09-12-25 - Entertainment Drill - FRI - Rapper NeYo Took His 4 Girlfriends On Shopping Spree To Skims Store

Summary

Podcast Summary: Holmberg’s Morning Sickness – Entertainment Drill – 09-12-25

Date: September 12, 2025
Host: John Holmberg (with Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, Dick Toledo)
Episode Focus: Entertainment Drill - Rapper Ne-Yo Takes Four Girlfriends Shopping at Skims Store

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Episode Overview

In this episode of the Entertainment Drill, the Holmberg’s Morning Sickness crew dives into the latest quirky celebrity news, discussing rapper Ne-Yo’s public showing with his four girlfriends at the Skims store. The segment winds through pop culture headlines, movie updates, and humorous banter about shapewear. The signature irreverent tone and camaraderie of the hosts drive the conversation as they dissect celebrity behaviors and poke fun at the absurdities of Hollywood.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Celebrity Relationship Antics: Ne-Yo’s Skims Spree

[07:21]

• Main Story: R&B singer Ne-Yo was seen taking his four girlfriends shopping at Kim Kardashian’s Skims store in LA, followed by dinner and cocktails.
• Hosts’ Reaction: The group jokes about the extravagance and practicality of shopping sprees at Skims for a harem of girlfriends, questioning whether it’s empowering or slightly insulting.
• Memorable Quote:
  • “Isn’t that insulting? If you took a woman to a Skims store, isn’t that, like, her choice?” – Craig [07:39]
  • “Their nicknames are Pretty Baby, Sexy Little Something, Phoenix Feather, and Twin Flame.” – Thriller [07:51]
• Body Positivity and Skims:
  • The hosts debate whether Skims and Spanx are tools for body positivity or a way to “tighten up” for male pleasure.
  • This leads to a comedic riff on shapewear and body types:
    • “He’s an emotional support for their fat friend. All right, well, if he likes it, why is he trying to tighten it up with Skims? Shouldn’t you take them, like, to Krispy Kreme or something?” – Craig [09:08]

2. Ben Affleck & Jennifer Garner’s Relationship Saga

[04:48]

• News: Affleck is allegedly unhappy about Jennifer Garner planning her wedding, supposedly clinging to the hope of reconciliation.
• Hosts’ Take: Speculation ensues about Affleck’s motives – fear of a new man around his kids, or just reluctance to let go.
• Quote:
  • “You’re Ben Affleck, for God’s sakes. Yeah, you’ve got your pick of the litter still. You’re still handsome. You got some money, you’re off the hooch.” – Craig [05:01]

3. Unexpected Movie Casting – Mark Hamill Passed on Human Centipede 2

[05:40]

• Headline: Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) was offered a role in Human Centipede 2 and declined.
• Reaction: Bewilderment over the existence of a sequel and the bizarre nature of the film itself.
• Pop Culture References:
  • “Human Centipede is not as bad a movie as you’d think… It is disturbing when they start pooping. Oh, man.” – Craig [06:14]
  • The hosts compare it to the notorious “A Serbian Film” for shock value.

4. Shapewear Deep-Dive: Skims vs. Spanx

[11:22] – [12:54]

• Discussion: The differences between Skims and Spanx are unpacked; hosts debate their true purposes (body shaping vs. size reduction).
• Comedic Banter:
  • “Once you go, you’re gonna hear that noise and she just leaks out of what used to be…” – Craig [12:44]
  • The ongoing riff about the practicality and visual effects of shapewear is a comedic highlight.
• Industry Insight: Spanx is said to be rolling out new merchandise for broader audiences (“Spanx has normal girl clothes now.” – Craig [12:22]).

5. Quick Movie and TV Updates

[10:41]

• New Releases:
  • The Long Walk (dystopian future thriller based on Stephen King; starring Cooper Hoffman and Mark Hamill as the major in charge of the ‘death squad’)
  • Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
  • Spinal Tap 2 (anticipated but likely a “wait for streaming”)
• Anecdote: Mark Hamill accepted a role in The Long Walk but rejected Human Centipede 2.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the practicality of Skims for all sizes:
  “Skims isn’t just plus size.” – Thriller [09:46]
  “You’re the example of not plus size. Oh, no, you’re still plus size. You’re pretty proud of yourself, but you’re still plusing it up.” – Craig [09:52]

• Spanx and ‘core audience’:
  “Well, they have to. That’s their—that’s the core audience; their bread and butter.” – Craig [12:54]

• On the shapewear industry’s evolution:
  “Spanx is now expanding the empire. They’re rolling out some new merchandise.” – Thriller [11:54]
  “Spanx has normal girl clothes now.” – Craig [12:22]

• Humor on visual effect of Spanx:
  “It is like cracking open some Pillsbury biscuits. It’s gonna come pouring out of the holes.” – Craig [12:43]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [04:48] – Ben Affleck & Jennifer Garner’s relationship update
• [05:40] – Mark Hamill’s Human Centipede 2 offer
• [07:21] – Main story: Ne-Yo’s Skims shopping spree
• [10:41] – Weekend movie releases (The Long Walk, Downton Abbey, Spinal Tap 2)
• [11:22 – 12:54] – Skims, Spanx, shapewear industry jokes and reflections

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Tone & Style

The episode is packed with the hosts’ characteristic blend of sarcasm, pop culture knowledge, and playful jabs. Discussions move rapidly but always circle back to the underlying absurdity of celebrity habits, emphasizing camaraderie and keeping the mood light, even when addressing outlandish or touchy topics.

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For listeners who missed the episode:
Expect pop culture banter at its finest, with the team ribbing on everything from R&B polyamory to shapewear, all filtered through the irreverent, unfiltered lens that defines Holmberg’s Morning Sickness.

Transcript

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[Craig]

Don'T get me out Business baby. Sebastian Bach. It's got into a fight with a guy in a crowd recently.

[Brett Vesely]

Thought it was a chick.

[Craig]

It was a girl. You're right. That's a girl. You're right. Monkey Business the most underrated rock song of the last 50 years. No question about it. Craig says. Seems like you guys are playing some things that not necessarily in the regular rotation, but you just played skid row, man. You play Motley Crue and not skid row. Let's get on this span. Should have been bigger. I agree with you, Craig. Well, there it is. You got a little taste of it. And yes, we have decided to pop in a couple of our own today and they've all been gems. That was Brett's suggestion. We don't know why. Toledo Just came. What song you want me to stick in there?

[Thriller]

Short order cook.

[Craig]

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[Thriller]

Evidently, Ben Affleck isn't happy. Jennifer Garner is planning her wedding, sources say.

[Craig]

Does he want to do it?

[Thriller]

He's clinging to the hope she they could have a second chance of getting out.

[Craig]

Big on eating regurgitated foods. He went back to JLo. He's trying to get back with Jennifer Garner. You're Ben. You're Ben Affleck, for God's sakes. Yeah, you've got your pick of the litter still. You're still handsome. You got some money, you're off the hooch.

[Thriller]

Or he just doesn't want another. Another dad. The mix.

[Craig]

Oh, he does have the kids, man.

[Thriller]

I mean, I don't know how old the kids are right now, but they're young enough. That means you're going to be involved.

[Craig]

You think he's worried that there's going to be another dad he's got to deal with?

[Thriller]

Yeah.

[Craig]

So he's willing to be tolerant of a woman. He hates his territory. He's pissing on Jennifer a little bit.

[Thriller]

Mark Hamill was offered a part in the human centipede 2. He turned it down.

[Craig]

There's a second.

[Thriller]

It was an easy one. He goes, I said, no, don't send the script. He was luckily, I mean, he was familiar with the first one.

[Craig]

Come on. Luke Skywalker and the Human Centipede.

[Thriller]

I know. He just. Not gonna touch it.

[Craig]

Human Centipede is not as bad a movie as you'd think. It's actually if Cosmic Avenger or whatever that thing's called. Toxic Avengers is something people still like go see. Human Centipede is something.

[Thriller]

It's pretty twisted.

[Craig]

Put your eyes on it for a minute. It's not good, but it's not as bad as you think. And it is disturbing when they start pooping. Oh, man. Have you seen it?

[Brett Vesely]

No, I know what it is. I've seen.

[Thriller]

Because she's trying not to.

[Craig]

And I'll tell you, I've done this before. I'll tell you right now. And not for anyone under the age of, let's say, 35. Google search. Or just do a Wikipedia search of a movie called a Serbian film and click on the plot and read it. Honestly, reading the words of the plot is the worst thing you've ever seen. It's horrifying. There's Thriller. He's limping in here. People were turning you in as the Kirk guy when they started to show that video yesterday. That guy limping around that neighborhood. Everybody thought Thriller was the man. Why do you always assume me, Harvey Hair, you know, assassin's hair. And then you're limping around. They don't allow me in. You look, see, there's a reason. So, like, that'll stop you. All right, you sit down. He was limping around. That was my first thought. I'm like, oh, no. Thriller.

[Thriller]

Polyamorous. R B superstar Neo took his four girlfriends shopping in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Oh, that's pricey. It would be expensive. Expensive? He went to. Took him to Kim Kardashian skim store, and then they had dinner and cocktails afterwards.

[Craig]

Isn't that insulting? If you took a woman to a skim store, isn't that, like, her choice?

[Thriller]

Yeah. Did he. You know, I would think the girls would say, we want to go into skims.

[Craig]

All four of them.

[Thriller]

Yeah, Their nicknames are Pretty Baby, Sexy, Little Something, Phoenix Feather, and Twin Flame.

[Craig]

It's the Indian does. Do we have a picture of Neo's four girlfriends? Because if he's taking him to skims, he's trying to tighten that up a little bit. I like it when it's loose and sloppy out, but in its clothes, it needs to be tight.

[Thriller]

You're okay, but Twin Flame.

[Craig]

Can you imagine that? Happy birthday, Ronnie. Shopping spree.

[Thriller]

Oh, boy. Thanks, Petty.

[Craig]

We're going to skims first. Why do you think I need that? I don't know. I don't know, Neil. Looks like. Well, they're in skims. He's doing all right.

[Thriller]

We're missing Twin Flame.

[Craig]

Yeah, there's only three of them in there. She must be sliding into those tight clothes. Let's get you girls in some skims.

[Thriller]

There they are at the dinner.

[Craig]

Look. They look good, though.

[Thriller]

Yeah.

[Craig]

They don't need skims. Aren't skims just to squeeze in the fire? Yeah. Oh, that one needs some skims. Okay, maybe just that's.

[Thriller]

Yeah, yeah, maybe, Neil.

[Craig]

That's a good store for Neo. And the other three sat in the corner while that one tried on skims.

[Brett Vesely]

And the others, you think the other front one.

[Craig]

I think they all went in so she wouldn't feel bad.

[Thriller]

Yeah.

[Craig]

Oh, that's true.

[Thriller]

Yeah.

[Craig]

He's an emotional support for their fat friend. All right, well, if he likes it, why is he trying to tighten it up with skims? Shouldn't you take him, like Krispy Kreme or something?

[Thriller]

Maybe they went there after the skin. They had dinner and cocktails after.

[Craig]

That one looks great.

[Thriller]

Yeah, but she could skim it.

[Craig]

How so?

[Thriller]

If Kim Kardashian's doing it.

[Craig]

Yeah, but she's getting that giant asshole bunched up into a space if she. If that's not skinny by any means. I mean, it's pretty good, I think.

[Thriller]

It's not just Skims isn't just plus size.

[Craig]

Sure it is. You don't need to tighten.

[Thriller]

I'm wearing them right now.

[Craig]

That's what I'm talking about. You use. You. You're the example of not plus size. Oh, no, you're still plus size. You're pretty proud of yourself, but you're still plusing it up.

[Thriller]

I'm husky.

[Craig]

It's to take your body and squeeze it together. She's in sweatpants.

[Thriller]

Yeah.

[Craig]

All the examples there, that's just underwear where the world would be. But it's not sexy underwear. It's just. It's like workout underwear. Yeah.

[Thriller]

This.

[Craig]

It's. It's a big girl thing. At least it used to be. I don't know. That's just selling thongs. All right, well, if you're going to take your girls out for underwear buy you don't take them there. That's not attractive to any of us. Neil likes big panties. That's what we've learned here. All right, go ahead.

[Thriller]

Movies out this weekend. The Long Walk.

[Craig]

What's that?

[Thriller]

That's that dystopian future government that runs an annual contest where a hundred men. It's Stephen King.

[Craig]

That's the clip for that. Who's in that? There's somebody good in that.

[Thriller]

Cooper Hoffman. That's Philip Seymour Hoffman's son.

[Craig]

That's why I saw this. This was just on Yahoo the other day.

[Thriller]

And Mark Hamill.

[Craig]

Mark Hamill's in that? He's in everything but the New Human Center.

[Thriller]

He's the major in charge of the death squad. Downton Abbey. The grand finale. Spinal Tap 2.

[Brett Vesely]

I. I still don't know.

[Craig]

I mean, that's a wait for it at home thing.

[Brett Vesely]

We just got the Digest section. You're thinking of Spanx, not Skims.

[Craig]

Oh, maybe I am. That might be true. Okay. But skims is to still tighten up some big stuff, isn't it?

[Brett Vesely]

I think it's just more like shapewear.

[Craig]

Yeah.

[Thriller]

Not like my buddy's wife.

[Craig]

What's that mean? Shapewear?

[Brett Vesely]

I think it's just to keep.

[Craig]

Just to fit a mold. Yeah, yeah, because you're a big.

[Thriller]

Keep it.

[Craig]

You're a big.

[Brett Vesely]

I think to keep it tight, not to keep your fat ass in. I think that's one of those things.

[Craig]

So one is like muffins in a tin? Yeah, yeah, yeah, kind of. And the other one is just like. Kind of.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah, just keep it a little tight.

[Craig]

Okay.

[Thriller]

Well, I believe Spanx is now expanding the empire. No, they're. They're not expanding it for the Biggins. They're rolling out some new merchandise.

[Craig]

Okay. And you're just saying words because you.

[Thriller]

Don'T know because my buddy's wife just was hired as the director of sales for Spanx.

[Craig]

Oh, no kidding? So they're trying to skinny it up a little bit. Yeah, they are. Look at the models from Nike.

[Brett Vesely]

They're not beasts anymore.

[Craig]

Spanx has normal girl clothes.

[Thriller]

Yeah.

[Craig]

Okay. Would you ever do it with a girl, Thriller, who pulled her pants off and there were Spanx underneath? If I'm that far, yes. Might as well just unfurl that. But it is like cracking open some Pillsbury biscuits. It's gonna come pouring out of the holes. Yeah. Once you go, you're gonna hear that noise and she just leaks out of what used to.

[Thriller]

I smell of yeast.

[Craig]

Well, it's the same color usually, too. Hey.

[Brett Vesely]

Oh, they still got the Biggins.

[Craig]

Well, they have to. That's their. That's the core audience, their bread and butter. Yeah, well, what was left of the bread and butter, it's gone now. Yeah, their bread and butter doesn't last long. Yeah, you put bread and butter in front of the core audience at the Spanx and that bread and butter is gone.

[Brett Vesely]

Get some of these houses.

[Craig]

All right. Anyway. Good one, thriller. It's 9:32. We got ourselves a Guadalupe Squares coming up in just seconds. Thriller's gonna host it. We need a girl and we need a boy and we'll give you prizes if you win. The squares are next. It's 90, Honorable Rocket. It's out of control now. 98.