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Manny
Not all meals are created equal. For instance, breakfast has the spicy egg McMuffin for a limited time and lunch doesn't.
Vanny Mua
McDonald's breakfast.
Manny
You ran over my phone.
Vanny Mua
I think we're like, addicted to our phones, though.
Manny
We are.
Vanny Mua
She has made the season what the season is. I swear.
Manny
You think they're gonna get good?
Vanny Mua
Hey, guys. Welcome back to your favorite podcast. Full coverage with your hosts, Vanny Mua and Marlee. The gum.
Manny
The gum's got she. I had already started cuz they'll get me with chewing. Nothing pisses people off more if you chew there. But you know, chewing doesn't bother me, so I don't hear it. Like, if someone at all.
Vanny Mua
Wait. That's so funny. I did not even think that. But when I'm slurping my water bottle and you're like this to me.
Manny
Straws pissed me off.
Vanny Mua
You guys. I put the wrong straw in here. I was like this enough.
Manny
I'm like, enough. You're done. That's all the water you get today.
Vanny Mua
That literally was her. She's like, you're done. You're. You're clocked out. You're not doing anymore. By the way, we're at Elora's house. We're chilling. You know we love the trap. This is the traveling pod.
Manny
We're gonna be.
Vanny Mua
It's the house of the traveling pod. And you just never know. It really depends on our mood.
Manny
Yeah.
Vanny Mua
Honestly, what we're feeling in our fantasy, in the vibes, we're all right.
Manny
Exactly.
Vanny Mua
Okay, so we're feeling today. So we are just in front of this gorgeous real light and just living life.
Manny
Today's a rapid fire. But first, per always, we'll do pigs and pigs.
Vanny Mua
Yeah, yeah.
Manny
I feel like I'll start.
Vanny Mua
Start it, honey.
Manny
So we did a family beach trip to Florida. It was so much fun. There were 13 of us.
Vanny Mua
So many.
Manny
Yes. Babes of all ages, all lifestyle. I don't know. Listen, it was a lot, but it was so much fun. It was so nice. I grew up, like in a chaotic household, so it kind of like brings me back to my childhood. Reminds me of that vibe. It's just so nice to chaos. Yes.
Vanny Mua
It reminds me of just chaos.
Manny
Exactly. Chaos is my comfort. Chaos is my comfort. But it was so cool. It's so fun. It's so laid back there. And LA is persnickety.
Vanny Mua
Correct. You said persnickety yesterday to me and I hadn't heard persnickety. I'm not kidding. In 20 years.
Manny
In 20 years, Laura's.
Vanny Mua
She's brought back persnickety. I just want you guys to know.
Manny
I'm bringing that word back and I'm gonna throw it into the rotation.
Vanny Mua
I want you to throw it into a tick tock.
Manny
They're not even gonna know what that means.
Vanny Mua
They're literally not.
Manny
They'll be like, you know, in the south we call it hottie Horty toity. Like if you're a hoity toity, your little person.
Vanny Mua
For people that might not know.
Manny
Yes. So, you know, we live the fun, lavish life, but going back there, it's so laid back and it's such a great moment to get to disconnect, which I need so badly.
Vanny Mua
And I remember unplugged for a bit. You just have to.
Manny
It's so nice. It's funny, whenever I like first moved out to LA and I was like making it big as an influencer, like, I never wanted to go back and I never wanted to like have those chill moments and disconnect. I feel like I was missing out on something or, you know, like I always wanted to be in the mix and like, the longer I do it, I'm like, give me the out of here right now. I don't care. I don't care what's happening. I don't care what anyone's doing. I'm gone. Like, honestly with. I have to work here. So, like, I'm in la, but like, realistically, if I could, I would spend like half my summer there because I have a house there, but I have to work.
Vanny Mua
So of course you like just be gone half the summer actually, right? Technically, you could work technically from over there, but it's just so much Harder. Yeah, exactly.
Manny
It's too it. I would go stir crazy.
Vanny Mua
Yeah. Because it's la. So it's like you want to like grind, grind, grind out here, but then you also want to have a break. That's just like how that's it is you want, you want to have balance. You don't want to actually just be kind of feeling like la. Yes, completely the for the whole year. You want to have an unwind and it's fun because you get to unwind. It's not going to be as fun if you live there.
Manny
It's like so nice because you don't have to deal with all the bullshit riff raff of la. Like living in a big city. Like it's a lot like you're deal with traffic and lines and everything's always 100 crowded and you're always going to.
Vanny Mua
Is also very specific. It's like you have to pay for parking out here.
Manny
Like it's just so like very specific.
Vanny Mua
You know, it's like it's a unique.
Manny
Experience of a city but so many people experience it because so many people live here. But whenever I leave I'm like, you appreciate those, those calm moments. So loved it. Had the best trip. It was so much fun. On the last day of the trip, it was so funny. We were parking our cars in the driveway and we have to like, you know, line them up and in the morning we were all gonna leave. So I was like, okay, whoever's leaving last, we're gonna get you to pull your car in the driveway first. And that way, you know, we can.
Vanny Mua
It's easy to not have to move.
Manny
Cars in the morning because we were all coming back from dinner and so I got home first, but I was like, let me do a loop around and pull off to the side so we can put the trucks in the driveway before me because we'll probably leave first for the airport. And so when I did that, there's like a ton of kids in my car in the backseat. And Erin was riding with us. She was in the backseat, Ty was in the front seat. And then I pulled off to the side and I didn't put the car in park, I just had my foot on the brake and I was just like waiting on the truck to pass, to pull in, just to loop around. And Aaron's like, she has. Erin has only child syndrome where if she's around she gets very overstimulated very quickly and she goes. And Aaron's dramatic so she goes full diva. But every girl in our family is Pretty dramatic. I'm not gonna lie. Like we're out of 10 all the time. Like that's just what it's going to be like.
Vanny Mua
I met them all. Can't confirm. Can confirm.
Manny
Yep.
Vanny Mua
10. 10, 10.
Manny
Actually one of the calmer words in the family. And it's true. It's true. So.
Vanny Mua
So who did that?
Manny
Who said that?
Vanny Mua
I thought that was the cat.
Manny
But anyway, so I pulled off to the side and Aaron's like, I just can't take it anymore. All these kids in the car and jumps out of the car. But because what was so loud? Was it the music? What was probably children. Maybe it was the kids screaming.
Vanny Mua
Sound of laughter in the air.
Manny
I didn't hear her open the car door. So as soon as she puts one foot out, I take off. And I was like, I wouldn't have ran her over, but she would have fallen out.
Vanny Mua
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Manny
Because I was going forward. And so she screams, wait, wait, wait. And so I slam on brakes. And then she is.
Vanny Mua
She falls to the ground.
Manny
Like losing her mind. She said, you ran over my phone. And I look back and somehow.
Vanny Mua
And how did that even happen?
Manny
Because I probably drove like less than three feet. Yeah, probably two feet. And somehow the phone just fell right under the tire. And the little bit that I went forward, I ran over her phone, literally. And I didn't know what happened because her crash out was so a 21 year old cell phone. I mean.
Vanny Mua
Oh, that's like we're B girl.
Manny
Gun to head. That's like. You would have thought she.
Vanny Mua
I would cry at that age.
Manny
You would have thought she lost a limb.
Vanny Mua
Uhhuh.
Manny
I mean she was. And I'm like, what happened? Do I need a backup? I put the car reverse and she's like, it's gone now.
Vanny Mua
You're like this.
Manny
God, no. Literally over the phone.
Vanny Mua
The floor's like this. What happened? Oh no.
Manny
I'm on your foot. What's happening? What's happening? She's like my father. I'm talking about the full.
Vanny Mua
Like a whale. A whale.
Manny
Wailing, wailing. I'm like, oh my God. I'm like, everybody get in the house. Get in the house. We'll deal with it. So Aaron's lost her mind. We go into the house. The phone was wrecked. Okay.
Vanny Mua
Cracked.
Manny
She is crashing the out. And I talked her down.
Vanny Mua
That was the end of the trip though. Which is.
Manny
It was. It was the last night I talked her off the ledge. And she was like, you know what?
Vanny Mua
She was going to jump. I know.
Manny
You Know what? It's fine. It's fine. I'm going to be okay. It's fine. Like, trying to convince, like she was rationalizing. She was killing me. Like, killing me. Like I was, I don't need a phone. And so then as she's doing that, she taps her phone and the bitch turns on, oh, screens, like, busted completely. But internally it works, working. Like she can play on Tik Tok and everything, right? And she's like, oh my God. Then she was.
Vanny Mua
This whole time, she was like, oh.
Manny
Yes, that's what it was like, that's what it was like. That's literally what happened. She's like, okay, it works. Just kidding. I looked at her and I said, well, thank God you didn't freak out.
Vanny Mua
Yeah. And she's like.
Manny
Yes.
Vanny Mua
Yeah, yeah.
Manny
So anyways.
Vanny Mua
That is so funny though.
Manny
It was so fun.
Vanny Mua
I can, I can really envision it.
Manny
I would have freaked out, but obviously it would have been a little different, you know, it would have sucked. I'm like, God damn it. But yeah, she's okay.
Vanny Mua
I would have crashed out Loki.
Manny
Yeah, I crashed out a little bit for sure.
Vanny Mua
I think. I think we're like addicted to our phones, though.
Manny
We are. And she's 21 and she's been addicted to her phone forever. So listen, I.
Vanny Mua
Than us.
Manny
Yes. I had her on screen time during high school and all that. Like, she had a screen time so she wasn't able to. But I mean, she's living our own life. Like there's no screen time, screen time now. She's an adult.
Vanny Mua
It's eight hours a day now.
Manny
Honey, honey, honey.
Vanny Mua
12, 12.
Manny
She's an adult. You know, it's. It's her world. So she's super addicted to her phone. I mean, everybody is low key, low key, high key, high key. I am high key.
Vanny Mua
I can't. I'm not even going to deny that. I. I feel like I'm fully addicted to my phone.
Manny
I know. I asked her. Cuz her phone will glitch in and out. It'll like turn off for an hour and then it'll start working. And like the screen's like glitching. Which, by the way, we got her a new phone. So she's. She's safe.
Vanny Mua
Yeah, she's fine.
Manny
She's.
Vanny Mua
She survived.
Manny
She got the new iPhone.
Vanny Mua
She survived. Oh, she's just living Bryce.
Manny
It was like, yeah, it's so crazy. I was like, we'll just take like an older, like a 15, like whatever you got. And they're like, it's so crazy. We just, like, don't have any of those in stock. We only have the newest, most pro phones in stock. Yeah.
Vanny Mua
Yeah. It's going to be about 4,000.
Manny
Yes. That was literally Verizon. I'm like, oh, shocker. I'm shocked that this is.
Vanny Mua
I can't believe that that's the. You only have the newest, highest end model. I would crash out.
Manny
Crash the out. So I took her yesterday to get a new phone, and the divalicious diva is living on.
Vanny Mua
She's happy.
Manny
She's happy.
Vanny Mua
She's like, I can make content now.
Manny
Yeah.
Vanny Mua
She's like, I'm good. Thank goodness. I crushed. Thank goodness. The screen is crushed. Thank you.
Manny
A disaster.
Vanny Mua
She's like, thank you, Thea.
Manny
Can't. I literally. Literally.
Vanny Mua
That is, you know, actually reminds me, like, that actually feeds into my pit slightly, too, because my. My, like, computer is, like, giving out my laptop. My laptop, like, I. If I open it too much to a point, the screen goes black completely and I have to reset it every.
Manny
Single time it's time. It's a big.
Vanny Mua
The problem, though, is that a laptop, like a MacBook, is so expensive. It's.
Manny
So if you get, like, for a.
Vanny Mua
Good one and obviously, like, I do.
Manny
So you have to have the full.
Vanny Mua
You need a lot. Yes. So I'm kind of like, in the point where I'm like, I know I have to commit, but right now I'm at the point where I'm like, okay, if I'm just opening it like, a quarter of the way, I can still see some of the screen.
Manny
This man is rich over here. Tom boy, go get a new laptop.
Vanny Mua
I need a laptop now. That is a. I do. That's a business, right? I do need to go get a new laptop. I just realized it because yesterday I was, like, on the computer, and I was maybe was yesterday. It was like, two days ago. I was, like, watching, like, the recap from our last episode. And I was pulling it up and it went too far. And I was like, fuck, I have to restart it. And then I go up to the point before, and I'm like, okay, here we are. So I'm watching. So I actually hoist it up like this. You have a laptop right here, actually. So what I do, I. I put something underneath it like this.
Manny
I.
Vanny Mua
So I can still see if y'.
Manny
All don't tell him to get a new laptop right now.
Vanny Mua
I'm not. I wish I was kidding, but I'm dead ass. Like, I opened it about 2/4 like 2 fourths, half halfway, and then I hoist it so I can still see.
Manny
Oh, my God. Okay, we're taking you to the Max book store today and we'll bring it.
Vanny Mua
No, when you're texting about Aaron, like, going to the store, I was like, oh, that reminds me, I need to go to the Apple store. Like, I literally was thinking about that. So I also do have to get a new laptop because my is crashing out Joe, Horace, the porn, the corn. I was like, every time the corn. Tell how hard is to do that when it's at two fours.
Manny
Someone said, don't watch corn on your iPhone because, like, cookies and stuff. Yes. And stuff. Like people.
Vanny Mua
No, it's too much. Also, I need a bigger screen. I don't know.
Manny
I think I need to avocado on my shoulder. I don't know. I had avocado.
Vanny Mua
I don't know what it is. I don't know. I can't just do this. It's too little of a screen. Oh, are you joking? I'm so 10 right now. Laura.
Manny
You guys.
Vanny Mua
Oh, my God. I have a tick tock for us. Okay, that just reminded me. And it's a tanning one.
Manny
Yeah.
Vanny Mua
Well, I'm like, oh, my God, I'm so tan right now. And it's. I go next to you and it's literally like, I hate you like that. But you're literally so freaking tan.
Manny
People always ask me, they're like, which tanning all like, what are you using? So sunscreen, mineral sunscreen. The problem is, for me is like, I love to be in the sun.
Vanny Mua
Yes. But you also know about skincare. So it's like, you also know about sun care. You know, to actually put zinc on.
Manny
The sun on my skin. But I do my best. I do, I do.
Vanny Mua
I can confirm.
Manny
I do.
Vanny Mua
But you actually. But you actually do, like, gray.
Manny
I'm. When I'm out in the sun and running, I'm gray because of the zinc on top of my skin. It turns me purple gray.
Vanny Mua
But it's so good, though, like, that. Like, if you're gonna be in the sun, like, copious amounts, using sunscreen with zinc is really important. Like using a mineral sunscreen. It's the one that actually has, like, the most, like, protective, like, barrier on.
Manny
Your skin by far.
Vanny Mua
But yeah, no, I. You gotten so freaking tan, Laura. I'm shocked. And honestly, by the way, I only look slightly even darker because my arm hair is giving an illusion.
Manny
Oh, yeah, we shaved that arm down. Baby blind.
Vanny Mua
So scary. And this is Self tan. Like I was saying, I'm so 10 right now. Like I have a couple days in.
Manny
We gotta get you outside.
Vanny Mua
I know. I'm like this.
Manny
Karma's just begun.
Vanny Mua
I put a toe in.
Manny
No, that's, that's how you get your vitamin D. He puts a finger.
Vanny Mua
I'm like this.
Manny
We gotta get Manny outside. You gotta get me inside.
Vanny Mua
We have to get you and I have to get outside. So it's, we switch roles. We have to switch roles. It's so, it's so unfortunate. It really is. What's my peak?
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Manny
I told you.
Vanny Mua
Oh my God, you guys. Last week I got invited to a Love island event. I was screaming because it was just honestly I had a fun time. It was like for the new. The new villa show. The like Life after the Villa. I think it's called Life after the Villa with the older cast and it's like I gotta like hang out with Janae and Liv and it was honestly just a fun event and it reminded me like Coachella because we were with them on the just sweet X flight.
Manny
Yep.
Vanny Mua
So we're hanging out with them. So it was honestly just fun to be at an event like that. And honestly, I've been like so into Leviathan this season, even though I do feel like overarchingly it was not as great of a season.
Manny
Let's just talk about it.
Vanny Mua
Let's just go into it. Honestly, just, we do need to dive in because it's finally done. I feel like I have my life back, by the way, because the thing is, even though I don't feel like it was a great season, I was still so enwrapped heavily in the show that I couldn't.
Manny
Someone brought up a good point. It made a lot of sense to me and it does check out with me. And I'm going to say this point. So if you're a Love island watcher, tell me if you agree. Manny, tell me if you agree. They said. So you know how like Huda was like very disoralized, very polarizing, got the most followers, etc. Like a lot of eyes on Huda.
Vanny Mua
Right?
Manny
And a lot of conversation on Huda.
Vanny Mua
Correct.
Manny
So someone said they were like, well, this is the thing. Love island this year got a lot of new viewers compared to previous years.
Vanny Mua
Huda, because she brought in so much viewership.
Manny
It was Huda that brought in all the viewership with all the different crash outs.
Vanny Mua
The season would not be nearly as big without Huda. No, she like honestly helped make that show.
Manny
So they were saying that's why she's the most popular. Because whether it was negative or positive, they were like, because of her on the show. And one of our good Judies said to us, I just kept seeing this girl on Tick Tock crashing the out. So it made me want to watch the show.
Vanny Mua
Correct.
Manny
And that's what happened with everybody. So it's like whether you love her because it's going so viral, the clips were going so viral. And it was always her, you know what I mean? It was always. And down to the last episode. Yeah, it was always her. So it was like, that's why she got gained the most and that's why she was like one of the most populars on the show. Because it makes sense.
Vanny Mua
Because people, because honestly, people that don't watch Love island, they're like, I don't know about Love Island. By Nahuda.
Manny
Yes.
Vanny Mua
Aaron, my youngest brother, he goes, I was like, oh, you guys, the finale tonight. I was talking to San Diego this weekend and I was like, are you still watching? And he was like, I stopped watching like a few episodes back. I felt like redundant. And I was like, yeah, yeah, it's at the end anyway. And then Aaron was like, I don't watch, but like a team Huda, see. And I was like, why do you say Team Hood? And he's like, I just know about Huda because of social media. And I was literally like, she has made the season what the season is. It would not be even close to as big as it was without her in it. That's why she is the most followed. I agree. I think that sentiment is so true.
Manny
Question. Do you think that, like, I've watched a lot of Love Island. I've been an OG fan since uk UK days. Okay. Like, I love UK Love Island. However, so do you. What happened in this season was rare in the way of we're at the last episode, everyone is supposed to be coupled up and everyone is supposed to be in deep relationships. However, this season it wasn't like that. People had just met from Casa a week ago and they were in the finale like it was fucking crazy.
Vanny Mua
Yeah.
Manny
Like they barely knew each other. Like, Brian and Amaya have been together for two seconds. Realistically, they were already in the hideaway already. Like, so Huda got to stay versus Shelly and Ace when her and her man were not even together. I don't think I've ever really seen that on Love island where people are breaking up in the last episode or like they're still arguing but haven't been voted off.
Vanny Mua
I mind you, I've only seen two seasons of Love Island. I saw last season in the US and then I saw the Molly Mae season and both of those just did not give this season.
Manny
No.
Vanny Mua
So I don't have as ton of an experience of the show, but I just feel like it seemed incorrect because of the last episode what happened with her.
Manny
And like, honestly, like, no hate to her. I'm not saying like I don't like hood of vote her off. You know what I mean?
Vanny Mua
Right.
Manny
Like, it's not like that. It's more so like it was very.
Vanny Mua
Surprising for what the show is to.
Manny
Me that people chose to keep someone on who was not even barely in a couple. Their couple was hanging on by a thread and you chose to keep them on versus Shelly and Ace who had been together an OG since the jump. So isn't that bizarre?
Vanny Mua
It's so weird. I also just don't get it. I'm like, I. It makes. It made me feel like the viewers actually ruined low.
Manny
I kind of feel like not even.
Vanny Mua
This like the people on the show, it was really the viewers that ruined the show.
Manny
I also the voters. Yeah. I mean the guys ruined the show and they voted off Jeremiah girl.
Vanny Mua
That's one of the beginning of the end.
Manny
It was the beginning.
Vanny Mua
When they voted off Jeremiah from the show, it was the beginning of the end.
Manny
Never been better at all. He should have made it to the end. He would have found someone that he enjoyed and wanted to couple up with.
Vanny Mua
Yep. Like, I think they should have just let it play out.
Manny
I think the guys were like, loki jealous.
Vanny Mua
I think so too. And I also think that had to do with the fact that, like, they saw, like, him, like, moving on was like, going to Andrina and they're like, oh, he's probably liked, whatever, we need to get him out of here.
Manny
Like, he's taking all the bombshells or something. Like, it felt very like that. Like, oh, he moves on and snatches up girls and because he's very handsome, like, the girls fall for him and they didn't like that.
Vanny Mua
What about the. The hood is crush out at the very end? It wasn't even a crush out. It was literally like just such an unfortunate.
Manny
She wanted it to be a crash out bad girl.
Vanny Mua
It was.
Manny
You could tell she held that in because she was like, when he was talking. But, you know, she wanted.
Vanny Mua
She wanted to go in, you know. And I have to say, like, in the show at the end of it, where she was like, I feel like I like growing a little bit and like, Alondra was like, the hood of, like, right now is different than the hooded like that started because you would have crashed out immediately. And she was kind of like, oh, I, like, didn't yell and I listened.
Manny
I. But I think she liked Jeremiah 10 times more than she liked Chris. So. Because she, like, she didn't even shed a tear whenever she broke up with them because I don't even think she was that into Chris, to be honest. Like, from what I could see to what I saw with her and Jeremiah, I feel like she, like, fell over hills overhead for Jeremiah. And then with Chris, I felt like she wasn't even really into him. It was like more like just trying to stay there.
Vanny Mua
And yeah, she's like, whatever, doing what.
Manny
She needed to do, which that's what a lot of them do. I'm not like, blaming her for that, but, I mean, I feel like that's what Nick and Alandria did. Ultimately. I did feel like Nick and Alandra, I feel like low key. I was like, is Alandra as into Nick?
Vanny Mua
I don't think so. That's like what it didn't seem like to me. It seemed like Nick was. Was genuinely interested in land.
Manny
Yeah.
Vanny Mua
And then it felt like Alandra was kind of having to Go with the flow.
Manny
Yeah.
Vanny Mua
And I do feel like in general, because they were like they had to leave, like, because they didn't have a couple at the end of like the casa thing, I was like, I feel like this felt really produced for them to come back as a couple. I'm like, this is literally production weaving in. I also feel like production ruined a lot of the season as well, not just the viewership. Production did such a bad job at like continuity and making things make sense and not make sense. And like people have caught so many like mistakes and like when someone was there, they made it seem like they were, but they really weren't.
Manny
Or like all these shady looks like they try to that weren't even real and make more dramatic, which I feel like they didn't even have to really do that.
Vanny Mua
No, I feel like that too.
Manny
And like you would look at the other clip and the person's not even in the room. And like you got doing Island God.
Vanny Mua
You think it's a success for them?
Manny
Yes.
Vanny Mua
Like even though it's not as good of a season, look how many fudgeing views it was getting.
Manny
I read an article that said they had 39% new viewers for the season. 39 were new peacock Girl island viewers and it was Huda 100.
Vanny Mua
All 39 was her.
Manny
Was her literally hood.
Vanny Mua
And she stayed the entire time.
Manny
That's why because people were such big fans of her, they would vote for her.
Vanny Mua
The crash out the water scene though.
Manny
Okay, let's talk about that.
Vanny Mua
Let's talk that because that's actually going really viral. So you guys. So at the end of the show, there's basically they all have like all the couples left. They have like a more intimate date. And so Huda and Chris, they had an intimate date and it's like really beautiful. It's actually like a dinner over like the water. Kind of like, like a water, it's like a shallow water, right. And so they're going to sit down in the table in the middle of the water. Chris is carrying her, puts her down. And so they basically have the hard conversation of like, do we see this like happening? Do we move forward? Chris is basically like, I want to make it work.
Manny
Yeah.
Vanny Mua
Which gagged me. I will say he was like, I want to make it work. Let's fucking do this. And Huda was basically kind of like quiet about it and was like, I think we should just be friends. She I, she just wasn't seeing it. And then the friggin someone comes out, sings him a song in the middle of their battle. And they're. It's so awkward. And so it was. It's unwritten. You can't even write that. You literally can't even write that.
Manny
Like, are you kidding? Production was like, huh? And Cinderman. 3, 2, 1.
Vanny Mua
And then they're like this.
Manny
Okay.
Vanny Mua
While someone's singing to them in their awkward date.
Manny
I was like, ma', am, ma', am, we're good. We're gonna cut it.
Vanny Mua
We're gonna. We're gonna.
Manny
We're gonna cut it. We don't need.
Vanny Mua
So then. So they basically have issues like, I think we should just be friends.
Manny
And by the way, I understand finale. So you're supposed to be seeing people fall in love and close off their journey. Boyfriend. And go like, wrap up their journey. And then you got Huda and Chris over here.
Vanny Mua
This is why the season so polarizing.
Manny
Because of how I've never seen it like that before.
Vanny Mua
These things happening. It just transpired so crazy. So then basically they ended things. And he's like, I get it. I respect it. Like, it's fine. So then they're about to leave, and Hood is like, do you want me to, like, walk? Are you going to carry me? And she's, like, upset. And he's like, I'm not going to carry you. And he basically just walked off. Hood, it goes back, gets more drinks, you know.
Manny
She's like, honestly, yeah. Because honestly, on Love island, you're only allowed to have one glass of wine a night. You can have red or white. I did see one UK contestant say, like, sometimes if you're like, I'm having a bad night. I need a drink. Some of the other contestants will just give you their drink. So that's the only way you can get more is if you still. Some. Like, some of the other contestants give you four. So I noticed she's like, let me really get this. I need a drink.
Vanny Mua
So basically, he, like, didn't, you know, carry on. It's become like this huge thing where it's like. Like, Chris. Because people are like, that's not chivalrous. But then at the end of the day too, like, she. He just essentially got, like, broken up with. So he's probably upset, doesn't want to feel, like, chivalrous and doesn't want to be like a man about it. So it's like this kind of becomes, like, polarizing topic about them. But even though I do feel like in that moment, the you two. Two. Two things can be right. Like, he can be unchivalrous. And being like, you know, a brat about something. But then she could have, like, you know, pissed him off, too, and then be like, well, yeah, like, she could have been a mess in that moment to him.
Manny
I thought it was so strange how she wouldn't have any PDA with him in public.
Vanny Mua
Right.
Manny
But at night, wanted to do all this stuff with him. And then it was like, I could tell, like, maybe they were falling apart. Obviously, she want to be with him. But then she was like, you're gonna cuddle me, right? So I was like, that's a little.
Vanny Mua
The cuddle thing. When she was literally like, you have three seconds. That was crazy to me.
Manny
That was crazy.
Vanny Mua
Like, I, I. There's moments where I'm literally like. I'm like, oh, I see, like, redeemable qualities with Hooda, for sure. But then there's these moments where I'm like, Like, girl, I feel like you make it so hard. Yeah, I feel like you make it so hard for yourself, like, in these situations. And I do. I understood what she was saying partly about the public pda, because she was like, jeremiah and I were doing so many public things, and it bit me in the ass. Like, it was bad.
Manny
Well, then I feel like that is more like that. No, it's. It's like, either we're taking it slow or we're not.
Vanny Mua
Correct.
Manny
That's what I feel like it is. Either we're gonna take this thing slow. But they weren't taking it slow. They were doing the same thing with Jeremiah, but just not in front of people. So how. It was kind of like, to him, in his world, he was like, so how is this.
Vanny Mua
If I was him, I would be frustrated.
Manny
I would have been frustrated too, for sure. Because it's like, let's not do anything at all. Then. If we're gonna take it slow, let's take it slow. Yeah, but let's not take it high up in the bed. And then in front of everybody, we're gonna.
Vanny Mua
Nothing. Take your nothing.
Manny
Take it slow. So that was so. But I did notice. I thought Chris was a big baby, right? Like a big, pouty baby all the time. So he got on my nerves too. So I'm not gonna put all this one.
Vanny Mua
I really liked him in the beginning, though. I really liked him a lot.
Manny
And then I didn't like him the end. And I don't know if that's, you know, production or, like, how it played out with Huda. I don't know. I didn't. I thought it was unchival. Of him to walk.
Vanny Mua
I did. I also thought it was unchilrous. I did. I totally. I was kind of like.
Manny
But also, like, rude.
Vanny Mua
But I also understand being upset that you guys just broke up. Like, I don't know. I feel like I understood both.
Manny
I kind of did too.
Vanny Mua
Like, I got it.
Manny
But also, like, he was the type of guy who, like, wouldn't put up with her. Like, for instance, the you're gonna cuddle me. I'm gonna count to three or you're gonna have problems tomorrow.
Vanny Mua
She's like, or you're gonna. You want to deal with this tomorrow? And I late.
Manny
I was like. And so that's whenever I was like, see, he's not going to give in to her. He's not going to be like, okay, let me give you what you want. You know? He was the type of guy that was like, then be mad.
Vanny Mua
Like, then do it. I don't. With my sleep.
Manny
Yeah.
Vanny Mua
And honestly, like, I respect that aspect a lot. And I think that it's good that he stood his ground about the things that he did. And he literally would say, like, I. I just want to pick my battles. Like, I don't want to deal with this.
Manny
Like, I'm like, but they're all battles.
Vanny Mua
But he's like, battle. And like, there was moments where I was like, like, Chris does sometimes I feel like, make it harder on himself.
Manny
He does.
Vanny Mua
Like, even when they're at the dinner, he's like, I'm so grateful for all these things.
Manny
He did that on purpose.
Vanny Mua
It looked like he goes. He's like, anything else? And I can't think. No, no, See that it goes. And I'm like, you make it hard on yourself.
Manny
It was.
Vanny Mua
This is why you make Hooda insecure.
Manny
It felt like he hated her.
Vanny Mua
Yeah. It was so weird. And for him to want to continue.
Manny
I just knew he was gonna break it off. And he was like, I want to continue. I was like, what are you doing?
Vanny Mua
And it made no sense to me.
Manny
It made no sense. No. I was glad hood of broken off me.
Vanny Mua
I was like, they're talking. Like, it's not gonna work.
Manny
No, it's not gonna work. They were.
Vanny Mua
And obviously, like, if she was like, I want a guy that, like, is, like, obsessed with me. That's like all over me. And he's so. Is not. He's so laissez. I was like, this is not gonna work. It's never gonna work with you guys. Point blank. It's never going to work. So it was. It was really messy. And then now. So they're actually doing. Now they're doing a reunion next month, August 25th. I think they said it was with Andy Cohen, which you know is going to be fierce.
Manny
Yes, Andy and Ariana are.
Vanny Mua
So they're going to do a full, like, reunion situation because of how big the show has gotten.
Manny
Says Andy Cohen to co host Love Island USA reunion, August 25th. And then someone tweeted and said, I can hear Andy Cohen, messy ass now saying, so, Huda, originally you told Jeremiah you were emotionally mature. Some viewers disagree and even thought maybe you should check into a mental asylum after taping. What's your thoughts on that? That's fudgeing Andy.
Vanny Mua
Like, that's so Andy.
Manny
Like, that's Andy is that bitch that he loves. This is what. And he's a poker. He's a poker. But he always does this thing with housewives where he. Whatever he wants to just say. He doesn't say it. He goes, we're gonna read a comment from a fan and it's literally dragging their ass.
Vanny Mua
And it's literally like he wants. And he wants to say it because.
Manny
I'm just reading it.
Vanny Mua
I'm just reading it.
Manny
I'm just reading a tweet.
Vanny Mua
I just want you to answer.
Manny
But that's how he always gets his shady in. But, baby, do you think Sierra will.
Vanny Mua
Go to the reunion? Do you think they'll let her?
Manny
I don't think they'll let her.
Vanny Mua
I don't think they will either. I don't think I've been seeing like she's been now that she's like, kind of like back on social. She made her public but statement. She made a public apology and it's been. I feel like it's been received well for sure. And I think that she was very coherent. She was understanding. She just owned her. I did really appreciate what she said.
Manny
Was like rooting for Nick.
Vanny Mua
Yes.
Manny
She was just like, you know, like I was out at the villa.
Vanny Mua
Yeah. So I. And she. I saw she posted like all the comments that she was getting and they were crazy.
Manny
Of course they were.
Vanny Mua
Things were crazy. Like the comments were basically think people like calling ICE on her family and being like, I wanna murder you. Like, it was horrific.
Manny
Like cancel culture. I've always said it. So toxic. I mean, we've experienced it, but it.
Vanny Mua
It's like it gets to a point.
Manny
That's why holding people accountable for their actions and consequences for their actions. Sure.
Vanny Mua
Yes, absolutely.
Manny
Calling ICE on someone's family because.
Vanny Mua
Because they said a word that they didn't even realize that they were doing.
Manny
That's what cancel culture is.
Vanny Mua
Yeah, it's crazy.
Manny
It's gotten like so crazy. Cancel culture is death threats. That's cancel culture. So that's the part where it's like, like, what are we really doing here?
Vanny Mua
Well, I think they just want to.
Manny
What's the agenda behind this one?
Vanny Mua
Excuse to be horrible.
Manny
Foul behavior. It gives people an excuse for foul behavior because someone else did something wrong.
Vanny Mua
People are just horrible, though.
Manny
Yeah.
Vanny Mua
That's why people that like, really on him like that. Yeah, they're bad people that want an excuse to be.
Manny
They don't get held accountable for their actions, only the other person. But then the people that go call ice on someone's family, they never get held accountable. You know what I mean? So it's like, what are we doing here? Like, what is this?
Vanny Mua
I mean, at the end of the day, these people, like, say what you want about every single one of them. They're putting their themselves out there like that. They are, you know, being brave, going on camera, being authentic, you know, most of them. And I feel like people need to understand that it's also a show.
Manny
It's a show.
Vanny Mua
And that we are getting shown a manufactured version of what it is.
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Manny
So from what I understand, Huda was just getting so much hate, so much heat. You know, in the beginning of the season because of all the crash outs with Jeremiah that I saw Taylor and Clark go on a podcast and they were talking about the heart rates challenge and how they're like, did Hooda take it too far and they didn't really want to talk about it and like spill her tea. You could tell they didn't want to like shred her or like give away, but they were like, yeah, yeah, she took it way too far and basically production cut it because she had been getting so much hate. They kind of wanted it to look like she didn't take it that far and like Shelly was being crazy because they were kind of like, we need to push the hate on someone else or like, change the narrative a little bit so we can protect Huda. But at the same time, that is a produced version of what actually happened. That's not what happened. Like, you know what I mean? Like, they didn't show what she did. They made it seem like she didn't do that much and then they made it seem like Shelly was crazy.
Vanny Mua
Yep. So that's like that just. See, that's just production. That's how these things work. So you have to remember that, like what we're being, we're almost just being shown and fed a version of what they want, the storytelling that they're trying to give. That's not always the case. That's not always the reality of it. It's just for entertainment for them. But like, at the end of the day, it is still the contestants real life. It's like what they're actually dealing with. It's not like they're playing a character, they're playing themselves. So you have to remember that, like at the end of the day, people can come out of the show and the Villa be like, bitch, they didn't show. This isn't this. And that's why you guys thought that. And I'm sure we will see in these next few weeks, now that they're out, reality of what was actually happening. You know, I'm honestly nice to see. I'm glad the season's over. Like, like, I'M so tired, exhausted me.
Manny
And I'll be honest. Overall, I love the last season way, way, way, way better than this season. I understand this season was very polarizing, but it felt exhausting to watch.
Vanny Mua
I was drained watching.
Manny
I was drained watching this season and, like, low key. It's gotten so big. But I'm like, do I want to continue watching this show like, dead ass just because I didn't love this season?
Vanny Mua
Yeah.
Manny
Ultimately, I did not. I love some of the people on it, for sure. But ultimately, the overall overarching of the season, I did not love it.
Vanny Mua
I agree. It wasn't the. I feel like there was no, like, it wasn't Love island. And I feel like the actual, like, the love aspect. I'm really glad, by the way. Obviously, I'm so glad that Maya won her.
Manny
Oh, my God.
Vanny Mua
I'm thrilled. I forgot it's done. And am I. And Brian won. And, like, I'm so happy.
Manny
That made sense.
Vanny Mua
Yeah. Really made sense. And I'm so glad that America saw her and was literally, like, she gave off genuine energy and she did. She gave off genuine vibes the entire time. She was not hiding who she was. She didn't hire a runner to take over her accounts. That's when you really know. I'm like, oh, my God, am I? You literally just like, went off.
Manny
Yeah.
Vanny Mua
And didn't even, like, think, like, oh, maybe she had someone, like, running my account and, like, building my socials. She literally just went because she wanted to find love, like, which is so cool. I think that's. I mean, I think everyone goes on the show for a little bit of clout, for sure.
Manny
Oh, for sure.
Vanny Mua
But it was nice to see that. I feel like some of the people were actually there to, like, actually try to find a connection.
Manny
Brian seems really sweet.
Vanny Mua
I know. I really liked him.
Manny
Like, go together, really.
Vanny Mua
Their flow is perfect. Like, them two being Latino, too, is just.
Manny
It just whenever he was. Adriana, I didn't like Brian that much because the producer probably just bring out the best in a movie. Yeah. And she was like, he's boring. And that kind of annoyed me a little bit just because I was like, whoa, all you've done is make out with this guy. Like, that's it.
Vanny Mua
And she, like, she wasn't giving, like, the most exuberant bombshell either.
Manny
No. So I was kind of like, baby.
Vanny Mua
But see, this could be production too. Like, this can be again. Production can make it seem like he was boring.
Manny
They can seem like Amaya.
Vanny Mua
So they can just make it Seem these ways and like. Like, at the end of the day, we're only going to be seeing a small portion of what's actually happening. So you have to give everyone on the show grace.
Manny
Do you think Iris was boring?
Vanny Mua
I think she was normal.
Manny
Yeah.
Vanny Mua
I felt like in the beginning, I thought she was boring in the beginning, but then I started realizing I'm like, oh, I actually think she's just like a normal person.
Manny
She's a normal person.
Vanny Mua
Like, she's not trying to overproduce herself. She's just living.
Manny
Whenever you compare that to all the other people, it comes across as boring. But it's.
Vanny Mua
But her next time, Maya, she's gonna seem boring. Yes, of course.
Manny
Exactly.
Vanny Mua
Of course.
Manny
Because I'm biased out of 10 with her.
Vanny Mua
With who?
Manny
Iris.
Vanny Mua
You think? I feel like he was obsessed with Hannah. Like, to me, he was more obsessed with Hannah than he is with Iris.
Manny
Do you think him and Hannah will get together?
Vanny Mua
I do. No, I swear.
Manny
You think they're gonna get back together?
Vanny Mua
I literally do. That's just, like, my theory. I think that they will. Especially after that TMZ clip of TJ and Iris. I'm like, oh, it's like, I. I do. I think that. I do think that he really liked Iris for sure. You know, like that joke, that running joker. He loves his white blondes.
Manny
Yes.
Vanny Mua
So I definitely think he really did like her. But I think that's a connection he had with Hannah. The way was more of, like, a flame.
Manny
Yeah.
Vanny Mua
And with Iris, it was, like, a slow build and it got something for sure. But I think that he has this, like, initial, like, with Hannah.
Manny
Wow.
Vanny Mua
That's what I think. I'm curious to see what happens and see who. If they even date each other. Like, who knows what's gonna happen after too.
Manny
Yeah.
Vanny Mua
But I'm really curious to see, like, what Hannah and him do. Like what? Like, what if something happens? I need, like, I have to know. Also, it's nice that they have it reunion in a month.
Manny
Yeah.
Vanny Mua
Because then they get to live life for a month and see it figured out, settle in a little bit, and then you get to catch up and see what actually happened transpired. So I'm really intrigued.
Manny
Okay, next topic.
Vanny Mua
I think we covered everything also.
Manny
Congrats. Amaya Ryan, the queen that you are. Yeah.
Vanny Mua
Love them both. King and queen.
Manny
We had Brooke.
Vanny Mua
Oh, my God. The Brooks.
Manny
She broke down.
Vanny Mua
She finally was like, bitch, y' all tried me.
Manny
What happened? So it was like, been this. By the way, I did not know that Brooke Scofield was still dating the guy.
Vanny Mua
I didn't either. But I think she probably literally, like after everything happened, she's probably like, fudge, y'. All.
Manny
Like, I want to like, you know, they got engaged.
Vanny Mua
No, I mean now I did that either. I did now after she announced it, but I had no idea that like they were even still together.
Manny
Me either showed the rock. She was like, bro, whenever she put up those IG stories, I was like, damn.
Vanny Mua
Like it was real.
Manny
I actually screenshot. You should read them. So basically there's a lot of drama circulating, but the problem is all the drama stems from Reddit. Reddit is not real sources. It's not a real source and it's not factual. So I do agree. Like, I mean, me and Manny have been shit on many times and it comes from Reddit. And true, it's just the fakest, most elaborate stories go out on Reddit and because they're so elaborate, people tend to drag them and believe them and they pass them around and 30 tick tocks are made about it. Naturally it becomes true. So that is basically what Brooke is getting at.
Vanny Mua
Yes. So basically, like the situation had happened with there was like this story going on that basically everyone's saying that the man that Brooke is with is basically like a p. A P word. Like a.
Manny
He dated someone under.
Vanny Mua
That he did that he dated someone underage. That's the story that that person was 16 and super young. And it was like just like this huge story where it's like, I can't believe Brooke is dating a pedo. You know what I'm saying? Like, it was like this full thing.
Manny
That was the label they put on.
Vanny Mua
That was the label. And so she was defending him in comments and was like, yo, that's not true. Like none of this is true. So basically she finally has come out because they got engaged and so it's kind of been, got rehashed all over again. And so she basically says this in her, in her story. She goes, I want to address this here and hopefully never again. I would never under, I would never under any circumstances defend a man who had a relationship with a teenage girl. As an adult, I have first hand experience with men like this and it's something I have and will always take seriously. I don't care how much I love or care about someone, I would always stand with the victim, regardless of the circumstance. This is an example of how dangerous the Internet can be, how easy it is for someone to create and perpetuate a story that millions of people will blindly believe that the. The instant I made my relationship public, an elaborate story surface online that Miles's supposed relationship with a 16 year old girl in 2015. I did not take the claim lightly and would never try to justify or defend that behavior if it was true. Period. So basically, she goes on to a full story and she's like telling the story on her stories. Here's what is important to me and what should be important to you. The story came from Reddit, not from a woman. Nobody at any point has come forward and accused him or of having any sort of inappropriate relationship with them. Them. The girl in the photos, who is. Who he allegedly dated when he was underage, has made it abundantly clear to me that this narrative is completely untrue and they never had any romantic or blank relationship whatsoever. The blank is she, along with everyone else who knows the two of them personally, assumed this would blow over quickly because it was completely baseless and false. I knew it wouldn't. Every single day there's a new video with millions of views about how Brooks Schofield is dating a ap. No credible source, no evidence, no accuser, and no witnesses. This kind of claim that would ruin someone's life with no true or validity whatsoever. I mean, there's two more stories about the story and I can read them, like, after I we give more thoughts. But I do feel like it's for Brook. It's just got to a point where it's like, this is absolutely insane. This is crazy. I do feel like she's being very, very sincere. And she would say, like, I would always stand with a victim in a situation. And she's saying that the person that, like, she knows the person that they're saying that he was sexually inappropriate with back in the day, the quote unquote minor, but they were just friends. Like, they were just friends at the time. I guess they, like, were family friends. That was like, the case. Full coverage is brought to you by Progressive Insurance. Do you guys ever find yourself playing the budgeting game? Shifting a little money here, a little money there, and hoping it all works out well with the name your price tool. With Progressive.com you can be a better budgeter and potentially lower your insurance bill too.
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Vanny Mua
We're tired, we're done.
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Manny
I think she's like literally gonna marry this man. So she's like I'm done, I'm done. We're addressing address it. I'm glad she did address it too. I feel like, I mean she's probably addressed it a hundred times. You know how this goes.
Vanny Mua
Well, she has like kind of slightly incumbent she's ever made a statement this big. The last, the last slide that she posted she said this has gotten so nasty. She wants absolutely no part in this. It's embarrassing for all of us.
Manny
Us.
Vanny Mua
You're not on her side quotes like you think you are. But if she were to sit down tomorrow and make a 10 part series providing context, explaining each photo and telling you it wasn't true, it wouldn't matter. You can't undo the damage it has already done to both of us. The videos, comments, messages and articles live forever. I can't get back the last year I spent stick to my stomach every time I open my phone. I can't relive my engagement the moment I dreamt of my whole life life that was stolen from me and ruined by the Internet. I resent the fact that I am spending the most happy and special period of my life consumed by the opinions of people I would never meet.
Manny
Damn, that sucks.
Vanny Mua
I know. I dream of the day I no longer feed the need to explain myself. I feel the need to explain myself. But there. But here you go. If never happened, make as many videos as you want. Show as many people photos as you want. You cannot make it true.
Manny
Wow, that's great.
Vanny Mua
I feel like honestly, Entertainments and the four stories that she made, she truly ate. Like I really, really believe her. And I, I do think that it's one of those things where I think that a little a spark can create such a flame and a wildfire.
Manny
And the problem is once people put a narrative out there, that's it.
Vanny Mua
That's it. That's what the narrative is.
Manny
Yeah. And that's just what the narrative is. And you can't go back on the narrative and it can't be rewound. And that's basically what she's saying too. It's like, even if the girl came out and did a 10 part series explaining everything to you, none of y' all would listen to begin with. It wouldn't even matter. And it wouldn't, wouldn't. It wouldn't believe. It goes. They want to believe, you know, the negative drama. And listen, sometimes these things are real. But at the end of the day, this did come from Reddit and this girl has not ever, ever said that this is real.
Vanny Mua
And she actually has denied it. She's like, this is not true. This is not real. Yeah, he said it's not true. She said it's not true. All the people in their life said it's not true. So it's kind of like at this point when it's coming from the actual sources, why would people still believe the narrative that it is true and then based off a Reddit, like a random.
Manny
Reddit post and then on top of it all, the podcast is coming to an end. A lot of people love to pin that on Brooke. Like Tana's over Brooke. Tana doesn't want to do this with Brooke. Cuz Brook's been in drama.
Vanny Mua
You see that clip of going around with Tana like crying with Brooke and being like, I hate that people like Sentry shred you.
Manny
Yes.
Vanny Mua
Like she like literally has talked about that. She literally told you was like, it's crazy how people can just treat you so unfairly.
Manny
Yeah.
Vanny Mua
And I'm like every, I think Everyone sees that. I think that people just really want to just on Brooke based off of just, like, you know, things that she's done in the past or whatever it might be. But, like, at the end of the day, like, I feel like she's being very sincere about these things, and I don't think people can empathize with her.
Manny
But it's like, if they're choosing it in a podcast, they're like, who can we make the enemy of this podcast thing? When both of them have said, there's no enemy here. Like, we've mutually agreed.
Vanny Mua
We love each other, we care about each other.
Manny
It's tough to do this. We want to take a break from it or we want to end it. And there. People are so desperate to find an enemy in that and a reason. Yeah.
Vanny Mua
They want to find, like, so they're.
Manny
Like, Brooke, because Brooke has been in drama, so she's got the stink on her. That's what we call it. You know, whenever, after you've been in drama, like, you're never going to be talked about positively.
Vanny Mua
That's crazy. Thinking about it now, like, when you said that she has a little stink. Are y' all trying to say that Tana don't have the stink? A little.
Manny
She's been canceled, too, but it was so long ago. Totally is like, totally.
Vanny Mua
She's renewed. But the thing is, like, if we're going to really go based off of, like, past and, like, the history, then it's like, at the end of the day, everyone has an illustrious past that has. That they're not proud of. Of, like, moments that they've had.
Manny
Yeah.
Vanny Mua
So it's like, for people to be, like, just constantly shredding Brooke for, like, her past, where it's like, maybe at the end of the day, everyone has made mistakes.
Manny
Everyone's made mistakes.
Vanny Mua
Like, like, let's be so fudgeing. For real. Like, come on.
Manny
Everyone watching, even people who are watching, are making mistakes actively, and just because they don't have a social media presence or something to offer as far as, like, the clout, you know, or like, that audience, like, they don't get held accountable for, but only the people the audience gets held accountable for and. Okay, okay, fair. But both of them have been in it. It's just like, Brooks is more recent. So the hate train.
Vanny Mua
Ending.
Manny
Yeah.
Vanny Mua
So it's like they want to have a reason for it, but it's like, at the end of the day, like, let's. Let's be so for real. Like, let's be so for real right now with, like, what's actually happening.
Manny
I feel like a lot of times there's no logic.
Vanny Mua
No.
Manny
In the canceling of people or that kind of stuff. Like, logic goes out the window.
Vanny Mua
Yeah. They jump on a train, sheep.
Manny
It's like whatever the popular demand is. The herd mentality. Whatever the popular demand is. And then it turns into nasty things like calling ice on someone's family. They turn death threats and calling people ruining their lives, like, because it doesn't affect the people who are doing it and they're not.
Vanny Mua
And they just think it's entertaining.
Manny
Yeah. It's just their entertainment.
Vanny Mua
They are just like, oh, it's drama. But it's like, at the end of the day, some of these drama, like, things, they affect people's, like, real lives. And like, it's. It really affects them in a really intense way. And we have to, like. Like, I feel like a lot of, like, humanity is lost in those things. And I think that people forget to empathize and to be sincere or to sympathize with people's situations, and they don't remember that they are also human. And I think that everyone just kind of remembered a little bit more that people. Everyone makes mistakes. And just because someone has a following doesn't mean that they can't make mistakes.
Manny
Sometimes I feel like whenever people see a person getting things that they don't have, it feels good to take them down totally. And it feels good to see them hurt, and it feels good to have that power to take those things away from those people because they don't have anything. So. And then that's what it turns into. So it's kind of like, genuinely, why are we doing this? What is this for? You know what I mean? And again, I always understand, like, holding people accountable and there are consequences for your actions, but oftentimes these. These things go way outside of that.
Vanny Mua
I also think that people have a, like, hard time explaining something, even, like, for example, the situation with Sierra and, like, what happened in the DMs. Like, she showed, like, proof in her thing would be like, okay, this is actually my response. And she had apologized and she was like, like, thanks so much for bringing it to me. And, like, I didn't really realize it. And I think that if people really cared about what she said and wanted her to change, they would actually explain and they would actually tell them, like, hey, this is where the root of the word's coming from. This is why it affects people, et cetera. And people actually would give explanations if people Wanted people to change, but I don't think they want people to change. I think they just want them to hurt.
Manny
Yeah, I really do.
Vanny Mua
I think that they just want them to hurt, and I think that they want a reason to hurt them. And it's really scary and it's really sad because I think that people really want people to change. They would actually educate them as to why something hurts someone and why. Why they should be thinking about it. And they would do it in a way where it's not coming across as a tacky or an fu. It's kind of like, hey, I know you probably didn't mean it this way, but this is how it's coming across. And this is, like, not appropriate because.
Manny
But that's what you would say to your friend, right? You know what I mean? Would you. Would you.
Vanny Mua
You wouldn't shred your friend telling you.
Manny
That, something like that? Would you call ice on them? Or would you send your friend a death threat when you threaten to off them? Would you do that? No, no, no.
Vanny Mua
Know.
Manny
So that is like, so are you. I don't know. You know, the logic goes out the window with Cancel Culture, and I've never been able to support it, obviously, but of course I'm never going to. I do support holding people accountable. I do support consequences for your actions and explaining things.
Vanny Mua
I support people explaining things. I support people like educating and giving them a chance.
Manny
But there never are any right words in Cancel Culture. You know what I mean? There's never going to be a response where you go, go, you know what? I'm glad you said that. I love you. Again, like, there's no perfect words or sentence to. To. To do that. Because there's not logic behind any of it.
Vanny Mua
No. And it's a stampede. It's kind of one of those things where it's like, once it starts, like, you can't stop the elephants running you over. Like, it's. It is what it is. Like, you're in it and you just have to let it. Let the stampede end. And then you can try to, like, get back up.
Manny
Yes. And I feel like that's what Brooke's trying to do at this point.
Vanny Mua
Well, I also just feel like she wants to explain. Like, she wants to be like, hey, so my fiance, I care about this person so much. Let me explain why this is affecting me and it's affected our relationship probably as well. And I feel for her. I think this is fucking crazy. I think it's horrible. And I do feel like she's being very Sincere with. With the situation. And if people in her life have told her, her man, the girl, her, all these people, that's not true. Why would she take the Internet's opinion about it? Yeah, I was like, maybe, like, that's her real life. You know what I mean? So I'm glad that she's.
Manny
It's not their real life, so they don't care. Like, you know what I mean?
Vanny Mua
I mean, so I'm glad that she's explaining. I'm happy for her.
Manny
Did you see Alex Cooper sing the Take Me out to the Ball game?
Vanny Mua
No.
Manny
In Chicago and the whole crowd sing it. Yeah. Because it's like a tradition, I think, like the seventh inning, they all sing Take Me out to the Ball. She did it in. The whole crowd booed her.
Vanny Mua
Why?
Manny
I think it was a bad mixture of audience. I think it's like if I, like an OG beauty guru, YouTuber, went into like a WWE wrestling and did their traditional game, they'd be like, yeah, get the out of here.
Vanny Mua
Like, why is she, like, not her.
Manny
Like, who is this?
Vanny Mua
Like, it doesn't make sense.
Manny
Maybe it makes sense. I think that's what it was. I think it didn't make sense.
Vanny Mua
But the boo is crazy, girl.
Manny
The boo was booing too. Like, they were pissed. They were pissed.
Vanny Mua
That's so weird.
Manny
She did it really funny too. Not in the traditional way. Like, she had the mic, acting silly with it. And like, those people have bought season tickets and are like die hard fans. I mean, baseball's like America's.
Vanny Mua
But you think that's why that people were upset. Like, as if it was coming across mocking.
Manny
It was. And I don't think she was trying to mock. I think she was literally having fun with it. Fun with it. And if you watch her podcast, that's how she acts. But I think didn't.
Vanny Mua
It didn't land. It land.
Manny
It didn't land. And I hate that for. Because I actually am a big fan of Call Her Daddy. I love that podcast.
Vanny Mua
Me too. I really like it.
Manny
I feel like Alex does a really good job just asking the damn question.
Vanny Mua
She's a great interviewer.
Manny
She is. She's really, really good interviewer. And I feel like Alex does a really good. Like for instance, when Catherine went on. Yes, Alex asked her all the deep, dark questions we wanted to know. But at the same time, she would say her input and support Catherine, you know what I mean? She would be sympathetic about things, steering those conversations. So I love her, but Jesus Christ.
Vanny Mua
Sucks. That's like a shitty situation.
Manny
What would you do?
Vanny Mua
I'd be like, yeah, I honestly don't know why I would do in the moment. I would just be like, period. If I was getting booed actively, I'd be like.
Manny
Like, I would do exactly what Kim Kardashian did whenever they booed her during the roast. Do you remember that?
Vanny Mua
Yes.
Manny
Okay, guys. And then she kept reading it.
Vanny Mua
She like this.
Manny
Kim was like, hey, guys, settle down.
Vanny Mua
Me singing, settle down now. Take. That's so funny to even think about, like, a pause like that. I don't know what I would do if I was getting, like, actively booed. I'd be like, like, internally spooked. But you would never be able to tell them.
Manny
You can't. You can't let them know. You have to be like, I don't care.
Vanny Mua
You would not. Like, you would.
Manny
That would be tough, though. I'm not gonna lie, though.
Vanny Mua
A live boo with people like that, I would be spooked for sure. I'd be giggling.
Manny
Oh, you would get.
Vanny Mua
I would giggle. I would laugh.
Manny
Oh, so now you're laughing in our face.
Vanny Mua
Yes, I am. And I'll be like, I'm an uncomfortable giggler. I laugh at anything that makes me uncomfortable.
Manny
I crash out.
Vanny Mua
I'm like, you guys boo you like.
Manny
You guys.
Vanny Mua
You know what? Let's do it.
Manny
You know what? Y' all want to get?
Vanny Mua
We're gonna do a duo. No, we're gonna do a duo like this together on the mic. Oh, imagine how horrible that would be. They're like, cut the mics. Cut the mics. Oh, my God, that's so horrible.
Manny
Yeah. So, Alex, girl, I'm sorry.
Vanny Mua
That's horrific.
Manny
I'm sorry, girl, I'm sorry. They got you.
Vanny Mua
They got her good.
Manny
They got her good.
Vanny Mua
Did you see Haley with. With Justin Bieber? She, like, post on her stories. I was like, is it. Is it clocking to you guys now? I Dead ass thing. So, you know, like, everyone, like, is very much like, Haley, Justin. They need to break up. Justin's like, no good for Haley. All this kind of, like, things where it's kind of like, oh, well, I feel so bad for her because she's in this quote, unquote, horrific relationship. She basically, Justin just dropped an album, right? Like, just dropped it. Bang. And then she posts like, is it now clocking to you guys? And I think that it was a press. It was a press thing. They were trying to get, like, they were trying to get, get.
Manny
How many times have I told you? I think Justin trolls people. You so I have clocked that so many times, and I'm like, I'm telling y', all, he acts crazy, but I think he's trolling. Like, I literally think he does it on purpose. Like, he knows what he's doing here. Like, he's getting that conversation going. He's trolling him, and everybody's like, he's crazy.
Vanny Mua
And I think he's been sincere about what he's saying.
Manny
Yes.
Vanny Mua
But he could also be trolling, too.
Manny
I think he's a little bit about trolling in it. And then I think it was promotion for the album.
Vanny Mua
Yeah. I think that this vitriol or this kind of situation where it's, like, everyone's, like, talking about Haley and him and this whole thing blowing up about the relationship could act because, like, they just. I think there was recently press about, like, their quote, unquote relationship being like, oh, Haley's unhappy. It's on the rocks. Do you remember that?
Manny
Yeah.
Vanny Mua
I just came out. And so now her posting the thing, she's like, is it not clocking to you guys? I'm kind of like, you guys did on purpose. And I'm living. The thing is, I'm living for it because I do love when people are, like, taking control of their own narrative in a way.
Manny
I really do love that Big Fu. To the masses.
Vanny Mua
To the media. To the masses. These bitches.
Manny
Like, give it up.
Vanny Mua
I got acquired.
Manny
She want. I got acquired after, like, two years in business. Try it.
Vanny Mua
I'm. I'm. I'm a road beauty connoisseur.
Manny
You just said rare. Beauty.
Vanny Mua
I said road. I said road.
Manny
I heard rare.
Vanny Mua
I said road.
Manny
I said rare.
Vanny Mua
I said road. I said, brooke, get your finger out of my face. I said road. You were thinking it, though.
Manny
Roll the tapes.
Vanny Mua
You were thinking it.
Manny
Oh, he's trying to start drama.
Vanny Mua
You heard it too.
Manny
You said, you guys.
Vanny Mua
I really. I said road. I swear. Actually, dude, we should roll a tape, because I do wonder. But I do. I. I swear on my life. I. I truly feel like I said road. I'm a road beauty.
Manny
I told Manny yesterday I was so tired. I told Manny someone passed away. And I meant to say moved away. And I told maybe someone passed away.
Vanny Mua
You're like, well, because she passed away. And I go, passed away.
Manny
I was like, oh.
Vanny Mua
I'm like, I said, lord, go back and listen to your voice note right now. Because she said it in a voice, not like, she passed away and I was dead. And I'm like, what the hell? So then she goes out, she's like. And it moved. And she sent me a gift like this.
Manny
And I'm like, I told me so one of our friends passed away and they moved away. Yep. Mandy was tired of me.
Vanny Mua
I was like, this is so tired right now. She just told me someone passed away. Yeah, that's how delusional she is. From no. Sleep. Sleep.
Manny
Another plane.
Vanny Mua
Another. No, literally bus. Another bus. Another club, Another club. Like, it was literally like, baby. She was going through the gigs. The gigs are going through you. The gigs are going through you.
Manny
I'm like, okay, my bad. She moves. Yeah, she moved.
Vanny Mua
I was like, okay, well, that's a big rare.
Manny
It's not the same.
Vanny Mua
Fenty.
Manny
Fenty.
Vanny Mua
I was like, what? Rem. They've all got their coins. They're all living life. And honestly, I just like that at the end of the day, day, they are taking control of their own narrative. And like, I like that Haley said, is it clocking to you now? And like that one, that whole clip that went viral about Justin, I think that they, like, I swear, I think just thinks it's funny.
Manny
Yeah.
Vanny Mua
Like, I feel it's at the point where now, like, because it's become a meme and it's not about, like, Justin being quote, unquote crazy, it's just like a funny saying where it's like, oh, stop. Yeah, like, that's become funny. And I think that they, again, just controlled the narrative. And I'm like, good for them, honestly, because it's like, it would just must be. I just can't imagine how hard it would be to be in that situation. How exhausting. It would be exhausting to be them.
Manny
Ain't no way.
Vanny Mua
I'm just like, I would be so tired.
Manny
I would be burnt.
Vanny Mua
Constant opinions all the time. At that level, it's just too much.
Manny
I. I would crash out on Snapchat like I used to do on like 2017. And like, everyone out because drama channels for the millionth time have said a bunch of that's not true. And I'm getting annoying comments. So I would crash out. Yeah, I would do a crush out. And that was our last toffee.
Vanny Mua
That was it, you guys. That is it for our entire rapid fire. Let's what you guys think about the top Olympics. What you guys thought of Love Island. Did you like the Amaya one? We want to hear all the details, all the vibes.
Manny
What'd you think about Huda?
Vanny Mua
Oh, I. I really do want to know.
Manny
People have opinions. No, no.
Vanny Mua
Yeah.
Manny
I'm liking different. I think I feel different as well, you know. Yeah. I think, like, she needs, like. I don't want to use the term help, but I do think she needs guidance in the way of, like, dealing with her emotions and men.
Vanny Mua
I think she's really young, too.
Manny
She's super young. God is sure. But, like, I'm indifferent. Like, I'm like, at the end of.
Vanny Mua
The day, she's caused a lot of commotion, but it's caused the show to even be bigger.
Manny
So it's like.
Vanny Mua
So she's good for the tv. Like, she was good for the show in a way where it's like, caused a lot of, like, talk about it. But I do think that she, you know, will watch back and I think that she'll probably be like, you know what? Like, I could have learned some things along the way. And I do think at the end when she didn't crash out with Chris, that that was her, like, mini version of being.
Manny
I also think, like, my thing is, is, like, together, like, she didn't do something horrible. Yeah, she cussed out a couple guys, but it's like.
Vanny Mua
And honestly, they've cussed out people in the shows before.
Manny
Like, so I'm like, it wasn't like she did a bad thing. I mean, yeah, maybe, like, we don't agree with relationships and it was annoying, but it's like, at the end of the day, she's just. She's just a girl.
Vanny Mua
She's just a girl that's just trying to figure out her emotions. Things are going down.
Manny
She did a bad job of some of the. That was going down in there.
Vanny Mua
But like, like, but we're not perfect. And guess what? And I actually do what's really funny, I actually felt the most. One of the most genuine vibes from Huda.
Manny
Yeah.
Vanny Mua
She was actually genuinely like that.
Manny
Yeah.
Vanny Mua
Like, which I know it's like, not always great.
Manny
Yeah.
Vanny Mua
I'm not saying it's great.
Manny
That's why people like her so much.
Vanny Mua
But they like her because she's just how she is.
Manny
Yes. And you're like, it's like a Maya.
Vanny Mua
In a different way. Like, Amaya's obviously more bubbly in, like, a different version, but she's genuine because.
Manny
None of it changed throughout the season. You know what I mean? It was like this.
Vanny Mua
She was.
Manny
People can respect genuineness, whether it's good or bad. It's like truly who you are.
Vanny Mua
It's like, hey, baby, at least that's who you are.
Manny
Yeah.
Vanny Mua
Like, you're not, like, kind of showing it for the show's sake. I actually think that Hooda was trying to actually find love for real. Like I actually think she was trying. It wasn't like a lot of people say that Sierra was more like produced in a way or like Aces weren't produced and like all these things.
Manny
Right?
Vanny Mua
Whereas like I feel like you really were getting like a Maya and Huda. At least you're getting the real even the the good and the bad and.
Manny
The ugly and that's the real deal. And that's it for this week. So hope you enjoyed and if you want to be really generous, give us a like and a subscribe.
Vanny Mua
We would love that personally and we'll.
Manny
See you in the next one.
Vanny Mua
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Podcast Summary: "Brooke Schofield Speaks Out + Shocking LOVE ISLAND Breakdown"
Podcast Information:
In this episode of "Fool Coverage," hosts Manny MUA and Laura Lee dive deep into the latest happenings surrounding Brooke Schofield and provide a comprehensive breakdown of the recent season of "Love Island." The conversation is rich with personal insights, critical analysis, and heartfelt discussions about fame, cancel culture, and the realities behind reality TV.
Manny and Vanny begin by discussing the significant influence of Huda Kattan on the latest "Love Island" season. They highlight how Huda became the focal point of the show, attracting both positive and negative attention.
Manny: "They had 39% new viewers for the season, and it was Huda's influence that brought in all of that viewership. Without her, the season wouldn't have been nearly as big."
Vanny: "The season would not be nearly as big without Huda. She honestly helped make that show."
The hosts express their surprise and disappointment regarding the finale dynamics, where couples formed quickly and didn't have substantial relationships by the end of the show.
Manny: "In this season, couples had just met a week ago and were in the finale. Brian and Amaya had been together for two seconds."
Vanny: "It was so weird. It made me feel like the viewers actually ruined Love Island."
Manny and Vanny critique the production decisions, suggesting that the show's editing and storyline manipulations contributed to its polarizing nature.
Vanny: "Production did such a bad job at continuity and making things make sense. People caught so many mistakes."
Manny: "They tried to push the hate onto someone else to change the narrative and protect Huda."
The discussion moves to the polarizing finale, focusing on Huda and Chris's breakup and the planned reunion with Andy Cohen.
Vanny: "The reunion is scheduled for August 25th with Andy Cohen, which is going to be fierce."
Manny: "Andy Cohen to co-host Love Island USA reunion – that's a big deal."
The centerpiece of the episode is Brooke Schofield addressing rumors and backlash she faced, particularly stemming from unfounded claims on Reddit.
Brooke confronts allegations that her fiancé engaged in a relationship with a minor, a claim she vehemently denies.
Vanny: "Brooke posted a statement saying, 'I would never defend a man who had a relationship with a teenage girl. This narrative is completely untrue.'"
Manny: "She stated, 'No credible source, no evidence, no accuser...'"
Manny and Vanny delve into the detrimental effects of cancel culture, emphasizing how it amplifies unfounded rumors and leads to severe personal and professional consequences.
Manny: "Cancel culture is death threats. That's cancel culture. So, what are we really doing here?"
Vanny: "It's insane how people can just treat you so unfairly. They want to hurt without understanding."
The hosts commend Brooke for her sincerity and courage in addressing the rumors publicly, highlighting the emotional toll it has taken on her.
Vanny: "She's very sincere and honest about the situation. The internet can be so dangerous."
Manny: "She's taking control of her narrative, and that's commendable."
Manny and Vanny briefly touch upon Alex Cooper's recent appearance at a baseball game, which received mixed reactions from the audience.
Manny: "Alex Cooper sang 'Take Me Out to the Ballgame,' and the crowd booed her."
Vanny: "It was so weird. She was having fun, but it didn't land well with the crowd."
The hosts continue to explore the broader implications of cancel culture, advocating for empathy, understanding, and constructive dialogue instead of punitive measures.
Vanny: "People need to remember that they're also human. Everyone makes mistakes."
Manny: "Holding people accountable is important, but it should come with understanding and education."
Manny and Vanny wrap up the episode by reflecting on the importance of authenticity and the challenges faced by public figures in managing their personal lives amid widespread scrutiny and fabricated narratives.
Vanny: "People are living their real lives, but we're only seeing a curated version. We have to give everyone grace."
Manny: "It's exhausting for them, and we need to be more empathetic instead of just tearing them down."
Notable Quotes with Timestamps:
[20:31] Vanny: "Because people were such big fans of her, they would vote for her."
[34:55] Vanny: "The videos, comments, messages and articles live forever."
[55:13] Manny: "Cancel culture is death threats. That's cancel culture."
[65:05] Vanny: "I really like when people take control of their own narrative."
Key Takeaways:
Impact of Key Personalities: Huda Kattan significantly boosted "Love Island's" viewership, albeit controversially.
Production Influence: The show's production decisions heavily influenced its narrative and audience reception.
Cancel Culture's Dangers: Unfounded rumors can devastate personal lives, highlighting the need for responsible online behavior.
Authenticity Matters: Genuine behavior from public figures fosters respect and empathy, even in the face of adversity.
Empathy Over Judgment: Hosts advocate for understanding and compassionate responses rather than punitive measures against individuals facing backlash.
This episode offers listeners a nuanced understanding of the intricate dynamics between reality TV production, public perception, and the real-life implications of internet-driven narratives.