me, she was like, I know this is really weird, but I love you. You went to school. My brother and I made this collage of like all of your yearbook photos from third grade to like seventh grade. I'm like, no, you didn't. And I don't look the same at all. We have an extreme. So she made this TikTok, but she didn't post it. And it's just like my third grade pict picture, my fourth grade picture. I'm like, delete that.

[Fran]

Oh my God.

[Janae Craig]

She sent it to me.

[Fran]

She's like, I have it all. Yeah, you were like the. The girl in school who was like super popular and was good at everything, but also really nice to everybody.

[Janae Craig]

You know what I mean?

[Fran]

It's not like you could hate on you.

[Janae Craig]

No, you were so nice thing. Like, I know like in the mainland, people be people, they'd be throwing hands at high schools. It's like, oh my gosh, where's the love? And it's not a thing. Well, I mean, there's some fights, but like.

[Rhea]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Janae Craig]

It's very rare. But no. Yeah, I wasn't doing anything and everything just because, like, why not?

[Fran]

What was it like being in Japan?

[Janae Craig]

Okay, so I was in elementary and we lived off base when we first lived there. But like, my Japanese is bad. My dad's. Everyone's Japanese. And my family's like, really? It's not even. It's not even a thing. We know like 10, 15 words max.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Janae Craig]

So it feels really hard living off base. So we moved on the military base. Oops, sorry.

[Rhea]

There. You're good.

[Janae Craig]

So we moved on the military base. I know it sounds really crazy, but like living on a military base in a foreign country, you're with a bunch of Americans.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Janae Craig]

So it just kind of feels like you're just like in any other state. But I would spend my summers in like Thailand, Philippines, Singapore, Korea. So like my summer is like my spring breaks were like fire because like we're just like these little chocolate people and like these Asian cultured. So people would run up to us and like touch our hair and like touch our skin. And my mom's like, it's okay. Like they're just so curious because like they probably never seen like much many like you know, diverse people. But it was fun. I was always just like, I think I've always stood out about like I was the only black girl and like maybe all of my classes until I think like my junior year, sophomore year of high school. So like I'm just. That's why I'm like not shy. I'm never shy. I was like, I was always just me. I'm like, I gotta pop up because I can't be like intimidated.

[Rhea]

Exactly.

[Janae Craig]

Gosh, no. That's not an option.

[Fran]

Well, I think that's one of the things that people love and admire about you as well, is your confidence.

[Janae Craig]

I'm gonna stop. Thank you.

[Rhea]

I love that that is true. I like it. It really is. Like, I know, I think even from watching you on TV and seeing all those moments and even just from social, it's like even, even when things are tougher, like you really are a light. And I loved watching you as well with the girls on the show because even like Liv and Kayla, you know that they love each other, but they were having their drama on the show.

[Janae Craig]

Yeah, they're like literally sisters.

[Rhea]

And you know, girls go through all that stuff and they are like sisters and sometimes sisters fight and that happens. But I loved like you were so determined to be like I'm make sure these two make up.

[Janae Craig]

I literally. I hate conflict. I hate, hate conflict. And I, I don't know why, but I have like a lot of like older friends. Like, like I'm talking about elderly. I know a lot of elderly people don't ask why, but like the 60.

[Fran]

Year old to ask why. But I won't. I guess I'll tell you why.

[Janae Craig]

I used to work in a, a nightclub in Vegas. And you'd be surprised how many people like come into the club like as a waitress.

[Fran]

Not the answer I was expecting.

[Janae Craig]

Yeah, no, it's a gentleman's club, actually. World's largest Sapphire and I used to be a waitress there. And we get people from all ages and, like, as a waitress, you have to, like, kind of build, like, rapport and, like, talk to your guys. So, like, I just, like, started become friends with all the old elderly people. There'll be a lot of elderly people that aren't even, like, on that. Weird. They just want to just sit there and, like, vibe. We have really good chicken wings. So I'm like, fair enough.

[Fran]

You know what I mean?

[Janae Craig]

Right?

[Rhea]

That's the class. Why is this guy here? Every single, you know, just a really.

[Janae Craig]

Truly in some chicken wings. Like, what? But they used. I was so weird. I used to ask for advice because, like, I just love getting advice from older people. Like, they know better than us. And they'd always been like, life is never, ever that deep. Like, you know, I mean, because I had a fight one day with a friend. It's like, it's not that deep, I promise you. Like, friendship is more important than anything. And life is so short. Like, get your ass out this club and go. Go live your best life. I'm like, I'm working on it. But, yeah, so I have that mindset of like. Like, when I fight, I'm like, you guys, we shouldn't really fight. Like, you could die tomorrow. I know it sounds crazy, but people really be buying, like, dying tomorrow.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Janae Craig]

Which sounds extremely, you know, like, you never really know. Right. And then I always want just like, you know, those friends. I'd be like, I've been friends for, like, for 50 years. Like, you know, those cute little girl groups. I'll be like, in the park feeding the birds. They've been friends since, like, 19. Like, I want that so bad with all my friends. Like, so bad.

[Fran]

I'm still with you. I live with that mentality as well. Like, I'm.

[Janae Craig]

I hope you guys, like, you guys want to watch these videos when you're 90 and just be like, wow, we're.

[Fran]

Probably still going to be doing the podcast.

[Rhea]

Yeah, no, we definitely will.

[Fran]

Like, they're going to be like, these. You are still talking. Shut the up.

[Rhea]

Seriously.

[Fran]

How much more can they be on, like, Love Island Season 74? It's going to be insane.

[Rhea]

Like, kids these days.

[Fran]

Wow. Yeah. No, but I'm with you. I live with that mentality as well. You never know what can happen. And to appreciate the people in your life, the friendships, you. You know, it's. It's never a bad time to tell People how you feel about them as well. I totally agree with. That's a. So seeing the three of you guys and, like, we. We just love it. We are, you know, we're all, like, greedy, though. I. I know that. We all are because we're like, we want to see more of them all the time. I know, and I know that. How do you feel about that? You know, people call it sort of like a parasocial relationship where, you know, if you guys aren't together for one, you know, month. Right. Like, you guys haven't pushed together.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Oh, my God. They're fighting and this person's fighting. And meanwhile, you guys are like, hey, guys, we're booked.

[Janae Craig]

It's actually because, you know, we're booked and busy. But, like, like, the last time I hung out with Liv, I didn't post. Post the last, like, three times. I think maybe once. I hang out with Liv often. We're on FaceTime all the time. Last time it was Kayla. I didn't post Me, Lee and Serena. I feel so bad. We, like, starve you guys.

[Fran]

It would be weird almost if you posted every time you talk to them or hung out.

[Rhea]

Yeah, that's not.

[Janae Craig]

And we love our privacy now. So, like, we go to dinner and, like, we don't post, but, like, someone will catch us obviously eating. Like, oh, someone will post that. Like, you're welcome, you know?

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Janae Craig]

But, like, I don't know what it is. We probably should post more. But we also are, like, really busy, so, like, half the time we're on FaceTime. The other time, when we're in person, we just want to, like, throw our phones out the window. So, like, we have, like, like, no phone rules. Like, let's just sit and chill. No phone. Like, period. Like, put it on DND and stuff. We probably should post more. Alex.

[Rhea]

It's so important to have the balance. I think there's.

[Janae Craig]

Sorry, guys. We just really.

[Rhea]

No, it's the level of I. Not to take away any legitimacy of other people's friendships. But I do think even, like, I.

[Janae Craig]

Think it's more genuine. Like, you only feel like your best friend. You have no photos with.

[Rhea]

Yes.

[Janae Craig]

You know, they say that because, like, that's it.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Janae Craig]

It would be weird if you posted every time. I just feel like it's, like, for show.

[Rhea]

Like, that's times when even, like, we'll do TikTok sometimes, and people are like, oh, my God, you guys should be doing more tiktoks together. We're like, TikTok's the last thing we think.

[Janae Craig]

Yeah.

[Rhea]

Of doing like what you're together.

[Fran]

It should be the first thing.

[Rhea]

Yeah. We're getting ready to go out or something. We're like, should we fucking make a TikTok? Like, I don't know. Maybe it's just like, it's. It is just. It is just part of it. When you are talking and connecting and catching up with people are that. That you haven't seen. I mean, I loved, I loved watching the four of them on the show as well. And Liam, Miguel, the like the best. I just, there's something about. I don't know if it's like the animal thing, but like when seeing like Miguel connect with the animals, I was.

[Janae Craig]

Like, oh my God, isn't it so cute? I love a good durable with them. I like, I just sit there and be like, hey guys. Yeah, don't mind me. I'm just admiring guys. He's such a good guy guy. And he loves Lily so much and she like, their love is so beautiful. I can't wait to tell my kids. I'm like, that's what could have been. But it's okay. My future husband should be great.

[Fran]

But exactly.

[Janae Craig]

They're like, they're so good.

[Rhea]

Well, it'll be your future kids. So you'll be like, if I follow.

[Fran]

Their path, you're not here.

[Rhea]

Yeah. Which is so. Which is so true. No, it was just. It was, it was great seeing their, their connections.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Rhea]

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[Fran]

What did you think about Aaron coming back? I think that we were all a little bit surprised watching Aaron because, you know, the year before that we were like, this guy's got to get it together. And then he comes back being like, I'm the one who has it together. Like.

[Rhea]

What an interesting thing.

[Fran]

It was quite as much up.

[Janae Craig]

I kind of hate when, like when you talk to someone in person and like, they have like the nicest things to say and it's genuine love. And then you watch, like, their. Like, you know how we have, like, our interviews? You watch the interviews. I'm like, that's weird because that wasn't the energy when I just saw you, which is like, it's okay. Is that how you feel? That's how you feel? He's obviously been through a lot. I like to give people the benefit of the doubt, even when I shouldn't. But, like, he's been through so much. I'm like, you know what, Aaron? You get a pass. Like, you don't even get a pass past. But, like, there's only so much energy I can put into certain things for the most part. Like, I enjoy. When we were filming together, I enjoyed my moments with him. You know what I mean? Like, it was good. He obviously had other ways to feel about it after, which is like, whatever, that's you as a person. But, like, it was never, ever, like. Like, shitty, I guess, and stuff. I still wish him nothing but the best. I just think that he's a perfect example of, like, prioritizing mental health.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Janae Craig]

You know, I think he thinks that we all need to, like, you know, prioritize our mental health and, like. Like, we are the switcher uppers.

[Rhea]

I'm like, buddy, yeah, it's tough for someone that I think, like, it's when you are where you are because of reality tv, but it comes back around to you that you're like, ooh, reality TV is not great for me. So then you kind of talk shit about reality tv, but you're here because of reality tv, but then you're on.

[Fran]

Reality TV right now.

[Janae Craig]

It was just really ironic.

[Rhea]

TV is just not for you.

[Janae Craig]

I had to remind people I have to be here. Like, there's so many people. Like, I'm like, you could go like, right, right.

[Fran]

No one. Rob didn't do it.

[Rhea]

Yeah, yeah.

[Janae Craig]

Rob is such a real one for that man. I beg Rob. I was begging him hard. I was like, bro, come on. But he had such a realistic like. Like, I get what he was saying. He was like, I don't live in la, so it wouldn't be a reality. And he's so right, because we also. Like, I don't live in LA either. It just sucks. They pitched us the idea that it was a docu series, so I was under the impression that they'd follow me around as I do stuff. And boy, oh, boy, was that not the case.

[Rhea]

Yeah, right. Because then it's like, oh, let's have everybody in la. So it's really not their real life. Because it's not where a lot of you guys. Not your day to day.

[Janae Craig]

The only reason why I was saying yes was I have a. Like, I. I live in Vegas. I'm never home. Like, for example, like, what if this was during. I was like, so you guys are going to come with me to New York, right? And you would think it would be a yes, and you'd be under the impression and, oh, life would just happen. So we. We tried. Tried our best to show you guys as much as we could, but unfortunately, I personally think there's so many scenes that were filmed that didn't show, like, it really sucked. My favorite scenes, filming that whole season. Not one. Like, we had like, a game night with ppg, ppgm, and you guys never saw it. And that was like my favorite night. It was at my apartment and we had like. What's that? Jenga?

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Janae Craig]

Wait, did you guys see that? No.

[Rhea]

Right?

[Janae Craig]

I mean, I just saw. No, it was like. Yeah. Okay, so we had pizza and, like, tacos. Yes. And we're playing Jenga. Couples edition.

[Rhea]

Oh, maybe. Maybe. No, but were you outside?

[Janae Craig]

No, we're inside my apartment.

[Rhea]

Yes, I remember. I remember you guys, like, outside all talking together.

[Janae Craig]

Oh, gosh. No, no.

[Rhea]

But no, no, There was like, one.

[Janae Craig]

Like, me and Liv and like, my best friend. We went to lunch. That didn't show. They. They showed very minimal of, like, me and Kayla. It was just like, when I'm watching this, I'm just like, interesting.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Rhea]

Right, right, right. It's, like, very clear what they were trying to focus on.

[Fran]

Right?

[Janae Craig]

Yeah. Yeah, I get it, though. Like, this is what I mean, you know? I mean. But people, like, that's what you sign up for. I'm like, that's actually not.

[Fran]

Yeah, right. Exactly what was sold to me. Exactly. Would you do it again? Never mind.

[Rhea]

What about. What about other reality?

[Janae Craig]

No, no, I would do it again. If I. If I'm being honest, I'll do it again. If we could be part of, like, the creative. Like, not even editing, just, like, creative.

[Rhea]

Like, I'll do it.

[Fran]

I'm.

[Rhea]

I need to be an executive producer.

[Janae Craig]

If I could pick the producers and pick the cast, then I would do it again. But I can't pick the producers and I can't pick the cast. So obviously you gotta create your own show at this point.

[Rhea]

Is there any other reality TV or, like, would you. Would you go back?

[Janae Craig]

I feel so bad. Everyone's like, you gotta do the Bachelorette. I cannot do the Bachelor. You guys. I wouldn't do it. I know it sounds crazy. Only because the next time I date, no one's gonna know until the ring is on my finger. Like, I'm going to be so private. Public dating is not as fun as it looks. It's a lot of pressure, you know, and so do I see myself doing other shows. I say yes to everything. But, like, I would have to really consider that. I don't really know. I don't think there's one, like, thinking.

[Fran]

About Dancing with the Stars.

[Janae Craig]

I'm a good dancer, so. But more like the ghettos. I like twerking. It's like, who knows? But now I would do Dancing with the Stars. That's like, maybe the only one I would do if I were to do it again. But like, dating? Gosh, no. Any, like. Like they said, love island games. I said, don't you guys dare.

[Fran]

Don't you dare ask me that.

[Janae Craig]

How disrespectful. I was offended. No, but what else? I don't know. Maybe like now it's like. Maybe short films and like. And yeah, I mean, just check things.

[Fran]

You're trying to get in the movies.

[Janae Craig]

We gotta move on to anything.

[Fran]

So you're saying next time you date somebody. Yeah, off the grid.

[Janae Craig]

It's not gonna be on that.

[Rhea]

I was gonna. I was gonna ask you, like, yeah, I dabbled in the dating game.

[Janae Craig]

But you know, I saw like. I think I have like, how sessions of therapy before my therapist says okay right now. It'd be such a disservice to myself in the person.

[Fran]

You know what I mean?

[Janae Craig]

Like, no, I'm really just chilling right now. But yeah, focus on you.

[Fran]

Focus on those goals. The truly.

[Janae Craig]

Right. I gotta heal a little bit more. But so far so good. But yeah, I'm just focusing on like the. Just like working. I'm working hard and I love it. I love it. I think my future has my. No, sounds really weird, but I pretty sure God told me that my future has been in. And I will bump into each other at the lounge at the airport. I swear. I don't know. I have to do.

[Fran]

You never know.

[Janae Craig]

But not anytime soon. Like, I need like a good couple more months.

[Rhea]

Like a couple more months.

[Fran]

Not even years. Couple more months.

[Janae Craig]

I'm 28, so I'm like, I gotta get back out there.

[Rhea]

But like accidentally take somebody else's suitcase, you know?

[Janae Craig]

You know what I mean?

[Rhea]

Oh, my God. I'm so.

[Fran]

You're gonna have guys lining up for you in the airport, being like, see, look.

[Rhea]

Oh, my gosh.

[Janae Craig]

Well, that is so funny.

[Rhea]

That is so funny. But truly, I mean. Oh, truly.

[Fran]

Oh, wow. Look at that pro right there.

[Rhea]

I know. Seriously. Well, we are truly so happy that you came. So excited to see us today. And the raspberry iced tea.

[Janae Craig]

Oh, my gosh. It comes out tomorrow. Yes.

[Fran]

September 17th, which is now.

[Rhea]

So really, if you're. If you're listening to this now, it's out. Like, oh, my gosh, it's out.

[Janae Craig]

And you can Purchase [e-mail] Yes. Yes. Limit time. Limited edition. Don't walk. Run. If you want to know what I taste like, this is. That was.

[Fran]

But if you want to know, I taste. We're sold raspberry in the most professional way possible.

[Janae Craig]

This is what I taste like.

[Fran]

Yeah. No, that. That'll get people buying. They want to know. That's perfect. And then they're going to run to the airport to have a chance at you. Janae, thank you so much. We love you so much. We are so proud of you for everything that you are accomplishing. We are following your journey. We are always Team Jana.

[Rhea]

Always.

[Fran]

Thank you for the support.

[Janae Craig]

It means more to me than you guys will ever know. Honestly, you guys will never understand how grief I am for you, too. Thank you.

[Fran]

Thank you for supporting you always. So thank you so much, Janae.

[Janae Craig]

Thank you.

[Fran]

And everybody go try the truly and taste. Yeah.

[Rhea]

Thank you, Janae.

[Janae Craig]

Thank you. Can I give you girls hugs?

[Rhea]

Of course.

[Janae Craig]

Make me feel so comfortable, and it.

[Rhea]

Means I'm so glad.

[Fran]

All right, that wraps up today's episode of Chicks in the Office. Thank you so much for watching and listening. The best show on earth. Make sure you get those tour tickets. We love you guys. And we'll talk to you on Friday.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

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[Fran]

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[Fran]

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[Fran]

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