Justin Sylvester: Summer House, RHOBH, and Rich White Lady Crime

Summary

Let's Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa
Episode: Justin Sylvester: Summer House, RHOBH, and Rich White Lady Crime
Date: April 29, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this lively and unfiltered episode, Kelly Ripa welcomes her close friend and E! News entertainment aficionado Justin Sylvester. Along with regulars Jan Chile and Albert Bianchini, they dive into the world of reality TV drama, rich white lady culture, iconic moments from Summer House and Real Housewives, plus pop culture beefs and beauty “gatekeeping.” With Justin’s signature wit and Kelly’s irreverent tone, the discussion bounces from Bravo-land controversies to friendship dynamics—with memorable calls from fans and some spicy, hilarious hot takes.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Setting the Stage (01:01–02:39)

• The group jokes about how Jan Chile is a “pit bull” producer and the ultimate booker.
• Justin Sylvester is introduced as “so good, so exciting, so sexy and gorgeous and he’s my friend.”

2. The Art of Gatekeeping, Mah-jong, and Rich White Lady Essentials (05:45–11:11)

• Justin and Jan riff about rich women having bad hair accessories and worse WiFi.
  • “Rich women have two things that are terrible hair accessories and bad WiFi.” – Jan (06:15)
• The group talks about exclusive, ultra-wealthy mah-jong clubs in LA and $62,000 Hermès mah-jong tile sets.
• Plastic surgery gossip: Kris Jenner’s $375k facelift, the gatekeeping and economics of celebrity procedures, and Botox transparency.
  • “If I paid $375,000 for a facelift, my pillow and my sofa better not have a wrinkle in it for two years, much less my face.” – Jan (09:28)
  • Plastic surgeons get hounded by the curious masses: “He couldn't handle it. …all the crazies come out of the woodwork.” – Jan (09:49)
• Kelly on injecting realism into the “Botox conversation”—“I tell everything…once I got Botox, I realized they're liars.” (12:26)

3. “Rich White Lady Crime”: The Alex Earl vs. Alex Cooper Feud (13:43–19:22)

• Breakdown: Alex Cooper hired Alex Earl for her podcast network. Earl allegedly left after a personal dispute about editing out content; Cooper expected commission on Earl’s post-contract deals.
  • “I haven't seen white ladies go at it since Gwyneth vs. Madonna over a trainer. I love rich white lady crime. It is so good.” – Jan (14:13)
• Layers of contract drama dissected, with everyone humorously confused about which “Alex” is which.
  • “Jan, which one is which?” – Kelly (18:22)
  • “Alex Cooper has lowlights, Alex Earle has balayage. Same face, same team, same veneer. Allegedly.” – Jan (18:31)
• Gossip about NDAs, alleged magazine exposés, and calculated Instagram “likes.”
• The group picks sides: “I'm gonna go with Cooper. Only because we share a manicurist.” – Jan (17:47)

4. Mormon Wives and Reality TV Fallout (20:05–24:11)

• The “Mormon Wives” (“Real Housewives of Salt Lake City”-esque) production is on pause for internal investigation after domestic violence controversy.
  • “You need a shady ass gay up in there who’s gonna ask all the questions.” – Jan (20:27)
• On why marriages on reality TV always seem doomed: “If you go on those shows, you have to sign up for a divorce at that point.” – Justin (23:41)
• Jan’s theory: Many women are in “pre-divorce” before joining, using reality TV to exit relationships (23:57).

5. Call-Ins & Affirmation for Justin (27:14–29:37)

• Carlin from New Orleans credits Justin as “our Lil Wayne of reality TV conversation.”
• The panel shows Justin deep appreciation for his support, encouragement, and career advice, with an amusing reflection on LA networking vs genuine advocacy in TV.

6. Summer House Deep Dive (31:09–43:21)

• Latest drama recapped: the Wes-Amanda-Sierra triangle and messy timelines.
  • “They put out this terrible joint statement. I mean, girl, my cat could have wrote a better joint statement.” – Jan (32:50)
• Kelly is fixated on mah-jong and declares, “My feed thinks I’m 98 and living at The Times already.” (36:12)
• Debates over who’s to blame (Wes as the “sleaziest human being on Bravo” – caller Pam, 44:00) and why Sierra needs the Ariana Madix treatment from the public: “I need y’all to run the same energy to Sierra Miller.” – Jan (34:45)
• Observations about the awkward staged public kisses and Bravo’s affinity for drama.

7. Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (38:44–43:21)

• Jan reveals he was Kyle Richards’ “lady sitter” (assistant) for eight years, staying in her life as an honest friend even post-E! News.
  • “I raised that woman, and we had a damn good time.” – Jan (37:59)
• Season critique: Amanda’s divisiveness, Rachel Zoe and her ex’s new girlfriend, and the strategic use of the “C word.”
  • “A C word is like a tiara. They only come out on special occasions.” – Jan (39:46)
  • “Everything, they're like, for richer, poorer. She's like, no, only for richer. I’m like, I want to punch you.” – Justin (41:12)
• Predictions that cast members will adjust their behavior next season after seeing themselves on TV.

8. Hilarious Linguistics and Food Debates (49:03–52:20)

• Is pasta a meal, side, or first course? The Italian contingent schools the rest:
  • “You could benefit from a little Italian culture at your Seder, by the way.” – Kelly (50:38)
• Is it "fall back asleep" or "fall back to sleep"? Panel debates linguistics, ultimately agreeing both are used, though “fall back asleep” prevails.

9. Kelly’s Broadway Family Pride (52:20–56:43)

• Kelly describes her anxiety and joy attending back-to-back Broadway debuts for her husband Mark and son Joaquin (“It’s gotta feel…like, how rare this is in the world of New York.”).
• Mark gets rave reviews for “Fallen Angels”, and the family celebrates together.
• Kelly’s sage advice: “If the reviews weren’t great, would you feel any differently about your play and your performance? …It doesn’t change the way I feel about my job.”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On rich white lady culture & reality TV:
  “As a gay man, my job on earth is to walk rich white women through life.” – Jan, (01:08, 21:43)

• On plastic surgery honesty:
  “Once I got Botox, I realized they’re liars.” – Kelly (12:26)

• On feuding podcasters:
  “I haven't seen white ladies go at it since Gwyneth vs. Madonna over a trainer. I love rich white lady crime.” – Jan (14:13)

• On gatekeeping beauty secrets:
  “Gatekeeping is not fair. I tell everything. I tell the doctors, I tell the whole story.” – Kelly (12:26)

• On Summer House drama:
  “They put out this terrible joint statement. …my cat could have wrote a better joint statement.” – Jan (32:50)

• On Housewives divorce rates:
  “If you go on those shows, you have to sign up for a divorce at that point.” – Justin (23:41)

• Iconic analogy:
  “A C word is like a tiara. They only come out on special occasions.” – Jan (39:46)

• On social media feeds:
  “My feed thinks I’m 98 and living at The Times already.” – Kelly (36:12)

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Key Timestamps

• Intro banter / Jan Chile as “pit bull”: 01:01–03:20
• Hair accessories/WiFi/mah-jong/beauty gossip: 05:45–11:11
• Plastic surgery/Botox/gatekeeping: 09:28–13:28
• Alex Earle vs. Alex Cooper feud: 13:43–19:22
• Mormon Wives pause/Reality TV marriages: 20:05–24:11
• Caller Carlin (Justin appreciation): 27:14–29:37
• Career advice & networking: 29:37–31:09
• Summer House breakdown: 31:09–36:55
• Caller Pam (Summer House/Wes Wilson debate): 43:29–45:59
• RHOBH/Lady sitting/Kyle Richards: 37:56–43:21
• Is pasta a meal or side?: 49:13–50:38
• Broadway debuts & reviews: 53:32–56:43

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Overall Mood & Tone

• Playful, irreverent, and “off camera” candid—frequent asides, banter, and audience engagement.
• Heavy on inside jokes and reality TV references; no sacred cows.
• LBGTQ+ perspective on pop culture and reality TV as guiding light.
• Supportive and lightly self-mocking reflection on career, aging, and self-acceptance.

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For fans of reality TV, celebrity culture, and an extra dash of chaotic fun, this episode delivers rapid-fire gossip and genuine friendship chemistry—perfect for listeners who want to be in the room where Bravo magic and mayhem are always up for debate.

Transcript

[Kelly Ripa]

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[Jan Chile]

Bahamas.

[Kelly Ripa]

You walked me through the Dancing with the Stars of it all. You walked me through the Bachelorette, the arrest.

[Jan Chile]

As a gay man, my job on earth is to walk rich white women through life.

[Kelly Ripa]

Somebody gotta cue me or do I cue myself?

[Justin Sylvester]

Cue yourself.

[Kelly Ripa]

Okay, say it with me, everybody. Say it with me. We are back again live. Wait, now is our, is our podcast solely live now?

[Justin Sylvester]

No, just this month.

[Kelly Ripa]

Oh, just for the whole month?

[Justin Sylvester]

Yes.

[Kelly Ripa]

Oh, nobody told me that. Yeah, every week I'm like, wait, we're live again? And it's news to me. This is a great episode of let's Talk off Camera Live. And I'm going to tell you why you're going to, you're going to want to pull your car over, put your kids away, disable your phones because we have the best guest. I, I am not even kidding. Our guest is so good. He's so exciting. He's so sexy and gorgeous and he's my friend. Job. I'm gonna say wait, I haven't intro'd you yet. He's my friend, Jan. Did you know that I have friends outside of you? Yes. He is the E News entertainment aficionado and host of the podcast Yesterdays. If you're not listening to Yesterday's, you are missing out on life. It drops every Tuesday. Also, I like to call him host of Live with Mark and Justin Sylvester, everybody. Justin,

[Jan Chile]

by the way, do not put that in the universe because I will take your man from.

[Kelly Ripa]

No, I, I, I, listen, I, I think that you need your own show. I've said it a million times. And I will beat that drum. I will beat the dead horse. I'll keep beating and beating and beating. And you know me, I'm very persuasive. I always get my way if you have any questions or you want to share your opinions with us. But remember, if you keep your opinions pg, there are still some listeners at home or stuck in the car with their parents. I mean, semi pg. I don't think we keep it PG now. All right, let's get right into it because Justin has a lot going on in his life and he can't be here for the full hour.

[Jan Chile]

Justin, by the way, before you start, I just want to let you know that Jan is a pit bull.

[Kelly Ripa]

Oh, yes, she is.

[Jan Chile]

I don't know when you got her out of Rikers. Who's her probation officer?

[Kelly Ripa]

She's got to go back at six.

[Jan Chile]

I don't know what clan of Jehovah Witnesses she came from, but she is very persuasive. I think I gave her a kidney and I didn't even know it. Like, she is like, when can you come on? I'm like, I'm in a coma. She's like, you need to wake up by, by three o'. Clock.

[Kelly Ripa]

I'm like, let me tell you, back when you were in, back when you were a baby and you were probably still in Louisiana. Okay. Back when you were a baby, there was a story about a cat that got stuck in between two walls here in New York City. And we in New York City followed this trapped cat in between these two buildings. Like you can't imagine. Like, the cat was carrying the nuclear codes. That's how much we followed this cat.

[Jan Chile]

It was like Ellie and Gonzalez.

[Kelly Ripa]

Yes. And they were right. And they were about to, they were about to break the cat out of the walls. Like Con Ed, the fire department, the police department, SWAT teams, they're about to break this cat out. And we're like, jan, we want that cat on the air. And Jan shows up and she's like, the Today show's here. Good Morning America's here, the Early show, they're all here. CNN is here. I was like, jan, she's like, don't worry, I'm getting the cat. I'm bringing home the pussy.

[Justin Sylvester]

And I did.

[Kelly Ripa]

And she did. And by the way, I was like, why are we, why are we interviewing a cat? We had to be the first people to get the cat.

[Jan Chile]

By the way, the cat is still working at Live Today. She's goddamn booking assistant because Jan talked her into taking a full time job that's right.

[Kelly Ripa]

Correct. Justin.

[Albert Bianchini]

Jan has Jesus coming on after you sign off with her.

[Caller (Carlin or Pam)]

That's right.

[Kelly Ripa]

He's our second guest.

[Jan Chile]

I know for a fact Jan could get Jesus and anyone could get

[Kelly Ripa]

Jan any things to say.

[Justin Sylvester]

I love you, Justin.

[Jan Chile]

But then I had to Google Jan because I was like, oh, no. I was like, ooh, this bitch is good. I need to see what she looks like. And she was gorgeous. The highlights were good. It was not what I was expecting. I thought I was gonna see one of those ladies with like, you know, a pack of marble lights being like, I'm gonna book you for Kelly's show. I'm gonna need you there at 2:30. No, no.

[Kelly Ripa]

She's not your average white lady. And she's got great hair accessories. And you would be proud, Justin. Justin saw me one night at our house for dinner, and I pulled my hair up in like, one of those, you know, goody claw clips, and it was missing, like, three prongs. And he goes, why do white ladies have the worst hair accessories? And I was like, what do you mean there's good hair accessories?

[Jan Chile]

I don't get it. I don't get it.

[Kelly Ripa]

I didn't even. I didn't know. Nobody told me. You told.

[Jan Chile]

Let me tell you something. Let me tell you something. Rich women have two things that are terrible hair accessories and bad wi fi. Why is every woman literally. I'm going to do a zoom with, like, you know, Katy Perry. And I'm like, ma', am, are you on dial up? Where are you living at that you can't get a goddamn signal? And how do you have all this money and no dsl? Like, what's going on?

[Kelly Ripa]

Are you calling her when she was in space? Maybe that was it, Right? Because if anybody could talk to Katy Perry in space, it's Justin Sylvester for sure.

[Jan Chile]

It was Jan. Definitely Jan booked her for you.

[Kelly Ripa]

Justin, how's your mahjong game coming along?

[Jan Chile]

I just want to let you know, I. First of all, I don't go anywhere without this card.

[Kelly Ripa]

Proud of you.

[Justin Sylvester]

He's got the new card. 2026.

[Kelly Ripa]

Yes, of course.

[Jan Chile]

The second thing is, I think that I'm going to start a like. Like Dumois. I'm going to start something called Dumage, where people can come and tell you about all of their ma fights because allegedly, women break up over this game. I have two friends who are not talking right now because of over mahjong.

[Kelly Ripa]

Yeah, yeah. I'm not gonna be. I'm not that girl. It's not that deep. For me. But I do enjoy that game so much. Isn't it fun?

[Jan Chile]

Oh, I am dying over here. Okay, I am gonna get my Boniva, I'm gonna get my Activia, because I feel like a 60 year old woman playing this game.

[Justin Sylvester]

Wait, are you invited to the mega church? We read about that. There's this, like, private experience, exclusive mahjong megachurch club.

[Jan Chile]

Girl, I went to Kelly Ripa's house in Palm Springs to play mahjong. Now, if that's not the mega church, I don't know what is. Why would I go to 7:11 when. When she took me to Polo Bar of mahjong.

[Kelly Ripa]

That's right. He didn't need to go to the megachurch. He went straight to heaven.

[Jan Chile]

Wow, that's a lot of bypassing.

[Kelly Ripa]

Yes, I really did. But we've been hearing about, like, this gatekeeping society out there in LA where it's invite only, and it's like, you have to be an Academy Award winner and it's super bougie, and if anybody can penetrate that force field, I know it's you.

[Jan Chile]

Oh, I'm coming back in 30 days. I will not only be in that, I will be the treasurer. Okay. I'm going to be collecting the cash at the door. I went to Hermes the other day and I saw a woman buying a $62,000 set of mahjong tiles.

[Kelly Ripa]

Wow, I wonder how much. Okay, so listen to this. Do you want to hear this? What was the mahjong? What were they made out of the mahjong tiles or they were just Hermes tiles.

[Jan Chile]

They were just Hermes tiles. But the bag was a crocodile and it was unbelievable. And I tried to see her face, but she was wrapped up like the mummy, because I think she had an upper and a lower left that day. But Mama was on it. Mama knew that tile set was not going to last, so she left the operating room and went straight to Beverly Hills.

[Kelly Ripa]

That's amazing. I love getting Christian. Oh, yeah. What do you know about Kris Jenner and the revision? Do you know anything about this?

[Jan Chile]

Let me tell you one thing. If I paid $375,000 for a facelift, my pillow and my sofa better not have a wrinkle in it for two years, much less my face. Okay.

[Justin Sylvester]

Pay that much because she gave him so much publicity, she couldn't have paid him that much, right?

[Jan Chile]

Well, here's the jam.

[Kelly Ripa]

He did not yet.

[Jan Chile]

Levine didn't want the publicity, like, as much as you think that, like, these doctors want all this publicity. He couldn't handle It. Because when you hear that Kris Jenner got a facelift somewhere, all the crazies come out the woodwork and they want to talk to levine. So that $500 that you used to do to get the consultation, they had to jump that up to $5,000 and non refundable because everybody was just calling to get the info and not booking appointments.

[Kelly Ripa]

Dr. Rosenberg said the same thing about us. Like talking about him, it's like, it brings out like people that are just like curiosity seekers. Not necessarily customers. Yeah, not necessarily clients.

[Jan Chile]

Yeah.

[Kelly Ripa]

So that's a real thing. That is a real.

[Jan Chile]

I will say I saw her three weeks ago in the flesh and had she. That facelift is still hanging on.

[Kelly Ripa]

Okay, good.

[Jan Chile]

Yeah. I did not see a buckle, I did not see a thread. I did not see like a loose anything.

[Kelly Ripa]

So not a loose stitch.

[Jan Chile]

Not a loose stitch inside. Okay.

[Kelly Ripa]

Okay, good. We crossed that off.

[Justin Sylvester]

Well, I mean, she didn't have the same facelift.

[Kelly Ripa]

She had a SMAS facelift S M A S. Right.

[Justin Sylvester]

So that's not where they go on. Like Dr. Levine.

[Kelly Ripa]

Dr. Levine, Dr. Rosenberg does something deep plane, which is lifting the muscle and the skin. And a SMAS is just the skin.

[Justin Sylvester]

Right. Okay. Dr. Rosenberg said that that skin, that. That will eventually sag. Not about hers, but just in general. Why?

[Kelly Ripa]

They don't do it in general.

[Jan Chile]

Yeah, but I think that she had a smash a few years before that. So instead of doing the smash again under the muscle, they just went ahead and did the skin.

[Kelly Ripa]

No. So you're saying she did a deep plane a few years back.

[Jan Chile]

Years.

[Kelly Ripa]

Yeah. This is just a tightener.

[Jan Chile]

Yeah.

[Kelly Ripa]

As I'm sure. Look how nice that looks. Just.

[Jan Chile]

I do that all day.

[Kelly Ripa]

Just saw myself on the computer monitor and decided that, oh, maybe that's a nice. Maybe that's a good look. I don't know. I just want. You know what I want to do is go skydiving, jump out of a plane, and any skin that flaps around, I'll be like this. Get rid of this. If it flaps around with your plastic surgeon. Yes. I want him on the other tandem. I want Rosenberg tandem. And I'll be like, whatever's hitting you in the face, get rid of it.

[Jan Chile]

Okay, so love that you talk about it. Like I love when women talk about what they're going to do because the gatekeeping is not fair.

[Kelly Ripa]

Gatekeeping is not fair. I tell everything. I tell the doctors, I tell the whole story. And then also I. I think that because I was somebody before I got Botox, I thought I was the most exhausted looking person the first time I got Botox. I was 39 years old. Because what I would. I. It's true. I was asking around and I'm like, are you doing Botox? And everyone was like, no, I just. I do yoga. I get eight hours of sleep and I'm like, God, my God, I look exhausted. I look tired. Even first thing in the morning when I'm refreshed, I look tired. And then once I got Botox, I realized they're liars.

[Jan Chile]

They're all lying liars. It's like the woman who's like, yeah, Brad and I have sex four times. Yeah, four times a week. Yeah, we totally do it four times a week. It's like, lady, you're not having sex four times a week. You've been married all the way.

[Kelly Ripa]

You got out of the car, you could barely get out of the car.

[Jan Chile]

You ain't getting no missionary with that knee. I just saw you.

[Kelly Ripa]

That's right. That's right. Okay, now I want to get into some hot topics because you are the. You are my go to person.

[Jan Chile]

Let's do it.

[Kelly Ripa]

And I wanted to know about the Alex v. Alex controversy. Listeners at home, there's a woman named Alex Earl and a woman named Alex Cooper, and they are both very famous podcasters.

[Justin Sylvester]

And you asked me and I tried to explain it, but I feel like

[Kelly Ripa]

you asked me and you couldn't.

[Justin Sylvester]

I couldn't even do it.

[Kelly Ripa]

Tried to do it, but I was more confused and more baffled. So, Justin, walk us through what the controversy is.

[Jan Chile]

Let me tell you something. I haven't seen white ladies go at it since Gwyneth vs. Madonna over a trainer. I love rich white lady crime. It is so good. It could be a three part special on Netflix. But Cooper hired Earl to be on her podcast network.

[Kelly Ripa]

Okay?

[Jan Chile]

They worked together for a year. Allegedly, Alex Earle decided that she wanted to leave Alex Cooper's podcast network because Alex Cooper had interviewed her about something very personal and she didn't want to answer the question and felt pressured to answer the question. So she allegedly got upset when after she asked Alice Cooper to take it out of the podcast and Alex said, yeah, we'll take it out. She didn't take out the comment. It went everywhere and went viral. So Alex Earl tried to leave Alex Cooper's podcast network. Now after she got out, she started booking endorsements. She started booking deals like that Big Carl's Jr. Ad. And allegedly Alex Cooper thought that Alex Earl owed her commission because she was still, quote, unquote, under Contract.

[Kelly Ripa]

And so if you're under contract, like Jan, we're under contract here at Sirius xm. Right, Right. So let's say I book the next Carl's Jr. Ad because it's what the people want. Everybody knows that I should be the face of Carl's Jr. Do we have to give Sirius XM money?

[Justin Sylvester]

I think. Unless they booked it for us. Right. Unless that was part of an.

[Jan Chile]

Exactly.

[Kelly Ripa]

Okay, got it. Got it.

[Jan Chile]

Exactly. Now, years go by, everyone keeps on asking Alex Earl, what's the beef with you and Alex Cooper? And she would never answer. Now, over the last two years, she's been liking tweets and liking videos that kind of disparage Alex Cooper. So Alex Cooper said, what the hell? Why do you keep on doing this? Just say it. Say what you need to say. Like, why are you subbing and acting like you say what you need. You have my permission. Say what you need to say. So Alex Earl said, I'm on it. That's what started the war of 2026.

[Kelly Ripa]

Oh, my gosh. On it.

[Justin Sylvester]

That's it.

[Jan Chile]

I'm on it.

[Kelly Ripa]

Right, okay.

[Justin Sylvester]

So what was the video that was just released this weekend or something where she's. Alex Earl's dancing on, like, a.

[Jan Chile]

So. So allegedly, there is this NDA that Alex Earl is under where she can't disparage Alex Cooper. So she's been sub and doing whatever. So she releases video pole dancing, of course, as most feminists do when they're fighting with someone else. She released a video of her pole dancing to. Don't tell me what to do. Don't tell me what to say. So she is subliminally still taking shots at Alex Cooper. Now, word on the streets. Now here's word on the street. I'm going to say allegedly five times in this sentence. Yes, Allegedly. Alex Earle has been allegedly helping a magazine allegedly write a takedown of Alex Cooper, and it's coming out soon.

[Kelly Ripa]

Allegedly.

[Jan Chile]

Allegedly.

[Kelly Ripa]

Now, for those of you at home, alleged things.

[Albert Bianchini]

Ouch.

[Justin Sylvester]

Justin, who of these two, do you have someone that you.

[Kelly Ripa]

Do you have a side?

[Justin Sylvester]

A side.

[Jan Chile]

I'm gonna go with Cooper.

[Justin Sylvester]

Oh, okay.

[Kelly Ripa]

Okay. Because. Because.

[Jan Chile]

Only because we share. No, no, we share it. We share a manicurist. I'm just. I'm going with the person I see.

[Kelly Ripa]

Good point. That's important. Yeah.

[Jan Chile]

We share manicurists.

[Kelly Ripa]

Yeah. When you're gonna bump into someone, you know at. At the manicure station, you don't want to have awkwardness.

[Jan Chile]

No. Now. Now, the million dollar question is how do we Tell these two people apart because they look exactly the same.

[Kelly Ripa]

Jan. Okay, thank you.

[Justin Sylvester]

Kelly says, what is going on between Alex Earle and Alex Cooper and which one is which?

[Jan Chile]

Let me break it down to you. If you put their photos side by side, Alex Cooper has lowlights, Alex Earle has a balayage. Same face, same team, same veneer. Allegedly. Allegedly.

[Kelly Ripa]

I love that Shakira. Like, this is the most entertaining I've ever seen. Shakira, by the way, finally, we've gotten laughs out of Shakira. Amazing miracles have happened here today.

[Jan Chile]

How do you tell these apart? One is worth 126 million, and the other one's worth 6 million. That's how you tell them apart.

[Justin Sylvester]

Which one was with Tom Brady?

[Kelly Ripa]

Allegedly.

[Jan Chile]

That's Alex Earl, the young one. Alex Earl.

[Justin Sylvester]

Okay, okay.

[Kelly Ripa]

She's the $6 million.

[Jan Chile]

She's the $6 million one.

[Kelly Ripa]

Okay.

[Jan Chile]

Yes.

[Caller (Carlin or Pam)]

Okay.

[Kelly Ripa]

Thank you for clarifying that. I still. If you put them up and people. A lot of people on social media were doing split screens of them, and I said to Jen, I'm like, this is the same girl. They're punking us. This is the same girl. We're being punked right now, by the way.

[Jan Chile]

It's so true, right?

[Kelly Ripa]

And Jan's like, kelly, they were both on the show. And I was like, jan, you know, I can't remember anyone that's been on my show 24 hours after it happened.

[Jan Chile]

Damn you, Jan.

[Kelly Ripa]

So are you going to host the Mormon Wives reunion? Because I think you should. Because that's another situation that Justin broke down for me in a way that I could easily understand.

[Justin Sylvester]

Yeah, but, you know, like, so right now they, like, paused it. Right. So what's happening?

[Jan Chile]

So right now they have paused Mormon Wives filming because Hulu and Jeff Jenkins production want to do their own investigation. Now isn't the tailor of it all. She has been cleared by Salt Lake City police of the DV charges that were pressed against her.

[Kelly Ripa]

Right.

[Jan Chile]

So it looks like the Hulu is going to start shooting again with the team in the next two weeks. I have reached out to Hulu. I have reached out to Bob Iger. I have reached out to Jeb Jenkins. Hell, I even called the Lord Christ himself to tell him that I want to host this reunion because you need a shady ass gay up in there who's gonna ask all the questions. You need Wendy Williams. But we can't get Wendy back. I'm sorry. The next best thing.

[Kelly Ripa]

But you literally explained it to me. Do you remember I was at a street fair. I was at A street fair in Palm Springs and buying dates. I was like, can you. I was buying dates, and I go, can you explain to me the Mormon Wives situation? And he was like, okay. And then you truly, like, walked me through. You walked me through the Dancing with the Stars of it all. You walked me through the Bachelorette.

[Jan Chile]

Bachelorette, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Kelly Ripa]

The arrest, the fact that it was already on the Mormon Wives, he really walked me through it and made me comprehensively understand it.

[Jan Chile]

But that's our jobs. As a gay man, my job on Earth is to walk rich white women through life. Okay? I got to heaven about 38 years ago. God said, not yet. Get your ass back down there, give me those wings, and walk a white lady through life and call me back. That's what I'm doing. I'm doing the Lord's work here.

[Justin Sylvester]

Justin, I have an issue. And tell me if I'm wrong about this, but I have an issue with. It seems like these women on Mormon Wives have, like, really turned their backs on Taylor. Right. But at the same time, these women had no problem riding her coattails for the last two years. Like, she was the star and is the star of this show.

[Jan Chile]

Jan, that's every sorority. Like, isn't that what happens with women, you know, after? But I think if you go back and watch Mormon Wives, you can pick up the hints here and there in the storylines where the women try to say that they're not comfortable with Taylor. You had Whitney in season one say explicitly, I don't want to be around her. Demi tried to say, it's me or Taylor. Now production is leaving some of this information out because this woman started this show. She blew up her life with saying that she was a swinger, and it blew up the Internet, and they're trying to protect their cash cow. I think that reality tv, there's always a line, and she definitely crossed it. But these other women, if they felt uncomfortable with her being on the show, it's okay to voice it. And they kind of sort of did. So that's why production stopped.

[Justin Sylvester]

There's also, like, any good reality show we watch now we're in. What is it? Season four. Is it season four now?

[Kelly Ripa]

Yeah.

[Justin Sylvester]

And now all the marriages are blowing up. They're all getting divorced.

[Kelly Ripa]

Wow.

[Jan Chile]

And Jan. Yeah, and Jan. I mean, look at Bravo. I mean, they should get a district attorney at the Bravo headquarters.

[Justin Sylvester]

If you go on those shows, you have to sign up for a divorce at that point.

[Kelly Ripa]

Right.

[Justin Sylvester]

Like, it's. It feels like inevitable.

[Jan Chile]

I think a lot of women who go on those shows know that their marriages are over.

[Kelly Ripa]

Yeah, they're in pre divorce out of it. Yeah, pre divorce. Yeah, you're in pre divorce step.

[Jan Chile]

They need a way out of it. They need to make an income. They also need America to see what they're going through and empower them to leave. So a lot of times you see these women and they're just hinting at my marriage is almost over and I need to get out of this.

[Kelly Ripa]

All right, we're going to take a commercial break right now and we'll be back with Justin Sylvester.

[Jan Chile]

Stick around and don't forget to Venmo me.

[Kelly Ripa]

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[Caller (Carlin or Pam)]

Hello, beautiful. Hey, Kelly, this is Carlin from New Orleans. Just.

[Kelly Ripa]

Oh, Carlin from New Orleans. Oh, yes, I remember. Yes.

[Caller (Carlin or Pam)]

Justin, speaking of earlier gatekeeping, you belong to Louisiana. I know you left out there and fulfill your dreams in Cali. I am an LSU grad as well and I want to say how proud we are of you.

[Jan Chile]

Nobody. Thank you.

[Caller (Carlin or Pam)]

You are our Lil Wayne of reality TV conversation.

[Jan Chile]

Oh, my God.

[Caller (Carlin or Pam)]

Artistically, coherently and have the people wanting more and more. So you keep doing what you're doing. You drop it, you let them know you look good. Yes. And Kelly, you a Libra, baby. I start the Libras we gonna look good at no matter what age. You don't need to tighten up.

[Kelly Ripa]

Well, you know, that's because I've already tightened it up. I don't need to because I already did.

[Caller (Carlin or Pam)]

You know what you do, you wiggle it around, babe.

[Jan Chile]

We need to go to New Orleans together and find Carl. Yeah.

[Kelly Ripa]

Oh, yeah, we should. Carlin. Carlin. Without giving your us your address, would we easily find you when Justin and I came to Nolan's?

[Caller (Carlin or Pam)]

Yeah, you will, because I used to work in government event. So you can google me. Google me.

[Kelly Ripa]

I love it.

[Jan Chile]

Oh, I love it. Thank you for calling, Carl.

[Kelly Ripa]

Thanks for the call, Carlin. We'll talk to you soon. You know what? I so love that for you that you are being recognized because I say that it doesn't matter what you're doing, whether you're hosting on the red carpet, whether you're hosting on the Today show, whether you're on yesterday's. You elevate everything you're a part of. Like, you better stop it. Well, it's true. I mean, even like the two of us having dinner with my, like, my great. Like, you met so many of my friends out in town. Oh, the best time, right? And we were like, like, when is Justin coming back? It was like a steady drumbeat of how, when is Justin coming back?

[Jan Chile]

No, I love you for that. And by the way, you are. You encourage me so much. From the day I met you, I mean, almost six years ago, you have been my biggest cheerleader. And it's so crazy because, you know, people in la, they say, oh, yeah, no, I'm gonna do something. Oh, no, no, I'm gonna call that person for you. You're like, I'm gonna call that person and I'm gonna do it right in front of you. Hold on, let me just put you on a group chat, like you.

[Kelly Ripa]

Because I feel like. I feel like Deborah o' Connell needs to know about Justin and needs to, like. I feel like. It's like. Because the thing is, whoever gets you under their umbrella is the luckiest person on earth. I just feel like God's ears. Jan. Jan and I have said it a million times. We've missed our calling, like, in programming. And it, like, we went into, like, the worker be mode. And what we needed to be was in the executive offices because we make really good decisions and we've got impeccable taste.

[Jan Chile]

Well, you also get people. Like, you get people, and you get what people want.

[Kelly Ripa]

Yes.

[Jan Chile]

And I think a lot of executives are so afraid to take a chance on anybody who is not the status quo for them. And that's the problem with tv is, like, you have to take that chance. You have to go there.

[Kelly Ripa]

Yep. And you're. You're the person. I am. I am. I'm just gonna be very dogmatic and just keep talking about it and talking about it and talking about it until it happens.

[Jan Chile]

I will take your man if that's what you want me to do.

[Justin Sylvester]

Live with Justin.

[Kelly Ripa]

Do not pull my Justin and Mark. I like it. I love it. Let's talk summer house.

[Justin Sylvester]

We gotta talk summer House because it's what everybody's talking about.

[Kelly Ripa]

He's also an expert on that. He explained that to me, too. Okay, Jan, go ahead. What's your question?

[Justin Sylvester]

Let's talk about the updates of it all.

[Jan Chile]

Yeah.

[Kelly Ripa]

Okay, so video.

[Justin Sylvester]

Yeah, we saw videos this weekend.

[Jan Chile]

We saw videos of them at the Yankees game. They were kind of sorta in turmoil, in my opinion. He seemed to be enjoying himself. She seemed to be so low key and wanted to hide in plain sight.

[Kelly Ripa]

Is this Kyle and Megan?

[Jan Chile]

No, no, this is Wesley and Amanda.

[Kelly Ripa]

Wesley and Amanda. Okay, got it. So there was turmoil between them.

[Jan Chile]

Yeah, like they seem like. So for you guys who don't know, Wes, Amanda and Sierra were all cast mates on Summer House. Wes and Sierra had an on again off of then will they, won't they whole situation for two seasons on Summer House with Sierra even crying in Amanda's shoulders about how west did her dirty. At the same time, Amanda was married to this guy named Kyle Cook who was a mess and their marriage was in shambles. So for the last three years, Ciara had been Amanda's girl Friday, you know, picking her up, you know, encouraging her to leave him and start a new life. And we saw this all play out. Now what recently happened was this year we found out that Wes and Amanda had been hooking up behind Ciara's back. They put out this terrible joint statement. I mean, girl, my cat could have wrote a better joint statement.

[Kelly Ripa]

Was it a chat GPT statement, do you think?

[Jan Chile]

I don't even think Claude would even claim this one. I don't think Sam Altman's taken. Taken it as. So what ended up happening recently was they came out, they said they were in love with each other. Sierra has been devastated. Okay. They recently went to the Yankees game. He's cheering, he's having a good time. She's trying to get him to sit down because she doesn't want the ATT tension on him. And he this week finally spoke out and he said that everyone thinks there's been overlap, but there has not been overlap because we really started to, like, feel things for each other in February. Now I'm calling. Yeah, excuse my language.

[Kelly Ripa]

No, go for it.

[Jan Chile]

And the only reason why I'm calling BS was because the super bowl was in February. Dave Portnoy said that Brianna Chicken Fry, two people who shouldn't have been in the message were gossiping at super bowl. And Brianna Chicken Fry told Dave Portnoy that this was going on. Why would she know it was going on if it just started maybe a few days before that? That's not something you tell people if it's. It's two, three weeks fresh. This is something you tell people if it was two or three months. I believe there was no overlap, but I think they fudged the timeline because

[Justin Sylvester]

wasn't he there with Sierra at the super bowl or were they all there as a group of friends?

[Jan Chile]

They were all there as a group of friends.

[Kelly Ripa]

Wow.

[Jan Chile]

Yeah. So it was messy.

[Kelly Ripa]

I will say.

[Justin Sylvester]

I will say Sierra's thriving right now. I'm sure she's Devastated. But she's also that girl.

[Kelly Ripa]

The last time we. The last time we talked about this. What did I say? What did I say? I was like, she looks like a model now. She's on the COVID of Glamour magazine. Did you see that?

[Jan Chile]

And she looks gorgeous.

[Kelly Ripa]

She looks amazing. I was like, that girl's a model. And you were like, she's a nurse. And I'm like, but she's got to be also a model on the side.

[Jan Chile]

No, she's a model. But I'm going to tell you guys this, America, I know you're listening. This girl needs the Ariana Maddox treatment, okay? Y' all gave that lady two years worth of jet fuel on her career and on her bank account. I need y' all to run the same energy to Sierra Miller.

[Kelly Ripa]

So you think. So you think that Sierra is not going to get that same energy?

[Jan Chile]

I don't think Sierra is going to get that same energy. I think that there is half the people out there who said, oh, well, they weren't really a thing. And she was over him, yada, yada, yada. And the other half were like, oh, no. Amanda's, like, kind of helpless. I don't think that she is going to get the same energy, which is not fair.

[Kelly Ripa]

No, I think she should get the same energy. She. Everybody should buy and endorse her things. And whatever it is she's selling, we should buy it.

[Jan Chile]

Yeah, but 100%.

[Justin Sylvester]

Also with videos. I saw Kyle cook out with Megan King and they were kissing. Like, what is that?

[Jan Chile]

That was.

[Kelly Ripa]

What Instagram feed are you on?

[Justin Sylvester]

Kelly, this is everywhere.

[Kelly Ripa]

My feed is.

[Jan Chile]

Justin, give me.

[Justin Sylvester]

Thank you, Justin.

[Kelly Ripa]

Okay, my feed, I'm not kidding, is plus size park hoppers. And I. I'm not kidding. It's like this. And mahjong. And Mahjong like, Like groups where, like, ladies are like, barb was cheating again, like, you've seen my feet. I show Justin my feet. I'm like, what is wrong with my mom?

[Jan Chile]

The feed is a message.

[Kelly Ripa]

Mahjong is serving me stuff. It doesn't know who I am.

[Jan Chile]

Reset the feed, girl. Your feet thinks you're 98 and living at times already. Okay, wait, but let me tell you something. That kiss.

[Justin Sylvester]

Yes.

[Jan Chile]

You guys Google this video. I have never seen a more awkward kiss in my life. I haven't seen the more awkward kiss in my life since Michael Jackson tried to kiss Lisa Marie Preston.

[Kelly Ripa]

Oh, yes. That's one of my great awkward, favorite awkward kisses.

[Jan Chile]

It was the most amazing awkward kiss you've ever seen in your life. Those two people look like they have zero fucking chemistry, and they just did it for the paparazzi. I am sorry. Take him home, lady. This is not. This was not the win. This was not the win.

[Kelly Ripa]

That Michael Jackson. That Michael Jackson, Lisa Marie Presley kiss was like you and me kissing drunk at the office Christmas party. Same.

[Justin Sylvester]

That was way hotter.

[Kelly Ripa]

Oh, I mean, it was hotter in our minds, but I have a feeling it looked just like that.

[Jan Chile]

The greatest era.

[Kelly Ripa]

Look, Albert's like, chan. What is the name?

[Albert Bianchini]

Yeah, hello.

[Justin Sylvester]

We're gonna get it. It's Kyle Cook.

[Albert Bianchini]

Yeah.

[Justin Sylvester]

Kissing Megan King.

[Kelly Ripa]

Okay, now, Megan King used to be

[Jan Chile]

on Orange county, right?

[Kelly Ripa]

Orange County.

[Jan Chile]

Yeah. She got kicked off Orange County.

[Justin Sylvester]

Thirsty. To me, it feels.

[Jan Chile]

It was very thirsty.

[Kelly Ripa]

But how hard do you have to work to get kicked off of Orange County? Hard, right? What did she do? Do you remember? Does anybody.

[Jan Chile]

She voted democrat. You can't do that in Orange County.

[Kelly Ripa]

No, you cannot. No, you cannot. You used to be. Speaking of Kyle's Kyle Richards, like, didn't you start out as Kyle Richards assistant?

[Jan Chile]

Yeah. Lady sat Kyle Richards for eight years.

[Kelly Ripa]

Lady sat her.

[Jan Chile]

You're the lady sat her. I Lady sat her ass for eight years. I raised that woman, and we had a damn good time.

[Kelly Ripa]

You've done a great job with her and all you.

[Jan Chile]

I really am. And honestly, I have. I've been on E. For 10 years, but anytime I see a bad report or I watch an episode, I still call her and I say, listen, I am your gay. Honey. I'm only as good as you. Tighten the hell up. We have a reputation to. You know. We have reputations here.

[Kelly Ripa]

What do you think of this season? Because I absolutely loved this season. And I am not seeing, like, whatever the online channel chatter is, I don't know it, but I'm not seeing the villainy of Kyle.

[Jan Chile]

Let me tell you what happened.

[Kelly Ripa]

Okay? Tell me what happened.

[Jan Chile]

I mean, I'll tell you why.

[Kelly Ripa]

Yeah, go.

[Jan Chile]

Everybody's tripping. This is a very divisive season. Beverly Hills sometimes gets stuck on one issue, and I do agree, sometimes they do. But this year, the issue just so happened to be dorit versus every one of her friends, and it was actually happening in real time. So a lot of people were kind of upset about that. But majority of the audience thought that this season was electrifying because Amanda came in and kind of blew it up. Rachel Zo kind of came in and blew it up, but dorit lit everybody on fire. I truly think that dorit had the audience up until halfway through, but when she Couldn't drop it and let it go. She lost everybody when she said that. 17th cunt right on air.

[Kelly Ripa]

Yes. You have to use the word. It's as American audiences, you have to use the C word sparingly. Sparingly.

[Jan Chile]

A C word is like a tiara. They only come out on special occasions.

[Kelly Ripa]

Correct. Very good. I love Rachel Zo. On it. Love.

[Jan Chile]

I'm scared for her, though.

[Kelly Ripa]

I'm so scared for her because of the Roger talk.

[Jan Chile]

So it's okay that you want to drag your ex husband on reality TV? That's what reality TV is for. It's 42 minutes to drag your. Your ex husband through the mud. But Rachel Zoe's ex husband's new girlfriend came out and put out a statement, basically trying to clear her name. Now, when I looked at this woman, she said that she was also a stylist, also a businesswoman. I think that that opened the door for her to come on season 16 to be a housewife or a friend of. And the girl's pretty, she's smart. She's got her together, and she wrote this all out in a statement, and it's pretty fire.

[Kelly Ripa]

So who does she come on as the friend of?

[Jan Chile]

Bravo. Don't give a.

[Kelly Ripa]

No, I know. Who will Bravo suck her into, like, under the guise of it. Would it be Amanda? Amanda.

[Jan Chile]

Amanda.

[Justin Sylvester]

She was a disappointment to me this season. I'm sorry. I just didn't really. Yes.

[Kelly Ripa]

Why?

[Justin Sylvester]

Because she's so full of herself. It's so hard to watch.

[Kelly Ripa]

Yeah, but it isn't that riveting. Also, when you're. You're like, these people live amongst us. Holy crap.

[Justin Sylvester]

I know. But everything, they're like, for richer, poorer. She's like, no, only for richer. I'm like, I want to punch you.

[Kelly Ripa]

Well, but, Jan, she wrong. Jan. Jan, tell me she's wrong. Jan.

[Justin Sylvester]

I don't know. It just feels like when you say something too much, it's like when you put out there, your marriage is so awesome. There's something shady going on.

[Kelly Ripa]

No, no, no. I mean, I definitely think there is something shady there, but I'm like, riveted to it. Like the, you know, the announcements of the labels, like, oh, I love your dress. It's Dolce and Gabbanas off the Runway. I love your outfit. Louis Vuitton. I was like, oh, my God. I didn't. I'd be like, oh, this is from. This is from Old Navy. Do you like it? It's 22 years old. That is.

[Justin Sylvester]

What did you think of her, Justin?

[Jan Chile]

By the way I loved her because she is probably exactly who she is in real life. Like she is that friend who can't shut up about herself, who probably lost a lot of friends because she couldn't shut up about herself. So she was just herself. Now watch because next season I think she's going to take a look in the mirror and she's going to start moving very differently coming up next season

[Kelly Ripa]

because she's gonna watch this whole season and be like, yes.

[Justin Sylvester]

Yeah, yeah.

[Jan Chile]

She's gonna try to maneuver it.

[Kelly Ripa]

Yeah.

[Jan Chile]

You're also gonna see, I think her husband watch this season and it's gonna see how he comes off and I think he's gonna maneuver very differently and be a little bit more honest with her about how she talks about him in the. In the way. Him being a stay at home dad and his business and yada yada, yada. So it's gonna be crazy.

[Kelly Ripa]

The reunion looks like it's gonna be good. I'm very excited about the reunion.

[Jan Chile]

It's. When I talked to Kyle, I could not believe what she told me about the reunion. And when I tell you she went into the reunion and she said, I have nothing to lose, I'm going to air it out. I literally tried to meet her that morning for coffee just to talk her off at the ledge. But you know what? I said, go right ahead. You know what? Air it out. So she let it loose for 16 hours. I'm scared for everybody.

[Kelly Ripa]

Oh, my God.

[Jan Chile]

Lady Richards is ready.

[Kelly Ripa]

All right, we've got a call regarding summer house. Pam from New Jersey's on the line. Pam, you're on with Justin Sylvester.

[Caller (Carlin or Pam)]

Hi. I grew up right around the corner from New Kelly in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.

[Kelly Ripa]

Oh my. Oh, Cherry Hill. Everybody light your cigarettes.

[Jan Chile]

There it is exciting.

[Kelly Ripa]

Very nice neighborhood. Pam, what's your question?

[Caller (Carlin or Pam)]

Justin? Hello, I'm say hi, Justin. What up, chump?

[Jan Chile]

Oh my God, another chump calling in. This is so scary.

[Caller (Carlin or Pam)]

Yeah.

[Kelly Ripa]

What'd she say?

[Jan Chile]

She's a chump.

[Kelly Ripa]

She's a chump. Oh, chump, chump. I missed it.

[Caller (Carlin or Pam)]

So I have a different take on this whole summer house thing. I really think. I think west is the most calculated wannabe since Sandoval. I really do. I think he knew exactly what horse to hitch himself to. I think he used Sierra knowing that she was such a fan favorite, knowing that she is, is so lovely, gorgeous, professional. She's a queen. And then he's like, oh, look at Amanda, she's coming up now. And he hitched himself to her and I Don't think there is a sleazier human being on Bravo right now in West Wilson.

[Jan Chile]

Well, here's the problem, Pam, and I hope I'm not correct. But if you are correct, that also means that Wes Wilson is blind, deaf and dumb because Tom Sandoval tried to do the same exact thing three years ago. Left the blueprint on how to blow up your life and lose your show, your friends and your girlfriend and your home. So I truly, I love your take, but I don't think that he would be that dumb knowing that Tom Sandoval did the same thing three years ago and it didn't work out for him. I just think that Wes Wilson probably saw Amanda, saw Bruce Bird, saw, you know, Broken Wing, tried to pick her up and they hooked up and now they have to go with it because once you're in something like this, you either better marry her or have a baby. That's the only way you're going to be forgiven. That's how Brad and Angelina did it. They were like, okay, we cheated, but here are six Cambodian kids. Kids, everyone forget cute kids. Here's cute kids. Literally.

[Kelly Ripa]

Justin, Pam, thank you for the call. Justin, we have to say goodbye to you because you got to go host your own show.

[Jan Chile]

I love you. I love you guys.

[Kelly Ripa]

I'll see you out west. Be out west, babe. Thank you so much. We're going to take a commercial break and we, we come back, we're going to weigh in on our own thoughts about pop culture. It won't be nearly as entertaining.

[Jan Chile]

Nowhere near.

[Kelly Ripa]

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[Justin Sylvester]

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[Kelly Ripa]

get you shop the Etsy app. Guys, I'm so sad now that Justin had to go.

[Justin Sylvester]

I love him.

[Kelly Ripa]

Love him, love him, love him.

[Justin Sylvester]

I want to hear about Mark's opening night, but before we do that, I need you to weigh in on something because there was a little disagreement going on in this room.

[Kelly Ripa]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I love, I love, love disagreement.

[Justin Sylvester]

Is pasta a main or a side?

[Kelly Ripa]

Pasta is a side, Kelly. RIP God, are you kidding me? It's a side.

[Albert Bianchini]

Thank God.

[Jan Chile]

Please you.

[Justin Sylvester]

Or as an appetizer.

[Kelly Ripa]

It's like an appetizer. You have like a. You have a.

[Justin Sylvester]

You've never eaten pasta.

[Kelly Ripa]

I, I don't care when I. You guys, when I order, when I, I order pasta, I order it as an entree. Right? But typically, I'm talking in Italian culture, pasta is its own course. So you have your pasta course, then you have your main, then you have your salad.

[Justin Sylvester]

After all of that, that's just all batshit crazy.

[Kelly Ripa]

I understand it's batshit crazy, but you're talking about.

[Albert Bianchini]

Ashley has results from the poll.

[Justin Sylvester]

Oh, we did a poll on that.

[Kelly Ripa]

We did a poll on Instagram. 87 said it's a meal and only

[Justin Sylvester]

13 said it's a side. Thank you. Thank you.

[Kelly Ripa]

These are people that go. You are pulling people that go to Olive Garden. Okay? Do you understand what I'm saying? I'm talking about in Italian household.

[Justin Sylvester]

Okay, but not everything's an Italian household.

[Kelly Ripa]

But you're asking two Italians their opinions.

[Albert Bianchini]

I read it to you. It's a first course called a primo served for Italian. After the appetizer, the antipasto comes first, then the primo, then the secondo, then it's. That's the order.

[Kelly Ripa]

You could benefit from a little Italian culture at your Seder, by the way.

[Justin Sylvester]

Okay? And then Albert Kelly called me this weekend and said she wanted to know, is it fall back asleep or fall back to sleep?

[Albert Bianchini]

Let's fall back asleep.

[Justin Sylvester]

Thank you.

[Albert Bianchini]

Oh, no, wait a second. Time out. Time out. I'm gonna go back to sleep. I'm gonna go back to sleep. I'm gonna fall asleep. But I don't think tobacco.

[Justin Sylvester]

Fall back asleep. Because I was asleep, and now I'm

[Albert Bianchini]

gonna fall back to sleep.

[Kelly Ripa]

No, I heard. I heard a very smart person.

[Albert Bianchini]

Hold on.

[Kelly Ripa]

I was listening to Molly McPherson on Substack, and she said. She said people were texting me to wish me a happy birthday. And then I couldn't fall back asleep. And there's something about that that, like, I made me sit up. It was like 5:45 in the morning, and I'm listening to this, and I was like, fall back asleep. It didn't sound right to me. And I was like, fall back to sleep. And I texted Jan, who's my go to? And I was like, jan, quick question. Is it fall back to sleep or fall back asleep? And you said, asleep. And I was like, okay, that's too smart, ladies. So obviously it's fall back asleep, but that sounds weird to me. It's like pockabook.

[Albert Bianchini]

It does Pock. A book is another one.

[Kelly Ripa]

It's. It's. It is the asleep version of Pocketbook.

[Justin Sylvester]

What is it, Albert?

[Albert Bianchini]

Does it say you can use them interchangeably? But while fallback asleep is often considered more concise, go back to sleep or fall back to sleep are frequently used interchangeable in conversation. So it's a. It's a mixed bag. It's a mixed Pocketbook. It's a mixed pocket. Kelly. Sunday at 5:00pm oh, gosh.

[Kelly Ripa]

Albert, Albert, Albert. I did two Broadway opening nights back to back without the aid of a Klonopin.

[Albert Bianchini]

What did I offer you instead on Sunday?

[Kelly Ripa]

I said, you don't have a Klonopin, right? Because I was like, suddenly I felt like my heart was palpitating. And I was like, oh, my God. People are always saying they take beta blockers. And now I understand why. Because I was so nervous for Joaquin last week when he made his Broadway debut. And then I was so nervous for March when he made his Broadway debut in Fallen Angels. Fallen Angels at the Todd Haynes Theater. So beautifully restored, gorgeous. That was the opening of the grand reopening of the theater. But I was, like, literally shaking. And I said, albert. Cause he always. This one, he's on three Klonopin right now. If you hold him by his ankles and shake him upside down, they're gonna fall out. Pills fall out like a pharmacy. And I said, do you have a Klonopin that I could bite in half? And he says to me, I don't have one, but I have Altoids. I was like, get away from me.

[Albert Bianchini]

How exciting was. Was that night?

[Kelly Ripa]

It was so exciting. It was such a gorgeous night. How I, I, I. That production is just joy. It's 90 minutes of laughter. It. But how irritating was the person with their cell phone when Mark made his entrance? Mark makes his grand entrance, and somebody's phone alarm, like an Amber alert, is going off for, like, I would say, a minute.

[Justin Sylvester]

Did Mark note, like, did he notice?

[Kelly Ripa]

He didn't hear it, but it irritated.

[Justin Sylvester]

I always wonder if they hear it.

[Albert Bianchini]

He didn't.

[Kelly Ripa]

It irritated our area.

[Albert Bianchini]

I think his entrance is probably one of the greatest entrances of all time. Any Broadway character out there. And then the way he handles the entrance, the way he walks onto the

[Kelly Ripa]

stage, I said to him, I'm like, what's it like to walk on stage and have that happen? Having done absolutely nothing?

[Albert Bianchini]

He's talked about his character, has talked about the entire show and the anticipation of his arrival. And there were a few false arrivals, so that by the time he gets to.

[Kelly Ripa]

When he finally arrives, the audience is really on the.

[Albert Bianchini]

It was amazing.

[Justin Sylvester]

And then Joaquin came to the after party too.

[Kelly Ripa]

Joaquin came to the after his show? Yes, he came to the after. So Joaquin went to his show. I guess you were texting him. Was he on stage?

[Albert Bianchini]

He was just getting off stage.

[Kelly Ripa]

He was just getting off stage. And so he. He went home and showered, changed his clothes, and then came to the after party. Oh, wow.

[Albert Bianchini]

But, like, you're. You're having such a New York moment. You're at the Bryant Park Grill, right? And you're there with your husband and your son who just made their Broadway debuts. Like, it's gotta feel.

[Kelly Ripa]

And everybody was there. It Was like talking to their agents. They're reading the reviews. The reviews have been amazing. Incredible. It's back to back, great reviews. I. I'm not. I don't mind telling you, when. When Death of a salesman got the reviews, it got. I was like, oh, boy. That probably. We're not gonna have good luck like that twice. Like, that's too much good fortune in one family. And then when Fallen angels got the reviews, it got. I was like, do you guys even understand how rare this is in the world of New York?

[Albert Bianchini]

And they hadn't come out. Like, we. I knew that they were out, but no one had read them. And I'm sitting next to Kyle, and Mark's at the other side of the table talking to people. And everyone's.

[Kelly Ripa]

Everybody's talking.

[Albert Bianchini]

He opened up his phone under the table like a beacon. Mark was like, kyle, what is it?

[Jan Chile]

What is it?

[Kelly Ripa]

Well, I saw Mark reading. I saw Mark like. Like I. I had gone to the buffet to get his food.

[Jan Chile]

Yes.

[Kelly Ripa]

And I put the plate down and he's got his phone in his pocket and he's like, scrolling, scrolling, scrolling. And I go, what is it? What is it? What is it? And he's like, like, the reviews are great. They're really great. And I was like, oh, my gosh. And then I was like, I was. And I said to him, I go, if the reviews weren't great, would you have thought. And I said this to Joaquin either. I go. At the same time, I go, if the reviews weren't great, would you feel any differently about your play and your performance? And they both said, no. And I go, that's the thing to remember about reviews. Because, you know, because as a person that has been doing my job for 25 years, I've been panned by everyone. So I'm like. And it doesn't change the way I feel about my job.

[Commercial Announcer]

Yeah.

[Kelly Ripa]

Yeah. So, well, thank God we solved that problem. Are we off camera? Only have a few seconds left. Okay, that's it. We'll talk to you all off camera next week, everybody. Bye. Bye. Let's talk off camera with Kelly Ripa is a production of Malojo productions from malojo. Our team is Kelly Ripa, Mark Consuelos, Albert Bianchini, Jan Chile, Seth Gronquist, Ross Therian, Devin Schneider, Michael Halperin, Julia Desch and Team Radio Andy Lisa Mantineo, Michael White, Shakira Perez

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[Jan Chile]

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[Kelly Ripa]

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[Jan Chile]

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[Kelly Ripa]

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[Kelly Ripa]

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[Jan Chile]

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