Giggly Squad: Giggling about Diners, Demotions, and Shaved Heads

Hosts: Hannah Berner & Paige DeSorbo
Episode Date: September 16, 2025

Episode Overview

This week, Giggly Squad’s Hannah and Paige giggle their way through conversations about fashion week dinners, accessory drama, wedding cake mishaps, pop culture throwbacks, and the wild saga of a new Charlie Sheen documentary. The duo leans into their blend of candid self-deprecation and humor, giving listeners a mix of personal stories, friendship vibes, and cheeky commentary.

1. Outfits, Vibes & Lower East Side Tensions

Timestamps: 01:22–06:00

• Paige arrives with major Lower East Side cool girl energy and is grilled about her unique pant-scarf-one-piece situation by Chris.

  “You love dressing for the part… You love being like, oh, I'm downtown. I'm a whole new bitch.” —Hannah (01:40)

• Discuss Chris’s “Giggly Squad University” status and whether he lives anywhere but the podcast room.
• Fashion as identity: Paige worries about dressing for every occasion and “waking up thinking I’m a Barbie.”
• Big sunglasses drama: Hannah gets roasted by Grace, “It’s giving Kate Plus Eight,” leading to fashion self-doubt.

  “My worst nightmare happened this week.” —Hannah (03:13)

2. On the Road: Hannah’s Comedy Mishap in Buffalo

Timestamps: 03:11–07:53

• Hannah’s mental spiral backstage in Buffalo—she accidentally calls the entire crowd “Boston” instead.

  “I just go, what the fuck is up, Boston? And as I'm saying it, I realize… I could gaslight them and keep going, or admit it.” —Hannah (06:30)

• Buffalo pride: Both agree Buffalo is “the most proud town in the country,” so the flub was especially dire.
• Crowd response: Fans DM Hannah jokes like “Thanks for coming to Boston!”
• Travel logistics: Hannah shares how she got to Buffalo via Rochester, emphasizing how unglamorous the road life really is.

3. Voice Note Mania & Friendship Dynamics

Timestamps: 08:00–12:25

• Voice note exchanges: Hannah sends page-long updates, which Paige sometimes only reads as transcripts to avoid awkwardness in public.

  “This is the problem with being friends with a public figure…” —Hannah (09:34)

• The etiquette of voice notes: Shorter is better, but sometimes friends drop 15-minute monsters.
• Tech gossip: The transcript feature on phones is both a blessing and invading Paige’s privacy at fashion shoots.
• Friendship check-ins: Laughter is mutual, even if the stories are often forgotten by the next day.

4. Fashion Week: Morgan Stewart’s Not-Quite–Fashion Dinner

Timestamps: 13:14–16:16

• Paige gets invited to Morgan Stewart’s Fashion Week dinner.
• The anti-Fashion Week dinner: It’s “not like a Fashion Week dinner,” meaning low-key, no drapes or candles, just a private room full of cool girls and skinny margaritas.

  “It was very, grab your skinny margarita, take a seat, give two pieces of gossip, and then move along.” —Paige (14:12)

• Guests: Tinx, Sarah, Ariel Charnas, and Stewart’s close friends—not a “who’s who” event.
• Paige’s nerves and early exit: She admits she “melts at 10PM” and was first to leave.

5. Accessories Hot Takes: Bracelets, Bangles, and Demotion by Nail Tech

Timestamps: 16:17–20:26

• Jewelry anxiety! Both hosts confess neither can handle bracelets or everyday jewelry (“sensory overload”).

  “I can't do bracelets. There's too much...It's sensory overload.” —Hannah (16:28)

• Rings and marital status: Hannah gets rashes from her wedding ring due to “the water in different states.”
• Accessory FOMO: The existential realization “you wake up and you go, oh no, this outfit needs a belt.”
• Nail drama: Hannah recounts her “demotion” by nail artist Jacqueline to “nubs,” while Paige feels constantly tested by the color/length options her tech gives.

6. Band Encounters, Pop Culture: Vampire Weekend & Celebrity Breakups

Timestamps: 25:24–33:50

• Hannah hangs out with Vampire Weekend (sort of) via Chris and a band member who’s also a comedian/violinist.
• **Paige cluelessly mistakes “Vampire Weekend” for “Vampire Diaries.”
• Nina Dobrev breakup: The hosts discuss Nina’s rumored split after cheating allegations (“She gave him too much confidence”).

  “Look, sometimes I like an ugly guy with a really hot girl, but they were taking it to the limit, that one.” —Paige (26:53)

• Skiing vs. Snowboarding: Paige and Hannah detour into sports stereotypes, ultimately declaring, “I don’t trust a snowboarder.”

7. Throwback Slang, Reality TV Trends, and Catalog Nostalgia

Timestamps: 28:23–34:45

• Hot take: Let’s bring back calling things “whack.”
• Dancing with the Stars: Hannah contemplates watching for the first time thanks to a killer Gen Z social media team.
• Paige wants catalogs back: Reminiscing about flipping through Victoria’s Secret and circling items as a kid.

  “Girls like us being like, Mom, I really want this crop top. And then just men jerking off to it.” —Hannah (31:49)

8. Diners: The Sacred Ritual and Diner Aesthetics

Timestamps: 35:01–37:14

• Hannah dines solo at a classic diner and texts Paige and Grace a mom-style food pic.
• Signs of a good diner:
  • Wooden tables
  • Condiments pre-set
  • Utensils wrapped in a paper napkin
  • Cloudy plastic water cups “abnormally big”

  “When you have ketchup, salt, pepper, they even have their napkins in there…they mean business.” —Paige (36:15)

9. Pop Culture Check-In: Hilary Duff Resurgence, Catfish to Real Estate

Timestamps: 37:21–42:26

• Hilary Duff is back in the studio, possibly inspired by Lindsay Lohan’s “phenomenal year.”
• Millennial Disney nostalgia: Cadet Kelly, Lizzie McGuire, and the “Disney double team” sports movies.
• Nev/Neve from Catfish is now in real estate.

  “He just announced very casually, like, on a city bike. He’s like, if anyone needs help with their homes, I'm selling real estate.” —Hannah (39:27)

10. Fantasy Football & Competitive Streaks

Timestamps: 46:07–48:46

• Hannah’s fantasy football update: She beat Taylor Strecker’s pregnant wife.

  “Come for the beast, you're gonna get eaten. That's what they say. Big dog gotta eat.” —Hannah (46:29)

• Paige’s indifference to fantasy sports: She admits she’d either go “all in or forget it like a Tamagotchi.”
• **Hannah’s near-win last year is framed as actually being a “fucking loser,” since there’s no prize for almost.

11. TikTok Wives, Shaved Heads, and Wedding Cake Red Flags

Timestamps: 49:31–52:39

• Viral debate: Woman shaves head without asking her husband; he demands wigs.

  “When you want to make a drastic change to your hair, normally it means you want a drastic change in your life.” —Hannah (50:17)

• Wedding cake smush: Paige is firmly against it, calling it a “misogynistic” move and recounting an ex who said not letting him smash cake was “not fun.”

  “You hate women.” —Hannah (51:34)

12. The Charlie Sheen Documentary Deconstruction

Timestamps: 53:04–62:26

• Paige and Hannah are obsessed.
  • Spectacular editing and “the best diner confessions.”

  “He did not have to say…10% of what he said, and I would have been like, that's a great documentary.” —Hannah (53:51)

• Wild moments: Ice up the butt to sober up on set; Sean Penn’s NSFW coke anecdotes; men getting “infinite chances” in Hollywood.
• Family dynamics: Denise Richards discussed lovingly, the missing-in-action mom, supportive siblings.
• Discussion of fame addiction:

  “He couldn’t be famous. It was the fame…It wasn’t the movies… It got too much.” —Paige (61:25)

• Takeaways: More men should be as open about their “menu” (bisexuality); Hollywood always forgives famous men, but relationships are more complex.

13. Final Giggles: Revenge TV, Lasagna Soup & International Sushi

Timestamps: 64:49–67:10

• Netflix recommends: “Revenge Love Con”—from the Tinder Swindler survivor turned P.I.
• Lasagna soup’s fall debut and best-ever crispy lasagna in Tuscany.
• Do Italians ever crave sushi? Existential questions about cross-cultural food FOMO.
• Wrap-up musings: “That’s who they are…Like, imagine if you never tried Diet Coke. You wouldn’t crave it.”

Notable Quotes

• “You love being like, oh, I'm downtown. I'm a whole new bitch.” —Hannah (01:40)
• “My worst nightmare happened this week.” —Hannah (03:13)
• “I just go, what the fuck is up, Boston? And as I'm saying it, I realize…” —Hannah (06:30)
• “Grab your skinny margarita, take a seat, give two pieces of gossip, and then move along.” —Paige (14:12)
• “I can't do bracelets. There's too much...It's sensory overload.” —Hannah (16:28)
• “Look, sometimes I like an ugly guy with a really hot girl, but they were taking it to the limit, that one.” —Paige (26:53)
• “When you want to make a drastic change to your hair, normally it means you want a drastic change in your life.” —Hannah (50:17)
• “Come for the beast, you're gonna get eaten. That's what they say. Big dog gotta eat.” —Hannah (46:29)
• “He did not have to say…10% of what he said, and I would have been like, that's a great documentary.” —Hannah (53:51)
• “He couldn’t be famous. It was the fame…It wasn’t the movies… It got too much.” —Paige (61:25)

Recap & Takeaways

• Giggly Squad delivers a fast, loose, and thoroughly entertaining gossip hang—from fashion mishaps to deep pop culture dives.
• The episode touches on friendship etiquette, personal style anxieties, generational slang, and the masculine privilege of endless comebacks.
• Both hosts shine with authentic vulnerability, quick wit, and a refusal to take themselves (or anyone else) too seriously.
• The Charlie Sheen documentary review is not to be missed for fans of pop culture candy with a side of empathy and personal growth.

For listeners who skipped the ads and just want the giggles, this summary brings all the best bits from Hannah and Paige’s latest freewheeling conversation.