Is TikTok going to stay!? Influencers exposed their lies...

Summary

Podcast Summary: "Is TikTok Going to Stay!? Influencers Exposed Their Lies..."

Podcast Information:

• Title: Fool Coverage with Manny MUA and Laura Lee
• Hosts: Manny MUA and Laura Lee
• Episode: Is TikTok going to stay!? Influencers exposed their lies...
• Release Date: January 24, 2025
• Platform: PodcastOne

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1. Personal Updates and Pre-Filming Challenges

Timestamp: [00:00] – [01:27]

Manny MUA (B) and Laura Lee (A) kick off the episode by sharing personal updates. They reflect on the challenges of pre-filming their last two episodes, which prevented them from discussing recent events such as the TikTok ban and the LA wildfires. Laura expresses her distress over a particularly tough January, mentioning the passing of her mother as her most challenging time.

Notable Quote:

• Laura Lee: "The worst January start I've ever had, by the way, in my whole life." ([00:33])

2. The Rise of Posthumous Music and AI Concerns

Timestamp: [01:27] – [03:28]

The hosts delve into the topic of Mac Miller's posthumous album release. They discuss the possibility of AI being used to recreate Mac's voice, expressing concerns about authenticity and the financial implications for the artist’s estate versus record labels.

Notable Quote:

• Laura Lee: "Does his family get the money? Like, where does money go when an artist has passed away and somehow years later, the artist that's passed releases an entire album?" ([02:22])

3. Sharing Personal Anecdotes: Lost Keys and AirTags

Timestamp: [03:28] – [11:44]

Manny and Laura share humorous and relatable stories about losing car keys and the importance of using AirTags. They highlight the frustration of losing small items and the benefits of modern tracking technology.

Notable Quotes:

• Manny MUA: "I was scouring... I thought maybe they're in old hoodies." ([07:56])
• Laura Lee: "Air tags are real lifesavers." ([11:25])

4. Favorite TV Shows of 2024

Timestamp: [14:08] – [22:43]

The hosts enthusiastically discuss their top TV shows of 2024, sharing recommendations across various genres. They include titles like "Agatha All Along," "Penguin," "Fallout," "Hacks," "X Men 97," "Fargo," and "Severance," among others. Their conversation emphasizes the importance of diverse and high-quality storytelling in television.

Notable Quotes:

• Laura Lee: "My favorite Beyonce song of all time... Bodyguard." ([04:23])
• Manny MUA: "Fallout was on my list." ([16:43])

5. The Devastating LA Wildfires: Personal Impact and Community Response

Timestamp: [22:43] – [46:56]

Manny and Laura provide a heartfelt account of their personal experiences during the catastrophic LA wildfires, specifically the Palisades fire. They describe the intensity of the flames, the evacuation process, and the overwhelming fear they faced. The discussion highlights the broader impact on the community, including loss of homes, lives, and wildlife. They emphasize the resilience and solidarity of the LA community, sharing their efforts in donating to relief funds and supporting affected individuals.

Notable Quotes:

• Laura Lee: "It was a completely leveled out... It took me days to understand the concept." ([32:16])
• Manny MUA: "If it was not for [air support], we wouldn't have homes right now." ([39:36])
• Laura Lee: "We have homes right now because of those heroes saving our homes." ([39:36])

6. The TikTok Ban: Implications for Influencers and Creators

Timestamp: [55:42] – [74:30]

The conversation transitions to the looming TikTok ban. Manny and Laura discuss the potential ramifications for influencers who rely on the platform for their livelihoods. They explore theories behind the ban, including government propaganda and algorithm manipulation by Meta. The hosts stress the importance of diversifying social media presence across multiple platforms like YouTube and Instagram to safeguard against such volatility.

Notable Quotes:

• Laura Lee: "TikTok is not a safe place for a career anymore in America. It's very volatile and anything can happen at any moment." ([73:20])
• Manny MUA: "Don't just put all your eggs in the TikTok basket." ([71:53])

7. Exposing Deceptive Content and Upholding Authenticity

Timestamp: [76:22] – [90:33]

Manny and Laura critique influencers who fabricate or exaggerate their content on TikTok for views, labeling such behavior as deceitful and foolish. They discuss specific instances where creators lied about their routines or products, emphasizing the importance of authenticity. The hosts advocate for transparency and honesty within the influencer community to maintain trust with audiences.

Notable Quotes:

• Laura Lee: "If you're putting all of your eggs in the tick tock basket, especially after this, you're crazy." ([73:20])
• Manny MUA: "You get your audience to trust you doing these workouts. Like, this is going to work for you. This is going to be so sickening, you don't even do them." ([77:32])

8. Closing Remarks: Community Support and Future Outlook

Timestamp: [90:02] – [90:33]

In their closing statements, Manny and Laura express gratitude towards their listeners for their unwavering support. They reaffirm their commitment to supporting their community, especially in the aftermath of the wildfires. The hosts encourage listeners to stay informed, diversify their social media platforms, and continue supporting one another through challenging times.

Notable Quote:

• Laura Lee: "We are blessed because we have you guys." ([76:22])

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Conclusion:

In this episode of "Fool Coverage," Manny MUA and Laura Lee navigate a range of topics from personal struggles and community tragedies to the precarious future of TikTok and the integrity of online influencers. Their candid discussions, enriched with personal anecdotes and thoughtful insights, offer listeners a comprehensive look into the evolving landscape of social media and the importance of community resilience.

Transcript

[A]

You guys, like, you guys, I don't wear makeup.

[B]

I never lived in Alabama.

[A]

No. Oh my God. Laura. No. It's like me being like, I'm not Mormon. I never grew up Mormon.

[B]

Oh my God. Welcome to your favorite podcast. It's full coverage with your host, Manny Mua. Hey. And Laura Lee.

[A]

Hi you guys, welcome back, welcome, welcome, welcome to your favorite day of the week.

[B]

You guys, it has just been honestly a really crazy time these past like two weeks because the thing is we pre filmed our last two episodes so we haven't been able to really talk about the up to date events, Tick Tock Band, LA Fires and everything else. But we're here today and we will be talking about the the most we've been living in. Insane baby. January has beat the out of us.

[A]

The worst January start I've ever had, by the way, in my whole life.

[B]

Actually when my mom died was my worst January.

[A]

100 this 100. This is a second.

[B]

This is the second. This has been a time.

[A]

It was honestly like probably like. Yeah, for me, like I was saying, like one of the most stressful times like I've had in a really long time. Like back to back situations and back to back scenarios. Before we get into that, let's do like at least like a peak. Like we've had peaks, we'd have cute moments that we've had that we've shared but they, some of them have been journey through space and time.

[B]

So our pit, we're going to talk together about the LA fires and like our experience from it, what happened and what happened. But first we'll start a peak. So my first peak is Mac Miller dropped a new album. Granted he passed away many, many years ago and I guess, I guess he recorded the album and had music good to go and the record labels just now releasing it. I mean maybe they aied his voice, I don't know.

[A]

I was wondering about the AI because I'm like, could they take all the songs he's ever done, do like an AI over it?

[B]

They can do anything we can do. They can do AI because I worked on a project and whenever we didn't hit line that we didn't hit, they just aied us to say whatever they wanted us to say. Which is very scary by the way. They just literally like if we didn't say a sentence to plug in in a project I was working on last year, they literally just AI aied us to say it. Cu they already had our voice picked up so they can definitely AI him. But I don't know. I mean, maybe this is music that he had locked up and filmed and was going to release and. But I think me and Manny were talking about. I don't think we were talking about. We were talking about like, who gets.

[A]

The money, girl, that's what I want to know. I was like, is it the record labels that get the money? Is there like a Mac Miller estate that gets the money? Like, where does money go when a artist has passed away and somehow years later, the artist that's passed releases an entire album, which is very great album. But it's like, why did. Why was that? Why did that happen?

[B]

I know. Like, does his family get the money? Like, who. Who gets the coin toda. Because it's always interesting when they release music of people that have passed away. Now, if you guys don't know. Mac Miller is my favorite artist of all time. And my favorite album from him is his kids album, which is his first album ever, I believe, which is crazy. But as you listen all of his albums, his music changes constantly. Like the. The music on the vibes, some of it's rapping, some of it. Like, he's always does completely different albums, which is a really unique thing for him. Like, if a Taylor Swift album comes out, you know what you're going to get. Ariana Grande sounds, you know? You know what I mean? Like, similar music. Whereas his albums, they're always completely different from one another. So it's really unique. My favorite song from this new album is called Stoned. It's a really good song.

[A]

So I love, you know, it reminds me of like, you know how Post can literally go like all over with the music.

[B]

Post is another one change, like this whole genre.

[A]

Yeah, Gaga does that too. She'll do a full. Like Joanne. Let's talk about her Joanne era. Like, I love. I actually really like when an artist will like, literally switch up fiercely.

[B]

Really like it.

[A]

It's cool. Beyonce did that with her. The country one kind of.

[B]

It still is very much sound very Beyonce album.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, it's very Beyonce, but she did that.

[B]

But it was probably her most different album from what she's done.

[A]

For sure. Cool. I think it's cool when artists do that.

[B]

My favorite song. What is my favorite. I have to tell you.

[A]

Wait, from which one?

[B]

Beyonce. My favorite Beyonce song of all time. No, no, no, no. From her new album.

[A]

Oh, okay, okay, okay. From Cowboy Carter.

[B]

From Cowboy Carter.

[A]

Yeah. What is that? Right? Let me tell you what your favorite Beyonce.

[B]

I had to look up My Bodyguard. That's the best Song to me on Beyonce's Cowboy, Cowboy Carter album.

[A]

I honestly don't know which one.

[B]

I just like you guys. Listen to Bodyguard. Listen to Bodyguard.

[A]

It's really good. It' I start playing it. We can do monetize. They're like, no, I love. I love when an artist can, like, do like, different genres or like, or tries to do that. I think it's really cool.

[B]

Talented.

[A]

Yeah. I'm like, I live for that. But that's a great peak because I know you're listening to that on repeat.

[B]

On repeat, honey. Burning it.

[A]

That phone is on fire. That phone's on fire.

[B]

It's on fire.

[A]

My peak. I found my car keys. I lost my car keys for like three days. And I've literally been without my Toyota.

[B]

And baby, he loves.

[A]

And I love my Toyota. You guys don't understand. Like, I have. So I have two cars. I have my Jag, which is like my nice. Like my. My car that I can like, drive when I want to, like, be like, you know what? Like I'm, you know, sick.

[B]

Need a pussy stunt.

[A]

A pussy stunt. I have my Jag, but then I have my Toyota where I'm like, driving to San Diego or driving to the parking lot.

[B]

He drives the Toyota.

[A]

I really just drive the Toyota.

[B]

He drives the Toyota.

[A]

Like, unless I'm going to like, let's say dinner or like, I don't know, the gym or like I'm doing something, like, where I going to be like, okay, if I get out, like, I don't care. But the Toyota is like my everyday car. You know what I mean? Like, you have your nice car, then you have your everyday car.

[B]

Everybody listening.

[A]

Like, what the are you talking about? We don't have that, actually.

[B]

No, we don't, idiot.

[A]

But no, it's like I maybe cuz like, also with me, like, I grew up and like, people like on, like in my neighbors, like, they would have like their car, like their. They're like low riders, like in the garage.

[B]

Cover over it.

[A]

And then they would have like their like regular car. So I don't know. I feel like I always like kind of group around that where it's especially like Mexicans, they love a good low rider. Let me tell you, the Mexicans in Chula Visa, they love a little lowrider. So they would have like their nice car in the garage.

[B]

Grandpa have one.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

That's crazy.

[A]

Absolutely. So it's like that and then you have like your. Your everyday car. So it's kind of like that with me as well.

[B]

That's my goal in life to have a, you know that a vintage Porsche Carrera and then drive mine and just be like, yeah. Because they're all manual.

[A]

So you will be riding through the streets, honey, on the BCH.

[B]

I'm going to get one. They're like $200,000. I got a lot more YouTube videos.

[A]

Upload for the next 10 years.

[B]

Yeah. I'm too busy now to enjoy it, so I wouldn't do it now anyway.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

You know what I mean? When I have time to cruise.

[A]

Going down the highway.

[B]

Exactly.

[A]

The tacos out in that choice, you.

[B]

Know, if you get a drop top or not.

[A]

Got it. No. Yeah. So I'm like just glad I found them because I've missed my little car. I've been driving my job. How long? Everywhere. Four days.

[B]

Oh, where were they? No. I'm gonna knock you out. I'm gonna knock you out. I'm gonna beat your eyes.

[A]

I was debating like, do I just tell you a fake story of like.

[B]

No, tell us the truth.

[A]

The truth is there are my nightstand. How they didn't know that I actually looked. I looked through my nightstand and I didn't see that the first time. So I looked. I was like. So I didn't look again because I had already looked through there. So I was kind of looking ever. I've actually looked like every scoured in my house. I thought maybe they're in old hoodies. Like, I went through all my old hoodies. I went through everything. And I was like, this is so crazy. So last night I just had another instinct to be like, maybe I should just look in the nightstand one more time. Maybe it fell through like a crack through a crevice, like somewhere underneath. Because my nightstand is actually like a filth.

[B]

Oh, shocking.

[A]

It's no shock to no one. It's literally like all the things I could just think. I was like, let me just throw in the night.

[B]

You know what? My nightstand's a mess.

[A]

It's like a mess.

[B]

Like, the drawer is a mess.

[A]

It's a mess. So the drawer is a mess in there. So then. And my drawer is not. It's not a small nightstand drawer. It's literally a very deep, like, it's huge, like, nightstand is like really big. So I'm looking there again all over again underneath something on, like the far right corner of it. And I was like, no, you got.

[B]

An air tag, you guys, I think.

[A]

I'm going to put air tag on it, but also my key. And I was like, no wonder I always lose it. It's just this.

[B]

Good Lord. No wonder I have one. Only one keychain on my key. But it helps.

[A]

Yeah, I think the key.

[B]

I think you gotta get an airtag.

[A]

Keychain, an air tag. So I think that because it's a little puck, I'm like, girl, no wonder I lost. I could not find this thing for days because it's so small. And now I'm like, I'm putting something on it.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Because my jack keys, they both have things on it. And I think it helps.

[B]

One time, you know, I worked for a doctor, and he lost his car keys, and he's like, laura, I can't find them anywhere.

[A]

It was in a patient.

[B]

He was like, he sold it in.

[A]

He sold it in.

[B]

We got you back up. He's like, I can't find my car keys. You got to find them. Because he has to keep seeing patients. He's like, you got to find. Go find the car keys. And he's like, I went to lunch across the street at the hospital. He's like, you got to walk over there. You got to trace my steps. You got to find these keys. Because he's got to see the patients, right? And I'm supposed to be seeing the patients with them, but he's got to have his keys to go home. So I'm like, I'm on it. I'm gonna find these damn keys. I'm, like, searching through the grass of our parking lot. I'm like, I am walking across the boulevard to go over cross street to the hospital. I'm digging like, doctors are like. I'm searching on the ground. I'm in my scrubs. They're like, can we help you? I'm like, no. I'm looking for Dr. Blank's keys and can't find them anywhere. I. So I start scouring our building, his office. I cannot find those damn keys. And he comes flying down the hallway. I said, doctor, look in your pockets. And he goes, I have. I said, look in your white coat pockets now. And he goes. And he pulls the key out. And I was like, damn it.

[A]

I was scouring.

[B]

I. I had figured it out. Because I was like, I bet you he didn't check. See his deep white. The white doctor. Yeah.

[A]

The trench.

[B]

The trench that you wear to see patients. I'm like, I bet you he threw him in that pocket so his pants pocket.

[A]

Got it.

[B]

When you work with someone for that many years, right by their side, you know, they're. Every minute. You know, I'm like, dude, after I had Certain you literally in the grass.

[A]

In his pocket, mowing down the grass.

[B]

Yes, I was in the grass out there. People were like, are you good girl? I'm like, I'm looking for keys.

[A]

Head to the ground, sniffing the grass.

[B]

And the keys were in his pocket.

[A]

It's too much.

[B]

It's too much.

[A]

No, the key thing, honestly, it's the worst. Honestly. I posted my stories. I was like, I've had my. I lost my keys for three days. I don't know where my keys are. And I was like, where do you guys. Like, what do you guys do with that? And then everyone's like, you put an air tack on them. So a lot like that's just like the normal thing. Which I just didn't even realize. Actually not like a lose keys type. Like I actually don't really lose them very often, but this time I've never lost them for so long.

[B]

Air tags are real lifesavers. We don't put them on our keys. We should, but Ty keeps them in wallets and we also keep them in our luggage when we travel. Which is the real savior because they do not update on the apps where your luggage is and you can literally.

[A]

See where it's at.

[B]

If it made it to the plane, you know where it's at. And I remember when we got trapped in Italy and they started ripping people's luggage off the plane cuz the plane weighed too much. And I checked in like eight pieces.

[A]

Oh, I've been driving for two weeks.

[B]

And we were just. Everybody's going crazy on the plane. I told this story and me and Ty are just silently sitting on the flight because our air tags, it was on board. We were like, it wasn't our luggage. They took off. Let us just sit here quietly.

[A]

Or am I gonna say words?

[B]

We're not gonna say no.

[A]

Yes. I'm definitely gonna get some air tags for sure. Now that I know the back, there's a thing. I'm like, oh, I definitely gonna be doing that.

[B]

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[B]

Okay, should we talk about our joint pit? Wait, what should we do? The movies?

[A]

Oh, yeah, yeah. The shows.

[B]

Okay. We thought it would be cute also to list our favorite TV shows of 2024.

[A]

You know, we're TV show girlies.

[B]

We are.

[A]

And we do love talking about shows. And it's just like so fun. And so we literally made like a mini list of like some shows. Maybe we can do like three or like five. Like three to five each of like our top shows. And like, why, like what we watch? Like Fiercely. Mine are funny.

[B]

Give me one.

[A]

Okay. My first one that was like I was in it. Like in there, like swimwear. Was Agatha all along?

[B]

That's not on my list.

[A]

No, it's not. Yeah. So Agatha all along on Disney plus, I was obsessed. I'm a big witchy person, so I love watching witchy shows. And Agatha all Along was one of my faves.

[B]

Love that. One of my faves was Penguin on hbo. Is it on your list? I was wondering if me and Manny were gonna have overlappers. Penguin. So good on hbo. You gotta watch it. Oh, yeah. Into all the Batman movies, which I've watched them on, I think they're great. I'm just not, like, not obsessed and. But Penguin is different. It's.

[A]

No, it's insane because it's like, the way it's done. Like, it's just so well shot on top of. Well acted on top of, like, just, like, great story and the great writing. So it's one of those shows, like. And the thing is, I'm not into, like, mob shows. Let me tell you something. That's just, like, not my tea. Not my forte. But because of how well it's done, I appreciate, like, just art because that's just art to me.

[B]

It is. It really is.

[A]

That was baby. That was art. Okay. Another one of mine, Baby reindeer.

[B]

That's on my list.

[A]

No way.

[B]

Right there.

[A]

That show, it's so different. It's just. I've never seen, like, really show like that.

[B]

It's unique.

[A]

It's a unique show. It's a unique concept. And, like, just, again, the way it's done. So incredible. So insane.

[B]

Even better. The woman that is based on, you know, did interviews. It made the show 10 times better, even realist. She's so blatantly lying, and she's so like that. She's so like that in her interview. She gives herself away. She's like, none of that happened. They're like, okay, well, we have factual and court documents where you did send that many emails and you did send that. Yeah.

[A]

We're like, okay, well, she's like, no, I didn't.

[B]

You did in the interview. She was like, it made this show better because it confirmed the storyline. The storyline was confirmed.

[A]

It made it Fierce.

[B]

It did 100 fallout on Prime.

[A]

It's on my list. No, Laura, I'm not kidding you. Fallout was on mine.

[B]

It's so good.

[A]

Fallout.

[B]

Fallout was. You guys gotta watch Fallout.

[A]

Sickening.

[B]

It's post apocalyptic. And they live in the. These size. Is it a silo that they live in? Because the show.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, it is. It actually is, like, in a. Like, they're underground bunkers.

[B]

Like, they have different communities.

[A]

And I. So I love the little. I love the vibes of that. I love the bottle money. Like, I just love, like, there's so many little aspects of it. I was like, this is such a Good ass show.

[B]

Okay. I know one you're gonna geek out about and it's gonna be on your list. Hacks. Manny put me on a. Manny's responsible for that one.

[A]

And the thing is, like, hacks obviously didn't come out in 2024, but a new season came out in 2020.

[B]

And that counts.

[A]

And that counts. And Hacks is such.

[B]

Emmy, Emmy. Emmy.

[A]

It's a show I've actually, I think, like rewatch. I think now I'm like three times in re. Watch wise. But it's a show that I'll play, so it's like, it's in the background of like anything that I'll do.

[B]

No, it's so good. It's just so good.

[A]

It's just the writing is incredible.

[B]

Writing's impeccable.

[A]

Acting is incredible. It's honestly just, you must put your.

[B]

Phone down and wash hacks, which is.

[A]

Like, honestly the best. Like, I love that. One of my favorites, another Disney plus, which is crazy that I have two Disney Pluses list.

[B]

Wow.

[A]

Is X Men 97. So X Men 97 is basically. They remade X Men from the past, like the cartoon drawn version of it. But the store, like the way that they did the animations, the storytelling, everything that happened in this one was so far beyond like what anyone expected. And it ended up being like, absolutely incredible and was like, up for awards. So X Men 97, if you guys have a chance. If you guys like that. If you guys like, like cartoons. Incredible. Especially if you're an X Men girly.

[B]

Yep. Fargo. I've watched every season of Fargo, I think, and me and Ty absolutely love it. It's really good. It used to be a movie from back in the day and they turned it into like a modern day TV show. And it's. It's just about like in North Dakota, which, by the way, you know, like, what the is going on in North Dakota? Y'all got somebody listening from north.

[A]

The Dakotas.

[B]

One time I met North Dakota and I asked him, I was like, what the is going on, North Dakota? You don't ever hear about the dakot.

[A]

I know.

[B]

And they go, we watch paint rust. That's what they told me on bumpers. I think it's like a saying, like, we watch paint rust on bumpers or something like that. I was like, anyways.

[A]

And honestly, I love. I love the Dakota name. I think it's so cool.

[B]

Oh, and they all have the Wisconsin accent too, in Fargo. It's like that area and it's about mobs up there. And they have a bunch of famous people in the shows and like, every season is a different story.

[A]

Oh, I love what's it called?

[B]

Fargo. So good. If you guys like that before. If you guys like, like drama and like, violence.

[A]

So I love that.

[B]

Yeah, that sounds really good.

[A]

That was the last of my list from. From our overlaps.

[B]

I also had righteous gemstones.

[A]

Hbo, incredible iconic show stopping. Another show that I watched. I'm obsessed with obsessed.

[B]

Last of Us. Last of Us. You know what I'm talking about.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Best show ever.

[A]

Wait, I forgot.

[B]

Like, I did one thing about so far, but.

[A]

And it's coming back.

[B]

I think it's coming back.

[A]

Is it not this year?

[B]

Yep.

[A]

Last of Us.

[B]

You guys watch Righteous Dim Stones if you want to laugh.

[A]

Ho. Max is really high.

[B]

Oh, they eat it up. Florida man, too.

[A]

Yeah, there's a ton.

[B]

That's a funny one.

[A]

They don't have as much, but the quality is there. So it's quality about quantity. It's about quality.

[B]

And for reality tv, I did Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.

[A]

Oh, my God. Yes. Also Love island for me.

[B]

Oh, yeah. This year was the best.

[A]

That was a big. For me. I had never watched it before. This is the first year I ever watched it. And I was like, absolutely consumed, like, during that time.

[B]

UK seasons are just that good. But this was like our first, like, banger America. Yeah. This was our first good us.

[A]

I'm so glad to hear that because I. That's. This is the one I watched and I was like, in their, like, swimwear when it came to that. But Mormon Wives and yeah, Love island were my, like, reality show babes. I'm excited to watch Traders. Like, it's coming out now.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

So I'm really, really excited.

[B]

I'm gonna wait till it's all out.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And then binge it in like two days. That's how I like to go about TV shows. I hate the one offs. I'll just like, wait a week. We're also watching Severance right now. It's a very complicated show, but if you pay attention, it's really good.

[A]

Everyone talks about that. Actually. Severance.

[B]

There's billboards all over LA for. It's really interesting concept. It's like when you go into work, you go in the elevator and you. And like, you don't know anything about your outside life. You only know your work life. And then whenever you leave there, you have no idea what you do at work. Like, it. It zips your. Your brain.

[A]

Got it. So you have your.

[B]

So you're like the same person, but two different people.

[A]

Got it. Your real life, you, and then your work life. You.

[B]

Yep. And they don't really know what they do for a living. I know, it's a weird concept.

[A]

I'm intrigued. I want to watch that.

[B]

But you can't pick up your phone or you're gonna be, like, completely lost in. The first few episodes are boring because you're so left in the dark and.

[A]

You'Re like, what the is? It's about, like, the building.

[B]

Building. It's a builder.

[A]

So that's why I try to, like, I try to give shows, like, benefit of the doubts in the beginning.

[B]

What's the new one we just watched? I was talking to Shayla about it. The American is it.

[A]

It's on Netflix.

[B]

Primeval Evil. That is a big one. Yep.

[A]

I haven't watched that one.

[B]

It is their, like, number one show right now. It's a western, very violent. So if you can't stand violence, do not watch it. But it's a good place with all that stuff. Yeah. Anyway, HBO is really violent too.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

But I don't watch TV or anything.

[A]

Me neither. And I wouldn't know a thing. No, I love.

[B]

I have a life.

[A]

I love some entertainment like that. I love tv. I love, like, watching. Like, I just love to like, disconnect. I think for me, like, I love the disconnect of it and like, enveloping in a different world. Because then I can't love a good TV show and be like, let me watch this. So, yeah, just like some random things you guys have to tell us. Like, what was your favorite show of the year? Like, I'm so intrigued in the comments. Like, I want to know what your guys. His top show of the year was of 2024. Let's talk about this last two weeks.

[B]

Let's talk about girl. Let's start with the fires.

[A]

Let's start with the fires. Because honestly, like, obviously from like the last episode we uploaded, you, we, you know, put a message in our thing, but we had already pre filmed and so we were like going through the gigs. Yeah, I'll be real. Like, it was really, really scary from where we live. Like, we saw the fire barreling over the mountain.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And I got evacuated.

[B]

The. The Palisades fire was the one closer to us. There were multiple, multiple fires that broke out on that second day. The first day, I believe it was eaten in Palisades. It broke out.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

And then quickly after that, there was like Hollywood calling fire. You know, like, there was that studio city, like, Everywhere, fires broke out. Yes. There was arson going on. Yes. I mean, it was just like a number of things, but at the end of the day. So let's break down. Like, if you live in California, hear the things. It doesn't rain here. So our Earth is be. We have, like, desert territory. I'll say. Like, our land is very desert. Like, our plant life, it's all very desert. So think of it like that, because people had a lot of questions. I'm from Alabama. It is. Is literally the opposite of Alabama. The atmosphere here, it's dry. Very, very. It's desert.

[A]

The air. The air is dry here. It's not.

[B]

It hasn't rained here since last April. We're almost going on. Think about this, guys. A whole year without a droplet from the sky. Okay, so we're super dry now. Every year, the Santa Ana winds come in. It is honestly beautiful when they come in. You have a few, like, beautiful windy days. Everything is really dusty. But because it picks up a lot of our dry dust list. However, this year it was different.

[A]

They were strong.

[B]

They were so strong that the Santa Ana winds were going at 100 miles an hour. Guys, that's a Category 2 hurricane with no rain. That's what we were in. So for me, I've lived in my neighborhood and home for seven years. And the first night, no fires. Santa. And they're warning us, like, santa Ana wins. Santa Ana wins. And I'm like, what a warning on when. Like, I haven't really gotten that before. And that night I go outside and the wind. I have never, ever since I've been living in California, seen the winds that strong to the point where the first night there's no fires. But I can't sleep because our trees are being like twigs. And it's scaring me because I had someone in my neighborhood tree fall in their house and it killed someone. So I'm so scared. I am watching the palm trees bend like twigs. Like I am never seen when it blew four shutters off of my house. Okay. Just to give you perspective how strong the winds were, the shutters flew off of my house. Okay. Shingles are flying off people's houses. Trees are going down. It's crazy. So I'm, like, scared to sleep that night because I think a tree is going to fall in my house. Not the fires, the tr.

[A]

The wind.

[B]

Okay? So just understand, you cannot fly a helicopter in 100 miles an hour winds. You can't really even put out a fire in 100. Like, you can't even get on the ground.

[A]

You can't do anything when it's that windy.

[B]

So then the fires broke out. Yeah, girl.

[A]

And you know what's really gaggy? You guys want to talk about something really gaggy? When we were filming the podcast two weeks ago that Tuesday, we went into the podcast. Nothing was happening.

[B]

Nothing was happening. It was a little windy that morning, but nothing was happening.

[A]

It was happening. We get out of the podcast, the fires literally started. We're like.

[B]

Like, there was smoke in the sky and.

[A]

What the.

[B]

And. And let us be known, there's fires every year in California, but there are a couple acres, and they put them out in no time.

[A]

Right, right.

[B]

So when you see smoke in the sky, I would say, like, at least once a year, that's. That is not too abnormal. So.

[A]

And it's usually the outskirts of, like, Los Angeles. It's not like, let's say in, like, the city. Like, you would see it in, like, the valleys, like, the deeper valleys where there's a ton. Like, Malibu will always catch fire. Like, there's. Yep, a lot of greenery out there. It's going to catch fire, people.

[B]

The canyons.

[A]

Anywhere where there's canyons of, like, greenery and potentially dead brush, they're gonna catch, like, they just always do. That's just very California. But it definitely really happens. Like, let's say like the Palisades or in the San Francis Valley or on Sunset. Like, that just doesn't really happen, like, ever, you know? So the fact that these fires broke, like, when we got out, we were like.

[B]

We were like. They were like, traffic's going crazy. The fires were like, fires. We're like, what caught on fire? Where's on fire? So we drove home that afternoon, and then the winds went crazy. Feral, feral.

[A]

The ones were crazy. The wind warning was insane. And then, you know where the fires were, like, the. The Palisades fire and the eating fire, they started to grow and grow and grow, and so quickly.

[B]

They were growing five football fields per minute. Imagine that's how fast those fires. Because 100 miles an hour is how they were being pushed. The winds were being pushed. So here is the perfect recipe for a storm. You're surrounded by dried brush. The earth is drier than it's ever been. Drop of water in it. And now you got 100 miles an hour winds pushing massive flames. I mean, that we are torched.

[A]

So it ended up, like, they grew to, like, the craziest sizes. Palace fire is the worst fire in Los Angeles history.

[B]

Like, this was the worst disaster in the history of Los Angeles, literally the.

[A]

Worst natural disaster in history.

[B]

10,000 structures, which means business, community and.

[A]

Homes were burned, which, like, again, for Los Angeles, it's. It's very not common like that. Like, literally never happens.

[B]

Like, never.

[A]

The fires will break.

[B]

Absolutely don't break.

[A]

They don't, like, go up like that very often. Like, that's just not a thing. And literally, guys, the fire reached the water, like, it literally was on the ocean. It's on the ocean. The firewood had kept growing west. If, like, there wasn't water there, that's how intense it was.

[B]

I saw a lot of comments asking, you know, why couldn't they stop it? Why couldn't they put it out? We couldn't it. So how you stop a wildfire? And trust me, I know more about fires now than I've ever known in my entire life. It's not really on the ground kind of thing. Wildfires are air. Air support, kind of aerial. It's. Yeah, they. They put those out with the planes and helicopters and fire retardant and they couldn't get those up in the air. And not only that, we didn't really even have that many of them. So we had to recruit from different countries, different states, all of their air support to get enough helicopters even in the city to begin with. But then they couldn't get them in the air. Winds were so strong, it's like flying a helicopter in a hurricane. It's not gonna work. And also dropping water in those kind of winds, it's not going to do anything. It's just gonna blow. Yeah, exactly.

[A]

So, like, you really can't, like, you can't really do much. It really is more so like, useless for them to do that. So it has to become like more of a ground thing. So they're doing, like, they do a lot of different things. They do, like, like they'll like, dig trenches so that there's, like, no brush. They'll do like mini fires to, like, get rid of a lot of the brush. Like a controlled, controlled fire. They'll do like, you know, obviously, like hose water support from the ground. So they do a lot of different techniques and what they can get rid of it when they can on the ground, but really, like, the things that's going to really stop the fire is the aerial support. And because there was literally no, you know, the winds were so strong, there was no aerial support at the time.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

Like, there was nothing.

[B]

It's like, because, listen, there's a lot of debate. It's like our leaders Failed us. Were we not prepared or was this just a disaster that no one could have possibly ever been ready for to begin with? I think it's a little bit of both.

[A]

Everything.

[B]

I think it's a little bit of. I think it was the perfect storm. I think it's a little bit of both. The fire hydrants in the Palisades ran out at 3am While this flames were blazing higher than ever. So there's no more water to be had at this point. And the fire chief literally went on and said, fire hydrants are not meant to put out wildfires. They are there to put out a structure fire. Therefore in if a house, two houses catch on fire. That is why we have fire hydrants. They're not meant to fight wildfires ever. We have a wildfire on hands. And just so you guys have perspective, Eaton fire destroyed a lot of communities that are lower income. And those people are. I mean it's horrible.

[A]

It's horrible for anyone.

[B]

But like the Eaton fire took out very low communities, these low income communities. I think it's very important that we put a lot of our attention in helping to rebuild those communities. At the same time, I have to say, you know, my heart goes out to everyone. Palisades is one of the most sought after neighborhoods in all of Los Angeles. It's on the outskirts of Los Angeles and it's this, it's like this movie scene. It's this most beautiful community you've ever seen your life and it's right off the coast and all these people live in the canyon. So Palisades is where y'all see me running every single weekend. I spend every weekend in the Palisades. In my. My life goal was to sell both my homes and get one home in the Palisades, which is very hard to do because it's such a sought after community. And that's why you saw in the news so many celebrities houses burning. Celebrities live everywhere in la. A lot of them live in the Palisades. It's like a fairy tale land. I'm telling you. If you drive through there, you would just be like, oh my God, like the homes. It's just so beautiful. It is gone. It no longer exists. It. It is just completely leveled out. And it's unbelievable. It took me days to understand the concept. So shocking, like just so shocking to understand that that happened so quickly.

[A]

It was so fast.

[B]

It was so fast. It was like overnight it was gone just completely. The community, even the beach burned down to the ground, down to the ocean sand. My beach is closed. Like, it's done. So it's just horrifying. And with that being said, the tr. The Palisades fire traveled all the way from the ocean to where we live within a matter of three days. Friday night, evacuated. Okay. Annie lives across the street from me, so I'm like, what the bro?

[A]

We literally. So I was evacuated like I was in an evac zone. Laura was not in evac zone at all yet, but she was on the line, on the line of an evac zone. So I was like, okay, so if I evacuate to you, we can evacuate to like, my family. So, like, just in case, like, if things got crazy, we could, you know, we had places to go, which we were really, really lucky and fortunate to have that. But yeah, the cops were going down my road, they were going down my street and they were door knocking, being like, you guys have to get out of the house. They started barricading my street. So I actually couldn't go back into my house because there was barricades through my streets and all the streets that were close to mine.

[B]

So they were trying to prevent looters from going into evacuated neighborhoods. So in la, I mean, it was cool because in a matter of days, they called a national Guard and servants and police and first responders from every state surrounding to help. So basically what they did, because they realized we have a looter problem, they arrested over 40 looters, which is crazy, by the way. Victims running to for their lives. You're gonna lose anyway. So basically what they did, if your area got evacuated, they would have have multiple police and army trucks lined up at the top of streets. And to not let looters in, which it did solve the looter problem.

[A]

Absolutely. It worked. It worked, it worked. But the thing is, like, the gag was you couldn't even go back in.

[B]

To your own neighborhood.

[A]

Neighborhood because it worked so well that you couldn't even go back even if you had proof that you lived there. They're like, you can't go back.

[B]

They were not taking any chances on people, you know, stealing IDs or looters. They were taking no chances. And the looting stopped.

[A]

Yeah, looting stuff.

[B]

It was like 40 people. Imagine a city of 9 million people. You know, you got 40 people. I mean, it's not terrible. I mean, they were able to like nip that. It could have been a lot worse.

[A]

Could have been a lot worse. It could have really been an absolutely.

[B]

Because so many were vacuums because the.

[A]

Evacuation zones got so big. There was so many evacuation Zones and so I ended up being at Laura's for like four days.

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[A]

You already didn't sleep ne did I?

[B]

By 12am I went upstairs to go to bed or just lay down and the flames were barreling. I mean it must have been like 60ft flames. I have video footage from my balcony and it is insane. I was like, this is it. This is.

[A]

Yeah, like the house is going up.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

I thought the same thing. I was like, you guys, my house.

[B]

Is not going to seen these flames. I've never in my life seen anything like this. It looked like an apocalypse.

[A]

It did. It was. It was literally apocalyptic. It was actually crazy. That night, Friday, I stayed at Laura's.

[B]

Did I not like just cry like a. The whole night? I did because I was like getting ready to say goodbye to everything. Had all my stuff packed up, all of my mom's stuff packed up, ready to go. My cats. And basically when I read the report as to what happened, the fire got out of control. Firemen were terrified it was going to take down our area. We have a hike in our area and it's a dirt road. And basically they laid fire retardant and they were saying the fire will get to this dirt road, but if it crosses it, basically we're. They don't know because the winds are still going and the winds shifted and started blowing our way. So it blew the flames our way. And so basically they were like. They had over 40 helicopters. 40 helicopters, guys. To save our area, to save my home. I would not. Manny wouldn't have a home and I wouldn't have a home right now, if it were not for this air support that came in and literally saved our. It is so crazy to think. It's crazy.

[A]

It's so crazy, so crazy to think that. That their whole, like, their job is to literally, like, help people and save their homes.

[B]

And we have homes right now because of them.

[A]

We wouldn't have it. Like, we, like, the way it was still going. Our houses wouldn't be here.

[B]

It would not be here right now if it was not for those people, those heroes saving our homes. And what's crazy, I didn't sleep one wink, girl. Girl, it sounded like a war zone. I'm talking about helicopter shaking the roof of my house.

[A]

Yep.

[B]

I was like, please do.

[A]

Please do same. I was anxious as.

[B]

Oh, God.

[A]

So happy to hear them. I was like, yes, please keep going back.

[B]

But at the same time, it, like, triggers you because you're terrified. You. I could see clear as day, the helicopters dropping water on the fire from my home. And that's when you know you're in trouble. I'm like, I can see what they're airing on the news from my home right now. Like, that is so scary. And it was worse than what I thought it was.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Turns out after I read the report, they're like, yeah, we were counting on a dirt line and some fire retardant to save your entire community. And I'm like, what?

[A]

I know it's crazy. Like, you don't. You don't expect, like, a wildfire to be so close to your home. Like, no, that just, like, doesn't really happen. Like. Like I was saying, like, in la, it's just not a thing. Like, you don't get fires like that here.

[B]

We live in a very urban, like, the city. We live in the city. We don't live on the outskirts and in, like, a canyon in Malibu. We live in the city. And we just saw what this exact fire did a couple nights before to a community.

[A]

So it was crazy. And I used to live in Santa Clarita, and I did experience a lot of the craziness with fires. And, like, that was very, like, more common out there because the winds are always stronger and more intense Santa Clarita, and there's more greenery and vastness out there. So fires were quite common out there when I did live there. But here, where I live now, it's just not as common. I've been here for years, so, like.

[B]

I've never in my whole life. Listen, I've lived through a lot of tornadoes and hurricanes. Those are quicker moments. And I have been scared for my life like once or twice. Maybe this was a little different. This was days ongoing of being scared for my life and like my livelihood. Like I, like I don't know if I've ever really laid in my bed and been scared I was going to die or lose everything I've ever owned. And that was such a reality for so many people.

[A]

Yeah, it was horrible.

[B]

Like imagine I've ever experienced that before.

[A]

No, cuz it's such a different thing. Like you literally just saw the whole palates go up and then soon like you could be going up too. Like that's, it's such a crazy feeling to feel that or to know that. Cuz it's like the anxiety levels of that are just so vast. And we were prepared like we had bags packed, we had everything like to go in case it did get like that. But imagine also just losing your home and everything that's in it.

[B]

That is unbelievable.

[A]

Like it's unbelievable. And then people trying to comment things like oh well, like they're rich, it'll be fine. Like no, that's, it's not okay. Like that's not okay. You lose your memories, your home, you lose everything, it doesn't matter.

[B]

You want the couch you bought, you want the mattress, you want your pillow, you want your blanket you don't want all new stuff you want. Yeah, it's your children's memories, your, your, your favorite drinks and your favorite cups. Like a home is a sanctuary regardless of your income. Rich people, it is their sanctuary too. Low income people, it is their sanctuary too. Now I understand that people that have money in insurance policies eventually will be able to rebuild, whereas some families will not. I feel bad for both.

[A]

Same.

[B]

I have empathy for both.

[A]

Me too.

[B]

I feel for both.

[A]

It's crazy to not help to rationalize it like that.

[B]

It's crazy. It really shows you how disconnected a lot of human beings are to humanity.

[A]

Yes. Yeah. It's like at the end of the day like you just have to have empathy for people. If someone loses something, it's horrible. It doesn't matter.

[B]

Everything these people lost, it's horrible. Everything. I mean they have no yard. A lot of people lost their animal. Do you know how many animals died in this?

[A]

I can't even.

[B]

Do you know how much wildlife died in this? I mean it is horrific.

[A]

The whole thing was horrible.

[B]

People have lost their lives. I think the Eaton fire, they're at 27 deaths. So I mean this goes way beyond. Oh, they're rich. Oh LA is full of Just rich celebrities. If your goal in life is to watch rich celebrities burn to the ground, you need to take a real, real life yourself.

[A]

A reality.

[B]

You are the problem.

[A]

Yeah. 100. And like I we. You can be very understanding of like, you know, like different areas being affected differently because of the money and circumstances. Absolutely. And that's true. It's not like it's not. But having empathy is just so simple. Like just to understand where people could be coming from. It's horrible. Regardless.

[B]

Regardless is horrible.

[A]

That is horrible.

[B]

It's horrible.

[A]

It's like you have to really think about like how horrible it is for anyone to lose their entire home, their entire, all their memories and like their way of life is gone. So like that's horrible just in general. So it was honestly like literally the worst week ever. Like truly it was just horrible, horrible. It felt like we were in quarantine all over again. I was very grateful to be with Lauren Tyler during it. And like Zia and I came over, we literally were there for four days like just completely displaced. And I'd never really been displaced like that before where I had to be evacuated and in that circumstances. So I was like, I felt very off. Like the whole. Every day I was very off. Like I couldn't go home. Felt very. Just strange. So I, you know, donated a ton during this time. Like oh my God.

[B]

It was very important to especially show a little extra donations and care to the areas of lower income that are going to struggle more in the rebuild. Yep, me and Manny donated a ton to various, including a huge one was the Pasadena Humane Shelter. They took over 500 animals into the point where they're taking in horses and sheep and anything that comes their ways to the point where right now they are building out warehouses to keep these animals. Cuz the shelter just blew up and they basically said we no longer need cat food, we don't need any type of D, we just need money. Cuz we're going to have to start doing surgeries and healing these animals and by, by building out shelters for them to keep them and, and they're currently flying out animals to other states states because they're so full to house them. That takes money. So I donated a ton of money there to the LA Fire Department, into the Eaton Fire, to the people of the Eaton Fire who lost everything, who I know is his. I mean let's be very real. It's gonna be very hard to rebuild with a low income.

[A]

Oh my God. So hard. And like there was, there's, there was a lot of, you know, go fund me's. I saw the people from eating and I donated like there. I try to donate some to like as many things.

[B]

Spread it out, spread it out, out.

[A]

So yeah, I'm like, I'm deep in the donate. I was deep in it.

[B]

And we're gonna continue to donate. Absolutely, we're gonna. Because the thing is la, I mean, God, we're such a beautiful, beautiful community. I've never seen anything like it.

[A]

LA really together like this though for.

[B]

This LA really is the City of Angels. I mean and we really showed that our community really showed that. Me and Ty did two big runs of donations. My management company was hosting a huge, huge drive and I thought that was a beautiful thing. Shout out to range. So sickening. I made sure and donated a ton there. I don't have one piece of new makeup in my home and I'm still working on giving out the rest of the used makeup. It's a little trickier, but totally. Listen, it's going, all of it's going, including money. And then we went to the store and also we're not just donating our used. I no bought a ton of stuff that's brand new that these people can use, especially baby to baby. So, so lots of places to donate. Me and Manny are going to continue to donate to take care of our community because we're well one, we're so grateful to have homes.

[A]

Oh my gosh, like by the grace of God, so blessed, so lucky. And like I. It's just crazy because like I felt like almost like so helpless in that situation too. Like, because it's just, you know, obviously me and my house is just me. So like I get even more spooked because it's like me alone. So I'm really happy that to have them and be able to go there and feel like I could go somewhere here in la. But it was just like such a crazy feeling. So that's why, you know, both of us have just been like donating our hard earned money to make sure that people have something, you know, some normalcy and some. Something that they can have. So that's something that we can do and it's been nice being able to help the community. Yeah, it was really horrible, really horrible situation overall.

[B]

Horrible. Just devastating. Like absolutely. Like I've never, never seen anything like it, seen anything like it in la. Depositions is just such a densely packed city. So when something like this happens in one of the biggest cities in the United States of America, the amount of people that get displaced and that is crazy. I mean, you got to think the Palisades, there was an article by New York Times talking about the amount of housekeepers and gardeners and just completely out of a job. There's been restaurants in my area and all that have been without power for weeks. Those people do not have a job for weeks. I mean, the chain just goes down of how many people this affects. And you really don't know it unless you, like, live through it and you're in the community, you're in the city, you'll. You'll see, you'll be like, oh, my God, this affects this, this, this. I mean, it's just like. I mean, it's just a chain effect of how many people are affected by this. So.

[A]

And you don't even think about it. And people that try to shit on LA and being like, well, you know, I actually made a video on TikTok about this, about how people were in my. I saw people in my dms. I saw public comments as well, being like, well, you know, LA is a sin city. So it's like, God's doing this. And it's. It's like, save it. Like, this is literally the craziest thing to ever say during this kind of time when everyone's, like, mourning the loss of their literal belongings. Like, I don't want to hear none of that. So it's like, unless you're gonna be helpful, don't say, you know, I saw.

[B]

A comment under a post that replied to someone that was like, let good, let that city burn. It's full of sinners. And the comment was really profound. She said, I love when people comment stuff like this, because we're gonna burn regardless. The fires are happening, but now you're gonna burn, too. You put that out, world, you will reap what you say.

[A]

Absolutely.

[B]

Now you'll get some, too. And I was like, wow, that's really profound. Good. Do speak how you feel. Do say that. Spew your. Spew your disgusting hatred, because you're gonna get a taste of it, too.

[A]

That's how it works.

[B]

That's just how the world works.

[A]

If you wish that badness upon people like that, it's always ticking.

[B]

Your clock is ticking. So you know what's happening regardless. So now you'll get some, too. And for all the people talking, talking about the sinners of la, okay, well, whenever the fire broke in Sunset, they missed West Hollywood. They missed everything.

[A]

Yeah, they missed the gays, baby.

[B]

They missed the gays, they missed the gay community. They missed the gay community. What do you think God misses?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Oh, he doesn't make mistakes.

[A]

Exactly. So it's like, it's just. There's no common sense. Common sense isn't common.

[B]

It's not for a lot of people. It really is just like the most ignorant mindset you could possibly.

[A]

And it's like people like literally. And it's, it's like. You guys, listen is everywhere. Let's be real, like, let's not like act as if like one city everyone has going on.

[B]

There's always a part of me that's like, are you just talking about gay? The gay community? Are you girl, just say that.

[A]

They absolutely are. Like, they're talking about. They are community or people that do, you know corn like any of those. You know what I'm saying? Like, it's things like that. Like they, they just want to assume the worst. But like again, LA is not just a city filled of the entertainment industry. That's just not what it is.

[B]

It's just not what it is. If you live here, by the way, it's people from all over America, the world here. I mean, it is just like pluck, pluck, pluck, pluck, pluck. Look at me. I moved here from Alabama with a dream and a hope holding on to my ass. And LA has just. It. It is. Unless you live here, you won't know how magical it is. Exactly. It is a city of magic. It's a city of angels.

[A]

I mean and dreams and like people. Like again, LA is literally like, it's undescribable. It really is. It really is. And I think LA is like, again, it's a city that people come to make their dreams come true a lot of the times like that. It's like hope for a lot of people.

[B]

Literally. The land.

[A]

Yeah, it's the land.

[B]

It's the land. It's the land of magic. This is the land. And I can speak from that because I am a person who sacrificed everything and took a risk on everything I had and ever known. To come to this land with a dream. And LA has given me so much that I can't even put it into words.

[A]

So, yeah, it's crazy.

[B]

No, it was very emotional seeing it go up in flames.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, 100%. It's just crazy. I mean, honestly, like. And on top of that, being so close to it.

[B]

That too.

[A]

That was trauma, traumatic, y'all.

[B]

I was so annoying. I cried for two days. Manny was probably like, Jesus Christ, girl. But I just could not whether it was like, the fire's getting Closer. I'm crying. The heat heroes that saved alert that we got.

[A]

Laura called me immediately.

[B]

Do you remember that, y'all? They.

[A]

They accidentally said evac notifications to, like, everyone in the city.

[B]

They've made it for the Kenneth fire only.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

And they. Whoever's in charge of that button, they sent the emergency evac Amber alert to everybody's phone in the city. Pretty much.

[A]

It went off. Laura called me like, we're getting evacuated. I'm like, no, we're not. We're not. It was a mistake. Shut up.

[B]

You gotta park everything. Like, I was. Thank God I stayed calm, right?

[A]

Thank God I kept it all together, you guys. No. And I literally was like, no, no, no. So I started looking into it.

[B]

I'm hyperventilating. I'm losing my mind. And me's like, no, no, Laura, it has to be a mistake. We're not leaving. And I was like, they don't make mistakes.

[A]

Yeah. I was like, no, it doesn't make sense. It doesn't make sense. Like tracking. Because obviously we all had like the watch duty app. Like, everyone's tracking everything. I'm like, no, no. So we looked into it. It was a mistake. And then they sent a mistake alert. Literally like, what, 10, 15 minutes later.

[B]

Where's. Hey, how y.

[A]

My bad. I'm sorry.

[B]

I was like, are you kidding me? I just shat my.

[A]

Literally shat the.

[B]

And try to make everybody run for their go.

[A]

It's go time.

[B]

I literally. Y'all. They put world.

[A]

Was I the cowboy? In what world am I the cowboy?

[B]

Yeah, I.

[A]

That's how crazy it was. It just. Cuz it got so crazy, the fucking alerts.

[B]

I'm going to tell you something. So I'm. I never. Oh, my God. God. Ty turned his apple watch off after it been turned off for days. So the Amber alert came through the phone late. Me and Manny turned white.

[A]

We were all. We were all Laura's room. And then we heard it. We're like. We literally jolted.

[B]

And we were like, oh, my God.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Jesus. You know, but it was a beautiful thing. I think I had. You know, LA is full of evil people and sinners, but at the same time, I had about 30 people text me and tell me at any point, because everyone saw the fires coming towards us in my area. And everyone knows where I live, my friends. I had literally probably more than 30 people text or DM me and ask me to come to their home. So let's talk about this evil city of sinners, of terrible people. Over 30 people. I had probably offered places to go in this rotten city of terrible people. I mean, just homes wide open to us to take care of us and take us in to ensure our safety. Isn't that a beautiful thing?

[A]

It's insane. Like, it's such a community.

[B]

There's no community. I swear, there's no community like this city. It's unbelievable. It is unbelievable, the community we have here.

[A]

It's been really cool to see, like, everyone come together and actually help. Help strangers. That's the gag too. Like, communities are coming together to help people they've never met. That is really cool. And that's a beautiful thing. And for. And for it to be such a visible thing, our community, helping our community was really, really nice. And I don't think you really see that a lot. And you almost don't expect it because you're like, you know, people can be all about their world in their own life. And so this. To see people coming together, donating.

[B]

They gave LA an opportunity to show up. And my God, they did more than show up. You couldn't even get your car bar into a donation center because, I mean, they had signs everywhere. Donations full. Donations full.

[A]

Someone I knew literally went to to go donate, was waiting in line, and they're like, we can't even accept any more donations because it was so packed.

[B]

That's what happened to us. We got turned away and we found another area to donate. But that is a good thing.

[A]

Yeah, it's amazing.

[B]

Great. Beautiful. It's a beautiful thing. It's a city of angels. It's not a city of sinners. It's a city of angels.

[A]

Yeah. So we just want to talk about it real quick because that was literally our life for the last two weeks. And, like, it felt so, so crazy. So crazy. Just like dystopian. But then moves into the next thing.

[B]

That was also dystopian, which me and Manny didn't even have time to, like, think about. Concept. The Tick Tock Band. Tick Tock Band. And me and Manny are, like, not even talking about.

[A]

We don't even talked about it because.

[B]

We'Re just, like, worried about our livelihoods, to be honest.

[A]

I was like, I was still displaced at the time. Like, I literally was like, I haven't even been able to go back to my house. Like, I was, like, so unwell mentally. Just, I'm like, if I remember, is my house gonna make it? Is it not? Like, I was for freaking out. But then of course, we get into the Tick Tock ban. That was like, literally following ending the following week and everyone's like talking about it and it's like, what's gonna happen? What's gonna happen? What's gonna happen? And then, you know, so as I'm sure if you guys might know or might not know. So Tick Tock has been like under intense scrutiny for a while now of people being like, oh, well, you know, we're getting spied on extra, extra, whatever. Congress trying to say that. So then they've been trying to essentially ban TikTok. So it's kind of been all up in the air and we've been leaving it to the Supreme Court to be like, no, it's the law that was passed to ban Tick Tock and any app that, you know, the government sees fit is constitutional unconstitutional. Supreme Court unanimously said it was like not in constitutional or, you know, it wasn't against, you know, the amendment rights. So they passed it. And basically that Friday, like the Friday that just passed a couple days days ago, they were like, yeah, it's going to be banned.

[B]

It was looking pretty bad. It's crazy because, like the amount like, yes, it's a fun app for people to be entertained by. Yes. And I think that is majority of the app, but there's also thousands and thousands of people and families that I know that is their only income.

[A]

There's a. There's 7 million businesses on Tik Tok. 7 million.

[B]

Oh, mine's one of them. Yours is one of them. Tik Tok has done a wonder for my small business and America has really done, done besides the customers who have supported and bought. But as far as like our government country has done nothing for my small business. And if anything, it's the people. Yeah. If anything, it's hurt myself, baby. Tearing my small business to pieces. It's like, damn, you really don't want us to survive, huh?

[A]

No living.

[B]

And then you have Tick Tock come in. A Chinese app that wants to help the little guy helped my business immensely. They do. They target the little guy. You think Tick Tock targets these big brands. They really just kind of let the big brands do what they do and win on the app. And then they go in to these small brands that are trying to do what the big brands are doing and they support them, they give them contact, support sources, post our lives for us resources and sorry. They help us grow our tiny brands.

[A]

And that's what Tick Tock is like. It's not just about like, you know, just the funny videos that happen. Like there's communities on Tick Tock. There's people's livelihoods on Tick. And not even just from the people watching. Watching people that work in American Tick Tock. Like, imagine all those people's. Everything gone, like, in an instant. And so the gag is, you guys, it did go dark for 14 hours. It really did get banned for 14 hours. And it's just silly. It's full silly.

[B]

It's clowns. It is clownery. Because you know good and well they did not have to turn it off.

[A]

No, the thing is. And the thing is, like, I feel like there's, you know, obviously there's all these conspiracies and things going on. And it did. It definitely did not have to turn off.

[B]

Did they sell a portion of it? That's the big one.

[A]

I.

[B]

Because when it came back, they said the owners no longer said CEO TikTok. I know. And then, yeah, there was something with.

[A]

Facebook, had a page.

[B]

That's what Facebook built, a TikTok page.

[A]

And, you know, do you want. The real theory about this is.

[B]

I'm scared.

[A]

Is that they went dark for 14 hours to change the algorithm. Yeah, to take the. To take away the algorithm. That they had to change it to Meta's standard. That's what the theory is. And that they almost had to go.

[B]

So dark to get their job done behind the scenes.

[A]

To get their job. Yes, to get it done behind the scenes. And so Tick Tock, that's what they're saying is like, Tick Tock really went dark for that reason. To take away what they, like, feel is prized, like their algorithm, and then change it to Meta's algorithm.

[B]

I would believe that. But the thing is, Tick Tock will eventually die if Meta took over anyways.

[A]

I mean, they always do.

[B]

Yeah. I try to scroll on reels for like a whole night.

[A]

It was horrible.

[B]

It was so bad. It kept devastating car wrecks and palm tree trimming. Videos. Videos. Now what.

[A]

What the are they doing? Dog videos. That's all I get. Unreals. That's all I got. So I'm literally like, why painful? Why is this, like, my thing? So it was bad. So again, so we went dark. So it was what was really crazy, too. So before it went dark, it was literally like you guys were working with the President to make sure, like, it's gonna come back. Right. Goes dark. Then the next message the next morning is literally like, thank you so much to the President for making sure. Sure that we're gonna get you back. So it felt like when you're looking at it from that standpoint, I think that they think we're all stupid. I really do. You have to think of it in the way of like, let's say someone, the President who originally tried to take it away. Right. Trying to be like, no, who started, who started it?

[B]

The whole thing.

[A]

Right. Started the entire thing. Takes your phone, puts in the drawer. Like, no, it gets passed, you know, and so it gets passed. And then now the President's being like, oh well, you know, I love TikTok. Let's bring it back. If you guys don't think that's propaganda in some way, you have to be just living under rock. You guys have to really be active thinkers and these kinds of things. And don't just let what's being shown to be your reality like it cannot be. You have to be active thinkers, not smooth brained. You really need to think what it could potentially be. If you see propaganda being shown to 170 million Americans from America, message starting, it goes dark. So everyone's panicked. So it comes back and the message shows up. Be like the savior of Tik Tok. You guys, you really need propaganda. It's propaganda. It's literally you. It can't. It. You, you cannot think that someone that's saving the app, the person that's saving the app is the one that tried to take it away in the first place.

[B]

Yeah. Let us not forget, let us not.

[A]

Forget what the actual reality was that that is the case. So, so you can be grateful that something is back and being excited about it, but also not be so foolish to think that the person that brought it back isn't crazy and didn't try to take it away.

[B]

America's worth, I believe they said $50 billion. America is going to get their slice.

[A]

Of the pie, baby.

[B]

They are not gonna let a hundred billion dollar company run rampant through this country and not without getting a slice of the pie.

[A]

Exactly.

[B]

America runs off capital is. And that's what it is.

[A]

And that's what it is.

[B]

And that's what it is. I mean, and, and the CEOs like, hell no. But then America's like, well, we can just take everything away and then you won't get any slice.

[A]

And so obviously now that we're seeing what it is with the messages being shown, it's looks like the CEO is in the President's pocket. So it's kind of like, like it kind of is very, you know, things like start. Things are adjusting. Things are going to be changing. It's not gonna be the same platform.

[B]

As we obviously will not be if.

[A]

They Sell, which they're going to. They're not going to. So now that we have this 90 day extension, that's basically what happened, right? So it got reinstated because now there's a 90 day extension. If TikTok doesn't sell, at least I would say 50% of the company.

[B]

50%.

[A]

It would go away, right? It would be gone. So they have to in the next 90 days get rid of 50% of the ownage.

[B]

But the problem is for Tik Tok, I don't think the app is going to be worth it if they lose their American audience.

[A]

Oh, right.

[B]

You know what I mean? So at this point it's like, okay, we got it. No matter what, you're not gonna sell 100 the company. But I think they're like trying to figure out like they want to keep sold. Let America get 50 and then you get 50. Like they're trying to figure it out, figure out how we can get the slice in our pocket. Basically.

[A]

I feel like with what it is, like, you know, obviously we're just like an, we're a rock. Like a. Literally a rock and a hard place. Like, obviously America's gonna be like, no, we're gonna take something. Like they're trying so hard to be the country. Like that the country does. They love to just take from other things. Like that's always what it's been. So they want to take something from this, right? So obviously TikToks and be like, okay, we need to obviously give to keep America on TikTok.

[B]

Do you know that there, I saw an article, there are over. There are like 20 million millionaires living in America. America. Did you know that that many people in America have a million dollars?

[A]

I didn't know that.

[B]

I didn't know that either. Yeah, a lot. Way, way more than I thought. Way, way more than I thought. I was literally jaw on the ground. I was like, wait, how many millionaires live in America?

[A]

I'm shocked.

[B]

Which I will tell you this. And, and numbers get really skewed and hairy. If you live in Los Angeles, California and you have one million dollars or like a one million dollar home home. You are not rich, right? Not in Los Angeles or probably not in New York City. It's. It's perspective. Because like a, I would say like a one million dollar home here is probably like a three bedroom home. No less, less damn.

[A]

In. In Los Angeles. Like let's say if you're like. I was like, if you're depending on where you're living, like if you're Living in an area that's you know, really makes, you know, say, safe and you know, not intense. Sickening. You're knocking. You can't even find that.

[B]

Oh no, no, no, no, no, no. There's no million. So it's a little shed. A lot of land is normally over a million dollars. Like the patch of grass to build it you normally would buy would be over a million dollars in any remotely decent area. So any teeny tiny, tiny house. Yeah, so. So it's just like, that's, that's why I say, you know, if you have $1 million in Los Angeles or like a 1 million do and raised in Montgomery, Alabama, if you had a million dollar home.

[A]

Rich, rich, filthy rich.

[B]

I didn't know anyone. I, I mean there might be million dollar homes in Montgomery. I don't know because I didn't know one soul with a million dollar home.

[A]

It's all again, it's all about perspective. Like it, you're not going to see.

[B]

The three bedroom homes where I'm from. Granted I've lived here for 11 years. So we have to go back 11 years when the market was a little different. We're between 80,000 to 100,000 bucks. And that's like a three bedroom, two bathroom home.

[A]

Right.

[B]

No garage, just a patch of grass in the back and front yard and a driveway. Like that's 80 to completely different.

[A]

Again, it's all about perspective. All about perspective and where you potentially could live. So I, you know, with, with everything happening. So it literally was like just clownery that just happened. Yeah, it didn't actually have to go dark. It was a spectacle is what it looks like to me.

[B]

Or maybe they were updating an algorithm. Or maybe they had to do an undercover job.

[A]

Exactly. So unless to me, unless they are updating the algorithm and doing the undercover job, there was no point in doing.

[B]

It was for propaganda.

[A]

It was for propaganda and it was used as a tool. The biggest, like literally the most active, biggest app in America, which is TikTok, to be a propaganda for one side of the government, for the right is literally really quite wild to think about that. That is kind of what's happening. And I just want you guys to you know, just be active thinkers actively aware of what's happening. Because the way they mop mobilized Congress, the way they mobilized for Tick Tock to be banned in comparison with the way they mobilize for things that are really quite serious that happen. Like school looting. School looting. I'm gonna say looting. It rhymes with other word, you know Homelessness, you know, people not having enough money for food, like these huge things.

[B]

But, but social media. But, but, but Tick Tock social media. But TikTok, they mobilize for is the money.

[A]

It's the money.

[B]

The hundred billion dollar company that is the focus, honey. Make no mistake.

[A]

Yes. So it's like being. The thing is, what I feel very happy about is that people, because of this social media app and different, like, they're not so foolish to think that that's just the case. People, I feel like, are actually picking up on what's actually going on and being more aware and yet might not.

[B]

Know ever than I have ever seen before.

[A]

And it's so nice that people are really plugged in and tuned into, like, really social media.

[B]

It's so. Because it's like, because of the thing you're taking away, people are more educated and more aware of these topics. Because of Tick Tock. Yes, because it spread like wildfire. Like, people were very quick to be like, no, we know exactly what you're doing. Which is very interesting.

[A]

America's stupid. Yeah, I'm gonna be real. And there's. I'm sure there's a lot of stupidity. You know, it's absolutely the truth. It's, it's true. There's a lot of dumbness. But I think that when you have people being like, hey, this could be actually what's going on down. It gives you another perspective. I think that's the whole point. It's like, TikTok is important for the freedom of speech and actually being able to see different views and opinions for literally anything, by the way, for literally any walk of life. But to see something like this, where it's like, you know, this is propaganda, right? And to think that like, oh, shit, this app absolutely makes so much sense because why were the messages worded the way they were? It's very obvious when you actually think about it. But it's nice that we have a tool to help people think that way. So it's like, when you see that, it's like, yeah, you actually do have to mobilize. You do need to sign petitions. You need to be able to, you know, the congressmen that were there that were active being like, hey, no, let's keep TikTok. Let's keep it for Americans. Those are the people you want to invest your time, money, people that are fighting for you and your rights. Like, not people that are really like, no, fuck TikTok. Like, you know, like that one congressman from, like, Arkansas that was like, no, because they try to do a thing, a quick one. Be like, hey, we need to mobilize and do these 90 days. Got shut down immediately because the guy from Arkansas, I was like, no and no other. None of us would say yes to this.

[B]

Oh, well, like, well.

[A]

Oh. So then it got, obviously got more fierce. So, yep, it's just something to kind of look out for. But I was actually really, really surprised to see somebody think of it too.

[B]

I felt so bad for all these people who built their whole social media careers or are famous from Tick Tock. Right. So like me and Manny, let's be real, we're not famous from Tik Tok because we were already social media influencers before the app even existed. We're famous for. We're. Excuse me, we're influencer famous from YouTube.

[A]

Right.

[B]

We built YouTube channel. So I said, Manny, imagine in 2018 when YouTube is just like at its peak and they delete the YouTube app.

[A]

Crying, crying.

[B]

I mean, so that's what happened. And me and Manny are so, so, so, so, so, so blessed. And we talked about this and we acknowledged this, how blessed we are that Tick Tock is technically our smallest app out of all of our social media. Tik Tok is technically my Manny.

[A]

Yep.

[B]

Smaller platform in comparison, in comparison to our other platforms. That's not the case for majority of influencers. That is not. We just got lucky to be an OG and you know, to build up on American made apps. Oh, oh.

[A]

We worked really hard.

[B]

I have spent the past five years growing my Tick Tock app because it is the number one social media app and it is.

[A]

So we're very active. It's our most active. It might be our smallest.

[B]

It's also called us to die like it is. So that's Another problem with TikTok. It's causing our American apps Meta Google, which is YouTube, to die off. It's killing them.

[A]

I mean, you know, they're lobbing against it.

[B]

Exactly. They, they want it gone. And it pulls money out of the American companies. It does. And it puts it into TikTok. So, you know, and with that happening, you have to be able to pivot as an social, as a business creator, as a. So as a creator, as an influencer, you have to pivot. And so me and Manny went to work and we said, okay, this is where we're going to rebuild. And we spent, spent the past five building years putting everything and just building this up, rebuilding after we have already built for accumulating. You know, I've been doing this for 11 years, you guys. In March, I think will be my 12th year.

[A]

I was gonna say, I think you're like 12, I think.

[B]

Yeah, March is my 12th year. I'm doing this and like to continue to rebuild. It's. I'm not even trying to complain though. I really am not. Because I don't want to come across complaining at all. I'm not. I'm blessed that I'm in a position that I was able to build on there, but it just sucks to spend five years, you know, just busting ass to build up this new app that's taking over everything and then it's gone.

[A]

It's crazy. But like, really. And when you. And then when you think about like these creators, I've done that only exclusively and they're mainly tick tock creators only don't diversify their portfolio and their content. They. That could go away for them. I would be bawling too.

[B]

I'm gonna tell.

[A]

I'd be balling too.

[B]

I'm gonna tell these. Tick tock, you better listen the up. If you are not spending time building out on YouTube and Instagram, you're crazy. You're crazy. You're crazy. If you are just putting all of your eggs in the tick tock basket, especially after this, you're crazy. You should be putting everything. And listen. YouTube's hard.

[A]

It's very hard.

[B]

Way harder. It is way more time consuming. I was talking to a YouTuber who had quit YouTube and had just justice short form now. And they're basically like, it's too hard. Yeah, it's too hard to keep doing YouTube. They're like, not only taking time to edit and film the content, and I was like, trust and believe. I spent hours making thumbnails and filling out descriptions and putting links together and.

[A]

Tags and we upload on full coverage on YouTube.

[B]

Oh yeah, I have three channels. Trust. I know it's hard. It's hard. But, you know, but when things like this happen, you better get to work.

[A]

It's almost like insurance. Yeah, it's in a weird way, it's literally like as a creator, like all these different platforms are like your insurance policies in like a weird way. Or it's like your, your, your things where it's like if one thing happens, that's like, well, I have other things to be able to build on and be able to continue to use. So it's like you kind of just have to do that as a creator. You have to be aware. And a lot of people do. A lot of people that are on TikTok are popping on Instagram that have like moved it over there and pop it on YouTube because they do YouTube as well.

[B]

Well, it's like, get to work.

[A]

So smart.

[B]

Seriously, be smart about this. Protect your career. Because Tik Tok is not a safe place for a career anymore in America. It's very volatile and anything can happen at any moment. Protect yourself, protect your career. Don't just upload on Instagram pictures. Get to work. That's my advice. If like someone were to say, laura, you've been doing it for 11 years or 12 years, what should, what should I do now? I would say to work. Because if you really want to do this thing, I mean, you cannot put all your eggs in the tick tock basket anymore.

[A]

I mean, it's also just good to not to put your eggs in any of the baskets.

[B]

Really.

[A]

Yeah, ever. So you just never know what could happen on any platform. Look at like YouTube in comparison to what it wants, like, it's obviously not the same. It's crushed. So we still have an egg in there, but now we're putting some more eggs in TikTok because that's the newer thing. So it's like you just have to kind of do that. Beware, be smart, be active, like looking around, being like, what's happening? What's the landscape? It's just really, really important to do that as a creator. And if you want to do, be a creator for a long time, and that's the goal, you want to be a long time. This is like you're, you know, going to retire as a creator. Life, like, how blessed and lucky are we? I've been doing this for 12 and 11 years.

[B]

The luckiest bitches in the world. We're the luckiest blessed bitches in the world. But this is the thing, let us not Forget we became YouTubers before YouTubers became YouTube. Right? So, like people, I mean, everybody. You go to a high school, what do you, what do you want to be when you. I want to be an influencer. That's what everybody says. We did something when it was unheard of, ridiculed for it. I mean, remember not making money for it, doing everything for free, building it up ourselves. I mean, we're pioneers to something. And when you pioneer something, sometimes you fall flat on your face and you get nothing for it. And sometimes you get the cherry on top and reward it for it. In our case, we got heavily rewarded for it. And I'm so grateful we took all those risk and all those chances. I mean, I literally Left everything I ever knew new to. And it took a huge risk to pioneer something that didn't even really exist. It was so tiny and I was. And, and it wasn't even making any money and there were no brand trips when I moved out here to California. It was hope. It was a whisper of hope that we were riding on and a dream. And like it paid. It paid off. And that's part of the reason I work so hard on social media. You guys know that and Manny does too and have all these different outlets because it's always been my hope and dream and like I love it. I'm so passionate about being a social media influencer. You guys know that. I mean.

[A]

Yeah. And we're lucky to have you guys. Oh my God. Like our. The fact that you guys have stuck with this and like even doing this adventure that we have full coverage, like this was something that we started a few years ago being like this will be fun thing and the fact that it's grown to what it is and the amazing guests we've had and like we've been able to be like not only are we YouTubers tick tockers, we're podcasters too. Like we literally have wear mini hats, we wear many hats. And we're so lucky that you guys have joined us like on these journeys and continue to follow us through all these different platforms. Like we're blessed to have you guys too. It's not just that we're blessed cuz we're hard workers. We're blessed because we have you guys.

[B]

That are there with us whenever they see like you're passionate and you care about something. Like our audience and the people that watch this, they know how much we care about our podcast, they know how much we care about our social medias and how much we. They see it. So they're going to care about. About us because they know that we're not just here for a quick cash grab and like we don't give a about. They know that because we show up and we're always there. Like I feel like whenever I feel like people aren't stupid. You know what I mean? They know who cares? They know who they're connected with, who's connected with them and who really cares about it. And they connect with those people.

[A]

Yeah. And they can see. I think they can see past actually. Can we even actually doing that? Let's go, let's go. Go back. Tick Tock Band. The videos that people made being like now that it's going away.

[B]

Oh, confessing their Lives.

[A]

Some of them were. Some of them are really funny.

[B]

Like, some of the funny ones, I did not see any. I was literally like, tell me a fierce one.

[A]

Okay. Fierce one. I thought, see, in my. It could not be that fierce. But I just think it's crazy because you built something off of one thing, and that thing was a lie. So I'm like, that's crazy. For example, so I saw two workout ones that were like. So my confession is, like, the workouts I show you guys, I don't do the myself.

[B]

Oh.

[A]

So I'm like, so you built your entire career off of doing workouts that are not your workouts? As a fitness creator, I think that's crazy. I think that's lying. I think that's buffoonery and foolery. So it's like, to me, you get your audience to trust you doing these workouts. Like, this is going to work for you. This is going to be so sickening, you don't even do them. Yeah, that's crazy. That.

[B]

Yeah, that is crazy. And it's like, yeah, out of yourself.

[A]

You. Out of yourself. Some of them, I think are funny. Like, for example, the foundation. I'm like, girl, I'm married.

[B]

Meredith. You guys, Meredith Duxbury went Super famous in 2020 for slabbing globs of foundation, like, a full bottle on her face and just rubbing it in, like, a thick moisturizer. And like, Obi, I'm. I'm so sorry. But if you believe for one second that she was keeping all that, it would be because at the end result was, like, perfect makeup. I'm like, you guys, at this point, it's not. Not even her fault.

[A]

Like, that was just her. She just saw that obviously people were loving it or, like, they hated it, but she was doing it as, like, almost.

[B]

It was polarizing.

[A]

A polarizing thing. So obviously, you're gonna do it. And the thing is, if you're taking a soaking, sopping wet beauty blender and putting it all over your face, it's gonna take off, like, half. It's like, that would. Some of them were just, like, very, like, funny and, like, obvious to me. But some of the ones I saw that were, like, the fitness being, like, I don't even do those workouts.

[B]

I was like, that's crazy. Also, there was a funny one. Is it Kaylee May or Kelly Mae with the ice sky cubes? In the beginning, she didn't really do ice cubes as much, but she would make the cool ice cubes with the fruit. Oh, yeah. And she's Like, I never used them. She was like, my family and friends did, but, like, I didn't use them.

[A]

I didn't use them.

[B]

But, I mean, she went so viral. Like, that's funny to me.

[A]

Some of them, I think, are, like, really funny.

[B]

It's ice cubes. You're gonna be all right. It's not manipulation just because she's making. She never said she used them. She showed herself making them, and they turned out really cool, and they did great.

[A]

So one I thought was also, like, kind of crazy. I was like, damn, you built your whole audience on this, and you're so. You're just a liar was another one. It was a girl that as, like, a mukbang person that does these, like, copious amounts of food, and she was just, like, eating them for the videos and making it seem like she was eating the whole thing. And then she did a thing that was like, I never ate all of it.

[B]

I knew. I know that.

[A]

Like, we know that because we're creators. I'm like, okay, it's so obvious. But it's, like, funny how you build your audience off of one thing. One thing. And that one thing is a lie. That is, I think, is crazy.

[B]

La la, la la.

[A]

And I was really like, of course you did. The only.

[B]

My confession was that I use my Dyson way more than my wall vacuum, and I like my Dyson better than wall vacuum, but because my wall vacuum has gone viral.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So many times. Yeah. That's not like a dirty.

[A]

No, no. That's gonna be like. That's funny.

[B]

It's funny.

[A]

Yeah, it's funny.

[B]

And a lot of them I saw were really funny. And I'm like, duh.

[A]

Yeah. A lot of them were like, no, like, obviously. But some.

[B]

I think it's a good thing because I think it, again, allows people to be aware. Oh, where anybody will do anything for views, honey. Everybody wanted Michaela to come on and do the artillery.

[A]

I saw.

[B]

Everybody was like, michaela, just tell us.

[A]

I've seen viral videos that were like.

[B]

She just got paid so much. She's like, why rattle that? Like, let me just let it lie. She's gonna let it lie. I really wanted her to be funny, and I wanted her to come on and go in a British accent or something.

[A]

I would.

[B]

And be like, the accent was the whole time.

[A]

Oh, that. See, that would be so funny. Like, see, like, some of them, like, were really funny to me. Like, I actually enjoyed a lot of them that were, like, hilarious. But it was. It was wild like, that to See that, like, the gag is that it's the people exposing themselves. It wasn't even, like, people exposing them for their lies. They exposed themselves or, like, people, like, being fitness. It was really more so the fitness people that I saw, I didn't see.

[B]

Any of those, or else I would have been 100 on board with you, your TikTok. I was like, what do you mean? All this shit is so funny. Exposing themselves.

[A]

I was really kind of like, oh, my God. Like, what are you guys gonna do now? Like, now that's back. Like, y'all just expose yourself. Like, are you gonna get. No, literally. Literally. It's like, what are you guys gonna do now? But also, I think about the aspect of, like, let's say. Let's say Michaela did come out and was like, it was a lash. Let's just say that happened.

[B]

It was an Ardell Wispy.

[A]

It was Ardell Wispy. T goes away. That doesn't mean you don't have Instagram. That doesn't mean you don't have, like, you're gonna be held accountable somewhere, don't you think?

[B]

Michaela said, hey.

[A]

She's like, I ain't gonna be me.

[B]

Say, shit.

[A]

I feel like, wouldn't you think about, like, potential? Like, let's say if it's a bad one, like, let's say it's like, a horrible take, right? Okay. I saw this one, like, Disney person. That was a Disney one. That. That was really funny. He's like, a Disney creator that, like, does, like, a lot of Zootopia, like, stuff. And he's like, I never watched Utopia, but he does, like, Disney Zootopia thingy.

[B]

What a great movie.

[A]

Incredible. But it was just, like, one of those things. I was like, this is, like, wild. That, like, you build your one thing off of your one thing, and then it's just all a lie.

[B]

But it would be like, us lying. Like. Like, I don't.

[A]

Yeah. Like, you guys, I don't wear makeup.

[B]

I never lived in Alabama.

[A]

No. Oh, my God. Laura. No. It's like me being like, I. I'm not Mormon. I never grow Mormon.

[B]

Oh, my God.

[A]

Like, it's like that.

[B]

Like, it's, like, crazy. Something crazy.

[A]

Some of those. Like, that's why some of them really gagged me. I was literally like, wow. Y'all really saying all that.

[B]

Wow.

[A]

Oh. But some of them were really funny, and I actually enjoyed a lot of them that. That were just fun. Like, I saw Terry Jones. I was like, I'm actually black.

[B]

I was all ready, too. I was like.

[A]

I was like, what is Terry Jo gonna say? What is she gonna say? And it's like, I'm black.

[B]

I'm black.

[A]

That literally made me laugh out loud. So I loved. So that was actually a really funny, fun trend. That was funny. But some of them were really like. I saw Charlie Jamila. Did you see the one where she was like, the pen. Yes, the pen one where it was like she was really doing a. What are they called? Those, like, little.

[B]

There was another big one too where they were like, someone never dated. Someone. Someone in real life with the gen zers. Like there was a huge relationship and they were like, we never dated. We did it for clout. I can't remember who did it because I'm so on the outs with the young people.

[A]

But I did actually say one of the videos that popped up that really gagged me was the Sienna she thought did a video about Jack, right?

[B]

YouTube video. They got a million views in one day. Hello. Get the dust off the channel, baby. That's what I'm talking about. And she aired his ass out too, for how much money he made exposing her. I mean, she. She really lit it up. She also discussed what it was like to be canceled, I think at like, how old? Like, yes, really years ago. Young.

[A]

So I saw her tick tock and I was literally like, when she's like, well, Tik Tok's going away, I might as well talk about this. And I was like, oh my God. So the girlies were really out there. They were, they were. They were being fierce for those last hours. Now when it went away like that.

[B]

That Saturday night, how many times did you open that? I said, oh my God, I need to go to rehab. I keep opening. So I eventually I CL app and moved it off my homepage. And then in 14 hours I moved it back. Cuz I said, oh, we're back.

[A]

Did you see that? People deleted the app because they thought it was going away and they can't redownload it.

[B]

What? Wait, why not? Do they have a pause on downloading the app right now? Oh, Lord.

[A]

You couldn't go. And I was like, why would you delete so quickly?

[B]

How would you delete it so quickly? Oh, my God.

[A]

So that people had deleted the app. Deleted off the phone. They can't redownload it.

[B]

Ain't no way.

[A]

They can't read. Download. Download it.

[B]

No.

[A]

Joe was actually cracking me up during the thing. It was James crashing out.

[B]

James, I was laughing, was cracking.

[A]

He was. He was cracking me up. He got The VPN under the pillow. He's like, you guys, I don't know if you can hear me. It's James from America. And I literally was like, this is actually quite fun.

[B]

He was on the local news.

[A]

Yeah, it was on the news for Crash.

[B]

So bad.

[A]

Funny.

[B]

But James's whole brand is on Tick tock. Like painted lives on because of like you gotta think there's so many. So this is a really big deal.

[A]

People's livelihood. Livelihood. So it's like you like that for something like that going away. It's just, it's too.

[B]

It's diabolical one. So there's this guy named Joey Fu on Tik Tok and I've been obsessed with video because they live in Florida and they're super, super. I don't want to use the word normal but they're just like a super like normal family of three. And he went viral in like around 2020 but because it's a unique situation. The wife goes to work and he's a stay at home dad with the three kids. And he cleans and cooks right. But he does it like the crate. Like he power washes the inside of his house and like he. I don't know, he's just so wild and crazy on there. And I love his channel because you never know what he's gonna do next. But they're just so family oriented and real. That's what I should say. Yeah, you can tell they're real. They don't have the all white kitchen and the marble countertops on the scram myself but you know like, like everybody's perfect little home. They show it's just a real home and they show their real, real lives and they're messy and it's beautiful thing and I love to see and it's so refreshing. So I'm connected with them. And he blew up like a million views every single Tik Tok blew up. And I've been able to slowly see them transform their lives through this app and they were able to get an actual car that fits their whole family in it. And like his wife, I can tell Sam, she's so beautiful but she's able to like get her now. You can tell it has helped supplement the income of their family. Cuz they were one income family. He's smart though. He took it straight over to YouTube immediately. But I saw his stories on Tik Tok before it went down. Cuz like this is how he's raising his three children. His like this is real people. This isn't a spoiled rich influencer going on tart trip. This is real life. Them paying their mortgage and bills with this and like how upset he was. I, I was like, oh my God, this is breaking my heart. Like, it's about to these people.

[A]

No, it literally is. And like, you know, like people like making fun of like people crying on the app. Like, not realizing that that app changed people's lives and has made their dreams come true. Like, again, it's a lack of empathy. Same with the.

[B]

I mean, like, Alex Earl's gonna be all right.

[A]

She's just fine.

[B]

All her crime videos, they crack me up. But I get it. I get it though, because Alex Earl, no one would know who she was if it wasn't for TikTok. That's her whole, whole empire she built. And if it goes away, yes, a fraction of her does go away, but.

[A]

It'S like, it's, it's that same concept, like, of like, she's going to be fine. She's going to be K. And like, yes, absolutely. But it doesn't mean I still have. It doesn't suck. It doesn't suck to have to like, she did it didn't mean that she didn't work to try to get what she got.

[B]

What do people want her to be like, oh, well, I don't give a. I'll be all right. Is that what people want her to post?

[A]

You know, like, what do you think? Like, what do you think they're gonna say?

[B]

It's devastating.

[A]

Devastating thing. Like in general, it just sucks. So it's like, I think people just again, when people are like making fun of influencers, people crying on their thing being like, you know that like they worked really hard for that and it's changed.

[B]

It goes to show you how much people count on it.

[A]

And it's not just the influences.

[B]

It's everyday family, every everyday people that are counting on this app to pay their damn bills. I, I follow a lot of family. Yes, hello. So yeah, that's pretty much it for this episode. Thank God we have it back. For now. I hope they can come up with a Solution. I next 90 days, every single Tik Tocker does everything they can to build out their other platforms. Cuz that's what I would advise since it is very volatile right now.

[A]

Very, extremely. And honestly, I really hope that the app doesn't die in that way where it's like Meta taking over. If Meta takes over, it's going to really.

[B]

It will crush it up. It will.

[A]

And the thing is those people that Are exposing things happening in the world. Exposing things happening in the United States. Like, really giving you guys. They won't have that.

[B]

That is not unreal. They don't want that to be seen. They want. They will not let that be said.

[A]

They do not want that to be seen. They don't want people to have different walks of life and different opinions. They want to be a all one opinion kind of thing. So I'm really concerned about.

[B]

Isn't it crazy they're not even allowed to have the app in China? They have their own version of it.

[A]

I know.

[B]

They're not even allowed to have tick.

[A]

Tock in China, and China is a communist country.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So us not having it here, what does that say about us? That's crazy. When you think again, reading between the lines, like, that's crazy. Like, we are the land of the free, then let's. Let's be free. So it's very. It's quite spooky.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So just be active thinkers. Think about it, you know, and voice your opinions and concerns when you can.

[B]

And we'll see you over on Tik Tok.

[A]

We, sir, will, as long as we can. We're gonna be on there. We're gonna be on everything. But thank you guys for being here on full coverage. And, you know, full coverage has grown because of Tik Tok.

[B]

Yep. It helped us grow our YouTube platform.

[A]

Yeah. Like, it's helped us so much. So, like, and I'm sure a lot of you guys have come from TikTok, from seeing the clips that we've done on there. So we're really, really grateful to have it and continue to have it and hopefully it stays.

[B]

We'll see you guys in our next episode.

[A]

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