Giggling about brunch, aging backwards, and water aliens

Summary

Episode Summary: Giggling about Brunch, Aging Backwards, and Water Aliens

Hosts: Hannah Berner & Paige DeSorbo

In this entertaining episode of Giggly Squad, hosts Hannah Berner and Paige DeSorbo navigate through a whirlwind of topics, blending humor with insightful commentary. From their tour antics and cultural mishaps to deep dives into reality television and whimsical discussions about water aliens, Hannah and Paige deliver a rich, engaging conversation that keeps listeners both laughing and thinking.

Tour Tales and Cultural Missteps ([02:44] - [07:24])

The episode kicks off with Hannah and Paige sharing hilarious stories from their recent tour in Texas. Hannah quips, "We saved at least 22 minutes off our lives by saying y'all instead of you guys" ([02:44]), highlighting the time-saving nuances of regional dialects. Grace recounts a funny elevator incident, saying, "Your culture is not my costume. I apologize" ([03:40]), shedding light on unintentional cultural appropriation. Lois adds her own twist with a story about wearing a stereotypical farm girl outfit, only to find herself out of place among flamboyant club-goers.

Sociological Shenanigans and Water Aliens ([19:34] - [22:56])

Hannah and Paige introduce themselves as "sociologists," playfully discussing their ability to read people based on superficial traits like clothing and accessories. They delve into the quirky topic of "water aliens," speculating about mysterious beings residing underwater who might be observing human activities. Paige humorously comments, "They’re like, ew. Like, they’re New Yorkers going to any other city. They’re like, cute, but I’d never live here" ([22:33]), blending conspiracy theories with light-hearted banter.

Reality TV Critique ([29:36] - [57:24])

A substantial portion of the episode is dedicated to dissecting the world of reality television. The hosts express frustration with shows like Real Housewives of New York City, particularly criticizing the negative reception that second-season casts often receive. Grace asserts, "None of the people making the videos, none of you have filmed a reality TV show, so I don't think you actually know why it's bad" ([48:27]). They argue that new reality TV participants face a steep learning curve, often leading to misrepresentation and unnecessary drama. Lois emphasizes the importance of granting new shows and casts grace, comparing TV productions to young sports teams that need time to develop their dynamics.

Cats vs. Dogs PR and Personal Preferences ([65:32] - [67:48])

In a humorous segment, the hosts discuss the contrasting perceptions of cats and dogs in media. Lois laments, "Cats just have really bad PR and dogs have, like, amazing PR...Cats PR is horrible," highlighting how cats are often sidelined in favor of more "friendly" dog portrayals in films and TV shows. Grace adds, "Cats are just so private" ([65:34]), underscoring their independent nature which clashes with mainstream media's depiction of them as aloof or mysterious.

Personal Anecdotes and Future Aspirations ([42:00] - [70:09])

Hannah showcases her knack for finding the best brunch spots on tour, with Grace praising her ability: "Hannah has this crazy ability that in any city we're in, she will find you the best breakfast place" ([12:54]). They share dreams of creating comfortable, self-sufficient lifestyles—Grace envisions building a home salon and sauna, while Lois fantasizes about becoming an "Eclectic Martha Stewart," complete with stylish glasses and unique home decor.

As the episode winds down, the hosts promote their upcoming shows, merchandise, and holiday drops, inviting listeners to stay connected and engaged with their journey.

Notable Quotes

• Hannah Berner: "We saved at least 22 minutes off our lives by saying y'all instead of you guys" ([02:44]).
• Grace Battle: "Your culture is not my costume. I apologize" ([03:40]).
• Lois: "Cats just have really bad PR and dogs have, like, amazing PR" ([65:32]).
• Grace Battle: "I've literally never been wrong ever" ([05:14]).

Insights and Conclusions

Throughout the episode, Hannah and Paige blend personal humor with sharp social commentary, offering listeners both laughs and thoughtful perspectives on media influence and cultural representation. Their playful discussion on "water aliens" adds a whimsical layer, while their critique of reality TV showcases their ability to analyze and question popular culture trends. Personal anecdotes about their tour experiences and future aspirations provide a relatable touch, making the conversation both entertaining and introspective.

For those who haven't listened, this episode promises a delightful mix of humor, personal stories, and insightful discussions, all delivered with the hosts' trademark candidness and infectious laughter.

Transcript

[Hannah Berner]

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[Paige DeSorbo]

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[Grace Battle]

You up or have you burping.

[Paige DeSorbo]

And it's only 100 calories. It's so easy when people come over.

[Grace Battle]

To just offer them drinks that already taste good. Easy cleanup.

[Paige DeSorbo]

Here you go. No mixing, no adding chasers. And Sun Cruiser inspires good times, and it brings the sunny vibes to you. So no matter where you're hosting, if.

[Grace Battle]

You'Re in an apartment this fall or you're in a house and it's getting chilly, it's still summer vibes with Sun Cruiser.

[Paige DeSorbo]

So crack one open today and let the good times cruise. Sup, Gigglers?

[Lois]

Gary, fix your WI Fi manifest that we can't be managed. I mean, the day just got away from me. Lois, do you want to say something on the podcast Giggly Squad? Are you. Are you saying what's up, Gigglers? What's up, Gigglers? Now let's say it louder. What's up, Gigglers? Go, Giggler. Yay. How y'all doing? Paige and I just came back from Texas, and we've saved at least 22 minutes off our lives by saying y'all instead of you guys.

[Grace Battle]

I'm gonna be honest. I feel like I didn't Meet enough people with, like, thick accents. Like, here's one thing about me. When we go to different parts of the country, I'm cosplaying. I want the full effect. Like, I want all the stereotypes. I want. I want to be in the mix.

[Lois]

Well, tell them what happened when you took a photo in the elevator.

[Grace Battle]

We, like, touched down in Texas, and we're at, like, our first venue, and I'm trying to, like, get in the elevator to take a picture. And one of the maintenance guys that, like, works at the venue was like, where. Where y'all trying to go? Like, he was gonna help me with the elevator. And I just, like, instinctually said back, oh, no problem, sir. I'm just taking a picture. And then I. And then I was like, I'm so sorry. Your culture is not my costume. I apologize.

[Lois]

We get down to Texas, and I'm so excited because I put together an outfit. Like, cute farm girl, cunty. Like, could not be more. What a stereotype of what I think someone in Texas dresses like. But I thought they were gonna accept me with open arms. Walk in. Everyone's dressed like the club, and I'm.

[Grace Battle]

Here looking like, annie, get your gun.

[Lois]

And he get your damn good. Everyone was like, what are you doing? And I was like, I got brought a cowbell.

[Grace Battle]

Yeah. You were like, what's going on? Living in Texas. Like, what are you doing?

[Lois]

Shout out to Texas for being the first state that the Izzy trash guy got booed off stage. That's never happened in the history of his trash.

[Grace Battle]

In the history of Giggly Squad. And let's just, like. Let's just, like, run some. Crunch some numbers really quickly.

[Lois]

Which we've never done either.

[Grace Battle]

I've those sentence. Let me crunch some numbers quickly.

[Lois]

No number has ever been crunched on Giggly Squad.

[Grace Battle]

Has it been misappropriated? Absolutely. Has it been crunched? Negative. Okay, this is our second tour. We are almost done with our second tour, and we have done, like, 50 over 40. Okay, let's just say 50 cities so far last year. Let's say we did another. Let's just say we did another 50. We'll just round up.

[Lois]

We don't know. We actually have no idea what's going on.

[Grace Battle]

For the sake of the story. For the sake of the story, let's just say we've performed giggly squad 80. 80 times. 80 to 100 times. Never in the history of Giggly Squad has a man been booed off of stage. Have I been like, you're actually for serious annoying me. Like, leave the Stage a girl have.

[Lois]

Has man. Has men. Sorry, no.

[Grace Battle]

Great question. Has men h. Have they? Phenomenal question to bring up. And never in the history of Giggly Squad has a man said, no, I'm not coming on stage. No.

[Lois]

And that was the other show. Okay. Texas. I have so much to say about Texas. This is the problem. There's a lot of problems going on. I got an abortion in the bathroom. Came out and.

[Grace Battle]

Why are you looking at me weird?

[Lois]

The men. Have there been booze on Giggly Squad? Yes.

[Farnoosh Tarabi]

Yes.

[Lois]

There's always booze. If I'm doing my job well, that man will be booed. Do I want him to get stoned? No. And will I. Will I break him down to build him back up? Yes, I have. Like, we are. It's an art form we're doing with Izzy. Trash. I know how to navigate the crowd and the guy and keep it all copacetic. No one gets hurt. That was the word. That was literally exact word I wanted to say, but I could never come.

[Grace Battle]

Up with that word entirely. Sure. On what it means, but.

[Lois]

No, but it's perfect for the moment. This man comes up, and I think he was like, blackout. Which is funny because the boys never get black. No, because they squad. Because they say they need a. They don't know what's about to happen. They don't feel safe.

[Grace Battle]

Definitely stay woke. Stay alert. When you're at Giggly Squad and you have a pee and that.

[Lois]

I want. I want the boys at a club to feel like how girls normally feel at a club.

[Grace Battle]

We have an escape plan at all times in our life. The only time you don't need an escape plan as a woman is at Giggly Squad. The bathrooms are ours. It is as if the outside world we've had the men go extinct, and there's only, like, one or two in the crowd that we're procreating with. You know, like, that's how we're keeping the world alive.

[Lois]

So this man comes up drunk and. And also cocky. Like, he was like. Like, I asked him a question. He's like, well, repeated it back to me. And I was like, oh, no. But then the crowd was like, I guess, like, he showed enough disrespect that the crowd was like, we're not going to even let Hannah and Paige deal with this. Like, we're dealing with this to the point that I was like, guys, it's okay. We got it. And the crowd was like, get.

[Grace Battle]

We didn't even get a question out.

[Lois]

I didn't get one question out. For him, he gets kicked out. Then the next show in Austin, I see a douchebag, third row, and I said, are you a boyfriend? They said, yes. I said, babe, come up. And he shakes his head no. Now, a lot of guys. A lot of guys do this, and I go, look at you acting shy. Get your ass up here. He's like, no, I'm not coming up. And I'm like, okay, this is. I've never felt rejection like this before. And I looked at him, and I was like, I'm not gonna be mean. Which obviously is a lie. But I was like, I got you. Like, we do this every show. Like, you came to the show. This is the one thing you can do, is entertain the gigglers. And he wouldn't come up. And then you had a conspiracy theory.

[Grace Battle]

My conspiracy theory was one of two things. One, he's, like, old, so shy that it, like, would. He would have literally had a panic attack. And that I support, like, he didn't want to get into musical theater, and that's fine. I support not getting involved. Or he was so scared of what our questions were. And we don't go, like, us. We don't go that hard. Like, we're not trying to, like, break them. And we certainly don't do anything that would, like, actually jeopardize your relationship. I think he was, like, scared. We were, like, actually gonna go hard and be like, let me see the last DM you sent. Or, like, let me see the last text. And that's why I think he didn't come up. But also, again, I just made all of that up, so.

[Lois]

But also, you're right. You've never been wrong.

[Grace Battle]

I've literally never been wrong ever.

[Lois]

But period. But it's funny because we're like, we're not going to go through your phone. But then the guy that comes up, I go. I ask them, like, what's the background of your phone? And this guy pulls out, like, a whole to do list that's on his background. And I go. I go, give me the phone, babe. And I look at it, and I'm like, first of all, I literally put my hands on his shoulder because I have a inspirational quote on my phone. And I was like, we've both been through dark times, which you've had for.

[Grace Battle]

Like, a couple of years now.

[Lois]

I've had it because I'm a little superstitious. So when things started going well, I was like, I can't change the quote, but it still is, like, the most depressing quote.

[Grace Battle]

A sports person like, that wouldn't even run through my mind.

[Lois]

No. If I change my background, the whole world will collapse. So everyone.

[Grace Battle]

Butterfly effect.

[Paige DeSorbo]

Yeah.

[Grace Battle]

You're like, you're welcome.

[Lois]

And I also like to see it to be like, how far we've come. So that when I'm sad, I'm like, remember when you were sad, sad? Remember when you were sad, sad, sad. So anyway, the first thing it says is like, be grateful. So I'm like, oh, this is dark. And then he said the most manly shit. He was like, when you're not doing anything, do push ups or squats. Just do it. And I'm like, okay. Toxic masculinity. Damn. And then my favorite was, by Friday, fix your finances.

[Grace Battle]

And it was so wholesome. And so that actually made me, like, love him. I was like, that's so cute and stupid.

[Lois]

But then he goes. Then he goes, set therapy appointment. And then the following week, set another therapy appointment. I go, you're so close. Let's just set it to weekly so you don't have to keep setting one each week. But you're so close.

[Grace Battle]

Like, pick one day that your therapist has that slot open and you're in there weekly. But no, it was so cute. I will say 52 shows has. It's done me in. I'm. I'm emotionally drained. I can't pick out another outfit. I page desorbo on November 19 at 10:30am I cannot do it. I cannot put together another you've been sucked fire outfit. It's literally. It's. I have nothing left in me. I have no more clothes. I've literally exhausted.

[Lois]

Okay, but can I just explain how Paige is? This is her Tuesday, but come Friday, when we have to be in Miami, this is going to have it together.

[Grace Battle]

I'm like, wait till you see my outfit tonight.

[Lois]

Throughout the tour, Paige will be like, I can't do it anymore. And then she'll like, get a good Diet Coke and be like, that Diet.

[Grace Battle]

Coke in Dallas saved my life. That Diet Coke in Dallas saved my life.

[Lois]

She was taking photos of it. I was like, this is.

[Grace Battle]

I'm going to post that Diet Coke because nothing hit the way that Coke did.

[Lois]

Wait, can you explain? Wait, what?

[Grace Battle]

I need to bring something to the forefront to. To say. To compliment you and say a personality trait that I don't think people know about you. And I. I've recently learned it, and it's quickly become my favorite thing about you. Like, I'll never. I'll never go to another person for this specific situation.

[Lois]

I have no idea what you're going to say.

[Grace Battle]

Hannah has this crazy ability that in any city we're in, she. She will find you the best breakfast place. Like, no ifs, ands, or buts. Like, you land. Your room's not ready. That's fine. Hannah Berner is going to take you to the most fire brunch you've ever had.

[Lois]

Wait, no. People don't know this about me at all. People don't know this about. Because people be like, oh, Hannah's not fun. Like, she doesn't do coke and she doesn't party.

[Grace Battle]

Okay, I said it one time, bitch.

[Lois]

I party. But I party with pancakes to the face. Like, I. I'm dancing. I'm dancing. I know exactly what to order. I. I will find, like, in the middle of nowhere when I'm driving from, like, city to city, the perfect brunch spot. And, like, I have a. I have an eye for diners. Like, I can tell when it's.

[Grace Battle]

No, Hannah, you have an eye for a diner.

[Lois]

I. And it's like, it can't be taught. So, like, anyone listening? I'm. It's either have it or you don't.

[Grace Battle]

And you want to know what? I don't have it. And that's fine, because you have it.

[Lois]

And I don't need mean to, like, promote capitalism right now, but, like, I still fuck with Yelp, and you've made fun of me before. I pull out my Yelp. I put Brentford's breakfast spots. And then I'm looking at it, and I'm looking through the photos. I'm looking through it, through the review, going through vibes.

[Grace Battle]

You're going. You go through. You do it. Energetic, energetic, energetically.

[Lois]

I see their aura. So there was a place in Dallas, but I had. Paige had to walk, like, four blocks. And I was like, she's gonna be. She's gonna have a fit. Like, literally a toddler. So, like, second block. She's like, hannah, where you take you guys. And we see, like, one sh. That has pink bows. And she's like, is that. Can we stop by the pink bow place? And I'm like, focus. We're going to food. She goes, are you sure it's not that place? I'm like, no, it's not. The place with the pink bows. That was. You were fighting for your life, and you were like, go towards the pink bows. No, that's not where we're going.

[Grace Battle]

No, I was fighting for my life.

[Lois]

And then we get there, and we order pancakes. Happiest she's ever been she was like, I love tour.

[Grace Battle]

I started doing this really weird thing. It's not weird. It's actually a genius. Where I convince myself because I always want eggs, but I also always want pancakes. So I convinced myself that if I order pancakes for the table, it's not like me getting pancakes. But then I've noticed that Hannah and Grace have literally never once touched the pancakes for the table. And I, in fact, am continuously getting two entrees.

[Lois]

I do have to say pancakes for the table is a power move. It's.

[Grace Battle]

Everyone should be doing that at brunch.

[Lois]

I'm obsessed with it. Pancakes for the table. Because it's like. It's like bread for the table.

[Grace Battle]

Exactly. It's extra bread for the table or.

[Lois]

Like, a little dessert to dabble in. Also, we are. Do not tell me. I could get one drink. When you get to brunch, you need your water because you need to hydrate. You need your orange juice or coke, whatever your juice or soda of choice is. And you need your caffeine. So I want to drown myself in liquids before the eggs even come.

[Grace Battle]

Yeah.

[Lois]

And these are just. That's just the law.

[Grace Battle]

You and Grace always get the same order.

[Lois]

We will. Grace and I are very connected.

[Grace Battle]

You're very connected. You.

[Lois]

I was sweet. Do you remember how bitchy I was when, like, I went up to go to the bathroom, you know? And you leave your two friends, like, you don't know if they're alone too much together. And I go, maybe you guys could talk about Grey's Anatomy. And then I walked away.

[Grace Battle]

Me and Grace. Me and Grace have a different type of relationship than you and Grace.

[Lois]

Like, she's, like, protective of you.

[Grace Battle]

She's very protective of me. And she's very, like, weary that I'm going to, like, break out into, like, hysterics. Like, I'm either gonna cry or freak the fuck out. Like, there's really no in between for me on tour, where Grace and I.

[Lois]

Will just whisper to be like, how's Paige doing today? Is she in a mood? I told. I had to warn her one morning. I was like, paige is gonna hate my outfit tonight, so just mentally prepare. She's not gonna be happy. And Grace was like, are you serious? And I'm, like, just letting you know. And it was so funny because it was the one outfit that I was like, Paige is going to, like, it's going to ruin her night. And, like, she doesn't even know that her night's going to be ruined, and it's because of me. And then I put on this outfit. You turn to me and you go, it's kind of cute. And I was like, that. You like the full plaid fit? You loved it.

[Grace Battle]

We've also started this entire bit that, like, any city we go to. Why is it any city that you're in that you don't live in, everything is so cute.

[Lois]

No. New Yorkers, when we visit any other city, will like, literally, literally see a. A sign post, and we'll be like, wait, that's literally so cute.

[Grace Battle]

We literally. I feel like living in New York City and then going to any other city, you don't feel like it's. Even though New York is considered, like, a small city, I don't think of any other city in the country.

[Lois]

I don't think New York's considered a small city.

[Grace Battle]

I mean, like, geography wise, like, it's 12 miles.

[Lois]

It has, like, crunching numbers.

[Grace Battle]

Sorry, Crunching numbers in New York City is 12 miles and it has, like, 8 million people. But when I go to other cities, I always think it's smaller than New York City. Like any other city. I'm like, oh, this is a small town. Like, when I'm in Chicago, I'm like, oh, cute. Small town vibes.

[Lois]

So cute. Everything is cute. We'll literally get, like, a plate, and I'll be like, this is the cutest plate. We love little things in other places, but you know what it is? We never leave the hotel. So when we leave the hotel and there's, like, a little bit of sunshine, we're like, okay, cute.

[Grace Battle]

What's that job called when you, like, what's.

[Lois]

Make stuff up on the microphone? Podcasting. When you just talk with each other, don't say anything.

[Grace Battle]

What's the job called when it's like, the study of people?

[Lois]

Sociology.

[Grace Battle]

Okay. I feel like, because we've traveled to the country, like, I could meet anyone and be like, you're from this part of the country.

[Lois]

This is how, like, we may start becoming psychics. Like, especially with Izzy Trash. When guys come up because we've asked so many questions, we know based on, like, the shirt they're wearing, if they have an apple, watch what kind of socks, how they do their hair. We know, like, what career they have, what kind of, like, personality they.

[Grace Battle]

I've even guessed some men's names right before. We're sociologist.

[Lois]

We're sociologists. This is a. This is a scientific podcast. I want. Speaking of science, have you heard about the water aliens? Are they on your. Your algorithm?

[Grace Battle]

They sure freaking are.

[Lois]

Why is no one Talking about.

[Grace Battle]

No, this is the craziest thing. Like, it's not a conspiracy theory. Like, they've set. They said, hey, there's some people, and they live in the ocean.

[Lois]

This is why they're pushing Domingo so hard right now on snl, because they're trying to distract us from the water aliens.

[Grace Battle]

Shout out, Marcelo.

[Lois]

Shut up, Marcelo.

[Grace Battle]

No, there's shout out Marcelo and his start, which was Hannah Berder's bachelorette party. Like, I don't think he's, like, remembering his roots and where he came from. And it was Hannah's bachelorette party, in which we convinced him to do that set to, like, become a comedian. And now on snl, we're also managers and agents.

[Lois]

If you're wondering who the girls are behind Marcelo, it's us. It's kick biscuits.

[Grace Battle]

It was literally us. We took a chance on an unknown kid and we said, you're a star. We crank out talent.

[Lois]

I mean, we just look, we have an eye for these things.

[Grace Battle]

We sure do.

[Lois]

And we have an eye for humor. Yeah. The water aliens, like, hello, what are we going to do? What are we going to. Are they. Are they cool? Are they not? Like, I need some more information.

[Grace Battle]

I'd love to think they are cool. I've heard, like, diff. Then I've, like, gotten on conspiracy theory TikTok of, like, what their demeanor is, what they're like, where they're from, like.

[Lois]

All this weird shit we have to see. Like, who's talking about them? Like, is it their friends talking about them? Because then they're cool. But if it's their enemies, then obviously the enemies would talk on them.

[Grace Battle]

Here's the. Here's why I am going with the thought of, like, that they're cool is because, like, they've been in the sky. Like, they've seen, like, they're saying the.

[Lois]

Sky or the water.

[Grace Battle]

They're saying that, like, their little contraption things that they're in or whatever have gone up into the sky, and then they go back down and they live under the water. So it's like, they've seen us. They know about us. And they're like, we have no interest. And it's kind of cunt the current.

[Lois]

In the current climate, we're going to go under the water. So they have, like, a whole town underwater, like Atlantis.

[Grace Battle]

I don't know. I don't know.

[Lois]

Are they hot?

[Grace Battle]

I just feel like they see us and they're like, ew. Like, they're New Yorkers going to any other city. They're like, cute, but I'd never live here so bad. It's literally me going anywhere in the Midwest. I'm like, so cute. I have no interest.

[Lois]

Yeah, I'm just. I was watching this alien abduction thing on Netflix about how this woman was like, she's like this Italian woman that was just like, one day the aliens, like, put something in my nose and they did an X ray and there's like a little thing in my nose and they're like, tracking me.

[Paige DeSorbo]

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[Grace Battle]

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[Paige DeSorbo]

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[Hannah Berner]

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[Lois]

Can I just say one thing about the Internet? The Internet was supposed to bring truth to the world and somehow nothing has been, nothing is accurate and everything's. I mean, look at like.

[Grace Battle]

Let's talk about Hannah. Nothing's real.

[Lois]

Let's talk about Mike Tyson and Jake Paul.

[Grace Battle]

Rigged. Not a real thing.

[Lois]

Like, how have I'm happy that Mike Tyson got $20 million? I didn't have to see elder abuse on my TV.

[Grace Battle]

I feel like, okay, this is also so crazy. Me, Hannah and Grace were in.

[Paige DeSorbo]

Where were we?

[Lois]

We're driving.

[Grace Battle]

We were driving from some city in Texas to another city in Texas. I literally can't even tell You. And everyone makes one of my iPad. But, hey, we watched the fight on my iPad, and we. This is gonna be crazy. We used a hotspot, and Hannah literally thought it was aliens.

[Lois]

I don't believe in hotspots.

[Grace Battle]

Hannah does not believe in hotspots.

[Lois]

I have a question. If my Internet wasn't working today and we wanted to do this zoom, could you hotspot. Could I have used a hotspot? Could I have used it?

[Grace Battle]

Yeah.

[Lois]

Would it have worked for a zoom?

[Grace Battle]

Yeah.

[Lois]

Like, does it max out? Like, it could do a zoom.

[Grace Battle]

It could do a zoom.

[Lois]

Could I download a video?

[Grace Battle]

Yeah, you could probably download.

[Lois]

Could I contact a water alien? Okay, so my toxic trait is. I think I could do a Mike Tyson impression. Look, Jake Paul's gonna die. I'm a killer, and I'm gonna kill him. And that's just what happens. And I love my pigeons, and I love my daughter, and I think I have a son. I'm not sure. And look, they're gonna die. I can't help it.

[Grace Battle]

That's pretty good.

[Lois]

I can't help it.

[Grace Battle]

It's also just, like, he has a lisp. No one's talking about it. No one talks about it.

[Lois]

I'm just doing my Andrew Collins on the higher octave. No, but that's why I was scared, because Jake Paul comes in all flashy. His brother's spraying him with whatever they're promoting.

[Grace Battle]

I had to look up what that was, because it was. Which is probably exactly what they wanted you to do. Yeah, it was like a spray deodorant.

[Lois]

Whatever. It's a spray deodorant. And they're milking it. And they have cars and explosions. They had pigeons in a. In a box.

[Grace Battle]

I loved. I just loved being on Tick Tock after and, like, all the girls just being like, oh, women are so emotional. And it's just a picture of Jake Paul rolling in on, like, that car. It's like, we're so dramatic. Okay.

[Lois]

Yeah. And then Mike Tyson shows up, just himself in a ripped black shirt. And I'm like, I'm out. Like, I'd be like. I'd be so scared, I would have.

[Grace Battle]

Been peeing my pants.

[Lois]

Also, when I found out that Mike Tyson doesn't brush his teeth, I was.

[Grace Battle]

Like, that's insane behavior.

[Lois]

That's the same behavior. And that's why, like, I would not want to fight him. No, not that. So then they start fighting, and at first we're like, okay, my. It's 58. He can't fight. But then everyone's saying, like, he didn't do one uppercut. Yeah. Which is his known move.

[Grace Battle]

I've heard stories that in the contract it said that Mike Tyson, no uppercut, could not perform any uppercuts and could not knock him out in the first round. I think that he would have been knocked out in the first round, but if they went to eight rounds, they were gonna get more money, and they need. And Mike Tyson wanted the money. And I stand. I stand with you.

[Lois]

Well, that little girl interviewed Mike Tyson. It was so cute. And she was like, mike Tyson, what does this mean for your legacy? And he was like, legacy, the made up and we're all gonna die and be underground someday. And she was like, oh, I never thought about it.

[Grace Battle]

She was like, perfect. Thank you.

[Lois]

That girl quit her job and she was going to be a future sports reporter, and he went to the dark side with her. But anyway, long story short, I'm just sick of fake shit. Can we get back to being real?

[Grace Battle]

Hannah, I'm so glad you said that, because I had the exact same feeling the other day where I was just.

[Lois]

Like, I'm sick of marketing.

[Grace Battle]

I'm like, is anything real?

[Lois]

Everything's clickbait. Everything is clickbait nowadays, and I'm so fucking sick of it.

[Grace Battle]

Okay, well, then, you know what I mean, this is a perfect time for me to call myself out, because a couple of pods ago, I was on here, like, complaining about rage bait, and I was just like, what is rage bait?

[Lois]

Like this.

[Grace Battle]

Like, it's like, really annoying me. And I. It's like a made up thing and blah, blah, blah. I posted a picture yesterday in my grid that was a bunch of things in a TSA bin.

[Lois]

Now, I was gonna ask about.

[Grace Battle]

Someone commented and said, lipstick cap off. You know about rage bait. Now, I was not aware that that was something that was infused in rage bait, like taking your lipstick cap off. Also, guys, I want to preface, I did not take that at the actual TSA line. You freaks. How can I have possibly gotten that iconic shot? If you think that me and my assistant aren't over here thinking of new aesthetics and cute things. I ordered a TSA bin on Amazon. All my TSA Bin pics. Like, if you ever see a TSA bin, pick where it's like, cute aesthetic accessories. I have a TSA bin and I take it in my living room.

[Lois]

You're the problem.

[Grace Battle]

No, I know. That's why I'm. That's why I'm being truthful.

[Lois]

And I love that you're open and honest about that. But you ordering a TSA bin on Amazon is the craziest. That's up there with the girls taking photos in the private jets. That's just one chair in Hollywood, like, in a store.

[Grace Battle]

I think it.

[Lois]

Look.

[Grace Battle]

I think those pictures are so fucking cool.

[Lois]

I did comment. I was like, that's why you took so long in tsa.

[Grace Battle]

Yeah, like, I could have never gotten that in tsa. I'm throwing in different bags. We're doing different shoes. We're like, I'm playing. I'm over here playing.

[Lois]

So I commend you for not only understanding what Rage Bait is, but then participating in it. Participating.

[Grace Battle]

Just trying to immerse myself in the culture so that I really know.

[Lois]

And that shows how you can learn and change perspective on something and embrace it. Things that you previously hated. So maybe you're bringing the world together in this political climate. So Grace posted a bunch of stuff on Instagram, and you commented, take down this photo.

[Grace Battle]

Yeah.

[Lois]

Then Grace told me that you can go in and take down a photo after posting.

[Grace Battle]

You can take. So I'm connected to the Giggly Squad account. So I was like, what am I doing? Waiting for Grace to take down this horrible photo. Let me go on to the account, and you can delete the. I think you can only delete in, like, the carousel of, like, however many are in the dump. I want to say you can only delete the first one, but I might be wrong. I think you can go in and delete other ones.

[Lois]

I had no idea that was, like, a woman in stem. Yeah.

[Grace Battle]

A feature that was updated, like, a little bit ago.

[Lois]

I have a pitch for the next Emily in Paris.

[Grace Battle]

Okay.

[Lois]

Because I heard that. Well, my mom's watching it. She loves it. I know she's in Paris. And then they're kind of running out of ideas, so they brought her to Italy. I want to see Emily in Pittsburgh. I want to see Emily go to a regular city which actually has. Pittsburgh has beautiful water.

[Grace Battle]

Just a town.

[Lois]

Just like just a town. I want to see Emily meeting the guy who is a plumber and flirting with him and doing marketing for Pittsburgh's Steelers. I want to see Emily in Pittsburgh next. I'm sick of this glamorous, let's bring it back to the States. America needs you right now, Emily.

[Grace Battle]

Because you know what? Nothing's real. Nothing is real.

[Lois]

You still haven't watched the Substance with Demi Moore, have you?

[Grace Battle]

I haven't, but you want to know what? I started, like, the first five minutes of it, and I fell asleep.

[Lois]

I do have to say, it's not a chill movie. It's a movie that, like.

[Grace Battle]

Well, when it started. Here's the thing that I don't like when it. Some movies. It does. They don't preface that. It's super fucking artsy. Like, the way it's shot.

[Lois]

There should be a warning.

[Grace Battle]

There should be some type of warning.

[Lois]

They go, hey, this is some artsy bullshit.

[Grace Battle]

Yeah. Like, I need a warning. Like, hey, we're gonna sing more than two songs. Thank you. I'm out. Hey, it's gonna be shot from, like, a different angle lens that you rarely see. Thank you so much. I'm out.

[Lois]

Like, what did Craig the DP think of their video direction?

[Grace Battle]

He wasn't around. I couldn't. Professional opinion.

[Lois]

It's the kind of thing you're gonna watch, and then you have to turn to the person next to you and, like, you're gonna have a strong opinion on it. Like, the Internet is divided, so I'm ex. I think everyone should watch it.

[Grace Battle]

I will say Demi Moore is legit aging backwards. I. I want to know what she's done. And, like, can we talk about Christina Aguilera? Because, like, is that her?

[Lois]

Well, Christina Aguilera and Lindsay Lohan, both. Sex. Sacrificed the blood of orphans and injected it into their spine.

[Grace Battle]

Yeah.

[Lois]

And then they now look like they're 17.

[Grace Battle]

Yeah. Like, how does Christina Aguilera look like that? Like, for serious. What? Like, I need her to say what she did. Like, I feel like she definitely went on Ozempic for, like, a little bit and. But, like, how this.

[Lois]

The stem cells of baby toads.

[Grace Battle]

Yeah. It's just. It's kind of crazy.

[Lois]

It's. Technology is getting, like, scary. But I do have to say. And someone on. I. I don't know who said it, but it's important. On Tick Tock, it wasn't me. They said, would you rather look weird but young?

[Grace Battle]

Look weird but young. Okay.

[Lois]

Like, you look young, but you look off.

[Grace Battle]

Okay.

[Lois]

Or just. Or just look a little bit like you aged.

[Grace Battle]

A little bit. Like, aged. I don't want to look weird.

[Lois]

I can't wait to look old. And we talk about this all the time. I want to be one of those interesting older women that wears thick glasses, big glasses. And it's honestly, one of the hardest parts of my life is that I have 2020 vision, so I can't. And I. I really get overstimulated when I have glasses on. I feel like you can't take it off.

[Grace Battle]

If you ever see Hannah in sunglasses, seriously fighting For. Because they will be off in the next five seconds. You've caught a rare moment where she has them on. Yeah. She walked into a car the other day. She was trying to put her seatbelt on, and she couldn't click it. And she was like, it's because I have sunglasses.

[Lois]

I couldn't see shit. I also wear the cheapest sunglasses, but I want to be an older woman with a big smock.

[Grace Battle]

Okay. Okay.

[Lois]

And big, thick, like, tortoiseshell or, like, bright green glasses.

[Grace Battle]

Yeah.

[Lois]

And then, like, gray short hair or like, a bob moment.

[Grace Battle]

Okay.

[Lois]

And. And I'm busy. Like, I'm yelling at someone on the phone, and I have, like, cool jewelry that I got in, like, Milan and then in my trip to South America.

[Grace Battle]

Yeah. And you just have a story for, like, every. Everything that's in your home. You have, like, a story behind it. It's not just, like, tchotchkes. It's like, it has.

[Lois]

And I curse. I curse, but it's hilarious. Like, everyone's like, watch out, Grandma's. Oh, there's the F bomb.

[Grace Battle]

And you have, like, three grandkids.

[Lois]

And let's be honest, by that time, Des will have passed, and I will have a rotating suitors. And no one's allowed to tell the suitors that there are other suitors. So when they come in, they think their grandma's only one. I said, don't tell them that grandma saw someone different last night.

[Grace Battle]

Yeah. You're basically. You want to be Martha Stewart, but, like, a little bit more eclectic.

[Lois]

Yes. Eclectic Martha Stewart.

[Grace Battle]

And that's your vibe.

[Lois]

And that's my vibe. What are. What's your vibe going to be?

[Grace Battle]

My hair is going to be dark. Mine will be dyed. I will go every six weeks and get my grays touched up, or they'll.

[Lois]

Come to your home or not go outside.

[Grace Battle]

You want to know what? At some point, I will build a salon in my home. Like, at some point, there will be chairs that you can get your hair washed. In my home, there will be, like, a spot where, like, a masseuse can come. I'll definitely have, like, a steam. A steam room and a sauna. Like, at some point in my life, you could never leave my home and be fine. Like, that is my dream. My dream is to have such a successful life that inside my home, I never need to leave.

[Lois]

You have your own Atlantis in your home.

[Paige DeSorbo]

Yes.

[Lois]

You are a water alien of your mansion. I love that for you.

[Grace Battle]

Thank you.

[Lois]

Not to bring politics up, but what's a cabinet?

[Grace Battle]

Who cleans it? Who stocks it?

[Lois]

Why are there cabinets and are they organized? Are they in the house? In the White House? Are they not in the White House? Are they in.

[Grace Battle]

If we had a cabinet, who would be in it?

[Lois]

Great question.

[Grace Battle]

First and foremost, Grace Battle.

[Lois]

Grace.

[Grace Battle]

Grace would be head of our cabinet.

[Lois]

Head of the cabinet.

[Grace Battle]

Snoop Dogg would be there for just.

[Lois]

Like, general vibes, then Butter and Daphne.

[Grace Battle]

I'm putting Martha Stewart in my cabinet for sure.

[Lois]

Cardi B. Cardi B. Domingo.

[Grace Battle]

Domingo. Would 100 be in our cabinet? Matthew McConaughey. Just for, like, a little structure. Just for, like, someone to really lean on in hard times.

[Lois]

You love, you love.

[Grace Battle]

I'm obsessed with Matthew McConaughey. I've always loved Matthew McConaughey and I think I feel very connected to him because we share a birthday.

[Lois]

I didn't know that. Scorpio Kings. Who else would be in it?

[Grace Battle]

I actually share a birthday with Bethenny Frankel, Matthew McConaughey, and I want to say Oprah.

[Lois]

Wow.

[Grace Battle]

Let me look that up, though, because I could have literally made that up. When is no birthday. Yep, I made that up. January 29th is her birthday. Whatever. I'll ride with Matthew McConaughey and Bethany Frankel. What a fucked up trio that would be. How insane the holiday season can be stressful, but not with Nordstrom. They have a gift for everyone on your list, including yourself. Discover the best gifts and party dresses for festivities this holiday season. Get festive fashion advice from Nordstrom experts for free in stores online. And the Nordstrom app. They have gifts for everyone. Stocking stuffers gifts under $100 gift cards give whoever is on your list the perfect gift. The gift of choice gift cards let them explore Nordstrom on their own time. Explore more at Nordstrom in stores or [e-mail] or download the Nordstrom app.

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[Grace Battle]

Actually, wait. I kind of do want to say something. I've been seeing a lot of discourse online recently and I just want to say like, I do not watch Real Housewives of New York City. I don't watch anything on Bravo because it just, like, I would need an instant beta blocker. Like, I can't do it, but I want to come out with, like an un. Like, not the same opinion as everybody else. Like, people are hating the new Real Housewives of New York City. Like, I mean, they're going hard in their. In their tick tocks and in their comments. And I just.

[Lois]

Oh, they're like, in their comments.

[Grace Battle]

Yeah. Just being like, this show sucks. You guys all suck. Like, there's. And everyone loved it last year and blah, blah, blah. I just want to say, let's get.

[Lois]

A professional opinion right now.

[Grace Battle]

I just want to say from like a. Yeah, from a professional opinion. You like everyone when they're on for their first season. Why would they make the show that you don't like everyone? They want you to watch the show. So, yes, you are going to like everyone when they're on for their first season. And everyone on that show was a first season cast member. I do think that we should give the Real Housewives of New York City a little bit of grace. It is very hard to film a reality TV show. And every single person on that cast has never filmed a reality TV show. They have no idea what is going on. And like, yeah, okay, they did their first season. They're like, okay, yeah, we know. And then it came out and they were like, yeah, we know how to film a reality TV show. Then they get hit with a second season and they have no one to turn to because no one's ever filmed a TV show before.

[Lois]

That is such a. A really important point. Speaking as people who came into a show. Yeah, when you're the new people, you look around and there's a flow to how things go. It's basically like, imagine shooting a movie and no one's ever shot.

[Grace Battle]

No one's ever shot.

[Lois]

And they're like, do it. You need a couple people who were like, this is how there's a floating.

[Grace Battle]

How we shoot. And that is one thing I will say about Summer House. Like, coming in as a new person, we very quickly learned and were taught by the cast members that were already on the show. This is how you film and this is what happens. And we, like, learned. But after we filmed our first season, then we came back our second season and still had more things to learn of, like, the flow and how what you talked about.

[Lois]

Because I'll be honest, for a good show to happen, you need certain characters, storyline, you need arcs, and it takes a lot of People like it is work. And it also is not just a bunch of people talking. Even though it's seems effortless like that there's storylines that everyone has and when people are like, oh, they're producing themselves because you're literally told you need to have a storyline or you're kicked off the show.

[Grace Battle]

Right. And I just think that. I just think that they did a real disservice to put together the perfect cast is it never happens. It's way too. Like, it's so hard to get.

[Lois]

They should not have had everyone be green. They should have kept some legacy. And they shouldn't be called legacy.

[Grace Battle]

They should.

[Lois]

That's like, that's their lives. So agents alive. They're still alive. But I think there is something important to be said about people who know the ropes and know how to make a good season. And I also want to say one more thing since we're, you know, laying it all out there.

[Grace Battle]

Yeah.

[Lois]

The reason people's first seasons, they make you likable is because if something's going to happen to you later on, people have to care.

[Grace Battle]

Yeah.

[Lois]

And no one cares if they never felt connected to you in the first place.

[Grace Battle]

Right.

[Lois]

So a lot of people come in and their first season, they get shown in, like, the best possible light. And then their second season or third season is normally when shit hits the fan and they're like, how could this happen? I did the same thing I did last season and it's like, well, now we're not introducing you anymore. We're now using you for storyline.

[Grace Battle]

Like, I've seen so many things cut from my own show, from other shows, because it's like, like, well, nobody would care because nobody cares about that. That person or nobody cares about this drama.

[Lois]

Like, there are a lot of times where you're like, how did only one person be the only drama all season? No, there was other drama, but they knew that it wasn't what the audience wanted to see.

[Grace Battle]

Right. And so I think, like, everyone coming so hard at them for their second season, like, they're unable to be like, we don't know how to film the show. Yeah, they can come out, but it's not their fault.

[Lois]

But I also think they didn't even know while filming the second season what they didn't know.

[Grace Battle]

Right. Like, they didn't know. Like, oh, the second season, it's not as good as the first season. Like, they had no idea because, like, they don't have anything to go off of.

[Lois]

And also, if they're listening, shout out if you're cast on a TV show, you can never believe what they've made you look like, because once you believe you're the person that they're putting on tv, then you're believing the hype of yourself, which is not true. It's still a character.

[Grace Battle]

I just think there's such, like, a learning curve in doing reality tv. Like, I am certainly not the person I was when I did my first season of reality tv. I'm not even the person I was when I filmed this last summer. Like, there's such a learning curve, and there's such, like, different aspects of it. And the best advice I ever got from someone was, 50% of people are gonna hate you. 50% of people are gonna love you. And neither of them are right because they don't know you, actually. So, like, yeah, I used to watch the show when I was. Like, when we would get it before it would air. Now, like, it's not. It's the way I feel about Instagram comments. It's actually none of my business anymore. Like, once it's out, once your art is out into the world, you don't. You don't own it anymore. So, like, for me to watch it and go through, like, what I think viewers are thinking when they watch it, like, that's too much anxiety. Like, so I can't watch it.

[Lois]

I was told something similar. I was told, you can't believe the hype or the hate because if you start believing the hype about yourself, then naturally you're gonna believe the hate also. And people are just judging based on the oversimplified version of you. And it's true. I actually just watched this documentary about WWE, about Vince McMahon. It was. It took, like. It was a long, long documentary. But WWE is all storylines because. And the way they get a good storyline is getting emotion from people. So he said once they'd get someone and they wouldn't know if the fans would like or hate the person, but they just needed a reaction. And if a guy walked up and people booed, he was happy because it means the aud is engaged. But if a guy walked up to fight and no one did anything, he was like, this isn't like, I'm done. So they needed to at least get people to love or hate. I mean, at least people are talking about Roni, but I guess they're mad that it's boring.

[Grace Battle]

I guess they're, like, not. They're saying, like, they're not watching it. It's a boring. Blah, blah, blah. But I just Think, like, give them a little grace. They're figuring out how to film a TV show. They. This is only the second time they've been on tv. Like, they don't. But then you could say the same for Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. That, like, they were all new. Too true.

[Lois]

But they crushed it.

[Grace Battle]

But they, like, have been crushing it. But I just think there's a lot of pressure in New York because their first season, they hyped up so much. Like, every single article was like, new York City's back. These are the best women in New York City. And so, like, I think it gave, like, the viewer, like, oh, they're gonna perform the way we're used to New York City performing.

[Lois]

You guys, this is the realest reality TV lore you're getting right now. With Salt Lake City, they had to prove themselves.

[Grace Battle]

They had to prove themselves.

[Lois]

They came on being like, why? You're Utah? Like, who gives a fuck? We don't even understand your religion. We don't understand your families. We don't know who you guys are. Why should we care?

[Grace Battle]

Yeah, why should we care?

[Lois]

These women gave everything. They gave everything.

[Grace Battle]

They went to jail.

[Lois]

They went to jail. But New York, I think Bravo really wanted to make sure and guarantee that the audience was gonna like the new New York and not miss the old New York. So they pushed it so hard to be so good, and it's almost like they didn't earn it, and they were just given. Like, you're the new people, and you guys are great.

[Grace Battle]

Yeah.

[Lois]

And then I think the girls are protecting this brand that they were just given and they didn't earn. And I don't mean this. Like, obviously, they've worked hard in some capacity with what they could do. Yeah. But no one's gone to jail.

[Grace Battle]

It's just. It's harder to film a reality TV show than people think. And it's harder to give, like, good entertainment and have good flow and not harp on situations for too long and get to the next moment, but also, like, give enough context to the moments. Like, it's not as easy as people.

[Lois]

It's saying very difficult, especially a friend group. I think, also, what would you do if you were Bravo? Would you bring back Dorinda and Luann and try to force a friend?

[Grace Battle]

I don't think I would, because it's almost like we're past that. Like, if they had done that in the first season, like, they kept Sonya and Luann and then they brought in the new girls, I think that maybe would have helped even if they got rid of Sonya and Luanne, like in the second season or in the third season, it still would have given the new girls, like, something to go off of, I think, like, genuinely. And I've met a lot of the Real Housewives of New York City, like, the new ones, and they're all very lovely and nice. And so I do think, like, giving them a little bit of grace of like, okay, let them film again and like, like, it will get better as time goes on. But second season, yeah, second season is hard for any cast member, let alone an entire show of all second season cast members.

[Lois]

Yeah. I mean, also, I just want to preface this. This is coming from two people. I've never seen a minute of the nickname.

[Grace Battle]

No, I have not watched a second of this season. Like, I also.

[Lois]

Everything we just said is a fact.

[Grace Battle]

Is true and is a fact because I just kept seeing videos of like, it sucks. This is why it's bad, and blah, blah, blah. And it's like, like, yeah, okay, well, none of the people making the videos, none of you have filmed a reality TV show, so I don't think you actually know why it's bad. And like, so I felt like I had to say, like, it's not bad, it's just, it's harder for them. Like I will say, when we came on to Summer House, like, we did have very good cast members who were like, this is now we're gonna do this and now we're gonna do that season.

[Lois]

While they were introducing us and they were like repeating how many times I play tennis. And you were, and you were talking about you love fashion outf. We couldn't have sustained the first season. We needed other people's messy storylines.

[Grace Battle]

Right?

[Lois]

So what happened is the first season, everyone was just introducing themselves and they're like, this is so fun. Second season, we don't give a fuck. We know who you are. Show me what you're bringing to the table. If you want to do reality tv.

[Grace Battle]

I'm just going to say this too. It is very nerve wracking filming a television show that you have no control of the edit. So, like, yeah, they're watching what they say because they don't want to get canceled or they don't want to be the most hated. Like, yeah, they're nervous. Like, wouldn't you be nervous?

[Lois]

It's once you're liked, it's hard because you want to keep that. So then you're like, when they ask you, like, hey, can you bring up this problem? You're like, what you're like, I don't want to be. I don't want. Why would I risk it? And then you have a bunch of people who are trying to save face. That's not. You think anyone in Vanderpump ever tried to save face?

[Grace Battle]

Right, Right. They're nervous that, like, everyone's gonna hate them. And I. And it's so easy to be like, who cares what people think? And I am so. And I am such a split personality when it comes to that. Like, I want everyone to like me. But also then I'll get into moods where, like, I don't give a fuck if you like me or not.

[Lois]

Yeah.

[Grace Battle]

But it's a constant. Yeah, it's a constant battle of, like, wait, this episode's gonna come out and I'm gonna be perceived, and people are either gonna love or hate me. And in reality, I've never met any of them. And so, like, I think they're all just, like, kind of going through it a little bit. And I do, like, feel for them that, like, all so many people are, like, not liking it. And that's got to be tough because you do go through a filming season and you're like, that was hard.

[Lois]

I do think the best shows are on reality TV is when there's an understanding within the cast that everyone's going to have their ups and downs, but together were making a good show.

[Grace Battle]

Yeah.

[Lois]

And I think that's where there's been, like, ups and downs with Summer House, when it became less about, like, us making a good show and instead trying to, like, like, push people out or that kind of thing, or be like, who's the. Who's the man of the group? Or whatever, which has happened with Vanderpump. But when everyone could be like, put our heads down. Let's do a good show. But then it's hard because you don't know who's might come out looking the worst airs.

[Grace Battle]

Right.

[Lois]

So you're. You're like, why should I?

[Grace Battle]

It becomes about egos after you're done filming. Like, I feel like Love island this year actually did, like, kind of explained it a little better. Like, Leah came out of the house and had no idea people loved her because she had no idea what was being shown and, like, what the other perspectives were. So, like, Real Housewives of New York City, they filmed, and then they had no idea who was going to be loved or hated. And so then they go into, like, it airing and they're, like, scrambling of, like, well, I didn't meet. I didn't say this then and this. And like, I had this conversation before. And so then you try and backtrack.

[Lois]

And it's like on Bravo, it's, you know, a little bit more. Because Love island, it's going out every day.

[Grace Battle]

Yeah.

[Lois]

With Bravo, you know, by the questions that you're being asked in interviews.

[Grace Battle]

Yeah.

[Lois]

So you'll see in an interview or you'll. You'll hear that everyone's talking about you in interviews. So you're like, oh, shoot, I think I'm the problem where. But it's. It's like they're also. Everyone could have been talking about someone else. So it's like.

[Grace Battle]

Right.

[Lois]

It's basically like after a hangout, which group are then you hanging out with of who's talking about who? You could talk about anyone after the hangout. So anyway, it's just. It's interesting perspective and I think, like, WWE is a perfect example of how, like, you need people that you like and people that you hate, but that it's. It's not always accurate and they don't always know how people are going to respond. With that said, is this why there's some, like, rumors going around that you might join Roni?

[Grace Battle]

That.

[Lois]

Okay, who started that? Daphne.

[Grace Battle]

Daphne literally started that. No, I don't know who started that. But, like, it's a different production company. So, like, it's not just Bravo being like, and, hey, we're going to put you on this show now. Like, my contract is with my production company. And, like, so it's not as easy, I think, as people will would think. Now, if someone said, hey, we want you to be on Real Housewives of New York City next year and not Summer House, like, would I do that? I would definitely think about it. Like, I would definitely have to weigh, like, certain pros and cons because that's me going into. That would be a repeat of me going into an established friend group and then, like, having to film with them. And, like, I wouldn't have a friend. And so, like, I would actually be really nervous to do that. Would it probably fit with my lifestyle now better? 100%. It doesn't really even cross my mind day to day because it's like, I'm on Summer House, so, like, that's my show. I don't need to be on Real Housewives of New York City. But the only reason I wanted to say all of this was because I felt bad, like, that they were all. Not that I even know the drama or the storylines, but I felt bad seeing that they were all Getting. Getting such hate. And I was like, they're all a second season cast. They. They don't know what. They don't know.

[Lois]

As they say in sports, they're young team.

[Grace Battle]

They're young team.

[Lois]

They're young.

[Grace Battle]

They're young building and they're rebuilding. And I think we have to give them a little bit of grace. Yeah, let's do it. How the men do it when they support their favorite teams that suck. They're a young team.

[Lois]

It's weird because I guess people have been saying, like, oh, it's boring, it's boring. But you can't get mad at the girls necessarily. It's a group project. You know, it's a full group project.

[Grace Battle]

You can't get mad at, like just one because she's not giving. It's like, okay, well, this one's not giving this. And it's. So it's a group project.

[Lois]

And not to have toxic positivity, but it takes one person sleeping with another person's husband. And then you have Sandoval and Vanderpump's back. So maybe let's, you know, let's keep our eyes open.

[Grace Battle]

Yeah.

[Lois]

And our legs. Oh, goodness gracious. I had one more note about cats.

[Grace Battle]

Okay. Yes. And we'll take it.

[Lois]

Which I was talking to you a little bit about, but I realized the. I have a joke in my Netflix special. I don't know if I put it in it. Anyway, it's about how cats just have really bad PR and dogs have, like, amazing PR and cats PR is horrible. Like, the pickleball PR and dog pr, I think work together. Yeah. Because every dog in every movie is like the best friend, and he's there for him and that Marley and me and Air Bud, they play fucking basketball. Cats and movies are always an afterthought. They're never part of the storyline. It's always like there's a cat sleeping in the background, not dealing with anyone or sitting on the villain's lap. So associating it with evil or a witch and, like cursing people. And no one sees how cats actually are. Like, so when people like, you get a cat and you're like, oh, my God, I had no idea. It's not your fault. The media has brainwashed me. The media's brainwashed you. It's. And there's a war on cats in the media. There's a war because if I was actually show, like a TV show of Hannah with Mike, who has a cat, you wake up, my cat's sleeping with me. Get up to Eat. The cat's coming with me. We go watch tv. The cats with me. But in movies, the cat doesn't want to be on camera.

[Grace Battle]

Here's the thing. Cats are just so private.

[Lois]

Cats are like, I'm not pretending to cuddle with you with this man with a, like, camera. Huge camera in my face. Like, I'm not getting involved with that.

[Grace Battle]

Yeah, they. I would dare to say cats have boundaries. And we should take. We should take a note.

[Lois]

Dogs are a little attention whoring. I did. I. Did I say on the pod how DEZ lost his dog? I think I did. He lost this dog in Ireland and.

[Grace Battle]

He was like, with a new family. By nighttime, it was Nathan sleeping in.

[Lois]

A new family's bed at night. Butter would never.

[Grace Battle]

No, Daphne. What? Daphne might. If there's tuna treats.

[Lois]

Let's be honest, Dap, you've been gone for a couple days and Daphne's not happy.

[Grace Battle]

She's not happy.

[Lois]

And she has full time cat sitting. She has a rotating.

[Grace Battle]

Here's the thing. She's such a. Daphne is her mom. I mean, she literally. She lashes out and then she's like, sorry. And I'm like, it's fine. You're so cute. She has round the clock care. This was not alone for. She was alone for, like, I'm not kidding, eight hours. My brother left on a Sunday night and I was arriving on a Monday morning. Like, she truly was not alone for more than 12 hours on my living room carpet. I got this stain up, but the smell is. It's. It's suffocating me. It's killing me. I had to. I had to put all my windows up and, like, shut the doors last night to, like, air it out. I literally have to move. And I'm like, why did you do that? I'm like, did you literally do that just because you were, like, alone for a couple hours until I got home? And she.

[Lois]

I think you spoiled her. You spoiled her. So she, like, whenever she's alone, she's like, this is unheard of.

[Grace Battle]

She's like, I'm not doing this. She's like, I. She. Because she knows. I think she knows. Like, I clean everything up immediately. And she's like, this will get her home.

[Lois]

Maybe she didn't love that she wasn't the first grid post in your last Instagram dump.

[Grace Battle]

But she doesn't have Instagram, so how would she know except if you told her?

[Lois]

And. Oh, and cats actually know what's going on at all times. I don't know how I want to let you guys know we have a couple tickets left in Orlando coming up this weekend on Saturday, so. Because we added another show in Orlando. So get tickets if you're going to be in Orlando. And then we have Connecticut, Ohio, Windsor, and a couple tickets left in New York. So go to giggly squad.com.

[Grace Battle]

We also have holiday merch coming out that will be on Friday.

[Lois]

I'm very excited about this drop. Like, it's top tier.

[Grace Battle]

Yeah.

[Lois]

We worked really hard on designing it.

[Grace Battle]

And we have our last couple of Giggly Squad shows. It's the home stretch. It's the last couple of outfits.

[Lois]

Keep your head up, guys.

[Grace Battle]

I'm gonna push through.

[Lois]

We love you so much and thank you for giggling with us. Always.

[Farnoosh Tarabi]

Bye.