10-27-25 - Entertainment Drill - MON - Nelly Furtado Is Stepping Away From Performing Due To Being Fat Shamed So Much

Summary

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Podcast Summary: Holmberg's Morning Sickness – Entertainment Drill – 10-27-25

Episode Overview

In this lively segment of "Holmberg's Morning Sickness," John Holmberg, Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, and Dick Toledo take listeners through the entertainment news of the day. The main focus is Nelly Furtado's announcement to step away from performing due to relentless fat shaming and public scrutiny about her appearance. The crew also discuss celebrity couples, the cost of attending games in LA, and rock legends' opinions about Las Vegas venues. Listeners get a mix of sarcasm, nostalgia, and the show's trademark humor.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Trip to Dodger Stadium: Cost vs. Convenience

• The crew banters about logistics and expenses involved in traveling to LA for a game.
  • Flying vs. driving: flying is around $550 round-trip per person, with driving being cheaper but much more time-consuming.
  • Parking at Dodger Stadium can cost up to $1,000 per spot, leading the group to prefer Uber/Lyft options.
    • [05:50] John Holmberg: “Dodger Stadium parking right now is going a thousand bucks a slot. Tell Toledo he's in for more than he can cook. No, no, we're Ubering.”

Celebrity Couple Updates

• Elizabeth Hurley & Billy Ray Cyrus:
  • The team jokes about Hurley giving Billy Ray a makeover and the “danger of choking on hairballs” from both having lots of hair.
    • [05:25] Brady Bogen: “We have a lot of hair between the two of us. Gross. We're in constant danger of choking on hairballs.”
  • Billy Ray’s style likened to Rob Zombie.
• Megan Fox & Machine Gun Kelly:
  • They joke about the couple reconciling.
    • [06:21] John Holmberg: “Oh, don’t do this to yourself, Megan. You’re beautiful. He's a douche.”

Nelly Furtado Steps Back Due to Fat Shaming

• The biggest topic: Nelly Furtado choosing to step away from music, citing years of body shaming.
  • The team react with a mix of nostalgia and brutal honesty, with some jokes about her physical transformation.
    • [06:33] John Holmberg: “Remember that video we saw? She ballooned a little bit.”
    • [06:42] John Holmberg (joking): “Because the stage is gonna break.”
    • [07:18] John Holmberg: “This is why Nellie’s gonna kill herself. It's your fault, you two jerks… God, I had such a thing for her… she came to the studio, very cute, beautiful Canadian thing… then somewhere along the line, she discovered Crisco.”
  • Parody and cruel comparisons about her appearance, including mentions of side-by-side photos online.
    • [08:36] John Holmberg: “The side by side’s not fair. Don’t do that to anybody. Oh, wow. Oh, my goodness. Well, that’s just mean.”
    • [08:44] John Holmberg: “Who’s the jackass does side by side? 25 years. That’s not fair… It looks like she ate Kathleen Turner.”
  • The discussion reveals an underlying criticism of public and media scrutiny on bodies, albeit delivered with the show's typical edge.

Las Vegas Sphere: Is it Rock and Roll?

• Slash criticizes the Las Vegas Sphere venue as not fitting for rock concerts due to its emphasis on visuals.
  • Holmberg opines that bands like the Eagles (who are “boring live”) might actually benefit from the spectacle, while highly visual bands could get even more redundant.
    • [09:12] John Holmberg: “The Eagles are so boring on stage… I would hope playing at Sphere matters. They don’t move. One of the worst live concerts I’ve been to and I’ve seen them three times… But… their fans would love every second of that because there’s actually something going on.”

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Memorable Quotes & Moments

• Nelly Furtado’s Struggles:

  • “[Nelly Furtado] ballooned a little bit.” – John Holmberg [06:33]
  • “She’s wearing a T-shirt that has a skinny body on it.” – Brady Bogen [06:45]
  • “It looks like she ate Kathleen Turner.” – John Holmberg [08:44]
  • “I’m like a bird but I can’t fly away. Yeah, like a dodo bird. Get off the stage.” – John Holmberg [10:22]

• On Music Venues:

  • “The Eagles are so boring on stage that you… I would hope playing at Sphere matters… their fans would love every second of that because there’s actually something going on.” – John Holmberg [09:12]

• On Celebrity Couples:

  • “We have a lot of hair between the two of us. Gross. We're in constant danger of choking on hairballs.” – Brady Bogen [05:25]

• LA Game Trip Realities:

  • “Dodger Stadium parking right now is going a thousand bucks a slot.” – John Holmberg [05:50]

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Notable Segments & Timestamps

• [02:18] - [03:22]: Dodger Stadium travel costs and logistics.
• [05:17] - [05:50]: Celebrity couple gossip – Hurley & Cyrus, Fox & Kelly.
• [06:27] - [08:44]: Nelly Furtado’s body shaming and career hiatus, with reflective and comedic (often harsh) commentary.
• [08:58] - [09:41]: Rock stars debate the Las Vegas Sphere and performance spectacle.
• [10:13] - [10:22]: The crew circles back to Furtado, blending sarcasm and awkward truth.

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Tone and Style

• Tone: Irreverent, sarcastic, occasionally harsh but self-aware.
• Language: Casual radio banter, often blunt and comedic, with nostalgic asides and pointed jabs at celebrity culture.

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Takeaway

This episode highlights the biting humor and unfiltered style that define Holmberg’s Morning Sickness. Under the jokes and ribbing about Nelly Furtado’s appearance, the hosts indirectly acknowledge the brutal culture of public body shaming in entertainment. It's a showcase of how radio personalities blend pop culture commentary with audience engagement, never shying away from controversy or blunt honesty.

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Transcript

[A]

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[D]

Drive for what.

[C]

10 hours? That's the problem with that. Your time has to be more valuable to you than that. But that's, you know, one or the other 10 hours of driving just to go to a game and then come right back. That's brutal. Yeah, driving doesn't cost you anything for. And it's probably 300 bucks to drive, you know. Yeah, well, 100 each way probably. And then sticking around.

[D]

Well, you fly in tanks of gas almost.

[C]

Yeah. So you fly in, you get some airport.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

You get a shuttle from the airport to the hotel and then you cab over or Uber over to Dodger stadium. Oh, man, you got to get over there and it's good. What time would the plane land?

[A]

I can leave.

[C]

I can get on a 1230 flight.

[A]

Here and be there to Burbank by 2.

[C]

Go to Burbank. I think it was LAX. Don't go to LAX on a Tuesday at 3.

[A]

No, somebody was saying that Burbank's kind of screwed up now with the air traffic controllers and stuff.

[C]

Everybody says that flights are fine. Look, they're all over. They're out right now. Haven't had one drop down cancellation late, this late. That everybody. If you watch one set of channels, you're going to think that the airports have shut down on the other side. It's like everything's fine. It's somewhere in the middle. Everything lives in the middle. It is time now for Brady to give you all the entertaining news that Brady knows. We call this the entertainment drill and it's brought to you by our [e-mail] that's the home tactical black self defense training. You want to get on up there and get in great shape, get ready holiday coming up here. They're going to have their gift cards I assume for the holidays coming up here pretty soon. It's a great gift. Gift cards or otherwise. Just go get somebody a membership over there at react defense, somebody you care about very, very much. I was with somebody this weekend who is a carry guy. I didn't know it and he's like, I have it everywhere I go. He goes, does that bother you? I'm like, absolutely not. Have you ever taken a gun retention course? And he goes, no. Like it's amazing how often when stuff goes sideways, guy with a gun can't get to it in the time that somebody else can or it falls out or something happens in the exchange, you know, and. Or if you're getting attacked and you didn't even know you were gonna. That they get their hands on it. Gun retention courses that they do up there, they're life saving are incredible. Incredible. And for all you people who put it in your waistband, they'll change your mind in a second. In a second on how to do that. You gotta get one of them hidden holsters if you're gonna do it at all. Uh, they're brilliant about that stuff. All the weapons training is ridiculous. And you can get. I think you can when they do that one seminary and get your CCR permit. So you can do all that up there. That and you can learn how when somebody has a gun and they're coming at you, what you can do with it. A knife, machete stick. All sorts of stuff that they'll train you on. And the whole time you're just going to have a great time training for it and get in great shape while you do it. It is the best in the city, a state, maybe nation. I love it up there. Reactdefense.com it's the home of tactical black Brady entertainment.

[D]

Elizabeth Hurley and Billy Ray Cyrus are really enjoying their time together as a couple.

[C]

And he's turned into Rob Zombie. Have you seen him?

[D]

She even gave him a haircut recently. And she talked about that. She said we have a lot of hair between the two of us. Gross. We're in constant danger of choking on hairballs.

[C]

Oh, come on. What are they? Oh, because they're licking each other all the time. They're sexy rich millionaires and he's newlyweds.

[D]

And basically living over in London with her. Yeah, she says she really loves London.

[C]

Compared to Tennessee Guy Campos just says Dodger Stadium parking right now is going a thousand bucks a slot. Tell Toledo's he's in for more than he can cook. No, no, we're Ubering. Yeah. Oh, if you're driving, I wonder what the Ubers are going to cost and.

[D]

How close you get.

[C]

There's a massive entrance.

[A]

There's a whole area for the Ubers.

[C]

And lifts where they man.

[D]

The other celebrity couple, Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly are supposedly back together.

[C]

Oh, don't do this to yourself, Megan. You're beautiful. He's a douche.

[D]

Nelly Furtado says she's stepping away from performing to pursue.

[C]

Oh, she's still alive.

[D]

Creative.

[C]

That's good.

[A]

Well, do that.

[C]

Remember that video we saw?

[D]

Right?

[C]

She ballooned a little bit.

[D]

That's why they're saying she is stepping away. Because the bowling the body.

[C]

Because the stage is gonna break.

[D]

There she is in a skinny T shirt. She's wearing a T shirt that has a skinny body on it.

[C]

Yeah, she's got Extra T shirt.

[D]

And it says the back of it has a tramp stamp.

[C]

Oh, Nelly. And you know, stop with the fishnets and the. It says better than ever.

[A]

All right, let's see how big is this broadcast?

[C]

Remember how cute Nelly Furtado was when she did that song with Timbaland? Oh, this is proper reaction. It's a proper reaction. That is. That is exactly the follow up.

[A]

I expected the next page worse.

[C]

Oh, the back. Guys, calm down. This is why Nellie's gonna kill herself. It's your fault, you two jerks. Now we all just quietly talk about it. We don't broadcast the Brooks, but it definitely exists. God, I had such a thing for her when we were at the zone Brady 25 years ago. And she was doing her little I'm like a bird. She came to the studio, very cute, beautiful Canadian thing going on. She came in very pretty and super hot. Then she did that sexy song with Timberland. Timberland, that's the man. And she looked great in that. And then somewhere along the line, she discovered Crisco.

[A]

Look at this.

[C]

Look at her there. It was great. Oh, my God. She's got to get back to throwing up her meals, boys. Look at that. That's as good as it got in 2002.

[A]

Then Brodzilla shows up.

[D]

Whoa.

[C]

She was attacked. This is that moment where you're just like. Just one bite won't hurt me. Look at her. Geez Louise, Nellie. And she's not proud of it.

[A]

Oh, here we go. There's the side by side.

[C]

The side by side's not fair. Don't do that to anybody. Oh, wow. Oh, my goodness. Well, that's just mean.

[A]

And of course, right under it's a perfect thighs ad.

[C]

Yeah, an attic. Just shrink it. That's just rude. Who's the jackass does side by side? 25 years. That's not fair. Especially when that's happen her. It looks like she ate Kathleen Turner.

[D]

Slash doesn't think the Las Vegas fear is rock and roll friendly because of the focus of the projected visuals. He says Joe Walsh, who's played there and the Eagles, agrees.

[C]

The Eagles are so boring on stage that you. I would hope playing at Sphere matters. They don't move. One of the worst live concerts I've been to and I've seen them three times. The Eagles, they are a drag live, absolute drag. But if you put them in that thing, the songs are huge hits. So their fans would love every second of that because there's actually something going on.

[D]

And I. I get to understand the over the band is saying, you know, it takes away. You're not looking at the band so much as you're.

[C]

So what Then why do they do it video screens and pyro in the first place? They know that eventually easier gig. Get a little bored watching just you running back and forth. How many bands like we look at Mastodon and all these bands tool like you bore me to tears sometimes because it's just you and boring images. Anyway, that's it. We're all done in the books. Another Monday. And I'll tell you right now, the 9 o' clock word is over. The 2 o' clock word when Fitz takes over. I'm going to tell you right now, the two o' clock word is gross. You'll see.

[A]

As in Nelly Furtado.

[C]

No, no, no. This is why she doesn't sing for us anymore. Good people, okay?

[A]

Don't want to see her on stage.

[C]

I said what I said. You're hurting her feelings. God. I'm like a bird but I can't fly away. Yeah, like a dodo bird. Get off the stage. Bring back Nelly Fritto. Paint a face on your leg and just do that. Same weight as you, man. 1999. Anyway. Good. He says, I'm sorry, Nelly. I still find you repulsive. Audibly wonderful. You notice that Timberland's not on any of her tour dates? No, no. That's all right, Nelly. You can do that alone now. Tell people somebody named Timberland's up there. Timberland junior So I ain't going to. She looks like she ate Timberland. Yeah, she's. Yeah, Timberland and now Timberland. Larry's coming up next post birthday weekend. Larry is here. And be nice to Larry. He'll be nice to you. We'll see you guys tomorrow right here in the morning. Sickness. It's not weird. It's pretty cool actually. No membership fees. I have heard enough of this.

[E]

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[A]

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[C]

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