Love Island USA Is Makeout Central! + Camila Mendes Interview

Summary

Chicks in the Office – "Love Island USA Is Makeout Central! + Camila Mendes Interview"

Podcast by Barstool Sports | Hosts: Ria and Fran
Date: June 5, 2026

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Episode Overview

Ria and Fran bring their signature blend of pop culture banter, New York sports energy, and candid humor in this episode of Chicks in the Office. The main topics include a recap of the Love Island USA premiere (notably, all the makeouts), a robust pop culture trivia segment, and -- the highlight -- an in-depth, candid, and lively interview with actor Camila Mendes, who joins to talk about her blockbuster Masters of the Universe, fitness journey, mental health, friendship, and more.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Banter, Bags & New York Sports Vibes (00:47–05:15)

• The show opens with classic banter -- notably about Fran's oral hygiene obsession ("I usually have a toothbrush in my bag...," Fran, 01:15), the chaos of switching handbags for work and fun, and chicken salad mishaps.
• The co-hosts (with Noah) gush about the high spirits surrounding the New York Knicks' NBA playoff run, emphasizing the collective citywide joy ("Vibes really are high right now in New York," Ria, 04:09).
• They dissect the nuances between different New York sports fandoms and joke about rivalries, eventually spiraling into a debate on which city has the most "obnoxious" fans (NY, Boston, or Philly).
  • Quote: "Every New Yorker is a Knicks fan. Which is why it's cool. The whole city is like, like the Yankees, Giants, Jets...all rooting for the Knicks." – Noah (03:52)

2. Sports Gossip: A.J. Brown’s NFL Drama (05:16–12:41)

• The group pivots to NFL gossip, recapping the controversy around A.J. Brown (newly traded to the Patriots), his closet Patriots fandom (Patriots rug in his house!).
• Ria summarizes soap-opera-level rumors swirling online: alleged locker room feuds, massage therapist love triangles, and the domino effect that might have led to players being traded and relationships ending.
• They compare this to podcast rivalries (jokingly), and laugh about the idea of discovering a "Call Her Daddy" shrine in Ria's apartment.
  • Quote: "The Twitter sphere has made some crazy...conclusions about some major drama between Jalen and AJ Brown." – Ria (09:38)

3. Pop Culture Jeopardy & Reality TV (12:42–22:12)

• Fran evangelizes the new Pop Culture Jeopardy (and bemoans her co-hosts’ lack of commitment to watching it), critiques the way trivia personalities (like “McShane”) come off as arrogant, and praises Colin Jost's hosting ("What an amazing season...I'm really hoping that you come back again," Fran, 14:22).
• Light detour: bathroom mishaps, relatable married life overshares, and supportive spouses doing the unsavory work (“You gotta take a look,” Ria, 20:10).
• Fran campaigns for more viewers so Pop Culture Jeopardy gets renewed.

4. Knicks Fever & Manhattan Madness (22:12–30:30)

• Knicks talk returns: playoff rituals (Ria’s friend eating chicken cutlets for good luck), parade speculations, stories of celebrity encounters on the street (Timothée Chalamet gets a “Go Knicks!” fist bump!), and Knicks fans running into each other in the wild.
  • Quote: "It's put a smile on my face walking down the street, seeing everybody so excited and having fun with it." – Ria (24:15)
• The hosts reflect on NYC’s street-level energy during sports runs, traffic and transit woes anticipated for the NBA finals and the upcoming World Cup, and plug a local event at the Truly Believe Bar.
• Neighborhood pride and local chaos is a recurring theme: “They are doing construction on every single road in New York and New Jersey.” – Fran (29:04)

5. Love Island USA: Makeout Mania (33:08–44:52)

• Ria and Fran deliver a thorough play-by-play on the Love Island USA premiere and Episode 2:
  • They are shocked by the relentless kissing ("It is non-stop kissing. They're not talking. No one's...getting to know each other," Ria, 34:04).
  • Describe game mechanics focused entirely on kissing (“It’s not just a peck. It’s hardcore make out...you’re seeing their tonsils," Ria, 36:10).
  • Share their discomfort and confusion over a bed-sharing scenario—one girl sandwiched between two guys, with awkward "my turn" moments.
  • Note the show's evolution into near-parody levels of physicality over substance.
  • Discuss cast personality standouts, influencer vs. "normal job" drama, and casting choices like bringing on a sibling of a past contestant.
  • Memorable Moment:
    • "It was just smooch. And it's not just a peck. It's like hardcore make out. You're seeing their tonsils, their tongue, everything inside of their mouth." – Ria (36:10)
    • "When they all started swapping with each other, I was like, what the fuck is happening?" – Fran (40:32)

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Camila Mendes Interview (45:56–85:10)

Introduction & Style (45:56–48:10)

• Fran and Ria gush about being longtime fans since the early Riverdale days.
• Camila reflects on the wild ride of Riverdale and admits she “dropped off” as plots escalated.
• Conversation shifts to Camila’s red carpet looks, her stylist, and how she found her personal style.
  • Quote: “Molly just gets me. I can trust that when I walk into a fitting, the rack of clothes...is all stuff that I like.” – Camila Mendes (47:32)

Masters of the Universe & Auditioning (48:47–53:04)

• Camila discusses her role as Teela in Masters of the Universe:
  • She felt the new role was a stretch from her usual—finally playing a scrappy, warrior leader.
  • Despite her career success, she explains she had to go through multiple rounds of auditions for Teela, which reignited her “competitive” drive.
  • She reveals she hadn't wanted a role that badly since landing Riverdale.
  • Quote: "It felt like something that could...change my life...a new challenge that one can only dream of." – Camila Mendes (51:06)

Physical Training & Strength (53:04–56:36)

• Describes "Masters Bootcamp" in London: months of weight training, sword fighting, stunt work, and rifle staff lessons.
• Camila’s fitness transformation: bulked up for the role (pushing past body image issues), long stretches of meal prepping/microwaved food, and learning the difference between looking strong and being strong.
  • Quote: “Looking strong and being strong...are two very different things." – Camila Mendes (55:35)

Friendship & Mental Health (60:28–74:05)

• Camila muses on how Riverdale set-friendships have lasted post-show, even as life gets busier: “If you need me, I am there,” she says on supporting friends (63:40).
• She opens up about her post-Riverdale burnout, constant busyness, and going to a mental health facility to recalibrate her priorities:
  • Quote: “I was just on the sort of hamster wheel of life...I was so sensitive to everything...in fight or flight mode constantly.” – Camila Mendes (68:59)
  • Emphasizes the practical value of daily meditation and reminders that “nothing’s that serious”: “Everything is optional.” – Camila Mendes (73:04)

Production Company & Creative Ambitions (74:05–80:47)

• Camila discusses co-founding a production company with her best friend Rachel Matthews:
  • They aim to find “fresh takes” instead of genre just for genre’s sake; projects range from coming-of-age to scammer stories.
• The friendship “meet cute”: they met at NYU orientation, drifted apart due to different personalities, reconnected through mutual friends, and now blend creative and business strengths.
  • Quote: "Best businesses are the ones where...here are my strengths and here are my weaknesses. And you fill in my weaknesses and I fill in your strengths.” – Camila Mendes (78:25)

Bridal Era & Personal Life (80:49–85:10)

• Camila chats about her slow, chill approach to wedding planning with her fiancé: “We just want it to be like a big party... a big celebration."
• The interview wraps on relatability, 1994 pride, Miami/Brazilian/Italian family roots, and local New Jersey connections.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Love Island USA:
  “They're swapping with each other...what the fuck is happening?” – Fran (40:32)
• On New York Energy:
  “It’s put a smile on my face walking down the street, seeing everybody so excited and having fun with it.” – Ria (24:15)
• On Mental Health:
  “Once you’re very clear...it’s easier to say no...because you have a very specific intention with your time.” – Camila Mendes (71:29)
• On Fitness:
  "Looking strong and being strong are two very different things." – Camila Mendes (55:35)
• On Friendship:
  “If you need me, I am there.” – Camila Mendes (63:40)

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Timestamps of Key Segments

| Segment | Start Time | End Time | |------------------------------------------------------------|------------|------------| | NYC banter, Knicks, fandoms | 00:47 | 05:15 | | NFL/A.J. Brown drama | 05:16 | 12:41 | | Pop Culture Jeopardy/Routine Banter | 12:42 | 22:12 | | Knicks playoff energy, parade talk, city chaos | 22:12 | 30:30 | | Love Island USA Recap – “Makeout Central” | 33:08 | 44:52 | | Camila Mendes Interview | 45:56 | 85:10 | | — Riverdale Years & Style | 45:56 | 48:10 | | — Masters of the Universe, Auditions & Training | 48:47 | 56:36 | | — Friendship, Mental Health, Production Company | 60:28 | 80:47 | | — Bridal Era, Family Roots | 80:49 | 85:10 | | Pop Culture Trivia segment | 86:55 | 105:07 |

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Language & Tone

The tone is lively, punchy, and irreverent — peppered with inside jokes, relatability, and the hosts’ signature New York edge. Camila Mendes matches their energy: candid, self-aware, funny, and thoughtful.

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Takeaways for Non-Listeners

• Chicks in the Office continues to blend authentic humor, up-to-the-moment pop culture recaps, and charmingly candid celebrity interviews.
• This episode offers both belly laughs (Love Island recaps, “icing” mishaps, citywide Knicks energy) and substantial, honest reflections (Camila Mendes on her mental health journey and the realities of fame).
• For pop culture news, relatable friendship talk, and insights into the new Masters of the Universe film, this episode is a must-listen.

Transcript

[Ria]

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[Ria]

What's up, everyone?

[Fran]

It's chicks in the office with Ria and Fran giving you that Friday energy on a Friday. Happy Friday, everybody. I got chicken salad falling out of my mouth like I'm Bethany Franklin.

[Ria]

Oh, my God, I can smell it from here.

[Camila Mendes]

Yeah, I just had chicken salad.

[Fran]

I feel like it's in my teeth. I feel like it's in my lips.

[Ria]

I really can't.

[Fran]

I feel like it's. It. You know, like when.

[Ria]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Fran]

You know when Bethenny Frankel eats on the camera like that. Yeah, that's what it feels like right now with me.

[Ria]

I don't. Chicken salad doesn't leave that flavor in my mouth. Only tuna salad. No, it's just about like.

[Fran]

I usually have a toothbrush in my bag that, like, at work if we're gonna record after eating lunch. Yeah. I like to give it a little brush.

[Noah]

Brush.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

I don't have it in my bag today. And so now going from chicken salad,

[Ria]

what's going on with what's in your bag? You taking stuff out of it. I asked you for floss. It's gone. You're a real oral. Fun fact. She's a real oral hygiene person.

[Fran]

I am. I usually get floss toothbrushes.

[Ria]

The times when, like, no one would think to brush their teeth, she's like, I gotta brush my teeth.

[Fran]

I have portable ones that are so great. Click little and throw out. What happened is I've been switching my bag around a lot. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So things go out. They go in. They don't.

[Camila Mendes]

They don't warn you about that.

[Fran]

When you're a young girl getting older, you gotta switch your bag around for different occasions and how you gotta put

[Ria]

price to pay to have so many nice bags.

[Camila Mendes]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Well, it's not that. It's just like I used to.

[Camila Mendes]

Not really.

[Fran]

I used to just use, up until very recently, just one bag.

[Ria]

You would come into work with your

[Fran]

going out bag, and that's the only bag. I actually used the same bag for three years straight every single day to work and to go out in three years straight. I used the same exact bag. Recently. I said I should probably get.

[Ria]

I'm getting myself a work.

[Camila Mendes]

A workout.

[Fran]

I said I'm gonna get myself a work bag.

[Ria]

And now I gotta take the stuff out of the work bag and put

[Fran]

it into the going out bag and everything's going back and forth. So that's where I'm at. I got chicken salad mouth and. And, you know, the whole thing and whatever. What's up with you guys?

[Ria]

Nothing really. Just I'm feeling in the. Feeling in a. In a good New York mood because of the Knicks.

[Fran]

Go New York. Go New York. Go. How do you feel?

[Ria]

So exciting.

[Noah]

I don't. I don't hate the Knicks. It is. It is fun to see. It's fun to be in a.

[Ria]

The vibes are high.

[Noah]

That's like having this happen.

[Ria]

Everyone's got a smile on our face outside.

[Noah]

They're not a hateable team, which is the thing. So it's like I'm not like, oh, like I need Jaylen. Like, he's. They all seem nice.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Noah]

It's more about the fans than anything. But I mean, good game. I'm excited. It seems like it'll be a good series.

[Ria]

Dare I say, though. And like, I know Knicks fans. Like, I don't find Knicks fans to be that obnoxious.

[Fran]

Neither do I actually, at all.

[Noah]

Every New York person, though. So it's like there are. Think about all the obnoxious Yankees fans or who. Whatever fans you want to talk about.

[Fran]

Excuse me.

[Noah]

They're all part of that. Like, they're all Knicks fans.

[Ria]

No, but you. I don't actually. Don't think you can lump the fandoms together.

[Noah]

No, but they're the same people.

[Ria]

I'm saying they're not all the same people. Some Knicks fans are Mets fans.

[Fran]

Excuse me. This is offensive.

[Ria]

Yeah, it is. He doesn't get it.

[Noah]

Wait, wait. You know what I did want to ask about?

[Ria]

My husband is a Mets and Knicks fan.

[Noah]

No, that's what I'm saying though, is that like, I think the Nets do play, but no one cares about the Nets. So it's like every New Yorker is a Knicks fan. Which is why it's cool, because the whole City is like, like the Yankees, Giants, Jets, Mets, like they're all like rooting for the Knicks.

[Ria]

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[Fran]

You said you'd want.

[Noah]

Oh, just on the topic of sports as well. Your thoughts about the A.J. brown stuff.

[Ria]

Oh, I'm kidding.

[Fran]

I'm kidding.

[Noah]

No, no, but real. What do you think about this? Do you know who A.J. brown is?

[Fran]

I did see rumblings about this. I actually saw your brother, Fran. Your brother story that he called into

[Ria]

a Philly sports he did radio show

[Fran]

and hung up on him.

[Ria]

He did call into WIP and apparently

[Fran]

he talked for too long and they cut him off.

[Ria]

Yeah, Hugh Douglas told him to land the plane. It was like, I guess he finally got on. It was like towards the end of the hour. So he didn't have that much time left also. And apparently he just started to ramble.

[Noah]

He's driving from Florida to Martha's Vineyard.

[Ria]

Yeah, a lot of time. You know, he said he was on. No, he said he was on hold for an hour and a half.

[Fran]

He was like, I better be working.

[Ria]

He's like, I got nothing but time.

[Noah]

No. Okay, but. Well, AJ Brown star, like, he had a lot of problems.

[Fran]

Okay, I'll give you what I know. Have you know.

[Ria]

Okay, NFL inside.

[Fran]

I'll give you what I know. What I heard was passed down to me is that he grew up Like a Patriots fan. And then. Don't. Don't. I see you're about to cut me off. Uh, he grew up a Patriots fan, and then he tweeted a picture of himself wearing a Patriots jersey, but then someone put it together and said, Nike didn't have Patriots jersey.

[Noah]

One of the photos, he put out

[Fran]

an AI Picture of himself in a Patriots jersey, which is.

[Noah]

Well, he's also not from. He's. They grew up in Mississippi, right?

[Ria]

So, like, I think he's just, like,

[Noah]

he just loves the Patriots.

[Haley]

Patriots.

[Noah]

But. But I want to ask you. He revealed an interview the other day that it was, like, in his house, and he had a huge, giant Patriots rug. They were like, how long have you had this? And he's like, for years. Like, while he was playing for the Eagles, he was like, a Patriots fan. Like, I think that's the thing that people are like, no, that really is really, like, rubbing it in.

[Ria]

That really bothered a lot of people. I. This has been in the works for a long time. So it's like, it wasn't a shocking thing when. When it was announced that he was being traded. The rug thing to me is like, I. I don't know that. That doesn't bother me that much because it's like. And maybe it's different because of, like, the certain type of team and because the Patriots have just been winners in the past and have the. The history of our generation. The. Like, I feel like I hear players all the time that are on teams that, like, still kind of root for the team that they grew up rooting for. It's, like, obviously not.

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Ria]

Their number one thing, but it's like, I wouldn't be surprised if Travis Kelsey had, like, a Cleveland Brown, like, Cleveland Browns memorabilia in his house or something. Like, just.

[Noah]

I can't imagine you. Yeah, I don't know.

[Ria]

I don't know. I think, like. And A.J. brown, there's a lot going on. My God, there's been. It's been a soap opera of rumors.

[Noah]

First thing he said when he got to New England, he's like, I know this ain't heaven, but it's close.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Noah]

No, he's really.

[Ria]

Pictures of him at camp right now. I've never seen a man smile so,

[Fran]

like, he's clearly very happy.

[Ria]

Happy to be there. And. And what? And I've come to peace with his time coming to an end because this. This has been talked about for so long, and there has been issues that it's like, okay, he was great for us. We won a super bowl. Now he's moving on to something else. Like, I. It's. It's not rattling me as much. There's been some crazy fucking rumors going on, and on Twitter, it's been wild. There's this rumor that spread that I don't even know if I'm going to be able to really explain it well. But the short version of it is, like, Hasan Reddick, who's a great defensive player, he. He got traded a couple years ago after the super bowl, and everyone was kind of surprised by that. It was like, he's a great player. Why you want to hold on to him? The rumor is that allegedly he was hooking up with some massage therapist. And apparently AJ Brown was maybe also hooking up with the same massage therapist. And then they had beef, and there was all this drama going on, and it caused all these rifts in the locker room. And then Hasan got traded, and that was that. But then A.J. brown's then girlfriend. Fiance found out about the. The. The girl and then told. Told Jalen hurts his wife. And Jalen hurts his wife was like, you got, like, you guys should break up. And then A.J. brown got really mad at Jalen hurts his wife. It was a whole thing. Really crazy stuff, because everyone was like, jalen hurts and his wife didn't go to AJ Brown's wedding, which just happened recently. There's been a lot, like, it's crazy rumors, nothing. There's no substantial evidence for literally anything. I kind of think that the Twitter sphere has made some crazy, like, Jeff just come to some crazy conclusions about some major drama between Jalen and AJ Brown and that that was like the relationship had just been severed and that it was like, he's has to go. So a lot of drama, perhaps. I don't know. It could also all be fake, as.

[Noah]

What if we went to Ria's apartment and she just had a giant call her daddy rug?

[Fran]

Just.

[Ria]

Other podcasts.

[Fran]

I have a mural of every other podcast I'm a huge fan of.

[Camila Mendes]

That's so funny

[Ria]

when you put it that way. It's actually, like, kind of nice. It's like, wow, he respects. No, like, that's like, oh, I have

[Fran]

an Alex Cooper shrine.

[Ria]

She. She respects other people in her industry.

[Fran]

Yeah, that's true. Yeah.

[Ria]

You know, like, she's a fan of other people in her industry. Yeah, not as much. It's kind of a worse comparison.

[Fran]

Yeah, it's a very different comparison.

[Noah]

You're not ever playing directly.

[Camila Mendes]

No, no.

[Ria]

Exactly.

[Haley]

No.

[Fran]

No. We're not even in the same league. No, no, we're in the minor. She's in the majors, baby.

[Ria]

That's why it's such a different. No, I'm not. Are you hoping he does want to yuck someone's yum. Is that what they say?

[Fran]

Yes, that is what they say.

[Ria]

And my God, does he seem happ. He does look. Good luck.

[Fran]

Yeah, he looks.

[Noah]

No, if I was an Eagles fan, I would be like, this guy. But I. I love him.

[Fran]

Hey. Yeah.

[Ria]

Newfound welcome. Probably hated him two weeks ago.

[Noah]

No, because, I mean, I feel like they've known this is.

[Fran]

You guys have, like a Rivals podcast or something? You know what I mean? Call. Call it Rivals and it's just.

[Ria]

Call it Rivals.

[Fran]

Or we can think of something a little bit more creative. And it's just you two fighting about really the. The Patriots, Eagles and everything else.

[Noah]

It's not really like.

[Ria]

Yeah, but it's like, we're not Rivals.

[Fran]

Are you not. I wouldn't consider the Patriots, you two, as human beings.

[Ria]

Oh. I also wouldn't consider no Arrival. I wouldn't consider the. I wouldn't consider the Patriots arrival.

[Fran]

Okay.

[Noah]

No, like. Yeah, they don't. They don't play enough to.

[Ria]

Yeah. I just think it's funny when objectively, you know, Boston fans are considered the most obnoxious in the world, and Noah in his chair is like, knicks fans

[Noah]

are obnoxious, but that's how it would be any. Like.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Noah]

I don't. Our Boston fans considered the most obnoxious in the world.

[Fran]

Oh, my God.

[Noah]

More than New York or Philly. Philly is.

[Fran]

Welcome to the Rivals podcast.

[Noah]

I think Philly would be like the number one fan base that people think of when you say who's obnoxious.

[Ria]

Yeah, maybe. I. Yeah. But I think outside of Boston, I think put people. Put Boston pretty high, too. No matter what, everyone in the Northeast is going to feud about it. I'd actually love to hear what people outside of the Northeast. What. What. Think about it as an. I guess, like, who. What fandom they think's the craziest or whatever. Most obnoxious, I guess is what I'm trying to say. You want to say something as an outsider?

[Fran]

No. I have nothing to add to this.

[Ria]

I thought you were going to give your. I thought you were going to jump in with a fandom opinion.

[Fran]

No. Can I have a segue for a second, though?

[Ria]

Yeah. I don't have anything else to say about it.

[Fran]

Pop Culture Jeopardy. I know neither of you were watching. Yeah. But the semifinals are this week, and the. And the finals are Tonight, Thursday. So by the time this comes out, you will know the winner, and I can already assume it's going to be Jonathan and M. Shane. And let me tell you this. I found out that Jonathan was on, like, a mastermind trivia show that he was a mastermind on the show. So people feel like it's a little bit of cheating that he was allowed to participate in this. On top of that, though, I do like Jonathan better than McShane. McShane has this arrogance about him, the way that he. Why is he called McShane McShane, Jonathan and McShane. That's their names. I don't know his name is McShane McShane.

[Ria]

I just didn't know if that was his first name or last name or if it's a nickname.

[Fran]

A goes by McShane and the other one goes by John.

[Ria]

You know what I'm saying? One guy clearly is going by his first name.

[Camila Mendes]

Yeah.

[Ria]

And one guy's.

[Fran]

Well, all everybody else on the show has gone by their first name.

[Ria]

Oh, so you think McShane is his first?

[Noah]

John McShane.

[Fran]

Oh, oh, oh.

[Noah]

His name John.

[Ria]

He goes. He's going by his last.

[Fran]

Well, probably because Jonathan is his partner.

[Ria]

Yeah, that makes sense. So can't be John and John.

[Fran]

Yeah. So his team name is one baddie after another. Good team name. They know everything. I've never seen anything like it in my life. They know the answer to everything. And there were a couple people in my DMs agreeing that they didn't like McShane's arrogance about the whole thing. Okay.

[Noah]

And they're wearing the same shirt.

[Ria]

The people that are that good teams

[Fran]

do matching the baby.

[Ria]

Yeah, yeah. People who are that good at trivia, though, can get. They can get quite the. Yes. Arrogance about them.

[Fran]

So I didn't see the finals yet, but I have to assume that they come out with a win. But I just have to give props to Colin Jost. What an amazing season of pop Culture Jeopardy. I'm so proud of you, and I'm really hoping that you come back again for another season. And enough people need to be watching this because if they don't watch, then maybe he won't get renewed, but he deserves to get renewed. Okay. It's every night, and I. And I'm actually disgusted with the both of you that you haven't been watching as part of a pop culture podcast.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

That you guys wouldn't be tuning in to Pop culture Jeopardy.

[Ria]

I lost it a little bit. I don't know. Does it have a little bit more flair on it on Netflix? It's amazing. I wouldn't. What kind of flair are you looking for?

[Fran]

You watch regular Jeopardy?

[Ria]

I do watch regular Jeopardy.

[Fran]

Sorry, I gotta keep my tone down.

[Ria]

I do watch regular Jeopardy.

[Fran]

Since the last episode. Me and Fran had a lot of banter before the show today, and it's carried into the show. Good banter, funny banter. It's carried into the show, but it might not. What's the word I'm looking for?

[Ria]

Resonate with the audience?

[Fran]

Yes, it might not resonate with the audience because they weren't looking at. Seeing us at our desks. Right, right.

[Noah]

Neither was I. So I don't. I don't get it either.

[Fran]

Oh, yeah, right. You were out of the joke as well. Well, anyways, we were having a lot of banter back and forth at our desk, like putting on a show for everybody basically out there because they're all, like, so bored and they needed entertainment. So Fran and I provided that for them. And that kind of energy has came into the room a bit. But it might not resonate.

[Ria]

No, I was just giving my honest opinion that I fell off of watching it when it was on prime and that, like, I didn't even know it changed so that when it moved, I wasn't like, oh, I'm dying to pick this up, because it's just quick and easy. And can you tell me the length of the episodes? I don't know.

[Fran]

I.

[Camila Mendes]

Press play and.

[Ria]

30 minutes an hour.

[Fran]

Guys, I'm having a problem.

[Haley]

You're right.

[Fran]

What? Something happened.

[Ria]

What? What? Is this on air right now? What's happening?

[Fran]

I think we have to leave it.

[Ria]

I was looking up how long these episodes are. Did you have an accident in your pants?

[Noah]

Yeah. What the fuck? They're only like 25 minutes. They're only like 25.

[Ria]

Acting like you just, like, had a little something happen.

[Noah]

No, no, they're 25 minute episodes.

[Fran]

I was gonna say 26 minutes.

[Ria]

I had to tell you.

[Fran]

Oh, that's okay.

[Ria]

They're very fast. I think on prime they were longer.

[Camila Mendes]

They were.

[Fran]

They're very fast.

[Ria]

I could be making that up.

[Fran]

You know, I told you what happened the other night.

[Ria]

Oh. Oh, oh, yeah, okay.

[Noah]

I remember.

[Camila Mendes]

Okay.

[Fran]

Sorry.

[Ria]

Yeah. Oh, you're in.

[Fran]

You're in pain. Yeah, I have an itch. Let's just say the words Noah Con.

[Ria]

Yeah. Let me just Audible laugh from Sarah. That Noah Khan tweet we were talking about the other day. Rhea really knows how he was feeling.

[Fran]

I was icing my asshole for the night.

[Noah]

Jesus Christ.

[Ria]

You need to call my dad. This was a big problem for him.

[Fran]

Oh, my God. You're gonna air out his dirty laundry like this?

[Ria]

You know, I feel like that's just like, a classic dad issue. Yeah, like. Like, you know, like in this is 40, when Paul Rudd's just, like, sitting on the toilet to hide from, like, his family. And, like, she's like, how long are you going to be in here for?

[Fran]

So, like, I'm like, a classic dad. No, I don't. I don't really know where it came from. It really came out of the blue. Like, I don't. I haven't been straining or anything. Like, everything's been pretty.

[Ria]

I do think they just happen.

[Fran]

I think they just happen. Yeah. And, you know, like. Yeah, I won't give it anything.

[Ria]

No, we don't have to talk about it in too much detail, but, you know, you're a fighter. You're fighting through. You're.

[Fran]

Yeah, it's actually.

[Ria]

You're playing through the pain right now,

[Fran]

and it's really not bad. I gotta be honest.

[Ria]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Fran]

But I. I looked up, like, it's an intro level. Yeah, it is.

[Camila Mendes]

It is.

[Fran]

And I looked up what I could do, and icing was recommended. And also sitting in some warm, warm water. So actually was so funny. The other night, I was laying on the couch and I just had like. Should I be saying this? Is this bad? I don't know. I don't know where you were.

[Ria]

Sitting in a bucket of hot water.

[Fran]

No, no, no. I was laying on the couch flat, and I had. I rolled in a paper towel. Oh, that's icing stuck into my butthole.

[Ria]

You already said you were icing it. So then, Matt, you created an image of how you were icing it.

[Fran]

I know. And then Matt walked out of the shower and he's crying, laughing. He's like, what is going on? I'm like, I have noticed something. And. And then I had to show him and everything, but you had to show him. He was like, all right, I'm not

[Ria]

going to ask any more questions.

[Fran]

And I was like, yeah, you want to see? And then. Yeah.

[Ria]

Spread in cheek.

[Fran]

Oh, my God, I'm going to throw up.

[Ria]

It's my husband.

[Fran]

He's seen him spread.

[Noah]

Now, I know people are listening to this on a Friday morning, eating breakfast.

[Fran]

Sorry.

[Ria]

No, seriously, should we. Do you guys think we should cut?

[Noah]

No, it's the content too long. We have to keep it now.

[Ria]

Okay, well, I just want everyone to know medical reasons.

[Fran]

I just want everyone to know that if you get mad at this conversation that I have asked to cut it out. And then I have probably texted later on at night asking if we should cut it out. And I've been told no. Okay.

[Ria]

No, it's okay. And here's what I'm going to say for all my married people out there.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

You get it. You get it. There's never. There's been a time when you've had to do it or your husband's had to do it. And you know what they say? They say, I'm gonna play the spouse card. Like, I'm gonna play the spouse card. I gotta show you something. I can't see it. You gotta take a look.

[Fran]

And. And then maybe you bend over in the mirror and you're both looking at it.

[Ria]

Like, look, I can't see what's going on, but I feel something. And I need you to look and I need you to. I need you to hold up the mirror. I need you to take care of it. And I also need you to tell me, like, we gotta assess this.

[Fran]

Do we think it's bad?

[Ria]

Do we think it's not? Come up with a treatment plan, the whole thing.

[Fran]

Exactly. We came to the concl. Was not bad at all. And everything will be fine. Yeah. But as we were talking, I had a little itch and I just.

[Ria]

Hence why I thought maybe something.

[Fran]

Something else did look like there was something else. And that's something else that happened. I'm not proud of this conversation at all. And I do want to get. I.

[Ria]

Should we circle back to the Knicks or.

[Fran]

Yeah. Pop Culture Jeopardy. Back to that. Let me. Let me.

[Ria]

Oh, yeah.

[Camila Mendes]

There's so much.

[Fran]

Finish my pop culture.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

I would really appreciate it if everyone out there would watch because I think it's a great.

[Ria]

I feel like you're just talking to me, but that's okay. I feel like everyone out there should really watch.

[Camila Mendes]

I'm literally.

[Noah]

Why don't you campaign to get on?

[Fran]

Because I actually don't. I'm not gonna lie, guys. Some of these questions are really hard. They are. Wow.

[Ria]

They were also that short on prime video.

[Noah]

Give me an example.

[Ria]

Like why that's. Maybe you.

[Fran]

Maybe Colin didn't hit for you in the way he hit for me.

[Ria]

Didn't you. Did you watch it when it was prime or. No.

[Fran]

Watch the whole thing on Prime.

[Ria]

Oh, yeah.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

What's a question that you didn't get?

[Fran]

I did so many.

[Noah]

They're like, give me an example.

[Ria]

These questions are hard.

[Fran]

No, they're really hard. I can't off the top of my head because then.

[Ria]

And a lot of times it's also from like pre are like age where it's just.

[Noah]

Maybe I'd be good, you know, like

[Ria]

80s and 90s stuff harder for me.

[Fran]

I do think you'd be good because there's a lot of. It's like a lot of movie like director questions.

[Noah]

I also feel like I'm pretty well versed in what you know because I have to go through all of the thousands of questions that people send us. That it just is like in my brain.

[Fran]

Exactly. And you do hear us talk 24 7. So you like know what we're into and what we know and all those things. Yeah, I mean, my God, you know too much about me after today.

[Noah]

Everyone does.

[Fran]

Right.

[Ria]

Anyway. The Knicks. The Knicks just can't seem to lose.

[Noah]

Go New York, Go Wave. The Knicks win. Where does the parade go like on in New York? Is it 7th Ave. Or like.

[Camila Mendes]

I don't know.

[Ria]

I think it changes grade path.

[Noah]

I think there's every borough.

[Ria]

No, I think it's. They normally keep to Manhattan or they maybe they start somewhere else and then cross over trying to think of where. When's the last time my friends did like when the Giants won Super Bowls.

[Haley]

They would.

[Ria]

Yeah. The. The Yankees one.

[Fran]

Since then.

[Noah]

Last time the Giants won was in 2011.

[Ria]

What was the last Yankees World Series win?

[Fran]

2009.

[Noah]

2009. So yeah, the Giants were after that.

[Ria]

Yeah. So that's probably. That's. Yeah, it would be fun. I don't know. That is a great crazy girl.

[Fran]

I'm would be a lot of.

[Ria]

They give him, you know, it's been. What did you ask?

[Noah]

They give everyone off like a day off of work.

[Fran]

Not you, buddy.

[Ria]

Certainly not him.

[Noah]

You're staying the studio.

[Ria]

He's actually like. Well, he hates them all so.

[Fran]

Yeah, right, right.

[Ria]

He's more going to let him out on the streets with all the people he hates. I will say because it is very funny and it's my. It's a long joke now within my friends and it shows the dedication. My friend Madeline, huge Knicks fan, she had made herself like a chicken cutlet for dinner on I think maybe like the first night that the Knicks had a playoff one. And then she was like had chicken cutlet that night. They won and then she just kept.

[Noah]

So she said 12 chicken cutlets.

[Ria]

Kept making chicken cutlets every time that the Knicks have been playing and they just keep winning and she just keeps updating us and she's like, I on all the chicken cutlets that she sent a Snapchat to us last night because they all went out to watch the game, my friends, she said, a Snapchat. That said. Quick reminder that I have had 12 chats.

[Fran]

That's amazing.

[Ria]

I said. And you know what?

[Fran]

I love that.

[Ria]

I love that energy. Just keeping it going. It's put a smile on my face. Walking down the street, seeing everybody so excited and having. And having fun with it. The city is alive. I took all for her. Late for her last walk. Everyone's cheering in the streets. The lines from the bars.

[Fran]

What do you mean last?

[Noah]

Yeah, that was. That was for the last one night.

[Fran]

Oh, well,

[Ria]

all right. Just my last walk of the night. Like, you know, her final walk.

[Fran]

She said, I took Olive for her last walk. Everyone said, go next, and sent her on her way. It's like, what the fuck?

[Ria]

I just met her last. Her last of the evening. Like, I waited till the end of the game and then I took her

[Fran]

out for her last.

[Ria]

Her last peep. So then I. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Fran]

I did hit somebody with a goat nicks today on the street.

[Noah]

Really?

[Fran]

Yeah. I don't want, like a stranger. You just hit goat nicks.

[Ria]

Oh, my God. You know what?

[Fran]

I was wearing a Knicks shirt, and

[Ria]

I just didn't even share.

[Fran]

I say, why not? Oh, my God.

[Ria]

You know what? I didn't even share this.

[Fran]

Yes.

[Ria]

That last week, my husband fist bumped Timothy Chalamet on the street.

[Fran]

I can't believe.

[Ria]

I can't believe. And I forgot to say it.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

But the Knicks energy is high. And he was lucky because it was after he had been to game one of the Eastern Conference finals. So he had his T shirt that they give everyone in the arena. And he.

[Camila Mendes]

He was.

[Ria]

He said he put it back on to go run some errands. And when he was coming back, he was like, I was so happy I put the shirt on to go run errands because he crossed Timothy Chalamet on the street and just gave him like, a. Like a fist bump and was like, go, Nicks. And like. And they. They just had a go Nicks moment and they were like. And he was like, hell yeah, man. Go Nicks. He gave him, like, a little hit on the shoulder. I'm so Dream moment.

[Fran]

Did you kiss his shoulder after?

[Ria]

No, I don't know if he would have liked that.

[Noah]

If you saw her, would you say,

[Ria]

let me give a. Let me get a little sniff that shoulder of yours.

[Noah]

Did you call him Timmy or Timothy if you saw him?

[Fran]

Timmy.

[Noah]

Timmy. Timmy. Go Nicks.

[Fran]

I'm saying Go Nicks to strangers on the street. I think I'd probably call him.

[Ria]

I would. Yeah, same. You're in the vibe.

[Noah]

Tim.

[Ria]

I just love whatever. Whatever Tim.

[Fran]

It sounds like Tim for me. Yeah.

[Ria]

Yeah, I love whatever. What seeming like group. Seemingly like Nick superfan group chat. I think that exists. I don't know if it does, but I'm just imagining that it does. And they're all coordinating. Like, who's buying seats to what game, Whose plane are they getting on to? San Antonio. All these things. You see them all together. Timothy sitting with Spike Lee, Tracy Morgan. He's got the whole gangs right there. Ben Stiller's courtside. They're all talking about who's sitting. I was surprised that Joe. I'm sorry, I can't forget about Fat Joe.

[Noah]

Surprised you couldn't get courtside.

[Ria]

I'd imagine that it would have been tricky for all of them to get courtside. Perhaps they wanted to be in a little cluster of fans together.

[Noah]

You know, he's been around longer than me. You take it.

[Fran]

Yeah, he's like, Ben, you take the first game. He wants. He wants to be like, a part of a bigger game.

[Ria]

Maybe we'll see if they rotate.

[Noah]

I mean, msg.

[Ria]

Maybe San Antonio is, like, not letting you know. Like, maybe they don't want as many Knicks fans courtside.

[Noah]

Did you see the cheapest ticket as of, like, that's over $6,000. Crazy to sit in the rafters and

[Ria]

to stand like the Chase Bridge, I think, is, like, standing only, isn't it?

[Fran]

How do I get away with this?

[Ria]

Or there's like a. There's like a bar seat, maybe that you can sit on trying to contribute to the conversation. How does he keep getting away with this? I don't know who he is, but he keeps getting away with it. Yeah, I. Oh, that prick. We knew.

[Fran]

Sorry.

[Noah]

No, no. Did you see that?

[Fran]

He won't.

[Ria]

He still won't let Charles Oakley in.

[Noah]

I think it was Ben Stiller and someone else.

[Ria]

Michael Jordan.

[Noah]

Michael Jordan and Ben Stiller equally tried to, like, mend the.

[Fran]

Let us in.

[Noah]

No, he's a guy. He's a grudge guy.

[Camila Mendes]

Yeah.

[Fran]

He won't let us.

[Ria]

No one holds a grudge harder than James Dolan, it appears. And they're. Knicks are in the finals and him and Charles Oakley, you know, Knicks alum have long standing beef. And I saw a tweet that was like, Adam Silver and, like, Michael Jordan both tried to talk to him to, like, let Charles Oakley go to Home games.

[Fran]

And he won't let him go.

[Ria]

Wild lifetime ban from the Garden.

[Fran]

Damn.

[Ria]

So, yeah, pretty, pretty crazy. But it's been entertaining and I'm excited to see it's gonna. When the game's in New York on Monday, it's gonna be fucking wild.

[Fran]

It's gonna be wild. And then we got the World Cup. The traffic is gonna be. Oh, I.

[Ria]

For you, honey.

[Fran]

I know.

[Ria]

In and out of Jersey. It's gonna be a disaster.

[Fran]

It is. And they're doing construction everywhere. Everywhere in Jersey, everywhere in New York

[Noah]

City, they're doing construction everywhere.

[Ria]

They're.

[Noah]

It's insane.

[Fran]

Thank you. My echo.

[Noah]

No, no, but I'm telling you, like,

[Ria]

they are doing construction everywhere.

[Noah]

I've done it on every corner around my building.

[Ria]

It's insane.

[Fran]

I think other times, Everywhere you go,

[Noah]

7am Every day, jackhammer wake me up everywhere.

[Fran]

Everywhere in Jersey City, everywhere in Hoboken. You turn onto a street, it's closed. You gotta go to a detour. That one's closed. It is mad. They are doing construction on every single road in New York and New Jersey.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

And then. And then. So we're taking the train and then the trains. They're putting signs up on all the trains and the PATH train and everything in the subways being like, it's going to be madness with the World Cup. Yeah.

[Ria]

No, it really is. I truly. Godspeed to all those that are trying to get to MetLife for the world Cup. If you. If you've been following along, it's been a crazy saga. New Jersey transit price tickets, like, it was like $150 to do a round trip ticket. They were only doing so many tickets. If you didn't get one in time, you're. You were out of luck. And then I think they. They've knocked it down. It might be 50 now was. It was like. But it started high. It was like 100. Then it went to 150. They went back down again. And at the same time, people are going to be coming in for the Knicks. They're going out to MetLife. They're coming in for MSG. Around Penn Station is going to be absolute madness. Be a dog house, but it's gonna be. Yeah, Abs. Really a lot of. A lot of craziness going on. But yeah, it's true. There's. Because it's.

[Camila Mendes]

It's.

[Ria]

You're gonna have to really manage your in and out.

[Fran]

Right?

[Ria]

Well, hopefully we're out. We're going to be recording from out

[Fran]

all next week, basically.

[Ria]

Yeah. Well, that's when the yeah, there's games that start next week and no are

[Fran]

gonna be going crazy at the shore party.

[Ria]

Rocking. And speaking of, there's just there's going to be a ton of fun things going around going on around the city, of course, as we enter this this time and Truly is throwing a great event in Hoboken. We're going to be joining Truly to the to be joining them at their grand opening of the Truly Believe Bar, which is going to be really fun at Texas Arizona in Hoboken. That is on Tuesday.

[Fran]

Yes. Tuesday will be there around 6pm Tuesday, June 9th. Yes.

[Ria]

And we're really excited because that's I think that's going to be a, a big hub for where people can go and hang out and enjoy some Truly and watch some soccer.

[Fran]

Yeah. Come hang out all my jersey people. Come hang out before you head to the shore for the rest of the weekend. Tuesday night. It's a great time to come have some drinks before that.

[Ria]

Absolutely.

[Fran]

All right, let's get into the rest of today's episode. We're going to do some Love island talk. We also have an amazing interview with Camila Mendez who we've wanted on this show for quite some time. So, so happy to have her in. And we have a great game of trivia. So let's get into it.

[Ria]

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[Camila Mendes]

All right, let's talk a little.

[Fran]

Love Island USA started Tuesday night. Unfortunately. I watched the first episode Tuesday night. Wednesday. We actually did something very fun at work. Something new and different that Mubi and Smelly were working on. I think they posted about it.

[Ria]

Yeah. Like a little tease. But they haven't shared too many details. Yeah.

[Fran]

So we won.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Yeah. But we were a part of it and we were at the office late last night and then the Knicks were on and everything. So I actually, I'm not caught up on the.

[Noah]

Too much pop culture and pop culture.

[Fran]

So I did watch pop culture Jeopardy. And because, you know, the semifinals and then the next one. So I'm not caught up on the second episode of Love island, unfortunately. I also was shocked that it was on Wednesday because usually the schedule is not. But that returns back to that next week.

[Ria]

Right. Because it's like you can't do one episode and then skip the next day.

[Camila Mendes]

Right.

[Fran]

And usually there is no episode on Wednesday. So I was very confused. Yeah. But I've only seen the first episode so far. But you've watched.

[Ria]

I have watched. And I just gotta say that they are these guys and gals are kissing. Like I've never seen kissing happen before in my life. I. I've watched both episodes with my sister and I've turned her every time. And I said, am I sounding like an old lady or is this like too much? Yeah, like, am I. I have. What is going on? It is non stop kissing. They're not talking. No one's. You know, I'd like to see some getting to know each other. Every challenger, they're just making them kiss all the time. And this, you know, I don't want to spoil too much for you. You could spoil, but there is so. Yeah, right. It's not like two days. It's not like a, you know, crazy thing.

[Fran]

There's a third episode coming out by the time.

[Ria]

Right? Exactly. I'm really only able to talk about the first two because that's all I watched. But they do a reek. There's a recoupling in the second episode. They brought bombshells in. They Bring bombshells in, they get an opportunity. Just the way the cookie crumbled. They ended up with two people each. And so they went off into another room. I don't know. They were in a different bedroom, different place, in a giant bed for the three people together. So it was like. It was like they were sleeping. Guy, girl, guy, girl. Bombshell and girl. Boy, girl, boy. Bomb show. No, no, it was. It was Rhea for the girl and the guys, the two guys. She's clearly feeling one guy way more than the other. They're having a little, like, canoodle in the bed. The other guy's right next to her. He, like, rolls over. He's kind of like, my turn. And she's like, oh, no. And then he, like, has to roll back over, and she's, like, cuddled up to the guy she likes, and the other guy's just sleeping on the side of the bed. I was. I was flabbergasted.

[Fran]

I'm absolutely stunned.

[Ria]

No, it was crazy.

[Fran]

I didn't see a lick about this.

[Ria]

Oh, my God. The guy tries to, like, roll over to join in. He's like, okay, like, come on, my turn. Like, where's my smooch?

[Fran]

Are you serious?

[Ria]

No, it was actually crazy. That's crazy. So then they come back. They come back and Ariana's like, you gotta pick which. Which person you want. The two people that you were just with. But the way you pick is kiss the person you want. I said, what happened to I want to couple up with this person because. And then you say something nice. It was just smooch. And it's not just a peck. It's not just like, I picked this person. It's like hardcore make out. You're seeing their tonsils, their tongue, everything inside of their mouth. The saliva.

[Fran]

You're actually seeing the spit.

[Ria]

You hear the noises. It's like, this is rain in the kisses. I'm sorry.

[Fran]

Well, you know what this reminds me of? Remember when we had Trent on to do Bachelor's kisses?

[Ria]

Show me the kisses. No, literally, take the kisses off.

[Fran]

Don't show me the kisses.

[Ria]

Let's have conversation.

[Fran]

Bring back some healthy conversation.

[Ria]

Seriously, All I know so far about these people is that two of them said, go, birds. And they're. They're pumped about both of them being Eagles fans.

[Fran]

Hell yeah.

[Ria]

Hell yeah is right.

[Fran]

But it was just like, oh, my God. Do you think they were told about the A.J. brown news?

[Ria]

I think they might have. They may have just seen it.

[Noah]

No, because they've probably been.

[Ria]

Oh, they have Been. Yeah, but I don't know. When they, like, officially lose their phones,

[Fran]

they're going to be devastated when they get out.

[Ria]

And then there's also, there's a Patriots. There's also this new guy, Gabriel, who he just keeps taking his shirt off when nobody's asking him to take. Like he's in the room with the two girls because he came in as a bombshell. I think when, you know, we, as it seems to happen now at the beginning of every season is someone gets pulled for previous reasons. You know, videos resurfaced of the Vasana is her name and using, using words she can't be using. And she got pulled from the season. Then there was rumors that this guy Gabriel may have also been pulled, but really they just, they just made him like the first bombshell so that they would even numbers. He comes in, he's in the room with the two girls in the giant bed and they're talking. He's just like unbuttoning his shirt, takes the shirt off, and you're just like,

[Noah]

he did that when he came out at first, too. He just did it when he started

[Ria]

making out with the other people. Every contest so far has just been kissing. They have kissed so much. They put five doors out and they put, they put like, one. They started off with sex positions as the first one.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

And then they went to like, dog. You're a dog person, cat person, plant person. The girls are on one side, boys are on the other.

[Fran]

I respected Casey so much when he was like, plant plants.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

I thought it was gonna play.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Usually I tried to be edgy.

[Ria]

I saw, I don't know if it was a tweet or a thread or something, but it was so funny because Casey, when he opens his door for the final matching and no one was there and someone posted like, when they moved the stone away and Jesus wasn't there.

[Fran]

The thing is, he was the cutest.

[Ria]

He's adorable.

[Fran]

So I just was like, no one's standing.

[Ria]

I, I, it did really seem like they were trying to go off of, like, who, who had a lot of same traits or granted all you knew is sex position if they were a dog or cat person. But, like, the last one was just, oh, who's here for love? Love, whatever. Everyone stands behind the same door. You're watching five, they're all kissing each other.

[Camila Mendes]

All right.

[Ria]

Next to each other. 5, 10 people all kissing, and then they just turn the next and they just all swap.

[Fran]

That was the most, one of the most insane things I'VE ever seen.

[Ria]

I couldn't believe it. And then they bring. They're still standing at that same door. They made them do a stand on. On. Now they're in. Couples stand on the red dot if you don't want. If you want to talk to other people, or green dot if you want to stay with the person you. You've just met. It's been like 16 hours. So the bombshell. The two bombshells come in and talk. They get the people that are on the red dots, but they also don't speak a single word to them because their secret. They just also start making out with them. It's.

[Fran]

It's all a makeout game.

[Ria]

And I know that it's been heavy kisses. Heavy kisses in. In, like, the previous seasons, but this is a lot more than before, you know, it's gross.

[Fran]

When they all started swapping with each other, I was like, what the fuck is happening?

[Ria]

It's so much. It really, really is.

[Noah]

What are your thoughts on Kenzie?

[Ria]

She just seems like a, you know, a big girl. Big, big personality.

[Noah]

Yeah. A lot of crying for, like, someone you've known for, like.

[Ria]

No, I know, I know. But, you know, here's the thing. I think that. But then I'm like, what's actually worse? Getting to know someone. You've been there for two weeks, and you kind of know, like, oh, maybe it's not gonna work out, and you're sad or, like, you go in, you're so excited to be there, and the first guy that you like is like, you're not my type.

[Noah]

But she was kind of acting like it was at Costa Amore where she's like, I just wish he. If he was, like, wanting to meet other people. It's like, it's been.

[Ria]

No, no, no. That there was, like. I think someone had mentioned, like, cheating, and I was like, what's happening here? Yeah, it's been 30 seconds.

[Fran]

Sometimes you just don't know if they're, like, trying to get now because Love Island's so big. Like a moment, right?

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

React a certain way.

[Noah]

No.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

Because then she's like, no more crying today. It's like, yeah, I hope not.

[Ria]

I saw people really say it's like, first night and, you know, giving people for, like, quitting their jobs or all these things. Like, okay, well, we. The public made it public. An outcry of, like, not casting influencers or people that clearly you're like, oh, well, this is your job. Is you're following and all these things on the show. And then you're going to be surprised when someone who has like a normal 9 to 5, like, is. Has to quit their job or is potentially fired because they can't just. You can't just leave your nine to five for six weeks.

[Noah]

People saying, like, the mayor. Sean's mayor.

[Ria]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Noah]

When he was left alone.

[Ria]

Yeah, yeah.

[Noah]

He's running against him.

[Ria]

Which, by the way, was crazy for that Mary to be. To like, publicly.

[Noah]

No. Everyone's online. Most like, American thing that's ever happened. It's like you leave for reality tv, like, for anything.

[Ria]

I know. And I. His mom posted a long thing on social media too, that defending him, which I thought was. Which I thought was nice. But everybody, Everybody seems lovely so far. Like, there's not no one that I'm like, no.

[Noah]

Huda.

[Ria]

Yeah. There's just like, Bryce needs to do something with his hair. I'm not quite sure what.

[Fran]

A lot of people have been comparing him to the food God.

[Ria]

Yeah, I've been seeing that. I said, I. I said to G. It's almost like if you took all the characters from Gossip Girl and put them into one person, like, he's like, pretty spot on. There's weirdly like, Nate, Dan, Chuck all combined into one human and like, I don't know. That's. That's an interesting one for sure.

[Haley]

And.

[Ria]

But everybody else seems really nice and sincere.

[Noah]

What are your thoughts on, like, there being a net.

[Ria]

That's a joke.

[Noah]

On there being sincere.

[Ria]

There's a. That's a joke.

[Noah]

Excuse me. At first, like, why did, like, they had to cast, like, someone's brother for, like, Charlie's brother?

[Ria]

Well, he just appears to be Charlie 2.0, honestly. So I don't know if that's.

[Noah]

I know, but I'm like, I don't have any. Like, I'm just like, you. Come on.

[Ria]

Well, yeah, they love to. I don't know. You need to have a little pop in the. In the first round of casting, in the first group of people, I think.

[Noah]

But it's like, oh, my God, it's Charlie's brother. People are talking about it, I guess.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

I. I think it def. I think it definitely got people talking. I'm interesting. I'm just interested to see how. How much kissing they're gonna have to continue to do at this point. Like, it's really. Will they have to actually get to know each other?

[Fran]

Yeah, I hope.

[Ria]

One can only hope. But I need to catch up. I'm excited to catch up. Yeah, I'm sure there is. There may have been Like a dumping already. Who knows what could have happened on Thursday night with the. With another recoupling of sorts. Because now these two islanders are. I thought there may have already been, but they're. They're single and vulnerable.

[Fran]

Between that and pop culture jeopardy, I mean, we're two things are gonna be happening on Thursday that we won't be able to talk about for Friday's episode. All right, that wraps up the Love island talk, and we'll get into our interview with Camilla.

[Ria]

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[Fran]

We are.

[Ria]

We have both been following you for a long time.

[Camila Mendes]

Really?

[Ria]

Yes. Since the Riverdale days. We loved. Loved Riverdale. Through all the chaos.

[Camila Mendes]

And through all the chaos, how long did you last? Be honest.

[Ria]

I will be honest.

[Fran]

I lasted a season.

[Ria]

Season three.

[Camila Mendes]

Okay.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Camila Mendes]

Wow.

[Ria]

And I think I dabbled in four. And then four was like.

[Fran]

I don't.

[Ria]

I don't know.

[Camila Mendes]

What was four again? Was that the time jump?

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Camila Mendes]

He became adult.

[Ria]

Yes. Yeah, I think.

[Camila Mendes]

Or was that five?

[Ria]

Or maybe that was five.

[Camila Mendes]

That was five.

[Ria]

When was Chad Michael Murray?

[Camila Mendes]

That was three. Was it?

[Ria]

Okay, so I made it all the way. I think I made it all the way through three. Because when Chad.

[Camila Mendes]

When.

[Ria]

When Chad Michael Murray got involved, I was like, that was good.

[Camila Mendes]

That didn't keep you in. No.

[Ria]

But here I said I finished that whole story.

[Fran]

We still kept up with it, though. Always. Even if we weren't watching episode to episode.

[Camila Mendes]

We were.

[Fran]

We were keeping up with exactly what was happening. I feel like everyone was. But we really are so excited to have you. We've been wanting you on the show for years. You have been absolutely crushing your premiere looks right now. Thank you. We were just talking. You're very business. Very business.

[Camila Mendes]

I'm very business today.

[Fran]

You knew that we were an extremely serious and you had to come professional.

[Camila Mendes]

Well, it's women in the office.

[Ria]

Exactly. And you.

[Fran]

Even though I was talking about my nipples being out before this, we were taking this very, very serious, like. But you have been looking absolutely amazing. Can we talk about some of your looks? Because these dresses are absolutely to die for. I know you've done some vintage. How are you picking out the looks right now for the premieres?

[Camila Mendes]

Well, I have an incredible stylist, Molly Dixon, who? She's like, the only stylist I've had that really gets my vibe and my style. And that was like, a long process for me. I went through a lot of stylists to get to where I am now, and Molly just gets me like. Like, I can trust that when I walk into a fitting. The rack of clothes that she has for me is all stuff that I like and that, like, she just intuitively knows my vibe. And, you know, whenever there's like, a press tour, like, a specific project we're promoting, you know, I'll make a mood board on Pinterest and I'll send it to her, and then she just sort of like, scans it and is like, okay, I get what you're going for. And then.

[Fran]

Because finding that chemistry with the stylist can be extremely hard, right?

[Camila Mendes]

Yes.

[Fran]

Especially when a stylist is dressing you in something that you wouldn't usually wear. But you're like, do I take the risk? Yeah.

[Camila Mendes]

And in the beginning of my career, like, it's like, I didn't know what that process was. Like. Like, I never had a stylist before. And then, you know, you're going to events that are like, you know, I never had to go to a gala when I was in college, you know, so I just had to, like, you have to find what your red carpet style is, which is very different from your day to day style and how you dress on a daily basis. So that was like, its own process. But Molly's amazing.

[Ria]

Yeah, absolutely. What has been your favorite carpet for Masters of the Universe look yet?

[Camila Mendes]

I honestly loved the Anna October white gown. It was like a silky gown. That whole look just felt really, like, ethereal. And just sort of timeless. A little old Hollywood. There was just something about that. And I wore the blue contact lenses that I wear in the movie in Masters of the Universe. So it felt like a nice little nod to my character.

[Ria]

Yeah. What do you think about the. Are the color context? You've noticed them at all? I've always been curious because we were talking about them the other day. Just like changing your eye color, it's like looking in the mirror. Is it kind of jarring?

[Camila Mendes]

Yeah, it's very jarring. And I'm just kind of like, holy shit. Thank God I don't have blue eyes in real life. Because I'd be unstuck.

[Ria]

Yes.

[Camila Mendes]

I would be a menace to society.

[Ria]

That's why. You see, I feel like people try the context and then they get, like, addicted to it because it's like, oh, my God.

[Fran]

Right, right.

[Camila Mendes]

I get it now. Like, I get. I mean, I always did, but, like, holy. I felt like I had, like a secret power.

[Fran]

Like, we get why people with blue eyes act up a lot because they feel like they can get away with.

[Ria]

And also, as a fellow, like, dark hair, dark eyes gal, I feel like everybody's always. I was like, ugh. The dark hair and the blue eyes is just the look.

[Camila Mendes]

There's something about that combination that is.

[Ria]

Yeah, it really is.

[Fran]

It's a Megan Fox effect.

[Camila Mendes]

Yes, exactly.

[Ria]

Exactly. That is so true. Well, the dresses were all stunning. The movie is so fun, action packed. I feel like it is the quintessential summer blockbuster action film. What drew you to the role of Teela in the first place?

[Camila Mendes]

Well, I had to audition several times. I feel like I've never played a role like this in my career. Like, I've. As you guys have seen, I've played a lot of, like, popular, maybe not mean girls, but just like a little sassy, very confident. Teela's confident, but she's a warrior and, like, way scrappier. And she gets her hands dirty and she's like a proper leader. I've never played a character like that before. And I've never played. I've never been in an action film, action fantasy film. And I've always wanted to tap into the fantasy world. Like playing a character that's larger than life with superpowers. It just makes me feel like I'm a kid again, you know, it's like the reason why I got into acting was because I loved playing pretend as a kid. And so it's just like a very full circle thing.

[Fran]

And you fit into the fantasy World so well. But you mentioned having to audition a couple times for this.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Are you still auditioning? A ton. I'm sure. You know, you're. You're such a no name at this point.

[Camila Mendes]

I mean, not really, but you are.

[Fran]

And I feel like it's so interesting to hear the side of, like, having to audition a bunch for this role.

[Camila Mendes]

Yeah, this was. And that's why I think I wanted it so badly, because I hadn't really had to audition this extensively for something in a long time, like, since Riverdale, really, where I'm, like, going through many. You know, they had, like. I know they had, like, a short list of people that they wanted to read, and I was one of them. And, you know, it's just like, it, like, reignites that competitive side of you. And, you know, I was like, holy. I have not wanted something this badly since Riverdale. Like, it felt like something that could. I'm not gonna say change my life because, you know, who knows? Like, you never know with these things. But, like, it felt like that scale of a project that I haven't experienced yet. And it sort of felt like leveling up and a new challenge that one can only dream of as an actor.

[Ria]

Well, it's such a great, to use a classical term, like a resume booster. It's like something so different than what you have. So it's like, now I can do this. It opens up the doors to a whole new world of opportunity, really. I can do the training, I can do the big action, all those things. And those movies are so entertaining and fun. Speaking of the training, once you. When did training start for you? Like, once you got the role? Or did you even try and maybe get into it a little bit before just for, you know, good luck?

[Camila Mendes]

I mean, fortunately, I am somebody who loves to work out and strength train. So, like, that was already a part of my daily life. But I never set out to, like, gain muscle and bulk up. Like, that was a completely new pursuit that I've never experienced. But, yeah, I trained for months. Like, I started in September of 2024. We didn't film till February, March of 2025. And so it was a few. A couple months in LA of just sort of like, laying down the groundwork. And then. And then we were flown to London early, like, three months early, to start what was essentially like a Masters of the Universe boot camp. So, like, I had to, you know, Monday through Friday, went to set. They had, like, a gym that was specifically made for Nick and I, for me and Nick, where it Was like, you know, Masters of the Universe posters everywhere. It was just like a little home, which was like our hub for those couple months. And it was amazing. It was like an hour and a half of weight training, followed by an hour and a half of stunt training. You know, I learned, like, sword fighting and boxing, and I had to do wire work and BO staff training at one point. Rifle training.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Camila Mendes]

Because my character has. Has a. A rifle staff. So it's not only a BO staff, but it's does everything. Yeah. But it also shoots people, so. So I had to, like, learn how to properly hold that. It. You know, it was just a really incredible experience, like, learning all these new skill sets.

[Fran]

Yeah. That is so awesome. Because I feel like people, you know, when they watch a movie and they don't really hear about what goes into, like, playing that role. You think, oh, somebody could just be learning lines and, you know, everything that we can do now with technology, make it look a certain way, but you are training like an athlete.

[Camila Mendes]

Yeah.

[Fran]

For your role, which is just so cool. And especially now to, like, have those skill sets after the fact as well is just amazing.

[Camila Mendes]

I had to drop out of a film because of the training, because they were so serious about it. You need to get here early to train. And it wasn't just about. It wasn't just about, like, looking strong. It was like, we need you to be strong in order to do these stunts and to, like, do them well and not hurt yourself. So there was, like, a lot of emphasis on, like, just genuinely, we need you to be strong.

[Fran]

And not only the role being such a huge accomplishment, but being so strong. Like, you feel so great about yourself.

[Ria]

Totally.

[Camila Mendes]

And. And looking strong and being strong, what I realized are two very different things. And I think there's a lot of distortion about what being strong looks like in the media. Like, you know, I don't know. Like, sometimes you'll see a photo of someone who's just, like, really lean. Like, they just have really low body fat and. But you can see the, like.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Camila Mendes]

The curve in their muscles because they just don't have a lot of fat over them. And people be like, wow, she's so strong. So toned. Right.

[Ria]

And it's like.

[Camila Mendes]

No, no, no. That's just like, someone not eating a lot.

[Haley]

Absolutely.

[Fran]

And I do feel like right now, having an emphasis on being strong is such an amazing message to have.

[Camila Mendes]

Yeah.

[Fran]

I mean, we love strength training as well. We talk about it a lot. Like, it's incredible. It is really so cool.

[Ria]

It's the only Thing that like got me into wanting to work out.

[Camila Mendes]

Yes.

[Ria]

But I, for a while I was like, I did, I hate.

[Camila Mendes]

And it's the most effective.

[Fran]

It is. And like hitting that, that pr, like benching, you're like, oh my God, I feel so cool. Like I can do this right. It's such an empowering thing. So that is so awesome that that is part of the role.

[Camila Mendes]

Yeah.

[Ria]

No, you, you mentioned training with Nick. Hell of a transformation that he had to go through. What was it like kind of training side by side with him and having to do all that together.

[Camila Mendes]

It was really great because I feel like, you know, we play childhood best friends in the film, so it kind of helped us establish this friendship right off the bat. And you know, it's a very vulnerable experience. Like you're both like, we were both bulking at the same time and cutting at the same time and in the bulk, like you're putting on a lot of weight. And as somebody like, you know, I used to have an eating disorder and I had issues with my, you know, body dysmorphia. And so like when you're intentionally like you're gaining weight and I was like literally seeing fat in my shoulders from how much more muscle was there. It was like pushing everything out and you know, it's like a very vulnerable experience just to watch your body change so quickly. And he was feeling very vulnerable about it too. So it was like nice to have that support from each other during that time. And you know, it's like it can be quite isolating when you're filming a project. Like luckily he's from London, so for him he, he's home.

[Fran]

Right.

[Camila Mendes]

But I wasn't. So it's like nice to have a buddy there who's like with you every day, you know, knows all the right

[Ria]

places to tell you where to go.

[Camila Mendes]

Yeah.

[Ria]

Can invite you home for a home cooked meal if you need it.

[Camila Mendes]

I mean, Nick doesn't really go out, so.

[Ria]

Yeah, Ron, there you go.

[Camila Mendes]

He didn't really have any recommendations that would require him to leave his house despite.

[Ria]

Well, he's just there then.

[Camila Mendes]

We also just couldn't go out to eat while we were there. Cause we were on a very specific diet and we had our meals prepped for us, which was amazing in its own way. But like for that entire time I was there for seven months I was eating pre made meals that I was microwaving like so my everything I ate was microwaved for like seven months.

[Ria]

Yeah, just like really such an intense process. What was it? Like, then getting to watch the finished product, like, finished project, and seeing all the hard work it's got into it.

[Camila Mendes]

I mean, just, like, what really came together when I finally watched the final, like, the film in its final form was seeing the, like, visual world building, which already. They did such an incredible job with the practical sets. Like, a lot of it was, like, done on set, but obviously the big backgrounds and the big backdrops weren't. And so seeing that and, like, just how beautiful this world looked on camera, I mean, it's like a visually stunning film. Like, there's so much color and vibrancy.

[Ria]

That's what I loved about it, too. Because there is something right now where I feel we get these new movies and people really love to break down the color.

[Camila Mendes]

Mute it.

[Ria]

They mute it. And even with, like, sequels or things, they go back, they look at the original, they're like, this is so bright and vibrant now. Everything feels $gray movie.

[Camila Mendes]

Yeah.

[Ria]

No way.

[Camila Mendes]

No.

[Ria]

It is so colorful. It is colorful. It's one of those ones that you, like, want to see in the movie theater because it has that powder effect to it, which is. Which is really cool. What was it like walking on set on a movie of this scale versus some of the previous stuff you've done?

[Camila Mendes]

I don't know that I necessarily. I mean, I guess I did. I think I. There was one set which was the Subternia set that was so big. Like, it was just such a large set. And it really felt like we were in the world because it was on one side, there was a platform that had my ship on it and then, like, a bridge leading to the other side that had this whole Subternia set with, like, cliffs and, you know, staircases. It was just, like, so elaborate. And it was a massive stage. And we were filling up the entire stage with this world. And it was just. I think that's when I realized I'm like, damn. Like, it's a big budget movie.

[Ria]

This is versus Got that feel working

[Fran]

on other films and being on the set of Riverdale for so long. What did you learn that you wanted to take with you into a big film like this or something that you didn't want to take with you?

[Camila Mendes]

That's a good question. I think, like, Riverdale was such a unique experience in that I like these people, not just the cast, but some of the crew, too, who stuck around through to the end. They become like your family. And you're just so familiar with these people. And it felt just like home in a weird way. And I Think I have to. The lesson I had to learn is not every set is gonna feel that way because you're not with them for seven years. Do you know what I mean? Like, that kind of bonding and connection isn't gonna happen on everything. And I definitely formed a lot of great connections on the set. But it's like, when it's this big of a film, it's like the crew is multiplied. It's like so many people, you can't possibly get to know every single one. And that was, you know, a new experience for me. It's just like. Like sometimes you're. You're on set and you're like, oh, I've never seen that person before. Or, you know, it's just like a little bit like, it's not an indie film. It's not a lower budget. It's like this. You really feel that when you're on

[Fran]

projects like this, it is interesting, you know, talking to so many actors and actresses, hearing about their experiences with castmates on their films, like they become super close or maybe they never talk again after. And I feel like being on a show for so long, you're kind of forced to be within the same universe of each other for so many years. And so you have your ups and downs, you have your friendships, breakups, the whole thing that you guys are all experiencing together. And then as an audience, people become super invested, which adds a whole other layer. How did you handle that with Riverdale? Because I know that we all became so invested in your guys friendships. Even now, still, people are like, oh, my God, what's it like with Madeline and Lily now? Everyone's still so invested.

[Camila Mendes]

I know. It's really sweet. It's really sweet. I mean, like, it's. It's great to have that support. And it doesn't really change anything for us, you know, like, we all have our. Like, we're friends because we're friends. You know, we were all texting today about wanting to go to an Ariana Grande concert together. And it's so lovely that, like, it's like, I still have my girls, and they're the only people who understand, you know, who share the same experience that I do. And so there's like, a deep level of understanding there that, like, no one can really ever fill that gap in my life, you know?

[Ria]

It's so nice to see. And you guys still find ways to show up and support each other.

[Camila Mendes]

Yeah.

[Ria]

Which is great. Cause that can be really hard to do. You're all very busy. What do you like to do to show up in your friendships.

[Camila Mendes]

Oh, God. What do you mean?

[Ria]

Like, you know, there's certain things that people do. It's. Maybe you throw in a text. You know, like when someone's going through. You check on them via text. You get them a phone call, they got a premiere. You're like, I'm gonna make sure I can make it to that. I think that.

[Camila Mendes]

Or I think my friend. Yeah, I love. I show up for my friends. Like, I love to show up for. Especially those big moments. But also, I feel like all my friends know this about me. That, like, if you need me, I am there. Like, if you. Like, if something's going on, I feel like they know they can call me and that I will be there. It's hard because I feel, you know, I don't always feel like the best friend to some of my closest friends because I'm, like, traveling all the time. I'm not around all the time. Or, you know, especially during the Riverdale days. Like, we were on set every day for 10 months out of the year, and it was like, when you're on set, you just can't be on your phone like that. You just can't be texting like that. And so I felt this with my family, too. It's like, you. People around you, this is the sad reality. Kind of have to accept that you're not as available as you would like to be. And that was a really hard thing for me because I want to be there for everyone all the time. And sometimes I was like, oh. Like, I don't feel like I'm showing up as a friend in the way that I'd like to, or showing up as a daughter in the way that I'd like to. That was something that I'm still calibrating in my life.

[Fran]

Yeah. But even having those thoughts and reflection does mean you are a great friend and a great daughter. Because somebody who didn't have those thoughts right would be a bad one.

[Camila Mendes]

Exactly. Exactly.

[Fran]

Acknowledging that means you do have that, you know, which is also a great thing to be as busy as you are and acknowledge those things. Because even just acknowledging, I feel like, goes a long way for people. Even if you can't be there, it's like, well, at least you're acknowledging that you feel sorry that you can't be.

[Camila Mendes]

And that's why. Like, that's why I'm saying. I think ultimately what I know I do have is that, like, if at any point, like, if they're going through a breakup or gotten a big Fight with their mom or whatever. Like, it's like they know that if. If they need me, I am there. Like, I will drop everything.

[Fran]

You will drop it all. You know what I mean?

[Camila Mendes]

But it's just like that day to day, sort of like I can't be as present as a friend when I'm home and I'm not working. It's great.

[Ria]

You know what I mean?

[Camila Mendes]

But, like, when I'm.

[Ria]

That one text is slipping through the nose.

[Camila Mendes]

Yeah, but so much of my life in my 20s was Riverdale. So I was just like on set in a different country from, you know, away from everyone that I'm close with.

[Fran]

And a great friend will be understanding that of that as well and always support and wish for success.

[Camila Mendes]

And I feel like the truest friends are the ones that, like, you cannot talk for a while and then when you see them, it's like, absolutely.

[Fran]

My best friend that I've known forever now. It's like, we'll go months because we're. Everyone has lives and they're so busy. And then you catch up and you're like, oh, my God, this is like, we talk every second of every day. You know, Speaking of showing up for friends or maybe rivals or enemies, at this point, you were in Mr. Fantasy New Friends music video. New Friend. Yes. It's causing a lot of discussion on the Internet.

[Camila Mendes]

Is it?

[Fran]

Yes, it is. How did you get involved in this music video?

[Camila Mendes]

Mr. Fantasy reached out to me, contacted the team, contacted the team. His people got in touch with my people and they were basically like, do you want to be in Mr. Fantasy's music video? And I was like, absolutely. It's an honor.

[Fran]

Next big star.

[Camila Mendes]

Yeah.

[Fran]

You have to be a part of it.

[Camila Mendes]

I love supporting rising musicians, rising artists. You know, like, I want to uplift him.

[Ria]

And did you have to personally apologize to KJ with everybody else?

[Camila Mendes]

KJ is a very mature, emotionally mature man. I feel like he doesn't. He doesn't expect that. He's just kind of. He, you know, he. He keeps it separate.

[Fran]

He's in the industry. He gets it.

[Ria]

I love seeing Mr. Fantasy on the carpet for Master Masters of the Universe.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Camila Mendes]

He was showing his support.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

New friends

[Ria]

loving that support.

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[Ria]

I wanna, you know, you talked about being a part of Riverdale for so long, and I feel like there's chunks of time. Like you had big chunks of time in one project, whether it's or just life, you know, you got high school, four years, college, four years, almost immediately into Riverdale.

[Camila Mendes]

Yeah, right, Immediately, Yeah.

[Ria]

So these big chunks of time after that ended. What were the sort of like mental hurdles you had to tackle that you had to like, you know, kind of start anew?

[Fran]

Sort of.

[Camila Mendes]

Yeah. I mean, I felt like a huge sense of relief. Like I could finally breathe because it was so nonstop after college. Like, I was just sort of like thrown into it in the best way, by the way, like, that was like, that's how everyone dreams it will happen.

[Ria]

And that, I'm sure that's what everyone was talking about at NYU is like, the dream is to get on a TV show right after school.

[Fran]

Right.

[Camila Mendes]

And so I was like, very lucky in that way. But also, you know, I'm like, I just. I booked a show that shoots 10 months out of the year in a different country and we would get two month breaks. And those were months where you would want to go do something else. And so for like seven years, I just didn't stop working and I really burnt myself out. And I was just on the sort of like hamster wheel of life where I was just like, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go. And luckily, I think there was, there was a strike. I mean, not luckily, but there was something about the strike that happened right after Riverdale wrapped forever. There was a strike. And I remember thinking, okay, like this is almost like a forced break. But then I ended up working. That was like when my production company started to take off and we'd shot two back to back indies during that strike that were like, you know, lower budget indies. And so I was. Then I was just in it. And then I was like also exercising a completely new muscle, which was hard and a new challenge. And so I was like so overextended. And I sort of reached a breaking point where I was like, I need to slow down. But I feel like I've said yes to so many things and I have my hand in so many things. Like, if I step away, everything's gonna fall apart. Like, it's all just gonna come crashing down. I didn't know how to do that. I didn't know how to step away. And like Take a break. And I kind of reached my limit with like, you know, I was just such a reactive person during this time of my life because I was so overwhelmed at work that like, I was so sensitive to everything. It's like everything felt like life or death all the time. I was just like hyper vigilant, like on edge, in fight or flight mode constantly. And I was just like, I need to do something about this. And I went to this like, mental health facility that like, completely changed my life and really taught me, like, it showed me what matters to me. I was reconnected to my larger purpose and what I really want from life. And then everything after that became so much easier. Cause I was like, oh, I don't need to do that because that doesn't actually serve my larger goal in life. Once you're very clear on what that is, it's easier to say no to things because you have like a very specific intention with your time.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Camila Mendes]

So, yeah, that was a mental hurdle that I faced.

[Fran]

Well, that is really incredible. And thank you for sharing with us, especially talking about going to a mental health facility and advocating for that. Because I feel like that is something that is a relatable feeling that people struggle with. Depending on what your job is, where you are at in life, I think a lot of people can relate to the feeling of like, this feels like the end of the world right now. You know, like the, the fight or flight feeling. It's like everything is the biggest deal in the entire world and you work yourself up to that point. So to be able to take the moment to step back and, you know, get in touch with yourself and take necessary steps to change, that is really a wonderful thing. And I feel like it's something that people really can relate to. And being in the position that you are, I feel like it's so great for people to hear that coming from someone like you.

[Haley]

Yeah.

[Ria]

What's one thing that you think you really learned that you've implemented in your, in your day to day about taking care of your mental health?

[Camila Mendes]

I mean, it's a pretty simple answer, but meditation, like, just like starting your day with some sort of reflection or something that just kind of connects you to yourself. Yeah, that has been really effective for me. But I also think it's just this, like, attitude towards life that I've adopted that is a little bit. It's like nothing's that serious. Like, I remind myself, I'm like, no one's holding a gun to your head saying you need to do this, like this Isn't life or death. It's like, this is all optional. Like, everything is optional.

[Ria]

Yeah, no, you're right.

[Fran]

You're so right. One of my friends gave me that advice, like, in recent years, I was just like, should I do this thing? Should I not do this thing? And it looks sort of like that end of the world feeling of like, if I don't do this. And my friend was like, you don't have to do anything. And I'm like, oh, my God. Things are optional.

[Camila Mendes]

Yeah.

[Fran]

And it feels like an obvious answer, but when you are in that state, things don't feel optional. It feels like life or death.

[Camila Mendes]

Yeah. It feels like everyone around you is, like, pushing you towards something. And really, it's like, I don't need to be an actor. Like, no one's forcing me to be. No one's forcing me to be busy. Like, I'm choosing that. Why am I choosing that? And, like, being able to be real with yourself and, like, reflect on why you're making the choices and know why you're making those choices.

[Ria]

I feel like it also helps you connect to the reasons why you really love it. It's like, why do I want to do this? Well, what are the reasons why I really enjoy doing it?

[Camila Mendes]

Yes.

[Ria]

And then it kind of gives you a re appreciation for what you're doing because you're like, I really do love it. You mentioned your production company.

[Camila Mendes]

Yeah.

[Ria]

Which is so cool. And I think I love. You know, I love seeing women running their own production companies doing these things. You started with one of your best friends. Can you tell us more about your production company?

[Camila Mendes]

Yeah, I started it with my best friend, Rachel Matthews, who I met on the first day of orientation at NYU today.

[Fran]

That's amazing. You stay friends. Nobody ever stays friends with the person they met at orientation.

[Ria]

Orientation friends always are the first ones to go.

[Camila Mendes]

Well, listen, that's part of our meet cute. Because we weren't immediate friends. We met that day. And I just completely. I love telling this story. Cause I completely misread her. I was coming from my, like, Rave Girl Miami phase. I'm from Miami. And so I was like in my. You know, I feel you.

[Ria]

It was that era.

[Camila Mendes]

It was that era. You know what I'm saying?

[Ria]

Yep.

[Camila Mendes]

And so I was coming from that. And I meet her and she's from la. And she has a tattoo. Just like one tattoo, like the eternity somewhere. And I'm just like. I was like, classic la. She's cool. She parties. And so we befriended each other. Cause, you know, it's like, rare to meet someone like that in the theater school community. So I was like, okay, she and I are gonna be friends. And so we were. And then I think I scared her away because she actually was so not that person. Like, she grew up very Christian and, like, you know, in a suburb outside of la. So she was a very different girl than what I thought. And so I was texting her, like, every weekend, being like, one Oak tonight. Like, we're going to Avenue. We need more girls, like, at the

[Fran]

promoter's table, promoters asking for me to send pictures of the girls that are coming.

[Camila Mendes]

And she's like. She's like, oh, I'm going to Bon Iver concert. And I'm like, who is that mbj?

[Fran]

Like, wait, we're going to see Tiesto?

[Ria]

That's so funny. You know, they're. Avenue's coming back.

[Fran]

Avenue is coming back.

[Camila Mendes]

I saw the pizza last night on Insta Artichoke Pizza. I don't want to hear about the new bart.

[Fran]

Avenue looks gone, but. What? Yeah, they took away that Archer that was near one. Oh, yeah, it's gone. Yeah. So we know.

[Ria]

Yeah, my best friend had her 21st birthday at Avenue, so looks really nice there.

[Fran]

But that's besides the point. Continue.

[Ria]

They're bringing it back.

[Fran]

We're bringing it back.

[Ria]

Which is so funny, but no.

[Camila Mendes]

And then we eventually made our way back to each other because I ended up dating a guy that was friends with a guy she was dating. And then our friend groups merged and then that's how she and I became friends. And then we, you know, stayed. We got even closer after both of us got out of our relationships and we moved to la and I, like, had a little room in her apartment that I would stop in and stay at whenever I was between seasons of Riverdale. And yeah, that's kind of how our friendship forged. And we'd always been talking about how one day we want to start a production company because she's sort of like me, where we both have. We both have, like, very business oriented fathers. And so I feel like we have this sense about us of, like, we're not just creatives. Like, we're also business people. And so we're like, okay, we'd be good at this. Like, we can manage the creative. We have very similar tastes, but also we understand how to run a business. And the two of us together have such leadership energy. And I don't want to do it alone. Like, I'm like, I'm. I have no interest actually in starting a production Company by myself. I want to do it with my best friend. I want it to be like a shared experience to have someone that's like in your corner and like the two of you are in it together.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

And there's a shared bond of getting to watch what you create too. And it's like, that's. So I feel it's gotta be even more fulfilling to get to do that with your best friend than if.

[Camila Mendes]

And I. And I don't think I'd be able to do it. I'm sure I could. I don't wanna knock, you know.

[Ria]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Fran]

Give yourself some credit.

[Camila Mendes]

I wanna give myself some credit. But like, I don't. I wouldn't be able to do it. Cause I don't in doing it alone. And I think, like, I want to. It's nice to have someone like Rachel, who's so brilliant and shares very similar creative tastes and sometimes different in a good way. But like, she can. She can catch my blind spots. You know what I mean? And vice versa. And I feel like. I feel like that's always like the best businesses are the ones where there's like. It's like, okay, here are my strengths and here are my weaknesses. And you fill in my weaknesses and I fill in your strengths.

[Ria]

Exactly. Especially that's us.

[Fran]

Yeah, yeah.

[Ria]

With us working together, it's very similar. Exactly.

[Fran]

And like you said, like two maybe sort of unlikely friends, but you know what I mean, you do have a lot of things in common or else you wouldn't be friends. Coming together. You bring out each other's strengths within each other. Absolutely can relate to that. And I'm interested in what you guys are looking to sort of adopt with your production company. Like, what are the projects that you guys are looking.

[Camila Mendes]

We like, don't really think in terms of like certain genres or anything. I mean, it's just so happens that both of the projects we've made so far that we've released so far are coming of age stories. But we just produced one that I also starred in called Dead, which was directed by Carlos Lopez Estrada. It's like a silent film that's also kind of musical and it's about death and grief. But it's like, also it kind of has Amelie vibes. Like, it's like very quirky and fun and light hearted, but like, with really profound messages about life. And then, you know, we're developing a story that we just got the life rights to, this Girl's Story, which she. I feel like, especially people who grew up in New York will know who this is. I don't want to say it yet because it's not announced, but she is, like, such a unique story, and it's sort of like. Like a scammer story. And she's amazing. She's in jail. And, you know, Rachel speaks to her in jail, like, multiple times a month, like, just, like, getting all her stories. Cause she's, like, a really great writer, and she, like, shares her diary entries. And anyway, like, we're really excited about that. It's just, like, we're just, like, looking for something that feels like a fresh take on something that, you know, it's like, I would love to make a rom com with the production company, but, like, I want to make a rom com that's. That has something unique about it that

[Fran]

people are craving that right now. People are just craving fresh ideas, fresh faces, all of those things.

[Camila Mendes]

I have no interest in making, like, Like a. Like a genre film. Like, just something that's genre for genre sake. That I am, like, I'm not into that.

[Haley]

Yeah.

[Camila Mendes]

Yeah.

[Ria]

Well, we're so excited to see what. What you guys continue putting out. It's really, really cool.

[Fran]

Congratulations. It's just incredible.

[Ria]

And, you know, as two ladies that are just kind of coming out of their bridal era, we've both been married in the last.

[Camila Mendes]

Congrats.

[Ria]

In the last couple years, what's been your favorite part of the bridal era?

[Camila Mendes]

I. I need to tap more into my bridal era. The timing of it was so, like. Like, now I'm, like, on this press tour, and I'm, like, trying to make.

[Ria]

I mean, you made a massive movie, but I'm.

[Camila Mendes]

I feel like once this is over, I'm gonna get into it. We have our, like, location in our venue.

[Haley]

Perfect.

[Camila Mendes]

But, like, not. Not even, like, we haven't locked in the venue necessarily. We just know, you know, which one you are. We just know where it's gonna be and, like, an idea of when. But I'm not, like, rushing myself into. I just want to, like, take it easy.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Because I soak it in and enjoy it.

[Ria]

Enjoy the time, because I miss it. I really miss it.

[Camila Mendes]

We ended up buying a house very unexpectedly. Like, wasn't something we were looking to do. And then we ended up buying a house together. So then that kind of took over the wedding planning. It was like, okay. Shit, real estate.

[Ria]

It's, like, immediate. It's like, we're living. We need to do this now.

[Camila Mendes]

Yeah. And, like, I'm like, we need to buy furniture. Like, that's kind of more urgent to me than. Than getting married. But we'll get there.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Just soak it in. Have fun. It's all fun.

[Camila Mendes]

You know what I mean?

[Fran]

You're doing something with somebody you love. Like, it's just so much fun.

[Camila Mendes]

I know. And I just want it to be like a big party. I just want it to feel.

[Fran]

And I'm sure your looks will be incredible.

[Camila Mendes]

I hope so.

[Ria]

Are you someone that's had, like, that bridal Pinterest saved forever or.

[Camila Mendes]

And that was something I had to discover. But, like, I think in the process of looking at. Cause we did a day where we looked at a bunch of venues, and then I, like, it came to me when I saw the venue and I was like, I know the theme. And then I was locked in. But I think more than anything, both of us are Brazilian and we have huge families, and we're just like, we need this to be like a big party.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Love it.

[Camila Mendes]

We're both very social. We have a lot of friends. We just want it to be like a big celebration.

[Fran]

The Brazilian and the Miami, they're all gonna come out in the party.

[Camila Mendes]

And then he's a half Italian, so it's like another layer.

[Fran]

Throw the Italian. We're Italian too.

[Ria]

This sounds like the best party ever, to be honest. That's a party combo. That's amazing. Thank you so much for coming and talking to us. This is so much fun.

[Camila Mendes]

Lovely. You guys are great.

[Fran]

Oh, thank you.

[Ria]

We're really excited that. That you're here. I felt we're like, around the same age. We're only a few months apart.

[Camila Mendes]

Okay.

[Ria]

Not to be creepy that I.

[Camila Mendes]

No, no, no, Exactly. I would hope you.

[Fran]

Exactly. We know you, but we did research.

[Ria]

I'm September of 94, so I feel like there's a lot of.

[Camila Mendes]

So is Nick, my co star.

[Ria]

There you go. A lot of. And I love him.

[Camila Mendes]

I love 94. 94 is a great year.

[Ria]

It really. I know.

[Camila Mendes]

You know, why did you.

[Fran]

Okay, guys, I'll just go for myself.

[Camila Mendes]

What are you younger than us?

[Ria]

Okay, you're younger.

[Camila Mendes]

Well, yeah. You're Gen Z. No, you're almost there.

[Fran]

No, no, I'm not Gen Z.

[Camila Mendes]

You're a cusper.

[Fran]

Yeah, please.

[Ria]

She's cusper. I am not. Look, some people.

[Camila Mendes]

Zillennial.

[Ria]

Yeah, they do. Some people claim. Claim Gen Z.

[Fran]

You're.

[Ria]

You're.

[Fran]

I know, but I just feel.98. Sorry, what were you saying?

[Camila Mendes]

Is where it starts? What was I saying?

[Fran]

94. About the year.

[Camila Mendes]

Oh, okay. Because what's so great about the year I was born and the year that you were born is that I can align the year to when I graduated. So, like, in 2005, I was in fifth grade.

[Ria]

Yep.

[Camila Mendes]

In 2012, I was in 12th grade.

[Ria]

It was great.

[Camila Mendes]

You know what it was? It's easy to reference.

[Ria]

And it was like we were a big kindergarten class.

[Camila Mendes]

Yeah.

[Ria]

It's like we hit the 2000. We were kindergarteners. They decorated everything.

[Camila Mendes]

It was amazing.

[Fran]

Oh, I'm so happy for you guys. I am so happy. Yeah.

[Camila Mendes]

Yep.

[Ria]

Exactly. So nice.

[Haley]

Awesome.

[Camila Mendes]

Where are you guys from?

[Ria]

I'm New Jersey and Long Island.

[Camila Mendes]

Long Island.

[Ria]

We're both big Italian fans.

[Fran]

Yes.

[Camila Mendes]

Rudy's from New Jersey.

[Ria]

There you go.

[Camila Mendes]

He's a Jersey boy.

[Ria]

Yep. So it's north or south.

[Camila Mendes]

Wherever Glen Ridge is.

[Ria]

Okay.

[Camila Mendes]

What is that?

[Fran]

South?

[Ria]

No, I believe a little north. Central is kind of a miss.

[Camila Mendes]

It's really close to Newark.

[Ria]

It's north.

[Fran]

Okay.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

I live in Jersey City now, so I'm like 20 minutes.

[Ria]

Got it.

[Haley]

Yeah.

[Ria]

Close.

[Camila Mendes]

I love Jersey.

[Fran]

Same.

[Ria]

I do have. I. You know, I love Jersey, but that's a whole other hour about Jersey. Another podcast episode. Camilla, thank you so much for joining us.

[Fran]

Thank you so much.

[Ria]

Matches of the Universe out this weekend, June 5th. Go to the theaters. Go see it. It's such a fun, fun, fun movie. I think people are really gonna really gonna love it. So thank you so much.

[Camila Mendes]

Thank you so much. Thanks, guys.

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[Fran]

All right, ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to another game of Beatrie and Fran. This is game number 221, and we are joined by Haley and Chrissy. They are ready to play their co workers. They're friends, and they're ready to take on the challenge. How are we feeling?

[Haley]

A little nervous.

[Fran]

Ready?

[Ria]

You guys are good. You guys are gonna be great. It's 15 questions. If you get the question right, you get the point. If you get it wrong, the other team can steal the point. Whoever has the most points at the end wins. To determine who goes first, Noah's gonna give us a movie. We're gonna guess the rotten tomatoes critic score of the movie. Whoever is closest, your team will go first. And we each get our own individual guests. We will alternate between teams for guesses. So, Noah, what is today's movie?

[Noah]

Today's movie is the Five Year Engagement.

[Fran]

I'd never seen this film.

[Noah]

Oh, really?

[Ria]

Jason Seagull.

[Fran]

So one of you will go first.

[Haley]

Okay. Chrissy, do you want to go?

[Camila Mendes]

Yeah, I'm gonna guess 38.

[Ria]

Ria?

[Fran]

16.

[Haley]

Yeah, it wasn't very good. I'm gonna say I'll give it a 52. Maybe some people liked it.

[Noah]

I liked it.

[Ria]

Maybe it's sneaking out as bad as we think. 61.

[Noah]

64. Oh, anytime jet applied up there.

[Haley]

That's true.

[Noah]

The score is higher, but higher. Okay, question number one.

[Ria]

Judd Bias.

[Noah]

Yeah, he just makes the type of comedy that respected, too.

[Ria]

Yeah, right? Yeah, you're not wrong.

[Noah]

All right, question number one. To reinforce how to Emma from Spokane, Washington. What song are these lyrics from? Move it side to side with your hands up. Keep your customer satisfied and live your life.

[Ria]

Be a customer satisfied and live your life.

[Fran]

Dance no more, Harry style.

[Ria]

They don't dance.

[Camila Mendes]

Final answer.

[Noah]

I was trying to read that as, like, monotone as possible.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

All right. 1. Nothing Ran Fran, question number two to Haley and Chrissy. Shout out Bri from New Jersey, who plays Miley's crush in the first episode of Hannah Montana.

[Ria]

Oh, Haley, that's all you. Oh, shoot.

[Haley]

I've just been rewatching it. Her crush. Okay, let me think. It's got to be somebody. I think it's someone famous that I don't know. I'm just gonna throw out it's not. Well, it's not. Who plays Jake Ryan? Obviously, it's just a second random. Could it be, like, Ashton Kutcher or something like. I don't know. I don't recall.

[Ria]

I have no idea.

[Camila Mendes]

So you're.

[Haley]

I'll just throw out Ashton Kutcher because I feel like they've talked about him a lot in the show.

[Noah]

Correct.

[Fran]

Final answer. Yep.

[Ria]

The one episode. Right.

[Noah]

When did Hannah Montana start? Compared to, like, the first high school?

[Fran]

Like, right off the heels.

[Noah]

So, yeah, it was like. Oh, my God.

[Ria]

It was like. Holy. It's carbon blue.

[Haley]

Yeah, that's bad.

[Noah]

Two. Nothing. Ran. Fran, question number three to them. Shout out Samantha and Taylor from Arlington, Virginia. Steve Howey plays Kate Hudson's love interest in two movies. What are they?

[Fran]

Two movies?

[Ria]

Something Borrowed. No, no. Oh, yes. Wait, he's not the other husband in Bridewurst, is he?

[Fran]

No, no.

[Ria]

Something. Then I think that something.

[Fran]

Something Borrowed.

[Camila Mendes]

And then I don't know what the

[Ria]

other one is, though.

[Fran]

We'll just make a guess. A Fool's Gold and Something Borrowed. Final answer.

[Noah]

Incorrect.

[Fran]

I know it's not going to. Hey, I. I just wanted to throw something out.

[Haley]

I think it is Something Borrowed.

[Ria]

I'm trying to think of other Kate Hudson movies.

[Haley]

I think. I think it might be Something Borrowed in Bride Wars.

[Fran]

I. I thought Bride wars, too, but.

[Ria]

All right,

[Haley]

yeah, let's. I guess.

[Fran]

I don't know, we'll discuss.

[Haley]

Okay. Something Borrowed in Brides. Bride Wars.

[Noah]

Correct.

[Ria]

Oh, mother.

[Fran]

No, no, wait, wait, wait, wait. That man is Steve. Howie. Yeah, yeah.

[Noah]

He plays Daniel, the sport of fiance.

[Fran]

No, no, I know who Kate Hudson fiance is in Bride Wars.

[Ria]

It is Steve Howey.

[Fran]

Yeah, you're telling me that's Steve Howey.

[Noah]

Does he look that different?

[Fran]

He dyed his hair and doesn't have a beard.

[Noah]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Ria]

He looks really different in it.

[Noah]

Yeah, he has a different haircut. The haircut's really what throws you off.

[Fran]

I thought it was a totally different man. I am absolutely. I'm not mad. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm actually happy to learn this information because I'm absolutely stunned. I had no idea that was the same man.

[Ria]

Yeah, I knew it was him.

[Fran]

Well, then you should have said it. I didn't say I thought it was a different man. I. I truly like. His hair is darker. It's a different haircut. No beer. He looks totally different. Damn.

[Noah]

All right, two, one. Ray and Fran, this is question number four. To Haley and Chrissy, shout out Carly from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. In Friends, where did the group travel for Ross's paleontology convention?

[Haley]

Ooh, they go to, like, an island.

[Fran]

It's tropical. Yeah,

[Ria]

it's not like Hawaii.

[Haley]

Is it, like, Barbados or something? It's something tropical that would have, oh, humidity. Or the Bahamas. Yeah, because Monica's hair.

[Ria]

I think the Bahamas is a decent answer.

[Haley]

I think. Okay, let's say the Bahamas.

[Noah]

Incorrect.

[Fran]

It is barbados. Final answer.

[Camila Mendes]

All right, we're going with.

[Ria]

We're going with your first death from now on.

[Noah]

Okay. Three, one, Re and Fran. Question number five. To them, shout out Emma from Spokane, Washington. Again, in what year did the following songs get released? Happy by Pharrell. Mirrors by Justin Timberlake. Dark Horse by Katy Perry.

[Fran]

This is 2012. Okay, I believe 2012 or 2013. Hold on.

[Ria]

Yeah, I'm. I'm torn between those two.

[Fran]

What was it?

[Noah]

Happy, Happy, Mirrors and Dark Horse. 10 seconds.

[Camila Mendes]

I don't know.

[Fran]

I'm actually. I think 2013. Okay, 2013. Final answer.

[Noah]

Correct.

[Haley]

It's good.

[Noah]

Four, one. Re and Fran. Question number six to Hayley and Chrissy. Shout out Kelly from Chicago. Name the actress in these three movies. P.S. i love you, Fred Claus. Titanic.

[Haley]

Ooh, you said actress.

[Noah]

Yes.

[Haley]

Oh, is Kathy Bates in all those?

[Ria]

I think probably a good guess.

[Haley]

I think it's Kathy Bates. Final answer.

[Noah]

Correct.

[Fran]

Damn.

[Ria]

Nice job.

[Haley]

I don't Remember her in P.S. i Love youe, but I know she's

[Fran]

in the first year.

[Ria]

Yeah, that's like. That was the first name to comes to mind. It's like she. Who else could it have possibly been?

[Haley]

She's a safe answer.

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Ria]

It's not Hilary Swank.

[Haley]

That's what I was like. I was like.

[Ria]

I don't think she's enfant.

[Noah]

4, 2. Reinfraend. Question number seven to re. Enfranchise Emma from Spokane. Again. Who's the oldest John out of this group? John Cena. John Mayer. John Krasinski. John Legend.

[Fran]

So we're not placing them in order?

[Noah]

No, just. He's the oldest.

[Ria]

I don't know. I'm torn between, like, all of them.

[Fran]

Right. So John Cena, the only one, I

[Ria]

think who with isn't 10 seconds is legend or, I don't know, Mayor. Is Mayor Sneaky the oldest Cena? Okay, just.

[Fran]

Yeah. John Cena. Final answer.

[Noah]

Correct.

[Fran]

Nice. Nice.

[Noah]

It's John Cena's 49. John Mayer is 48, John Legend's 47 and John Krasinski's 46.

[Fran]

John Krasinski was, like, the obvious youngest in that one. Yeah.

[Noah]

Okay. Five, two. Ran Friend. Question number eight. And this to Haley and Chrissy. Shout out. Nor from Sydney, Australia, Taylor Swift's. She's also said that we should come to Sydney. She said Singapore's not that far away.

[Ria]

Would love to go to Sydney.

[Fran]

Very true.

[Noah]

Taylor Swift cat. Olivia Benson was named after a Character from which TV show? A, CSI Miami, Law Order B, Law Order SVU C, Bones D. Chicago PD.

[Ria]

Olivia Benson is from Law Order SVU

[Camila Mendes]

B, Final Answer correct.

[Haley]

Good job.

[Ria]

Shout out my girl in Australia. No need for that to be a multiple choice.

[Noah]

Part of me was like, yeah, is it? I don't know. I. I don't.

[Ria]

Probably the most iconic TV character, like, ever.

[Noah]

I've never heard of her.

[Ria]

Like, people know her name over, like, the actress's name.

[Noah]

I, I. Have you watched those shows? I've never watched.

[Fran]

I mean, I know you watch a single one.

[Ria]

Thank you for that question.

[Noah]

Okay, question number nine. It's five. Three. Rhianne. Friends. To Re and Fran, shout out Kelsey from Akron, Ohio. What are the ladies holding in the Real Housewives of Rhode island intro? Oh,

[Ria]

like shell.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Camila Mendes]

I don't know.

[Ria]

I can't.

[Fran]

I always click.

[Ria]

Sure. It. I hit skip. Intro, intro, skip, intro. Island.

[Fran]

Seashell.

[Camila Mendes]

Yeah. Correct.

[Fran]

Yes.

[Noah]

I was gonna take seashell or clamshell.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Okay.

[Ria]

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[Noah]

All right. Six, three. Rhianne. Fran, this is question number 10. And this is to Hayley and Christiana, play a movie clip and you tell me what movie it's from.

[Camila Mendes]

What the hell are you thinking?

[Ria]

You like the Scaffold? Took me like four weeks to make it. It has wheels. This has got to stop, Robbie. I want him to love me.

[Fran]

I promise.

[Camila Mendes]

No, I won't.

[Fran]

Just because I'm four years younger than you.

[Ria]

Because I love somebody else.

[Haley]

Crazy, stupid love. Final answer correct.

[Ria]

Hell yeah. Nice job.

[Noah]

The Robbie. The Robbie was. But also just I'm older.

[Ria]

Just one of the most quotable movies.

[Haley]

Love that movie.

[Ria]

Such a. Such a good movie.

[Noah]

Okay, six, four. This is Rhea's time to shine. Possibly. Question number 11.

[Fran]

Don't put me in the spot like that. If it's off campus, it's gonna go out the window out my head. I already know it. Actually this morning I was like, there's going to be off campus questions and I'm not going to get it.

[Noah]

A lot sentence.

[Fran]

I actually know I'm not going to get it, but go.

[Noah]

All right. Shout out Christina from California in off campus Hannah quickly changes the name of her Spotify playlist after Justin sees it on a computer. What is the new name of the playlist when she changes it?

[Fran]

It was originally Crushing.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

And I do not know what she changes it to.

[Ria]

I don't remember what she changes it to. I just remember it being called crushing.

[Noah]

15 seconds.

[Ria]

Crushed. Oh, LOL. JK.

[Fran]

Yeah, let's go with that.

[Ria]

LOL. JK. Final answer correct.

[Fran]

Yes.

[Noah]

Where did that just.

[Ria]

Well, cuz I remembered her writing. Lol. Jk. I couldn't remember if she put it like under the name of the playlist or like actually changed the playlist name.

[Noah]

Okay. 74 ran friend question number 12 to Haley and Chrissy. Shout out Emma from Spokane. Again. Shout out Emma. Name three of Justin Bieber's special guests from his Coachella performances, not including Billy Eilish.

[Haley]

Oh. Oh, Chrissy, do you know any of these?

[Camila Mendes]

I don't.

[Ria]

I was gonna say Billie Eilish.

[Haley]

Yeah, same. Okay.

[Camila Mendes]

Special guests he brought out. Who did he bring out?

[Haley]

Did he bring out like somber or the 15 seconds or somebody like. Somebody like that?

[Ria]

Yeah, three.

[Haley]

I'm gonna say three of them.

[Noah]

Three. We got five seconds.

[Haley]

Those are. There was a girl. I want to say time is up. Oh, I don't have any.

[Fran]

Leroy Thames, Big Sean and Big Sean.

[Haley]

Oh, okay.

[Noah]

Dijon, the kid. Lori Thames. Big Sean. Sexy Red.

[Camila Mendes]

Sexy Red.

[Haley]

Okay.

[Noah]

I don't even count Billy because she didn't perform. Yeah, she Just got up there. Okay. Eight, four, Rhian. Fran, you guys have one now.

[Ria]

Thank you. Thank you, Noah.

[Fran]

Thank God. Stevie.

[Camila Mendes]

Stevie.

[Fran]

Howie didn't us up.

[Camila Mendes]

Yeah, yeah.

[Noah]

Question number 13. Shout out Kelsey from Akron again. Where is Janet's favorite place in the Valley? She said it's her favorite place to go.

[Ria]

Like Dave and Buster's, I think is what she says.

[Fran]

I don't know. I honestly, I'm. I haven't watched the Valley this year.

[Noah]

Final answer, correct.

[Fran]

Yeah. Nice.

[Noah]

It's a fun place.

[Ria]

Yeah, it just sticks with you when someone's like, my favorite place is Dave and Buster's. You're like, is it?

[Fran]

It's a good place.

[Noah]

All right. Nine, four. Ran friend question number 14 to Haley and Chrissy. Shout out Melissa from Dallas, Texas. In New Girl. Jess and Cece's biggest fight ever is over a yellow. What?

[Haley]

Chrissy, did you watch New Girl?

[Ria]

I did, but, man, I didn't. A yellow.

[Haley]

Is it like an item of like a clothing or something?

[Ria]

I was thinking like a shirt or a hairbrush or a. Yeah, purse.

[Camila Mendes]

Purse is not a bad.

[Ria]

It just seems weird for Jess to be upset about a purse.

[Haley]

I'll let you. You pick.

[Ria]

Let's choose. Let's do a shirt.

[Fran]

Final answer. Dress.

[Ria]

I don't remember this.

[Camila Mendes]

Or a hat.

[Ria]

I don't know.

[Camila Mendes]

Take a guess. Dress.

[Noah]

Final answer, incorrect. You guys had a purse. Yellow purse.

[Ria]

I totally agree with what you were saying. You're like, I don't think she would just. I'd be like, so true. I don't think she would either.

[Noah]

Okay, final question. It's nine. Four. Ran Fran Shadow Alley from Rhode Island. What is the full name of the three named character on Sunny with a Chance played by Sterling Knight?

[Camila Mendes]

Chaz.

[Fran]

Oh, no, I'm thinking of blades of glory.

[Camila Mendes]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Chad.

[Ria]

Chad. Chad Michael Michaels.

[Fran]

That's Chaz Michael Michaels.

[Ria]

Oh, that's. That's what you're.

[Fran]

Okay.

[Noah]

10 seconds.

[Camila Mendes]

I believe Chad.

[Ria]

It was definitely Chad.

[Noah]

5 seconds.

[Ria]

Is it Chad Michael Michaels? No. No, it's definitely not.

[Noah]

Time is up.

[Ria]

We chat.

[Fran]

Michael Michaels. Final answer, incorrect.

[Noah]

Hailing Chrissy.

[Ria]

Oof.

[Haley]

Chrissy, did you watch the show? No, I remember it a little bit, but I cannot tell you what his name was.

[Ria]

If it's not Chad, I'll be shocked.

[Fran]

It's definitely Chad.

[Haley]

I'm gonna go off what y' all are saying, Chad. I don't even know. I can't even come up. Like, it's probably something silly because it was Disney. So, Chad, I keep want to say Michael Murray, but Same.

[Ria]

That's exactly what I keep.

[Haley]

Chad Michael Murray.

[Noah]

Incorrect. Chad Dylan Cooper.

[Ria]

No child. Chad Dylan Cooper.

[Haley]

Three first names.

[Fran]

Damn. Damn. That was a lot of questions answered, though.

[Ria]

Yes.

[Noah]

Final score, 94.

[Camila Mendes]

I don't.

[Fran]

Did you guys miss one? I don't know if you missed one. We did. We did.

[Noah]

Which one did you have?

[Fran]

New girl and Bride wars of our own question.

[Camila Mendes]

Okay.

[Ria]

New girl wasn't.

[Haley]

I'm so mad at myself for that

[Fran]

Hannah Montana one, you know, embarrassing first episode.

[Ria]

Yeah. And if it's not like the first, you know, sometimes it's hard to come up with. If it's not, like, right away, your memory goes back.

[Fran]

Right.

[Haley]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Well, thank you guys so much for playing. That was a fun game.

[Ria]

Yes. Thank you, guys.

[Fran]

Back and forth there. Thank you so much. So nice to meet you guys. And we'll still send you some merch. So we'll get that sent to you.

[Haley]

Thank you. Thanks, guys.

[Ria]

Bye.

[Fran]

All right, that wraps up today's episode of Ticks in the Office. Thank you so much for watching and listening. We love you guys so very much. We'll talk to you on Monday.

[Chicks in the Office Outro]

Yeah, chicks in the office.

[Noah]

Longtime listener, first time caller.

[Chicks in the Office Outro]

Look at the charts. Who does it the best? Two chicks getting paid in reality checks. You can find them at the gym it's not even a flex Last minute red carpet flew them out on the jet. Yeah, they're who you want to be they're always on your screen. Two queens and they might be spilling royalty. A lot of topics that are popping here to get into. I know a show that you probably want to listen to. Turn the heat up turn the beat up record the pod made a bag put their feet up the ones that leave no crumbs when they clean up who's the pod that they all want to meet up? Who does turn the heat up? Turn the beat up Record the pod made a bag put their feet up the ones that leave no crumbs when they clean up who's the pod that they all want to meet up?

[Fran]

Sam.