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Julie Goldman
That's true.
Heather McDonald
Julie Goldman. Branni Howard. Welcome back to Juicy Scoop. My girls are here. We have so much to discuss.
Brandi Howard
We've been away so long. We have different accents now.
Heather McDonald
Oh, you do now. What is that accent?
Brandi Howard
It's Just from Europe, you know.
Heather McDonald
How was your whole experience? We haven't even had a chance to really talk about it.
Brandi Howard
Oh, my God.
Heather McDonald
You went to Ireland.
Julie Goldman
And we went to Scotland and we went to London. And so for a woman who enjoys an alcoholic beverage such as myself, that's a hard six weeks or five weeks or four weeks. I was.
Heather McDonald
What do you think? Why they didn't have good mixed drinks? It was just always, like, the Guinness or what?
Julie Goldman
No, they just always drink. Oh, so it was too much drinking.
Heather McDonald
Too much. You said you couldn't get, like, what you want.
Julie Goldman
You can't be in Ireland and not have an Irish coffee and an Irish whiskey every morning. And if you don't know what an Irish coffee is, that's whiskey in your coffee that you have in the morning. So when I say I was drinking morning, noon and night, I was like. I'm like, well, we're in Ireland. Julie's like, we're in Scotland. Maybe skip. Skip the Irish whiskey.
Heather McDonald
And how was your alcoholic intake?
Brandi Howard
Well, they did refer to us as the whiskey girls. After four days, that's kind of on the ship, you know what I mean? So they did kind of know what was doing. You know, we did a shit ton of work. It was super fun. Scotland's our new favorite place in the world, I have to say.
Heather McDonald
Well, you know Drakey Poo.
Brandi Howard
I know.
Heather McDonald
And Peter. Peter Pan and a bunch of other men are going on a bucket list golf trip to Scotland to celebrate drake's graduation, Peter's 60th birthday. And so they're going all these places.
Brandi Howard
I spoke to Peter about it.
Heather McDonald
I'm sure you did. And.
Julie Goldman
Peter said he watched or he listened to a Patreon. And I was like, we're gonna have to block Peter.
Heather McDonald
No, Peter. Peter listens to yours and Chris Faragiola's. And someone said that because on my Patreon, we did stream the party. I did give it to the triple scoopers on that level over the weekend. And they said my favorite part is that Peter is a Patreon member of BR and Chris Fragiola.
Brandi Howard
Oh, I'm making him part of the. I'm saying hi to him now every show. I'm saying hi to him now every show.
Julie Goldman
She said, peter and I are listening. So you wanna. You know, I don't know if you're gonna need to bring a sweater now, Heather, what we didn't know is that this is apparently a guy's trip. We thought it was a father son golf trip.
Brandi Howard
Right.
Julie Goldman
But he's going with A group of. They're going with a group of guys.
Heather McDonald
Yeah, but. And I think he's the only man, like, under 50. So fun.
Brandi Howard
Oh, wow.
Heather McDonald
We're trying to integrate friends in. Well, he's going this in about a week or two. He's going to meet his ASU buddies and they're doing something. So I'm like, good, good, good. But he does get along very well with older guys, so it's fine.
Julie Goldman
And you know what he's told me? And hopefully this wasn't in confidence. His younger friends, they either don't have money or they have money, but they don't want to spend it. Whereas Drake is like, he's not cheap. You know, I don't know who he came from out of YouTube. I don't know if you maybe got.
Heather McDonald
Like, the milkman, I think when it comes to golf. Right. I mean, he didn't buy his own graduation gown. He borrowed it from his cousin.
Brandi Howard
Okay.
Julie Goldman
So he knows how to be thrifty.
Heather McDonald
He would not allow me to buy not even one photo from the photo situation.
Julie Goldman
Cause it was overpriced.
Heather McDonald
Yeah. He was like, no, you have one in your phone, mom, you do not need. I go, I just want one professional. He's like, no, I'm not. I'm not telling you where the link is. I'm not gonna show you. You're not spending our money on that.
Julie Goldman
Well, my take on him is that he likes guys who are, you know, he does fit in well with older company.
Heather McDonald
Yeah.
Julie Goldman
And I feel he doesn't have the pressure to drink at all around us, which I think is like. Because we're all drunk and he's probably like, nice.
Heather McDonald
We're not.
Julie Goldman
We don't drink that much.
Heather McDonald
God. This episode is gonna be like.
Julie Goldman
I'm seeing for myself. I have not seen Drake, like, even have a drink when he's around us. He's like, I' and he's having fun and he's. But I get sure when he's with his friends, they act like young guys. So I think, yeah.
Heather McDonald
And then there's a group that's also like 35 to 40 that, you know, have, like, a kid or two. And those people he relates to, too.
Julie Goldman
That's so good.
Heather McDonald
So it's all gonna be fun.
Brandi Howard
Oh, my God.
Heather McDonald
Loved it now.
Brandi Howard
Loved it.
Heather McDonald
I didn't. I forgot to put this in my lineup of topics. But I did make you watch talking about shit ton of work. Part of the shit ton of work was I made you watch a Netflix do. That's Called the poop cruise. And I kind of watched it again. Cause I was like, you guys, Drake needs to watch this. I was like, he will be so freaked out. So you guys may remember this story. It was all over cnn and they did have the CNN reporter now. Now that she has been a let go from cnn. She's wearing a rock and roll leather jacket.
Julie Goldman
Was that Brooke Baldwin?
Heather McDonald
Yeah, like, and like she took like, you know, an edgy curling iron to her hair and I'm like, yeah, she did.
Brandi Howard
She blonde? Joan Jett just.
Heather McDonald
Yeah. All of a sudden I'm like, wait, who's this girl in the red that's doing the story from five years ago? So I guess it was just like, maybe that first year you could go on a cruise. I don't even know if they talked about COVID Was it before COVID or after?
Julie Goldman
I thought it was 2019.
Brandi Howard
It was 2019.
Heather McDonald
Oh, so it was before COVID and.
Julie Goldman
Or 2018.
Brandi Howard
That was 2013.
Julie Goldman
I just love that 2013.
Heather McDonald
Anything good, bad? Like the docs that are out now, like I say this before, like growing up, you'd hear like, and for best documentary at the Oscars. And I'd always be like, that sounds kind of juicy. Where would I watch that? Where would I watch this short film now all that there is is docs is like, people just be sitting around and be like, what's a new story that hasn't had a documentary yet from the last 30 years of our life? Let's do one. What star is 25 who hasn't had a date, a follow me around documentary yet? She deserves one. Like, it's just like, it's crazy. It is. So this one was pretty disturbing. And basically these people were on a four day cruise from Galveston, Texas. They were gonna stop at one stop and then come back.
Julie Goldman
But it's Cozumel, Mexico.
Heather McDonald
That was just a one day stop.
Julie Goldman
If you know, you know. And if you don't, you know and.
Heather McDonald
Also go out, what is it to know? Cause I don't.
Julie Goldman
It is basically a place that was built as a cruise stop. And there's something very specific. Alaska has a few. There's these destinations that are just cruise ports.
Brandi Howard
Oh really?
Heather McDonald
So it's kind of nothing else there.
Julie Goldman
And it's built up like you're visiting like a fake western town.
Brandi Howard
Oh really?
Heather McDonald
That's so funny.
Julie Goldman
Yeah. So it's kind of like a fake cruise stop. And it's a very short cruise from Galveston, which is the ocean right outside of Houston, Texas.
Heather McDonald
Okay.
Julie Goldman
To Mexico. I believed While I was watching it, and I was very hung up on it that the total amount for the presidential suite of this cruise was $500. I was like, I'm sorry, how much did this cost?
Brandi Howard
Well, you probably thought that, because when it's all said and done and we'll describe what happened, each of them only got $500 beyond.
Heather McDonald
Shocking that they only got $500 beyond. And so it's Carnival Cruise, which we know is that that's the more economical cruise line.
Brandi Howard
The one with the red fin at the top.
Heather McDonald
Yes, it's very recognizable and it was kind of great. They interview this guy who was gonna meet his father in law for the first time. That was like, whatever. They were just giving accounts of real people that were there. Three cute girls that did like a bachelorette party. And everyone's like, great, this is cheap, it's economical. Let's party, let's get drunk.
Brandi Howard
Don't forget, there's just the one slot. That lady who was like, ah, fuck whoever, she was like, wait, which one was that? There's that one woman, she worked there. Oh, she worked there? Well, she was having sex with everybody.
Heather McDonald
Oh, wait, the Russian.
Brandi Howard
It was important to know cause they clearly vetted 14,000 people off the cruise and needed to talk to the one lady was like, well, there he was. I was in his bedroom. Yeah.
Julie Goldman
She goes, I didn't wake up in my own stateroom. It happens. She's like in some guy's room, like.
Brandi Howard
Okay, make sure you have your one slot book. Okay, go on.
Heather McDonald
Basically, what happened was there was a fire that then caused all electricity to go out.
Julie Goldman
So.
Heather McDonald
So there was no food that could be kept cold. And worse, you could not take a shit. You could not flush a toilet. You could pee in the shower, but you could not take a shit. And you had to shit in a red bag and like put it outside your door.
Julie Goldman
Oh, I was gonna bring a small. I have these small. You guys know anybody who has that Bed, Bath and Beyond? Little silver trash that you step on like that in your bathroom and the top comes up. Heather's like, I'm not familiar. What is Bed, Bath and Beyond?
Heather McDonald
No, I know.
Julie Goldman
The only restoration hardw.
Heather McDonald
The bedroom is gone now, isn't it?
Julie Goldman
But it's that. Yeah, it's a little silver trash that only fits this much. And you step on it and the top goes up. The bags that go in there are this big. Yes, the top is flat. I can't even throw a tissue inside of it. And that's inside of a trash Can. I don't know how you're holding that under your bottom. And then getting anything holding it and.
Heather McDonald
Having to hold it. It was so disgusting. And then there's no air conditioning, and it's the dead of summer. And so then they were bringing their cushions out, which I totally would have done. And slept outside. And, I mean, thank God it actually did happen on a Carnival Cruise, because if it was even one level up, there would be enough people that would have some type of money to be like, you're getting me off of this to retain the helicopter. Yes, you are getting. I don't care what. I'm going to jump off and you're gonna go and get in a boat and get me.
Brandi Howard
There was so many questions, though. But I wanted to know why didn't they get them off? There was. The tugboat came to turn it around, didn't put anybody on it. You didn't bring another cruise ship by to load everyone. It was so.
Heather McDonald
I guess because there was so many people. It was like 4,500 people. So, like, would you cross them to another boat?
Brandi Howard
Which is the lesson. Now we've bumped between the two lessons.
Heather McDonald
The lesson. I feel like this could happen on any boat. No offense. It could happen on any boat.
Brandi Howard
Any boat. Titanic, any boat.
Heather McDonald
I mean, it could happen on the nicest of the boats.
Brandi Howard
One million percent. If there's anything happening.
Heather McDonald
If there's any other. And the electricity goes out. It goes out.
Brandi Howard
It goes out. A.
Julie Goldman
Our engine went out on our boat and we had to spend an extra day at sea and miss our top destination in Ireland this past trip. Yes.
Heather McDonald
So you had no air either?
Julie Goldman
No, there was air, but the engine went out. We just floated in the ocean like we were in a time portal. Julie's like, are we in the Bermuda Triangle? Cause, like, what the fuck? And we just floated there for a day, looking at the same weird.
Heather McDonald
And then you watch this. You must have been grateful now that you only had a day and you could shit in a toilet and flush it.
Brandi Howard
Still, I can't even describe to you the visceral feeling I had watching this documentary. You don't understand. Not only have we probably been on that ship, like, we've been on every ship, okay? Between the two of us, we've been on every ship. So from the feeling of the room to the hallway to the people to the buffet to the food to understanding how every single piece of it works, I was sitting there, just like, she texted me.
Julie Goldman
She goes, I'm really triggered right now. I can't Talk. I'm like, I hadn't watched it yet.
Heather McDonald
You're like this.
Brandi Howard
So grotesque.
Heather McDonald
Now listen, the last time I think you were this disturbed is when I gave you another assignment. About the orgasm. About the orgasm. And that girl did get convicted.
Brandi Howard
Oh, she did?
Heather McDonald
Yes.
Brandi Howard
Well, I mean for doing her work.
Julie Goldman
She's got to go to jail for this.
Heather McDonald
Getting people to diddle other people's dues below them and having them not be able to leave the property or whatever. The whole thing was like.
Brandi Howard
But another one people should, should watch.
Julie Goldman
Someone needs to be arrested for this.
Heather McDonald
Like impressed that there wasn't more mayhem on it or. I don't know.
Brandi Howard
I think they downplayed it and they. Because they went into the. It got into a thing where they were fighting and then they turned into Lord of the Flies.
Heather McDonald
People took. Yeah. Extra food and it was like.
Brandi Howard
It's a little.
Julie Goldman
When you say they downplayed it. I did wonder. They didn't say one single physical fight broke out.
Brandi Howard
Which isn't true. There's no way.
Julie Goldman
It couldn't possibly be true.
Heather McDonald
I mean that happens on every Carnival cruise when people are having fun.
Brandi Howard
There's no way. And even the guy said when it started, they started bringing the food out and people would hoard the food and it turns into Lord of the Flies. It's so deep on so many levels. Just how it's humanity, it's bleh, it's gross, it's this, it's that. But at the end of the day, my take is yes. On no planet should we have a boat that will put 4,500 people on it. 200. We've been on a few that have been 200 that's big enough. We do not need these ships that have four. That's 4000 people. Meaning there's 2000 staff. That's like 6000 people on a boat.
Heather McDonald
The last time we did that is we went to the Cayman Islands or the Virgin Islands with my mother in law and the whole family. And you know, it was. I guarantee you guys, so many people.
Julie Goldman
You guys did the baller one.
Heather McDonald
That wasn't a baller one.
Julie Goldman
You didn't do Royal Caribbean.
Heather McDonald
It was Royal Caribbean. I didn't think it was a baller.
Julie Goldman
I think Royal Caribbean is the nicest.
Heather McDonald
Of the mega show with that many people. I mean, and then we were like, oh my God, my brother in law is named Tim. And Drake would be like, there's so many Tim's on this boat. There's so many like bald headed guys with like A, like, tank top that says ship happens.
Julie Goldman
And just getting the ice cream, right? There's unlimited ice cream. All you ice cream. Walking around.
Heather McDonald
It was that trip that I was kind of like, okay, you know, no, the only other way I will do it is, like, the 250, like, Ritz Carlton, Four Seasons, whatever. And then I want, like, 10. At least 10 other people I personally know that we're having dinner with. And then from there, we will only go on, like, private. The person's waiting with the sign, and that person takes us. Not a ship, a bus. A ship, a bus. And now here's your beach. We literally did that. We went to the beach, and we're like. And they're like, okay, you guys have about 45 minutes exactly. And then now walk. Get back on the bus. Get back on the little boat. Now get back on another boat bus to go to the big boat. I was like, oh, my God. Like, I. So I don't know this. And then there was, like, this maritime lawyer who's, like, smoking, and he's, like, watching it, like, getting all excited. There was a thing that said, oh, no, you're right. No.
Julie Goldman
But they did get a settlement, undisclosed.
Heather McDonald
There were some people, the people that went for it. Other people might have been, like, $500 and a free trip. Yippee. Like, I mean, that's what's also sad is that there weren't people thinking that didn't have the savviness to know, like, no, a hundred percent. You should at least get each minimum be getting 10 grand.
Brandi Howard
Oh, my gosh.
Heather McDonald
Minimum.
Brandi Howard
Signed away their rights. That was the contract. That was. The whole thing is that apparently in 2013, and I didn't know this and this trip and what happened there with the poo, changed a lot of cruising law, because basically when they took that trip, they signed a contract that said, you can't sue the company for breaking down, dying, malting, terrible food.
Heather McDonald
They did that after. Or that was the contract before.
Brandi Howard
That was the contract they signed up when they got on the ship. So no one had any rights. But then that lawyer was like, I'll tell you what we can do. We're gonna do. We're gonna get you something.
Julie Goldman
He's like, instead of an ambulance chaser, he's like the cruise ship cruise chaser. But I know the people who are like this. You know what? I'm gonna doctor up the receipts because I had to have my mother drive from Galveston to Kentucky or Alabama.
Heather McDonald
They landed in Alabama.
Julie Goldman
I was like, fell or me. Shocked that there's a beach in Alabama. That's how little I know. I was like, oh, my God, is that on the coast? I'm definitely gonna visit that. But so somebody's like, you know what it cost my mom 10,000 to get there. I miss my grandmother's funeral. I got dysentery and I could never get rid of it. And now forever. I have a flesh eating disease in my abdomen. Like every single thing I was walking in shit. And now I've had my toe removed. I would get my toe removed just to get 250,000. I get my small. So I go. I had to get my pinky toe removed. My balance is off. I can't work 1 million like anything.
Brandi Howard
And that definitely for sure.
Julie Goldman
But let me tell you what my plan would be based on this.
Brandi Howard
Okay.
Julie Goldman
Do you guys recall Karate Kid? The first one?
Heather McDonald
Of course.
Julie Goldman
Okay.
Heather McDonald
It's a cruel, cruel summer. They went to Castle park for a hot date.
Julie Goldman
Well, do you recall what he was for Halloween?
Brandi Howard
Was he a ghost?
Julie Goldman
No, he was. He had a shower curtain.
Heather McDonald
Oh, he was a shower. Oh, the shower curtain.
Brandi Howard
That's right.
Julie Goldman
So I would get a contraption such as. I'm gonna create my own porta potty where either I charge someone or I make a person from the boat do it. I put a bucket in it. I'm like. The whole time I was watching it, I was like this. Why would you not find buckets? So that people can do in it and you can toss it over. Why are we trying to poo into a bag? I don't even understand. How do we do that?
Heather McDonald
Because I think if you throw it over, then it could land on, like, another. They said someone was throwing the shit over and then it like landed in someone's balcony. Wind or something.
Julie Goldman
Yeah, but you can't throw those bags into the water.
Heather McDonald
Those are for sure. I'm surprised that no one, like, did jump off and end their life.
Brandi Howard
I'm surprised, too. I'm surprised too.
Heather McDonald
You know what?
Julie Goldman
I almost ended mine watching it because I was like, yeah, so rough. The pee sloshing around in the shower. Oh, that's what. I'll tell you. The other thing I would do besides creating my own porta Potty where I. It's buckets. Where I can have a comfortable situation in private, in the air. I would immediately go downstairs and pack all of my things. Because if you don't now it's a pee river in your room, sloshing into your shoes in the closet. Your suitcases are in your chair.
Heather McDonald
I would have rather been on the Titanic. Cause at least you would have lived and died.
Brandi Howard
You would have lived.
Julie Goldman
You would have lived.
Brandi Howard
All the women lived.
Julie Goldman
You would have said goodbye Peter, best of luck to you. Cause no men survived.
Heather McDonald
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Heather McDonald
Well, let's talk about what's coming up November 14th. This is BravoCon weekend. If you missed my previous announcement, which was on the last show, we are doing a live, juicy scoop. Brandi and Julie will be joining with us. So this is the Friday of Bravocon weekend. It is at 10pm Which I think is great. You are not going to be rushed. You can go to dinner. You can do the events at BravoCon. Prior to that, still get a little rest, but come back to your hotel. This is at the MGM Grand. And besides us, yes, it'll be Bravo centric, but pop culture centric. It will be funny. It will involve new things we've never done before. Oh yes, and lots of surprises and some interaction and all of that and it will sell out. This is the third bravocon that I've done and it's always sold out. So get your tickets today@heathermcdallin.net does the.
Julie Goldman
Last BravoCon we did, we did on a Saturday. Did we do Earing Gate or is that the first one?
Heather McDonald
No, that was the one with you guys. But the first one I did was in New York City. This is the fourth Provicon. The very first one I just tagged along with Jill Zarin and pretended like I was helping to sell rugs to get in.
Julie Goldman
Okay, Strong and stayed at her house.
Heather McDonald
And she was like, you know what, Heather, you should have Done a show here. You should have done. You know, that's what you should do next year.
Julie Goldman
She was right.
Heather McDonald
So then she was right. You know, she's always right that, you know, that New York Jew and her is just. She's always pushing her girls to do more, get ahead.
Brandi Howard
You didn't listen to me. You didn't listen to me.
Heather McDonald
You should be. Fair enough, you know? Yep. So then the next one I did in New York, that was great. And then last. And then two years ago, a year and a half, whatever. Two years ago it was the one with you guys. And then. And now this one. So. Yeah, I'm really excited it worked out. I think it's gonna be really fun.
Julie Goldman
And so we haven't done two bravagons, you and me. Just one in terms of.
Brandi Howard
We just did one.
Heather McDonald
Yeah, no. Cause last time that was the first time it was in Vegas. This is the second time it's in Vegas.
Julie Goldman
Okay.
Heather McDonald
And it was either in October or November. So they decided to do it every other year. At least for now. Maybe they'll do it every year after this. I don't know.
Julie Goldman
Is Jill selling any rugs? Cause Julie and I would love to sell rugs with her so we can get into Bravocon for free. Everything isn't as pricey.
Heather McDonald
I hope she comes. And maybe she can be part of my show, but I hope she comes. But the rugs are a lot. You know, the rugs are not something that you can like, you know? Unless you're Aiden in The Sexiest City 2 movie that turned around with a rugby. Exactly. Oh, gosh.
Julie Goldman
And then the Moroccan market or whatever.
Heather McDonald
It's kind of hard to, like, bring all the rugs. Like, you know, I think people selling, you know, T shirts and earrings might do better at these things. But it is such a fun weekend and it's gonna be fun. You could buy the three day ticket. You could get a one day ticket. You can just come to my thing. Yeah, I just see people walking around and have fun and, like, maybe someone throws you a ticket the last day. I don't know. Just have fun with it. Who cares?
Julie Goldman
The MGM is the total business period. That's where we saw Adele. It's so fun. Also, I forgot to say, when on our trip we got recognized twice by Juicy Scoopers and it was another country and just living and thriving. Like, what? And then I would turn around and be like, we're. Yeah, you know what I mean? We're American. We're famous people. Completely. You could just tell anyone you're anyone there? Like, I was still pretending we were on people's couch in cabs. I'd be like this. I'd go, oh, you know the show Gogglebox in England? And everybody knows that show there.
Brandi Howard
Well, it was great because it was also like, okay, from this juicy scoop. And then other people are listening and like, I'm sorry, I couldn't help but overhear. Are you famous?
Julie Goldman
Oh, really? Oh, yeah, yeah.
Brandi Howard
That's fun.
Julie Goldman
In restaurants they'd send us drinks, but in the cab I'd say, you know that show, it's called Gogglebox. And of course they all know it. Cause it's all over the uk and they're like, yeah, yeah. I'm like, we're on that one in America. Even though we really were people's couches.
Heather McDonald
Gogglebox, the first one, yeah.
Julie Goldman
It just so happens it's been off, been canceled for approximately 10 years. But they don't know that, so who cares? So I just wanted to say, if you are anywhere near Vegas and BravoCon, if you have tickets to BravoCon, first of all, the 10 o' clock hour I think is the best because Bravo Con has these late, like, club adventures which are really fun. You could immediately get a little tipsy at Heather show, then go to that and just have fun.
Heather McDonald
You buy those things separate. So maybe don't buy the one for Friday and come to mind, buy the other thing for Saturday. I don't know. But I would get the tickets today because they will sell out and then.
Julie Goldman
And you're gonna see people in the audience.
Heather McDonald
Oh, yeah.
Julie Goldman
It's always.
Heather McDonald
It's always so fun.
Julie Goldman
Yeah. So the audience is lit too, because you've got all the characters you wanna see recognizable. And that's really. I love being in the audience with like. And like, looking at the celebs in the audience or the, you know, Bravo labs or whatever. And that's how your shows always, always are so fun.
Heather McDonald
So get on that. Okay, here we are. Now there's lots of good photos. I did not have a time to go through all of them. Brandi. And I'm gonna go through all of them and send you the best ones. But I just wanted to have one for today. So this is Brandi and Julie at my red carpet event, my party, which really was so fun. The weather was perfect, food was great at stk, Very delicious, very fun crowd. What did you take from the evening, girls?
Brandi Howard
We had a great time. I mean, we had a great time.
Heather McDonald
It was such a fun. Everyone just said they had the best time. Everyone got, you know, just as drunk that they. As they should. No one was making ass, but everyone was, like, tipsy. I had a dj, we danced. I gave a little speech like you said. It was a good vibe. It was not, like, too crowded. It was.
Julie Goldman
I do want to say Whoever has the YouTube is watching this on YouTube. My hair was in a ponytail and it's blowing, so that's not like two strands of hair coming down. Yes, but I will.
Heather McDonald
I know. I. Guys, I did not have time to go through all 25 minutes.
Julie Goldman
I want to say first. First of all, there was a million great touches. The DJ was so fun. And Heather sang Good as Gold with Sheena.
Heather McDonald
Oh, I forgot. So then Sheena came, and it was great because Leo and Logan, who are, like, their best friends with, like, Lala and all the girls. Lala was supposed to come. She broke her toe or something.
Brandi Howard
Okay.
Heather McDonald
And I did hear from a Patreon person that said, I recently hurt my toe and there's nothing that I would not want to do less than, like, even have to stand a tennis shoe or not. So she is forgiven. Okay.
Julie Goldman
Okay.
Heather McDonald
But Sheena saved the day by showing up and she. And so then Leo and Logan were like, oh, my God, let's do as Good as Gold.
Julie Goldman
Great idea.
Heather McDonald
So then we started playing as Good as Gold and she got into it and she was great. And she's gonna come on the show and tell us a little bit about her book before so people can pre order it and get it right when it comes out. But just. It was just like, everyone was just, like, in a really good mood.
Julie Goldman
It was like a good mood one. I feel like we've been to a lot of parties like this, and luckily for us, and a lot of times at parties like this, and I don't know, we've never been to Kathy Hilton's Christmas party, which is different. It's, like, very big with, like, a.
Heather McDonald
Lot of, like, random fancy house. Yeah.
Julie Goldman
You didn't invite, like, randos, so I mean, it could have been huge. This is more. It was big. How many people do you think you had there?
Heather McDonald
I don't know. Like, 100, 150, 150 maybe. I don't know.
Julie Goldman
So it was big enough and intimate enough, but everyone stayed. There were press people there who weren't on, weren't working. Like with a Charlie from tmz, Jacques from Daily Mail who stayed and partied. Like, that's something you don't see when it's. When you do this all the Time for your job. You're just like, ugh, I'm gonna go. I'm gonna have one drink and leave. They didn't. They stayed and they had fun. We were having. It was just a really fun party. The other thing that was choice was that you did this thing that no one else has ever done. I don't. From what I know. And now everyone's gonna copy it. But just know you heard it here first. Okay. So Heather had livestreamed it on her Patreon, and it was. Drakeypoo was originally gonna do it.
Heather McDonald
Yeah.
Julie Goldman
And we can say Drakeypoo really wasn't really feeling it. We like that. Drakeypoo like to just.
Heather McDonald
No, he was just. We had never really done it before, so I think he was just stressed that it wasn't gonna be pulled off.
Julie Goldman
And I was like, o, O. He's the chief operating officer. He's not trying to fucking be hosting the shit. But Chris Frangiola and Drakey, who look so good. That was the other thing.
Heather McDonald
Yeah.
Julie Goldman
We had never seen him in a suit. And he was just so cute. And he's just growing up. So Chris Frangiola takes it over.
Heather McDonald
So amazing.
Julie Goldman
And like, you couldn't have. I mean, if you've never seen him do standup, he's absolutely hilarious. You've probably seen him. You've heard him on here. But he's walking around doing this, like, tight hour at the party. It was so, so funny.
Brandi Howard
Yeah.
Julie Goldman
And funny.
Heather McDonald
And I can just pop in and pop out. It was like, great.
Brandi Howard
Yeah.
Heather McDonald
And. Yeah. And Drake was, like, laughing. And then he was like, drake and I are like a team. No, it was really, really fun.
Julie Goldman
So, you guys, where can. Can you not. Does that not still there?
Heather McDonald
No, it's right now. I don't know how long we're gonna keep it up, but it's on my Patreon. Heatherbcdall.net, but on the triple scoop, which is just the next level up, we.
Julie Goldman
Took the camera from it.
Heather McDonald
It was great.
Julie Goldman
And we showed outfits. Or I did. Cause I was like, fuck the comedy. Let me show. I wanted to show Drake's outfit. I wanted to show Chris. Cause he looked hot.
Heather McDonald
Yeah, he's always stylish.
Julie Goldman
I wanted to show Peter.
Heather McDonald
Yeah.
Julie Goldman
I can't believe that guy's turning 60. Like, he was like the splash of the party. Okay. I wanted to say about Chris Frangella, we asked our mutual friend who's single later. This is just for you guys to know. Don't tell anyone. I was like, yo, Would you, like, bone down Chris Frangola or what? He's a married man. I know. I know. We know he's married. I mean, and she knew it was mainly just like, what are we thinking with Chris Frangiola? Like, is he bonable? And she's like, oh, my God, yes. I'm totally, totally.
Heather McDonald
Like, I know. He's a sexy. He's a Catherine mofo. Yes.
Julie Goldman
I was thinking a blind item was gonna come out.
Heather McDonald
Oh, yes. Saying what?
Julie Goldman
Saying a funny, hilarious duo from Bravo.
Heather McDonald
Yeah.
Julie Goldman
Was caught in the bathroom all night. Like. And so this is, like, my dream. Like, let's give the. Like, because we took your niece.
Heather McDonald
Yeah.
Brandi Howard
Who?
Julie Goldman
We were just talking about college. She's going to college.
Heather McDonald
Yeah. She has rushing Haley.
Julie Goldman
Yeah. So yellow flowers.
Heather McDonald
She's going to lsu.
Julie Goldman
And so we've been talking about sororities. We're all in, like, a light sorority battle. Yes. We did get her, like, a Miu Miu bag. And if she pledges Kappa, I'm fucking giving her the Mew Mew bag. But I'm not. So we're in this battle. Cause we're all in different sororities, and they're all good at lsu. So Julie and I. And I'm, like, trying to milk her. I'm like, just Kappa. I don't even care if they're, like, gross there. Just. And so we're walking around. She's telling us stories. And I was like, I need to go fix my dumb ponytail. Because look what happened in the wind. We go into the bathroom. We're just standing there. I'm like, in the mirror fixing my pony shell. Then your daughter comes in. Mackenzie.
Heather McDonald
Yeah.
Julie Goldman
Now we're talking, all four of us, with MacKenzie. Then MacKenzie's boyfriend comes in. Now it's us4 with MacKenzie's boyfriend in the women's bathroom talking about sororities while I fix my ponytail. Then Sheena comes in. Now we're, like, met galing out in the bathroom, and it was such a moment, and I'm fine.
Heather McDonald
I wish I took one big selfie.
Brandi Howard
We should have.
Julie Goldman
We should have.
Heather McDonald
Oh, well, so, you know, got some press for myself. Here I am. Okay. Magazine wrote a little fun thing. Loved it. Okay. Brittany from Salt Lake City was there. She's a good time. And I can't wait to see the show. Here's Sheena. And Sheena and I.
Julie Goldman
You guys look all right.
Heather McDonald
Yeah. Here is the Britney girl. She is officially broken up with the Jared Osmond once again. And then here is my beautiful niece, Devin labella. Who is a stuntwoman, an actress, an aerialist, gymnast, and a stunt coordinator. And she is the one that you may have heard the story about tmz, everything that she is suing.
Julie Goldman
It's been all over the news.
Heather McDonald
She is suing Kevin Costner, who is denying these allegations that she did a movie as a stunt double. And it was. In a nutshell, it was not made aware that she was supposed to do it. There's rules. You're supposed to have 48 hours before there's supposed to be an intimate coordinator because it was a unscripted rape scene. And she was doing the body double for the actress who didn't want to do it because it was not planned out and it was not. None of the things were done.
Julie Goldman
And so she was too violent. She was too violent, and she was.
Heather McDonald
Kind of like, oh, okay. And then when she. So anyway, she has alleged her lawsuit to include all the text messages that she sent that day, you know, that day after filming. Right. At the filming. And she alleged that she was. And she was also, according to labella, she was not hired back to continue her role as. At all as a stunt double for Horizon 3, even though she worked on Horizon 1 and 2 after making complaint about the incident.
Brandi Howard
Shocking to me.
Julie Goldman
That's the worst part, other than the, obviously, the trauma and PTSD that she went through as a stunt person who isn't normally the person who fills in on a sex scene, basically. And now we're getting into, like, a SA and R. I just do that for YouTube because I'm in with the kids and I don't want this to get buried. But, you know, sex scene, period, she shouldn't be having to do because the actress doesn't want to do it. But the worst part is that it is exactly the reason. And it doesn't matter if you work at, you know, bank of America or you work at, you know, a supermarket or you work in the industry. The exact. Or you work at Sirius. The exact. Same reason people don't want to speak up and complain about their boss or someone, their supervisor, because the minute they do that, they lose their job. And that's always women. And it's exactly to a T what happened to her. And that is the travesty in this. Like, she wouldn't probably. And I can't. You can speak much more to this, but I would imagine she wouldn't even be doing this lawsuit, which, of course, whatever men want to criticize, if she didn't lose work, she lost her job because she would have Worked on Horizon three.
Heather McDonald
Yeah. And so, yeah, she's sticking up for everybody that works in this industry, especially the people that you don't hear about, which is stunt performers and crew people, body doubles, stand ins, whatever extras. So this is like a precedented thing, I think. And so she joined Devin labella, joined Horizon sequel as the lead stunt double for Ella Hunt, who played Juliet in May of 2025. Then she accused him of this in the hostile work environment, all of this.
Julie Goldman
And wait, this was eight years ago at the sex scene, last minute, right?
Heather McDonald
It was not part of it.
Brandi Howard
It's not even a sex scene. Just a sex scene. An R scene.
Heather McDonald
And this is her statement on that day, I was left exposed, unprotected and deeply betrayed by a system that promised safety and professionalism. What happened to me shattered my trust forever and changed how I move through this industry.
Julie Goldman
I believe that 100%.
Heather McDonald
And then she sent text messages, which now she's been resubmitted into the lawsuit.
Julie Goldman
Well, because the first lawsuit, they tried to deny it and be like, she was fine. She was fine. So then resubmitted the lawsuit with the proof that she did say she was disturbed and uncomfortable and upset and needed like a. Like a personal day, wanted to be with her family. Like, she felt betrayed and alone and exposed. And so she had to resubmit the lawsuit because they lied and act like she never said anything.
Heather McDonald
So she. Yeah, she immediately did the right thing and wrote a very, very professional text messages. The day after the alleged incident, she wrote, Devin wrote, I want to discuss yesterday's abomination when we both have a chance. I was put in a really wrong position and it really affected me. She said, was apologetic and offered to talk through it. Then Devin writes on why was there no intimacy coordinator? Why was a stunt double doing this non stunt work, especially given the sensitivity of it? Who is going to take responsibility for the abuse of powers? You know, so it's like they say, you follow all the right things and then you're deemed as trouble and you don't get work. And you tell everybody in the area, not just on this film, but don't hire this person anymore. And that person's a woman who spoke up. What happened to me on that set was a reckless violation of breach of consent and basic workplace safety. This was her statement to us. I was told to lie down. And without warning or rehearsal, another actor was brought in to simulate a rape on top of me. My undergarments were exposed. I was left alone afterward, overwhelmed and shocked. Compliance under pressure Is not consent. Consent cannot be given after the harm was already begun. So I am really proud of her that she is going through the proper channels to be heard. And this is a huge hundred million dollar budget that they're cutting corners or feeling like you have the ability to just change things here and there and not follow the rules of SAG and after of intimacy coordinators and the rules around that. And so of course there's gonna be people that aren't gonna wanna stick up for her because then their jobs might be on the line. And that is, you know, we're in a bad time in Hollywood. So I can understand why people are quiet or maybe they're reaching out to her but not saying anything publicly. But I was like, Devin, when this came out, I said, if you want me to talk about it, because I would be talking about it if I didn't know you, but if you want me to hold back. And so that's why when it came out a couple weeks ago, per her wishes, I just kind of was like. But then hearing their response, the other side and everything, I was like, devin, I think you should come and be with your aunties and your fake aunties and your real auntie, which is Shannon and me and your cousins and like, have a wonderful night. And you've worked really hard. She's 34. She's been in this business since she was a baby.
Julie Goldman
Isn't she, who used to see. Do stuff at Disneyland or she did a.
Heather McDonald
She was on Friends. She did many acting roles, tons of commercials, all of it. And she got in this business with. With no nepotism at all. She would sneak onto sets and go, who is a stunt coordinator?
Julie Goldman
Say you think you're a nepotism. You lurked on her because she was already working.
Heather McDonald
You're the Nepal baby. Yeah, it's not like I helped her become a stunt coordinator at all. She went, found out what a stunt coordinator does, met people, worked her ass off and taken the courses to be able to drive the car. And these were things that she was into. And now she's, you know, a troublemaker.
Julie Goldman
I just want to say two things. Put her picture back up Heather, that YouTube can see. I just want you guys to know one from three people who have spent many, many, many hours on sets. First of all, that's a hugely hard job to get to be that lead of that movie. Her stunt, she's probably doing.
Heather McDonald
Yeah, she was doing all that.
Julie Goldman
It's so.
Heather McDonald
But she has been a stunt coordinator for other things too. So she's like very in the stunt.
Julie Goldman
World, to get that part, to get that job is so, so hard. She's immensely talented, but what it does, and I just encourage your audience, and you do have a big audience, both on YouTube and just on the podcasts. We need to put our support for her. It boils down to not just people not speaking up at work, any work when they've been put in a situation that made them uncomfortable and powerless. It also goes back to why people don't ever report anything to the police. Because the minute she reported it anywhere, she was treated like a pariah. She was treated like a liar. They called her a liar, so she had to prove it with the text messages. She's having to pay all out of pocket for whatever. These legal and law stuff isn't easy, but this is the reason people don't report a real SA or a real R or because they're never, ever believed. Women are never, ever believed and then they're villainized. Like, oh, you gave your consent. You had no problem with it. Why are you now reporting it a month later?
Heather McDonald
And whatever happens, whatever job you're at, whenever there's something wrong, that happens, especially in the essay version of things. What people don't realize is that the alternative is to quit. Leave. What if you love your job, no one talks about the fact that you love that job. You worked hard. I remember one time when my friend was working for a clothing company and I've talked about it and it was the brothers who owned a clothing company, figure it out, grabbed her and she called me and she was like, why did he have to do this? Because I finally had a job I loved and now I'm in this weird place that now he. Because I rejected him, now he's going to try to get me fired, try to get me banned from doing anything else in fashion. And it's like, that is why I always bring up the Louis CK Thing. Masturbating to those two girls after a comedy festival. And then kept them out of writers rooms because he was so ashamed, realized it wasn't well received, and was like, well, if they're in a writer's room, chances are they'll tell on me. So let me use all my power to keep them from getting work. And so I am very proud of her and I hope everything works out. And you want to say.
Brandi Howard
I do want to say.
Heather McDonald
And I hope there's a time where people then thank her for doing this that are in that position and they realize that she stood up for women when it was not cool. And a lot of anxiety comes from filing a lawsuit like this.
Julie Goldman
Does she have like a handle or. Because I encourage the audience. That's what I want, is for the women, the audience go and support her. This is an easy time. She probably feels very isolated. That's why you were so happy she came to the party. She needs to know that women are supporting her and men and that we're all just like behind her for this.
Heather McDonald
Yeah.
Brandi Howard
I wanna say two things.
Heather McDonald
Yes.
Brandi Howard
I'm gonna keep it very, you know. Cause obviously this is like, ugh. But one, talk about when this is all said and done. My hope for her is one, remember when you said documentaries. Documentary two, I think. What do you think? Action movie where she wreaks revenge, seeks or reeks.
Julie Goldman
Yeah, reeks revenge.
Brandi Howard
Just, you know, I mean, I know right now we're probably not at that place, but she's a stunt coordinator. She does action. I know she can do it. She could potentially use this to her. When it's all done. Just, you know, the movie franchise. Fuck horizon 1, 2, and 3. We're talking about.
Julie Goldman
It's labella.
Brandi Howard
It's called labella. It's called. There's John Wick 1, 2, 3 and 4. This is gonna be labella ties or labella don't get. And 1, 2, 3, 4. Like the equalizer. This is what I want for her.
Heather McDonald
The thing is, whatever happens from it, she is super talented and I love that idea. But also, so, you know, she's like the farthest thing from a thirst bucket. She actually chose to be in a more behind the scenes type of a thing. And so, you know, if this gets her to do more of that or something, or just be creative or do a whole nother or get out of the business completely, I'm just like, devin, you're doing the right thing completely. It will work out in your benefit. I know it. And it might take longer than you think, but God will show you that you did the right thing.
Julie Goldman
It's 100% crazy that that's your niece.
Brandi Howard
Yeah.
Heather McDonald
So proud. So proud.
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Heather McDonald
Now let's talk about the other big event that happened this week. There was the Juicy Scoop party and then there was the Jeff Bezos Lauren Sanchez wedding. Now they did it in Venice and they said they love Venice. But if you are a thirst bucket, if you do like the fame, which she was, you know she likes it and there's nothing wrong with it. She's been a reporter on camera for many years prior to this. She got with him. She got him on the whatever that hormone is to hgh. Yeah, buff him out, got him some self tanner, you know, like taught him how to dress like they're definitely obviously into each other. The relationship began was a cheating relationship, but we don't know that. His wife wasn't completely done with him and is thrilled.
Julie Goldman
Right?
Heather McDonald
We don't know that. She might have no problem at all with this, but they were couples together. Lauren Sanchez and her second husband. She had a son with either her first husband or boyfriend. She had a second husband who was a William Morse agent, Huge, huge agent. Two had two kids and then they were a couple friends and they it got revealed either the agent or somebody found out that they had been secretly seeing each other. They all get divorced. But her kids were in the wedding. Lauren Sanchez's. He's got her ex husband, the father of the daughter and the son. He's got a hot Australian girlfriend, Mackenzie. Jeff Bezos wife has given half of her million. So she's worth 36 billion. She gave 19 to charity.
Julie Goldman
All different philanthropies. Very cool.
Brandi Howard
He has not though, by the way. He has not just putting out that.
Julie Goldman
He also doesn't pay any.
Brandi Howard
Also we pay more taxes than he does. Just putting that out there. And I'm just putting that out there.
Heather McDonald
So they said no gifts please. We will donate to keeping the Venice canals filled with water. I don't know.
Julie Goldman
So but when Venice is crumbling into the sea and filthy, I mean the last time I was there, I mean.
Brandi Howard
Well, people were out protesting.
Heather McDonald
Yeah, there were some people out protesting.
Julie Goldman
So it is one of the places like Barcelona that is overrun by, you know, in thirst tourists. And so it isn't badly in need of like, I mean that infrastructure cannot handle that.
Heather McDonald
The thing is, you wanted to have a beautiful private wedding. You could do it anywhere. Now this is where they love. But also by doing it here, everyone has to see you get on those little taxis, right? So if you're going to be at Thirst Buck, if you're going to invite all these celebrities, you maxed out in the best way. Everyone knew all the people that were coming. Some people were wondering why did Sydney Sweeney, how does she know these two?
Brandi Howard
They're good friends, they go out all the time, they love going to lunch.
Heather McDonald
It could be as simple as there's some project and Lauren is the EP of it and we don't know about it yet. And they've had a couple meetings and hit it off. Why wouldn't you come? What count about a wedding?
Julie Goldman
I would bet that whatever she's doing, that boxing. She's got tons of movies that she's already doing. One of them is probably with Amazon Studios. I mean Amazon is a full studio or.
Heather McDonald
But I'm thinking there is something that maybe there was more than just like a one time meeting that got her invited. Like maybe there is a little more of a history or something. Something. And if not, who cares? And so of course the Kardashians were all there. They are fun.
Julie Goldman
Was Courtney there?
Heather McDonald
You know, I don't think I saw Kourtney. We Saw Kylie, Kim, Kendall, Kris, Kori, the boyfriend. And we saw Khloe, Chloe. Yeah. So I wanna say I don't think Kourtney King and we didn't see Timothy Chalamer and also got married in Venice and had the same thing where everyone could see. And she did film hers and everything. And so it looked amazing. I mean, it was fun to watch all the photos. She got a digital cover of Vogue in her wedding gown, which people are like, she got the COVID of Vogue the same day that Anna Wintour stepped down. Maybe that was bought off. But I guess a digital cover isn't that big of a deal.
Julie Goldman
It's not like.
Heather McDonald
But maybe it's the only. Maybe they still only do one digital cover a month. And she got it. She probably should. I mean, it's a very talked about wedding, I thought. I mean, I like her tiny waist body. I think it looks good. Here's the protester denouncing it. Whatever. Here are some of the people. So it was like they got married on a Friday. Then they had like a second party Saturday that was like. So they had like the rehearsal dinner Thursday, wedding Friday. The next party was supposed to be this pajama party. Dolce naughty. But she ended up going Lauren in like a normal dress.
Julie Goldman
So did Kim. I thought that pajama card.
Heather McDonald
No, Kim didn't. Kim went in. Hold on.
Julie Goldman
It was like a lingerie, right?
Heather McDonald
No, Kim went in like a full like, Kim looks like she's going to the Playboy Mansion on like.
Julie Goldman
But it's still kind of a normal night's dream.
Heather McDonald
I don't think this is the normal doctor.
Julie Goldman
It's not a normal dress, but it's not pajamas.
Heather McDonald
I think this is sort of pajama.
Julie Goldman
Y. Oh, I just want to relax.
Brandi Howard
And lay down in bed.
Heather McDonald
Kylie was wearing like a white silvery corset dress. So people thought she was kind of breaking the rules of wearing white.
Julie Goldman
I agree with that. I'm into not wearing white to someone else's wedding.
Heather McDonald
Definitely not. You shouldn't.
Julie Goldman
And she did. And people were offended. And then, you know, Bethenny Frankel had to be like, oh, who cares? And I'm like, well, we all do. Because it's just a thing that you, you know, it's just a polite thing.
Heather McDonald
Tracey Ellis Dross wore like a white suit to my wedding.
Julie Goldman
So was it. But it was. Was it pants? And she was famous.
Heather McDonald
I would say it was like a casual white ish dress with like a white blazer. She brought me a Prada bag. I'd never Had a designer bag. That was my gift, that she can wear white. I didn't. I didn't even think. I did not even think about it until, like, my manager said something that his wife was like, you're not supposed to do that. And I was like, oh, my God, I would just never care. Like, yeah, I don't think they're. I don't think they're, like, going up to her and being like, hi, Heather. I mean, she's a black woman. I don't think they were confused. I don't think if it's like, I get it, whatever. You probably should not, just because then people talk about it.
Julie Goldman
But, like, I do believe that you wouldn't care, though.
Heather McDonald
Well, I remember when Kim got married for the second time, but it was the first one no one knew about. It was the Kris Humphries. And they did a. You have to wear black or white. And I didn't know if it was a trick, but I went to this Susie Wong place, and she gave me some dresses to borrow for free. And the one that I really liked was this, like, white, cute, strapless with, like, feathers or whatever, some ruffle at the bottom. And I took a photo of it, and I sent it through Liz to Courtney. And I go, I mean, is this a trick? Like, if I wear a white dress, is this not really what she wants? And she was like, no, go for it. And so I did wear the white dress, but most people did not. Most people just went for black or black and white.
Julie Goldman
It was like black and white stripes.
Heather McDonald
If we watch the show, not striped, just black and white.
Julie Goldman
There was no. Not the outfit, but the decorations at the wedding. A lot of it was, who's Lauren? And, no, yours. Kim's.
Heather McDonald
No. You know what it was? She thought it was because it was gonna be filmed. I think they decided that if you say that and you don't want to say, just wear all black, you say black or white, then the audience. Everything just seamlessly looks more attractive.
Julie Goldman
There's something. Decorations there that were black and white. That wedding is filmed for the show. I urge everyone to go back. I remember like the back of my hand. I'm now deeply, internally upset that I don't know if I saw you in the audience. Are you on the episode?
Heather McDonald
Yes, I am.
Julie Goldman
Okay.
Heather McDonald
Yes, I am.
Julie Goldman
So we can see you and see the strapless white.
Heather McDonald
Yes. And then it was like, the first time I, like, borrowed. Had borrowed jewels. I got. Leah Black introduced me to a guy who got me, like, the borrowed jewels. And then he had an adoptive son. Do you remember this story?
Julie Goldman
Oh, I remember that guy.
Heather McDonald
He had, like, an adoptive son who was already an adult, which people were questioning if he was a son or a boyfriend or what.
Julie Goldman
Cause wasn't that guy, like, a prince or a.
Heather McDonald
No, the son then killed someone. Yes. This is the story. I forgot the name of the jeweler. The jeweler was not involved in any criminal activity, but his adult adoptive son. Wow. In all in New York, like, killed.
Julie Goldman
Someone and is in jail now.
Brandi Howard
Yeah.
Heather McDonald
I mean, they know who he is.
Julie Goldman
Did anyone go with you to guard the jewels?
Heather McDonald
No, but I had to, like, say I would put them in a safe at the hotel. I think I just slept in them.
Julie Goldman
Were you stressed out?
Heather McDonald
I was stressed out. It was like, two real bracelets and earrings, I think. I don't think it was a necklace. And then. So it was great. And so anyway, Katie Couric slammed Lauren Sanchez wedding style as outdated, tacky, and a scathing post. Jeez, Katie, what the fuck?
Brandi Howard
Really?
Heather McDonald
Like, what the fuck? Like, bitter. Much bitter that you are doing podcasting like the rest of us and you aren't on TV anymore and Gail and, oh, Oprah are dancing with the Kardashians and Corey. Yeah. You're pissed. You're telling me if you were friendly with them and got invited that anybody would turn it down. Would you guys turn it down? Absolutely not.
Julie Goldman
It would completely go.
Heather McDonald
No, we would all go.
Brandi Howard
And I'd be the only thing to criticize Epstein Island.
Julie Goldman
I'm like, what? Private jet and how the clear water. Okay, I'll be on the beach. I don't. Didn't see it didn't happen.
Brandi Howard
In my opinion, the only thing to criticize is that Jeff Bezos did the thing with Katy Perry, the space thing.
Heather McDonald
Space, yes.
Brandi Howard
Which no one was feeling right. And now he's got a $50 million wedding.
Heather McDonald
No, they said that's not true. It was only 200 people. So if you do the math, even if they paid for the jets, maybe if they paid for the jets, it go up to 50 million. But there's probably. It's not 15 million.
Julie Goldman
I doubt they paid for the jets either, though. Everyone can get their own way, though.
Heather McDonald
I don't think they paid for the jets. I think it was not 50 million. It was probably like 20 million or 10 million.
Julie Goldman
And if it was 50, I do. And I'm not defending it at all. I think Jeff Bezos is disgusting. But I like Lauren Sanchez. I do think many of the millions did go to Venice, which we do want Even though, of course, we want his money in America.
Brandi Howard
But it's sad, right? Which is fine.
Julie Goldman
He paid a lot of money to.
Brandi Howard
Us for doing the. Because they need the conservatory money or whatever to rebuild Venice. And if he says he did that, then that's good. But his facade or his reputation right now is not good. So his timing to do a big, ostentatious wedding was just not great. On the other hand, would we go, obviously, do I want to go to Venice?
Heather McDonald
On the other hand, she's been with him for six years. They seem very into each other. She's definitely one of those women that can. There's certain women that I just think can hook a guy. Multiple guys. And I think there are women that are like, I mean, look, he was. I'm sure, you know, his wife Mackenzie, and he. They built it together. They were. I don't think that she was constantly like, jessie, let me go get on my knees.
Julie Goldman
You know?
Heather McDonald
And like, all of a sudden, this girl is like, you're the greatest. You're so fun. And then you have this whole, like, resurgence of life. And he probably was like, I am the richest man in the world. I do deserve a woman that, like, is ready to give a BJ3 sex ye. And we're not saying that's the case, but I'm just saying I deserve someone to be into me.
Julie Goldman
Yeah.
Heather McDonald
And Mackenzie, his wife, deserves someone to be into her. Like, so it's like, you can't make it last forever. Like, at least hopefully everybody, if you're rich, can feel like they got what they deserved in the end.
Brandi Howard
Yeah. No, we just want him to pay more taxes. Other than that, like, we loved her. The thing with her is that. And I didn't know anything about her, but when I watched the space thing where all of them just came off awful.
Heather McDonald
Yeah.
Brandi Howard
She came off the best.
Heather McDonald
Yeah, she did.
Brandi Howard
She was, like, warm and friendly and welcoming and into it and bubbly. And she seemed like a really nice person.
Heather McDonald
The little exchanges that I had with her back in the day of her being, like, a host is that I was like, to Gillian Barbary, why are you beware? Lauren Sanchez could replace you in a hospital. Yeah. And Gillian was always the most non jealous girl there was. She is just very. And this is. And we're talking about people because they were on local news and stuff.
Julie Goldman
Yeah, this is. And I just want people to know who don't. Lauren Sanchez is very Southern California local news coded. Like, those of us who grew up in Southern California, like, we just know Her. You don't even know how. She's just in your zeitgeist.
Heather McDonald
She really was always enthusiastic, always very complimentary to Gillian. Always like, hi, very. So I believe that is the essence of who she is. And, you know, that's what it seemed like. And I think the dress was. I think that dress was cool. Like she was having Dolce and Gabbana do it. I wouldn't want a Dolce and Gabbana version like Courtney's, which was just lingerie. No, I would be like, if you're doing a dress for me, give me the most expensive, gorgeous. Just. I want the most Italian material there is. And then I'll change into something funny.
Julie Goldman
Later like hand done lace. And I will say, I don't know if it was a Catholic wedding. I would think maybe it was just since it's in Venice. But even if it wasn't technically a Catholic ceremony, I love that she. Because this bitch will put her arms out. It doesn't matter if she is in the arm circuit circle. Okay. The arms are buff, the HGH is hitting and the definition is there. So I was like, I love that she covered like a long sleeve lace will get me. I love a black long sleeve lace too. She did a high neck. She doesn't usually.
Heather McDonald
She did the best for her body.
Julie Goldman
But she's almost like a modest.
Heather McDonald
Yeah, yeah.
Brandi Howard
It was like a. For getting married in Italy and they.
Julie Goldman
Threw a freaking foam party four days before aboard a yacht. Like a full foam party where they're all in bikinis. Like, she has a really good body to do that at her wedding and be demure. I just thought it was like a good move. I thought it was very classy and it was a departure from what they had been wearing the whole week. I was like, it's not a good.
Brandi Howard
Look for Katie Couric to slam.
Heather McDonald
Laurence, you look like such a better Betty.
Brandi Howard
You really do.
Julie Goldman
Why don't you go defend Matt Lauer? Matt Lauer some more? Yeah.
Heather McDonald
Really? Exactly. Okay. So anyway, good for them. Lauren, you didn't invite me, but like, invite me to the next thing. Okay. P. Diddy. TMZ asked. Does a fun poll. Diddy returned to freak offs if acquitted in federal trial. So starting Monday, Friday was the closing arguments for defense and prosecution. Prosecution laid out why it was criminal that girls were forced to continue being trafficked and have sex when they were sick when they objected. And therefore that's forced labor. And that makes it all these things that they did wrong. The defense says no, this was he and Cassie, it was a modern day love story. That's what the defense said in the closing argument. It was toxic, but it was a modern day love story. Then the prosecution comes back and goes, a modern day love story. She had a gash on her head, black eyes and something else. And was urinated on numerous times in her mouth. And when she didn't want to do it, was sick. So that's the modern day. No, it's a modern day that. The defense said he's a swinger and his swinger lifestyle should not be used against him. And the state, the federal government is coming after him, you know, unrightfully so. And so you should acquit him on all of the charges. And his daughters were there for the closing arguments and they left crying. And so that's where we are with that. So they are deliberating right now.
Brandi Howard
Music swells the courtroom doors burst open and who is it? Devin labella. Yep. It's Viva labella in black, ready to take down. This is what I'm talking about.
Heather McDonald
Avengers. John Wick, the New Avengers.
Brandi Howard
Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely not.
Heather McDonald
That is absolutely. I love it. Well, listen, I think he definitely should be convicted.
Julie Goldman
Please.
Brandi Howard
He should be convicted.
Heather McDonald
My prediction is that he will be convicted of not all, but some. And I'm. And I said this last week, I bet he gets 36 months and gets out in 21. That's what I think he'll do just under two years. That is my prediction.
Julie Goldman
I was thinking he would get convicted of five and then probably do five years. No, I thought he would, yeah. Get convicted of five years and then maybe do between two and three.
Heather McDonald
Yeah.
Julie Goldman
Hopefully. And that's not enough. But I will say he absolutely will go back to free cops because now there's a whole world of. Or I should say local, because he's not allowed to do international, but the local sex work community, who could be more than happy to go to the orgies, get paid for the consensual work.
Heather McDonald
Now there's no secrets.
Julie Goldman
Yeah. And so now he's gonna have people who are interested, who are like, anyway, the sign a contract.
Heather McDonald
When I checked the TMZ poll, over 80 said that, yes, he would go back to it.
Brandi Howard
Oh, a million percent.
Julie Goldman
Yeah.
Brandi Howard
He's 100%.
Heather McDonald
Yeah. Here it said that the prosecutors emphasized that Combs used violence, power and fear to control his victims. They argued that he led a criminal enterprise where he coerced women into performing sex acts and hired men, sometimes under the influence of drugs, and that these actions constitute sex trafficking. They highlighted Incidents of coercion, physical altercations where women felt pressured to participate despite expressing reluctance. And they also argued that the women had no reason to lie and that their testimony should be believed. And then the other side was, this was just what all these people were into and we shouldn't judge it. And there, you know, it all ties together.
Brandi Howard
It's just like no one ever wants to believe women about anything about sex. It's always gonna come back to, you know, she wanted it or she did consent or concede or whatever. And it's just like, just this whole disgusting toxic world of coercion. And this is more than coercion. I mean, this is intimidation. Intimidation and threatening and money and power. And it's just like, no, it's time turn the tables. And that's why.
Heather McDonald
Well, we'll see. Hopefully. I'm glad regardless, even if there isn't a conviction, I'm just glad we know all about it.
Julie Goldman
And hopefully there's a lot of civil suits where he loses a lot of their money.
Heather McDonald
There's a couple new lawsuits that came out that I didn't gather that involve his son and him. New ones.
Julie Goldman
Yeah. He needs to lose that money.
Brandi Howard
Yeah.
Heather McDonald
Beyonce was left hanging after a mid air mishap at the Houston show. So she comes out in a car. People have said it's not a real car. It doesn't. I'm like, you know, it's not like a working car. So maybe it's. I don't know that it's like a car that you'd put in your pool. Like, is it like a blow up car? I don't know, but because I'm very scared that it's gonna fall on someone's head.
Brandi Howard
Oh my God, totally.
Heather McDonald
But I guess, anyway, she was stuck up there for a while and you know, I don't know, I see some of it and I'm like, I'm glad we didn't go.
Julie Goldman
Houston, though, is gonna be her biggest show. Cause that's her hometown. So they probably didn't even care. They probably.
Heather McDonald
They said she handled it great.
Julie Goldman
Yeah, yeah.
Heather McDonald
Let's talk about Real Housewives of Miami. Now listen, I know maybe it's not getting that great of ratings. It is on Peacock and Bravo. I want to talk about one thing. I always like to. When I talk about these shows and you guys don't watch them, I'll put them in a context that you can relate. So there is this one named Gertie. I met her, I like her a lot. And Gertie. And then there's this other girl, Julia, who is married to another woman, Martina Navaturo Tolova. And I never really understood the relationship. It seemed kind of odd. Then Julia, right before she got a facelift, said, I want to adopt two kids. I want to adopt some kids. And they were able to get two brothers that are like three and one and a half, which she's not sharing their images or anything on the show. But so anyway, Gertie and Julia have a problem. And it's because Julia said about a year ago, Martina wasn't feeling good. She had a cancer scare, and she couldn't go to, like, an influencer type of cruise thing, that she was supposed to be there for. Gertie, could you please come with me? And Gertie was like, oh, my God, I just got back from doing that same thing. But, yeah, I'll go again. Like, I'll be with you so you're not alone. And Gertie thought everything was going to be fine when they start filming. And Julia is just being, like, a complete and total bitch and saying, you came on this trip to further your career and take photos. And then when the one party that you couldn't come to because Martina had been taken off the list, so I didn't have my plus one anymore, you got pissed. But she did get kind of annoyed, but she was still okay with it. So then we watch the scene, and this is what I think happened. You could tell me. I think Julia was scared that she's on the chopping block to getting fired from Bravo and had this little dispute with Gertie, let the producers know about it, and they were like, well, when you guys start filming again, you better bring it up and you better bring it up hard. It felt so performative and so fake and so acting. I am Team Gertie in this one. And, yeah, if you went to this thing, of course, and you'd be like, why am I eating by myself? And I'm sure if Julia wanted to bring her again, she could bring another housewife in Martina's space. What are you saying? It wasn't Lauren Sanchez's wedding.
Julie Goldman
Yeah.
Heather McDonald
It was just another dinner on the fucking cruise ship. So Gertie's like, well, now I'm, like, eating by myself across the way. So she was a little annoyed.
Julie Goldman
And it was Captain Sandy's party. I'm sure Captain Sandy would have let Gertie in.
Heather McDonald
Yeah. Like, it was so. And then. So then Julia, like, is throwing water at this other girl's wedding who's now been married Four times on camera.
Julie Goldman
Marisol.
Brandi Howard
Yeah.
Heather McDonald
What did you guys think?
Brandi Howard
It was unbelievable. I mean. Well, first of all, I just have to say the thing with Martina is so confusing.
Julie Goldman
Yeah, you talk about Martina.
Brandi Howard
I'll just talk about Martina. Let's. This is the type of thing where I feel like I'm in women's business. Like, I don't understand it. I cannot stand Martina. I cannot. She literally makes me feel like sometime when I feel about the husbands I hate, like, I find her to be dismissive, cold, arrogant. Like pervy. I don't know if that's not the right word.
Julie Goldman
Like, I don't think she's pervy.
Brandi Howard
Not perv. What's the word? A little bit.
Heather McDonald
Well, next week, they show her getting a lap dance. I mean, a little, you know, where.
Brandi Howard
She'S kind of, you know, like, sometimes.
Heather McDonald
She walks around like that. Yeah, yeah. Like. Yeah.
Julie Goldman
And she is patronizing.
Brandi Howard
Patronizing. I cannot stand her. And I know.
Julie Goldman
Not very attractive. I mean, it might be easy.
Heather McDonald
I mean, she's 65 or whatever.
Julie Goldman
Well, 65 year olds are hot.
Heather McDonald
I know, but I think. Right. Whatever.
Julie Goldman
I think if she was hot, I think we. Of course, we'd give her a lot more. Like, well, at least she's sexy.
Brandi Howard
She just makes me and it.
Heather McDonald
You know.
Brandi Howard
Yeah. From les to les. I'm just like, why every Les gotta be unlikable?
Heather McDonald
I mean, last year, for the first couple years, Julia's whole storyline was taking care of a goat on a whole nother property where Martina wasn't even around.
Julie Goldman
Well, everyone speculated, was she really gay? Was she sleeping with a man? Remember, there was a lot of speculation.
Brandi Howard
That, oh, she had, like, a boyfriend.
Julie Goldman
It was always. Cause she'd always been with men before. Now they've been together for a long time now, and they have these kids. But, yeah, her previous thing is, like, working with goats. No facelift. And now, like, to your point, the facelift looks good. She looks great. But she got the housewife, you know, nip and tuck to get it all together. She's wearing, like, her hair slicked back with, like, a huge bracelet and her confessionals, like, she's. She stepped it up to be very housewife y. So I think.
Heather McDonald
I mean, it felt like a sketch.
Julie Goldman
Yeah.
Heather McDonald
When she goes, you know, and Gertie's like, what are you? And she's got her fingers in her face. Like, literally, she pry. And Gertie's not even like, get your fingers out of my face. She's like, what? Like, am I in the Twilight Zone?
Brandi Howard
It Was crazy.
Heather McDonald
And then she just. And then she's like. Said something like, no, you said this, you know, Julia. And she takes the water and throws it where everybody gets wet.
Brandi Howard
Unreal.
Heather McDonald
And she's like, you're a liar. And it was just like.
Julie Goldman
It was strange.
Brandi Howard
It was so strange.
Heather McDonald
It was so.
Brandi Howard
I like being a hyena. I like being a hyena.
Heather McDonald
Yeah.
Brandi Howard
She called her Gertie, said, you're being.
Julie Goldman
A hyena, going like this.
Brandi Howard
I like being hyena. I don't mind it.
Heather McDonald
I like it.
Brandi Howard
It was like, what's happening?
Julie Goldman
So what I thought was, like, in the first, there's been three episodes.
Heather McDonald
Right.
Julie Goldman
I thought Gertie was. You know, I think she's. She's in a strange place psychologically. I think hemo is super intense. Her body is not back. She's been very open, like, with her boobs and whatever's going on, and it just can't be. You know, she's. I'm sure they give you hormones. Who knows? It's breast cancer. So that involves a lot of, like, your. Your hormones. So they're probably giving her these hormones. Hormone replacement therapy can make you, like, you're on your period and you're 13 again, and you're just like, dad, fuck you, or whatever. You know what I mean? She's got these high emotions, and she was coming in the first few episodes being really a lot, just not in terms of negative. She was just in every scene. She was louder than everyone. She was just being very extra. And then the model, the other model has this.
Brandi Howard
Kiki.
Heather McDonald
Kiki.
Julie Goldman
Kiki tells her. She basically tells her, like, well, everyone's just kind of annoyed. Cause you're being very extra in every scene. We do, like, just take it down a notch so that we're all just. Cause she was seeming performative, too, but more performative in, like, a fun way. Like, really aggressively sort of covering up whatever, maybe her insecurities or for whatever reason. It was like, you're having a little too much fun, like, let's say.
Heather McDonald
But I mean, I have hung out with her, and she does act like that. Okay, well, she is like, oh, look at here. She is like that. Like, that is her personality. But still. Yeah, I think they all, like, were coming in too hot. Yeah. Like, it's like, I get it. You know, you put all this on the line. If it doesn't last for a while, if you don't get money or a job from it, what did you do it for? I was gonna say, you know, so then. And they're throwing these parties. I know that they pay for those parties themselves, whether it's their kid party or baby shower. If I'm throwing you a party, not the trips, but if I'm throwing you a party, I pay for that. Even though it's filmed. Come on, Bravo. Come on. How can there not be something like, we're gonna match it or something? There should be something. If you spend two grand, we'll match two. Just offset that because we want you gu to have events, especially since we're.
Julie Goldman
Gonna make them have a huge fight at your damn wedding. At least give me 3,000 for the wedding.
Heather McDonald
I mean, I was just like, oh, my God.
Julie Goldman
So what I thought was that Gertie was sort of primed to. Just because of the eye roll cringe of her behavior, she was headed to being the least liked one, right? But then Julia swooped in and just took it. And there is no going back for her now. Like, no one can stand her after that. Like, she just was insufferable, performative. Gertie got water splashed on her, which is so humiliating. And she's bald. It's, like, dripping down her head. Like, her hair's short. The way she just took all of that so, like, gracefully.
Heather McDonald
And it just makes no sense why Julia was mad. I brought you on an event, and you met people and took photos at a Bravo party. What are you. What is wrong with that?
Brandi Howard
It didn't even make sense why she was so mad about the zoom call.
Julie Goldman
The Zoom call.
Brandi Howard
I didn't even understand that. Which started the whole thing.
Heather McDonald
She goes, I'm gonna do a zoom call with all the girls that they're filming for the show to tell everyone at the same time that we were successful in adopting these two little boys. And Gertie couldn't get on Zoom. I've had trouble getting on Zoom since.
Brandi Howard
And then she had to go to work. She said she had to go to work. She's like, sorry, I had to go to work. She tried logging in.
Julie Goldman
Julia was late. Julia was late.
Heather McDonald
Yeah. And she didn't know that the Zoom was this big news. She just was like, I missed the zoom. What was it? And she's like, you'll find out with the rest of the world.
Brandi Howard
And then she made it, like. And then. And then now she's talking to Martina and. Well, what she. What did she say? Oh, she just said, congratulations.
Heather McDonald
Yeah, she just said congratulations. Like, in a cold way. I'm like, it's a text. Like, right? It was clear that they Were like, listen, we gotta have something more going on than the goats. And since we're not gonna share the actual cute children, what do we got? So you better have fights with some of these women and you better make a mountain out of a molehill. That happened literally a year ago. And so I love that Gertie was like, it happened a year ago, but now we're filming, so now we have to bring it up. Just like in the Valley, the incident with Danny Zuko, whatever his name is.
Julie Goldman
Every time Heather grabbing the lesbian.
Heather McDonald
The lesbian's butt.
Julie Goldman
Jasmine.
Heather McDonald
Jasmine's butt. And making a funny reference when he was drunk happened when they were not filming. And it was like, save this tidbit to bring it on.
Brandi Howard
Well, I can't believe I was duped by that too. I'm not with him. I'm with her. I mean, do you enlighten me? She was on Bachelor looking for a boyfriend. Yeah, there are no lesbians.
Julie Goldman
She was on Bachelor with Nick Viall. He's, like, trying to get with Nick Viall. So that wasn't that long ago. No, Julie gets upset right now. She's very sensitive, you guys. Because of JoJo Siwa and Billie Eilish, all the lesbians returning back to.
Heather McDonald
Wait, is Billie Eilish back to a guy? When did that happen?
Julie Goldman
Allegedly, probably two weeks ago. But it was during your birthday month, so you don't have to know about it. But Julie is on one, so it's.
Brandi Howard
You know what? You know what? You know what? The last thing I want to hear from my own mother is. Look, all. See, I told you so. I don't want to hear it. I don't want to hear it. Julie, grow your hair out. Jojo Siwa did it. I can't. I can't. I don't know what to say.
Julie Goldman
I wanna say really quick about that. Really quick. This is important to me about the Gertie Julia thing because this happens in friend groups where you're all sort of in the same business. Julia made it sound like Gertie went on this trip and was doing her business contacts. Now Gertie, I think, is the one who has. She has, like an event.
Heather McDonald
Very successful. Yeah, she was a full, like, wedding planner. Event planner for like, 20 years before this show came along.
Julie Goldman
Like, extremely successful, wealthy. The business is very successful. So when you hear that from Julia, it's like, oh, she's on the cruise. This, you know, whatever type of cruise, selling her event planning business.
Heather McDonald
What if the cruise had lost electricity? Then it would be like. And then and then Gertie just takes her poop bag and threw it at Captain Sandy.
Julie Goldman
She tried to throw it overboard and it blew back and hit me.
Heather McDonald
Now, then I would say, then I go, julia, you have a right to be mad a year later.
Julie Goldman
But then you. It turns out this is a freaking, like, Bravo poop cruise where they're bringing on the poopiest of the Bravo celebrities, where it's Captain Sandy and whoever. And Jordy's thinking, I just got back. I already met whichever Bravo celebrities were on my cruise. So, like, whoever it is, it's freaking Zach and it's freaking whoever. She met them all. Now Gertie goes, come with me on the next Bravo one. And she's like, oh, cool, I'll meet the next six people. It's Theresa, it's Captain Sandy, it's somebody from the O.C. it's freaking Tamara. And so, of course, Gertie's like, well, yeah, I'm gonna go. If I have to spend a week on a cruise, I'm gonna go meet the Bravo people. Because then now I'm gonna know if I go on the. Watch what happens. Live with them or whatever. She was. She wasn't selling her business. She was meeting other people on Bravo, which of course she's going to do. Otherwise, why go and listen to Julia's annoying accent for a week?
Brandi Howard
I mean, why is Julia there? She's not there to talk about goats.
Julie Goldman
That's right.
Brandi Howard
She didn't go on a goat cruise.
Heather McDonald
They're going on this one. They're going to Hawaii. We know that Luke is going to ask Kristen to marry him, and we know that that's a successful thing because they are. I don't know if they got married, but they had the baby. They had their little girl. So we find out she's trying to still get pregnant at this point. So this again, all shot, like nine months to a year ago, and I don't even remember. I think I've attempted to watch this episode a couple times. It was pretty uneventful, wasn't it? I don't even remember if anything juicy happened in Hawaii.
Julie Goldman
Yeah, well, they believe Janet and Jason and Danny Zuko and gorgeous.
Heather McDonald
Oh, people. I think Janet was being a bit much, too, at the lunch scene.
Brandi Howard
Well, that was the thing, right? They all.
Heather McDonald
I think she was pulling on Julia a little bit.
Julie Goldman
Yeah, well, she said she had too much to drink. And then the best part about this episode was that Mia. Nia. Nia's the most beautiful woman in the world, so she's There looking in the water with these glasses and this hat. And I'm just like, could this woman get any more beautiful? And they're with Danny Zuko and then Jason and Janet. And Janet's like, I'm sorry about the lunch at El Coyote. I had way too much to drink. And then Nia's like, oh, so early in the day.
Heather McDonald
Oh, and like, that's good.
Julie Goldman
Aren't you the coat check girl? We'll check it, bitch. Okay. She checked her so hard into the closet to never be finding the coat again. Like, it was so good. And then bravo didn't even, like, highlight it enough. I was like, she needed to be freeze framed and needed to go, ah. Like, we've been listening to Janet, who we love personally. I mean, we really do like, like Janet a lot. She's one of those people. I know she's the villain or whatever, but she. Nia checked her so hard the way a Christian woman does.
Heather McDonald
Right.
Julie Goldman
You know what I mean? Didn't have to cuss. Didn't have to raise her voice. Just said, oh, so early in the day. Cause they've been going in on his drinking like, like crazy.
Brandi Howard
Like crazy.
Julie Goldman
And it's. Yeah, but they did. Did they do the thing with Jax where, like, they cried with. With the life coach? That was pretty intense.
Brandi Howard
The men's group.
Heather McDonald
Yeah, the men's group. The crying. Yeah, the men's group guy. That was kind of good.
Brandi Howard
I do enjoy a men's group. I will say that was a good thing. I really enjoy that was. It gave me like, Louis, that whole thing.
Heather McDonald
Oh, when you went to Laguna with that guy.
Brandi Howard
And I have to say, regardless of how whatever my cold heart to men does loosen. Cause I got. You know what? They're trying.
Heather McDonald
Yes, they're trying.
Brandi Howard
And I want to give credit where credit's due, and they deserve it.
Heather McDonald
Well, Charlize Theron said on Watch Times Live that she went to Jax's and couldn't catch a buzz and thought that maybe the liquor was watered down. I don't think that's a cool thing to say. He's not the only owner. That's kind of saying a lot about anybody that works there. Any bartender, whatever. She also was nasty about the Lauren Sanchez wedding.
Julie Goldman
What'd she say?
Heather McDonald
I just saw a headline, so I'm not sure if I want to do.
Julie Goldman
Jax's and saw Charlize there and there. I would expire on the spot. Okay. I would immediately drop dead. That is. I thought it was iconic that she said that. I thought she Dropped the name of his bar sitting there. I doubt you. It probably wasn't even true that she even went there. But if she did. Listen, when drinks are watered down and you love a stiff drink, it's upsetting. Speaking as someone who knows when they can't catch a budge, then will immediately be like, they watered this down. But it's a common thing at bars. That's why it's always better to just get wine or beer anyways when you're out. But I thought it was cool. Cause she dropped the name of his bar and is like a list. People are going to Jackson.
Heather McDonald
Or you have to watch it. Like Drake told me about Chipotle. Like that there's the Chipotle thing going around. Like not to like, like order it for pickup. Be there to watch it. Cause they'll give you more food because you're watching them. So maybe when you're getting your drinks made, you kind of need to like, watch the bartender do the whole shot, like what you put in the tequila or whatever. And make sure that you're getting your.
Julie Goldman
I have a theory about this is from, like doing cruises. The cruises we do, they can still be a poop cruise eventually, but they are very upscale.
Brandi Howard
They are called Super. Yes.
Heather McDonald
Okay.
Brandi Howard
Okay.
Julie Goldman
So the. All the liquors included.
Heather McDonald
Yes. Nice.
Julie Goldman
So. Which is why we were whiskey girls. Now a lot of times I do get paranoid. I would rather have a shot of vodka and then carry around a water where I'll get a ice water and then I'll put like Tajin on the rim. And then it'll look like. So I'm just like hydrating and it'll look like I have a drink. But I just did the shot of vodka. So when you do a shot of vodka, you can tell if it's watered down. So what I think is that. That sometimes the bartenders. And I'm not saying this about Jax's. And we've been to Jax's, and I got plenty drunk. So I don't know what's doing with Charlize, but I got way too drunk there. I think sometimes the bartenders are doing shots secretly, and then they're putting water into the vodka so that the owners can't see that, you know, maybe just one or two. How it gets a little bit watered down, you know, but who knows? I've never been a bartender. I don't think it's like the owners being like, let's fill up our vodka with water or whatever. But. Yeah. And then I guess sometimes they'll be Weak. That's why people who do martinis, sometimes they'll get their olive juice on the side. I mean, these are just tricks of the trade for the tricks of the trade for the people who enjoy drinking.
Heather McDonald
Well, really quick last story is this girl, Brandi, what's her name? Rachel Lindsay. She was a bachelorette, got married, and they broke up. And the Los Angeles judge has ordered her to pay him 13,000 and change a month. He had asked for 16. Here's the full breakdown of it. So she was ordered to pay her ex husband 13,000amonth. And then Rachel was required to also pay 15,000 of his legal fees. An additional 5,000 towards forensic accounting. This temporary support arrangement was part of the divorce. The support payments totaled $39,771. By the final settlement. They weren't married that long. So the total that she had to pay was that. But then it says she no longer owes him monthly payments because she agreed to make a one time payment of $500,000.
Brandi Howard
What?
Heather McDonald
She had to give him $500,000. And then the monthly payments added up to 39. So the remaining she owes, because she hasn't given the 500, she owes 460.
Julie Goldman
Okay, let me ask.
Heather McDonald
January 26th, she owes 460,000 by January of 26.
Julie Goldman
How long was she supposed to pay the 39?
Heather McDonald
Probably just half.
Julie Goldman
10 years.
Heather McDonald
No, no, if they were married for three, then she would have to pay whatever amount for 18 months. So it's always payments are half of the amount of time that you are married.
Brandi Howard
Does he not have a job? Does he not have a way to make money?
Heather McDonald
So she's like, I'm being punished for being successful. So I'm guessing she probably had some lucrative deals coming off of the Bachelor. I know that she was doing a lot of tv, podcasting, whatever. So she must have had some lucrative years during the time that she was married to him. And there's just no way getting around it. She made that big money while they were together.
Brandi Howard
Well, he didn't need to ask for it.
Heather McDonald
Right? And if the roles were reversed, if it was, you married the Bachelor and you guys did all this stuff and he was, you know, and you. And it was, you know, whatever. That guy made a lot of money, then she would be able to do it. But this is why you get a prenup.
Julie Goldman
$40,000.
Heather McDonald
And that's why everyone should have a prenup. You don't know what will come.
Brandi Howard
Not even Britney asked for anything from Jax. And they were together 10 years. They wanted an amicable breakup. This guy wants $500,000 because he was with her for three years when they got together. I mean, this is where I'm. I guess I am old and weirdly traditional. I think that is a disgusting look for him. I think it's gross.
Heather McDonald
I think as a man, when there's no kids.
Julie Goldman
No kids.
Brandi Howard
I.
Heather McDonald
If you're gay, lesbian, if you were married for, like, less than five years and you had no kids, will you go away? Like, you didn't give away your whole life. You're not MacKenzie Bezos. You know, you're not like, it's like, come on, I'm about your business. And I don't know that she's got the ability to move, make that money up again, because it's like the Bachelor. People have, like, a small window. She hosts Totally Pop.
Julie Goldman
Or is she on E? She's on E or X. Y. I.
Heather McDonald
Mean, she's very appealing. So, like, I hope it works out. But I'm just saying, you know these things. It doesn't mean you're gonna be making that, you know, a million dollars a year five years from now. You made it the first couple years of coming off the show.
Julie Goldman
The. The. If it was 40, we'll just.
Heather McDonald
But maybe it was stuff that they did together.
Julie Goldman
I don't know. Let's make it 40,000amonth. If. Because it's 39. 771. 40,000amonth in 10 months, that's $400,000. So even if she was supposed to do it for 24 months, by her paying like 460 or whatever, she's saving her own self money, I guess I'm not into it.
Brandi Howard
I don't care. I'm like.
Julie Goldman
I'm just saying that's why she took that huge. Because that's a staggering amount of money.
Brandi Howard
You're together for three years or whatever, and you're asking for $500,000.
Heather McDonald
You're a absolo. Is his name Brian Ass? Solo Absolo.
Julie Goldman
But you know what? Your ass is solo now, Brian, so good luck. Ain't nobody gonna want to marry you.
Heather McDonald
He should start a podcast with Bethy Frankel's.
Julie Goldman
Exactly.
Brandi Howard
Yeah, exactly.
Julie Goldman
She's an embarrassing.
Brandi Howard
That's embarrassing.
Heather McDonald
It should be called Two assholes in a pod. Two ex asshole Husbands in a pod. What they should call it.
Julie Goldman
That's cool. A gold digger.
Brandi Howard
What a loser. I mean, that's just lose behavior. That is just loser, sir. That is just loser behavior. You don't. Now, if we had a business, and I'm going to take half the business we built together and you can do your accounting. Fine. Everyone deserves equality, but this. No, no. He's being a. That's gross.
Heather McDonald
Well, girls, what a loser. Tell us what is going on for the rest of your lives.
Brandi Howard
Well, we are going to embark on another little six week stint. So we're going to Denver where we're working on. I don't know if you remember, the show in Portland we did was called Killer Burlesque. They've now changed the name. It's called the Nightmare on Strip Street.
Heather McDonald
I like that.
Brandi Howard
And so it is basically like a horror movie themed like 80s movie, horror movie themed, sexy dance comedy show.
Julie Goldman
So it's by the producers of the Empire Strips Back, which is a worldwide phenomenon where you go and watch girls dance sexy stormtroopers and you know, burlesque. Just meaning they go down to pasties and they're dancing around that plane thing. What's it called?
Brandi Howard
Yeah, Millennium Falcon or whatever.
Julie Goldman
Then Jabba the Hutt. It's big, huge set pieces and now it's anything Freddy. Freddy Krueger, Hellraiser, Chucky. And it's sexy, sexy, sexy. Amazing. Julie hosts the whole thing. We have a 10 minute bit that we do that is also funny and sexy. And we're gonna be in Denver doing that five nights a week so people.
Brandi Howard
Can come to that. It's at the Arch Theater. You can go to Fever. You can only get tickets on Fever, that app Fever. And it's a nightmare on Strip Street. But we're gonna still be doing our Patreon on the road. We gotta keep doing it.
Julie Goldman
Patreon travel episodes. We're gonna driving there, we're seeing the Grand Canyon. We're doing all the things.
Brandi Howard
All of our animals are going in the car and we're driving to Denver.
Heather McDonald
Well, and then. Yeah, maybe I'll come out for a couple days.
Brandi Howard
You should.
Heather McDonald
I hope you do.
Brandi Howard
Hopefully Heather will come out.
Julie Goldman
We're doing a girls thing regardless whether it's in August when we get back. And then we're going to have Bravocon. But go to our Patreon. Just Julie and Brandy Patreon, you can google it. And our regular podcast is liberal politics Just raging out, having fun with the Supreme Court and the whole thing.
Brandi Howard
I would definitely say currently, right now we've left the middle and have gone.
Julie Goldman
But do our Patreon. Our Patreon's not politics, so check that out.
Heather McDonald
Love you guys. Of course, go to heathermcdonald.net to get my Patreon. And also the tickets to the show that will probably be sold out very soon. So get it for the Bravicon show with us girls and everybody else. That's funny that I know that you just go get it. Thank you. Love you. Bye. This episode of Juicy Scoop is brought to you by booking.com booking yeah, whether you're booking for yourself, your partner, your picky teens, or your sleep light mother in law, you can find exactly what you're booking for on booking.com what I really love about a vacation is at the end of it, you all had a great time because you chose the right place. So if my family can find the perfect stay on booking.com, anyone can find exactly what you're booking for booking.com, booking yeah. Book today on the site or in.
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Podcast Summary: Juicy Scoop with Heather McDonald – Episode: Brandy and Julie, Bezos Wedding and Kevin Costner’s Lawsuit
Release Date: July 1, 2025
In this engaging episode of Juicy Scoop with Heather McDonald, host Heather McDonald, alongside guests Brandi Howard and Julie Goldman, delves into a variety of sizzling topics ranging from their personal adventures to high-profile celebrity news. The trio offers candid discussions, humorous anecdotes, and insightful commentary, making the episode a must-listen for fans eager to stay updated on the latest in pop culture and Hollywood drama.
The episode kicks off with Brandi and Julie sharing their recent travel experiences across Ireland, Scotland, and London. Their adventures are peppered with humorous takes on the local drinking culture, highlighting the challenges of maintaining their beverage preferences abroad.
Notable Quote:
Brandi reflects on the heavy drinking sessions, earning them the nickname "whiskey girls," and expresses a newfound love for Scotland.
Timestamp: 03:11
A significant portion of the discussion centers around a documentary Heather revisits titled "The Poop Cruise," which chronicles a harrowing experience aboard a Carnival Cruise ship. The documentary exposes the dire conditions passengers faced due to a fire that caused total power outage, leading to lack of refrigeration and sanitation issues.
Notable Quotes:
The hosts express visceral reactions to the documentary, drawing parallels to their own cruise experiences and emphasizing the potential risks inherent in large-scale cruise operations.
Timestamps: 07:42, 10:31
Heather announces an upcoming live Juicy Scoop event scheduled during BravoCon weekend at the MGM Grand. This live session promises a Bravo-centric yet pop culture-focused experience, featuring new segments, surprises, and audience interactions. The event has historically sold out, underscoring its popularity.
Notable Quote:
Timestamp: 24:32
The conversation transitions to a recap of a recent Juicy Scoop party attended by Brandi and Julie. They share moments from the event, including interactions with patrons, live performances, and the vibrant atmosphere that made the night memorable.
Notable Quotes:
The hosts also discuss upcoming projects, such as their upcoming "Nightmare on Strip Street" show in Denver, blending horror themes with sexy dance comedy.
Timestamps: 29:54, 31:06
A pivotal segment of the episode addresses Devin Labella’s lawsuit against Hollywood legend Kevin Costner. Devin, Heather's niece, alleges that she was subjected to unsafe and non-consensual conditions while serving as a stunt double on Costner's film projects. The lawsuit claims breaches of consent, lack of intimacy coordinators, and retaliatory actions leading to Devin not being rehired.
Notable Quotes:
Heather passionately advocates for Devin, highlighting the broader issues of safety and consent in the stunt industry. Brandi and Julie express their unwavering support, emphasizing the importance of standing up against misconduct.
Timestamps: 40:07, 45:48
The hosts shift focus to the lavish wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez in Venice. They dissect the opulent event, discussing its implications, attendee list, and the public's mixed reactions. The conversation touches on the societal impact of such high-profile weddings, especially in historically significant locations like Venice.
Notable Quotes:
Heather and her guests critique the extravagance of the wedding amidst Venice's struggles with tourism and infrastructure, questioning the necessity and impact of such events.
Timestamps: 53:18, 55:00
Heather, Brandi, and Julie offer their take on the latest developments in Real Housewives of Miami. They discuss character dynamics, plot twists, and specific moments that have captivated or confused viewers. The hosts express strong opinions about certain cast members, particularly critiquing Julia's behavior and Gertie's evolving role.
Notable Quotes:
The discussion highlights the show's dramatic flair and the hosts' ability to relate the Housewives' antics to broader social and professional themes.
Timestamps: 75:35, 78:33
The episode concludes with an analysis of Rachel Lindsay's divorce settlement, where she is ordered to pay her ex-husband a substantial sum. The hosts critique the legal outcomes, discussing gender biases in divorce proceedings and the financial implications for high-profile individuals.
Notable Quotes:
Heather and her guests debate the fairness of the settlement, emphasizing the importance of financial protection through prenuptial agreements and expressing disdain for what they perceive as punishments disproportionately affecting successful women.
Timestamps: 90:05, 95:21
This episode of Juicy Scoop with Heather McDonald masterfully navigates through a spectrum of topics, from personal anecdotes and upcoming events to serious discussions on industry misconduct and celebrity news. The hosts’ chemistry and willingness to tackle controversial subjects provide listeners with both entertainment and thoughtful commentary. Whether you're a long-time fan or a new listener, this episode offers a comprehensive and engaging overview of the juiciest happenings in Hollywood and beyond.
Notable Quotes with Timestamps:
Heather McDonald (03:11): "What do you think? Why they didn't have good mixed drinks? It was just always, like, the Guinness or what?"
Heather McDonald (07:42): "But it's very scary that it’s gonna fall on someone's head."
Brandi Howard (10:31): "Don't forget, there's just the one slot. That lady who was like, ah, fuck whoever, she was like, wait, which one was that?"
Heather McDonald (24:32): "We are doing a live, juicy scoop. Brandi and Julie will be joining with us."
Heather McDonald (40:07): "She was told to lie down. And without warning or rehearsal, another actor was brought in to simulate a rape on top of me."
Brandi Howard (53:18): "He also doesn't pay any. We pay more taxes than he does."
Julie Goldman (77:15): "It's just something that's happening in women's business. Like, I don't understand it."
Heather McDonald (90:05): "But this is why you get a prenup."
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