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This week on the snack, Timothee Chalamet, Fast food wars and marathon chaos.
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This is a Dear Media production. Enjoy.
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Hi. Hi.
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I'm gonna give you a weather report us in New York. We, we have made it as a collective family. It is 70 degrees today. We got through the Marathon Blizzards and it's 70 degrees and beautiful.
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Well, it's 66 and cloudy in LA, so we are coming to you guys from both coasts. Raina's in New York, I'm in la, but mentally I'm still in Singapore.
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Do you miss it so much?
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I miss it so much. It is. It was the best time of my life. I. If you guys are new around here, I just took my honeymoon slash brand trip to Singapore. And we will recap it on the Monday episode. My current husband is going to be the guest host. So Raina's taking a week off of a Monday episode which is unprecedented.
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First time. First time ever.
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Yeah. So I will talk more about it then. But no, it was really like so wonderful and I just, I wish I was still there. So.
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I wish you were still there too. I know. Well, welcome back. Well, it doesn't affect me because we're long distance this week, so. So no matter what, I would be looking at you across the screen. I wish it for you. Okay, well, let's thank some of our partners then. We'll get right into it. Thank you to Shopify. See how easy it is to start your own business@shopify.shopify.com GGE and thank you to Quints.
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Get free shipping and 365 day returns on your next order@quints.com GGE okay, so we are just going to kick it off with a fast food report. This has been sweeping the nation. Battle of the CEOs essentially.
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Yes. So the McDonald's CEO, they filmed him trying their new burger, the Big Arch Burger. So it is really a mouthful.
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It's huge.
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And he starts off by saying, we love this product. So people immediately pounce on this. They're like, it's interesting to call your food this product.
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Well, I'd say item. Like item saying totally items. Yeah. This menu item. Like saying like, I'm going to try this food is weird too. Food's not the word. It's item. Menu item.
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Menu item. Totally menu item.
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And the product is not like, what are we eating here?
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Product is giving not edible. I mean, the word product says to me, we are not, we're not eating this.
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Yeah.
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So he slides it over. He already, listen, I'm not Slamming his appearance. His outfit is not giving I eat McDonald's Harvard dork.
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Right? Like, that's. That's not even a slight. It's just that's what he is. He's like this nerdy CEO. And like, more than anything, I want to see this fucking guy take a giant bite of this burger. Like, the way he looks, like, in his business casual. Like, I want to see him fucking chomp into it.
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You're like, surprise me, delight me, dazzle me. And he looks like he's there to give tax information. Like, I would let that guy from, like H and R Block or turbotax do my taxes this. But not. I don't want to get product information from him about McDonald's items. So he takes a bite, and it's the smallest bite, which is funny because the item is so big. Okay. You know what I think about when I zoom out is, like, all the other people that were probably in the room, the social media person that helped write this, the camera person, the lighting person, like, was anybody? Like, let's get this. Let's pick it up a little bit. Let's get really more excited than this.
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So he takes a nibble is the only word that can describe what he takes. But the language is even funny. He's like, it is so good. I'm gonna do a tasty right now. I'm gonna eat this for lunch. Just so you know, like, he is, like, really trying to convince, like, someone just lying through their teeth. You're eat this for lunch.
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Yeah. No, I can tell by your outfit you're not eating this for lunch, sir.
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And you.
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And I love to think about the BTs of like, couples together having, like, special moments that they film. Like, how many times did they run it? Like, I filmed this man on the street thing the other day, which you've done also. It's called Are youe okay? And I had the host, I had a producer, I had a lighting person, and I had a camera person to film like a one minute Instagram video. And, like, I'm assuming McDonald's has more than that. And he has an assistant, a secretary of people. Like, no one was like, let's change the wording and the vibes a little bit.
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No, no one was like, we have to redo it. You don't look like you're enjoying the product. So it took off immediately. And so many other fast food brands responded. You know, Wendy's was on top of it immediately.
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First comment.
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So Wendy's. Well, and then they filmed their own version so Wendy's, Burger King. The presence of these companies crushed it, obviously. Jack in the Box, which I've never had it in my life, but my husband eats it more than he would like to admit. They did this one that was like small bites. We don't do that around here. And they use the viral Kendall tool peloton. Like get em banned. Get em banned. We don't do that here. Like audio with it.
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Get em banned.
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We don't do that here.
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Oh, now I'm pissed. The comments on the post to McDonald's, I mean, people flooded it. And all these branded accounts, obviously Carl's Jr. You sure you want to take a bite of that? You have. You have Pepsi. Get in here. What's a bite without a sip of Pepsi? Pepsi. You could have gone harder on this. Okay. No, no, I know Pepsi. You could have talked harder shit.
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And then also, what is the Slack channel look like when Pepsi is about to respond? Like is. Are they like Pepsi? It's time to go in. Like the Social team. And then that's all they come up with too. Like, I'm disappointed there. All right.
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I am disappointed. How they workshopped it. Jack in the Box did great. From one CEO to another, you should eat your product. So Jack in the Box. Little straightforward. We could have punched it up a bit. But then they did.
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Their response video was great, right?
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Yeah, they. They did a diss track. Wendy's. Your CEO reads this as a threat. I don't understand that.
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I don't understand it either.
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But I like all these branded accounts. Yeah.
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And then there's all these parodies on top of it. So the number one that people have sent me, someone pretending to be the Dasani CEO and just a cup of water that has like a piece of tape written Dasani and Sharpie and he's just like, do I really have to drink this? Like so many people have sent it to me because I've been flaming Dasani for years. And I was thinking, what are the things that I couldn't pretend to like? And Dasani is up there. Like, I don't think.
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Oh, you could never.
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I feel like I've been leading this charge of hate for Dasani for years. Also. Awkwafina. They get. They. It's just as bad. They don't get enough hate. They get their water from the same pool, whatever. And I was just thinking of like, what I couldn't pretend to like. Like Dasani. Awkwafina. Same thing. Matcha Green dirt. You know, I've been that Matcha Hate train forever. And then if we're talking fast food, the one item I feel like I might not be able to pretend to like is the McRib. It has always given me the ick. And I know it's like a cult favorite, but I think most fast food items, I'm not eating on the regular, and they're like, a lot of them are really gluttonous and they gross me out a little bit, but I could enjoy a bite of most things besides the McRib.
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I'm surprised you haven't come around on Dasani because it is the official water of Delta and honestly, the entire airport.
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So, like, it's so offensive. I can't believe it. It's not spring water. It's like disgusting pool water.
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Okay. I think what. I can't. People are going to really get mad at me for this one. But I think. Actually, I will say, I think universally people agree it's not good. Are the French fries at In n Out? Like, people universally do not think they're good unless you load them up animal style. Right. Like that's a thing.
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Yeah, they're. They don't. They're not on par with the burger. It's. It's a shame. You want them to be better than they are.
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They're just. They're a little too processed for me, which I'm a processed ass girl. Okay. I love McDonald's fries. Wendy's fries. Shake Shack fries. Shake Shack tried to do fresh cut fries. I love Wendy's fries. Shake Shack tried to do fresh cut fries and people, like, revolted and they had to go back to the old fries.
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Yeah. Okay, so on that note, we are going to do our power ranking of best fast food items. And Raina has recently revealed to me that she doesn't really know fast food and she didn't grow up eating fast food. And I don't understand this. Like, I thought she was more down to earth than this. I don't know where this bougie bitch is coming from that you didn't eat fast food in high school.
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First of all, you just had to differentiate between drive throughs and not. So there was a lot of places I didn't know. Just didn't have a drive through. I didn't even have a car, by the way, till I got to college. So I didn't drive. But I guess some of my friends drove. Yeah, I really only grew up with Wendy's. That was kind of it. My mom was in charge of all food decisions. She cooked Every single night. I don't think my friends and I went anywhere except for Wendy's. It was the only place close enough to drive. My high school was like in the middle of the city. Like, Taco bell wasn't around. KFC was around. McDonald's wasn't around. I've asked myself many times. I don't think I've ever been to Burger King. I wasn't actively trying to avoid it. I just didn't act.
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We grew up in the fast food era. Like a McDonald's kid's meal, McDonald's play place. You never went to a birthday party in a Wendy's sun room or McDonald's play place. Like, these were iconic times. Like, I don't know if you guys. This is a deep cut McDonald's. When they had the Happy meals with the mini Barbies, like, they. I mean, again, my favorite family was not a really big fast food family. I'm not a big fast food person. I'm a pretty healthy person. That's just not what we got down with. But like, it was such a treat. And then in high school, I mean, if we skipped out and went to lunch like always Wendy's, we were always up in that sun room. I wish I was in a Wendy sunroom right now. But it's just we would get fast food all the time. Like, I just remember one of my friends. I always wanted to be a Burger King. Like, we were just. That was the life.
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I'm jealous of these childhood memories. I'm hearing you talk about it. It was sparkle and whimsy. And I wish that it was my experience. We just had Wendy's. No Taco Bell, no kfc. I didn't have any of those things until college.
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And I love the food desert, which is crazy.
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That's what it was. That's what it was. I mean, it was in like my high school was like in a neighborhood.
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Yeah, I grew up in a small town, but we had all the fast food places.
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I know, listen, I don't know. Maybe my parents. Maybe we just didn't drive that far. We went to Pizza Hut a lot.
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That Pizza Hut lunch, obviously Pizza Hut, the BookIt program. Like, I was a pizza every week getting my personal pan pizza because I read so much. So let's rank our fast food items. And the requirement is drive thru. So Shake Shack doesn't count. I don't think of Shake Shack as fast food. Neither does Reina. And if Shake Shack was included in this, they would win every category. There are different elevated. They don't count five guys. Even a little more elevated. Like, drive thru is the guideline. So, like, old school. And like, I want to start by saying, like, I don't eat fast food a lot. Hardly ever now. And so I'm not like a connoisseur. Mine are going to be more classics, which I think what we should be ranking anyway. Like, I don't know all the new shit. I don't know what Sonic is doing. They're always doing something crazy. They're always got so many different types of products. I see commercials for them. But. So these are our top five. Yes.
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I need to double down just by saying five guys in shake Shack made to order. You can order certain things on, on, off. I mean, it's a total, totally different experience and price point. So no drag.
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Yeah. And like Chipotle. That's fast casual. Like fast food. Fast casual is a different category.
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If there's a line you walk down and you can order certain things into it. Made to order, not fast.
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100%. Yep, there it is.
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Okay, how are you going to rank them?
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I'm going top to bottom, number one to number five. And I have one honorable mention. I just got really excited doing this. Okay. Okay. My number one, Chick Fil A chicken sandwich. It's literally the best. It is the gold standard. I would eat a Chick Fil a chicken sandwich over a lot of, like, famed popular restaurant chicken sandwiches. Like, it is that good. I don't trust anybody who doesn't like it. I know you can have issues with the brand as a whole, but, like, you can't deny that is the best chicken sandwich in existence. And I really. Anyone who says they don't like it, like, it's sus. To me, that's the best. That's the best chicken that exists.
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I knew it would be your number one. So much so that I ceded it to you. And I picked a different menu item from Chick Fil A just to let
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you have that in your ranking. Okay.
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Yeah.
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Number two, Cheesy Gordita Crunch. This was revolutionary. It still is. The Taco Bell. Cheesy Gordita Crunch. A hard taco inside a soft taco. This is. It's legendary. Yep. They introduced it. I remember. And then they took it off the menu for a little bit, and then it came back. And now I do think it is permanent. Again, I'm not an expert, but just an unbelievable menu item from Taco Belly. Unbelievable. Okay. Third, Wendy's Frosty. And then of course, you can dip McDonald's fries in that that's such a delicacy. I'm not crazy about Wendy's fries. I think they're too thick and too soggy and not salty enough. But McDonald's fries dipped in a Wendy's Frosty. But just My number three is a Wendy's Frosty. Like, there's really nothing like that. It's thicker than a milkshake, thinner than ice cream. It's not even. It's considered a frozen dessert. It's just again, it's like a revolutionary menu item. Okay, number four, Arby's curly fries.
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Oh, that was a good one. It was a great.
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Those are the. I think those are the best fast food fries. Yes.
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They hold their crisp really well and they're seasoned.
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Yes. Nice color. They're restaurant quality to me. Like, those are like, you're gonna get them in Hillstone vibes from Arby's. Totally. Okay. And my number five, I did want to put a burger in here. And so I am just going to go with In n out. Like it. That is the best burger to me. Like, I really do love a Burger King Whopper, but I just think in n out, we're here in la. Like, if we're going actual fast food, I do think that's the top. And I don't need the double double. A regular cheeseburger is fine. So I'm just going in and out for the cheeseburger. And my honorable mention because I wanted to stick to five is a sausage egg McMuffin.
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Oh, that was a good one. Okay. No, that's a Great honorable mention.
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McDonald's breakfast hits. No, it does.
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I didn't like it until later in life, but no. Okay, I like your list. I knew you were do Cheesy Gordita Crunch, and I knew you were going to do chick fil A, so I actually seated those two and picked alternative items. Okay.
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Well, I was torn between the Cheesy Werdita Crunch and the crunchwrap supreme. But okay, I don't wanna step on your toes.
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So it was really hard for me to honestly just like, narrow this stuff down.
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Oh, I' cause you've never been to these places. I've been all the nap.
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Is it crazy that as an adult, I've made worse choices for my body than when I was growing up as like a 10 year old? I was like, good for me.
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Rayna really got into fast food later in life and I don't wanna, like, step on your choices, but after you're done, I wanna share some thoughts on you and Your fast food later in life.
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You're talking. I know what you're gonna do. Okay, well, I know what you're gonna say. And I'm gonna start with number five. I'm gonna start with kfc. Mashed potatoes and gravy.
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Don't do this
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and call us.
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Shove. It says in college, bitch. You have eaten this since we were friends. You would leave the studio in New York and stop by KF on 14th Street. I was like, that KFC looks so scary to me. And you're just there all the time.
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Yes. That was the secret that I shared with you. And I thought we were in a. I thought we were in the trust circle. Okay. And in college, I used to get it on the way up to Bloomington. And I would put the bucket of mashed potatoes on my lap, and I would eat the mashed potatoes and gravy as I drove up to college on the highway. It's also a great. It's also a great road trip food.
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I don't know if I've ever had them. I did used to get down with some Boston Market mashed potatoes and, like,
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Boston Market Mac and cheese.
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Mac and cheese.
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But I. I had to Google if they had a drive through. Cause I knew you weren't gonna let me include the Mac and cheese.
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It's a. Yeah, I feel like it doesn't really count. Okay, so you're going bottom to top. Okay, what's next? What's number four?
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Okay, this is. This is gonna surprise you. I had to look up number one, if they had a drive through. And number two, how many locations do they have? Cause I wanted chicken fingers, but I knew again, you'd do Chick fil A.
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So I.
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So Dave's Hot chicken. Have you had their chicken fingers?
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Does this count? They're a drive through.
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300 locations and a drive through. So I was.
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We drove by one the other day.
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Yep. I like the spice.
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Totally.
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I like the dips. I really like their chicken fingers. Okay, number three, Chick fil a Mac and cheese. They always have the crispy. The crispy part of it at the top. Like, they include that in every single one. And I love that. Okay, number two. Crunchwrap Supreme. You take one little bite, and then you squeeze a lot of hot sauce in there and you let it just hold the hot sauce. But also. I'm with you. Cheesy Gordita crunch. I could go either way. They're both really incredible,
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the way we're talking about these. They're just both really incredible dishes. Honestly, it's like, hard to choose. Okay, what if you go to a restaurant?
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Sometimes you go to a restaurant and you're like, why is this so expensive? And I could have gotten this a Chick Fil a for better.
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Mm.
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My number one is a mix of I like how it tastes and it's nostalgic. So Wendy's is my number one fast food restaurant. I like the. The Asiago Bacon Ranch spicy chicken sandwich.
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Yeah, Wendy's does a good spicy chicken. That's a. That's a great call.
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I love the Asiago. Listen, it was hard for me to pick Wendy's because Frosty's.
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Amazing.
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The Baconator, Amazing. The Asiago Ranch Bacon spicy chicken sandwich, though. It has all the things I like.
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I like a Wendy's burger, too. I mean, Wendy's is the number one that I went to growing up and in high school. And they did, like, they still do. A square patty was another thing.
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Yeah.
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Like their patty. I just really liked the. The patty. The fries never really hit for me. But we also grew up with a Wendy's salad bar. I mean, we had like, a true 90s Wendy's with a salad bar, a sun room. Like, it really was iconic. And probably right now it's like a place to get your, like, turn in your car title. It's probably like a, like, you know what I'm saying? Like one of those tax owns places. Yeah. No more birthday parties.
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Wendy's had. I mean, my dad took us to Wendy's, like, strictly. We had. We had no money. He was like, we'll just go to Wendy's every weekend. But, like, I don't remember a salad bar. I remember the Pizza Hut buffet.
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They were rare.
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Loved the Pizza Hut buffet.
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Oh, for sure. Wendy's salad bar. Really rare, really exclusive. So we did Delaware in Smyrna, Delaware. Okay, so those are fast food power ranking. Let us know your fave. I just had had this on my mind for a long time that I wanted to do this, and this was the perfect timing. So anyway, thank you to McDonald's for bringing all this to the forefront and creating this hilarious cultural moment for everybody.
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Yes.
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And let's move on to Timothee Chalamet.
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So Timothee Chalamet, he gave an interview with Matthew McConaughey. So it was a CNN and Variety town hall event, so it's pretty widely. Streamed. Matthew McConaughey was the moderator, and they're about his career, essentially. And he said that he didn't want to go into. Go the way of ballet or opera. Where artists want to keep things alive even though no one cares. And people had strong reactions to this.
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Yeah. So he took these shots at ballet and opera, but then he kind of did realize he took a shot and he is like, no offense to the ballet and the opera people. And then he made another joke of like, I've probably lost. Lost 14 cents of viewership. And then he was like, I'm just taking shots for no reason. Like, to me, it was weird for him to say that. It was weird. He comes across like a dick. But then I do think he tried to make light of it and, like, the tone was light. Like, we should be able to say things we don't like without people canceling us or being so offended. Like, it was a weird move. It was weird for him as an artist. It's. His whole family are ballet dancers. He grew up, like, around the New York City Ballet. So there's a whole part of it like that. Like, it was a bizarre take. I do think he was trying to make a joke. It felt, like, lighter. And then he even realized it, you know, like, I feel like you or I would get caught up with something like that, like taking a shot at something and being like, oh, no offense, you know, I don't know why I'm taking these shots for no reason, but it went crazy. So I saw this a couple nights ago and I was like, okay, this is interesting. And then I saw KFC post it, and then I saw the Shade Room post Doja Cat's response to it, and I'm like, oh, like, other celebrities are responding. This is going huge. The View is talking about it. Like, this has gone so viral and I didn't really expect it to take off the way it did.
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So I'm not that surprised that it went so huge. You're definitely allowed to say you don't like something. There's tons of stuff I don't like. I actually, when people ask me about going to the ballet or opera, it's not where I tend to spend my money. Like, when I think about where I spend my money, it's usually food, travel. Like, it's not the number one place I spend my money. But for this big A list movie star to say that the ballet and the opera is something that, like, we're just trying to keep this thing alive even though no one cares. It feels like you're punching down on all these people that are theater kids, that. That are making less money, that have less exposure, that's not getting the same type of worldwide media attention. That something like Marty supreme would get. They're not getting these worldwide press tours. It feels mean, and it feels like punching down. And that's why I think I would have a problem with it if I was in one of these industries. Nobody wants to see, like, one of the biggest stars in the world punching down on other industries and saying, like, this is something that no one cares about. So I didn't get into it. It's like, ooh, yikes.
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Oh, totally. Yes. And I don't know. He's flying a little too close to the sun, I think. He's gotten so much attention. I think that he has been coming across as really cocky. I think that people want him to be humbled. Like, I don't know that this is necessarily so much about ballet and opera. A lot of people are pissed about this, and a lot of these people, I'm sure, have never been to the ballet or the opera. Like, it's about Timothee Chalamet. I saw this. This was on Betch's Instagram just before we recorded. If we're being honest with ourselves, the severity of the reaction feels less about a global surge of opera defenders and more about a collective itch to humble Timothee Chalamet just a little bit. So that's what it feels like.
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I don't.
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He came across like a dick. I don't know that it mattered what he said. You're welcome to disagree with me, but it doesn't feel like, oh, my God, how could you talk about the ballet or the opera? It feels like we have made you too famous and you aren't who we thought you were. And I saw Phoebe Robinson, who I love, she's just dragging everybody and anybody these days from two dope queens. She posted a video and she was like, you know, the sentiment was basically, we've. We think he's like this skinny white kid, this, like, indie movie artsy guy who's, like, inside reading books. And he's not. He's a bro. He is obsessed with sports. He wants to be a rapper, which is. I mean, he is essentially, I guess, like, he's dating a Kardashian Jenner. Like, I. I think people thought of him as this America sweetheart type. And now he just kind of seems like an asshole. And it has really inflamed people. It's surprising to me. It's so much more than the opera and the ballet comets, because the way this has taken off and the vitriol against him.
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Yeah, I don't think it would've Mattered what he was shitting on, essentially. I mean, I know that specifically the ballet in the opera, these are theater kids. They're tangential to the acting world. And this person who has like, chosen a feeling where you make more money is punching down on it. But I just, I think that the bigger you get, unfortunately, the more like kind of responsibility you have to act humble and give other people their flowers and not act like this. I don't think it would have mattered what he picked.
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Yeah, I mean, theater kids, I don't know. Ballet dancers aren't necessarily theater kids. Opera's like a very specific talent. Like theater kids. I think of Broadway. I think if he would have said like something about Broadway, it would have been even worse. You know, like ballet, opera, kind of. Kind of, yeah, kind of niche. Like, I was trying to think of what was comparable. It's not necessarily radio. I don't know. What if we were like, yeah, nobody reads newspapers anymore. It would be such a weird, out of pocket thing to say. Like, I would never say this, but I'm not Timothee Chalamet, you know, And I. I think he is, like, cocky and can be kind of an asshole. Also a little refreshing to see someone that's not media trained, that's that famous, that's gonna spout off at the mouth like that. But I would never do that. It's so weird. I wouldn't really shade any art form, especially in my direct industry. So people are asking, will this affect his Oscar chances? I mean, I don't know. Like, maybe I. Maybe I'm not educated enough on the Oscars. Like, isn't this kind of already been chosen? Like, does public opinion matter that much a week out? Like, I was surprised that that's even a question.
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B
I think that that's thinking the public opinion matters. And I thought that the Oscars and all of these award shows were kind of not rigged. But, you know, there's certain people that are pre selected. I mean, how many times do. Do I see like movies that are selected for best picture or whatever, and I'm just like, oh, I don't care
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about that, you know, for sure. I just thought a week out they'd been selected already, I guess, but I guess they can make changes at any time. I don't know enough about it. And again, I think some. It's kind of rigged. But I am here for Michael B. Jordan potentially winning. That's who they're saying would win if Timothee Chalamet did it, which, I mean, he was just so Incredible. In Sinners, Nikki B. Jerkin. I think about Michael B. Jordan. So I'd like here for that 100%.
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B
But I mean, I think, you know, people in LA, they hold space to cancel anybody that is going to cancel. But I don't think this is a cancelable offense. I think it was sort of like not a Freudian slip. But listen, we all say things in our private conversations that we would not publicly say to other people. And I think he just kind of like forgot where he was. This is not a cancelable offense.
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A
To me, it's not cancelable, but it's like people get upset when someone appears to not be who they thought they were. But it's like, this is why we shouldn't ever hold celebrities on this pedestal. And this didn't offend me, like personally. But he made another comment recently that didn't get as much play that I feel like now is the perfect time to bring this up. So this was a few months ago in November, and this was in his Vogue article and he was talking about people who don't want to have kids. Did you see this? This didn't pick up a lot of steam and I meant to maybe talk about it and then it just kind of passed us by. But I feel like now is the perfect time. So he was in this article for Vogue and he said he and a friend watched a video of a person bragging about not having kids and how much time it afforded them to do other stuff. And he said like, holy shit. Oh my God. Bleak. Which again, you and I talked about recently with Liz Plank, like, we're not those people that are gonna shame people for having kids and be like, oh my God, my life. Life is so amazing because I don't have kids. But for him to say like, life without kids is bleak was his first comment. And then he told the magazine that while he knows some people can't have children, he believed that procreation is the reason we're here. So I thought that the bleak thing was like an icky thing to say out loud. I'm not offended by it though, because I think that child free people can look at the lives of people with kids and also think that's bleak. And we're like entitled to our own opinions about that stuff. I wouldn't say it out loud, but I think the mindset of procreation being the reason we're here is bleak. I hate that. I think that first of all, it does suggest that there's something evolutionary wrong with people who can't have kids. Even though he did address that, it's still just, like, why I say it or something innately wrong with people who don't want to. And it's like, there's so much more to life. Like, we all have our place in society. We're here to, like, build communities and places to live and work and all the things that people do in this world. Doctors and scientists and architects and builders and entertainers. Like, we all. It's not all just about having kids. Everyone has a role they play in this life that has something to do with just procreation, that we all contribute to the greater good. I don't know. Now I'm going off on a soapbox, but I just. I hate that sentiment. And we addressed it a couple weeks ago again with Liz Plank, too. This is not, like, people's sole purpose on this planet.
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B
I think that he managed to offend way more people with that sentiment. Like you said, people that can't have kids, people that have chosen not to have kids on both sides of the coin, of course, you can look and say, like, ooh, that looks bleak. But this is, like, a really personal choice. And some people don't even have the choice whether to have kids or not. And that, to me, is much more. Far more offensive and upsetting. Also, like, the reason we're on this planet sounds vaguely religious. I think it's a much more upsetting statement than insulting. I mean, listen, often people in the opera, listen, I respect you, too, but, like, people who have chosen to not have kids. My life's not bleak. And I just. I think it's more common. I think it's more commonly accepted to attack women, specifically, who have chosen to not have children. And maybe it's easier to stick up for opera singers.
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A
Yeah, I just. I've been kind of, you know, not loving him as of late.
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B
I think it's a good reminder that you don't know anything about these people, your heroes. I mean, it's great to respect people's art, but they're still just people. We don't know anything about them and maybe be saying stuff just like the rest of us.
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That's always the takeaway is we don't need to idolize these people and have them on a pedestal.
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B
Right.
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A
Okay, let's take a quick break, and then we will get back into it.
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B
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A
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B
Okay, so next up, you know, Ashley and I are huge fans of the show. Love is Blind. The they just had their 10th season and we love the show. And every season they really deep dive on a lot of topics. You watch people talk about whether or not they want kids. It's really divisive. Religion, how they want to live their lives, money. And everybody is really forced to talk about all these different things. Sex, how they where they want to live. And one thing I'm just thinking that
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A
one couple that was like dirty talking last year through the wall. Sorry. Okay, keep going, keep going.
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B
That would be me. They would be like talk about any deep topics. She never cries and she's, she's having phone sex across the wall.
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A
Okay.
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B
But one thing you and I have kind of noticed in the past is that politics has not been at the forefront. And every once in a while I'll see it be sort of vaguely referenced. Like in Minneapolis, the season with Sarah and Ben. She keeps Saying we don't necessarily align completely on our beliefs. And once in a while you'll see people talk about how would you feel if you had a child that was gay and an abortion.
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Remember the whole abortion storyline with that guy that. The braid. Oh, Bartis. Bartis was the OG Abortion storyline. But no, I'm thinking of the woman, she was in the military and the guy that had the, the two braids. And it was the basic name. I wish my spouse special talent was to remember all these people's names. But you guys know we're talking about just remember like the tear, it looked like a table string, the hair. So yeah, it comes up, it's just a little bit.
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B
But you know, especially with our audience when we say, like, what is, what are some of the issues that you're coming up with with your partner? One of the number one things, if not the number one thing in dating is where somebody stands politically, whether somebody takes the stance, whether a Democrat, Republican, maga, how they look at the world, how they look at your rights as a woman. And this is so divisive. It's the number one divisive thing in dating today. And you don't really see it covered on this show except for this season. They featured a couple, so Alex and Ashley. And you see Alex go out to eat with her parents and he says, who'd you vote for? And he says, I didn't vote, but I would have voted for Trump. And her dad says, great. You know, we love that. And clearly they are maga.
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A
Yeah. So was that the first time you heard Trump on this show? Right. Like, it was a jump scare to me because I just thought as a whole, Love is blind was not going that specific saying names of politicians, you know what I mean? I just was like surprised to hear it like that because we haven't seen this to your point.
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B
We haven't seen it. And I've not heard anybody say Voldemort on that show at all. And it didn't really occur to me until this moment that, like, we just haven't seen anybody talk about it. And how could that be possible? This is the number one question for everybody today in dating is who did you vote for? How do you look at my rights?
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A
Well, it's like this is my deal breaker, you know, like they're going in and they're saying, like, these are the things that are important to me. Like, it's even less of who'd you vote for? Like, no one would ask that 10, 15 years ago. It's just like, totally. I need to know if we can even move forward or not, for obvious reasons.
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B
And it's a huge deal breaker for most people. And I would think especially Love Is Blind, where you're tasked with saying, tell me right now how you feel about having kids. Tell me right now how you feel about money. Tell me right now how you feel about politics would come up. And we don't see it. So since then, there's been a couple interviews where people have blatantly said, I did talk about this with my dates and it was cut from the show completely.
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Yeah. So Kia and Jessica from Love Is Blind, Ohio, they said they asked their male contestants who they voted for, like, straight up. Like, as in, this is a deal breaker for me. And according to them, none of this was shown. Kia said her dates dwindled because she was upfront with the deal breaker being Donald Trump. And she said, not everything makes the cut, but something I stood really firmly on was my political beliefs. And I had a ton of conversations about that in the pods with men who had opposing beliefs. And she goes on to say, why? Obviously we relate completely. And none of that was shown, which it sounds like that was a pretty big storyline of hers specifically. So it's a real choice not to show it, but then to show Alex talking about Trump with Ashley's dad. And it's so interesting to me. You know, initially I was like, maybe they just don't want to get political, which is not a choice I agree with also. But it's wild to edit all this out because it is such an important conversation in today's dating landscape. Like. Like, people are having these conversations in their real lives, and they would want to see this on tv. So what is the reason here? And, you know, people have really taken it and be like, the show is MAGA and that's the reason and all of this. And if you really break it down and what they show, what they don't show, that really proves it. But I don't know, then there's a whole side of it that's like, are more guys that are MAGA the ones going on this show because they can't get dates in real life? I mean, that's another thing people are saying. But I wouldn't say that about the women, and I don't want to insult the women that way, too. So there's a lot of different takes on it. But regardless, it's an interesting choice because why? Because these are the conversations I want to see the second we get an ounce of talking about rights or abortion or voting or anything like that. I'm hanging on every word, and clearly this is something I'm really interested in. Hot take. I'm, like, very political, but I think most people would want to see it.
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B
I thought it was a choice to not do politics at all, to your point, I thought they were like, you know what? Let's focus on romantic factors like children, money, where you want to live, how do you want to live your life? It wasn't until I heard them actually feature somebody saying, I didn't vote for Trump, but I would have, and somebody else saying, good, you know, we love Donald Trump, that I realized, oh, they are only featuring one side of the coin. And I don't know that I would go as far to say the show is maga, but. But I thought it was a choice to leave politics out. Cause they were like, this is not a factor. But they included one thing. So it's just like an interesting knock that you have other people coming out saying, like, I did have these conversations and things like, I don't want children gets so heavily played. Like, I don't really know anything about Emma and her partner. I don't know one thing about Mike except for that he wants children. Nothing else did I learn about him. Last season, diabetes got featured more heavily than Donald Trump did. And I'm assuming it was a factor.
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It's such a factor. Like, they're really making a choice by cutting this out. It is such a factor in real life. We get emails all the time about this. We can't discuss it enough because of how heightened it is in today's climate. And then people's families, you know? And so it is coming up, but they are dancing around it. And we love the show. We are going to keep watching the show unless they come out and they're like, hey, yeah, we are magic. Which I don't think is gonna happen. But, like, why are they dancing around it? It's.
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B
It's clearly a choice, so that's just interesting. Some food for thought for y'. All.
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A
Well, maybe they'll take a note. And where is. Is the next season? Boston?
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B
I don't know. We've been getting promised Boston for a long time, and I feel like, just give us Boston. We want Boston. All these short games, dying for it.
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You know, those women are gonna be like, okay. They're trying to figure out how every single guy in a of Boston season, the women are just, like, trying to try to figure out how tall he is. Just asking the most random questions every
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B
guy's under 5 8.
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A
Yeah.
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B
Okay. Well, speaking of TV and things that everybody is obsessed with Love Story, so we talked about this a little bit last week. They are doing one episode per week on hulu of the JFK Jr. And Kaylee Bissette show Love Story. So this really has kept this in the news. And one thing that people have really said about this show is that Daryl Hannah's portrayal, she was with JFK Jr. Prior to Carolyn Bissette. That they really did her dirty. And they portray her as this sort of out of touch, shows up at places she's not invited to, isn't really wanted by him, is one particular scene. She's using a family heirloom of the Kennedys to blow lines and just a really negative, unfair portrayal of. Of this person. And they kind of use it as like, a way to pit her against Carolyn Bissette and that he didn't really wanna be with her as much as Carolyn. And this is the obstacle to get to Carolyn, sort of. But the portrayal is pretty negative. And people have overwhelmingly said they've done her so dirty and what was the point of this? And so she penned an op ed in the New York Times talking about her portrayal on Love Story. And I was really impressed by it. You know, you don't see a lot of people just come out with their full check defending herself. But she said, how can Love Story get away with this, essentially? And she said, nothing about this is accurate. Nothing about the way that the Kennedys felt about me is accurate. Nothing about my relationship with John here is accurate. And this has caused a lot of issues in my personal life, people thinking that this is true. So I love that she came and defended herself. She said, I've generally chosen to not respond to media coverage and I don't want to engage in these things. But the choice to portray me as this irritating, self absorbed, whiny and inappropriate person was no accident.
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And, you know, Daryl Hannah is not in the zeitgeist anymore as an actress, but she's this philanthropist. I mean, she writes in here. For decades, my work has focused on environmental advocacy, documentary filmmaking, and animal assisted therapy for seniors living with dementia and Alzheimer's. Like she writes, my professional life is built on compassion and responsibility like this. This is a woman who was really contributing to the greater good and, like, making a difference in the world. And I didn't really realize all of that. I mean, yeah, I thought she came across as like, the most obnoxious, hateable character on this show. And I didn't know much about her in real life. And I'm so glad she spoke about this. Her. The op ed was heartbreaking to read this. And it made me realize, like, just how crazy this is to do to a living person. I don't know that it's better if they're dead. But a person in the world today, like, was it necessary to do this? And I was trying to think of other incidents where this has happened on this level where there's this actress catching astray in such an intense way. Like, I. I don't know. I'm sure I was trying to think. Can you name anything where it's like a dramatization? You know, it's not some documentary about Brain Britney that may be exaggerated in certain ways, but it's like an actress playing this character who's still an actress alive today. And they're doing her so dirty. Like, I. I couldn't think of anything to compare to. And it feels so wrong.
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B
Nothing is dirty. I mean, there's been, like, O.J. simpson dramatizations.
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A
Right.
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B
Crime. A lot of crime dramatizations. But, you know, she said, right. Behavior is attributed are untrue. These are not creative embellishments of my personality. These are assertions about conduct, and they are false. I mean, this is just somebody who had a relationship with a person that she loved many years ago who died. And I'm sure that was a really horrifying. Her dog died.
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This woman's dog died. How could they.
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B
She also. She basically said that Harvey Weinstein had come after her during the filming of Kill Bill and she had had basically, like, pushed off his advances and it ruined her career. I mean, this is a woman who's also been through a lot. And it is crazy to take a living being and make them only look terrible as a way to prop up another woman. And to me, it didn't make the story richer, to be honest.
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Yeah, they did.
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B
Ugly for me. Right?
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A
That's. It was. Was this necessary? And why? And I don't know. I just, like, this is kind of giving me the ick a little bit about the show. I've only really watched the first four maybe, and I haven't kept up with it. I mean, I know Jack Slosberg has come out and criticized it for how it portrayed his family. And obviously he's the most authorized to speak about this. But obviously he's going to be more sensitive. It is his family. So I don't know. The show's kind of giving me the ick now. And I Don't know if I'm going to continue it. I didn't think it was that great to begin with. I enjoyed it. You didn't think it was that great to begin with. Like, it's like, it's culture stopping watch. Is it. Is it middle. It could be mid. So I don't know. I think Team Daryl justice for Dale Hannah 100%.
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B
I think people are obsessed with the Kennedys. I think people are obsessed with history. I think men are really into this show. People really like JFK and that family. I mean, it's just. It's a fascinating family and all the tragedy that they faced. And yes, you have Jack Slothberg who is now saying, like, not one thing in this is true. I think people are just obsessed with this story. People are obsessed with their love story. I mean, and you have this couple. He flew a plane and killed them both and killed her sister as well. And it's a horrifying story. And I think people are obsessed with it, and they're piecing it out once a week. So this is continuing to be the news cycle. And also her fashion, obviously, has been heavily parodied, and people are trying to emulate her fashion style. But, yeah, I mean, it just was crazy. And I love to see a woman stand up for themselves and not be railroaded by Hollywood. And maybe there was some of the. Also with Harvey Weinstein and feeling like her voice was taken away from her, and she was like, not again. Ryan Murphy, right?
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What does she do to Ryan Murphy? So there's that, and we'll move on. But they also did have a JFK Junior lookalike contest, of course, in New York, in Washington Square Park, I believe, where they all take place. And the guy that won, he was fine. There was a ton of guys out there, and they all were very hot. But that was one. I think you should have attended.
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B
But so I was going to. And I couldn't figure out what time it was. And I was looking on Secret New York, which is like a thing I. And I couldn't figure out what time it was. But people really came out on bikes and rollerblades and they dressed up as him. And there was Carolyn Bessette there, too. And I just. Anytime there's just sweet, healthy, wholesome joy in the world, makes me happy.
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Okay, let's move on to our headlines, and we will send you guys out into your weekend. So Trump fired Kristi Noem as the Secretary of Homeland Security. I mean, yay. But, like, Senator Mark Wayne Mullen. One word Mark Wayne has replaced her. He's no better. I mean, it's just one of those things of like the. Don't worry, they'll find someone worse. I mean, Kristi Noem is the devil incarnate. Truly. I mean, she killed her 14 month old dog. Like it. She's the devil, truly. I think she's like really evil on the inside. So glad she's gone. And she was doing. Doing a terrible job. The words don't. That. That's an understatement. And so many people have really been harmed and died under this Department of Homeland Security and the actions that they've taken. But anyway, she's out.
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B
I have my own witch moment. I have my own witch moment. Like you the other. I texted you a photo. I was sitting. I did local Fox News the other day and I was sitting in the lobby and she was on TV and I texted you a photo of her and I was like, I can't look at this woman anymore. She was testifying and she got fired the next day.
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A
Yeah. In the airports, those videos, like, is this all? Have we always had like the DHS secretary on like airport security videos? Did I just not pay attention before? Because they weren't a trigger to me. Like, why is she always on like the screens in the airport? I can't stand it, like already ruining my morning, already ruining my trip. So I hope those can change. But I don't really want to see Mark Wayne. Do we need anybody, like, in this climate? Just get them off the screens. Like, we're already stressed enough traveling.
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B
Let's put puppies up there, okay?
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A
Puppies.
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B
The government is shut down.
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A
Puppy.
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B
Yes. Anything cute, we put her puppy. The government is shut down. The TSA is heavily depleted at the moment. Airport lines are hours and hours. So I mean, we need some joy at the airport. So Donald Trump can't honestly admit that she is the worst, so he just gave her a new job. And it is the special envoy for the Shield of Americas, which is word salad. That means nothing. In this role, she focuses on dismantling international cartels and enforcing security partnerships, blahdi, blah, blah, blah. It's just made up nonsense.
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Yeah, it's just a made up job. I mean, this administration is such a joke. Like, I just. The war is a whole nother thing, which is just, you know, we're gonna try to keep it light, not talk so much about the war, but they are just. It's a fucking clown show. Operation Epic Fury. Are you fucking kidding me? They just post on the White House Instagram. Like a Call of Duty mashup. Like, war is a game. I can't believe these people. They make me, like, quite literally, like, so sick. It's so vile. Okay, well, let's move on from that. That our next headline, the Los Angeles Marathon. This ended in the craziest way I have ever seen. So this one runner is running towards the finish line. He is such a huge lead. No one is even around him. No one's even around him. And then another runner comes up from behind, out of nowhere, out of nowhere, and passes him. And as the original runner is. They're getting near the ribbon, he reaches out to kind of touch the it first, and he falls. Because the other guy does go through it first and wins. I've never seen. It was wild to watch. And I'm like, did he hear him coming up at all? And maybe he couldn't pick up his pace at all. I mean, like, he was completely spent by that point. But he realizes that at the last minute, like, he's on his tail and it's crazy to see. So that happened. It was also, like a 87 degree day. It was really, really hot. And they were saying that the runners could get a finisher medal after 18 miles, which people had a problem with. I mean, I don't know. Like, as someone who. When I ran my last half marathon, I think I've done four or three. My fourth half marathon, I had been having some knee issues, and it started to rain, and I ran home at mile seven, I was right by my house. I had my. I knew we were gonna go by my house in Atlanta, and I had my house key on me, obviously. And I was like, I'm done with this. Like, my body is hurting, it's raining, and I'm going home. And I wouldn't have expected a metal. Like, I wouldn't have been like, I need the metal.
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B
Like, I.
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A
It just. I get it, though, because it's like they don't want people to push themselves to the limit and end up in the hospital or dying. And people want that medal to show that they did it. I don't know. I want to. I'm going to tread lightly because I am just. I'm not a marathon runner. And, like, I see both sides of it being like, I don't know, let people have the medal. But also, I see it like, you didn't earn the medal.
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B
I think you didn't earn the medal. I mean, I'm not a. I'm not a marathon runner, but if I ran the 26.2, which is also an arbitrary made up number. Do you know why it was 26.2?
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A
Yeah, it's like a green Greek mythology.
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B
Well, there's been a few different things. Yes, it started with Greek mythology, But then in 1908, it was adjusted and standardized, and it is the start of the Windsor Castle and finish in front of the royal box at White City. I mean, it's just. It's made up. It's just it was standardized in 1921. At this point, it is made up, but I don't know. I feel like I would. If I trained to be able to do 26.2, I'd be like, that's who gets the meds. However, 18 is really hard.
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A
Well, you didn't do the marathon, but you didn't. Do you even want the medal? Like, I'm like, I didn't earn this. And yes, it's like, it was hot and it shouldn't have been that hot. That was a fluke that it was gonna be 90 degrees when they did it. And it's climate change and it's getting hotter everywhere. And a lot of these races have had to be canceled or started earlier or whatever. Like, it's not physically healthy for you to be exhausting yourself in that kind of weather. But I don't think I'd want the metal. If I'm speaking for myself, I'd be like, I'm not running for the metal, by the way. That's not why I'm running a half marathon or a marathon. It's just. I don't even care about that. It's a nice memento, but it's to do the thing. Not for the cheap metal.
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B
I mean, listen, altogether, I don't care. It's all arbitrary to me, but I think that we should get medals for finishing a thing. If we sign up to do a thing and we finish that thing, that's who should get the medal for that thing.
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A
Can I tell you, like, when I quit that marathon, someone texted me, do you want me to try to get you a medal? Like, steal you? And I was like, no, I'm okay. Like, I remember a girlfriend who was kind of a shadier friend. Like, she knew I didn't finish because I was like, I am. I'm. I'm heading home. I'll see you at brunch. And she was like, we try to get you a medal. And I was like, no, I feel weird about that. Like, I didn't finish the race. I don't need it.
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B
I mean, what if you saw a medal at somebody's house and you were like, you finished the marathon? They're like, no, I finished 18 miles. I'd be like, what is this metal for? It's so funny.
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A
I don't even. I guess the metals are probably different for halves, but I don't even know where they are. They weren't like, I'm not. They're not hanging out up in my trophy room. Like, I don't even know where my medals are.
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B
I have a serious question for y'.
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A
All. Okay.
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B
Okay. What if somebody, like, ran a mile and then they, like, got in a car and they, I don't know, four hours later got dropped off at the front?
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A
How do you.
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B
Is there cameras everywhere? Like, how would you know that somebody actually finished the race?
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A
There's a race route, though. Like, I don't know. I guess you could. I guess you. You could jump back in. I don't know. Just, like, public humiliation and just being a fudgeing weirdo. Like, I think it's just like, I guess you could do that, but why would you want to? Like, that's what you. Because the metal. I don't know. It's like, oh, just a weird move. I guess people probably do it.
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B
Okay.
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A
Okay, so we're just going to end with a headline that I am just so into, which is Dak Prescott and his fiance called off their wedding after their joint bachelor and bachelorette party. So, first of all, fuck Dak Prescott and remember when he remembers spitgate from the NFL season opener in 2025? So I was the Dallas Cowboys quarterback. The Dallas Cowboys quarterback, yes.
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B
And so Dak Prescott and Sarah Jane Ramos, who's he has two children with as well, they are getting married. They go to this joint bachelorette in the Bahamas, and then everybody leaves.
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A
They stay behind.
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B
And I guess she found out that he was using fake social media profiles to connect with women, flirt with them, said messages, I guess, meet up with them. I mean, it's pretty shocking. It's not shocking that an athlete cheated on their partner, but they have two children together. They're getting married next month. I mean, you just don't see this.
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A
That is. Yeah. So they had to send out a wedding cancellation notice to all of the guests, and they're trying to keep this private. And it's like, you can't keep that private. That's. That is going out to however many people. Dozens, hundreds even. So, yes. Like, at first, people were like, it's the prenup. I think that's just people Fan fiction. And she was like, it's not about the prenup. Also, they have two kids together. She's entitled to plenty of his money regardless, and child support. So she was like, it's not about the prenup. And she did cite infidelity. So, like Raina said, he was like, incognito using fake social media profiles, which is also just. Even another layer of. Of just flirting or cheating is like, using. Creating fake profiles. Like, you have really put in a lot of work on this. So this is just. It's a crazy. It's a bummer. They have two kids. Like, they're already connected for life, so they had even more of an incentive to get married. Like, I. When I first saw the headline, I didn't know they had two kids together. I don't know enough about Dak Prescott. I really don't care. But it's just like this. That's even crazier. What went down. So I did not expect that this.
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B
I didn't expect her to walk away. I mean, to have two kids. Like, I'm. I'm proud of her. I'm impressed. Because it would have been easy to say.
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A
Yeah, the comments are so funny. I was in the comments last night on what's on Instagram account. He still can't get a ring D interception. Dak threw an interception to his own wedding, made it to the playoffs and lost before the big game. Cowboy for life. And dudes that have joint bachelor bachelorette parties don't win Super Bowls. Would you ever do that? Joint bachelor bachelorette party? Like, it's just weird. It's just like, go on a trip together. All. All. Like, you don't need to do that. That should be each. The bride and groom's, like, special times with their friends. Like, I think it would be fun with the right group, especially if everybody was single. Like, it would have been weird as hell for me to do all Shashanks married friends, you know? Like, it just. It would have been weird. I would have never done that. I don't know. So weird.
- [59:00]
B
That's what the wedding is for. The wedding is for everybody to be together. I want to go on a girls trip with my girlfriends. I don't need to hang out with your man and his friends. Like, if I'm spending all this money to go on a trip with my girlfriend to celebrate her wedding, I just want to be with my girlfriends. I don't want to be with your man and his friends. I just want to go on, like, a girls trip. And so I guess I would do what I would want, which. I don't know that I would have a joint. Listen, you guys, do whatever you want. It's just not for me. That's what the wedding is. The wedding is a joint party for everybody.
- [59:30]
A
Totally. I mean, I had three bachelorettes, so, you know, one of them could have been a couple's trip, but that's not what I was trying to do. I was trying to do three girls trips. But it's funny. Like, is this a red flag that a wedding's not gonna work out? Is this the new. Like, when you have a joint bachelor bachelorette party, the wedding is doomed. The marriage is doomed.
- [59:46]
B
Is it, like, I think he's cheating, and so I have. I don't even try him to go on his bachelorette without me. He. I'm gonna go with him.
- [59:53]
A
Do you think that was part of it? I mean, clearly, this is not in. This is an isolated incident. I doubt, like, clearly, for. They've been together for years. Like, she didn't just have her first suspicion of him cheating a month before the wedding.
- [60:07]
B
So I don't think that this is her going on the bachelor party to. To keep control of him because he travels all the time, and if you wanted to cheat on her, you would cheat on her.
- [60:14]
A
Yeah, yeah, yeah, you're right. You're right. But people get a little crazier on their bachelor party. Yeah. Okay, so anyway, that's over, and I don't care. And I hope she finds better. Dak Prescott and the Cowboys.
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B
That's over, and so is this episode. I hope you guys enjoy it.
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A
Yes, that's your snack, you guys. You can find us@girlsgotaeat.com Girls Gotta Eat podcast on Instagram and TikTok. I am Ash Hess. Raina is Raina. Just Duck Greenberg. Subscribe on YouTube. Share this episode with a friend and we will see you Monday.
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B
Have a great weekend, guys.
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A
Bye, Sam.