Giggling about snakes, security, and singing

Summary

Giggly Squad Podcast Episode Summary
Episode Title: Giggling about Snakes, Security, and Singing
Release Date: November 27, 2024
Hosts: Hannah Berner & Paige DeSorbo

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1. Beverage Talk: The Perfect Espresso Martini

Timestamp [00:32] - [01:29]

Paige kicks off the episode by sharing her and Hannah's obsession with espresso martinis, revealing the secret ingredient: Mr. Black, a premium cold brew coffee liqueur. She highlights its unique flavor profile, emphasizing its non-sweet taste that perfectly complements the cocktail.

Notable Quote:
Paige: "Mr. Black is a cold brew coffee liqueur made from 100% specialty grade coffee and vodka. It's unlike any coffee liqueur. It's not too sweet and it makes the perfect espresso martini." [00:40]

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2. Life on Tour: Routines and Realities

Timestamp [03:02] - [05:29]

Grace and Hannah delve into the daily grind of being on tour, discussing the repetitive nature of travel and performances. They touch upon the mental strains of constant movement and the challenges of managing the same schedule day after day.

Notable Quote:
Grace: "I've never had that happen to me. Apparently, it's because the winds, but he didn't even explain it." [05:41]

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3. Movie Discussion: Anticipation for Wicked

Timestamp [05:29] - [09:49]

The hosts express their excitement for the musical "Wicked," comparing their feelings to those of Adele's appreciation for musical theater. They discuss their varying emotional responses to movies, particularly emphasizing Hannah's ability to compartmentalize emotions during films.

Notable Quote:
Hannah: "I feel like I don't cry that much in movies because, like, I can compartmentalize that. Like, it's a movie." [04:32]

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4. Pop Culture Spotlight: Ariana Grande and Celebrity Interactions

Timestamp [10:12] - [31:02]

Grace and Hannah share their admiration for Ariana Grande, discussing her resilience against criticism and her relentless work ethic. They also mention Rita Moreno, highlighting her iconic status and personal anecdotes related to her career and personal life.

Notable Quote:
Hannah: "She stole her man's husband with a newborn child." [11:49]

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5. Mental Health Focus: Triggers vs. Glimmers

Timestamp [48:38] - [53:57]

The conversation shifts to mental health, introducing the concept of "glimmers" as positive counterparts to triggers. They discuss personal strategies for maintaining mental well-being, such as identifying uplifting elements in daily life and reframing negative experiences.

Notable Quote:
Grace: "Glimmer is the opposite of trigger. So it's like knowing the things that can instantly put you in a better mood and being aware of it." [48:38]

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6. Personal Anecdotes: Miscommunications and Relationships

Timestamp [55:31] - [60:03]

Hannah recounts a humorous misunderstanding with a friend who confused "vowels" with "vowels," leading to a funny exchange. They also explore dynamics in relationships, particularly navigating conversations with partners who might be more knowledgeable or articulate.

Notable Quote:
Hannah: "I was like, well, he's dead." [56:21]

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7. Future Plans: Evolving the Giggly Squad

Timestamp [63:07] - [65:37]

Towards the end of the episode, Grace and Hannah discuss upcoming changes for the podcast, including potential new studio setups and aesthetic updates. They express excitement about these developments while reflecting on their journey and the enduring bond they share.

Notable Quote:
Grace: "You know what's freeing? Having zero expectations and just not being good at something. That's what I'm sick of having to be good at things." [63:16]

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8. Conclusion: Embracing Change and Staying Connected

Timestamp [65:37] - [End]

The hosts wrap up the episode by reaffirming their commitment to their listeners, encouraging them to focus on positive aspects of life, and teasing upcoming surprises. They emphasize the importance of genuine connections and the joy of shared experiences.

Notable Quote:
Grace: "Look out for the glimmers, and we'll talk to you later." [65:36]

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Key Takeaways:

• Espresso Martinis: A highlight is the introduction of Mr. Black as the essential ingredient for the perfect cocktail.
• Tour Life: The repetitive and demanding nature of touring poses significant mental challenges.
• Wicked Anticipation: Excitement for the musical "Wicked" underscores their love for musical theater.
• Ariana Grande Admiration: Their admiration for Ariana Grande reflects on her professional resilience and personal growth.
• Mental Health Strategies: Emphasizing positive "glimmers" as a tool to counteract negative triggers.
• Personal Relationships: Navigating humorous misunderstandings showcases the complexities of communication.
• Podcast Evolution: Plans to revamp the podcast studio indicate growth and adaptation.

This episode of Giggly Squad offers a blend of humor, personal insights, and relatable discussions, making it a captivating listen for both regular listeners and newcomers alike.

Transcript

[Hannah]

What a difference a day makes.

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[Paige]

Okay, Gigglers, I have a bit of a cocktail revelation to share. Hannah and I are obsessed with espresso martinis and have found the secret ingredient for them.

[Hannah]

It's Mr. Black.

[Paige]

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[Hannah]

Sup, gigglers?

[Grace]

Gary, fix your Wi Fi. Manifest that shit. We can't be managed. I mean, the day just got away from me. We're so excited to announce our holiday merch. It just dropped. Gigglysquad.com okay, let me tell you what we did. We have a black on black comfortable sweat set. When I say comfortable, it's like it's light but it's also, also soft, but it's also warm, but it's not too heavy. It's. I think it's the best set we've done. And it's black on black. Can't go wrong. And then Paige dropped her beta blockers blockers hat, beta blockers, which I'm obsessed with. Then we did a gray set. A little preppy, a little cute. And my favorite tea of all time, the Daphne and butter tea. We used actual photos of Daphne and butter and it's such a cute white baby tea. Wear it with jeans. Honestly, wear it with anything. And then we got like a unisex baggier astrology tea that says giggly Sun, Hannah moon page rising and a book that says admin on it because I don't know how we haven't made that yet. So go check gigglysquad.com and grab some merch. And this week in the newsletter we are going to put our favorite giggly squad, small businesses that gigglers recommend or are run by gigglers. So make sure you're subscribed to newsletter because we love to promote our small businesses. This holiday, it's time to take up space to giggle today.

[Hannah]

No page, no.

[Grace]

I'll tell on you right now for singing in the green room. Popular.

[Hannah]

Okay, look, me and Adele. I've always felt very aligned with her. Adele was saying how, like, musicals, like, aren't usually her thing. She, like, so appreciates musical theater people. Like, she just can't imagine how they do it. Blah, blah, blah. That's exactly how I feel. The marketing got me, like, I don't think I made it clear that, like, I was obviously gonna see the movie. Like, I'm gonna see it.

[Grace]

No friends who never post Instagram stories crying are posting Instagram stories crying. So that got me intrigued, but also, I'm that kind of person. Like, I don't want to cry. Like, I'm not paying money for you to make me cry. Like, I'm already teetering. Like, I could cry at any second. I don't want to go there.

[Hannah]

See, I love it as a challenge.

[Grace]

Like, Ozempic. Like, going Ozempic and being like, I'm gonna eat through it. So Charles Barkley was like, I ate right through those epic. So you want to watch Wicked and not cry?

[Hannah]

Well, here's the thing. I. For whatever reason, like, I feel like I don't cry that much in movies because, like, I can compartmentalize that. Like, it's a movie. Like, so I feel like I like going into it already. I'm like, I'm not attached because I know it's a movie, but sometimes, like, there are certain movies that, like, it'll just. I will, like, tear up.

[Paige]

I'm trying to think if I teared up in Barbie.

[Hannah]

I literally can't remember.

[Paige]

I think I did.

[Grace]

I didn't because Des was trying to sleep next to me at a hotel and he was like, why are they so high pitched? You keep saying all these comments, and I was like, you're the reason we're having this movie. Anyway, I had one of my delusional moments. I had a delusional moment.

[Hannah]

Are we.

[Grace]

Well, no, we're not in, like, a good headspace. But we're having so much fun on tour. And look, let's be honest. I'm a personality hire. I'm trying to keep the vibes up. We're fighting for our lives for vibes.

[Hannah]

We are having fun on tour. But, like, here's the thing. The only part of tour that legitimately sucks is the travel. Like, waking up day after day and going to the airport, you start to feel like you're going crazy. Like, you're living the same day over and over. Because our schedule is so the same.

[Grace]

Well, we thought we were crazy today because I'm sitting down, the plane lands in LaGuardia. Like, my. My water literally falls off. And then I'm spacing out.

[Hannah]

We touch down.

[Grace]

We touch down. I start spacing out. I look outside, we're in the air.

[Hannah]

We're back up.

[Grace]

I. I think I'm hallucinating, or, like, I think I've lost my mind. I'm like, I'm just gonna stay quiet. I don't want to freak anyone out. Then you text me, you go, what the fuck was that? And I was like, oh, no, we're both hallucinating. The guy touched down and then went right back up in the air. I've never had that happen to me. Apparently, it's because the winds, but he didn't even explain it.

[Hannah]

No, I've never had that happen to me. And I immediately got scared and, like, looked like dad that was sitting next to me. And he must have realized I was scared because he was like, we're just going to circle around.

[Grace]

Yeah, it took 25 minutes. But anyway, the reason we're bringing this up is because I don't care how old a meme is. If it's funny, it's funny. And that's part of being a giggler. We don't judge what makes you laugh as long as you're laughing.

[Hannah]

Someone's young.

[Grace]

So, Paige, this weekend, I don't know what started it. You started doing the Kanye west quote. Can you do it? It's so good.

[Paige]

Gotcha.

[Hannah]

Gotcha.

[Grace]

It's so good. So we're doing that, and then we get on stage, and I say something. I go, gotcha. And Paige starts dying, laughing. The audience, like, doesn't know what's going on, so we're like, okay, this. Like, it's not even in the zeitgeist, this joke. Like, it really just seems like we're too crazy people. So the plane. The plane lands, it goes back up, pages. Text me. She goes, what just happened? And I just wrote, gotcha.

[Hannah]

No, I think here's, like, a very niche part of Giggly Squad Live. There will be times where just me and Hannah are laughing, and I think that's important to say, or I'll say.

[Grace]

Something, and no one laughs. And you go, that was so funny because.

[Hannah]

Okay, guys, we're going to Giggly Squad, too. Like, we also want to have fun, and so, like, sometimes if we're not.

[Grace]

Giggling, no one's giggling.

[Hannah]

Sometimes we do have to throw, like, a very inside joke to just, like, say hey to the other person. Like, it's not that it's not funny. It's just, like, we couldn't give all the context in the moment.

[Grace]

We have, like, PowerPoint, so there's structure to it, but every now and then, we'll try to add a tag just to make the other one laugh that, like, we don't normally say. So it's, like, way funnier for us than people who are just watching. Anyway, so before the show, we're all watching Wicked, like, promos, and Cynthia is doing this amazing note, this war cry. And when I tell you I've never seen Rick Wicked, like, I couldn't tell you the plot, but I hear this note, and everyone's freaking out.

[Hannah]

Oh, see, I could tell you the plot. I've done my research.

[Grace]

Well, you went. Even though you slept, like, you literally went. I. Yeah.

[Hannah]

So I've never seen it.

[Grace]

I mean, I know it's about witches, and it's, like, related to Oz.

[Hannah]

Like, I feel like I'm actually gonna love it because I love. I love movies with, like, witches, and I love, like, pretty things, and, like, it's fabulous. Yeah, I love, like, shit like that.

[Grace]

I just love things that are successful. Like, I love that people are saying it's, like, really high quality. But I. The same way how, like, I see a Michelin star chef put together a meal, and I'm like, I could put some different things together and make a little, like, circle with. With the sauce. I could do it.

[Hannah]

You just want to make a circle with green sauce.

[Grace]

And literally, I went to college. I could figure it out. And then they're like, oh, orange with beef. We've never seen this before. So I. In my head, I'm like, I could hit that note, like, fully. I'm like, I could hit that note, and I'm gonna tell Paige, and I'm gonna do it on camera. I'm gonna hit this note, and everyone's gonna be like, oh, my God.

[Hannah]

Deep down in your soul, you genuinely thought that you could hit that?

[Grace]

I'm not speaking past tense. I still think I can hit it.

[Hannah]

I know you had a little bit of practice.

[Grace]

Yeah. But I think I could accidentally hit the note. Like, they say a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then.

[Hannah]

Every now and then, even a broken.

[Grace]

Clock is right once a day.

[Hannah]

Maybe we do. The next time we do something that me and you are trying.

[Paige]

Maybe we do.

[Hannah]

We get you a singing lesson and we give you like one hour with a professional vocalist and we see what she says, if there's any potential there, if she can work with that and to see if you can hit that note.

[Grace]

So we posted the video. It was like a six minute video. Grace was laughing, which was distracting to me, and my vocal cords because they tighten up when I giggle. Also, there was no warm up. We didn't, like, people need to factor that in. And of course, the sound in the room, like, wasn't great.

[Hannah]

Yeah, that was it.

[Grace]

You were pretending to be Glinda and I was Elphaba and we're holding each other. At one point you were getting jealous of me because you could tell my potential and that was kind of negative energy towards my vocal.

[Hannah]

No, absolutely. And that's on me. And that's on me. Wait, I want to say one other thing about Wicked. I am like, back in a phase. And I haven't been in this phase since like 20, like 16, where I, like, am obsessed with Ariana Grande again. Maybe even like 2014. I'm like, back to being obsessed with her.

[Grace]

Well, everyone is.

[Hannah]

I know. Like, and I jumped on that train too. And I'm actually. I'm starting to, like, not even be mad at her hair and makeup.

[Grace]

So someone said something on TikTok that was iconic. They were like, with all the drama and shit going down with Ariana Grande. Like, remember she was so hated when she dropped. Yes. And. And all that stuff. She's like, it's so iconic that she shut all the haters up just by being so good.

[Hannah]

No, that's actually so fucking powerful.

[Grace]

I do have respect and people are separating the artist for real. I mean, her SNL performance.

[Hannah]

Wait, what were people mad at her for? Oh, she stole that man's husband.

[Grace]

Steal a man's husband. I mean, I could have believed it, but no, she did not steal a man's husband. She stole spongebob from.

[Hannah]

She stole that man's husband. Or she stole that woman's husband with a newborn child.

[Grace]

What has been cute is seeing. She was talking about how she was on the Sweetener tour and she heard that there might be an audition and she's like, I would leave the Sweetener tour today to start training for that. And it started to make me realize, like, we don't see the hard work differential of like, a superstar and Just someone who's viral for a couple years. Like respect to Taylor and Ariana and Adele. Like, they're putting insane work in that we don't see. Yeah, because they're not posting.

[Hannah]

If somebody asked me, I mean, there was definitely multiple times in the past couple of years that I was like, where the fuck is Ariana Grande?

[Grace]

She was working.

[Hannah]

She was working her ass off.

[Grace]

She was gonna leave her tour that was making her millions and millions of dollars to start training to for just to get the audition.

[Hannah]

I want to love something like that.

[Grace]

Well, I do have to say, actually.

[Hannah]

I love Giggly Squad. Like that I would drop anything to do. Giggly Squad?

[Grace]

Yeah, Giggly Squad. Daphne and Butter. It holds us down.

[Hannah]

No, truly, you know what I thought today when I left you for a brief few hours? I've spent more time with you than anyone in my life. And I have to say that you feel the same, right? Like, have you ever spent more time with someone other than me? But, like, I guess you were on teams. You were on a lot of teams.

[Grace]

I was on teams where, like, you wake up, you see the girls at 6am, you go to class, you see them again at 3, they're your roommates.

[Hannah]

You don't care about them anymore, right?

[Grace]

No, I mean, a couple of the girls on the team still follow Gayly Squad Shout Out Elena, Jojo and Chupa and Chapiya.

[Hannah]

But do you think I'm up there with them as in terms of like, how many hours we've spent together in the past seven years?

[Grace]

Well, you're my best friend, okay? You're my best friend, period.

[Hannah]

Thank you. I needed to hear that.

[Grace]

No, I love you. Why haven't you asked me to try the note again?

[Hannah]

Because, Hannah, it's just I. I'm supportive in everything you do and I truly, I truly, the way I think of you in my mind is that you can do anything. Here's the thing, though. I do limit those sections in which I put you in. Like, she can do anything. Like, funny, you can do it. Acting, you can do it. Athletics, you can do it. I would even like, teeter on cooking because, like, that's basically just reading a recipe. So, like, yeah, she could do it when it comes to singing, which I think is a real blessing that you have when you're born. Look, you don't. You don't choose who you're attracted to, and I don't think you choose to be a singer. Okay?

[Grace]

This is one of those things in life where it's like the one thing I can't do. I want. And I believe that the only thing between me and Cynthia is it's mental.

[Hannah]

She wanted it more. No. Okay. I think that was. I think that's toxic.

[Grace]

We actually feel like I'm so offending the singing community right now.

[Hannah]

Wait, a giggler commented and I was peeing my pants. She goes, this just set back the musical theater like kittens 10 years.

[Grace]

Someone was like, Hannah's the confidence of a man that says he could fly a plane.

[Hannah]

No, it's. I love it.

[Grace]

Can I just try it once for the. For the gigglers.

[Hannah]

Hannah, make it quick.

[Grace]

Okay. Because it took them. Okay, wait.

[Hannah]

I mean, that was actually better. I'm not going to lie. That was better, but, like, it got stuck. I'm gonna say something really controversial and mean. You don't have a pretty singing voice. Like, you don't have a nice voice.

[Grace]

My brother said that I sound like a whale.

[Hannah]

Like a whale sound like some type of animal. Like, in heat.

[Grace]

Thought that I was dead. No, no.

[Hannah]

Absolutely not.

[Grace]

The funniest part of this whole thing is my mom is a professional jazz singer.

[Hannah]

No, I was just gonna say your mom is the actual voice of an angel.

[Grace]

So I called her and I was like, what happened to singing lessons? And she was like, we brought you, and we were all excited. And then I was like, yeah. And then afterwards, no one brought it up again. And she was I that bad as 8 years old. And she was like, you were just so good at other things.

[Hannah]

You're born with it or not. No, I say this all the time. Like, I had. I did not have participation trophy parents. I had. Neither did I. I had parents that were like, look, you're not good at it, okay? So if you want to quit, we're not going to be upset with you.

[Grace]

But also, like, that's. I'm sick of this not quitting culture. Like, if I didn't quit other things, I wouldn't be here right now.

[Paige]

No.

[Hannah]

I'm so for quitting. Shit.

[Grace]

Yeah.

[Hannah]

When I was younger, I begged my mom to play softball. I was like, mom, if you don't put me in softball, my life is over. Like, you have to equivalent to me.

[Grace]

Trying to do musical theater. Why did you want to do softball? Like, your friend was on it.

[Hannah]

My friend was on it. And I wanted. I wanted the uniform. Like, I truly wanted the uniform.

[Grace]

You thought it was, like, chic and preppy.

[Hannah]

I thought it was adorable. And so I did one year of softball, and I said, don't ever put me on a Fucking team like that ever again. I hated every minute of that. That was the worst experience of my life. My mom was like, I freaking told you. Like, I knew you weren't going to like it. So normalize.

[Grace]

Quitting mental health moment, though, like, with sports, it's always like, it's gonna be hard. It's gonna be difficult. Whoever can push through will be the champion. So you have trouble deciphering, like, is this just not my path, or do I just have to, like, suck it up more than the person next to me who's running?

[Hannah]

You have to really want something true.

[Grace]

And, like, I love wanting something. That's what keeps me alive, Hannah.

[Paige]

Me too.

[Grace]

That's why you actually don't want all your dreams to come true. Because then, like, no, if I'm not.

[Hannah]

Working toward anything, I'm, like, so bored. And then that's when I get mischievous.

[Grace]

Are you a cat? And that's when I shit on the rug.

[Hannah]

And that's when I push over everything on the table.

[Grace]

That's a thought I recently had about any time that I was obsessed with results, like, oh, I want to win the big ten championship, or, oh, I want to have the number one whatever.

[Hannah]

Album in the country.

[Grace]

It always made me, like, not actually as good at what I was doing because I put so much pressure on it. And when you're only caring about result, you don't have fun either. So you end up not doing well and not having fun. So it's like, find something. You really love the chase, and you love the journey of it, and you love the process. And then, like, you ever see sometimes people get awards and they have that look like. Yeah, I knew it. It's because, like, they were so entrenched in the process that they were like, there's no other way.

[Hannah]

Yeah.

[Grace]

Instead of just, like, being like, I want to be the best, it's like, no, like, love what you're doing.

[Hannah]

Yeah. You know, I kind of had to, like, start to feel like that on tour. Like, after my panic attack, I had to, like, remember, like, wait, I love to do this. Yeah.

[Grace]

Yeah. Well, sometimes people have to, like, refall in love with stuff because you went started giggly squad. Because we loved talking to each other, and then so much other stuff was going on that you got. You got lost in the sauce, as Italians say.

[Hannah]

Absolutely.

[Grace]

And you know what your brain said to you? Gotcha.

[Hannah]

Gotcha. I just think it's so pertinent for so many different conversations.

[Grace]

It's so important that meme is so.

[Hannah]

Important to my Everyday life. Like, I just. I love it.

[Grace]

Also, the whole thing of we can't be managed. It was from the Kanye west quote and some tweet. And someone recently sent the tweet and said, kanye's a giggler.

[Hannah]

Oh, like that. He got it from us. Wait, that's so good. I feel like if Kanye did listen to, like, a couple episodes, though, he could potentially be a giggler. Who knows?

[Grace]

Yeah. I do have to say one more thing about our live shows. We are going to Mohegan, sun and Cleveland. I was like, hanging out with one of the security guards after the show in Tampa.

[Hannah]

Yeah. He was like, wait, let's like, I feel, like, give more context before just starting out with that sentence. I was hanging out with one of the securities guards after the show. No, no, no. You were being walked to your room after the show. It was maybe like a 30 second encounter that you had. You didn't go to sleep.

[Grace]

I was vibing. Smoking a cigar. Talk about life. No, he was dropping me off my room, and he was like, by the way, I was kind of scared tonight. And I was like, first of all, I don't have. I can't hold space for your emotions right now because I don't care. And he was like, no. Like, I was thinking, if one the girls got out of control, like, and you guys are revving them up like, they're so pissed off at men. Like, 40 minutes into the show, like. And I tried to, like, remove one of them. He's like, I don't know if I could do it. And I was like, and that's on you, babe.

[Hannah]

I heard him. He was like, I'm thinking, okay, there's one of me. There's 2000 angry girls out there. I have zero chance.

[Grace]

I love the self awareness. And I was like, that is. He goes, I mean, I was laughing. It was really funny. But, like, part of me was like, I don't know what I'm gonna do. Because these girls, I told him, even though they get blackout, they are swift.

[Hannah]

No, they. They're tricking.

[Grace]

Outsmart any bodyguard.

[Hannah]

Yep, absolutely.

[Grace]

And they can't be. They can't be managed on this tour. We're sponsored by Neutrogena. So when we were on tour, I fell asleep and Paige pulled out her Neutrogena collagen bank and gave me a facial.

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[Grace]

Yeah, it's like 75 degrees. And SPF is super important, my mom told me.

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[Paige]

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[Hannah]

What a difference a day makes.

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[Hannah]

No, this was the first time we went to Florida and actually was so fun. We went to a.

[Paige]

What was that place called?

[Grace]

Croc Encounter.

[Hannah]

A Croc Encounter. And let me tell you, we encountered some.

[Grace]

We encountered.

[Hannah]

I'm just. Here's the one thing I will say about tour that has nothing to do with the live. I love that we've been going and doing stuff in, like, random cities. Like, it truly has made it. It's made it so much better.

[Grace]

It's crazy to make a memory. No, we just discovered activities and we're like, honestly, low key, underrated.

[Hannah]

Low key. Got a high on life, which was nuts.

[Grace]

Well, because the first day we just slept all day in Tampa. And in my head I'm like, I could go outside. I could go for a walk. I don't know what's going to happen.

[Hannah]

I don't think people understand, like, the trauma bond that me, you and Grace have from just, like, being together this many days in a row. Being together this many hours dealing with, like, certain situations that are. I mean, we almost died at one point on this tour, like, multiple times. And so I just feel like, so connected to you both.

[Grace]

Wait, can I do a quick shout out?

[Hannah]

Yeah.

[Grace]

I recently found out that Amy Poehler is a giggler and listens to Giggly Squad, knows all our stories.

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[Grace]

So I feel like we're close to retirement.

[Paige]

Forget about Wicked, the true fairy godmother.

[Hannah]

Which is Amy Poehler, said, I think you guys are funny. And that's so, like, done. See ya, Daphne. We're going to bring Gotcha. Wait, imagine if she just commented and was like, gotcha, gotcha. Oh, my God. Wait, Speaking of, like, celebs that we love. I mean, I know she's doing press right now, so she's everywhere. But, like, I would lay my life down for Kiki Palmer.

[Grace]

I love her. I met her when I was working for Betches back in the day. We had to film a sketch and she was like, could not be cooler, nicer, chiller, funnier, smarter, and like, vibey kind cannot say enough good things.

[Hannah]

I. I had zero clue how old she was. I literally could not even ballpark guess in my mind. Like, I was like, I. I have no idea. And it was one of those moments where I looked up how old she was, and she's 31. She's a year younger than me.

[Paige]

And I had a moment where I.

[Hannah]

Was like, oh, my God. I, like, look up to her so much. And, like, even though she's younger than me, we're basically the same age, but, like, I just find her to be so, like, I don't even know. Mature isn't even a good enough word to describe her.

[Grace]

She. I feel like she's lived so many lives.

[Hannah]

I feel like she's lived so many lives.

[Grace]

Yeah, she's kind of like an. She has this like, old soul energy, but also like, so youthful. Like, she's like just a crazy aura.

[Hannah]

And she can do everything, anything.

[Grace]

And she just. She's a mom now. She just had a baby.

[Hannah]

Everything. Like, I feel like people don't give her enough credit. I know she's promoting a book right now, but, like, she's also an amazing actress and an amazing singer.

[Grace]

Can I add on a celebrity that I'm obsessed with?

[Hannah]

Yes.

[Grace]

Rita Moreno.

[Hannah]

Who the heck is that?

[Grace]

She's the star of west side Story.

[Hannah]

And she talks about doing press you love.

[Grace]

So she's there. If you go on Delta, there's a documentary about her that's fucking unreal. But she recently was on, I think it was like Fallon or Seth, one of the late night shows. And she dated for eight years. Marlon Brando. You would love Marlon. Do you know who Marlon Brando is?

[Hannah]

Wait, let me google this lady who. He's like, what's her name?

[Grace]

Rita Moreno. Rita. Rita Moreno.

[Hannah]

Oh, okay.

[Grace]

Such an icon. Hilarious. She dated Marlon Brando for eight years and apparently he, like, terrorized her life. Like, he was the hottest, most successful actor.

[Hannah]

He's like our, like, Brad Pitt.

[Grace]

Yes. He loved her, but she literally was like, my life stopped during those years because I was just like, like obsessed with him. Obsessed with this man. And he was obsessed with me. But, like, I wasn't happy with him. So she tells a story. This is so iconic. She found out that he was cheating on her. She found underwear in his bedroom.

[Paige]

No.

[Grace]

So she leaves.

[Hannah]

Wait, I just looked up a picture of him when he was young and he's so handsome. It actually hurts my brain.

[Grace]

No, like, he's the guy. So she's all upset and crying because she just found out Love for life is cheating on her again. And she gets a call from the Colonel. The Colonel, he represents Elvis.

[Hannah]

Okay.

[Grace]

And he goes, hey, Elvis, saw you on this at this restaurant in la. Whatever. He wants to take you to dinner.

[Hannah]

What about Priscilla?

[Grace]

He was. He was single at the time. But I like that you're looking out.

[Hannah]

Thanks.

[Grace]

She goes, actually, yeah.

[Hannah]

All these people are dead, though.

[Grace]

I don't think Priscilla's dead.

[Hannah]

Priscilla's not actually.

[Grace]

You went full Martha Stewart? Well, she's dead.

[Hannah]

So wait, me and Hannah literally did that in the cards today. We were talking about someone. Hannah was like, well, he's dead. I was like, he's very much alive. She was like, to me, he's dead.

[Grace]

That is the new. Like, I don't know her. We just go, well, thank God he's dead. Wait.

[Hannah]

I've been wanting to do the challenge, the TikTok challenge, where you, like, hold up a saying that you say, but it has nothing to do with, like, the conversation and you have to, like, guess. The other friend has to, like, guess. Like, we say this when we hate someone.

[Grace]

Oh, he's actually have it all set up. We will do that. TikTok. Add it to the list. So any Rid Moreno went out with Elvis and he. Marlon Brando found out. I don't know how they found out. Like, in the 40s or 50s or whenever this was. I didn't even know they had barrier pigeon. How did they communicate a pigeon? So he finds out. He's freaking out. And, like, threw a chair. And she was like. And I was so happy about it. And the, like, the crowd went nuts. I'm obsessed. And she's just iconic. Also, I just want to preference. I know I just threw out some random dates. Anything before 1990? I don't fucking know like, any. Like, when people were like, oh, in the 1700s. That's this. I have no fucking clue. Also, recently, someone was like, when did you start Giggly Squad? Like, and I was like, five years ago. And they're like, do you know what month? Who are these people that are like, oh, yeah, March of 2016. I like, that's crazy to me.

[Hannah]

Okay. Low key. I feel like I'm pretty good.

[Grace]

Like, I don't remember when anything was ever.

[Hannah]

I'm not good. But I do know that I know more than you.

[Grace]

I could. I believe you. I couldn't tell you. Like, you know when someone's like, winter of 2023? No, I couldn't tell you.

[Hannah]

Like, things that happened in the world or like, things that happened in your own life?

[Grace]

Both. Like when people like, when do you get married? I was like, 2022 in the vicinity in the summer.

[Hannah]

We started giggly squad in 2020. Right? In June of 20. No, it's difficult. It's difficult. September of 2020.

[Grace]

You know that game show with Travis Kelsey how they're like, are you smarter than 5th grader? I would just be like, no, no, I'm not. Also, it's not like, obviously the fifth graders are studying, like, Wars. So, like, I'm not gonna beat a fifth grader at their passion. This fifth grader is obsessed with lizards. I'm not gonna know more about lizards than this fifth grader. Smartest fifth grader in the world would whoop my ass.

[Hannah]

I think not a sentence that's brought up enough in this conversation. Like, okay, well, they're studying, so that's, like, unfair in the process of learning it right now. So that's cheating.

[Grace]

If I don't study anything, I would know anything.

[Hannah]

No, dude. If I. I don't know what's going on with me if I don't write it down. Didn't happen.

[Grace]

But again, which is my crazy delusion. Like, I'll literally be like, I can't. Would never win against a fifth grader in a quiz. But I do. I'm delusional. I think I could be, like, Taylor Swift level songwriter. Like, I don't think writing songs is hard. It's rhyming.

[Hannah]

That's crazy, though.

[Grace]

Okay. As a creative, I used to love writing poems.

[Hannah]

Oh, so then maybe you could.

[Grace]

But, like, writing poems is not hard. You just express yourself. You're just like, I'm sad because he looked at me that way. And I was hoping you weren't gonna.

[Hannah]

Say, I know that I definitely couldn't, because I feel like when I got down to doing it, I'd be like, this is way harder than people think. And, like, here's the other thing. I don't do well. That's one thing. And I don't like doing things that, like, I don't like doing. Like, here's the thing with me. I am. I'm an extremely. I feel like, decisive person when it comes to a lot of aspects in my life. So, like, if I don't like something, I don't like it, and I don't.

[Grace]

Want to be like cats. You didn't like it for six years.

[Hannah]

Yeah.

[Grace]

Then you had a little bit of a mental break. Next thing you know, cat was on your lap, and then you're like, wait. You're just like my brother. My brother said he hated chocolate. Like, his whole. That's childhood. No. Something happened that, like, ticked him off, and he's like, I don't with it. And he, like. I think he liked that. We were like, you're crazy. You like chocolate. Just taste it. And he's like, no, I don't like it. Yeah, you and Dan are the same.

[Hannah]

I have to get to things on my own time.

[Grace]

Yeah. Eventually he tasted chocolate, and he was like, this Is good. How do we get here?

[Hannah]

No, how did we get here?

[Grace]

Wait, can we talk about when we got in the Uber at like, at like 1am in Orlando, and we yapped the whole time. No. And the guy offered us gum or water.

[Hannah]

Okay, wait, let me set the scene. Let me set the scene. We're in Orlando, Florida. Okay? We just performed two shows, so it's like 12. We have to wait for the. We have to wait for the merch line to be done so we can get, like, the iPad so that we can get in the car to drive to Tampa. So we. So we're waiting around, waiting around. We finally get in the car at like, what, like 2 8, 2am it was late, maybe like 1:30. We get in the car. It's me, Hannah and Grace. We say to the driver, like, we're so sorry we're late. Like, it's only an hour and a half drive. He's like, totally fine, whatever. It's like a. Not an Uber. It's like a regular, like a car service. And so he took.

[Grace]

I'm building it up. Give me more detail.

[Hannah]

This nice man, nice gentleman dressed in a suit, grabs a bag of gum, turns around to the bag, seats me in hand, and goes, do you want any gum? Do we do. Can I offer you any gum? Any refreshments? Hannah goes, oh, I'm good on the gum. Sir, I'm really trying to slow down tonight. He didn't offer you cocaine.

[Grace]

He goes, do you want gum or water? I go, sorry, we're slowing down.

[Hannah]

Sorry, we're trying to put ourselves down for the night. And excessive chewing would defeat the purpose.

[Grace]

It's funny because at the time it was so funny saying it out loud. Now I'm like, I don't know.

[Hannah]

That's because we've legit been delusional.

[Grace]

When you said he didn't offer us cocaine, that's when I lost it. And then.

[Hannah]

Well, because then he started laughing too. So then I knew we got caught.

[Grace]

Actually, when we get the Uber driver to laugh, there's no better.

[Hannah]

No, I was just gonna say I'm not trying to be a pick me girl. Like, I'm truly not trying to sound pick me. But there is a satisfaction when an older man laughs at your. Now I get why you married does. When an older man laughs at your jokes. I'm sorry, I'm just going to say it. There is another level of like.

[Grace]

Because there's a challenge there. There's no reason why he should. There's no universe that he should Find us relatable.

[Hannah]

If there's an older man in the crowd at Giggly Squad live, we do become obsessed because that is a challenge for us to get them to laugh. Like we already know that the gigglers are funny, smart, quick witted and like get what's going on.

[Grace]

But also like when the old man thinks we're great, I'm like, wow, like that woman found a gem. This one guy in the front was like, yeah, I went to therapy. And I was like, yeah, because you're older. And he's like, yeah. I'm like, is this your second marriage? And he's like, yeah. I'm like, yeah, you were pre trained by your friend, first wife. And I'm like, okay. Was any other guy in Tampa, has he ever gone to therapy besides this guy that was clearly court ordered and he starts dying laughing. And my daddy issues were healed.

[Hannah]

No, it was so good. Well, here's the other thing in casinos which I learned on stage that the casinos will hold a certain amount of tickets for like walk in people like at their casino. So like you could be there and be like, oh, I don't know what Giggly Squad is, but I'm going to go to it. So there were people there that had no idea what was going on and.

[Grace]

That you could tell by looking at that.

[Hannah]

Yes. And that just threw me off.

[Grace]

The Giggly sweatshows are all the hottest, most stylish, funniest, coolest. I'm a little biased but like literally most successful, smartest women in that city.

[Hannah]

No and truly they wear the cutest fucking outfits.

[Grace]

So it's very clear when someone's not a giggler in the crowd.

[Hannah]

It's.

[Paige]

I'm like, are these the police?

[Hannah]

Like what's going on? Are we being tracked? Who told them we were here? That's how I feel.

[Grace]

Like you let them in.

[Hannah]

I feel like we're having like a party in our basement in high school and we're like, who told their freaking parents?

[Grace]

But low key. I love when like just a simple middle aged couple who looks like they've never even. They don't even know what queef is. What a queef is. They've never heard of Loewe or and God bless them or fuck boys and they stay the whole time and they leave smiling. That, that makes me feel warm.

[Hannah]

No, that makes me feel joy.

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[Grace]

But we have to celebrate.

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[Paige]

They have free shipping, free returns and free store pickup, which makes it even easier.

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And I have it shipped to my parents house so that when I get there I can wrap all my gifts. I'm really particular about what gift goes to what person.

[Grace]

Obviously Nordstrom opened up in midtown when I lived there and it was insane. Like I got everything for everyone in one trip.

[Advertisement Speaker]

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[Grace]

What are you wearing for the holidays?

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Honestly, I'm very still into the no pants but tights. Like I need tights in every single time.

[Grace]

With like a large blazer.

[Hannah]

Yes.

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[Grace]

That's so good. They have Reformation, Vince Frame, favorite daughter. I love favorite daughters like vest sets. Alice and Olivia and they have the fancy ones, they have Bottega Veneta. I feel like for the holidays I also like to have fun with cute jackets, maybe a faux fur.

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[Paige]

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[Hannah]

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[Paige]

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[Hannah]

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[Grace]

They have beauty and grooming gifts like a Dyson or La Mer.

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Honestly, I feel like that's great for gifting yourself. There's nothing I love more than when I'm shopping for everyone on my list and then I also just throw in one thing for me and it's usually a self care item.

[Grace]

They also have like comfy stuff like throw blankets or stuff for the home.

[Advertisement Speaker]

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[Grace]

I'm talking about gifts for other people.

[Advertisement Speaker]

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[Grace]

Yeah. And because. Yeah, they curate it in a really like tasteful, good way to tell you what to get from these brands. Also, if you're just looking for stocking stuffers, they have great stuff like Sugar Fina, Charlotte, Tilbury calendars, gift sets, chocolate leather goods, jewelry, and they even have gift cards if you need something quick or want to give the gift of choice to someone who's usually hard to shop for. They have everything to make it fun.

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[Paige]

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[Grace]

So good, so good, so good. Perfect gifts. We've got them at Nordstrom Rack stores now. Ugg, Nike, Barefoot Dreams, Kate Spade, New York and more. Finds everything on their wish list all in one place.

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[Hannah]

It's perfect.

[Grace]

Did we just score the greatest gifts of all time? Yeah. Head to your Nordstrom rack store to score great brands, great prices. The greatest gifts of all time. Ooh. I actually. I have one more mental health moment and I don't have credit for this. I don't know where I saw it, but it wasn't me who came up with it. How? You know how people get triggered. Instead of finding your trigger, find your glimmer.

[Hannah]

Okay?

[Grace]

Glimmer is the opposite of trigger. So it's like knowing the things that can instantly put you in a better mood and being aware of it.

[Hannah]

Could you name two right now?

[Grace]

Let's say you love the smell of. What are those flowers you like Peonies?

[Hannah]

Hot take. I don't think any flowers smell good.

[Grace]

Wow.

[Hannah]

Wow.

[Grace]

Gotcha.

[Hannah]

Gotcha. And that's crazy because for a minute, my brand was, like, sending yourself flowers. And, like, I. Oh. I mean, I get flowers, like, every Sunday from my apartment. I love them, but I've never smelt a flower and said, that smells so good.

[Grace]

So you just like how they look?

[Hannah]

I like how they look.

[Grace]

Then why don't you just get fake ones?

[Hannah]

Because that's tacky.

[Grace]

You know, I actually have fake ones from Amazon, and it's the best thing I've ever done.

[Hannah]

Yeah. But it depends on where they are. Like, I put them in places that, like, I couldn't have. Fake flowers.

[Grace]

Yeah. Like, I put a little purple flowers in the middle of, like, my dining room table that just look really.

[Hannah]

Yeah, that, like, you don't. You're not going in there every day, like, no.

[Grace]

And they're not, like, flower flowers. They're like little beads of whatever.

[Hannah]

No. In my last apartment, I had, like, a little fake flower set, and my mom walked in and was like, ew.

[Grace]

Yeah. I mean, I. I don't like the smell of any perfume, really. I think it all smells chemical and, like, gets me nauseous.

[Hannah]

You don't wear any perfume?

[Grace]

No. And if someone's wearing, like, a lot of perfume, I, like, I can't handle. Well, it's like, I can't smoke weed. I'm just, like, really sensitive.

[Hannah]

No, your body. Wait. I feel like I wear a lot of perfume, but yours is.

[Grace]

I like. You wear, like, sweet.

[Hannah]

Like, I wear different kinds.

[Grace]

Yeah. Like, I like the ones that are, like, coconutty or, like, vanilla. Y. I don't mind that, but yeah, some of these crazy perfumes. Once I was at the US Open, and the guy in front of me, his hair smelled so strong of whatever spray he put in. I was like, I have to leave.

[Hannah]

See, I love a smell.

[Grace]

I like the natural smell of des forehead.

[Hannah]

I've slept with some of the ugliest guys because they smelled amazing.

[Grace]

No, but that's literally Old Spice. That's not them.

[Hannah]

I'm like, gotcha.

[Grace]

They go, anyway, we have to find our glimmers, even if it's ugly men that smell good. So it's just, like, reframing your perspective to be. Instead of being like, oh, that's offensive. That's offensive. Being like, I. That was such a cute moment of that child who smiled at me when we made eye contact. You're like, sometimes I'm bad at the little things in life and focusing on your glimmers. I did just see a TikTok about a guy, did research. What do you Think. Is it better to have more positive thoughts or less negative thoughts?

[Hannah]

Christ. Seems like a trick question. Do I want more? She's never not funny. Okay. Do I want more positive thoughts or less?

[Grace]

What do you think is better for your mental health?

[Hannah]

I think I need more positive thoughts. But it's. The answer is answer negative thoughts.

[Grace]

And Des was like, what kind of science do they do? Apparently they did a study, but they said it's better to actually have less negative thoughts. And I didn't listen to the rest of it.

[Hannah]

Great.

[Grace]

But I do think that makes sense because, like, it's a concept of, like, you can't always be happy, but, like, content is like, should be what you want. Where I'd rather be content than, like.

[Hannah]

What about for the people that aren't having thoughts?

[Grace]

They're living the best life.

[Hannah]

Like, I sometimes, like, I. When I think about, like, being anxious, I don't think I actively have, like, negative thoughts about myself, but I don't have. I don't think I necessarily have, like, active positive thoughts about my.

[Grace]

When I'm anxious. I'm in, like, a thought spiral where my brain will not shut up. Like, I literally can't be in the moment because I'm fighting, like, so many. I'm trying to figure out so many problems that I invented in my head.

[Hannah]

I go. I go, very worst case scenario. Like, I. Like all of my. I would say negative thoughts are all, like, fear based of, like, what if. What if this happens and what if that happens? And, like, what if I die? And, like, what if, you know.

[Grace]

Yeah, well, we're all gonna die, so. Gotcha.

[Hannah]

Gotcha.

[Grace]

Okay, wait. One more mental health thing. Look, we had a weekend.

[Hannah]

I also have a funny story about how dumb men are.

[Grace]

Okay?

[Hannah]

Don't forget, I'm not.

[Grace]

I talked to you about this in the car. This girl, Grace McCarrick on TikTok, because I'm going to give credit, was talking about how, you know, sometimes, especially with Thanksgiving coming up, we're going to see a lot of our family how sometimes you could be your, like, worst self around the people closest to you. And she was like, that's really not how it should be. Like, really try to be your most compassionate, kind, and empathetic side of yourself around the people closest to you. You should not be that with these people who you're not close to every day. Like, why are you giving your best self to, like, random strangers every day?

[Hannah]

Yeah, and I feel like I'm guilty of that. Like, I can remember every single prom day that I ever had. And I was so mean to my mom on prom day because I was so stressed out, and I feel bad.

[Grace]

For full diva on your prom day. Are you gonna do that on your wedding day?

[Hannah]

I don't know. I might. I think I know you are. I think I.

[Grace]

If you're not, that would be weird.

[Hannah]

It would be weird if I was.

[Grace]

I can just see you being like, hannah, make sure no one comes in my room right now. And I, like, stand outside the door and be like, sorry, she's not available.

[Hannah]

She's not taking appointments right now.

[Grace]

She's not taking appointments right now. Wait, why are men dumb?

[Hannah]

Speaking of weddings, perfect seg. Perfect Segway. I'm on the phone with Craig the other night, and he's telling me about right when it happened.

[Grace]

That's the story.

[Hannah]

Yeah, that's the end of the story. Right when it happened. I was like, I gotta write this down for my freaking podcast. He is telling me about someone's wedding that he went to, or we were, like, talking about someone's wedding, whatever. And he was like, yeah, it was really nice. They. They said their own vowels to each other. And I go, what you say? And he said, oh, like, they read their own vowels. And I was like, that's so crazy, because a vowel is A, E, I, O, U. And he was like, yeah, I'm talking about wedding vowels. And I go, I don't. I don't think those exist.

[Grace]

This is one of those moments where you think, how long has this man been going around this earth saying vowels? No, what has he thought when he heard people say vow? Like, does he think that's something different?

[Hannah]

This is a perfect example of. This is a moment where I actually did have a positive thought about myself. I thought, wow, I am so much smarter than a lot of the people I surround myself with.

[Grace]

Where his friends. To be like, that's not how you say it.

[Hannah]

I was like, the fact that he.

[Grace]

Went this long, that it got to you is, like, not acceptable.

[Hannah]

Hannah. I said, you're 36 and a lawyer. You take vows when you, like, are sworn in to be a lawyer. I think, like, I was like, you've definitely heard the word thou.

[Grace]

I would have just kept going and, like, leaned into it.

[Hannah]

I know I was. Well, because I was scared. I got nervous.

[Grace]

I go, I can' you were like, how bad is it?

[Hannah]

Oh, my God. I don't think I can. I don't think I can hold it for down for the both of us. I'm not that strong. I'm not God's strongest. And he knows this.

[Grace]

Wait, this reminds me of a joke. Way back in the day, Aziz ansari made about 50 cent. Have you heard that joke? No. He was like, one day, 50 Cent sat next to me at a restaurant and I told the person I was with, shut the fuck up. I have to hear everything 50 Cent is about to say on this, this dinner date. And how 50 Cent ordered grapefruit juice, and the grapefruit juice came and he goes, why isn't this purple? And he goes, in that moment, I realized 50 Cent doesn't know what a grapefruit is. And he's like, how many times has he seen a grapefruit and been like, that's a big ass orange. So that's Craig with vowels.

[Hannah]

I'm like, saying vowels is something you do in second grade. That's like when Krista Stefano was pronouncing Tupperware as tubberware.

[Grace]

Wait, shout out. Chris Stefano is a giggler. Yeah. Literally messaged me this weekend, was like, you and Paige crack me up. And I was like, yeah, because we're stupid Italians.

[Hannah]

No, that's so funny. He has a clip with someone, and I remember seeing it, like, years ago and laughing my ass off because he was saying it wrong his whole life. And the men are embarrassing. They're so embarrassing. These are everyday.

[Grace]

Did he believe you when you said vow, or did he try to, like, mansplain and be like, you're saying. Because if guys say something really confident, I'll be like, maybe I'm wrong. Maybe it is vowel.

[Hannah]

No. For the first five seconds, he was like, like, what are you saying? And I go, I go, no, no, I can. I'm not. I'm sticking to my guns on this one. I was like, no, you're wrong.

[Grace]

I do have to say, though, like, the grass is always greener. Because I'm with a guy who's smarter than me, and I have to decide if I need to ruin the flow of the conversation to ask him what a certain word means. Like, you know when most of the time you're like, I. I don't need to know what this word means. Like, I get the gist, but every now and then I'm like, I can't continue this conversation without the definition of that word. Because he also uses, like, European words and stuff that, like, throws me. But he's really sweet. Like, I'll be like, I'm sorry, what does that word mean? And he gives me, like, a whole definition.

[Hannah]

Wait, that's so cute.

[Grace]

It's so cute.

[Hannah]

No man has ever taught me a single thing.

[Grace]

But I do have to say, like, just a warning out there. Like, when you're with a guy who's smarter than you, you will lose some arguments. And I thought that was illegal. I thought as a wife, it was, like, illegal to lose an argument to your husband. But, like, he will. Straight up. He's. He get. He's like, smart.

[Hannah]

Yeah.

[Grace]

But, like, you know when guys are dumb and you're like, oh, you wanna. You really want to go there with me? Because I'm about to.

[Hannah]

Like, no, I'll. I will file my nails while I eat.

[Grace]

We're all say something does, and then he'll, like, double down on something. And I'm like, okay, where do we. How do we get here? So that's just a warning. Decide. Do you want to get smarter or do you want to win fights?

[Hannah]

I also wanted to say one last thing about Wicked. And then I truly am done. Ariana Grande posted a clip of her watching it with her grandma.

[Grace]

Oh, my God. I saw.

[Hannah]

And I just thought that was, like, so freaking sweet. Like, think about how that grandma feels watching her granddaughter have the career that she's had. And I mean, like, sky's the limit, obviously, but, like, this is a very, like, pinnacle moment for her.

[Grace]

Not to compare it to myself and my grandpa, but I actually had a feel.

[Hannah]

I. I wasn't gonna say it because I was like, there's no way. But that's.

[Grace]

So I was thinking Ariana Grande, you know, like, she. She has the most incredible songs. But, like, some of her songs, like, I Bend it All Night. I've been with Not Ben.

[Hannah]

No, I love those ones. Those are like. I feel like I clubbed to those.

[Grace]

Got me walking side to side. Like, you know, her grandma's like, I love her, but, like, something. She's like, the grandma's not like, she's like, okay, well, that was a little inappropriate.

[Hannah]

No way. Because I think.

[Grace]

I think she loves it. But, like, I'm just saying, when she saw Wicked, she probably was like, this is sweet. Oh, like, I was raised on musicals.

[Hannah]

Yeah.

[Grace]

And, like, this is beautiful.

[Hannah]

Like, she definitely saw the original wizard of Oz.

[Grace]

Yeah, like, when. That's how I felt. Like, when I did reality tv and my grandpa was like, I hate that program. But then my grandpa died, and he never saw my Netflix special. But that's the moment we would have had.

[Hannah]

I'm trying to think what my grandma said when I first went on reality tv.

[Grace]

I just compared. Compared. We write it down To Wicked.

[Hannah]

As you should, Hannah. As you should. No. Guys, thanks for giggling with us today. I'm gonna try and work on the problem that I have over in my home here with Hannah and the singing, and I vow to the gigglers that I will make it stop.

[Grace]

I tried to show DEZ the video that we made of me doing it, and he literally goes, I'm gonna divorce you. And I'm like, I told him that's what you were gonna say.

[Hannah]

No, because we can't have it. Hannah, we're used. Here's the other thing. We are used to you being so good at everything you do. So you also have to think of the people around you. So, like, when you're not at a.

[Grace]

Level that you call me an inconsiderate, untalented fuck.

[Hannah]

So, like, we're just not used to you being like, hey, I can hit this note, and then clearly not hitting anywhere close to the version of the note we're thrown off.

[Grace]

You know what's freeing?

[Hannah]

Yeah.

[Grace]

You know what's freeing? Having zero expectations and just not being good at something. That's what I'm sick of having to be good at things. Can we normalize just.

[Hannah]

No, Hannah, you're the anchor. You keep us going.

[Grace]

I don't like what. What are you talking about? I'm gonna take a vowel right now.

[Hannah]

Take a vow.

[Grace]

Take a vowel right now. That I'm gonna do things that bring me joy, okay? No matter how good or bad I am.

[Hannah]

And I'm gonna support them, and I'm going to make as many comments as I see fit and necessary.

[Grace]

And you are really good at making comments. So together it will be success, empowering. We're not even making sense anymore. I just realized I've been traveling from 8am to 7pm, but we landed, we recorded the pod. I love the Fresh off the Weekend pods because they're just pure chaos.

[Hannah]

I'm not going to lie. I can't wait to get back to, like, being in the studio, recording the pod, not being on tour, like, getting back to basics.

[Grace]

We actually have some surprises coming. There's a little fun change. Nothing. Nothing.

[Hannah]

Nothing.

[Grace]

Affect anyone else?

[Hannah]

No. Nothing crazy. It's. Honestly, it's about us.

[Grace]

It's. It's.

[Hannah]

Yeah.

[Grace]

And also, I think we might be, like, making our own studio. That could be fun. I think it'd be cool to decorate it. My side as, like, Hannah coated and your side is page coated. Cause I was like, how are we gonna design it? And, like, agree on stuff?

[Hannah]

And I'm like, let's just split it down the middle. Oh, my God. That's literally the smartest idea you've ever had.

[Grace]

Like, so we both just go off in our aesthetics.

[Hannah]

Wait, I'm, like, obsessed.

[Grace]

No, I'm excited. That'll be really fun.

[Hannah]

Okay. That'll be really fun. I already have so many ideas. I'm getting a sconce.

[Grace]

You're. You're going to install it yourself with your fucking.

[Hannah]

Oh, my God. I'm going to come over with my level. I'm going to get my little mini ladder. Yeah, no, I'm going to have a.

[Grace]

What do you call your thing?

[Hannah]

You're. Oh, my. I was going to say my stun gun. My. My nail gun.

[Grace]

You have a stun gun?

[Hannah]

No, I don't have a stun gun.

[Grace]

It does seem like a good gift for Christmas for you, though. I feel like you'd love that.

[Hannah]

I don't think you can get them in New York. I mean, we could figure it out. Okay.

[Grace]

You pull it out. Gotcha.

[Hannah]

Gotcha.

[Grace]

Okay, we have to go. We love you guys so much. Thank you for giggling. Oh, yeah. We didn't even bring up Thanksgiving. Have an amazing.

[Hannah]

Oh, my God. That's where real friends. Friends.

[Grace]

We're real friends. So we didn't even bring it up.

[Hannah]

We didn't bring it up.

[Grace]

We're not going to text you with happy Turkey Day. That's. No, this is real. Real. Recognize real. Have fun with your family. Look out for the glimmers, and we'll talk to you later. Bye.