Love Island USA's Taylor & Clarke Reveal if They're Exclusive Outside Villa

Summary

Chicks in the Office: Episode Summary – "Love Island USA's Taylor & Clarke Reveal if They're Exclusive Outside Villa"

Release Date: July 10, 2025

In this engaging episode of Chicks in the Office, hosts Ria and Fran delve deep into the latest pop culture happenings, blending personal anecdotes with hot celebrity news and an exclusive interview with reality TV stars Taylor and Clark from Love Island USA. The conversation seamlessly weaves through various topics, offering listeners a comprehensive overview of entertainment, relationships, and trending stories.

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1. Celebrity Buzz and Hot Topics

Tom Brady & Sofia Vergara’s Summer Fling

Ria and Fran kick off the episode with reports of NFL superstar Tom Brady and actress Sofia Vergara allegedly embarking on a summer romance aboard the luxurious Luminar super yacht in Ibiza.

• Fran (31:09): "Tom Brady and Sofia Vergara flirting it up in Ibiza – sounds like a classic summer romance!"
• Ria (30:24): "They've been spending time together on the yacht, which has everyone speculating about a possible fling."

Hugh Grant’s Nap at Wimbledon

The hosts discuss the amusing incident of actor Hugh Grant falling asleep during a high-stakes match at Wimbledon, sparking both laughter and mild frustration among tennis enthusiasts.

• Ria (34:17): "Hugh Grant was seen dozing off in the Royal Box during a tie-breaker at Wimbledon – classic Hugh!"
• Fran (36:30): "Imagine waiting hours for Wimbledon tickets and seeing Hugh snoozing away. Oh well, he’s just enjoying his time."

Original Birkin Bag Auction Sale

A highlight of the episode is the astonishing sale of the original Jane Birkin Hermes bag for a staggering $10 million to a private collector in Japan, setting a new record in the fashion world.

• Fran (52:22): "The original Birkin bag sold for $10 million – that’s insane!"
• Ria (52:38): "It's a testament to the enduring allure of Birkin bags and their status as ultimate luxury symbols."

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2. Television and Streaming Insights

Diving into Scripted Series

Fran shares her experience transitioning from reality TV to scripted series, highlighting her newfound interest in Animal Kingdom and expressing excitement about its complex characters.

• Fran (04:11): "I've started watching Animal Kingdom, and it’s a refreshing change from all the reality TV I've been on."
• Ria (07:23): "It's great to see you embrace a scripted show. Sons of Anarchy is also on your radar, right?"

Squid Game’s New Season and American Adaptation

The duo discusses the mixed reactions to the new season of Squid Game and the surprising cast additions, including a notable actress whose involvement has captivated fans.

• Noah (08:29): "The new Squid Game season felt like it ran out of ideas. The American version is teasing big surprises!"
• Fran (10:15): "Is it Cate Blanchett? Or maybe Julianne Moore? It’s exciting to see who they cast."

"The Bear" Season Updates

Ria and Fran touch upon the current season of The Bear, sharing their lukewarm reception and mixed audience sentiments.

• Noah (09:03): "I thought last season was really bad, so I'm not sure what to expect this time."
• Fran (10:46): "I heard it's more of the same, but maybe the new season will bring some fresh energy."

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3. Personal Updates and Weekend Plans

Ria and Fran’s Upcoming Weekend

The hosts share their personal plans for the weekend, including beach outings, visiting family, and attending a theater production of Cursed Child.

• Ria (03:17): "I'm excited to have a nice little beach weekend and spend time with my sister-in-law and her kids."
• Fran (03:44): "We're making a trip to Maryland to visit friends and excited about some big activities planned."

Navigating Fashion Trends

A lively discussion ensues about current fashion trends, especially focusing on the resurgence of Pepe Blonde from TikTok and the popularity of Laboos on designer bags.

• Fran (48:37): "I don't get the Labs on handbags. They’re just little ugly dolls to me."
• Ria (49:03): "It’s funny how some accessories become status symbols overnight. Personally, I prefer something that represents my personality."

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4. Product Spotlights and Promotions

While primarily focusing on content, Ria and Fran intermittently highlight various products, seamlessly integrating advertisements into their discussion.

Abercrombie's Bra-Free Collection

The hosts rave about Abercrombie's new bra-free collection, emphasizing its comfort and style versatility.

• Ria (24:08): "We've been absolutely loving the bra-free collection. The dresses and tops are super cute and comfortable."

Planet Fitness Memberships

A brief mention of Planet Fitness, promoting their accessible memberships and state-of-the-art equipment.

• Ria (34:34): "Planet Fitness is a great place to start your fitness journey with their friendly staff and top-notch equipment."

Truly Hard Seltzer Pool Party Pack

As summer kicks in, the hosts promote the Truly pool party pack, highlighting its refreshing flavors perfect for beach and poolside relaxation.

• Fran (53:08): "Grab the Truly pool party pack and enjoy flavors like Peach Plunge or Strawberry Kiwi Splash this summer."

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5. Exclusive Interview: Taylor & Clark from Love Island USA

Transitioning Post-Villa Life

Taylor and Clark share their emotions about leaving the Love Island villa, expressing excitement about their exclusive relationship outside the show.

• Taylor (54:51): "I'm happy to be outside the villa, but also a bit sad to leave it behind."
• Clark (54:37): "Connecting with Taylor has been amazing, and we're excited to explore this exclusive relationship further."

Handling Elimination and Public Perception

The couple discusses their elimination from the show, highlighting the challenges of public voting and maintaining their bond amidst viewer opinions.

• Fran (55:14): "We were surprised to see you get eliminated because we saw the real connection between you two."
• Clark (56:26): "It was expected to some extent, but we're focused on our relationship moving forward."

Navigating Relationships and Conflicts

Taylor addresses rumors about past infidelities, revealing insights into her personal life and the complexities of her relationships during the show.

• Fran (26:08): "Sheena revealed that Brock cheated on her while she was pregnant. It's a shocking revelation and complicates her relationship dynamics."
• Ria (26:39): "It's hard to imagine trusting someone with a second phone during such a vulnerable time."

Future Plans and Closing Thoughts

Looking ahead, Taylor and Clark discuss their plans post-show, including trips to Fiji and maintaining their relationship without the confines of the villa.

• Clark (60:23): "We're excited to go to Fiji together and enjoy our time without the villa's pressures."
• Fran (73:38): "We're rooting for you both to have a strong and lasting relationship."

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6. Final Thoughts and Sign-Off

As the episode wraps up, Ria and Fran reflect on the season’s highlights, encourage listeners to join upcoming events like Gina Sheena’s book tour in New York, and tease future episodes filled with more pop culture insights and interviews.

• Fran (77:44): "That wraps up today's episode. Thank you for listening and supporting us. Hugs and kisses, and we'll talk to you on Monday!"

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Notable Quotes:

• Ria (54:15): "We are here with two very special guests from Love Island USA. Thank you for joining us!"
• Fran (55:33): "When you guys got eliminated, many of us were upset because we saw the real connection between you two."
• Taylor (54:51): "I'm happy to be outside the villa, but also a bit sad to leave it behind."
• Clark (56:26): "Given the adversity with the whole me and Taylor situation, it was to be expected."

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This episode of Chicks in the Office offers a vibrant mix of celebrity gossip, personal stories, and an insider look into the lives of reality TV stars, making it a must-listen for pop culture enthusiasts and fans of Love Island USA alike.

Transcript

[Ria]

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[Taylor]

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[Ria]

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[Taylor]

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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. We're going into the weekend. We have some topics to cover. We also have an interview with Taylor and Clark on today's episode Talking Love Island. So we got a good mixture of both.

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[Fran]

How are we feeling going into the weekend? Good.

[Ria]

I'm excited to have a nice little beach weekend.

[Fran]

Love it. I was hoping that for you, you know, a weekend at home at the beach.

[Ria]

I don't have any. Really don't have any plans until your birthday.

[Fran]

Oh, nice.

[Ria]

I know. So good, good chill time. Relaxing. My sister in law and her, her kids and everyone, they're coming for like the next couple weeks. Oh, give me. We got a lot of big activities planned.

[Fran]

Oh, how fun.

[Ria]

Very excited. One day next week we're going to, we're taking the girls to see Cursed Child. They haven't seen it yet on Broadway. So very. A lot of fun activities planned. But yeah, I'm gonna head out there probably at some point Friday and chill and.

[Fran]

Yeah, nice.

[Ria]

Enjoy the weekend. It's hard to tell because it's like is it gonna rain? Is it not gonna rain? I don't know. But I'm hoping that it, it just says it is and it'll rain for like 30 minutes to be nice the rest of the weekend.

[Fran]

Right.

[Ria]

That's the vibe I'm getting.

[Fran]

And no matter what, it'll be nice just still by the beach regardless of the weather. So. That sounds lovely. Um, we're making the trip to Maryland this weekend to visit some friends. I mentioned that I was bringing them a gift. Leah did listen to the to the podcast and, and texted. She was like, wow, that is better than I ever could imagine. And I was like, oh my God, that's fantastic news. So what are we making? Yeah, yeah, right. Because you can now some plan some truffle pasta of some sort. You know, the, the opportunities are endless. They really are. I started a new show that is not reality TV based because I was really yearning for some non reality TV because I feel like all I've been watching is either Love island or on the Plane. I watched the Dallas Cowboys America Sweethearts. Yeah. So I'm like, I want like a scripted show and my family has been yelling at me for weeks to watch Animal Kingdom which came out a while ago, long time Ago. And it's on Netflix. There are six seasons. And they were like, just give it a shot. Just give it a shot. So last night, Matt and I were like, you know what? Let's start a new show. Let's do it. Let's commit. And we started Animal Kingdom, and it's great so far. We're only like two or three episodes in, but, like, we're very much enjoying it. I'm very interested in the character, the characters and where it's gonna go. And I like it a lot. And I posted it on my story. And a lot of girls, a lot of our listeners were like, oh, my God, this show is so good. So happy you're starting it. And that's all the validation I needed was our listeners to be like, yes, you made the correct choice.

[Ria]

Right, right, right.

[Fran]

I'm excited.

[Ria]

I don't. What was this? Oh, it was on tnt.

[Fran]

It's just been a while since I've, like, sunk my teeth into a show that had multiple seasons.

[Ria]

Right, right, right.

[Fran]

That's been out for a while that I missed the boat on. And honestly, watching it kind of made me. Did you ever watch Sons of Anarchy?

[Ria]

No.

[Fran]

Oh, Sons of Anarchy is so good. Especially, like, you would love Jax Teller, obviously, you know. But watching this show reminded me of how much I loved Sons of Anarchy and Jack Seller when that came out. But I only watched Sons of Anarchy one time through years ago, like, when it was on. And now with this, I'm like, oh, now I want to do a Sons of Anarchy rewatch. Because that is a solid show as well.

[Ria]

Joe's really trying to get me to watch Breaking Bad because I've never seen it, and he has, but he was like, ah. He was like, I'm due for a rewatch and you've never seen it.

[Fran]

That would be a good one. It's just a commitment.

[Ria]

It is. It really is. I just. I don't know if I'm. I think the, like, all the reality TV has just taken up every second. Like, I was watching Love Island UK on. On Hulu, and I was like, fine. Being a few days behind, because I was behind. Anyway. And then I caught up, of course. Like, by the time I caught up on Hulu, it was the beginning of Casa More. So I was like. I had to whip out the VPN I've been watching on my computer. Cause I was like, now I gotta be completely up to date. Because when I watched the episode on Hulu and it was the last one, I was like, ah, shit. So that means Casa More is ending in real time now, and I wanna see what happens so I can watch them.

[Fran]

Yeah, now you wanna know?

[Ria]

I can watch them all. Cause you wanna know. But that's literally all that I've been watching too.

[Fran]

But it just feels like it's cluttered my brain so much that I need, like a little. I need something, you know, I wanna sink my teeth into something else. Because it's just been going on for a while now, even though now we're at the end. So I felt like, ok, I could start something new, could start getting into, you know, a scripted series. Something new, something that I've never watched.

[Ria]

Something new for you.

[Fran]

Something new for me. Not new. Yeah, I have to be careful. New that I have not watched before. But yeah, it is making me want to watch Tons of Anarchy. Have you ever watched Tons of Anarchy, Noah?

[Noah]

No.

[Fran]

Oh, you would love Sons of Anarchy.

[Noah]

Are you guys interested in the new season of the Bear at all or.

[Ria]

No, I haven't. I mean, yes.

[Noah]

I didn't even know it was out.

[Ria]

I didn't know it was out either. I saw people talking about when I was on vacation. I was like, oh, my God, that came out. I haven't watched any of it yet, but I will eventually.

[Fran]

You guys know how I feel about the Bear.

[Noah]

I thought last season was really bad. That's why, like, hearing mixed things about this.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

Already where, like, it's. I think it's one of those shows now.

[Ria]

Yeah. I heard a lot of people say it's just like more of the same. Same.

[Noah]

You know, she's just always depressed, the restaurant's never doing well, everyone hates each other.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

So Sons of Anarchy is really good. Just a suggestion. Seven seasons. Seven seasons. But, like, how the show went for seven seasons. It did. It's so good. I mean, everything just worth it for Jax Teller. Yeah. And he was supposed to be Christian Grey.

[Ria]

Yeah, he was.

[Fran]

And. But honestly, I don't really. I think it was a good decision for him because Jax Teller and Christian Grey couldn't be less alike, character wise. So. But my goodness.

[Noah]

Did you guys not watch the new Squid Game season?

[Fran]

Not yet.

[Noah]

I did.

[Fran]

What do you think?

[Noah]

Not good.

[Fran]

Oh, no. Not telling me.

[Ria]

I mean, I feel like they just.

[Noah]

Like, ran out of ideas.

[Ria]

Yeah. I feel like unfortunately it was just a show that I feel like was meant to just be one season because it was, like, so insane. But so many people watched it. It was such a phenomenon that they were, like, forced into making more of it. And then they. They just.

[Noah]

Now they're making an American version.

[Ria]

It was like, all insane. Oh, really?

[Noah]

And they tease it at the end. Like, this isn't a spoiler. I won't say it is, but like the. An actor in the American version is like, at the end of this season. That's like a tease.

[Fran]

Oh, interesting.

[Noah]

It's like a famous actress, but.

[Ria]

Oh, now I want to know.

[Fran]

Is it Nicole Kidman?

[Noah]

No, but honestly, not too far. Do you want me just tell you? I mean, it was like it was reported.

[Ria]

It was. I was gonna say, did it make news? And we just.

[Noah]

I just don't know. It was like, shocking that she was in it to me. I didn't know that she was gonna be in this.

[Ria]

Well, now just tell me.

[Fran]

Okay, never mind. I was going to say. Should we do two more guesses? You know what? Every guess that I was going to say was close to Cate Blanchett, but was not her. I was gonna say. I was gonna say Julianne Moore.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

You know, I was gonna maybe go somewhere else, but Cate Blanchett, I wouldn't have got there.

[Ria]

Sting.

[Fran]

That is interesting.

[Ria]

Very interesting.

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Ria]

Did it seem like she was in like a role of power or like.

[Noah]

Do you want to just tell you?

[Ria]

Kind of.

[Noah]

She basically, she's like. You know how they play the game on the street to find the people? Like.

[Ria]

Yeah, yeah.

[Noah]

Like, and they slap you and if you don't get it. Yeah, she's the one doing that. She's the one.

[Ria]

Okay, so she's playing with the whole. She's in on. On the games.

[Fran]

Yeah. Interesting.

[Ria]

She's a recruiter.

[Fran]

Yeah, yeah. Which I'm kind of like, sell us on this season.

[Noah]

So I mean, it's not bad. Like, it's still, like, entertaining, but it's just like ridiculous.

[Ria]

I mean, the end of the.

[Noah]

And it's. Yeah.

[Ria]

I don't know. The end of the season two was like such, like that last episode was so insane.

[Noah]

I know. And then everything after that point, like, now I'm just.

[Ria]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, well, I gotta watch that too.

[Fran]

It's easy.

[Noah]

It's only six episodes.

[Fran]

See a lot to catch up on. But now with Love island ending that we'll have more room. Yeah, more room for other. Other shows. There are a lot of tick tocks going around right now that are like dyeing my hair Pepe blonde for the summer. And I walked in today and you were like, did you dye your hair blonde? I said, no, I just got lighter.

[Ria]

Look. The most blonde it has in a while.

[Fran]

Yeah, it got lighter from vacation. Like, when I sit in the sun, it gets really light.

[Ria]

And sometimes I think, I think I.

[Fran]

Actually blow dried it today.

[Ria]

And when you blow dry it, it looks more blonde.

[Fran]

Yeah. And I've just been wearing it natural, so, yeah. I'm Pepe.

[Ria]

Blonde for the Summer by TikTok is just edits of Pepe now.

[Fran]

That's hilarious.

[Ria]

Like, it's like I opened my TikTok this morning. It was just like the basketball scenes, but like in Slope.

[Fran]

Isn't it so funny how what something like that can do? Because when Pepe first walked in, him and Jalen got ripped apart. Like, they were like, these are the bombshells. Like, they were like, ew. And now everyone's like, wait, why did we, why did we treat not us, but other people are like, why did we treat Jalen and Pepe like that when, you know, now we have all these edits of them.

[Ria]

Pepe's a handsome guy.

[Fran]

They just, I think, you know, I.

[Ria]

Like the way he talks.

[Fran]

You're so smooth. I mean, you would fall right under Pepe's.

[Clark]

I would.

[Fran]

I would.

[Ria]

I would. I would. Absolutely. I fall right under his spell.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

Just like all the other blondies.

[Fran]

Pepe blonde for the summer. Those, those are really. Those tick tocks are cracking me up. So, yeah, just there or girls, like, dyeing the hair and being, like, getting ready for Pepe to leave the village. It's very funny. Anything else going on? Noah? What are your plans for the weekend?

[Noah]

I'm gonna check another thing off the list tomorrow.

[Ria]

Movie.

[Noah]

Movie.

[Fran]

Oh, which one?

[Noah]

Superman.

[Ria]

She had to change.

[Noah]

So, yeah, I realized I, I had. We bought tickets. I bought ties like, we were gonna wear, like, fantasy fantastic. We're wearing suits. Me and Jake Bass, who works here to Fantastic Four. And then I just, like, was like, why does that date sound familiar? And then I realized it was the day that we're going to the Hamptons.

[Fran]

So I'm like, I can't go. You're all booked and busy.

[Noah]

I know. So we scrambled and we're going to Superman now.

[Ria]

Did you order Superman ties?

[Noah]

So the Superman ties. I walked around Macy's. I walked to a comic store. They're impossible to find. And the ones online, like, wouldn't get here in time for this premiere. So I'm, I'm making it work, though. I ordered some other stuff.

[Fran]

What about, like, what if you just, like, classes?

[Noah]

I got some stuff.

[Ria]

Honestly. You could make a homemade Superman T shirt.

[Fran]

I, I, oh, my God, you should.

[Noah]

I got some from under a button Down. I think it'll come.

[Ria]

Honestly, I, I, I have not seen any reviews.

[Noah]

It's gotten good, really good reviews.

[Ria]

I, Yes, I was very excited to see it anyway. I would say that you'll probably like this more than you would Fantastic Four. Anyway.

[Noah]

Yeah, I've never been a big Superman guy, but yeah, this is the first one of this guy, right?

[Ria]

Yes.

[Fran]

I don't think I've ever seen.

[Ria]

And Nicholas Holt is in this one.

[Clark]

Oh.

[Ria]

Oh, my God. He looks so good right now.

[Fran]

I showed. I don't know what Nicholas Holt looks like right now. You didn't. He died right now.

[Ria]

No, right now, like, he's like, the look he's got right now. Really? You weren't in the studio and I literally, I was like, taken aback by them so much that I was like, I was like, no, look at this.

[Noah]

Showing me. I'm like, yeah, he looks good.

[Fran]

Well, show me. I haven't seen.

[Ria]

I'll find him. I find him.

[Fran]

I haven't seen any Superman movies, I think, in my life.

[Ria]

Really?

[Fran]

Yeah, I've seen all this, I've seen, I think all the Spider man, but.

[Noah]

I don't think iteration of Spider Man.

[Fran]

Toby, I might be missing one.

[Noah]

Garfield.

[Fran]

I've seen Garfield. I've seen Toby. I might have actually not seen Tom.

[Ria]

You may have, yeah.

[Fran]

But I've seen. I loved into the Spider verse. Yeah, that's great.

[Ria]

None of the Henry Cavill.

[Fran]

No, no, Superman's.

[Noah]

Where did this guy come from, this Superman guy?

[Fran]

Where are these pictures of Nicholas?

[Ria]

I got him, I got him, I got him. He is like a newer actor. Yeah, not newer, but he was in that show on Netflix that was called Hollywood.

[Fran]

Oh, yes.

[Ria]

I think that's what it was called. It was just get a little swipe.

[Fran]

Oh, oh, oh, it's gone now. Oh, sorry.

[Ria]

I hate when that happens.

[Fran]

You know when you show somebody something, they're like, what? I can't see it. Yeah, let's see.

[Ria]

Yep. Oh, and, and this. And he's, he's throwing absolute.

[Fran]

Okay. As I scroll more I, I like more. I like it more.

[Ria]

The outfits.

[Fran]

The first one didn't get me, but as I'm scrolling. Actually, no, the first one, his muscles look his. He's pretty damn good.

[Ria]

Damn, he looks fantastic.

[Noah]

I should have dyed my hair blonde.

[Ria]

Oh, you should have dyed your hair blonde. Oh, you should have, should have gone full. Yeah. And been like, that's an honor of Nicholas Holt playing Lex Luthor.

[Fran]

Yeah, he does have good fits.

[Ria]

No, Lex Luthor is bald. I'm pretty sure.

[Noah]

So is he just. Does he have a movie, do you think? Or is he just doing it for, like, a. Like, passion?

[Ria]

Who?

[Noah]

Nicholas Ho.

[Ria]

Like, oh, oh, oh. I mean, I think it was as a choice.

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Do people ask if you're going to be in a movie when you die? You're a spot. She doing something with this or is that a choice?

[Ria]

Oh, man.

[Fran]

Are you gonna do that again or. No.

[Noah]

I was just asked this yesterday by someone here. I'm like, I don't have any plans to remember. I took it off the list.

[Fran]

Should you do it before the Hamptons debut? A blonde look in the Hamptons.

[Noah]

I didn't love it as much the second time, to be honest.

[Fran]

Oh, okay. Well, then, I don't know.

[Noah]

Something about the first time was like, wow. But then it's like the second time, it's just the.

[Fran]

The lore wears off.

[Noah]

Just like, what are you doing?

[Fran]

Yeah. You're like, why am I doing this?

[Noah]

And then it looks so bad. Like, the.

[Ria]

Grow out, you know, this guy's actually. The guy playing Superman is. He's like my age. Crazy. And he's from. And he's from Philly, and he went to Upenn and Juilliard.

[Fran]

Do you know him?

[Ria]

No. I am reading his Wikipedia.

[Fran]

Have you guys crossed paths?

[Ria]

He just got married last year. Congratulations. 2023, actually. But yeah, that's.

[Fran]

Isn't it kind of nice when somebody, like, makes it at a later age? Like, you know, because it's usually people who have been acting forever that get the parts. They've been acting since they were two years old and their parents put them in the. The commercials and they grow up. And then, you know. But this guy.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

New, kind of a newcomer.

[Ria]

Yeah. Years old because he got the. He was in a bunch of stuff for Ryan Murphy. It's like Ryan Murphy plucked him. You know, he's in the Politician. And then he was in Hollywood, but Hollywood didn't, like, have that one season and. And that was it. And then he was in a couple movies in 2022. Supporting role in Twisters.

[Fran]

Listen, as long as you.

[Ria]

Superman.

[Fran]

Yeah, Superman.

[Ria]

Superman's going to the top of the resume.

[Fran]

Right?

[Ria]

And he looks great as Superman. I will say, I think I. Super. I think he got, like, a lot of heat at first for when this casting was announced. And I think then once, like, everyone saw the trailer and everything, they're like, wait, okay, this works.

[Fran]

Listen, casting directors have a vision for a reason.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

And everybody judges. And then the movie comes out and.

[Ria]

Everyone'S like, wow, No, I know. He has a very. He has a very super, I feel like, very pretty boy.

[Noah]

It's kind of hard to shake once you play him. Like, when I see Henry Cavill, it's like, yeah, yeah.

[Ria]

But you know what? If you're like. If you're at that point in your career, like, it's like, yes, I. Yeah. I mean, make me super. Please make me Superman for life.

[Fran]

I'll do anything.

[Ria]

I'll be Superman for life.

[Fran]

You know, that's what. Vinnie Chase.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

He didn't want to do Aquaman and. Because he didn't want to be Aquaman for life, but, my God, did he end up in the gutter. Yeah.

[Noah]

You know, Leonardo DiCaprio's advice, you know, don't play superhero.

[Ria]

Yeah. But, you know, not everybody can be Leo right. As you want it. You. Sometimes you need to be the superhero. And some people shake it.

[Fran]

And what. And what's so wrong with if he just wanted to be Superman forever? If it worked out for him and he was just like, you know what? I was Superman.

[Ria]

Exactly.

[Fran]

I checked that off my list and I'm done now.

[Ria]

Exactly. Some people love or all that. All they want is to be in a big budget superhero movie.

[Fran]

You know those people's dreams.

[Noah]

When I was riding the horses, I brought that up because what's his name, the guy who played Superman and then fell off a horse and got.

[Ria]

Oh, that's.

[Noah]

I was like, I hope.

[Ria]

I don't know.

[Noah]

Oh, Reeves.

[Ria]

Reeves. Christopher Reeves.

[Fran]

Ooh.

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

That's sad.

[Ria]

That's a tough thing to bring up while you're on the. I mean, that was a. You're trail riding on a pony.

[Noah]

How dare you.

[Fran]

Excuse me. It wasn't a pony.

[Ria]

A little bit of a. Little bit of a different scenario.

[Fran]

Yeah, but how am I going to film Superman after. How am I going to go to the Superman premiere after this? Yeah.

[Ria]

Gee.

[Fran]

Jesus Christ.

[Ria]

No, I hope you enjoy your. Your big.

[Noah]

I think it'll be fun to go to, like, we're going to, like, a midday showing at, like, a normal theater. Like, just walking in, getting popcorn and, like, suits. People are gonna think, like, there's something wrong with us.

[Ria]

Well, people think you're super fans. That's fine. There are. People dress up for premieres all the time. That's part of it. Did you see Murray's video? Know his mom of Baylor getting adopted?

[Fran]

No, I didn't, but she posted this morning.

[Ria]

I, like, literally, I. I teared up watching her watching Baylor get dropped off at his new home.

[Fran]

I have to watch that one. But I did see a Murray video this weekend that I thought was genius and now it's slipping my. My mind.

[Ria]

Shit.

[Fran]

I was like, wow, that's a good video. And I meant to text you about it. Was it still a real. It was a real. And it should have went viral if it didn't.

[Ria]

Well, there's still time. We can send this one out.

[Fran]

I got to look back. I don't want to.

[Noah]

Yeah, my mom's been down bad about Baylor.

[Ria]

No, that makes me so for four months, I said, that's such a long time. I made me think, like, I was like, I've only had. I only had Olive for a little over two months. And I'm like, imagine having her for double the time and then being like, okay, goodbye, fostering. God bless everybody. That. That.

[Fran]

I don't know how people don't just like, want to keep.

[Ria]

No, they do. And it's, you know, it's. It's such a sacrifice and obviously it's very needed. So kudos to your mom.

[Noah]

Taylor won me over after this past week and so then I was like, oh. I was like, mom, let's just keep him. And she's like, it's too late now. Like, no, my dad's the only. That. My dad's the one stopping.

[Fran]

That's sad.

[Ria]

Well, because. Well, he's made it very.

[Fran]

You know, if you get another dog, then you won't.

[Noah]

But I don't even think that's an option for Baylor because I think he just thinks Baylor's too much work. Like Nova. I think he would have. But Baylor is. Yeah, he's.

[Fran]

There's gonna be one that stays.

[Noah]

We'll see.

[Ria]

Yeah, I. Yeah, you never know. You never know.

[Fran]

Yeah. Yeah, I gotta find that vid.

[Ria]

I remember they have next though.

[Noah]

You know, I think we're. I think it this summer. I think we're done. I think it'll be the fall, the next.

[Fran]

Yeah, that makes sense.

[Ria]

That's easier for when you guys are. Your parents are traveling and whatnot. So.

[Fran]

Yeah, that makes sense. All right, let's get into the rest of the show. We got some topics we're going to talk about. We will be discussing Sheena Shea revealing that Brock cheated on her while she was pregnant. Very interesting. Like, like mind blowing story. When I saw this, I was like, what the hell? And then Tom Brady and Sofia Vergara. I seem to be maybe having summer. Summer fling on a yacht somewhere. Shocking. Hugh Grant fell asleep at Wimbledon. Not surprising. And the original Birkin bag sold for $10 million. And we have an interview with Taylor and Clark from Love Island. So let's get into it. Abercrombie has just launched their new bra free collection. Built to make going bra free that much smoother. The collection features pieces with removable padding and double line fabrics that give you the extra coverage you need to leave your bra at home. I've been abso loving the bra free collection. I have so many little cute camis that are bra free. Also the dresses that you could just throw on, walk out the door day or night are super cute from the bra free collection. Also have some, you know, going out tops that are bra free and I feel so comfortable in them and like, I don't need a bra. They just go on and they give you that support that you need and they're fantastic. Also your personal best. Abercrombie's active brand just dropped a ton of new sets that are comfy enough for your morning matte Pilates class or on trend enough to just be worthy of running out some errands. Maybe when a you know, snap a quick photo on the street, post it on your Instagram, they are cute enough for it all. Abercrombie drops new arrivals every week straight from you for your for you page to your closet. Shop their latest new arrivals in the app, online or in store. Like I mentioned, we've been absolutely loving the bra Free collection. There are so many great options on there that are so easy from day to night options. And right now, Abercrombie's entire bra free collection is on sale. You consider this your sign to break up with your bra this Summer. Valid in US and Canada through July 14. Use code AFCHS for an extra 15 off through July 14, 2025. Valid in US and Canada. Exclusions apply and you can see details online. So this really came out of nowhere. Although it's not so shocking because Sheena is releasing her book.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

And there's going to be, you know, juicy stories in there. Like, like, but she revealed that Brock had cheated on her while she was pregnant with Summer. He did not tell her at the time. And then two years later when everything sort of happened with Sandoval and Raquel and everything, there were a lot of rumors about Brock. I don't know if you guys remember that, but there were so many rumors about Brock and there were rumors about Brock and Raquel, like, and it wasn't, you know, people didn't know him. Are they just making this up? Like, what's happening? Turns out this guy really did cheat on Sheena with somebody that he had knew previously before Sheena. They had met at the gym. And he revealed this. Right? Seriously? And he revealed this right before they were about to sit down and watch an episode of Real Housewives of New Jersey. Of New Jersey. And he said, you know, wait, I have something to confess. And he confessed it to her. But the way that it was written about why he confessed being like, there were so many rumors about him cheating that he wanted to confess it before it actually came out that this was the real one.

[Ria]

Right. There was like. Like, fake stories floating around, because that's when those Raquel rumors were out. But I think it seemed like he was afraid that the actual true cheating story would come out. Right.

[Fran]

And it's not like he's actually sorry that he did it. He's sorry that all these rumors started coming out and that he had to clear it up because he felt so guilty that something may come out.

[Ria]

There's something. Writing a memoir or like, you're writing about your life, where I feel there's probably a pressure to include everything. And then also, it's like you feel a little inauthentic if you're writing your memoir, and, like, you're like, oh, I'll just leave. I'll leave some of the bad stuff out, you know?

[Fran]

Yeah. So she included this in there. And it's just very confusing because I just. I don't trust Brock, like, you know.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

That's.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Reading this. Guess how could you. You're like, he cheated on you while you were pregnant and then kept it for you for this many years. And it seemed. Yeah. And it happened multiple times. And he had written her a letter a year prior that he didn't give to her with details of, like, how many times they slept together, when they would meet up, where they would meet up. And it's like, what? And like, only because you. Only because you felt fear that you were gonna get caught. You know, like, he didn't confess it to her. Right. When it happened, like, it was like, I. It's wild. Very wild.

[Ria]

Yeah, it really is. And I guess, you know, it happened when they were living in San Diego, and it was, like, lockdown, and Sheena was pregnant. But Sheena also. She also described not understanding how he could have cheated on her because he had shared his location with her. However, she found out that he had a second cell phone for his gym business.

[Fran]

What?

[Ria]

Which became the main communication line between him and the other woman.

[Fran]

Oh, my God.

[Ria]

Not a second.

[Fran]

Not a second. Phone.

[Ria]

Not a second cheating phone. It's a cheater phone.

[Fran]

Oh, my God. The second phone. How does she ever trust him ever again?

[Ria]

I don't know how they work through that.

[Fran]

Like, how. And then they filmed a whole season of Vanderpump after she found that out. Think about it.

[Ria]

I know.

[Fran]

They filmed that whole show again while knowing this.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

And I, I don't know if you recall, but in that season, it seemed like Sheena was struggling a lot.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

And it seemed like people were making fun of the. Of the things that Sheena was saying, of why she was struggling. Maybe she was struggling because of this. There's a lot of other things going on. Clearly she, you know, wasn't being open about it on the show and what was happening there. Clearly they were trying to work through it privately. But now everybody knows, and I could imagine everyone's reaction is the same as ours of this man had a second phone and was cheating on you while you were pregnant and kept it in for two years and only decided to come clean when the whole Sandoval thing happened.

[Ria]

Yeah. Like, oh, I know.

[Fran]

It's icky. It is icky.

[Ria]

I know.

[Fran]

And I don't know. I don't know how they. I don't know how they got through that. Not going to lie.

[Ria]

We'll all be able to read it in her book.

[Fran]

That's true.

[Ria]

Which is probably why this is the excerpt that went out to the press.

[Fran]

Right. And it was like, you know what? Buy the book because there's some juicy things in there. There. But that is.

[Ria]

Speaking of. Re and I are hosting a book tour. Sheen is doing a book tour. So it's a one night of the book tour. We are hosting it in New York.

[Fran]

Yes, we are. It's in two weeks on Monday, July.

[Ria]

21, at the 92Y, which is very exciting. I'm very excited.

[Fran]

Very excited.

[Ria]

I mean, we just, I. We just got the book in the mail right when we got home from vacation to. We got, you know, the advance copy so that we could read it and get to really understand everything in it so we could talk about it with her. And my God, now do I want.

[Clark]

To read it even more?

[Fran]

No, I know.

[Ria]

And I was already interested and ready to read it, but.

[Fran]

Right. And I, you know, we're being judgy about the circumstance, but I feel like it makes me even more excited to have the conversation with Gina about the book because I want to know how they made it through this. A lot of questions about this situation and what. Where they're at now too. Like, you know, you know, finding this out so much later on and where they're at and so many questions that go into it. So I'm sure that being the thing that goes out, there's a lot more in that book, probably behind the scenes. Vanderpump. Other relationships, other hookups, whatever, that we will find out about.

[Ria]

Tickets are on sale for the, for the book tour as well, if you want to come hang out with us on that. On that day. I think it's been very exciting and fun.

[Fran]

So, yes, yes, it'll be very interesting to talk about everything in there. But speaking of relationships and hookups, it seems like Tom Brady and Sofia Vergara are maybe having. Maybe having a little summer fling, a little rendezvous on a yacht.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

I mean, tis the season of the, of the summer flings on the yachts in Europe.

[Ria]

Yep.

[Fran]

Everyone's feeling hot and sexy and flirty. Probably, you know, having a grand old time sunbathing, drinking delicious wine in the course.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

You know, things are flowing and they're feeling sexy and flirty. And now we got Sophia Vergara and Tom Brady flirting it up.

[Ria]

They allegedly are spending some time together in Ibiza. And it's been described as a summer romance. It all started about a week ago on the Luminar super yacht, the Ritz Carlton super yacht that they just launched that has got everybody talking because it's a stunning boat. And they put every celebrity on this boat. They really put every olive, like it looks like she's.

[Fran]

What do you want to say about.

[Ria]

Tom Brady and Sylvia? I'll sit up. This is a really good conversation.

[Fran]

Right. You want to go to Ibiza? Yes. Yes. Yes. You do. Yep. What?

[Ria]

Excuse me, miss. What do you have to say about Sofia Vergara and Tom Bray? Oh.

[Fran]

Oh, boring, boring. Yawn, yawn. Listen, Ibiza is a sexy place.

[Ria]

I know, right? So, I mean, God only knows also what was happening on that yacht. I would love to know all those celebrity A list celebrities on that yacht.

[Fran]

A lot of connections being made. And by connections, I mean. Yeah, maybe romantic partners.

[Ria]

Now, let me tell you, that's a cruise I would go on.

[Fran]

I said that the other day. I was like, you know, I'm hesitant to go on a cruise because of being stuck on a boat.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

In the middle of the ocean. That one. I think if I was stuck on that one, I would be okay. You'd be all right. Yeah, I think I can make it through.

[Ria]

I kind of felt the same way. But allegedly he had asked to sit next to her at, like, the. Whatever. One of the dinners on the yacht. The source told Page Six he asked to switch seats to sit next to her at dinner, of course. And then that they've been hanging out. And Ibiza, a little switch up for him, you know, because Sophia is a little bit older than him.

[Fran]

That is not usually Tom's forte these days.

[Ria]

I think that that's the direction he would go in.

[Fran]

Yeah. I mean, but who's.

[Ria]

I mean, who's her again? Sofia Vergara.

[Fran]

Yeah. You're getting seated at a dinner and you have the chance to swap seats with somebody, to make conversation with Sofia Vergara. You're doing it. You're like, hey, hey, hey, switch with me. I want.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

I mean, come on. Come on. She looks amazing. She looks unreal. You're like, come on, switch at me. I want to see Sophia.

[Clark]

I know.

[Fran]

I want to talk to her. But like, Tom Brady to me feels like such a robot that I'm interested in his game, you know? Like, how does he. Does he have to say Tom Brady? Well, that's what I say. Is he just Tom Brady or does he have to put in work?

[Ria]

No, he's definitely just Tom Brady.

[Fran]

He's just Tom Brady.

[Ria]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Fran]

Because he's a little robotic.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

From what we've seen on television.

[Ria]

For sure.

[Fran]

For sure. We don't know him in our day to day.

[Ria]

No, no, no, no. You can't imagine. You're. You're like. It's like a laugh a minute talking.

[Fran]

Right. Like, Tom sits next to you and you're like, oh, my God. Not only is he the best quarterback ever, but his personality is off the charts.

[Ria]

The roast definitely helped him in that department.

[Fran]

Yeah, he was.

[Ria]

I think the roast was like, okay. Little bit of humanity in there, you know, Maybe he's letting.

[Fran]

Maybe this is where he lets loose, though, when he's in a B. Who's not letting?

[Ria]

Yeah, it's Ibiza in the summer. Of course. It's such a sexy place. Yes.

[Fran]

That, you know, I just, like, imagine.

[Ria]

You'Re just strolling the beach and you walk past, like, Tom Brady and Sophia Vergar, like, holding hands, frolicking in the ocean. Right.

[Fran]

And they're, like, making out in the ocean. And they're Summer Flav. They're still wearing their clothes. Like, they just. They just decided they were going to run into the ocean with their clothes on so spontaneously. That's what I picture. You know, they're wearing white.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

You know, you could see it. You could just see the pictures.

[Ria]

You really can. You really can, but good for those two.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

You know, a little freaky. Yeah.

[Fran]

Get a little freaky on a yacht in Ibiza. Who's going to stop you?

[Ria]

No, not.

[Fran]

Not us. Not I. Hugh Grant was seen falling asleep at Wimbledon. And you know what?

[Ria]

God, I love him.

[Fran]

I'm going to come to his defense because tennis could be so relaxing.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

And I'd imagine the sweet sounds of the ball being pressed back and forth.

[Ria]

Yep.

[Fran]

Couldn't put any human to sleep.

[Ria]

It is. There is a very rhythmic sound to that back.

[Fran]

It's like white noise.

[Ria]

Yeah, it's just like. It's like the metronome, you know, and you're just. It's just going back and forth and you're like back and forth. But he was in the royal box and he was. His eyes were closed.

[Fran]

It's hot there right now, too.

[Ria]

It is.

[Fran]

Probably he's not used to the. The heat in London. He's used to a little cooler weather, a little rain. Right. So it's probably all the heat and the calmness and the relaxation is getting the strawberries and cream. Having his body.

[Ria]

He's full.

[Fran]

He's like, I need a nap now. God, those strawberries and cream look so good. But it's so ridiculous that there's only five strawberries in a little thing. You know, if I was out, it looked like it. If I was at Wimbledon and I got the strawberries and cream and there was only five strawberries in there, I'd be very upset. Very.

[Ria]

I wouldn't blame you. That is a very poor portion.

[Clark]

He's.

[Fran]

His belly's full of berries and cream.

[Ria]

But he was at a Djokovic match also. Oh, was asleep.

[Fran]

Huh? You know, that one's a bit harder.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

To defend.

[Ria]

And it's just also funny.

[Fran]

Beginning of the match, I.

[Ria]

It doesn't really say Hugh sat in the Royal Box behind. He also sat behind Queen Camilla, which I think is so funny. Like the visual of just like she's right there and he's just snoozing away. The camera's cut TO HUGH As ESPN's Chris Fowler asked his commentary partner Job Acero, is he with us? The tennis legend responded, looks like he could use a little wake up call. It's a tiebreaker. Tell him long way to go. So they obviously were laughing about him, him falling asleep. But of course, this made people very upset as well. The tennis fans out there. Of course, people have been in line for hours. They want to get into Wimbledon it's such an expensive, expensive ticket. It's such an exclusive ticket. And you know, people die to get to go to Wimbledon. And Hugh Grant sleeping through the, through the tie break.

[Fran]

I mean, here's the thing. Do you think Hugh Grant gives a single shit? No, Hugh Grant doesn't give a single fuck that somebody waited in line to go to Wimbledon. Listen, do we care? Yeah. That sucks.

[Ria]

It was a tie break to end the first set and by pretty early on.

[Fran]

By the way though, Hugh Grant isn't taking away a seat from you.

[Ria]

He's sitting in the Royal box.

[Fran]

Okay, If a normal civilian is sitting in his seat and falling asleep, get mad at them. But Hugh Grant is sitting in the Royal Box. He's not taking up your seat.

[Ria]

Maybe this is his time for a nap. He's got. He's an old guy with young kids, right?

[Fran]

He's like, oh my God, midday, you know, midday, I'm tired.

[Ria]

He's got like very young kids.

[Fran]

He got away from his kids. He's filled up from the Wimbledon food and drink. Four years old. The heat is hitting, the sun is shining hard. The. The rhythmic noises of Djokovic's passes are just putting him to sleep. Yep, exactly. And who can blame him besides everybody else who wants to go objectively.

[Ria]

Hilarious. Yeah, he's just how you get it away.

[Fran]

An old guy like that Hugh Grant who's like stuck in his ways. Remember the red carpet thing?

[Ria]

You're like, you know he's a grump.

[Fran]

Yes. He's like a little grouch.

[Ria]

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[Fran]

Last topic, Jane Birkin's original Hermes bag. The original Birkin sold for $10 million to a private collector in Japan. And now I have many of questions about Hermes and Birkins in general. And I'm sure other people have the same questions as well. Why the. Who the fuck. Like, why does it cost so much money? Why do you have to be invited to get a bag? Like, why. Why do you have to jump through all these hoops? Like, if somebody. I. I've seen this before on TikTok. I've seen people be like, I want to buy a Birkin. But you can't just walk into the store and buy a Birkin. You got to be invited to buy a Birkin, and you got to be presented with one. And you can either buy it or turn it down. What kind? What is this? I just figured this out, like, a month ago. I had no idea about any of this. White. That's wild.

[Ria]

It's. I mean, it all just feeds into the exclusivity of having one, right?

[Fran]

You have to, like, be invited.

[Ria]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's what makes it, you know, takes it up another level in that luxury where it's like, you have to literally create a good relationship with your sales associate, where you do start, like, buying certain things, and then they'll offer you certain bags and you can start getting different types of bags before that they, you know, before they pull out the big guns and offer you a. A Birkin.

[Fran]

Yeah. My original thought is, like, this is so ridiculous. Like, who. Like, the bags are so ridiculously out of this world. Expensive. Like, there's so many other things that people could spend their money on, but they spend it on these absurdly priced bags. Like, they're. What are they, like, a hundred thousand dollars or more?

[Ria]

No, I don't think they're that much.

[Fran]

Really? I always thought that they were, like.

[Ria]

No.

[Fran]

In the hundreds.

[Noah]

I just looked up earlier. I thought I saw more like 10,000.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Noah]

Range. Not that. That's not insane.

[Ria]

No, no, no. For. Yes. I think it's. I mean, certain resale, like, it's certain years, certain vintage, certain. Like, there's certain. This colorway and this hardware, like, is so, so exclusive. And they'll, like. They said they literally go for auction.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

Go for auction.

[Fran]

Well, what.

[Ria]

What I was gonna say was they. They don't make them in a. In a lot of high production, you know.

[Fran]

Yeah. My original thought is it's ridiculous.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

The second thought is if you get invited to, like, purchase a bag, I can see how that ropes you in.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

You know what I mean? I could see how you fall down the trap of then, ooh, I was offered this and then I was offered this, and they sat me down and presented me this bag. And, like, I could see how it all starts to form. You know, I. And I think anybody probably has that thought, like, oh, this is ridiculous. Until they get invited.

[Ria]

No, of course. And then that's how they rope you in.

[Fran]

Wow. How the. How the. Do I get invited here?

[Ria]

Many.

[Fran]

Who gets invited?

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

How much are you paying for those?

[Ria]

Yeah. Yeah. So.

[Fran]

So many hoops to jump through.

[Ria]

The. Here are many reasons why they are so hard to get. Because Birkin bags are not mass produced. They're handcrafted by skilled artisans and the production process is time consuming. It can take years for the artisans to be trained to make Birkin bags, which also further limits the numbers that can be produced. And then obviously, it's a marketing strategy, too. Hermes intentionally creates scarcity to maintain the bag status of symbol as a symbol of luxury and exclusivity. Like, Hermes wants. Wants it to be that difficult for people to have them because they don't want just everybody having them, you know?

[Fran]

Yeah, clearly. Because you have to be invited.

[Ria]

Yeah, it's. Yeah, it's really.

[Fran]

I was always under the impression that you could just walk in and buy this bag. Like, I just figured this out. You little.

[Ria]

To get very buy quota bags. That's what they call it.

[Fran]

It's like you have to buy things at the store.

[Noah]

Same thing with, like, watches. When you want to go buy, like a Rolex, they won't just give you.

[Clark]

The one you want.

[Ria]

Really.

[Noah]

You have. You can't just go and get a Rolex, like, unless you're like, insane, a famous person or whatever. You have to buy the certain ones you could, but those are still even hard. But they'll give you, like the lowest level. You have to buy a bunch of stuff and then maybe eventually they'll be like.

[Fran]

And then they offer.

[Noah]

But it's not even getting.

[Ria]

But it's so. No, it's. I didn't know this. It's so based on so many ridiculous facts, like I for Joe for his wedding gift. I got him a Rolex. We walked into the Rolex store, and me packing, walked out with a watch, which they were like, we don't normally do this, but, like, we were like, ah, we're getting married. This is this game. Like, we gave him the whole story. And they. They literally sold us a watch, the watch you wanted on the spot.

[Fran]

That's why I thought that you could just get them.

[Ria]

Well, actually, that's what I'm saying. It's the most judged. It's a very, like. It's a very superficial, judgy.

[Noah]

Like, if I wanted to spit on me.

[Ria]

Right. Sales associate could look at you and be like, get out of here.

[Fran]

No, you're not buying a robot.

[Ria]

What? I had no idea.

[Fran]

Well, I really didn't know that. Yeah, interesting.

[Ria]

That's why I see.

[Fran]

But now I see why people are.

[Ria]

Like, I'm terrified to even walk into an Hermes store. I've never stepped foot in one.

[Fran]

Neither have I.

[Ria]

Because I'm like. I'm like.

[Fran]

Especially not after knowing this.

[Ria]

Like, I. Every single time, I'm like, I think they may spit on me when I walk through the door.

[Fran]

I walked past a couple, like, well away, and I was like, I won't even put my toe in the front door here because I don't want them scoffing at me.

[Ria]

It's crazy because the.

[Fran]

The You. The judgment that you feel walking into any of these doors is very strong. Oh, yeah. Anyway. Yeah, this layer.

[Ria]

Imagine you walk in and then you're like, I've actually never purchased anything.

[Clark]

Right.

[Fran]

And they're like, right. And then they need to. And your number, your email.

[Ria]

Here's a keychain that you can buy. Start building up your.

[Fran]

Right. Here's a scarf. Here's a belt. Here's some sandals. Yeah, yeah. No, then. Then they're like, oh, do you have an account here? Yeah, you go, no. Oh, here's the phone. Put your name in and all that.

[Ria]

You're like, I actually do have a belt. Belt. And the only reason I have a belt is because a friend of a friend works for Hermes and helped Joe, like, get something.

[Fran]

Get the belt.

[Ria]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Fran]

Wow.

[Ria]

But, like. And that was. That was years ago. That was, like, one of the first gifts he ever got me. But it is crazy. I mean, the. The Birkin is a whole nother level.

[Fran]

And.

[Ria]

And it seems like a very, like, people, obviously. Those bags to me are so crazy too, because it's like a collector's item. People get them and then they don't ever actually use Them because it's like if they get, get scuffed or damaged or anything, it's just like it's just on display.

[Fran]

See, that's what I don't get is like when I get a bag, I use it. When I get things, I use them. I like, I'm like, what's the point of it sitting to look at like, I know some people, some people like that, but I think they, let's put them to use.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Noah]

I have breaking news.

[Fran]

What?

[Noah]

Justin Bieber is releasing an album tomorrow.

[Fran]

What? Tomorrow. Justin Bieber's releasing an album.

[Clark]

What?

[Ria]

A full album?

[Noah]

Full album. The Hollywood Reporter reports.

[Ria]

Oh, shit.

[Fran]

Can you read us the full article? He's like, okay, enough.

[Ria]

Has he posted anything?

[Fran]

Designer talk.

[Ria]

Oh my God, what a random release that is.

[Fran]

Hey, I'll take new music from Justin Bieber though. Like, I'll give it a shot. I'll see how it goes.

[Ria]

Going through all of his. Oh, a lot of. I mean, these pictures of him and Haley with the baby are.

[Fran]

Yeah, he seems like he posted, he's full promoting.

[Ria]

Oh, Swag.

[Fran]

That's the name of it.

[Ria]

Oh God, it looks like it.

[Fran]

Justin, this isn't 2014. The name of your album is Swag.

[Ria]

The billboards. He posted pictures of billboards and they say swag. See him?

[Fran]

He's single handedly gonna bring the word swag back and not that. Do you feel like it's gone away? I feel like it just is not used as much as it was.

[Noah]

Why does everyone use this one picture of him where he looks so bad? Like the Hollywood Reporter article, the first picture, it's this. Everyone uses this one picture for him for everything.

[Ria]

Damn. He's bringing it back to boyfriend.

[Fran]

I'm okay with. Yeah, no, that's what I'm saying. It's like, wow, I'm. I'll give it a shot. I'll give it a go.

[Ria]

Oh, of course, of course.

[Fran]

We're all gonna give it a listen.

[Ria]

We're all gonna give it a listen. But what's it gonna sound? Expectations are kind of low, right?

[Fran]

Everyone keep them low.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

And we can be pleasantly surprised.

[Ria]

You know what, my expectations are high though for Demi Lovato's teasing new music on Social too. Just saw that, the video, I was like, oh, yes, give me new Demi music.

[Fran]

And Demi Lovato seems to be in such a beautiful era of her life. She just got married, she's happy and in love. She's watching Love island like the rest of us. She's frolicking around, she's on her honeymoon. Like, she just seems to be in such a happy part of her life. And I'm so happy for her. And I'm hoping to hear music that will reflect that.

[Ria]

Yeah, totally.

[Fran]

I think it will love to hear that.

[Ria]

I absolutely think it will.

[Fran]

Going back to the conversation we were just having. Her miss. No, but you told me that you saw somebody walking around with the labo.

[Ria]

I. And you know, I'm. I am not well versed. It could have been a Bergen, could have been a Kelly. It was probably a Kelly, but.

[Fran]

Right. Was it the Kelly's and the birds? I don't know.

[Ria]

I don't know.

[Fran]

And people are like, oh, she has a mini Kelly. And I'm like, what is it?

[Ria]

Yeah, yeah.

[Fran]

And you're not supposed to close them.

[Ria]

I know.

[Fran]

You're supposed to keep the tops open.

[Ria]

I know. And look, I personally, like, personally. Everyone's gonna. You laugh at someone who, who's. The words out of my mouth are gonna. Well, of course you don't have one. I'm like, I don't personally love the look of them. Like, they're not, they're, they're a little, they're just. I think it's a little bit of an older look, which is so fine. People love them. They're obsessed with them. If I were, I. I feel like a lot of people just have them because of the name. And I agree, you know, like, that silhouette to me is not like the easiest bag even to like carry around a lot of times.

[Fran]

The mini Kelly. What are you fitting in there?

[Ria]

Nothing.

[Fran]

Literally nothing. So, so expensive to fit. Yeah, nothing.

[Ria]

But I did. I walked past a girl on the street on fifth Avenue yesterday while I was walking Olive. And let's say it was Kelly, because I, I don't think it was a Birkin. It was smaller. And you know, she had the.

[Fran]

Really.

[Ria]

Just the cute scarf wrapped around the handle and the labubu attached. And I said, oh my God, these freaking Laboos.

[Fran]

I don't get it. You're. I don't get it. I'm sorry to be a hater because.

[Ria]

Freaking labo boo. I. I just feel like such a.

[Fran]

Hater saying that I don't like them, but I just don't. I don't understand the purpose of them. I think that they're ugly. Like I said to you right before we started this because you told me that. And I said, I would rather hang a jelly cat from my bag with something that I like. You know, ravioli. Something of personality that, like you know, represents me and my interests.

[Ria]

The Labubus are just ugly little doll.

[Fran]

Creatures on your nice bags. I don't.

[Ria]

It'll stop in, like, six months. Right.

[Fran]

But it's like everybody fudgeing has one on their back. And I think people just do it now because other people have it. It's sort of like becoming like a.

[Ria]

Status symbol symbol to like, have a laboo. Let me tell you, I would not have looked twice at this girl with her. With her handbag. But I saw the labo and I was like, wow, she put that labo on her arms bag.

[Fran]

Right. That's crazy. I just don't get it. I don't. I don't understand, like, the esthetic of it. Like, I think they're ugly.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Like, I'm gonna start hanging. I'm gonna go find a ravioli delicat and hang that from my bag and see if it starts picking up, you know, like the.

[Ria]

It's just.

[Fran]

You can hang anything apparently these days. Oh.

[Ria]

But they're just.

[Fran]

And then I'm seeing, like, the people do the unboxing. And I'll give credit to Gia, because Gia was the first person I saw to, like, with the Labubus. And she genuinely seemed excited about them.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

And they really seem like it brings her happiness and joy because she loves other stuffed animals like that.

[Ria]

Yeah. I think there's an element to, like, getting the box and opening it and like, which one did you get?

[Fran]

Which one did you get? Right.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

But I'm seeing videos of people. I'm like, you don't actually like that Labu Boo. Don't lie to me.

[Ria]

For sure.

[Fran]

I agree with you. I feel like it has to be. What's the word I'm looking for? Authentic. It has to be authentic to you to have the Labubu?

[Ria]

Yeah, absolutely. Gosh. The. The bag. The auction house decline. This is the original Birkin that sold. It says the auction house declined to provide an estimate of the original Birkin to CNN ahead of the sale. But advanced bidding had already already smashed records at a million euro. During a live stream of the sale, gasps could be heard as the bidding pushed higher and higher. The 10 minute bidding war between nine collectors ultimately, ultimately ended in victory for a private collector from Japan. According to their. Their press release, the Sotheby's global head of handbags and accessories called the historic sale an important milestone for the history of fashion and luxury. She said, it's a startling demonstration of the power of a legend. Its capacity to ignite the passion, desire of Collectors seeking exceptional items with unique provenance. The sale, the original Birkin is also ultimately a celebration of the enduring spirit and appeal of its muse, Jane Birkin. But it's. It's. In setting a definitive new record, the original Birkin beat out more opulent iterations. In 2022, Sotheby sold a white diamond studded diamond Himalaya Birkin for over $450,000. And then Christie's has sold a crocodile skin version for nearly $390,000. The previous record for the most expensive handbag was set by a diamond and crocodile kelly bag at $513,000. So, I mean, that is 10 times, you know, what they were spending, like, on for this. Just original Birkin crazy.

[Fran]

That's wild.

[Ria]

Yeah. Yeah. Yep. Seriously, that's. I mean, it's just, you know, more.

[Fran]

People that are more well versed in fashion and all that will understand more than we will. But we'll be walking around going, why do people have the blue blues attached to their mini Kelly's?

[Ria]

Yeah. I mean, exactly. I mean, I did. I think, like, a mini Kelly is super cute, but, you know, I don't know why we're putting the boo boos on. On handbags.

[Fran]

You're right, though. It will. It will stop.

[Ria]

Like, put. You know, you put them on a backpack, put them on your work tote. Right.

[Fran]

Your work tote that make friend. I could totally get on board.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Like, Gia has a labubu on her work tote. Yeah. And I've seen it at her desk. And I can get on board with that. It's fun. You're going to work. Da, da, da.

[Ria]

Yeah. On the Kelly.

[Fran]

Come on. You know, disrespecting the Kelly.

[Ria]

Like, what would Kelly think?

[Fran]

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[Ria]

All right, everyone, we are here with.

[Fran]

Two very special guests. We are joined by Taylor and Clark from Love island, usa. We are so excited to talk to you guys. Thank you so much for joining us.

[F]

Thank you.

[Ria]

How are we feeling after these, you know, first couple days outside the villa? What. What do you guys. What are the emotions like right now?

[F]

I'm happy to be outside the villa, but I'm also sad to be outside of it at the same time. Still disconnected from the world at this point. You know, I still have my phone, so it's just like just enjoying my time with Clark and, you know, spending it outside of the villa.

[Fran]

Yeah. When you guys got eliminated, I think a lot of us were very upset that you guys got eliminated because we see eliminated because we see the real connection between you two side of that. It's like, well, they get to leave together and you guys get to be in Fiji together now, which is really great. But when that elimination happened, what was everything going through your mind? At first.

[F]

I wasn't surprised or shocked by it, you know, because it was like, you know, we were just, what, a bottom three for everything, you know, so it wasn't shocking, but it was just like, at least I got to leave together with her. Is we're the first couple who had to leave actually together.

[Fran]

True.

[F]

You know, it was a good feeling to, like, not have to wait for her and she had to wait for me to get out.

[Ria]

Yeah. Clark, you just mentioned, you know, all those votes and whatnot, and we thought you handled that with such grace because that's got to be like kind of a. A little, you know, messes up your head a little bit. What were you kind of thinking when that. That challenge was happening and, you know, you were. You were getting the results. How did you handle that?

[Clark]

I just was like, you know, I haven't had that much screen time. People don't really know me as well as they know the other people in here. And given, like, the adversity with the whole me and Taylor situation, it was to be expected. So I don't know, just like, it is what it is. Maybe they'll see a little bit more and feel differently moving forward, but it's all good for now.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Right. Because, you know, with the. With that challenge and the way that the guys would decide where the girls stand and the girls decide where the guys stand, and for you know, you kept being put at the least, and that happened to be the way America voted. And that's the first time you're kind of finding out how you think America feels in that moment. Meanwhile, you know, as viewers, time moves fast. It moves fast for you guys, but the reactions and the way people feel move really fast.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

And I think, you know, for Taylor, I think people watching, they maybe had seen that you were kind of holding back with Alandria. Do you think you were holding back because you knew those feelings weren't there before you even maybe expressed that?

[F]

No, because, like, what I had, Elandria, was real. You know, it was like a truth thing that I have for her. I really like her. But it was just a feeling that Clark gave me, which is like a feeling that Lindsay didn't give me. It was like an instant spark there. So it was just like, you know, why keep trying to afford something with Alandra when I had something instant with Clark?

[Fran]

Yeah.

[F]

And that's why I ended up choosing Clark. But I wasn't holding back nothing from Alandra because I was still planning days for her.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Clark]

So, yeah, I think every connection is different because every, like, obviously my connection with Taylor and Alandra's connection with Taylor are two different connections because we're two different people. So I think it just depends. Like, I don't know, my parents were more of a slow burn and this is more of like a spark. So it just depends.

[Ria]

Like, Clark, what was it like for you to come into the villa after casa and kind of be thrown into the mix with all the other couples and all the other girls and, you know, knowing that Taylor and Alandra had that history, what was it like for you kind of adjusting to being with everybody?

[Clark]

It was awkward because I know, like at the recoupling him picking me, I don't know, I'm an emotional girl. So hearing that the OG girls weren't happy with that, I was like, I don't know. And then I got to know Alandria too. So I'm like, okay, I feel bad now because she's in a weird spot. Like, at that moment, we're not knowing what's going to happen to the people that aren't chosen. So it was weird at first, but at the end of the day, they were all still very welcoming to me. Like they. Amaya pulled me aside and was like, listen, I know I'm very active, but I want you to know that I'm welcoming of you and da da, da, da. So with time, I got close to Everybody.

[Fran]

So, yeah, and I think we saw that a little bit more. Maybe the scenes weren't focused on that, but you could see on the side, like, Iris is hugging you while you guys are sitting there, which I think we were all just happy to see, because sometimes it moves so quickly and you think, oh, my God. You know, some are being left out, especially with casa girls coming in late. So it's nice to hear that eventually, with time, it got to a better point. Right when you guys left the show. Right before that, we saw Taylor make things exclusive. And, you know, it was maybe worded as closed off and becoming exclusive. Does that now translate to outside the villa as well, or was that an inside the villa thing?

[Clark]

He told me in that moment he used the word exclusive because it's not like closed off is more of a vil. So exclusive definitely translates in the outside world.

[Fran]

Good, because I think when we talked about it, we. We were like, you know, people had questions like, closed off. It's the last week. Of course they're closed off. But when you say exclusive, it feels like you guys are going to explore this more on the outside.

[Clark]

Definitely.

[Ria]

Yeah. What's. What's the first thing you guys want to do as a. As a couple when you get back to the States rodeo? Like, get this man to his horses asap, please.

[F]

Losing it.

[Fran]

Oh, I love that.

[Ria]

That's. That's gonna be. That's gonna be so much fun. I think we're excited to see. Is it crazy now not having like being outside the villa, not having your phones, or is it kind of nice to not have it still?

[Clark]

I'm good without it right now.

[F]

That's the thing. Like I ain't had my phone in so long. It's like I don't miss it right now. So, I mean, it is kind of nice not having it, not knowing going on outside world, not knowing what people saying about you. You know that. So it was just like right now it's like stress free.

[Ria]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Fran]

Speaking of missing things, Taylor, are you missing Ace and Nick at all? Hell yeah.

[F]

I'm missing the bros, man. Like literally whenever Ace get back, I'm staying with him for a few days. So yeah, I'm definitely missing.

[Fran]

There was a lot of conversation about your guys friendship. I think we all love to see the goofy, fun moments that you guys had together. You running around and planning dates for other people. But on the other side of that, I'm sure you've seen because you heard it in the villa, you know, Austin talking about, oh, aces, minions, and people just doing with what Ace says. How did you feel about that while you were in the villa? Do you feel like you were just listening to what Ace said or were you like, hey, we're friends here and we sort of agree.

[F]

Hell no. I think it's definitely more of like a we friends and we agree type of situation. Because, you know, some I didn't agree with Ace and some Ace angry with me. So it's not like, you know, whatever Ace said went, because, hell, no, you know, that's not how it's gonna go. But we all gave each other input and thoughts on, you know, what we all thought would need it in, like, date ideas or, you know, situations. Like, it would be times that Ace come to me for advice, you know, and it wasn't just like a whatever Ace say we finna do type of situation.

[Fran]

Sometimes from the editing, it seems that way.

[Ria]

Yeah, I think, I think. And I think it's been, you know, a lot of the islanders that have left that have jumped on Tik Tok and you, you guys will see it when you get your phones back. You know, they're all hanging out in LA. They're doing TikTok lives or they're. They're talking.

[Fran]

They've already gone to birthday parties.

[Ria]

Yeah, they're doing the whole thing. But like, they all have kind of. Not all, but a few of them have kind of made the same sort of comments of like, Ace being definitely taking like a leadership role in the villa. Whether that was decided by you guys, are decided on his own that he was gonna have that he was gonna do that.

[Fran]

Did you.

[Ria]

Did you guys feel like he was wanting to kind of lead the villa?

[F]

Yeah. You know, coming in, it was just like, you know, as a man, you want to be a leader. And so, you know, Ace, from the get go, really tried to assert his dominance and say, you know, he wants to be the leader of everything. And so it's like, you know, we're not often butt heads with each other, so, you know, we let. We just let Ace have that role. I guess we're just like, you know what? This will make you happy, Ace. You got it?

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

You know, now we're seeing Nick and Alandria explore their connection. If we go back to more of the beginning days, if Nick had told you, hey, I'm really into Alandria, despite your guys friendship, how do you think you would have navigated that shit?

[F]

I would tell him, go for it. You know, it's Love Island. We all here to explore every connection Possible and try to come out with something. So if that's what he wanted this for early in, I would have to tell him, go for it, bro. Like, I got no problem with it.

[Ria]

Yeah. And it looks like. It looks like everybody around the fire pit was really excited to see them recouple. Like, we had saw you, Taylor, be like, you. Like, that's my guy. Like, that's my boy. Like, everyone's excited. Did. Was everyone. The other islanders in the villa, like, cheering for them to really try and see if this. That's a real connection.

[F]

Yeah, definitely. Because, you know, they both show interest from each other since day one, and so, like, this is, like, what, the third or fourth, second or third time that they're coming back up together. So it's just like, okay, y', all, like, I really got to, like, try this because, you know, everything happens for a reason. The universe keep putting them back together. So, yeah, it might be something true there, Clark.

[Ria]

One of it's. It's so hard for so many different reasons to, like, navigate being in the villa, coming back with. In your couple from Casa. And there was a couple moments that we saw where it wasn't, like, a blatant warning, but it. Alandra kind of was like, hey, I'm just. I'm just letting you know, you know, just keep your eyes open kind of thing. What were you. What were you thinking? Because you didn't really say too much back. You were just like, okay, like, thank you. I got it. But, like, what was. What were you really thinking in those moments? Moments?

[Clark]

Like I said, everybody's okay. Yes, we both have a connection with Taylor, but at the end of the day, everybody. Our experiences are not going to be the same. So something that bothers her might not bother me. It just kind of depends on the person. And I wanted to hear her out. I wanted to validate, like, how she was feeling. So I just kind of didn't say too much. But in my head, I'm like. Like, we'll see. Like, And Andreina pulled me to the side, and she was like, listen, like, make your own decisions, you know, like, don't let people get in your head about what you're feeling. So, yeah, that's what I did. Yeah.

[Ria]

Yeah. No, and as you should. I'm. I'm curious if there were. Were there any other guys that you had your eye on in Casa or, like. Like, you contestants always have an idea, like, who did you have going in in your mind? Ooh, I think I could be interested in them. And then who Surprised you. And obviously, you know, ended up being Taylor.

[Clark]

Honestly, he was my number one. I mean, I'm not like. So, like, when it comes to physical appearance, like, of course I want you to be attractive. And I feel like all the girls and guys in there are. You know what I mean? So that was a problem for me. I'm more of a personality person and, like, how do you treat me? So I don't know. Yeah, it just worked out.

[Fran]

Yeah, it worked out. When it came to the heart rate challenge, you know what that entails? You know, everybody's going to be kissing everybody. Everybody's trying to do, like, sexy stuff to get the heart rate up. How did you feel about the situation with Alandra? Like, kind of going all out for Taylor?

[Clark]

No comment.

[Ria]

I don't know.

[Clark]

She did her big one. I can't be mad. Like, she has to, you know, do what she had to do.

[Ria]

So was. Was. Did you guys think that Shelly's, you know, obviously she was upset with Huda after that, after that heart rate challenge with what went down with Ace. And I think we, you know, we saw part of it, but a lot of what was talked about online was like, oh, did we miss something that maybe happened like, that they're getting so upset about? What did you guys. Did you guys feel like she went too far? Huda went too far there?

[F]

You damn right. Listen, bro, when I tell y' all.

[Clark]

Did her biggest one.

[Ria]

She did.

[F]

She did her big on Ace.

[Fran]

Like, can I ask, did she. People online were like, she must have, like, sat on his face. Did that happen?

[F]

Damn near. You know, yeah.

[Fran]

Sorry, guys. This was just the conversation that was happening online.

[F]

I'm just like, it. She pretty much did, you know.

[Ria]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And, yeah, tell by the reactions.

[Fran]

Like you said, it was a. It was a big one.

[Ria]

It caused a little bit of confusion because we, like, Shelly seemed so upset and everyone, like, you know, viewers watching was like, well, was Huda just doing the same as every. All the other girls? Like, it seemed like everybody was trying to go all out, but obviously from your reactions being kind of put two and two together on. On that one. The. You guys have had some crazy challenges that they've thrown you into. And we. We didn't. Normally we get movie night. Right. We didn't get movie night this year. We got the mail in challenge where everyone got to write down all their feelings. What was the vibe in the villa like after you guys went through that challenge? And do you think everybody was as brutally honest as it seemed they were?

[F]

I Feel like everybody was definitely on as they seem they were. But the guys, we was cool the next morning. You know, we had no beef between the guys. Now, the girl's a different story. Okay. The girls had they own going on, but the guys, we were next morning, like, yo, we feel like this Loki brought us closer. And, you know, the girls had animosity with each other, so.

[Clark]

Yeah, not with me, though. Yeah, I was safe.

[Fran]

I was good. Is there anything. Is there anything that you wanted to write down that you decided not to, that you're like, oh, I wish I can get this off my chest now?

[F]

Nah, not really. Not for me. I ain't had no beef with nobody in the villa, you know, So I was cool with everybody. So I have, yeah, really nothing to say about nobody. I mean, I had. I had. I said what I had to say about Nick pissing a damn toilet.

[Ria]

Did you think it was kind of, you know, when everybody was like, own up to what you wrote. Like, if you wrote it, just. Just say it? Did you think everyone was gonna do that? Or did everyone really go in thinking it was going to be anonymous when they wrote it down?

[F]

I thought, everybody's gonna own up to their stuff about what they said, but obviously when they got to Chris and was saying about Chris, and nobody stood up for Chris's, and nobody was set up for Pepe's stuff that they wrote about him and Hannah and that whole situation, yeah, that was. So I was like, you know, like, why don't y' all just stand up and say you own it?

[Ria]

Like, yeah, I think it was Hodo. Was it.

[Fran]

Didn't she say it afterwards, or was it Andreina? Oh, yeah, she's the one who wrote the Pepe one. No. Yeah, yeah.

[Ria]

Maybe I forget who it was. Somebody they like. It was funny because in the episode we saw them afterwards be like, it was me, but I don't want to say anything.

[Fran]

Yes. Oh, yeah, because there was one where somebody was in bed being like, I wrote that. Yeah, exactly. Yes. Yeah.

[Ria]

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[Clark]

We were super close. Like, everybody. I don't know. Vanna and her sense of humor that all the girls just understood. Grayson, my little pageant princess.

[Fran]

Coco.

[Clark]

Me and her were like prayer sisters, like singing gospel all the time. We just clicked on a lot of things. And then Jaden, I love her. I don't know, I just. It was. We were all very close.

[Fran]

So it's nice to hear that you guys have that bond in casa, which I feel like you have to have because there is a little bit of a disadvantage going into the villa, especially when it comes to. Comes to the voting. We saw Taylor, you got saved out of everybody with that, with that big vote. Did you feel like that was going to happen? Did you have an inkling because of your friendships or were you still nervous?

[F]

Of course I'm being nervous because it was like, you know, anybody can go home, you know, so you're always gonna be nervous about it, but, you know, like, for everybody to see how happy I was in my connection with park and everything and, and all the friendships that I have made in there and how I've been there for everybody, I knew, like, you know, they're gonna be there.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Now, we know you guys have a very strong connection and you were unfortunately sent home. Now with these final couples that are left, who do you guys think has the strongest connection and who do you think has the least strongest connection?

[F]

I have to say Ace and Shelley, weakest connection, probably Chris and Hood.

[Fran]

Yeah. Clark, you agree with that?

[Ria]

Yeah. Yeah. I don't know if you guys have, you know, been able to stay up on. On the episodes too, as much, but it's. It's sometimes you. I mean, well, there hasn't even been anything really that we've seen, of course, but there are obviously things that are going on now. But it was one of those crazy votes for you guys where I think everyone was voting. Hooda and Chris seemed like they were moving in the right direction. Everyone votes, and then we watch the next episode and it's like the wheels are falling off. And I'm sure a lot of people were like, I change my vote.

[Fran]

Yeah.

[Ria]

But I don't. It's. The Huda and Jeremiah stuff took up so much of the early part of the season. Were you guys ready to just close that? Because when Jeremiah's name got brought up again in the mail and challenge, was it like, oh, I kind of wish we weren't. Weren't talking about this again, Taylor?

[F]

Definitely. Because it was like, you know, that was. For the most part, it was damn near. First two and a half weeks of everybody's experience was a whole situation. Every time they had a problem, it was just like, oh, here we go again. You know, and so we're expecting to not even bring up that situation no more and just let that, you know, be done because that took up so much of our time. We were kind of all set up with it.

[Fran]

It. Did any part of you regret sending Jeremiah home, or did you feel like that was the right decision?

[F]

I thought that was the right decision. You know, the way he lived his Love island experience versus everybody else up there, it was just like, you know, the other two lifted the right way, and he, you know. Yeah, really?

[Ria]

So there. There's been some funny, like, memes and tweets, of course. And, you know, the viewers have joked that, like, this season of Love island is different because it's like it says when any. Whenever anybody finds love, they get assassinated. It's like once the connection is fully formed, they're like, up. Get them out of here.

[Fran]

The island.

[Ria]

Break up the couple. Do you guys feel like once couples started to make strong connections, people were eliminated?

[F]

Definitely, yeah. Charlie, him, the situation, and then the Hannah Beve situation. We're just like, damn, like, dropping like flies. Like, you. You meet somebody, you vibe with them, and then you gone. So at this point, you might want to be friends with everybody, you know, But I definitely felt that, though.

[Ria]

Yeah. And I think it just also lined up perfectly with you guys, you know, having that exclusive talk. And then I was like, okay, see ya.

[Fran]

Right? It did. It did kind of feel like it was written in the stars when we saw the big performance. And then I was like, ooh, this is gonna. This episode's gonna play out where they're going home because they're too happy right now.

[F]

Yeah, man. It was like, you know, in the villa, when you get happy, that's when bad shit.

[Ria]

So I know you guys said you think Asian Ace and Shelley have the. The strongest connection. Is that who you two will be rooting for to. To win big finale at the end of this week?

[F]

I'm Rooting for everybody, to be honest. No words out of my mouth. Every. Everybody in there is part, part of the bros. Like we all family for life. And so, you know, I want everybody doing it though, as possible.

[Ria]

Yeah.

[Fran]

Yeah, that's a nice answer.

[Ria]

That was very nice. Just rooting for. Rooting for everybody. Well, we're excited to see how it, how it plays out, of course, and, and who gets it. But we're so excited for you too, that you got to leave the villa together. Like you said, you were the only couple so far that's gotten to leave together and have, and have that moment and bond. So enjoy the rest of your phoneless time. Yes. Because then when you get back to it, you're. You'll see all, everything that's been going on and, you know, maybe you'll want to just throw your phone away.

[Fran]

So can Fiji while you're there.

[Ria]

Exactly. Exactly. Guys, thank you.

[Fran]

Thank you, guys.

[Ria]

Thank you so, so much for joining us and talking with us. We really appreciate it.

[F]

Thank you, guys.

[Clark]

Nice to meet you.

[Fran]

Nice meeting you.

[Ria]

Thanks.

[Fran]

Bye.

[F]

Bye.

[Fran]

That wraps up today's episode of Chicks in the Office. Thank you so much for watching and listening. We love you guys so very much. Thank you for always watching and supporting the best show on earth. Hugs, kisses, smooches, and we will talk to you on Monday.

[Taylor]

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[Ria]

Longtime listener, first time caller.

[Taylor]

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[Fran]

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