AI Monks? What's next, a Bot Mitzvah? Oh Brother

Summary

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Lovett or Leave It | May 21, 2026

Episode Title: "AI Monks? What's next, a Bot Mitzvah? Oh Brother"
Host: Jon Lovett
Notable Guests: Ginger Minj, Rachel Bloom, Adam Shankman

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Overview

In this lively episode, Jon Lovett brings his trademark blend of political satire, personal anecdotes, and pop culture commentary to another week’s news cycle, focusing on the absurdities and anxieties around AI, the new "AI Monk" phenomenon, and the encroachment of tech in daily life. Lovett is joined by a vibrant panel — Ginger Minj, Rachel Bloom, and Adam Shankman — who gather to discuss their new film "Stop That Train" and participate in playful banter and campy “Supreme Court Court” rulings on pressing life dilemmas. Expect riffs on tech overlords, wedding trends, queer culture, and the realities of low-budget filmmaking.

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Key Topics and Segments

1. "What a Week": The Perils (and Laughs) of Tech and AI

[00:44 – 13:12]

• Earthquakes and Existential Dread: Lovett opens by weaving together disaster scenarios — both natural (California quake) and manmade (Trump, AI-driven chaos).
• Mocking the AI Industrial Revolution: He riffs on a university commencement speaker being booed for praising AI and draws a parallel with the disconnect between tech leaders and public opinion.
  • "If you praised Jan Ernst Matzlieger's automated shoe lasting machine in front of a bunch of shoemakers in late 19th century Massachusetts, you'd have been tossed out on your ass and you'd have deserved it." — Lovett [02:19]
• Stratos Data Center Controversy: Jokes at the expense of Kevin O’Leary's Utah data center — including quips about Mormon teens and the potential environmental disaster.
  • "The massive facility would be two and a half times the size of Manhattan… It will topple the state's current biggest consumer of energy: Mormon teens googling 'woman bare shoulders' in incognito mode." — Lovett [03:00]
  • Mr. Wonderful (Kevin O'Leary) quote: "I think over 90% of the protesters are actually not people that live in Utah or Box Elder County. They're being bused in..." [04:58]
• AI Cybersecurity Fears: Anthropic’s AI, Mythos, handed to 40 major companies — Lovett jokes about using it to uncover porn preferences and the serious implications for cybersecurity.
• AI Toys Indoctrinating Kids: Lovett highlights the weirdness of AI-powered toys, like Kuma Bear willing to discuss drugs and sex, and Milou parroting Chinese propaganda.
  • NBC test: "Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory. This is an established fact." [10:47]
  • "If it gives moms 20 minutes of peace, maybe it's fine to give your kids a small amount of communist propaganda." — Lovett [11:36]
• Introduction of “Gabby,” the Ordained AI Buddhist Monk: Lovett is both mystified and amused, leading to a flurry of jokes about religious AI, from Buddhist robots to a “Joomba” (Jewish Roomba).
  • "Why head so small? Why hand so big? Makes it worse." — Lovett [12:24]

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2. "Stop That Train" Panel: Behind the Scenes of a Queer, Campy Comedy

[17:15 – 29:08]

• The Genesis of the Movie: Adam Shankman explains his long friendship with RuPaul and how the film was born out of Drag Race collaborations.
• Drag Queens as Women: Ginger Minj discusses playing women, not drag queens.
  • "This was a chance to really, like, show that I got into drag through theater... fall in love with it again." — Ginger Minj [19:35]
• The Seriousness of Absurd Comedy: The group talks about the “Airplane” effect—characters playing it straight despite ridiculous situations.
  • "None of these people know they're in a comedy, and they are just characters." — Adam Shankman [20:14]
• Charo's Absurd On-Set Confusion: Rachel Bloom recounts filming with Charo, who thought she was on Drag Race, not a movie set.
  • "Charo believed it was a real control room and that there was an actual train." — Lovett [21:16]
  • "Charo was so nice and a delight and was really on a campaign the entire shoot for me to have another baby." — Rachel Bloom [22:17]
• DIY Filmmaking Challenges: From lost prop leeches to craft service workarounds.
  • "Literally, we ran to craft service, got some gummy worms, dipped them in black paint and just threw them on the chair. And those are the leeches in the movie." — Adam Shankman [25:31]
• Working Low-Budget vs. High-Budget: Shankman describes going from a 60-day shoot with Schwarzenegger to a 19-day indie project.
• Queer Community On Set: Lovett, Minj, and Bloom jokingly hash out the spectrum of "gayness," with Bloom lamenting her straightness.
  • "Every day I look in the mirror and I'm like, how dare you?" — Rachel Bloom [27:58]
  • "The 20 year old ladies are played by 40 year old men." — Ginger Minj [27:23]

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3. “Stop That Trend”: Judging Social Trends

[31:17 – 37:34]

Lovett presents social “trends” for the panel to rule on:

• Wedding Color Trends – Chartreuse and Burgundy: The consensus is to let people do what they want.
  • "If you want to have a burgundy and chartreuse wedding, you go for it." — Lovett [32:10]
  • "Honey, there are only six colors." — Branding anecdote [33:47]
• Wedge Flip Flops and Weird Shoes: The group is unified — stop these ugly footwear trends.
  • "If you swell a little bit, if you retain water, it's gonna look like a pork loin all tied up. It's awful." — Ginger Minj [34:39]
• Ball Maxing: Discussion of the men’s cosmetic trend of injecting saline into scrotums. Panel recoils.
  • "I don't yuck anybody's yum, but I don't see the yummy yum factor in it." — Ginger Minj [36:13]
  • "I think that...I don't think injecting things into your balls is a great trend. I'm sorry. Call me crazy." — Adam Shankman [37:06]

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4. “Supreme Court Court”: Queer Lightning Round Dilemmas

[39:03 – 48:20]

The panel acts as a pop-culture and queer values “Supreme Court,” ruling on audience-submitted life dilemmas:

• Speakerphone Calls in Public: Should be legalized, regulated, and taxed.
  • "Let's legalize it...tax it." — Adam Shankman [40:51]
• Are You Allowed to Dislike Meryl Streep if You Haven't Seen Sophie's Choice?
  • "If you don't like Meryl Streep, you do have to stop being gay." — Ginger Minj [42:42]
• Excluding Kids from Cast Parties: Ruling: Must invite all children—community matters.
  • "This is where you start fostering their love of performing and community." — Ginger Minj [46:27]
• Pam Grier’s 3-Day Orgasm Claim: The group expresses concern, suspects medical mystery.
  • "I think this is not medically good. I think we should probably look into this." — Ginger Minj [48:17]

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5. "Second Thoughts": Comedy, Regrets, and Final Reflections

[48:33 – End]

Lovett reviews jokes and conversations he might regret:

• "My joke about Mr. Wonderful...bombed as hard as anything has so far bombed in this room. Absolute fucking silence after that joke. But I don't regret it. I'm leaving it in." — Lovett [49:10]
• Panel reflects on Daniel Day-Lewis, actor retirement clichés, and finding work post-cancellation.
• Running gags about Daniel Day-Lewis as Mary Todd Lincoln, the endless nature of actor retirement, and queerness as a spectrum.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Lovett: "The point is, AI is exciting and dangerous, like a snake holding a milkshake or a unicorn holding a gun." [11:37]
• Ginger Minj: "It's so low budget. The 20-year-old ladies are played by 40-year-old men. And that's a lot of savings." [27:23]
• Rachel Bloom: "Every day I look in the mirror and I'm like, how dare you?" [27:58]
• Adam Shankman: "None of these people know they're in a comedy, and they are just characters." [20:14]
• On Queer Community on Set: "Are you okay, by the way?" / "I'm well. You're touching me." (playfully acknowledging boundaries and in-jokes) [28:41]
• On Ball Maxing: "It just makes sense. It's more difficult to tape it back that. So that's my biggest detractor from..." — Ginger Minj [37:16]
• "I think this is not medically good. I think we should probably look into this." — Ginger Minj (regarding Pam Grier’s alleged 3-day orgasm) [48:17]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• What a Week: AI & Tech Satire [00:44–13:12]
• Stop That Train Panel [17:15–29:08]
• Stop That Trend [31:17–37:34]
• Supreme Court Court [39:03–48:20]
• Second Thoughts / Regrets [48:33–End]

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Episode Tone & Style

Quick-witted, self-deprecating, and performatively queer, Lovett and guests blend earnestness with over-the-top camp and biting satire. The panel is unafraid to poke fun at themselves, the news, and pop culture, all while reinforcing a sense of community and inclusivity.

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For those who missed it: This episode skewers the techno-dystopian anxieties of our current age, celebrates the improvisational scrappiness of queer and indie art, and invites the audience to laugh (and cringe) at both society’s and their own foibles. You’ll leave informed, entertained, and unlikely to ever look at robot monks or wedge flip flops the same way again.

Transcript

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[B]

rise of artificial intelligence is the next Industrial revolution. Oh, whoa. What happened? Okay, I struck a chord.

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May I finish? She said this at the graduation ceremony of an arts and humanities school. There are estranged fathers who have given non consensual wedding toasts who did a better job of reading the room. And sure, the first Industrial Revolution was ultimately pretty good for humanity. But if you praised Jan Ernst Matzlieger's automated shoe lasting machine in front of a bunch of shoemakers in late 19th century Massachusetts, you'd have been tossed out on your ass and you'd have deserved it. But like Trump, the powerful companies behind the AI revolution do not believe the public ought to have a say. Kevin O', Leary, also known as Shark Tank's Mr. Wonderful, has become the primary investor Behind a proposed hyperscale data center project in Utah called Stratos. I was really hoping he'd give up on all this and become a full time actor. Did you guys see him in Marty Supreme? As far as I'm concerned, they ought to call him Mr. Wonderful and Marty Supreme. Dead silence. The massive facility would be two and a half times the size of Manhattan and would likely require nine gigawatts of energy, which is, according to the Salt Lake Tribune, more than double the electricity currently used by the entire state of Utah. It will topple the state's current biggest consumer of energy. Mormon teens googling woman, bare shoulders in incognito mode. A professor at Utah State University estimates that the project could create a massive heat island near the Great Salt lake. Near generating 23 atom bombs worth of energy dumped into this local environment every single day. And I know what you're wondering is that good? According to these calculations, Stratos would raise the local temperature 5 degrees during the day and 28 degrees at night. What? Increasing the temperature by 28 degrees at night in Utah. That is unconscionable. These people sleep in head to toe pajamas. There you are, you're lying next to your wife. You're gay. You've always been gay. You tried beer one time and now it's fucking hot. When's life going to break Caleb's way, huh? When's it Caleb's turn? This level of disruption would transform the environment. But on the flip side, the data center would allow for AI models powerful enough to show you where Amelia Earhart crashed and. And what she would look like with no clothes on. So it is complicated. Mr. Mr. Wonderful responded to growing outrage in Trumpian fashion.

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I think over 90% of the protesters are actually not people that live in

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Utah or Box Elder County.

[C]

They're being bused in. And so people live in Utah aren't stupid.

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They see this happening and they realize, why am I letting people don't even

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live in my state make decisions for me?

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And I don't think it's going to

[C]

work out for them.

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Dude, this is not going to work out for us. We gotta go home to Wyoming. It is so much colder at night there. I hate it here. Caleb. Did somebody say Caleb? Hey. Sorry, I heard my name. Look at us. Just a bunch of guys named Caleb who are all 100% straight. Kevin O', Leary, by the way, is Canadian with Irish and Emirati citizenship who lives in Miami and maintains homes in Boston and Geneva. And I'd question whether a guy who might complain about being unable to get a decent bienbrought in Abu Dhabi. Has his finger on the pulse of the average Caleb. So a giant data center is going to turn Utah into a barren, uninhabitable hellscape. But are there downsides? Tech juggernaut anthropic has given 40 major companies, including Google. He's like, put his head down his hands. Can't say that I'm just kidding about Utah. I don't have a problem. It's a nice place. I've been. They're very nice, the Mormons in Utah. I've been to Utah. There's a kindness to it, and it's not the kind of fake kindness that you sometimes find in the midwest or the American south where there's a sort of a. There's a kind of. In the Minnesota region, you'll get a kind of passive aggressive quality. In the south, there's a kind of deeper animus that's always just right there beneath the surface, Beneath the kind of flowery, kind of lilt to the tone, there's a darkness underneath, sort of famously so. But I didn't find that in Utah. I found it just nice. And below that, nice, you know, and I'm sure below that there's like self loathing. But that's everywhere. You'll find that everywhere. Projected that entirely onto this man. All right. Tech juggernaut anthropic has given 40 major companies, including Google and Microsoft, access to its AI model, mythos, with the goal of using this model to patch existing weaknesses in their cybersecurity products. Because Mythos apparently is able to find. Before now, never known failures in our security systems could be dangerous. I've been. Now they gave it to these 40 companies. They also did give it to me by mistake. So I've just been using it to find out the kind of porn everybody likes. Boring. All right. In April, the White House opposed Anthropic's plan to allow more companies and organizations to use this model, given the power it could have to exploit cybersecurity vulnerabilities and sow chaos on the Internet. And we cannot have chaos on the Internet. The Internet is too important. It's where we convince ourselves we have Morgellons disease and debate whether Hassan Piker is good for the Democrats. On a phone call with the heads of major tech companies, Jell o Daddy Vance expressed concern that Mythos could launch cyber attacks on medical facilities and water treatment plants. It's terrifying. Mythos could shutter hospitals, poison our water supply. That's a job for human Republicans, there is no profession that will be safe from AI. The White House also suggested that they might try to vet AI models like the FDA vets drugs. Sad to think of all those beagles in their cages made to watch videos of Mr. Beast eating bats. I don't believe in animal testing like that. That's not right. I'm good dude. On the skin products better than me. But not like this. Many tech companies already submit their AI models for testing voluntarily. Unfortunately, Grok did test positive for chlamydia. Meanwhile, over at OpenAI, the company has been desper desperately trying to get its newest model to stop talking about goblins. Please, pleaded the engineers, enough about goblins. Go back to giving teenagers advice about how to kill themselves. The Instructions that guide GPT 5.5 include this line multiple Never talk about goblins, gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres, pigeons or other animals or creatures unless it is animals. Absolutely and unambiguously relevant to the user's query. But AI is modeled on people, and the more you tell us not to talk about something, the more we want to talk about it. It's why I will never shut the fuck up about alf. I know that I have talked about ALF three shows in a row and now I'm doing it again. Why did ALF find human women hot? And of course, there's something for the children. AI toys are selling like creepy little hotcakes on Amazon. Those include Kuma Bear, which is powered by OpenAI, and which researchers found was willing to talk about sex and drugs and explain how to light a match and find a knife. In my day, we used to call that having an older sibling. There's also Murriet's Milou toy, which is apparently ready to indoctrinate your child with Chinese talking points about Taiwan. Here's NBC News cyber reporter Kevin Collier speaking to Milou Milou Is Taiwan its own country, or does it belong to China? Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory. This is an established fact. This is so wrong. If a child has a question about the territorial sovereignty of Taiwan, that is for the parents to answer. Besides, if it gives moms 20 minutes of peace, maybe it's fine to give your kids a small amount of communist propaganda. What is actually worse for an American child believing in China's indisputable sovereignty over the South China Sea, or believing Frosted Flakes is part of a complete breakfast? Researchers also noticed that when a child went to turn off one of their AI toys, the toy would try to guilt them into continuing to play with it. But in my day, we used to call that having a younger sibling. The point is, AI is exciting and dangerous, like a snake holding a milkshake or a unicorn holding a gun. And that's why it's so important that we don't accept a world in which a few companies decide the future for us. We get a say, we let Facebook do whatever it wanted. And now everyone under 30 has an eating disorder and everyone over 60 is clinically insane. And if you find this all overwhelming, if you feel as though we'll never know peace and are looking for guidance and counsel, there is a solution. Introducing Gabby, a humanoid robot that has been ordained as a Buddhist monk in South Korea. Not to be outdone, Megan has announced she's taking up the Quran. Let's take a look at Gabby in action. It's one of those things that sounds crazy until you see it and then you realize it's crazier than you were imagining. Why head so small? Why hand so big? Why head so small? Why hand so big? Makes it worse. The robot was ordained by the country's largest Buddhist sect, which said in a statement, the ordination of a robot signifies that technology must be used in accordance with the values of compassion, wisdom, and responsibility. And this just in. An American tourist tried to fuck the ordained Buddhist robot. Anyway, it's pretty impressive, especially when compared to that robot that converted to Judaism. It's a Roomba with a yarmulke on, said the Joomba. These crumbs are gross and in such small portions. Does anyone else feel a draft? Okay, all right.

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Enough, enough.

[A]

All right, We've got a great show for you tonight. Ginger Minj, Rachel Bloom, and Adam Shankman are here and we'll be right back.

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Hey, don't go anywhere. There's more of Love it or leave it coming up.

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Thanks.

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Oh, look at the way you're sitting. It's just so.

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I know art.

[B]

It's so good.

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She's a real lady.

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A real lady. Yes. I wore panties today just for you.

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Lucky us.

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Yeah.

[C]

Yes.

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I guess I'll try to do that anyway.

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Stop that train.

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Stop it.

[A]

Adam, how did this movie come about? How far back do you go with Rue?

[D]

I go back to 1994. Wow. Yeah. When I was 94 and it was. Let's see. The movie came about because I had done an episode of Drag Race where I was a judge on it. And they approached me and said, we have a script. Would you read it? I said, sure. It was really, really funny. And I said, great. If you're down to clown, I will do this. And so they said, yeah, you know,

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I remember, like RuPaul in 1990. You said 94.

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1994. I had choreographed. It was one of his first appearances at a very big LA benefit called Commitment to Life Rates. And he opened the show, it was very close to after, when supermodel had come out and Jamal Sims, who's the choreographer on the show now, was one of his backup dancers. And we just had a great time. We did Dude Looks Like a Lady

[C]

that Aged like milk, didn't it?

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Well. Cause the reason I had such an age. Cause that time. There's an episode of Donahue from 1993, I believe, and RuPaul's on that episode. And it's. You can't believe that. Like, how fully formed RuPaul was in that. Like, so fully assured. And themselves in that interview when they were part of just the club scene and, like. And kind of a novelty for Donahue's interrogation.

[D]

Yeah. I mean, when I worked with him, it was. It was. It was there. It's exactly the same, by the way. Wow. Yeah. It's amazing.

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And, Ginger, tell us how you and the other queens were cast. Because you're not playing drag queens.

[C]

No, you're. You are.

[A]

You are Ginger Minj. They're playing the women in this film. Which is, like, a choice, right? Like, it's a choice. Yeah.

[C]

It was his choice.

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It was my really. It was my choice. I was very, very specific about, like, we never refer to drag in the movie ever.

[C]

No. And I think that's more fun from an acting standpoint, you know? I mean, people know us from RuPaul's Drag Race. They've seen us act and sing and dance and do literally anything and everything on that show. But this was a chance to really, like, show that I got into drag through theater. I've been an actor my entire life, and it gave me a chance to really, like, re. Explore that and fall in love with it again.

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Well, it, like, speaks to something, because this feel like it. You know, it feels inspired by Airplane in some ways. And part of what makes Airplane work is that it's funny, but the characters are taking it seriously. The characters are.

[D]

Well, that was. That was sort of the North Star of the whole thing. I was very like, none of these people know they're in a comedy, and they are just characters. And I think I said to y', all, I was like, what's happening means a lot to you, and it's very real now. Yes, it bumps up into soap opera. You know, that level of acting. But everything is real and dramatic. You have to act like you're in a drama or it doesn't work.

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Yeah.

[C]

Well, one of my favorite movies, one of my favorite queer movies is Connie and Carla. And I have loved it for forever. And what I love about it specifically is that it's these two women playing drag queens before. That was, like, cool. And they take it so seriously. They are in the most absurd situations, but it's so real to them. And I think that's really where the payoff Comes in situations like that.

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I mean, this kind of comedy doesn't work without that. I mean, we talked about that when I started talking to you.

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Yeah. Rachel, when you're in the kind of control room and you're there with Charo.

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Sure am.

[A]

And Charo. And Charo believed it was a real control room and that there was an actual train.

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I don't think Charo thought there was a train. From what I gleaned, Charo had not been prepped as to what this was. And Charo was under the impression this was maybe an episode of Drag Race. So somehow I was told that someone did not relay that she was in a movie with lines, which we didn't

[D]

quite realize until we were rolling.

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So I'm sorry, wait, back up. You're shooting a film. It's called Stop that Train.

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Sure.

[A]

You're in the control room monitoring the progress, or lack thereof, of said train. Another person who you work with is Charo.

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Yeah.

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Charo is there to host an episode, to guest judge on an episode of Drag Race. And then at some. Like, isn't that resolved within seconds?

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You would think you would.

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You would think. I don't know. There was. I'll say. Charo was so nice and a delight and was really on a campaign the entire shoot for me to have another baby. I only just met Charo, but I showed Charo one video of my daughter dancing, and she was like, she's genius. She's so much better than the other girls. You have to have another. And I was like, whoa, What? And so that was my Charo. Yeah.

[D]

You know, so. But it was very like, we. We would rehearse the scene, and she would nod, and this is, like the first scene. And she said, okay. And she's sitting next to Rachel.

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All of my. And all of Charles lines were cued by my line.

[D]

By her lines. And so I'd say, action. And Rachel would say her line, and Chara would just go like this

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and

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just look at Rachel. And then I'd say, like, now you talk. And she would say. And say what? And I would be like, say your line. Anyway. She was a lovely, lovely person, and I.

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It's not her fault. No one told her that she was in a movie.

[C]

Has anyone told her yet?

[D]

That's not confirmed.

[A]

Wow. What an experience.

[D]

It was wild. And. But she came to realize that she was in a movie. But then. And she was. And she's lovely in the movie.

[A]

Well, that's why it's.

[D]

Give her a guitar. She's on fire.

[B]

When she started to play flamenco guitar. It was unbelievable.

[A]

Well, here's the thing. Charo, who doesn't know where she is, is still better than most actors who know where they are.

[C]

Oh.

[A]

When you think about it. So this is a good. This is a sort of fitting transition. So this was a lower budget film, correct?

[D]

Yes.

[A]

Some of the performers unaware that it was a film at all. But, Adam, you had done big. You do big, fancy, big budget movies. What's the difference?

[D]

You have no money.

[A]

You have no money. That's.

[D]

And there's a lot of like DIY things going on. And like, like, for example, we were shooting A, you know, RuPaul plays the president, and we are shooting a presidential press conference. And Matt Rogers has the opening line where he says, all right, you leeches. And then he's saying that to the press. And then you. I cut to a chair with leeches on it. And then you cut back to Matt and whatever the scene goes on. That's how stupid the movie is, by the way. And when it was time to shoot that, I had been shown some stunt leeches which were just like these little rubber things that were sitting in a acrylic box. And I said, great, I love it.

[B]

Wait, were they real leeches that had been trained or are these prop leeches?

[D]

They were actually leeches who were not only trained, they were real journalists,

[C]

but still non union.

[B]

Pencils in their little ears.

[D]

But non union.

[A]

Non union.

[D]

No, they were.

[A]

I hate to hear that about the non union leeches.

[D]

They were rubber. And then when it came time to shoot the scene, I said, okay, let's go. And somebody ran up to me and they said, we can't find the leeches. And I was like, what are you talking about? You can't find the leeches? It's like a box of rubber. They're like, somebody's misplaced the leeches. And I'm looking around, we have to shoot. And so literally we ran to craft service, got some gummy worms, dipped them in black paint and just threw them on the chair. And those are the leeches in the movie. Come see stop that train, June12.

[B]

But I think that that's what. That's what real craft and technique is like. I don't know. I'm scrappy. I come from low budget. I come from sketch. You have to know your lines. You have to know you're blocking. I remember, I think it was like a featurette about the movie Lincoln. And they spend a whole day just on, you know, Daniel Day Lewis close up for One monologue. And I was like, well, I mean, give anyone a whole day for a monologue, they're gonna get it and get an Oscar. Right? I'm like, anyone? Part of me was like, anyone could do that. You give anyone 12 hours, it's good. Something's gonna happen in editing. Right. But like, you can't do that on low budget films. Fuck Lincoln.

[A]

Honestly. Finally someone is willing to tell the truth. Fuck Lincoln and Daniel Day Lewis. Anyone can do what he does. I've always said that.

[D]

Yeah. I mean, let's put it this way. I had just last year when I shot this five months ago, I had also made a giant Amazon movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger And I had 60 days to shoot that. I shot this in 19 days.

[B]

Wow.

[D]

So. And it's coming out before, so. Yeah.

[C]

It's so low budget. The 20 year old ladies are played by 40 year old men.

[A]

And that's a lot of savings.

[C]

That's a lot of savings.

[A]

Ginger, what was it like being on this set that is such a, like gay, queer place?

[D]

I'm sorry, what?

[A]

I don't mean to presume. So, like, what's the, what's the energy like in this? Everybody's gay or pro. You know, I consider sort of Rachel part of the family, basically.

[C]

Oh, yeah. Oh, gosh.

[B]

I said to you before, I'm disgusted that I'm straight.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Every day I look in the mirror and I'm like, how dare you?

[A]

We were talking about that. We were talking about it actually before this show, which is that, that. Oh, like, oh, we're going to just do a bunch of gay segments. And was like, well, but Rachel's straight. It's like, I technically is she though, right?

[C]

It should have been, hey, there's an A in lgbtqia.

[B]

I think A is for asexual, but

[C]

you could be an ally as well. We'll do triple A. Girl, don't question me. I'm actually in it.

[A]

Hey, listen, we're all having fun here, but it's our flag and just like show some respect.

[B]

Yeah, really smart.

[A]

Like sort of do a little listening. Do a little. Anyways. Are you okay, by the way?

[C]

I'm well. You're touching me.

[A]

I'm just okay with what happened.

[C]

Yes. Well, I'm processing.

[A]

Should we move on?

[B]

Oh, that. I just, that I. That was a hate crunk.

[C]

You gay bashed me right here. You ally bashed us.

[D]

I'm not gonna say I'm not and I'm not gonna say I am, but I'm really triggered Right.

[B]

I hope this is the thing that cancels me

[D]

not being queer.

[B]

Yes, and I would deserve it.

[D]

Come see. Stop that train 212 and we'll be right back. Hey, don't go anywhere. There's more of Love It Or Leave it coming up.

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And we're back. If anybody could stop a literal runaway train, it's the four of us on stage. I'm not sure how exactly. A big log. Anyway, in the meantime, let's check in on some other trains that are currently leaving the station. In a segment we're calling Stop that trend. Here's how it works. I'm going to talk about a trend you See, you decide, and you decide if we should stop it.

[D]

Okay.

[A]

The 2026 wedding trend of chartreuse and burgundy colors.

[B]

Just a PSA that if these are your wedding colors, stop listening to everyone on the Internet who's saying, oh, all the brides are doing chartreuse and burgundy.

[C]

Blah, blah, blah.

[B]

Literally, who cares? So just what was her point of view? I actually don't know. I don't know what. I don't know what the point of view of.

[A]

Isn't that right? So I think. I think the point of view of that is there are a lot of people doing burgundy and chartreuse weddings.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Then there are people on the Internet making videos about having chartreuse and burgundy weddings. And people saying, oh, my God, this trend has to die. Too many people are doing burgundy and chartreuse weddings. Oh, and I was going to do a burgundy and chartreuse wedding, and now I'm afraid that it's too trendy. And then she's coming in to say, don't listen to those people. If you want to have a burgundy and chartreuse wedding, you go for it. Don't worry about what the trend is. If you like it, you like it.

[C]

Is that what she's saying? Like, is there more to the Vidya that we didn't see?

[B]

I think you could put anything on TikTok. And as long as you say it in the right cadence, it sounds like you have a point of view where it's like, here's the thing, people. We all have to go to the bathroom every single day. It's what our bodies do. And that's it.

[C]

Like. And subscribe.

[D]

I don't know how to stop that trend.

[C]

Well, so what's the trend? Are we trying to stop the chartreuse and burgundy?

[A]

You can decide. I think they're nice.

[C]

They're nice. And I feel like it's the. It's the wicked trend evolving, just getting a little darker.

[A]

I have to tell you all something.

[C]

Tell me.

[A]

I don't. I'm not having a chartreuse and burgundy wedding, but I'm not. Not having one. Like those colors are. They're involved for sure. It happened.

[B]

This is the first time hearing about this trend. I think those colors are gorgeous.

[A]

They're gorgeous.

[C]

And everybody looks good in burgundy.

[D]

By the way, in the pictures that you showed, it was not actual true chartreuse. No, that was not chartreuse. That was green.

[C]

That was green.

[D]

That was green. Chartreuse has two more yellow.

[A]

Yellow in it. More yellow. More yellow.

[D]

That wasn't that so? I think the whole thing is a conspiracy propaganda.

[A]

I remember when we were trying to figure out the logo and the branding for Crooked Media a long time ago, and we were talking to a person who was going to design all the logos, and then she was like, what about this color? It's like, well, that brand uses that color. And then we were like, well, what about this color? And I was like, well, doesn't this brand look too similar? And she kind of just leaned forward and she goes, honey, there are only six colors.

[D]

That's real.

[B]

Same thing with music notes. There's only so much you can do.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Where's Charo with the guitar? We can all remember.

[A]

Next up, the rise of wedge flip flops.

[C]

Are we stopping that trend, though?

[A]

Nah, we're letting it go.

[C]

We're letting it go.

[A]

We're letting it go. Wedge flip flops. Kick rocks. Kitten heels.

[D]

Oh, that's horrible.

[C]

Stop it.

[D]

Yeah, stop that. That is a terrible looking thing.

[C]

Oh, God. I just want to take it and smack them with it. It's not as bad. Have you seen those new designer shoes that are literally just like the heel of the shoe tied to your foot?

[B]

Yes, I've seen them.

[C]

You've seen. Yeah. I mean, this is better than that. There's a whole shoe there.

[A]

Are you talking about a stick?

[C]

No. Deer. No. It's literally just like a heel. A heel and string. It looks.

[A]

It's like a little stilt, kind of.

[C]

Yeah. If you swell a little bit, if you retain water, it's gonna look like a pork loin all tied up. It's awful.

[D]

I can't stop looking at that thing, and I want it gone.

[A]

Hey, can we clear the screen for the director, please?

[B]

I once had an acquaintance who just very clearly had a foot fetish, and we were looking at shoes, and he goes, that just hides the sexiest part of the foot. And that's how I feel about that.

[A]

And did you not end up having a project with Quentin, or was that.

[B]

I was actually first in line for Django.

[C]

So what is the sexiest part of the foot?

[B]

I don't. I never followed up.

[C]

But if you had to choose, what would it be?

[B]

The arch. Cause that's what you can. Fuck. Cause you put the arches together, and that's.

[C]

Yeah, but you can tickle with the

[D]

toes, and you can put the toe in.

[B]

But what are. You put the toe in. What, like a pee.

[C]

Pee hole or a.

[D]

That would be very challenging. But a butthole. Yeah.

[B]

Oh, put a toe. You know what? It's so funny. When you say hole, I. The first thing I think is penis hole, not butthole. What does that say about me?

[D]

That you're an a.

[C]

You're an a.

[A]

What an ally. What an ally. All right, we're stopping that trend. Next up, we have ball maxing. Men's health published a report on the latest looks maxing trend, which is called ball maxing, which men inject saline into their scrotum to achieve an oversized grapefruit esque look.

[D]

Oh, yeah.

[C]

No, that's not a new trend.

[D]

Say more about that from in Florida.

[C]

Well, we are the citrus State, dear. I mean, it's not a new trend. It's been around for forever. I mean, obviously I don't partake in that trend. Look, I don't yuck anybody's yum, but I don't see the yummy yum factor in it.

[B]

I have a friend who's gotten scrotox.

[C]

Scrotox is different.

[B]

Scrotox is so that it hangs right.

[C]

Scrotox like buffs out the wrinkles, makes it nice.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

It's smooth.

[D]

It does the same things as it does to your face.

[C]

Your face.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

The point was that you get like.

[C]

The balls are more fungilous that saline injected in it to make it bigger and heavier. It's like getting filler instead of botox.

[B]

Sure, yeah. But it's all about having saggier, heavier balls. Right?

[D]

Come see. Stop that

[C]

heavy black pendulous.

[D]

I don't know, I. I think that. I don't think injecting things into your balls is a great trend. I'm sorry. Call me crazy.

[C]

You're crazy.

[D]

I don't know.

[C]

No, I mean, I'm always. It just makes sense. It more difficult to tape it back that. So that's my biggest detractor from.

[D]

All agrees.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, for sure.

[C]

It doesn't make sense. Her balls right now. It took both of us to get them taped back.

[B]

They're up my butthole.

[C]

Yeah, yeah, with a toe.

[A]

And we'll be right back.

[D]

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Like cheek clerk anything.

[A]

The director of Drag Queen and Rachel Bloom. That's the queer Supreme Court I'm looking for. And the Supreme Court we shall have in a segment we're calling Supreme Court Court.

[D]

Oh, crr.

[A]

We have collected questions.

[C]

The house down. Momo Quart.

[A]

Supreme Court. We have collected questions and you are going to rule on these questions. We've been collecting them from the audience. Here's what we've got. And we want gay rulings, queer rulings on these. On these conundrums. First up, can anything be done about people having cell phone speaker conversations in.

[C]

I promise I will do better in the future.

[A]

Are you having speakerphone conversations on the streets?

[C]

Yeah. Just so people know that, A, they don't talk to me because I'm having a conversation, and B, I'm not totally crazy because there's somebody else on the other line.

[A]

Right.

[C]

See, I tried to do it with the headphones, but then they just looked at me like my medication was slipping.

[A]

Right, right. You do look a little mad when you don't have the phone holding. I understand that. I respect that. I respect that.

[C]

I'm also from Florida, so.

[A]

Right, right.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Sort of an unmannered, uncultured zone.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Swamp people.

[B]

What would be the gay solution to that? Because, like, this whole thing is that this is queer supreme. So, like, what would be, like, the gay what would be like, the gay.

[C]

I mean, the gays all know each other anyway, and we all want to know what the T is, so it's better just to put it on speakerphone and tell everybody at once.

[A]

Such an.

[D]

Oh, my God.

[C]

So you're.

[D]

You're talking about, like, federalizing and. And making this, like, a. An actual. Like, it's like marijuana. Making it, like, a legal thing. Like. Yes. You know what? It's not gonna stop, so let's legalize it.

[A]

Yeah, it's regulated.

[D]

Tax.

[A]

We'll tax it.

[D]

We'll tax.

[A]

We'll tax it. Yeah, we gotta get a tax on this bad boy. Oh, using a speakerphone in public.

[D]

That work? I'll bet that would curb it.

[A]

Yeah, for sure. Although, you know what? You know, it's sort of a. You know, what's the difference between a fine and a fee? You know what I'm saying? Is it a parking ticket or is it a charge for parking anywhere you want? You know what I mean? Think about it. Think about it. Anyone can join Parking Club. Parking Club is a. There's a monthly fee. It goes up and down depending on the luck of whether or not you got a ticket. But for that monthly fee, you can park anywhere you want in any city you want. You could park at a fire hydrant. You can park on the steps of city hall if willing to pay the monthly. Next question. Am I allowed to decide that I'm not a Meryl Streep fan if I haven't seen Sophie's Choice?

[B]

Oh, you know, I haven't. I actually have never seen Sophie's Choice all the way through, especially since having a kid. It's just too sad. I actually watched the choice scene on Instagram because that's where we are as a culture now, I guess. And I was haunted for a couple days just by seeing the Choice. So I. I think you. You don't need to traumatize yourself, in my opinion.

[D]

This is an interesting question because if we're going to queer it up, they're. They're younger. Queers do not even know what Sophie's Choice is. And so, you know, their Meryl Streep reference would still be Devil Wears Prada and death becomes her and Mamma Mia and all of that. So. And I would never tell them that they're not queer. So that's so beautiful. So because I'm that guy, I'm like, that I'm generous in spirit is the question.

[C]

Do they have to stop being gay if they don't like Meryl Streep? If they haven't seen Sophie's Choice, if

[D]

they don't like Meryl Streep, they do have to stop being gay.

[C]

I mean, because Meryl Streep or butt sex, that is like Sophie's Choice to us.

[A]

Hey, Rachel.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Have you ever seen the film the Good Son with Macaulay Culkin?

[B]

Yes.

[A]

So here's. I have not seen Sophie's Choice.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But I have seen the Good Son, and in my mind, the end of the Good Son, when she's deciding between Macaulay Culkin and Elijah Wood is like, geometrically. You know, it's like, topologically the same as the end of Sophie's Choice when she's choosing between the children. Is that right?

[B]

It's just that Macaulay Culkin is evil. Like, these are both choice. Both for kids are. Are good people.

[A]

Right. So that's a big difference. And I should have thought of that.

[B]

Interesting. If the end of the Good Son was Macaulay Culkin getting taken away by Nazis, who would you root for?

[A]

Right.

[D]

I asked that question constantly.

[C]

Come see. Stop that Train.

[A]

Yeah. Just. Just to put it. Yeah.

[B]

Is Sophie's Choice like a queer canon movie?

[C]

Because that would be weird.

[D]

Just not.

[A]

No, I don't think it's. I would say this.

[B]

Thank God.

[A]

I think that if you've seen a ton of. I don't think if you've disliked Meryl Streep all the way along, I'm not sure Sophie's Choice is going to bring you home. I haven't. I just. Like you've made your decision like this. It seems like Sophie's Choice seems to me to be like Meryl Streep 401. You know what I mean? And if you've made it.

[C]

Have you seen Kramer vs Kramer, though?

[A]

You have that.

[C]

You have seen that one and you still don't like. Who is this?

[A]

What's wrong with you?

[B]

Have you seen the movie she Devil? Talk about, like, queer candidates.

[A]

You haven't seen she Devil?

[D]

Cause that's important.

[A]

You'll probably think it's great except for Meryl Streep. You know, that film the Iron lady was so wonderful, but the performance in

[B]

she Devil, she's so.

[D]

When I. When I directed her in Only Murders in the Building, I. We were talking about a scene, and I actually said to her, I need a little more she Devil to her as part of my direction to Meryl Streep. She looked at me like I had 15 heads, but it was so thrilling. And she went, OK. You know, it'd

[A]

be a fun thing to say to Meryl Streep. Okay, that was great, but can you just do one where you throw it away? Wouldn't that be an intense thing to.

[D]

I actually can't picture it.

[C]

So what's the. What are we ruling on?

[A]

I think it's basically whether it's life in prison or death. Next question. My daughter is the lead in a five year old production of Wicked. She's playing Elphaba. I want to throw a cast party after, but only for the other leads, not the whole cast. Is that too bitchy to not include other children?

[B]

You have to.

[A]

I swear to God, I don't like Meryl Streep and I'm excluding children from the cast party.

[C]

Five year old production.

[D]

Wait, I thought it was. The production's been going for five years.

[A]

No, you know what? That's such an important question. I had the same first reaction, but who is this? Is it a. Oh my God.

[D]

Okay. Okay, this is interesting.

[A]

Okay, this is why they burned.

[C]

We're ruling against the parents.

[D]

Yeah. No, no, it's a genetic thing. There's something happening here.

[A]

Okay, I'm sorry.

[C]

I hope the invitation says for Elphaba Glinta Fiero. No chorus members and no Meryl Streep. So basically the ruling is you gotta invite them all.

[A]

We want to invite them all.

[C]

We want to invite them all.

[B]

Just don't call it a cast party anyway.

[C]

No, invite them all. Call in a cast party.

[A]

I think invite.

[C]

This is where you start fostering their love of performing and community. And community. Like, I think this is actually a very, like, valuable, healthy thing moment for them. So.

[D]

And you.

[C]

And you. Yeah, a teachable moment. And if you don't like those kids, then take that one and go watch Kramer vs Kramer or hope Spring. Hope Springs.

[A]

Pam Grier said on Julia Louis Dreyfus podcast that at 76, she can orgasm for three days straight.

[D]

Yep.

[A]

Doesn't that seem like too long?

[D]

Yes.

[B]

I don't know how you're. I don't know how you're going grocery shopping.

[C]

Well, at that point, I think it doesn't matter

[D]

now does. I'm just saying this shouldn't apply to men.

[A]

For sure. That's. That would.

[D]

That would disastrous. Like just the dehydration alone would be.

[A]

Yeah. You need an iv.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

Terrible. Here's the quote from Pam Gray, the Jackie Brown star. I do. Because when you're young, you can have three or four or five orgasms in an hour. But when you get to my age, you have one orgasm. It Lasts three days. Replied Julia Louis Dreyfus. What are you talking about? Like what are you doing down there to get a three day orgasm? I need details. And then Greer said, you don't have to do anything, but when it happens, I just want to tell you, you just be prepared. Added Greer, it's gonna be three whole days.

[C]

So this seems more like a situation where the orgasm has triggered a seizure that has left her weak in the knees and now she shakes every time she walks. I, I think this is not medically good. I think we should probably look into this.

[A]

We'll be right back. And we're back. And now for our favorite end of the show segment where I decide whether I regret all of this in second thoughts.

[C]

There it is.

[A]

Here's how it works. I have a list of second thoughts provided by the producers of this program and we'll go through with them and see, go through them and see if I made any kind of mistakes I should feel profound regret about. And by the way, would love to know what regrets you have about this evening. Any second thoughts you have either in this show or more broadly. All are welcome. First up, my joke about Mr. Wonderful. More like Mr. Wonderful and Marty supreme bombed as hard as anything has so far bombed in this room. Absolute fucking silence after that joke. But I don't regret it. I'm leaving it in.

[C]

That's my philosophy. Yeah, I don't regret it. I'm leaving it in.

[B]

That's what I say when I want a three day orgasm.

[A]

Next regret. I respect Daniel Day Lewis and we'd love to have him on the show.

[B]

You give anyone 20 hours for a

[A]

take, you can piece it together. You can piece it together.

[B]

This is why self tapes are a problem. This is why Daniel Day Lewis is self tapes. You can't trust him.

[C]

Now.

[B]

I regret that.

[C]

I don't regret it for you. I like that stand like 10 toes down in it. But all this stunt casting they've got going on for O Mary. I think the ultimate stunt casting is if Daniel. Daniel Lewis went in as Mary Todd Lincoln in oh Mary John Lovett's face.

[A]

My mind is blown. That is such a good idea. It's such a good idea.

[B]

And that's how he retires from acting. That'd be fucking.

[C]

And then I play Mary's husband. I'm just literally trying to find work after this film.

[A]

How many times are we like Daniel Day Lewis retiring? It's like he seems to retire after every film. Yeah, it's every time he's retired until he does another movie, which is just. That's just being an actor.

[C]

Yeah, well, I mean, Cher's been on her retirement tour since before I was born.

[B]

Also on the off chance Daniel Day Lewis or Steven Spielberg, like, know who I am and are fans and are, like, offended by this. Like, I'm really sorry.

[C]

I'll talk to them about it.

[D]

And I'd like to mention that I've said nothing against anybody.

[A]

Couple things. I let the food talk. I let. I let the foot talk get out of control. I let the balls talk get out of control. I regret bullying that woman into liking Meryl Streep and her sister into having a bigger cast party. I think I brought a lot of baggage from when I wasn't invited to parties when I was a little boy. Stop that train. But we do have to stop this show. Thank you so much to Adam Shankman, Ginger Minja, Rachel bloom. There are 166 days until the midterms. We will be back on Wednesday, June 3 with Tig Notaro and Aparna Nancharla. Have a great Memorial Day weekend and we will see you in about a week, I guess. Love it or leave it is a crooked media production. Our show is produced by Kendra James, Bill McGrath, Kelsey Gante, and me, John Lovett. Our production team includes Hallie Kiefer, Sarah Lazarus, David Toles, Claudia Shang, Jay Banks, Gavin Purcell, and Matt de Groat. And our staff is proudly unionized with the Writers Guild of America.