The Snack: Random Couples, Garlic Baths, and Love is Blind

Summary

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Girls Gotta Eat – The Snack: Random Couples, Garlic Baths, and Love is Blind

Release Date: February 20, 2025
Hosts: Ashley Hesseltine & Rayna Greenberg

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Episode Overview

This “Snack” episode delivers the Girls Gotta Eat signature blend of candid, comedic takes on pop culture, celebrity gossip, and reality TV with a focus on friendship and the absurdities of everyday life. Ashley and Rayna riff on matching outfits and beauty struggles, unpack the internet’s hottest (and weirdest) couple rumors, debate the merits of garlic-scented bath bombs, and deep-dive into recent TV obsessions—from SNL's 50th anniversary to the latest seasons of White Lotus and Love Is Blind. The energy is fast, unfiltered, and rooted in pop culture savvy.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Best Friend Vibes & Fashion Mishaps

00:10 – 02:00

• The episode opens with Ashley and Rayna realizing they showed up in nearly identical white sweatsuits, triggering a hilarious, relatable chat about best friend “twinning” and morphing into the same person over time.
• Sassy banter about sneaker preferences (“I’m a Nike girl… you’re a Lulu girl”) and struggles with at-home pedicures.
  • Quote: “You just start to morph into one person after all this time.” – Ashley (01:00)

2. Local Recommendations & Audience Impact

02:13 – 04:43

• Sharing updates about favorite local nail salons and the growing influence of the podcast in their community—listeners are showing up based on their recommendations.
• Shoutout to Igor the “mountain guy” for TV mounting—plugging his Instagram.

3. Random Couples Pop Culture Report

06:20 – 11:56

• Ashley and Rayna dissect the week’s rumored celebrity hookups, rating how “substantiated” each couple is and discussing their own reactions.
  • Discussed Couples:
    • Tom Cruise & Ana de Armas (“I don’t care who Tom Cruise dates.” – Ashley, 06:36)
    • Zoe Kravitz & Noah Centineo (deep-dive into Zoe’s dating history, including Channing Tatum, Drake, Penn Badgley)
    • Demi Moore & Andrew Garfield (“Demi is age-gap queen. 62 and the most beautiful woman alive.” – Rayna, 10:14)
    • Austin Butler & Madelyn Cline (“If I could have anyone’s dating history, it’s her.” – Rayna, 10:54)
• Entertaining confusion about TikTok personalities (“For a long time, I thought we were talking about Noah Beck, not Noah Centineo…” – Rayna, 09:22)

4. Weird Food Collabs & Garlic Bath Bombs

11:59 – 15:29

• Papa John’s bizarre garlic dipping sauce bath bomb spawns a debate about novelty beauty/wellness products.
  • Quote: “You’re bathing in the garlic, it’s going in your puss. It’s giving BV, but maybe also the cure for BV?” – Ashley (13:02)
• Citing a 2014 study, Ashley cautions never to put garlic in/around vaginas, even if the internet says so.
• Roundup of wild brand collabs: Coca Cola Oreos (“I’d give them a spin.”), Mustard Skittles (“No. Hard pass.”), Kraft Mac & Cheese Ice Cream (unanimous disgust), Cheez-It cream cheese, Erewhon x Balenciaga bag, Old Spice x Arby’s “meat sweats” deodorant, and Pringles x Caviar Company.
  • “I don’t want my man smelling like roast beef.” – Rayna (15:09)

5. Valentine’s Day Recaps: Luigi Mangione & Matt James

15:47 – 19:03

• Rayna reads out a melodramatic heartfelt Valentine’s statement from the incarcerated “America’s Valentine,” Luigi Mangione, poking fun at influencer-style thank you posts.
• Candid discussion about Elizabeth Holmes’ (Theranos) prison routine and what accountability looks like.
• Mockery of ex-Bachelor Matt James’s social media behavior post-breakup (“Bought a one-way ticket to Kenya. Anyone have Africa recs?”).
  • Quote: “That’s like saying, ‘I’m going to New York. Do you have any California recs?’” – Rayna (18:36)

6. Bachelorette Franchise Theories

19:06 – 19:44

• Rayna speculates whether the indefinite pause on The Bachelor is to recruit Rachel Kirkconnell as the next lead, theorizing she’s a “bring the franchise back” candidate.

7. SNL 50th Anniversary Special

22:13 – 24:43

• Both hosts rave about the epic guest list and nostalgia of SNL’s 50th celebration.
  • “If a bomb went off in that room, that would be the end of the entertainment industry.” – Rayna (22:49)
• Notable afterparty chatter: Pete Davidson’s many famous exes, and the surprise public return of Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively amid ongoing legal controversy.
  • Rayna recaps backlash at their attendance and questions the unfair standards celebrities face.
  • Analysis of a viral SNL moment: Ryan Reynolds makes a cheeky “Why, what did you hear?” joke about the ongoing lawsuit, with debate over Blake Lively’s reaction.
    • “It was a joke about the attention on the case.” – Rayna (27:37)

8. Ashley’s Encounter with Daniel “Damian” Franzese (Mean Girls)

29:00 – 30:43

• Ashley bonds with Daniel Franzese (“Damian” from Mean Girls) at a comedy club, gossiping about Blake Lively and Justin—spins into nostalgia about iconic Mean Girls movie lines.
  • Quote: “I’m gossiping about Blake Lively with Damian, the original cast, it’s insane.” – Ashley (29:08)
  • “There were so many good one-liners back then, and we had less content. So we really cared more…” – Rayna (30:18)

9. Reality TV Roundup

Summer House & Southern Charm

31:21 – 34:01

• Praise for the new season’s cast/energy. Jokes about long-winded speeches at house events and dreams of planning elaborate wedding festivities, including a drumline.

White Lotus Season 3

34:06 – 41:31

• No-holds-barred review of the new season set in Thailand.
  • Family and character dynamics—especially the “red flag” older brother.
    • Quote: “If your man thinks Saxon is the man, break up with him.” – Ashley (36:13)
    • Worries over incest references and the evolution of “toxic male archetypes” each season.
  • Parker Posey’s southern accent earns mixed reviews.
  • Outrage over the new theme song—universally panned:
    • “The theme song is an insult to the viewer.” – Rayna (38:41)
    • “We would sing the other one… dancing, play it at the shows. This is just not a song.” – Ashley (39:44)

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Love Is Blind: Season 8 (Minneapolis)

41:38 – 54:47

• Express excitement for the season's Minneapolis location but critique pacing—six episodes in the pods felt excessive (“six episodes and we’ve barely seen any reveals!”).
  • Quote: "This is the season where I've seen the most people in love triangles and a lot of people go home without that person." – Rayna (46:06)
• Noted upgrade in production value—apartments, music, and even food spreads (“the budget has increased drastically on the music.” – Ashley, 43:57)
• Analysis of cast behavior (Minnesota “nice”) and food traditions.
• In-depth discussion of a cast controversy: Taylor discovers Daniel followed her Instagram months before the show.
  • Theorizing possible explanations ranging from innocent coincidence (“maybe he just thought she was hot”) to elaborate premeditated manipulation.
  • Quote: “It’s not Beautiful Mind… [just] ‘this girl’s hot!’” – Rayna (49:47)
  • Considerations of male insecurity (Daniel’s fixation on height and desirability).
  • Acknowledgment of Taylor’s right to feel unsettled and what makes for dealbreakers.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Ashley (01:00): “You just start to morph into one person after all this time.”
• Rayna (10:14): “Demi is age-gap queen. 62 and the most beautiful woman alive.”
• Ashley (13:02): “You’re bathing in the garlic, it’s going in your puss. It’s giving BV, but maybe also the cure for BV?”
• Rayna (18:36): “That’s like saying, ‘I’m going to New York. Do you have any California recs?’”
• Ashley (36:13): “If your man thinks Saxon is the man, break up with him.”
• Rayna (38:41): “The theme song is an insult to the viewer.”
• Ashley (39:44): “We would sing the other one… dancing, play it at the shows. This is just not a song.”
• Ashley (29:08): “I’m gossiping about Blake Lively with Damian, the original cast, it’s insane.”
• Rayna (49:47): “It’s not Beautiful Mind… [just] ‘this girl’s hot!’”

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 00:10–02:00 – Matching outfits, beauty rituals, friendship morphing
• 06:20–11:56 – Celebrity couple rumor report
• 11:59–15:29 – Weird food / beauty product collabs (garlic bath bomb debate)
• 15:47–19:03 – Luigi Mangione & Matt James’s social absurdities
• 22:13–24:43 – SNL 50th’s guest list and afterparty
• 26:36–28:41 – Ryan Reynolds’ viral SNL moment, audience reaction
• 29:00–30:43 – Mean Girls nostalgia with Daniel Franzese
• 31:45–34:01 – Summer House breakdown, wedding dreams
• 34:06–41:31 – White Lotus Season 3: review, theme song outrage
• 41:38–54:47 – Love is Blind S8: Minneapolis, drama, Instagram controversy

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Overall Tone

Playful, irreverent, and unfiltered—Ashley and Rayna combine pop culture critique with sharp comedic timing, giving listeners a best-friends-on-the-couch experience. Witty observations, enthusiastic TV chatter, and openness about “weird” Google searches or beauty struggles keep the episode fast-paced and highly relatable.

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Transcript

[A]

Welcome to the snack. A lighter serving of girls gotta eat.

[B]

This is a Dear Media production.

[A]

Enjoy.

[B]

Hi, guys.

[A]

Hi, guys.

[B]

We are wearing the exact same outfit today. I can't even look at you without.

[A]

I can't. Stole my look. Who. When did you buy that? I'm gonna run the tape.

[B]

It came this morning.

[A]

Well, I wore this for, like a week straight.

[B]

I got this as a Christmas.

[A]

I know. A Christmas gift for my fiance. And I wore it for, like five days in a row when we were travel. So this is on you.

[B]

I bought this on a TikTok shop, obviously.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

When you walked in in this exact same outfit. You guys, this just happens a lot to us. But it'd only be like a black tee and some jeans. Like, stuff that every girl wears every day. Not a white sweatsuit.

[A]

Well, even on this week's episode. Right. We were just wearing, like, the same citizen button fly jeans. And I wore black and you wore white. Like, we look ridiculous. It's real. Best friendship. I don't feel like couple stuff like that.

[B]

Crazy, though.

[A]

But, like, you just start to morph into one person after all this time. Except for live shows, because you like to wear, like, an ice costume. Ice Capades costume.

[B]

I want to wear a costume. I can't believe I spent all these years just, like, putting on clothing. Like, I could have just been shopping on Amazon for costumes and.

[A]

Are these new sneaks?

[B]

These are old sneaks. They're from aloe. They're so clean, so I haven't worn them.

[A]

Like maybe.

[B]

Probably worn them twice. They look brand new.

[A]

Big logo.

[B]

As big as it gets.

[A]

No, it's fine. Okay. What? So that's just like TikTok. That's the brand.

[B]

It's some TikTok shop. Just some overpriced tik tok shop. It's called S U sup Su. And honestly, it really snatches you. It's cute. And yours is.

[A]

Mine's Nike.

[B]

Nike, huh? From Portland.

[A]

I'm a Nike girl. Yeah, I know.

[B]

I'm more of an Adidas girl, but I'm an aloe girl. You're a Lulu girl.

[A]

Yeah, and I'm a Birkenstock girl.

[B]

I wear burks. I have three.

[A]

Take a look at my toes. And I had to cut them myself because they were so overgrown.

[B]

Back to the French man.

[A]

I felt like they were putting me up a shoe size. They were stupid. Toenails get so long. So I did actually my toenails.

[B]

Go ahead. I'm gonna let you finish.

[A]

I did chop them myself, but I'm gonna go in there this week, right? It looks so nice.

[B]

Oh, our new pinkies. You haven't been there?

[A]

I haven't been in the new location. So on the corner I've been telling.

[B]

You takes up the whole corner. So I've been in these streets a lot and looks so glam. It's so gorgeous. And I went last Saturday, and the guy doing my. My pedicure was like, I have to really thank you. Like, you've talked about this on the podcast, and we've had a lot of people come in from the podcast. And I was like, oh, my God, thank you. Can I get you a drink? And I. I'm fine. He goes, no, like, alcohol. And I was like, yeah. And they were really pumping me full of soju. I had to walk home. I love that they were. They offered to drive me home.

[A]

Oh, my God.

[B]

He was like, I'll take you. I was like, wait, shuttle service? No, he was just going to drive me home.

[A]

They were like, come, get the open bar. Get the soju. We'll drive you home. I'm obsessed. It is very funny what people hear. My mountain guy also said that someone told him we talked about on the podcast.

[B]

Wait, really?

[A]

Igor? So I'll mention him again. He's on his own now.

[B]

You have given me all my mountain guys. Do you know that? The guy. I've been like, this guy's been coming over a lot. You don't even know about it.

[A]

Well, Igor's my main guy, and if you guys want to check him out, I'm just gonna give you his Instagram. And it's TV mounted, so. TV mounted? Just that's, you know, that's what it is. And he's great. He's done three TVs. He just recently did the one that we stole from you.

[B]

Ashley, you will not stop reminding me about this tv. Every day I'm being, like, waterboarded by the tv. Ash is like, do you have a mount you could bring over? And then on Saturday, she's like, do you like the remote control that you could give me? And I was like, every day we talk about this tv.

[A]

Sorry, we couldn't use it without the remote.

[B]

And then yesterday, give me a full tv.

[A]

No, you gave me a tv. No mount, no remote. Also, by the way, I just need to make it clear my fiance can mount a tv, but I just feel like it's a skill that someone comes in, they have all the shit ready to go, and it's like, done, done, done. It's like, I just Want to be clear? Because then I wanted to move it up and he moved it up and he. I was like. It was very hot, you know, like, he can mount a tv. I got to be. I've been very clear.

[B]

Can he mount a TV in seven minutes, like Rob?

[A]

No.

[B]

You don't know that reference. That's okay.

[A]

No, it's from Vanderpump, isn't it?

[B]

I'm proud of you.

[A]

Anyway, guys, TV mounted. Tell you where I sent you.

[B]

I've had handyman in the house continuously, just round the clock. I'm finally done with the renovation. But I know I said at the beginning of the year that I was going to, like, learn, do all this stuff, but, like, I'm not mounting televisions. I'm not doing that.

[A]

It's just one of those things of, like, just bring someone in a small business, pay them. They're gonna do it so quick.

[B]

60 bucks an hour.

[A]

They have all this stuff. But yes, we just. We put the TV in the bedroom, and it's been a game changer.

[B]

Well, your TV's my bedroom, and I couldn't watch White Lotus last night because I couldn't download HBO Max onto that TV without a Samsung login, which I do not have, which is associated with your account. So I had to watch it downstairs in the room that I don't like.

[A]

That is a tragedy. Yeah, the same thing almost happened to us last night.

[B]

We.

[A]

We were trying to watch on YouTube TV, and it said you had to. It said you had to get an LG login, and I was like, absolutely not. And so we were able to just not update the app and still watch it. This is so funny. Who knew that we would be dressed the same? But we're. We're Samsung versus lg.

[B]

You know, I had this moment where I got a little scared because you're using all of my apps that I'm previously logged into. You know, we did log into your Netflix. That's okay.

[A]

I logged out, but I was like, I don't care. I thought I would be. See something funny on your algo. Nothing. It's just same as mine.

[B]

I just. I got worried that you're gonna see my porn categories because I watched porn on my TV sometimes. But, like, then I remembered I actually don't watch it through YouTube. I mirror it from my phone to the TV.

[A]

Okay, you.

[B]

That is like, top tier. I can't decide if I'm proud of that or ashamed that I mirror porn onto the TV from my phone.

[A]

Watch it full screen, full size. Yeah.

[B]

Full size.

[A]

So life size.

[B]

I want the dicks to be enormous. So I didn't know if you were going to stay up. You're not. Okay. We're just going to thank our partner and we're going to jump in. Thanks to wild grain. Get 30% off your first box, plus free croissants in every [e-mail] GGE or PROM or use promo code GGE.

[A]

And that's it. Today, sponsored by Bread.

[B]

This episode, like our bodies. Okay, you want to kick it off with the report?

[A]

Okay. Yes. We have a random couple report.

[B]

There's just been a lot lately. Yeah, nobody's substantiated, really.

[A]

Oh, really?

[B]

This first one, I think, is substantiated. The other three, not so much.

[A]

Not substantiated. Well, you want to kick it off.

[B]

With our first one, Tom Cruise and Anna de Armas.

[A]

Oh, I. I don't care. I don't care who Tom Cruise dates.

[B]

I don't either. And I think that, like, if you date him, I find it a little odd. I feel like, the extreme allegiance to Scientology. Yeah, I'm not trying to, like, insult people's religions. If you guys were Scientologists, you're probably not listening to the show, though. And I know a lot about Scientology, so I can talk about it.

[A]

Reina does. Oh, my God. You blew my parents away. You just really, like, presented a thesis to them. A cab one night.

[B]

Remember it.

[A]

Weird.

[B]

I think we're coming back from 12 Chairs in Brooklyn. Yeah, I've read a lot about Scientology.

[A]

I don't know.

[B]

They care about this couple. It's just random.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Next up, we have Zoe Kravitz and Noah Centineo. Is that how you say. It's not. It's, like, got an extra letter. I thought you pronounced it correctly. Centineo. Yeah.

[B]

Isn't he a TikTok person? Shouldn't you know?

[A]

Or Centino? Okay, so there is an age gap here. I thought it was more, but it's not too much. It's. She's 36, he's 28.

[B]

Oh, is he?

[A]

I guess I thought. I mean, maybe. I thought she was a little older. I thought he was a little younger. I think I just thought he was a little younger because of, like, what is he? All the boys I've loved before? Yeah. I just think of him as kind of like a teenager. Like a hot teenager. No, he's so hot. So I am upset because of her and Channing Tatum's breakup. That's my favorite celebrity couple of all Time.

[B]

I know you are. Okay.

[A]

But I think Zoe and I have the same taste. Yeah, because, like, Channing Tatum, very into Noah Centineo. And then she also dated somebody. I don't think a lot of people know this. This is gonna ruffle some feathers because people hate when I say his name. But she dated Drake.

[B]

She did?

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Wait, I. She dated very briefly in 2013.

[A]

She dated Drake also.

[B]

You're not that. I mean, everybody has her taste. Okay.

[A]

I don't know. Some people think Janet Tams, a butter face. And I've loved. I've loved him forever. But really quick, I just feel like this is some hot tea because my fiance didn't even know that Zoe Kravitz and Drake dated briefly in 2013. They were seen kissing at a Beyonce concert.

[B]

Really?

[A]

And then she confirmed it years later on Watch what Happens live with Andy Cohen.

[B]

I think she is so beautiful. I mean, who wouldn't date her?

[A]

And she dated Dan Humphries. What?

[B]

Yes.

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Like, I'm telling you, I'm really into her dating history. Holy shit. Penn Badgley. You guys, Gossip Girl.

[B]

I just finished Gossip Girl two days ago.

[A]

It's really having a resurgence.

[B]

I've watched the whole thing again. That is, I'm gonna say, one of the best season series finales of all time, ever. Unbelievable.

[A]

They closed it out strong. Killed it.

[B]

Okay. For a long time while we were talking about this, I was thinking we were talking about Noah, Becky Tiktoker.

[A]

That's fair.

[B]

I was like, that guy's so sexy. He dated Dixie d'. Amelio. I was just like, he's part of. What was that? Hub House.

[A]

Oh, yeah. No, not Hub House. I love Hubbard.

[B]

What was it called? Hub House. Hub House is Lindsey Hubbard. I got Summer House on the brain. I thought it was no Beck. And I was like, go up. Zoe Kravitz, this young boy. But do you know when you said there wasn't.

[A]

She really does have my type.

[B]

When you said it wasn't such an age difference, I was like, isn' 20, 22?

[A]

But do you know Noah Centineo? Centineo.

[B]

I had to look it up. I actually don't really. He's sexy.

[A]

He's so sexy.

[B]

Really sexy. Not as sexy as Noah Beck.

[A]

Okay. Another age gap, which. This, again, just speculation. Right. Is Demi Moore and Andrew Garfield age gap queen? 62. She's 62. Most beautiful woman alive.

[B]

It's. It's.

[A]

I truly. It's like the hair. It's everything. She's so beautiful.

[B]

I know.

[A]

I think she's my top of a woman. I mean, always she's been beautiful, but a 62. 62. You're full. And Spider Man.

[B]

No, it's crazy.

[A]

Is he like, oh, and sorry, he's 41. Which we love it.

[B]

Is he 41?

[A]

Age alert. It is.

[B]

Okay, this final one, Austin Butler and Madison Madeline Klein. I. So they were spotted out at a restaurant, like a celebrity hotspot in la. And people are saying, like, they did this on purpose to, like, announce their relationship, but it's unsubstantiated. However, I would like to just go on record and say if I could have anyone's dating history. Anyone. It's her.

[A]

Oh, my God. I don't know anybody.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

I don't even really know who that is.

[B]

So Madelyn Cline, she was the star of Outer Banks. She dated Chase Stokes, who's her. The opposite. Her co star. So opposite her on Outer Banks, just. And he is dating Kelsey Ballerini now.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

They've been together for a while. So one of the hottest men alive. Gorgeous, perfect, amazing. Austin Butler. She dated Pete Davidson. I just want to take a ride.

[A]

I know you do. You've been saying this for years.

[B]

I just want to. Like, we had the same agent for some time. I probably should have struck when the iron was hot back then. I just. I feel like everybody gets to, like, pay the toll and take a ride, and I haven't. And then she played opposite Dave Bautista.

[A]

Oh.

[B]

In Glass Onion. And they had like a very, like, sexy sexual relationship. She's like, all over him and she's riding a motorcycle on the back of Dave Bautista. And like, if I could have anybody's dating history slash co star history. Cause she co starred with all these people. It's her.

[A]

You want to be her?

[B]

I do want to be in her.

[A]

I want to be Zoe.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Okay. You're more Ashley's friend and more Raina's friend.

[B]

Yeah. Weigh in the comments. Okay. And then just to round out these, like, collabs that are a little sus. Papa John's released a.

[A]

You said that with no irony. This is another random couple, you guys.

[B]

Papa John's has unveiled a garlic dipping sauce bath bomb.

[A]

Now I love sinking you guys.

[B]

Like, you're gonna bathe in garlic sauce.

[A]

Smell like. It's so funny because people would say, like, oh, that garlic sauce. I would bathe in it. And they were like, what is that? Say what? We'll do it. Say less.

[B]

I love Papa John's. I've been a long time fan.

[A]

Right, right. Cause you're Papa's and I'm Domino's.

[B]

I actually love Domino's.

[A]

No, everyone loves Domino's. But if you like, we've kind of.

[B]

I went to college Domino's with a girl. So I went to college with daughter John, and I love Papa John's. I love their breadsticks and their garlic dipping sauce. I would drink it. And I love the smell of garlic.

[A]

There's no better smell.

[B]

When you walk into a home and somebody's cooking, I think the. Oh, I would even do, like, a garlic candle. But I don't want my body to smell like that. What if somebody was going down on you and they're like, what is that smell?

[A]

It's crazy. And, like, my first thought was, like, okay, you're. You're bathing in the garlic. It's going in your puss. And I was like, a. It's giving bv. But then I thought, or also the cure for bv. Because if you ever heard. What is it say that you're supposed to put garlic up your puss. So is it bv, or is it the cure for bv?

[B]

Okay, it is the cause and the cure.

[A]

No. So I was, like, trying to remind myself, like, I swear, people used to be talking about putting garlic up their pussy.

[B]

Right?

[A]

So a 2014 study found that garlic supplement tablets had a similar therapeutic effect in treating BV as metronazidol, an oral antibiotic. However, it is important to note that the above study assessed oral garlic supplements only. A person should never place garlic or garlic products in or around their vagina. So, no, but people. I swear to God, I think there's people out there and, like, let us know in the comments that were really pushing that for a while to put, like, garlic cloves up your vagina.

[B]

Oh, I think that this is, like, widely known that, like, people do this. Yeah, it's probably. There's probably no real garlic in this. Probably very similar to the Papa John's garlic sauce. It's probably just natural flavors, which means not natural flavors.

[A]

So it.

[B]

But it got me thinking about other collabs. I'm just gonna read them to you and you just. I mean, you can give me a yes, a no, a fuck no. All food related. Coca Cola Oreos. These are real collabs, by the way, that have happened.

[A]

That have happened. Okay.

[B]

Coca Cola Oreos.

[A]

I'd give them a spin.

[B]

Okay. Mustard yellow mustard Skittles.

[A]

No. Hard pass.

[B]

Van Leeuwen Kraft Mac and cheese ice cream.

[A]

No. No. I feel sick.

[B]

Similarly, pop up Bagel had a cheez it. Cream cheese.

[A]

100%.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Yeah, makes sense. Cream cheeze it.

[B]

You just gotta wrap that cream cheeze it. I threw this one in here. Cause we're across the street from Erewhon. Erewhon Bag. Balenciaga.

[A]

It's kind of a bag.

[B]

It's kind of food related. Old Spice did an Arby's collab where they did meat sweats. Arby's under, like, deodorant.

[A]

Yeah. I mean, I'd have to smell it. I don't want my man smelling like roast beef.

[B]

Okay. And then Pringles and the caviar company.

[A]

It was caviar flavored.

[B]

It's actually comes. It's a little set that comes with, like, a can of Pringles and a can of caviar.

[A]

Like, totally makes sense.

[B]

Great, right? I love that one.

[A]

What about Vibes Only and Dill pickle blow gel? That's what it's giving.

[B]

It wasn't for me, but it was a big seller. People sold it out in one day.

[A]

Yes. Okay, so we are a few days, almost a week past Valentine's Day, and something really stuck out from our collective Valentine here in the US in the world, really. He spoke out.

[B]

The voice that we needed. We're still talking about Valentine's Day was.

[A]

Luigi Mangione again, America's Valentine.

[B]

He finally released a statement from jail. He released a website.

[A]

We've been. We've been waiting.

[B]

We have. I feel like I haven't felt joy.

[A]

I know.

[B]

In weeks without Luigi. So here's the statement. On Valentine's Day, I am overwhelmed by and grateful for everyone who has written me to share their stories and express their support powerfully. The support has transcended political, racial, even class divisions. Blah, blah, blah. While it is impossible for me to reply to most letters, please know that I read every one that I receive. Thank you again to everyone who took the time to write. I look forward to hearing more in the future. Or Luigi Mangioni while I read all them. I just wish I had time to reply. It's giving, like, just an influencer, girly.

[A]

It's giving way better than Matt James breakup post.

[B]

I'm so glad you brought that up.

[A]

Dear Father God. Okay, also, like, I want to know how many letters he's getting. So many people must be writing to him. Like, you know, he's. That's probably got to be all he's doing in there. I mean, reading his fan mail.

[B]

I mean, do you think him and Diddy were talking?

[A]

No. They're going to do an album.

[B]

I mean, what else is there to do? I'm sure he's getting like a to of letters, a ton of attention. He has nothing else to do. Why aren't you writing me back?

[A]

Elizabeth Holmes is. She's reading Harry Potter and doing something else for like 30 cents an hour. So she finally also says it's like hell take. Yeah, yeah, yeah. She's like, this sucks. Well, you shouldn't just like reading Harry Potter.

[B]

Shouldn't have defrauded all these people. Isabeth Holmes.

[A]

Well, you know, they made an example out of her.

[B]

They did. I think a lot of the men that corroborated with her should be also prison. Absolutely. I'll talk about Theranos and Elizabeth. Don't get me started on my Theranos.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Matt James.

[A]

Oh, yes, right. Oh my God.

[B]

So he, his behavior on social media has been crazy. He is not acknowledging the breakup at all with Rachel McConnell, which I always say it is your right to not acknowledge that publicly. You don't have to make public statements. But he started this.

[A]

Yeah, right. He just like dropped the breakup post and walked away. Which again and again, if you guys, this is a former bachelor. His breakup with the woman who he left the show with, it just was super public news. But yeah, I get. I mean, the less you talk about it, the more it's gonna go away. So I mean, I guess that's his frame of mind. I don't know.

[B]

I just don't know why he talked about it to begin with. Because it's. It looks as though through his social media, if you go through it, he's scanning the comments and filtering them. They're all really positive, which couldn't be the case. I feel like he was like the most hated man in America for two weeks.

[A]

Oh my God, that. Absolutely.

[B]

So it felt like he was really filtering comments. And then he went to, he posted this thing that said like, I bought a one way ticket to Kenya. My father was from Nigeria. Does anybody have Africa, Rex? The biggest continent on the planet, Nigeria and Kenya. They're so far away from each other, I had to look them up. That's like saying, I'm going to New York. Do you have any California?

[A]

When you send that to me, I was like, does anyone have recommendations for this continent?

[B]

The continent?

[A]

Does anyone have any North America wrecks? I'm out here. Anything in Asia? I'd like, you guys know, anywhere in Asia to go.

[B]

But like, I'd like for a place for dinner.

[A]

Right.

[B]

Place to go. To dinner.

[A]

Correct. Even, like, if I'll be going, I'll be doing a few countries.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Or maybe he's just like, I'll do whatever.

[B]

I can't come back to America.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

They don't want me.

[A]

It's crazy. I died over that.

[B]

Do you think? And we are going to move on. I have a theory about the Bachelor that I want to run by you.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Do you? So the Bachelor out was put on pause, what, Indefinitely. Right. It was supposed to air in June. They allegedly had picked a lead and they've pivoted.

[A]

And we talked about this last week.

[B]

Yes. Do you think that they're waiting for Rachel Kirk Connell to agree to be the Bachelorette?

[A]

Oh, my God. What a theory.

[B]

That's my new theory is that they this happened and they were like, who on the planet could be better than her?

[A]

Yeah. Like, maybe. I mean, again, if the franchise is struggling, that would bring it back, you know, that would be somebody people would tune in to see. So maybe they're like, it's Rachel or nobody.

[B]

That's. That's my new theory is they're trying to, like, negotiate with her.

[A]

Okay. I like it. Well, we are just going to tell you guys about Wild Grain and then we'll get back into it.

[B]

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[A]

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[B]

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[A]

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[B]

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[A]

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[B]

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[A]

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[B]

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[A]

I have a fun fact for you. What? Every membership, they donate four meals. So for every new Wild Grain member, we donate four meals to the Greater Boston Food Bank. That's so sweet. I love that. 510, 000 plus meals donated.

[B]

Oh, my God.

[A]

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[B]

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[A]

I know.

[B]

Okay, so SNL50 was this week.

[A]

Yeah. I mean, wow. Like, what a dynasty. Snl, hot take. I just. I mean, we love it. I can't sit here and say I watch it every week, but it's, you know, I think it's interesting to think about the cast that, like, speaks to you the most. You know, like, I saw something that was like, this was a lot of millennials, original cast, like Will Ferrell and Tina Fey and all those Molly Shannon, Amy Poehler, like, all around that time. I mean, Will Ferrell for me was just.

[B]

I mean, when you say the most iconic cast, the first person that comes to mind is Will Ferrell.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. So, I mean, what. They did a concert on Friday night.

[B]

A concert? A Radio City Music Hall. It's every person in the entertainment industry. I. I couldn't believe the red carpet. Like, if a bomb went off in that room, that would Be the end of the entertainment industry. That's what I think about.

[A]

It's 2025. I mean, just seeing who was at the concert. And the actual show was the coolest guest list ever. Because it's all these people in comedy and then everyone who's hosted it. Like, I don't know what cooler red carpet than for this because it's still all, like, the main celebrities, but, like, you had to have hosted for the most part, you know, like, even kind of seeing red carpet, I'm like, oh, I forgot when they were on it or whatever.

[B]

It was really. And every musical guest also. I mean, it is the coolest carpet that exists. It was like the first time I saw Kim Kardashian was when I went like, oh, my God, like, everyone is here.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And it's just special. Yeah. I mean, some of the best comedy moments of our lives are from that show. That's not a hot take. But to. To really think about the fact that this was 50 years and how many people's careers came from this. It was so, so special. And I watched part of the special on Sunday night. That type of sketch comedy isn't really always my favorite. It's just not. It's never gonna be. I think there was a lot of, like, throwback moments that were probably really special. I was talking to one of my friends, and she was watching it with her mom, and her mom has been watching this for 50 years and was like, this was amazing for her.

[A]

Yeah, right. Like, how do you condense 50 years into three hours, you know? Like, I think it was a solid representation of the show. I don't if you were expecting something more than. What were you expecting?

[B]

I don't know. I mean, I just. I thought it was really special and beautiful. A lot of crazy moments and trying to, like, touch on a couple. I just. I was. That the after party photos really got me. Like, I just was, like, every person was in that room and, like, I was, like, dying to know. Or Kim and Pete kind of talk.

[A]

Oh, my gosh.

[B]

And, like, he has, like, gotten his tattoos removed since. And is she, like, into that now? Is she dating somebody?

[A]

I don't know.

[B]

I don't know. But I was just dying to, like, did they bump into each other? Did they talk?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And then, like.

[A]

Well, I'm sure he had more exes in the room than just her. Right.

[B]

Okay, so let's think.

[A]

I mean, had. He had to have.

[B]

Who hasn't dated Pete Davidson, Kate Beckinsale, Madeleine Cline, Kim Kardashian, Ariana Grande. Yeah, I'm trying to do more X's for Pete Davidson. I think that that's all I can remember right now. But the biggest news of the night, Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively hit the red carpet. It just, I mean, exploded the Internet.

[A]

Because we just haven't seen him out.

[B]

Yeah. So they skipped. They skipped award season.

[A]

Right.

[B]

They haven't been on any of these carpets. And obviously the lawsuit's been so messy, and so people did not expect them to so publicly be there. But they've both hosted SNL before. This is not such a shock.

[A]

Yeah, you know me, I'm not this. I'm not a Blake Lively apologist or Ryan Reynolds. But, like, I don't know. Like, I, I guess I don't. Maybe I'm missing something, like, why people would criticize them going to this. They need to. To stay in their house.

[B]

So people really came out in full force against this, and they were just like, it's really tasteless to be in the middle of a lawsuit like this. And who is in the middle of a lawsuit?

[A]

Who in Hollywood isn't dealing with something? The world is on fire.

[B]

The. The trial is set for March 2026. So are they supposed to stay in the house for the next year? Like, at what point are they allowed to come out?

[A]

What do you, whatever you. You think, like, they, they aren't on trial for, I don't know, assault or, you know, not being sex offender stuff. I, like, I don't know. Like, yeah, it's all messy and. But I guess I just don't understand, like, yeah, they can go to that. I didn't have a. I didn't think that was weird. I'm like, let's see him out.

[B]

I said to you, like, before we even start talking about this, like, am I missing something?

[A]

Right.

[B]

I think.

[A]

I'm sure people let us know in the comments, but I don't know. I mean, again, I think if the lawsuit was something really harmful, totally to, I don't know, women, children, like, whatever. But, yeah, and then I saw some.

[B]

Other criticism about him, sort of like poking fun. So what happened was Tina Fey said, how's it been going? Ryan Reynolds stands up and says, why? What did you hear? Yeah, I thought it was really funny. It really funny. It was light. People were saying that he was making light of basically this case, which essentially, when you boil it down to it, is his wife saying, I was sexually harassed on this, the set. And still.

[A]

Yeah, but I don't. It's a. It's it's snl. We make light of everything. This is a comedy show. I don't. I mean, the whole show is. Again. And sometimes I don't like the stuff that over the years that I think is so serious that they've made fun of. They had Donald Trump host. You know what? He wasn't there because he had to go to the Daytona 500. Fucking little bitch ass riding around. I cannot. With this fucking president. But anyway, it just is like, it's snl. I don't know. It's not that serious. I'm not saying what's happening isn't serious, but their jokes are gonna be made.

[B]

It also wasn't a joke about the case. It was a joke about the attention on the case.

[A]

Yes. Yes.

[B]

It's the biggest thing in media and has been for months. There is no other stories bigger than this. And that's all it was. I thought it was, like, funny. People are debating whether Blake Lively knew that he was gonna do that or not. I didn't think her reaction was that surprised. But you and the rest of the Internet say that she did look surprised. And you think I watched the wrong thing.

[A]

Yes. So she absolutely did look surprised. But the question is whether she knew he was gonna do that, which I'm sure she did, and then she was acting, or if she really didn't know. I'm assuming that she did. But I have. And we can play this. Well, here you go. Here's this. I have a question. Oh, hi. Ryan Reynolds.

[B]

Hi.

[A]

How's it going?

[B]

Great.

[A]

Why? What have you heard?

[B]

Oh, that. Okay, so I guess I didn't see that exact. Maybe I just wasn't looking.

[A]

She, like, whips her head up like, what the fuck are you doing? But she could just be. She's an actress. But, you know, whether you think she's a good one or not, she could be acting.

[B]

I think she knew. I think, like, it would be weird to not tell your partner. I have, like, a line on SNL tonight.

[A]

So you know who I have been gossiping about Blake and Justin with? Who is my new friend, who is Damien from Mean Girls. So the actor is Daniel Franzese, and I met him at a show the other night at the Comedy Store.

[B]

To get to gossip with Damien.

[A]

No, we're like, in the DMs. Like, I like. I'm like. The fact that I'm gossiping about Blake.

[B]

Lively with Damien, the cast of Mean Girls, it's insane. The original cast.

[A]

Yeah. So he walked into the green room the other night at the show. And we just got talking. It was so, so nice. Sparkle eyes. My fiance was there. He loved him. And we just really had a fun conversation. And we took a little picture I posted on my story, but he had a sticker of him, like, in the purple hoodie.

[B]

Okay. Was he carrying that around with him?

[A]

I think he just has that.

[B]

I love him.

[A]

Well, so he tours all over. He does a lot of colleges.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

And I was asking him, like, do you lean on the mean girls thing? Are people, like, dying for you to mention it? You know, and he was like, yeah, it's on my whole set. But I mention it, you know, he's proud of it. That's how people know him. And anyway, he was just wonderful. And, like, we both got talking about how we just can't get enough of this story. Like, we're locked in to Blake and Justin till March 2026 and. And beyond.

[B]

Hope it never stops.

[A]

Yeah. So now we're, like, in the DMS about it. I'm like, this is a fun friendship.

[B]

God, you're so lucky.

[A]

Yeah, I know. I, like, texted you guys. I was like, guys, I'm in the green room.

[B]

I'm so jealous.

[A]

And then someone was like, you go, Glen Coco. What? I mean, my favorite line from his is like, she doesn't even go here, obviously. But I sometimes forget about none for Gretchen Wieners.

[B]

No, you really like. Not you. The plural. You like. There was so many good one liners back then, and we had less content. So we really cared more about one liners and movies back then because there was a movie back in our day, like, probably once a year.

[A]

Yeah. I saw a meme once that was like, you guys don't understand. Like, we used to have to take, like, a quote from an Adam Sandler movie, and that had to last us for, like, three years.

[B]

Old school lasted.

[A]

Old school still.

[B]

I milked that for a decade.

[A]

Still milking it.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Oh, my gosh. So, yes, that's my new friend. And yeah, I mean, it's just, I do think there's going to be obviously less and less, like, Lively and Justin.

[B]

They're amending the complaint. What? She's amending her complaint so there will be more news.

[A]

No.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

What? Like, like, we're not tracking.

[B]

We're not sure yet, but the judge has given her. It might actually come down the pipe today. The Judge gave her 48 hours to amend the complaint. So as we're recording it, we record two days before we drop the episodes. This is Tuesday. This will come out Thursday. So we May get this news before the episode drops.

[A]

Oh, my God, please.

[B]

But I do feel like, in the meantime, thank God. We have so much to entertain us. There is so much television on right now. I feel like this is the super bowl of television. Actually, the super bowl kicked off some really good television for me. I am thriving because Southern charm is on right now, which I'm loving. Summer House premiered last week, which the second episode will be this week. Obviously, two episodes will strong premiere. Yes.

[A]

We were into it.

[B]

Lindsay. Three hour. Three hour speech about being pregnant. She's like, I've been on the show for 100 years, and I have to do a summer house pregnant with all these 25 year olds. And I'm gonna take my time.

[A]

She. She gave the speech that they had a clock going, whether they're exaggerated or not. But she gave like a 20 minute speech, which is like an insane length of time. And the way she kicked it off was like, so my first summer here. And you're like, oh, my God, this is gonna be a seven year. Like, it's when like a best man or a maid of honor starts a speech.

[B]

Some of you may not know me. That's what it was giving.

[A]

Yes. You're like, if it's like, I've seen speeches where it's the brother is the best man and he starts with childhood.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

And it's like, are we going chronological? 30 years.

[B]

That's how it felt like a maid of honor speech. And she's like, when we met in kindergarten, I've.

[A]

I was at a wedding once, and the maid of honor gave a speech and she brought someone else up there to turn her pages.

[B]

I'm gonna make somebody do that when.

[A]

I do your wedding, Reina. Front, back is all you get. You can't have a page. Also, you're officiating. That's your speech.

[B]

I'm gonna make her flip the pages.

[A]

Tessa's in all my wedding photos.

[B]

I'm gonna be like, next slide. Tessa runs in from the projector to me.

[A]

Wait, should we do a PowerPoint? Honestly, like, as I'm planning this wedding, I'm like, let's it up like I told you. I was like, we gotta get a drumline.

[B]

When you said drumline, I actually. No. Part of me thought you were kidding.

[A]

I'm not kidding.

[B]

I didn't think you were kidding.

[A]

Absolutely not.

[B]

Ashley.

[A]

Ashley. E.O. bookham through BTE 100%. I'm having a drum line. Just casual at the reception. And the strippers.

[B]

That's for Tessa.

[A]

No, because, like, When I have my wedding, we won't have. We won't have toured in so long. And we'll.

[B]

I know.

[A]

You know the cryo. Tessa go to books.

[B]

We run the cryo slide. So. Yeah. Lindsay started with. I was dating Everett when we first came here, and I was like, we're starting with Everett. Yeah, Everett from a hundred seasons ago. And it's just. It's been like a. It was a strong open. I loved it. I just. I like this cat. I cannot wait for the Sierra west showdown. I am just, like, foaming at the mouth for it. I can't wait. I just. I'm really excited for the season.

[A]

I love it. Yeah, I'm excited for the season. And next. Let's see. What should we do next? White Lotus.

[B]

So we both watched it on Monday. What were your thoughts? We actually have not discussed this.

[A]

Okay. So I am so into it.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

And the show, I have to remember, it does always start a little slow. I mean, well, I guess it starts really hot with something crazy that, like, spoiler alerts ahead. By the way, that shooting scene gave me a lot of anxiety. It's my biggest fear to be in any sort of shooting. Active shooter situation, whatever. So that's how it kicks off. But then it really is just kind of a slow burn as you get to know these characters. But I'm really obsessed with the three friends.

[B]

That's my favorite. Ugh.

[A]

And this one famous friend. And then it's just. I don't know. I like the dynamics there. And then that's my favorite dynamic of the three. And then the family. Parker Posey with the Southern accent is throwing me.

[B]

She. So she's doing all right, but. So I think they're supposed to be from South Carolina.

[A]

North Carolina.

[B]

The whole Duke Unc thing, the accent is giving Dallas. She sounds like my ex stepmom, and I'm. I'm, like, feeling, like, triggered by her when she talks.

[A]

Yeah, his. The dad's accent is pretty good. It's like a little. Because, I mean, whatever. There are plenty of people who talk like that in the Carolinas, but it's. It is a little more subtle. I mean, again, it's really a spectrum. There's people with no accent that live in the Carolina, and people are like, what are you talking about?

[B]

But they're different.

[A]

Yeah, but the dad has that more subtle. He really is a good, like, North Carolina accent. And hers is just. I don't know why they did that. I don't. I was surprised. Like, it's not flawless to Me. And I love her as an actress. I don't know.

[B]

I love the role, but it doesn't. It doesn't add anything to the role for me. It actually just makes her kind of hard to understand.

[A]

Yeah. Yeah. It's too much. It's a little overdone.

[B]

And the kids don't have that accent.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So it was a little. Just. Yeah. Overdone for me. I. But I just. I love Parker Posey. I'm so excited to see her in any role. And so there's always, like, three dynamics in every season that they focus on. So this one is, like the girl group and then the big family and then the couple. And I like what they've picked. I haven't decided. I don't care about this couple yet.

[A]

Yeah, he. He gives me anxiety. But I want to go back to the family really quick. I want to say a couple things. Patrick Schwartz. Schwarzenegger. Schwarzenegger.

[B]

Schwarzenegger, yeah.

[A]

Arnold's son. I saw the funniest comment that it was like a Nepo baby playing a nepo baby. So he's the oldest son. Saxon. They. All those, like, Southern family names. Whatever. I have. I have something to say. Ladies, I'm going to tell you right now. If you are watching this show with your man and he likes that character, break up with him. If he is watching that character. If you. If. I'm just saying, if you're watching that show and your man is like, oh, he's. He's. He's pretty cool. Or like, oh, he's the man, break up with him.

[B]

Well, it's Nick James's character. It's Jake Lacy's character. It's the Patrick Schwarzenegger. It's the same all three seasons. They. They do this character.

[A]

It's so worse to me. It feels so weirdly predatory, like.

[B]

Well, because he's talking about his sister being hot and he's jerking off in front of his brother.

[A]

That's what I'm saying. But they are kind of give. They're. I'm just. That's all I'm saying. And maybe there's no one out there. There's no man alive that would be like, oh, there's, like. That wouldn't be repulsed by him. But I'm. I feel like they're trying to make him kind of seem like this, like. Yeah, yeah.

[B]

So I read that there was an incest storyline, and I felt, like, anxious in my body, like, preparing for it, like, what's it going to be? Because I. You just don't see it that often?

[A]

I mean, to me, yes, of course. It's really weird. When I got whiplash, when he said his sister was hot, I was like, did I just hear what I thought I heard? But when he's in the pool and he's like, I'm so horny. It just. It's giving, like, really predatory. Like, this guy would, like, force himself on you. Like, I don't know if they're queuing him up to have any sort of, like, sexual assault. It's just the energy is, like, really, really tough to watch. So I'm just, like, saying, ladies, like, listen, if your man doesn't see it, it's a red flag.

[B]

That's crazy. And you're right. Of those three characters, he is clearly the best because Nick James in the last season of James.

[A]

Theo James.

[B]

Nick James is your friend. I meant Theo James. And by the way, I said. I said Nick James a few minutes ago.

[A]

I forgot about Jake Lynch Lacy there.

[B]

Like, I do think that they've taken this character and made it worse all three seasons.

[A]

Yeah, they're ramping it up.

[B]

Jake Lacy is, like, the least of the bad. And he's like, in the first season, he's just kind of a jerk. He's arrogant. He's a bunch of money.

[A]

But, like, you're right. They're just like. Like, up in the Annie.

[B]

And then the second season, Theo James prostitutes.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And now this guy's gonna. His brother.

[A]

Oh, my God. They both just want the brother. Like, the brothers, like, the. I don't know. They want approval from their parents. They have these, like, narcissistic parents. But then they also, like, want the brother to like them best. I don't know, but. But I know you feel the same way, but the theme song is an insult to the viewer, so I wouldn't.

[B]

I feel like all. We all feel the same. We're all in the same in America. The same bucket. I don't know what happened here, because second season was, like, the greatest. Like, build up to, like, do I hate this? This is weird. And then you're up out of your seat. There's so many memes and, like, gifs about it. I mean, it was so incredible. They changed the theme music from the first season to the second season, two bangers. And then the third season, the art is also not as sexual. And I was like, all right, keep an open mind. They've clear pivoted from Italian and French art to. To Thai and Asian type of art. Okay. But the beat never drops. There's no beat.

[A]

Don't. This. It's not a theme song. What? This is, like, an instrumental score with, like, a little bit of a crescendo. It's not memorable. It's not unique. You can't sing it. Like, this is not a theme song to me. Like, and I. If it's inspired from Thailand, like, I understand that. I can respect where the inspiration came from, but I thought we were going to have a play, say on the previous two seasons. I think they should take a note from Walmart's rebrand, make it basically the same. Like, I don't understand this. Like, we would sing the other one.

[B]

Like, up out of my seat, dancing, play it at shows in the air. Every single show.

[A]

We would. I mean, like, this is not a song. This is just. I don't understand it. Have you read the comments? I was on the White Lotus's Instagram last night. It's all the comments. I'm like, why'd you guys do this to us?

[B]

Okay. Do you think the point of this. Do you think next week they'll have a different theme song?

[A]

Song? No.

[B]

You think they're just gonna come back? This is a theme dog theme song. What was the decision to do that's.

[A]

What we deserve in 2025? Like, the. What is the other song? Like, I'm from. Oh. Made in Thailand. Like, that's better.

[B]

That's way better.

[A]

I was saying that all night last night. It was in my head. I don't know.

[B]

I don't understand the decision to do this. I. I just thought, like, at some point the beat was gonna drop.

[A]

It never did. Never.

[B]

It's an insult. And it ruined the show for me because I. It's a really long intro, and I was like, stick with it, Raina. Look at the art. Enjoy the music. Surely something is going to happen. No.

[A]

No one likes it. I've not seen one positive thing about it. It's giving, like, the opposite of Nikki Glaser's Golden Globes hosting, where, like, literally everyone agreed it was amazing. Not one. Not one negative comment. I did not see one. I've not seen one positive comment.

[B]

No, it's terrible.

[A]

Everyone's insulted and hurt.

[B]

I. I'm just. You know what? I'm not mad.

[A]

I'm just disappointed. Yep.

[B]

You know, it's just. It was something I look forward to every week. It's one of the very few shows I actually don't binge. I watch it every single week. Cannot wait for it to start. It's my Sunday tradition to your Point.

[A]

Absolutely. They don't have another one in the bank, but it's not too late to change it. They can do whatever they want. They can go back into the editing room, and they can change this theme song. Like, how amazing if they would be.

[B]

Like, we hear you, and we're gonna.

[A]

Make a new song.

[B]

You guys deserve better this year.

[A]

Halfway through, they're like, you know what? We get it. It's a tough time. They just bring back last year's.

[B]

I would love that.

[A]

Oh, God, what a good song.

[B]

Okay, well, I'm excited for the season. I. I'm excited to watch these dynamics play out.

[A]

Me too. Oh, my gosh. I couldn't love them anymore. So we will. We're not gonna. I mean, every week. Well, we'll see. We'll see how it goes. Okay. And then Love is Blind is back. Love is Blind is in Minneapolis, which we love. Minneapolis. We knew it was gonna be there. This is season eight. Six episodes in the pods.

[B]

When you told me that, I almost skipped the show. Like, I was so excited. I started the first episode I watched on Valentine's Day with Hannah. I was excited. I was like, okay. I.

[A]

Wait, can't.

[B]

I can get behind this. These girls all seem nice. And then you said, there's six episodes in the pod. You know, you guys get upset when we don't say this. When I personally don't say this. A bunch of spoilers ahead a lot. So skip this if you haven't seen it yet. But six episodes last season, my criticism was they got out of the pods rather quickly and did so many Meet the Family ones. I mean, there was, like, four episodes of Meeting the Family and Friends, which I just thought was, like, overkill. They've never done this many episodes in the pods. I mean, it is so much overkill.

[A]

Yeah. And like, I have always said that that's my favorite part is in the pods. But it still felt like an appropriate length of time. Like, when I said that, which maybe other people echoed that sentiment. It didn't mean give us two more episodes of it. Like, I was through with episode four. We had seen One Proposal, One reveal. I'm like, what is actually happening? It is so slow.

[B]

Typically by. I think they usually release five episodes, not six, and you're through the honeymoons by then. You're halfway through the honeymoons. They usually get to that. Everybody meets that first night and starts fighting. Oh, and then they cut it. It for the rest. And then they cut it.

[A]

Right. So this is six episodes in the pods. Like, it's hard to even comprehend a couple things. I have a couple notes. We do really like most of them. These are really nice people. These are some of our favorite people. When we tour Minneapolis, people just like, you know, it's a great city and people are really kind and, you know, a very homogenous looking group. And I don't mean that in a bad way, but like everybody, it's a.

[B]

Bunch of blonde white girls, I mean.

[A]

And just brunette white dudes. Like, all the dudes ran together.

[B]

It was really hard. Hard for me to tell these people apart this season.

[A]

So I have a couple things to say. So the music has changed drastically. Early days, you know, it was just like copyright free type music or, you know, made for TV type music. It's the hits. They're playing music. Music. They playing Billie Eilish, Birds of a Feather. It was up for a Grammy.

[B]

They got the money in that budget. Okay.

[A]

Yeah, the budget has increased drastically on the music. I don't know if you guys are noticed. It's like real music. Music.

[B]

Oh, apartments have been getting nicer every season, so. Music.

[A]

The food spreads.

[B]

Raina, Okay, I want to talk to you about the food spreads.

[A]

This picture. What is that photo? These. Is that sushi? Sushi was sake and then this one. This was my personal favorite, this breakfast. Okay, so this spread has pancakes, eggs, looks like lemon meringue pie, looks like pickles, and looks like cheese.

[B]

Okay. You know what? I've never seen? I. I know this exact. So, okay, so there's a lot of scenes. There's quite a few. There's three or four where people sort of. There's a meal, there's a spread, and then they break up in the pods. And all of these people are like, I can't eat this right now. And they have to carry the trays of food down the hall. It's so awkward watching them. And in the moment, I was like, this is so awkward. But then I was like, maybe it is just nice that they're not like, cast and crew. You clean my shit up. But, like, it's funny to watch these cast members walk down the hall with TV trays.

[A]

I couldn't agree more. I hate also the thought of, like wasting that food. Like, I just. I feel like I want to know what happens to all the food that doesn't get eaten. Like, do cast and crew eat it? Like, it can't just all go to waste. It like, really bothers me. Yeah, I. I was surprised. Like, are they told, like, clean up after yourself or are they just Like, I'm going to want that later. Like, they really. They could probably leave the tray in the room. Like, production would grab it, but they're like, no, I'm going to walk down my blanket over me with this TV tray.

[B]

They keep having to, like, get broken up with and then carry this TV tray with them back to the rooms. And it's so awkward to watch. And you've never seen it back. But also, like, there's like, Minneapolis nice. People always say that. Like, people are so nice there.

[A]

Minnesota nice.

[B]

Oh, so maybe that's what it is.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

This season I will say, a little slow for me. And this is my favorite dating show of all time.

[A]

I'm still loving it.

[B]

But I skipped from the middle of episode two to the beginning of episode five, and I did not miss a beat. And every storyline just picked right back up where I don't know. I don't know what happened in episodes three and four and half of two, but. But nothing of substance. So you guys can skip that, too.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

This is the season where I've seen the most people be in, like, love triangles and find connections and a lot of people go home without that person.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

I have not seen that. And I was wondering what you thought. Like, do you think these people are just a little more willing to be like, I'll just damn them when I get out of here. I don't have to go.

[A]

That's a good call. Well, I don't know, because I'm like, yeah, you could just find them when you get out. But you also. Why don't you. Don't you want to take the vacation?

[B]

I guess, but, like, do I want to take the vacation with a camera crew? Right.

[A]

Yeah, that's true. Like, right. I mean, I guess it's a matter of, are you enjoying this experience and, like, being on camera, Is it overwhelming to you? Are you having anxiety? Like, I can see that.

[B]

Like, it sounds fun to, like, go on this trip with somebody and have this, like, sexy vacation and they're all, like, fucking in the hot tubs. But there's a crew of five people.

[A]

In the room with you while you're doing that. Yeah, that's true. That's true. True. So I want to chat, like, about one thing. Like me, I guess the main drama that it really ends on in episode six and that is that Taylor and Daniel, who's the short guy, who. That's his whole storyline. Yes. He's insecure about being short. I think he's a cutie. I really like him. I'VE been rooting for him.

[B]

We don't know now.

[A]

So she's basically has an inkling he followed her on Instagram, which is weird because they brought this up already in the pods. You probably missed this, but they talked about Instagram. She dropped her handle in an episode. And I went and looked her up. Like, I. She's not a super influencer. She's maybe like a micro influencer. I mean, she has more followers now, but I think when I looked her up, she had under, like, 10,000 or something.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And then the next day, it was like 15 or something. This is a developing story, but she's basically saying, like, I saw this follow request come in, what, months prior? And so when she went to follow him, when they got out of the pods, a picture looked familiar to her, and she was like, oh, he followed me before. And then she's in her head, like, he's known everything about me. He's known that I like Taco Bell and Christmas, and I'm a nurse, named the system. Okay, I. I gotta ask you this, okay. I think there is a wide spectrum. One side of it being like, he found her on Instagram. He somehow figured out how to get on Love is Blind with her, and he's known everything about her, and he's used that to manipulate her to fall for him. What? How could he do that? The other side is they have mutual friends. He thought she was hot, he followed her. He didn't commit her details to memory, and he doesn't even really remember it. And the truth is probably somewhere in the middle, but I guess my gut feeling is not that he, like, remembered all this stuff about her and is what used it in the pot. Like, do you. Does she think. What do you think? I feel like I'm having trouble. Like, she's so upset, and I'm like, why is she. And I'm not invalidating it, but I'm like, is it just because of the way the experiment's supposed to go? I don't think he memorized all that info about her and, like, used it in the pods.

[B]

So my take on this was that actually, you know, Minneapolis, it's a smaller city, a lot of people know each other. They're all out in the scene. I think that he probably. That people that applied for the show probably heard that other friends of theirs or friends of friends had applied for the show.

[A]

You think?

[B]

So my theory is that somebody that he knew said, this girl I know applied for the show, and he looked her up and followed her and Was just like, that girl's home.

[A]

That's.

[B]

She's so beautiful. Who wouldn't be like, let me get in there. And I don't know, maybe looked at her stuff and then was just like, oh, shit, this might be weird if we both get casted and unfollowed her. And, like, it's not deeper than that. I don't think that he had some, like, crazy string whiteboard where he's like, christmas, Taco Bell, Jesus, all this stuff.

[A]

Right.

[B]

I think that. I don't think it's like, Beautiful Mind.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So I think that this. That's my theory. Not that he stalked her, found a way onto the show, gained the system. I think that maybe he had followed her. And maybe when they were in the pods, maybe he was like, oh, I kind of do know who this is.

[A]

Yes. So if he. But then he. Then he blatantly lied because. And I don't know why that came up. Maybe they just showed it because obviously it's going to come up later. Maybe other people talked about their Instagrams and they didn't show it because it wasn't relevant to the storyline. But, like, that's the only time I've ever seen. I think she said, like, oh, do you follow me? And he was like, no, I think I'd remember that. Like, so maybe she's like, did he blatantly lie?

[B]

So that's another one of those things. We're gonna. We have an episode coming up about, like, white lies, and sometimes you just get asked something in the moment, and you're like, I want to appear to be a certain way, and it's not so insidious. But he's just like, if I say yes right now, I am off the show.

[A]

Blow this up.

[B]

Blow it up. I'm off the show. Like, maybe he's just like, this is a tiny little white lie, and we're gonna get out of here. I'm gonna be like, hey, John is mutual friends of ours. And, like, he told me you were gonna be on the show, and I thought you were, like, hot. Like, I just. I think it's not as insidious, but I respect her right to.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

She was tremendously uncomfortable. She seemed extremely. Like, she felt. Like she felt unsafe.

[A]

Yes. And, I mean, listen, I hope they work it out. I like them a lot. I'm rooting for them. And again, this. We're not picking sides. I just. I don't think it's as bad as she might think it is, but it could be. But yes to Your point? I think she's like, oh, my God. Like, he's been playing me this whole time or he's been manipulating me this whole time, with which, I don't know. Isn't it kind of flattering? He, like, came and he knew what he wanted, but I just. I do think it's, like, somewhere in the middle, and I do. He was like, I don't know what to do here.

[B]

Yeah. And I do think he talks a lot about being short and being 5 8. And, like, I think it's hard to be a shorter man. I think you don't get matches on dating apps. I think women don't approach you at bars. I mean, I think it really fucks you up psychologically a little bit to be on the shorter end of being a man and your whole life feeling like people want somebody with a different physical body type. And you're on the show and you're like, I saw this girl on Instagram. It's the prettiest girl I've ever seen. And I'd like her to like me. And so maybe I'll use little detail like liking Christmas and Taco Bell to make me like her back.

[A]

Right.

[B]

And, like, make her like me.

[A]

Does it change the feelings they have for each other? I mean, that's for her to decide, you know, if it could be something she can't get past. And that's her. Right. Totally.

[B]

Yeah. If she's a hard pass on this and she's like, there is enough things to worry about in the world without thinking, this person on this dating show is stalking me, then good for her. She could be off the show. She's not in the previews, so I thought.

[A]

I just. I noticed that too.

[B]

So I don't. I don't know if they purposely left them out or if they. She just left the show know or.

[A]

You know, there is a world in which I'm not saying just her and I'm not saying anything the way he looks. If. With any couple, if someone wanted an out, they could take it here, you know, so it doesn't matter what it is. But if you have felt like, oh, upon meeting them or seeing them or being in their presence, I don't want to go forward with this. You have an excuse. And that would also, again, if it wasn't anything insidious, and then she. She used that. That as an excuse, that would be. That would suck for him. But we'll see.

[B]

I mean, let me ask you a final question about this dynamic. She is saying to him, I Saw this photo. It's very clear. You're sitting down. You're in front of a Christmas tree, Your legs are crossed, you're holding a drink, and he's, like, trying to kind of backpedal. He's like, I don't know what photo you're talking about. Like, I'm in front of a fireplace and some photos. Do you think he's lying?

[A]

I cannot tell. That whole dynamic is very weird. She is, like, interrogating him in the photo. He's being. You know, he's trying to bring up random details. But, like, she committed that photo to memory. That's all very weird. It's also, like, something's not sitting right with me. Like, she got a random follow request. She committed this photo to memory. Huh. Like, did someone else tip her off? Did the producers start this? Would. She did, right? Did they start this whole drama? And now they're like, say you remember the photo in front of the Christmas tree? Like, I don't know.

[B]

Yeah. Well, his reaction is not. I can't sniff out the lie. Cause I think if you're clearly not lying, you're like, I don't know what to tell you. I feel upset that you feel like this, but, like, that's not a photo on my feed. He doesn't feel like he's protesting too much, but he doesn't feel like he's chill about it either. He seems scared. Like he's been caught.

[A]

Yes. But probably, like, it's not what you think it is kind of vibe, you know, I think that there is a photo that exists that he knows and she knows, and there's talking about the same photo. Yeah, that's what I think. Okay, so we'll see.

[B]

I'm excited to see it play out. I was surprised that so many people made it almost to the finish line and all left. There were quite a few people that had two really solid matches and all walked away.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So I'm interested to see. I thought we were going to have a ton of couples, but I think we have four couples that will go on this trip now. Five if she goes.

[A]

Yeah, if. Yeah, if they go.

[B]

Okay. So. So I am excited to get into the season now.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Now that we have six episodes.

[A]

Oh, my God. Yes. We're excited for it. I'm gonna do my doppelgangers next week. We're out of time. Okay. No, I mean, maybe I'll come up with another one, but I've been working on them. You guys know I have a talent for naming who people on love is blind look like. And so I'll do it next week. So stay tuned.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

All right. And that's it. Yeah. Okay. All right. GirlsGotAeat.com you can find us. There we are, girls. Gotta eat. Podcast on Instagram and. And Tik Tok. I am Ash Hess. I'm going on tour. Ashes.com for tickets. Raina is Raina Greenberg. Subscribe on YouTube. Share this episode with a friend and we will see you Monday.

[B]

Have a good weekend, guys.

[A]

Bye, Sam.